The Comics Quickie #1

I found the X-Men pictures I was talking about:

@Anil: Lol! Marvel boy. Why was he even in that book? He definately made the Dark Avengers more appealing because, to me, he was kind of a wild card like, "oo! What's he doing with all the bad guys? I can see this getting interesting..." and then it didn't. NOTHING happened. I was like, "I wanna help, so I'll join. Wait, you guys are bad? I can't stay. What is my purpose?" Apparently Marvel Boy's purpose is to hint at playing a major roll in Marvel events while lingering in the background doing nothing until that pivitol moment that reveals that maybe, he will be important, uh, in the near future. Oh also, his new costume kinda sucks. I'm all for new innovation and re-imaging, but that costume does not look cool at all.

Hiro Kala: Yeah, he won't last. He'll either be banished to death or another plannet or another dimention or some other kind of left-overs container for some writer to reach back into 10 years from now. He's just a very unlikely character and I'm really surious to see how it all pans out.

Steve Roggers: Yeah dude, he's definitely a man out of time and out of place being all over the place with not having the shield but having the shield but also having the backup shield. I don't consider Reborn to be Steve's official return. That was so anti-climactic it's not even funny. I'm hoping they got something better for him coming up this summer or fall to usher in the movie. I just hope they can do right by Bucky when they inevidably get rid of him. :(

Dude the Ben Grim - Sue Storm thing was absolutely beautiful. Did you notice they went back to the rock chipping off thing? I'm pretty sure that hasn't been touched on since Ultimate Origins. I'm hoping we finally get an explanation out of this. I have a theory that maybe Ben sheds rocks when he's dazzled by a pretty girl or something. I dunno how I feel about Ult Rick Jones. He's meant to be a sidekick-supporting roll. I don't know how you can maintain the spirit of the character while turning him into his own superhero.

ROTK: Yeah dude, definitely sucks. Huge fan of a ginormous intergalactic war between Vulcan with the Shiar empire and Blackbolt and the Kree lead by the Inhumans. Huge fan of a throwdown between Blackbolt and Vulcan. Not a fan of "the fault." Someone litterally needs to sit me down and explain to me why "the fault" is cool. I don't get it. Why do we need this? Maybe so something cool can come out like Magnus or Thanos or Annihilus or maybe Silver Surfer ongoing series (got my fingers crossed).

X-Men: I really hope it's not Emma who dies. It won't be Magneto because his death would have very little impact at this point. What if Jean Grey comes back and leadership among the mutants is once again divided in two except instead of being between Prof-X and Magneto it's between Jean Greay and Emma Frost (ever notice how neither one of them have a superpower name?). I am so sad that Jubilee is depowered. WTF? Give her her powers back! Since Kitty's coming back, they can't be on the same team, so put one on the X-Men and one on a space X-Men team with Polaris, Havok, Rachel Grey, and the rest of the living Star Jammers.

USM: I'm liking USM. I'm curious to see where this is all going. I'm especially looking forward to next week's issue where they hint that Aunt May has a break down with all these random personalities in her house. I like the re-imagined Mysterio and teenage Johny Storm + teenage Peter Parker in the same house equals lots of trouble. I can't wait to see someone get arrested or kicked out of the house. Plus you throw in Bobby Drake which can only add to the chaos.

Ultimate Avengers: Eh. I'm gonna stay loyal to em, just cause I love Mark Millar and Ultimate anything (cept Ironman/Armorwars). I'm really liking the Ult War Machine, but not so much the Wasp/Jocasta, Smart Hulk, diabolical Spidy, or new Stark (almost feels like Ultimate Red Hulk and Red She-Hulk: completely unnecessary). As for the Red Skull being Cap's psycho son, I'll buy it. An insane nemesis obsessed with destroying Cap and everything he stands for (freedom, peace, justice, etc). I do like that this Red Skull is not old and frail and can kick Cap's ass. Plus he's insane homicidal Buffalo Bill smiling happy boy who under the surface is a criminal genius. He's like Hanibal Lecter in the body of an MMA midheavyweight champion.

Didn't read the Daken thing and it sounds like it's probably for the best. I'm kinda hoping that chacter dies by the end of Wolverine: Origins. Side Note: I also hope Wolverine can un-remember his past and go back to normal (he was so much more appealing when his past was shrouded in mystery).

Ultimate Avengers looks cool. Can't wait to see it all come back together. I kinda miss the Ultimate crossovers with Supreme Power. I wonder when SP's gonna come back.

As for the adamantium claws, I wonder if it's something to do with the effects of something in the box Kitty brought or if it has to do with Jimmy's REAL power. Remember how Jimmy had never popped his claws until he saw his dad do it and believed that maybe he could too? If his power is something other than claws and healing factor, then I hope it's not something too over-the-top.

Oh yeah, I'm a little bumbed that with Ozzie taking center stage he's not really Spidy's enemy anymore. Now he's Cap's enemy, Thor's enemy, Luke Cage's enemy, Iron Man's enemy, War Machine's Enemy, Bucky's enemy, Nick Furry's enemy. Spidy hasn't taken a central roll since Civil War so how are we gonna get the Spidy-stomping-Ozzy resolution that we're all hoping for.

Also, HOW IN THE WORLD DID MARIA HILL RESCUE THOR FROM NORMAN AND LIKE 5 OTHER SUPER VILLAINS WITH A ROCKET LAUNCHER AND A MACHINE GUN AND A PICK UP TRUCK? She's a tough chick, but there's just no way. I'm not buy'n it. Ares getting ripped in half made up for it though.

Steve won't be Fury Jr. I think we're still waiting for Steve's big entrance. Unfortunately it'll come at the cost of Bucky.

The Secret Weapon is definitely not "the Void". At least, unless Doom became afraid of Sentry after he ripped his mask off just before secret invasion. I can't see Doom being intimidated by the Sentry or any of his alter-egos. I still say it's Odin brought back. They'll need to bring him back for the movie anyway.

Secret Avengers? Secret Warriors + Ultimate Avengers?

Bucky can't stay Cap. He's either going to die or move on. It's very sad, ESPECIALLY since it was a huge surprise that it actually worked really well (maybe even better than Steve-Cap). This current "2 Americas" Cap doesn't look so great out the door, but I'm buying them anyway. I think of it as my last farewell to Bucky-Cap );

You would probably know better than me Anil--is the "Heroic Age" we are now ushering in going to be the same "Heroic Age" referenced in the alternate future of 2099? I was under the impression that this whole time Marvel has been in the "Heroic Age." I never got to read that 2099 time-slide comic thing this last summer.

Ya know what? I'm gonna miss Norman after Seig. You know he'll be gone for a while, either dead, locked up, or in hiding or something. He's made a surprisingly awesome face of evil for the the Marvel Universe.

I like the whole Pete+Gwen with awkward friendship with MJ at least for the fact that this dynamic can't be explored in the 616 MU. I wonder if they'll have Gwen die in some heroic tragic way (you know it can't last because we all know that MJ is Pete's real girl).

Marvel Boy... I would be totally fine if he made a deal with Mephisto to erase everyone's mind of that horrible image of his new suit/costume/wtf? That would not bother me one bit.

@Makiveli: In case you ever read this, I just wanna say that I'm thrilled you're back on the comic posts! We gotta keep it going now that Sora's not here. Hopefully we can draw him back. He always got me interested in stuff like X-Men and F4 which I otherwise wouldn't be that interested in.

@Makiveli: I wasn't very impressed by Ultimate Enemy #1, but I also wasn't impressed with Ultimate Secret #1. Ultimate Enemy is the first issue of a 3 part ark like with the Ultimate Galactus. It'll probably be cool when we put the whole first ark together. For now, just be patient.

Yeah Ult Peter Parker's hair is really kinda bothering me. Reminds me of a kid I used to hate in elementary school. You know something about MJ's new face just didn't sit right with me, and some of the other characters as well like Johny Storm and Bobby Drake (Ice-Man's got a head that looks like a sideways egg). Now that you mention it, yeah it all does look very anime. The girls also have a japanese school girl quiet type stick figure with a big head and ginormous eyes.

Kinda reminds me of that one South Park...


Is Gwen really a clone? I can't remember after all that Carnage/Venom suit stuff.

Ultimate X was a huge surprise for me. I was just gonna buy it cause I generally get all the Ultimate stuff, but it was actually really cool. I'm really impressed with how they introduced Jimmy. There's a fine line between Jimmy's swagger style and white-trash/racist/inbred/backwater/hillbilly (if you're from the South you KNOW what I'm talkn bout). Both Jeph Loeb and Art Adams did a great job of giving Jimmy the right kind of swagger with none of the negative attributes I mentioned.

Norman's not gonna win. We all know it. I'm sure they'll do a one-shot "What If?" issue about "What if Norman Osborn succeeded in his Siege of Asgard and defeated the heroes?"
Yeah, I'm really confused about the teasers of Spidy with the Goblin Mask and Wolvie beating the crap out of Daken. I can't see how Spidy's gonna get the chance to take down Norman. Spidy's a side character in the New Avengers at best (nothing against Spidy, that's just how he's been written). If they do throw down, it won't be front and center. It'll be like Spidy meets Norman in an empty hallway in Asgard, they fight, and Spidy wins with no one watching. If done right it could be very satisfying.

@Anil: You mentioned Echo. I forgot about her. Does she still exist in the comics? I definitely like the idea of bringing back Night Thrasher.

I dunno about the T-Bolts idea. Aren't the T-Bolts supposed to be a team of "reformed" criminals? I also think Barton would work better as the leader being he has a criminal background but he'll be on the Avengers.

I'm really hoping that Second coming results in Wolverine re-losing his memory as well as limiting to him to 2 or MAYBE 3 regular comic series.

Dude, I have NO IDEA who those two people in Secret Avengers are. My best guess at the second guy would be he's the Hood based on the picture and the "redemption" thing, but other than that it really makes no sense.

So you're from Trini? NO WAY! One of my best friends is from Trini. All I can say is Trini = some of the most BEAUTIFUL people in the world. Their people are hard working and fun as hell!

I'm from the state of Maryland in the US (I'm a 30 min drive from Washington DC). I was really hoping to post some new comic news stuff after hitting the comics store, but everything's shut down today. Last night we got like 2 feet of snow (on top of the 3ft we already had) and it's still coming.

Hey check out this picture I found on CBR. There's a caped hooded man and a caped woman. I don't recognize either one, but they may be some of our Secret Avengers.