The current state of disarray at Marvel

[jjreason]

All-New Inhumans 1 - because all good comics from last year deserve 3-4 titles this year. Crystal has Gorgon in Australia training the newbs we met last year. I'll buy both for now, because it's about the most interesting overall story in all of Marvel for me right now.

[jjreason]

Well Secret Wars is over & at least we know what happened to Reed & the Future Foundation. Who's left unaccounted for? I guess we need a bit more info about what happened to Banner & Cyclops.... anyone else we're still not clear on? Steve Rogers - still old? Fury - still dead from the Watcher/Winter Solider thingy?

EDITED: Awesome Hulk 2 revealed a bit more about Banner - after absorbing a ton of new radiation he was being contained under the ocean off the coast of Africa, monitored by Stark & T'Challa as well as a bio wiz of some variety. I guess they'll slowly give us more over the next few issues. I'm more interested in this than the Cho Hulk part so I'll keep buying, even for 2-3 pages per month ><

[Tom Foolery]

Cyclops' situation has been pretty well filled in at this point. I'm sure we'll see the actual event down the road. But I'm not 100% convinced he's not around still. Waiting to come back at the most awesome moment.

Steve Rogers is still old, but its annoying how some artists are drawing him like a feeble normal sized old man, and others are making him look all bulked up like Cable.

Thor Odinsin isn't accounted for.
I think Emma Frost is still MIA.

[jjreason]

These heroes all have histories that may or may not jive with what knew their histories to be in the 616 (Doom's face - fixed, or did he simply never get hurt?). That is literally endless material for them to explore - just like the FF has as they create all the new universes. Kinda mind blowing.

[Tom Foolery]

I hope they don't use that as a catch-all continuity "fix" though.

Two years or Five years or Ten years from now, they just decide whatever from [Character X]'s past didn't happen because [Secret Wars]. There are plenty of shitty writers out there that would take advantage of that deus ex machine way too often. I'm looking specifically at you Robinson and Remender, you shitty hacks. You guys are boils on the ass of the entire industry.

But if they are going to do that, then use it bring back characters that have been dead for awhile like the New Warriors and Rich Rider and hell yeah even Ben Reilly. Lots of wasted potential has been given a fresh opportunity.

[jjreason]

Gwen. And that might be moot because Spider-Gwen - but I don't have a clue what's going on with that book/character. Did they go ahead & ruin the death of Gwen Stacy finally, the way they have all the rest?

DOUBLE-EDITED - just looked into Spider-Gwen & I guess the 616 version was never brought back to life.

Thinking more on this and I'm maybe overthinking - the Reed that is creating universes, is that a Reed that was remade in 616 Reed's image at the time of the recreation or is that 616 Reed? Is EVERYONE remade as of the white panel or are there any vestiges from 616 you would say are still alive?

[Tom Foolery]

Speaking of coming back from the dead, Marvel put out a teaser images that said

"Dead No More"

and everyone is all trying to guess who it could be.


As far as who's left from the original 616, I'm assuming it's still the lifeboat survivors.
And Miles, because Owen brought his mom back to life as thanks for bringing him a three week old cheeseburger. (taken out of context, that sentence sounds awesome)

[jjreason]

Looked to me like a young, healthy (standing on working legs) Charles Xavier in the media scrum while Storm spoke at the end of (a pretty good, might I add) Lemire X-Men 5.

Who else would be a big splash? Scott has only died SINCE the Secret Wars, so I can't imagine they'll go there just yet..... but there's a story to be told for sure.

We don't know if Banner is dead or not, so I don't think it will be him.

Magneto is obviously alive as per Evil Mutants errr I mean Uncanny #1 so it's not him - but did or did he not die in the "Last Days" issues before SW started? I guess that doesn't matter, really. Not him.

Jean? I think they're going to leave Jean & Scott alone for now, for better or worse, at least until they resolve that lingering All-New X-men thing once & for all. I think it's going to be from outside the X-Realm anyhow.

Uatu doesn't sounds like big enough news.... Fury?

[Tom Foolery]

I'm thinking it's either Doc Ock or 616 Gwen.
Rich Rider maybe.
Mar-Vell as a longshot.
Xavier seems like an underwhelming choice.

[jjreason]

Rogers will be getting the shield back.... just in time for the movie err I mean FCBD.

http://marvel.com/news/comics/25655/ste ... c_book_day

[Tom Foolery]

That uniform looks awful.
What is wrong with classic Cap's look?

[anarky]

Am I blind, or dumb. Where's the image?

[Tom Foolery]

[anarky]

Yay! Silver Sable!!

Oh, wait....

[jjreason]

Uncanny Inhumans 4 was pretty awesome. Quasi-Hickman moment with Ahuna's final line to Kang. This might be the best looking book Marvel is producing - we'll have to wait & see how long McNiven can hold on.

Silver Surfer (Allred vol 2) 1 was totally awesome - loved trying to pick out the various protagonists being stolen by the aliens, and Madman getting sucked out of the kid's comic was very nice as well.

Ultimates 1 was fairly awesome. I will head to store B tomorrow & see if I can't find at least issue 2 if not the rest of the run to date.