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[TNC]

I think the character has great potential (except that he's apparently dead now, lol) but they have to give him a better name. Hank McCoy is always good for some classic scientific fukkery, there's no reason why an evil version of him shouldn't be a master troll in the X-verse.



Speaking of Avengers, Avengers World is really coming into its own now that Spencer is introducing all these teams from around the globe who have taken up the task of protecting their piece of the planet. I love it when writers expand on superheroes around the globe instead of all that America-centric shyt, even if it often means the book will probably canceled within five issues.

That's why its up to us, the people that enjoy it, to actually buy and support the book

 

[MenacingMonk]

Batman Eternal art is

Original Sin has been disappointing.

 

[R=G]

They killed Dark Beast?! He was getting away with shyt for years.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

I think the character has great potential (except that he's apparently dead now, lol) but they have to give him a better name. Hank McCoy is always good for some classic scientific fukkery, there's no reason why an evil version of him shouldn't be a master troll in the X-verse.

Yeah, but he didn't fit in this story. They built it up like it was this master villain that was going to be a huge surprise when finally revealed, and it ended up being a retread character who people are lukewarm to indifferent about. They had those face off panels with him and Cyclops with Cyclops vowing to find him and defeat him for like what, 20 issues? They built up the suspense so much and it was fukking Dark Beast.

When it Bendis' X-Men run over? Will it last about a decade like his Avengers run?

 

[23Barrettcity]

I think the character has great potential (except that he's apparently dead now, lol) but they have to give him a better name. Hank McCoy is always good for some classic scientific fukkery, there's no reason why an evil version of him shouldn't be a master troll in the X-verse.



Speaking of Avengers, Avengers World is really coming into its own now that Spencer is introducing all these teams from around the globe who have taken up the task of protecting their piece of the planet. I love it when writers expand on superheroes around the globe instead of all that America-centric shyt, even if it often means the book will probably canceled within five issues.

I miss my nicca Shang chi that fight vs gorgon the avengers future shyt though in regular avengers shyt getting boring with more ultron trash . I didn't get the xmen issue wasn't cyke kidnapped last issue ? How'd he get free ?

 

[god=nature=we'reFUCKED]

Coli Brehs! What are some other piff Strange stories? This arc blew my mind probably because I never read any Dr Strange

 

[Bigbigguy]

never read any doctor strange

check out the old defenders books i guess

 

[Bigbigguy]

Superman #32 preview

http://www.newsarama.com/21062-june-s-superman-32-preview-geoff-johns-john-romita-jr-s-debut.html

god I hate romita jr art

 

[Jello Biafra]

Superman #32 preview

http://www.newsarama.com/21062-june-s-superman-32-preview-geoff-johns-john-romita-jr-s-debut.html

god I hate romita jr art

It looks slightly less flat and lifeless in this book than it did at the end of his Marvel run though. SOme of his Avengers work looked like absolute garbage.
Still not a fan and never have been,

 

[Mr. Negative]

I know I haven't been in here in a minute.

And I know these are just roumors....

BUT WHAT IN THE ENTIRE HELL

There are different levels of rumour we run at Bleeding Cool. Take the Karen Berger story that just ran this morning. That came from informed New York publishing sources who corroborated each other independently. As rumour provenance goes, it’s as good as it gets without anyone actually confirming it. But it still could be 100% wrong.

Then there’s this story. From an e-mail source and a first time message board poster, and probably the same person. The provenance is incredibly weak, but it could be 100% golden. Just not very likely. If the Karen Berger story is an amber traffic light, then this is deepest darkest red.

So I received this email,

I’m sure this can’t be the first time someone has submitted this to you, but word got out this past weekend before the convention in New York that AXIS is Marvel’s pre-reboot event comic, featuring both Cyclops and Havok becoming full-fledged villains (Cyclops by choice, Havok via mind control) and then after Cyclops dies, the Marvel Universe is rebooted but it won’t have any mutants in it.

Well, it was the first time. It piqued my interest a little, there have been rumours that Marvel have fostered of a reboot in May (though I reckon it was just Marvel intentionally teasing the fans and in fact they’ll deliver a bait and switch). But it would also tie in with those anti-Fox licence rumours as well and Marvel’s desire to push the Inhumans as an X-Men replacement for Marvel Studios – but all a little too easily. My gut didn’t like it. Also, I didn’t know the guy from Adam. Not yet anyway,

I would have dismissed it except a prominent Marvel comic writer emailed me a link to this post on the CBR forums, headlined “Get Ready To Say Goodbye To The X-Men” asking me what was up.

Most of you reading this will initially react to what i have to say with skepticism. I’m a brand new poster with no posts. That’s understandable. But i can only assure you that what i have to say in at this time and present is 100% true and will happen. I obviously can’t release my sources but it’s actually become an open secret within the marvel offices, and many are NOT happy. There have been a few leaks by various ”in the know” people who work at marvel within the community and on personal blogs over the last few days. Don’t be surprised when other sites/blogs start to come forward with more information soon. Obviously, these leaks on personal blogs have been redacted very quickly. Onto the dire news:

Marvel WILL be rebooting their entire line next summer, and they will be rebooting it without the X-Men. Without mutants at all. This includes Wolverine, Storm & Cyclops. Every mutant is gone. However, The Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver will be reintroduced as Inhumans. Although this won’t apply to any other X-Men related characters. Currently unsure what will happen with Namor. It’s currently unknown if any of the X-Men will ever return to the comics, but if they do it won’t be for quite a while.

The X-Men as we know them will cease to exist by the end of Axis. Whatever this means, the end result is that the X-Men are finished. For the second time in 3 years the Avengers office will be hijacking what’s going on in the X-Books to further their own stories, and once again Cyclops, as the face of the X-Men, will be portrayed as a villain. They’re having him go full Magneto and he will die at the end of the event in shame. Bendis is NOT happy about having his stories hijacked by the higher ups, but he’s going to be documenting Cyclops decent into insanity in the post ”Will” issues of Uncanny so his characterization in Axis fits. Once Cyclops dies and with Wolverine also dead the X-Men will be reunited under Havok’s leadership for a few short weeks in real time until the reboot, where all X-Books will be cancelled. The idea is, with Cyclops dead and buried, Marvel no longer have to worry about their ”mutant problem”. I can also confirm that the Scarlet Witch is the ”hero” of Axis.

I know it sounds too crazy to be true, but i assure you it all is. There are clues for those who know what to look for ”out there” already. I will update this thread as myself am updated.

Was this the same guy? [UPDATE - No.]

The post was treated with a mixture of scepticism and resignation. So I did what I could do. I asked Marvel. Whose execs told me it was nonsense. And not in a “we’ll be publishing X-Men today and in a year but won’t comment on the interim.” And I talked to some Marvel creators. Who also told me it was nonsense.

But it’s a popular story, running to over 400 posts on CBR and starting to infect other sites. So I thought I might at least try an antibiotic.

Because even though I have been told by Marvel insiders that Ike Perlmutter wants the Fantastic Four comic put on hiatus, not even he would demand the same of the X-Men.

Not yet.

UPDATE: Intriguingly, further research amongst Marvel folks does point to one thing however, Havok turning villain thing IS true… but is anything else?​

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[Jello Biafra]

As nuts as that sounds I could see it eventually happening once the Disney execs decide they need to get more involved with the Marvel( both movie and comics) side of the company and make the comics fall more in line with the movie universe while backing away from the use of characters that they can't monetize by putting them in their films.

 

[Jello Biafra]

Oh and after reading New Avengers today it is really obvious that Hickman would rather be writing the Justice League.

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

I know I haven't been in here in a minute.

And I know these are just roumors....

BUT WHAT IN THE ENTIRE HELL

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i'd drop marvel in a heartbeat if they pull shyt. i mean seriously

 

[TheGodling]

Superman #32 preview

http://www.newsarama.com/21062-june-s-superman-32-preview-geoff-johns-john-romita-jr-s-debut.html

god I hate romita jr art

It looks slightly less flat and lifeless in this book than it did at the end of his Marvel run though. SOme of his Avengers work looked like absolute garbage.
Still not a fan and never have been,

I still don't get why they put JRJR on superhero books with really 'out there' stuff. His art only works in grounded settings, as soon as an abnormally shaped person/being/building/thing enters the fold, it goes to shyt. But when the man does the art on a book that fits his style, he's awesome. That issue where Daken killed the Punisher is still one of the best looking comics of the last decade.

 

[TheGodling]

Oh, and words can't describe the levels of child-like excitement I felt when I got to the last page of Ms Marvel and her foe is revealed to be a big-ass bird in a suit. Like I don't even know why it connected with me so much but I was looking at that shyt like .