Marvel Comics blabbery

So funny. Merriam-Webster has an entry for "aborning"; but it's an adverb that seems to be used differently: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aborning

(Sorry, *Jennifer* -- I tend to get her name mixed up with Lucille Bluth's)

― face it, tiger... you just hit middle age (morrisp),
Or Spider-Woman's.

"Jessica" and "Jennifer" definitely big '70s names.

Interestingly, Wikipedia sez that She-Hulk was the last character that Stan Lee created (until "Ravage 2099," in '92).

You guys, I'm starting to think that Stan Lee makes up words that he thinks sound impressive!

his grammar is a'borning

Excelsi---i'm outta here!

several years late, but damn, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl is the bee's knees

The character is comin' to the small screen - http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/marvels-new-warriors-squirrel-girl-cast-milana-vayntrub-derek-theler-topline-freeform-comedy-1019588

I can get behind that casting choice. She always seemed like she was slumming it in those AT&T commercials.

oh god i love that girl. she was also good in little-seen Yahoo Screen series Other Space with Karan Soni

I read the first few issues of the original New Warriors series (from early '90s); I recognize Speedball and Night Thrasher from there, but not some of these others.

The only thing that looks good about this is Lockjaw: https://youtu.be/xU9Z6cKsbY0

Oof yeah. Medusa looks straight up silly

Lockjaw looks awesome! Christ the acting though

Is there anyone, anywhere who likes the Inhumans? Do they have some weird fan cult like Legion of Super Heroes? It's like trying to get excited about a Shi'ar show

i've heard they keep pushing inhumans bc they don't have the film rights to x-men

yup

Kirby-era Inhumans are some of his best comics

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I love the Inhumans! One of my favourite 'supergroups' - great Kirby character design and unusual personalities/powers.

yeah they're a great kind of "cousin" family to FF

Completely off-topic... I came across a ref. to this book today in a Wikipedia footnote. I had it as a kid (this exact edition), and must have read it cover-to-cover 4 or 5 times. Anyone else?: https://www.amazon.com/Comic-Book-Heroes-Silver-Present/dp/0517554402

Yep

Author is a pedophile btw

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Jones

uh.... :/

I dig the Inhumans, and I think a Shi'ar show could be great in the right hands. So there.

I have wondered why Marvel hasn't introduced an MCU version of Kamala Khan, considering how popular a character she is (and not just in the comics world). Like why not include her among the "New Warriors" discussed above, instead of some of those other randos... Squirrel Girl and Ms. Marvel, on TV together, c'mon... everyone would luv it.

But I take it they're introducing the Inhumans as a general concept, before moving on to Terrigen Mists, etc.? Maybe they even want to wait until after the Capt. Marvel movie, so Carol Danvers can still serve Kamala's hero/inspiration (and the mainstream audience will know who she is). So, gonna be awhile, LOL...

Also, maybe her funky powers would be hard to portray convincingly on a TV budget... but that apparently isn't stopping them with "Speedball."

The Inhumans (excluding the royals) have been a central element of Agents of SHIELD for several seasons now.

Terrigenesis, their Kree origins, etc. have all been pretty fully fleshed out at this point.

Well there you go. Terrigen Mists and all? One less excuse...

I wonder if they're not planning on doing something with Kamala in the upcoming Captain Marvel movie, given her popularity.

That would be cool... introduce her, and set things up for her own movie.

I'm psyched for "Captain Marvel"... will be interesting to see what they incorporate from Carol's long, complex history (and how they do it).

(Also, I saw the Wonder Woman movie y'day, so I'm hyped up for more ass-kickery. I choose my superhero movies carefully!)

xp i can only assume they're not gonna do Space Rape or the million costume/name changes

Yeah... I assume she won't even ever be known as "Ms. Marvel" -- tho the script will probably contain a few wink-wink references to '70s feminism.

Hey now - http://variety.com/2017/film/news/captain-marvel-brie-larson-90s-prequel-1202503813/

I've got to say, the editorial direction where they decided the ultimate universe Reed Richards is a slimy little fucker is being pretty consistently implemented. He's popping up in a few different comics, notably Al's Ultimates run, and I've got a bad feeling about this

the generations series of books looks pretty bad.

I have no idea wtf they're doing, other than taking the "your constant renumbering is bad and hated" criticism and responding in a dumb way

it's old-meets-new namesake stuff, utterly superfluous and with generally uninspiring creative teams
http://www.cbr.com/marvel-generations-vanishing-point/

Describing the series, which Marvel has already assured fans won’t spark a big crossover,

You're conflating Generations with Legacy, mh. The former appears to be a wholly self-contained thing and the latter is the nonsensical renumbering initiative wrt all some of the ongoing series. I'm not sure I understand what they're trying to achieve. Maybe just the benefit of another soft reboot without having to deal with flak for putting out multiple 'first' issues of a series within a year and a half of one another?

I am going to crankily proclaim they're all the same thing

but yes, I was referring to the Legacy thing, although "wtf they're doing" refers to pretty much every decision

xp if by "same thing" you mean "on a continuum between sort of readable but hardly recommendable and straight garbage", i'm going to bet you're right

jacking around with numbering, limited series, event shit, anything that doesn't involve having a good idea for a comic and assigning an interesting creative team and regularly releasing issues

that's all I want, you can even switch creative teams occasionally, idgaf. I'll probably read it if it's interesting.

The perpetual event-ing of Marvel is kind of a plague atm. It's gotten increasingly out of control over the past decade and I don't see how it'll fail to negatively impact sales in the long run. Particularly when they're pulling new series into the crossover du jour within a few issues of their inception.

If you have a series only run ten issues, and two or three of those are part of some crossover, it's a wreck!

On the rare occasion they let the writer kind of work around at and the crossover only tangentially interferes with the plot but even then, I think there's the impulse when you see the little crossover banner on the cover to think "hey, I'll skip this one"

The marvel i read these days with some enjoyment is Peter Parker (pretty good so far!), All-New Guardians, Silver Surfer, most of the star wars books (darth maul, darth vader, star wars, doctor Aphra, though emphatically NOT poe dameron), Black Bolt, Squirrel Girl and Zombies Assemble.

The core Doctor Strange, Thor and Daredevil books aren't bad at the moment either.

I guess i'm also reading bendis' jessica jones/spiderman/Invincible and infamous Iron Man though all of those with some exasperation. the nick fury reboot is interesting visually. Secret empire is a pretty painful slog. Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur and Ms Marvel are good for a fast skim. Same for the Elektra, Kingpin and Iron Fist minis that just wrapped up.

tbrr, that's not a bad capes-n-tights pile, especially in comparison to the DC's slim pickins. all the xmen and avengers books are a disaster as of late tho'.

I subscribed to Generations a little while back - on spec - just to have some new content coming into the house. Looked like some of the issues may be fun, but I'm totally prepared for it stinking.

Looks like Generations and Legacy are linked somehow (or the former will lead into the latter?): http://io9.gizmodo.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-marvels-legacy-projec-1797202223

Warning for those looking to hope for something non-terrible: it looks from the article that Alex Ross has been involved.

Ross was involved in Earth X (et al), which is one of my all-time favorite Marvel things, so that's not an instant disqualifier.