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Spidey Man
Superstar
Wish Black Adam vs Ultraman went a little longer. Lol at Ultraman laughing at Shazam's lighting and then laughing at the word itself.
TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
I can't...
This panel and the part where Quantum got cramps from sitting crouched on a rooftop too long almost made up for the horrible art quality drop. Almost.
Spidey Man
Superstar
But it was never established if people knew that robin turned into nightwing
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
Hell, while those Infinity stories were great, those stories were lame as hell. Thanos clones (retcon fodder)? Egyptian Uber Gods that no one had heard of? ANOTHER artifact that's more powerful than the PREVIOUS established artifact that Thanos just HAS to get despite himself?
No, YOU
I give those stories props for firmly establishing Thanos as the HIGHEST of the high level players at Marvel (they even retconned THAT story) as well as what I feel is the last TRUE appearance of Adam Warlock.
If anything, Giffen gave Thanos an actual personality outside of making him sound like a Shakespearean character, as Starlin is prone to doing with ALL of his lead characters once he starts to get bored with them.
He also gave Thanos goals outside of the usual "Owning the Universe or planning on it" routine that Thanos had been stuck in for damn near 30 years.
He ALSO gave him somewhat of a supporting cast to play that personality off in Skreet and OG Peter Quill/Starlord..... While Starlin had.... a Rigellian Recorder with the SAME deadpan personality as Thanos... and Adam Warlock... who had the SAME deadpan personality as Thanos!
Hell, Starlin wouldn't even give a shyt about Marvel's usage of the character if Thanos hadn't become so popular following Infinity Gauntlet. infinity War, Crusade and infinity Watch were Adam Warlock stories with Thanos as a supporting character/uneasy ally/friendly rival.
If ANYTHING, Starlin should get back to writing Adam Warlock, a character who Starlin's "Byronic Hero" trope voice writing self (the same voice he's been writing everyone in since he started back) was tailor made for.
Come at me, bro!
your idea sucks, too.
edit: okay, that was childish and spiteful. but it felt good.
OK, here's where we get mixed up. I'm talking about the stories he was in; not the character. I can't really get into a discussion about that. All I can talk about is HOW he's used and the STORY he's in. To me he seemed the same in those last 6 issues of his solo series. That was when I read it during that time.
A lot of unknown characters were always introduced back in the golden age of comics. One hit wonders have been around for a long time. The clone thing was something fresh, yet the story could of been done better.
Please enlighten me on how Warlock and Thanos share the same personality.
And
you for your childish hate. I'm sure you'd if you saw that crossover come to life.
Still FloW
Gawd Of Shinobi
The Trinity of Sin and Forever Evil series 
The fukk just happened... maaaaaaaaaaaaaan
So Ultra Man, gets his powers from crushed up rocks turned into powder...
The fukk just happened... maaaaaaaaaaaaaan
So Ultra Man, gets his powers from crushed up rocks turned into powder...
Can someone explain the reason for Amazing X-Men? It features the characters from Wolverine & The X-Men, the Jean Grey school is where the story takes place and it's written by the same writer. Why not just do the return of Nightcrawler in WXM?
That being said I am glad they are bringing Nightcrawler back, his death was stupid and unnecessary. Now if only they immediately move him to one of the Avengers books because all of the X-books suck now.
That being said I am glad they are bringing Nightcrawler back, his death was stupid and unnecessary. Now if only they immediately move him to one of the Avengers books because all of the X-books suck now.
The Trinity of Sin and Forever Evil series
The fukk just happened... maaaaaaaaaaaaaan
So Ultra Man, gets his powers from crushed up rocks turned into powder...
DC is where it at on the mainstream comics these days
Funny thing about Batman Eternal, is that there is no Nightwing in that pic. What gives?
Giffen gave him a more overt (if not more macabre) sense of humor, made him not so much of a loner death merchant. Compare the fact that Thanos before would have never swaggered into that alien police station like he did, joked around with the fact that his mere presence freaked them out or even have tolerated something or somebody like Skreet hanging around.
but then, like you say.. we weren't talking about the same thing. Personalities and stories...
When Starlin was writing them in his solo series, they did. Only differences were Warlock smiled and Thanos didn't. But like I say, Starlin has a habit of writing almost all of his characters... you know how you watch a Star Wars movie and all of the higher ups or The Republic all have dry british accents but not different personalities... just different looks?
Starlin does the same thing when he's bored.
And
I'm sorry, breh. I got these.... problems, see. If I could have pushed a crippled nun down a flight of stairs last night, I would have. I just wanna see Thanos discover Green Lantern rings, then solo the JLA to take one.
They should put him on Uncanny Avengers with Wanda. Give Simon something to wangst over. They could get to making Noctourne from Exiles.
That would also put him close to Logan and Rogue and away from the school.
He'd also make a nice foil for Thor since Kurt is a christian and all....
know what... this isn't such a bad idea......
it makes sense that Magic would amp up Ultraman.
They took Cold's powers. Maybe my prayers have been answered.
Has ANYONE read Earth 2? Superman giving them dat Work for real!!!!
They took Cold's powers. Maybe my prayers have been answered.
Has ANYONE read Earth 2? Superman giving them dat Work for real!!!!