Comic Book Thread: Combined for greatness

[grantlogan]

So, anyone playing Marvel: Avengers Alliance on FB? If you're a Marvel Zombie like me, you'll love it. It was announced today at NYCC a bunch of new characters they plan on releasing in the future. Red Hulk, Daimon Hellstrom, Brother Voodoo, Ghost Rider and Moon Knight. Also, Havok, Tigra, Valkyrie and Beast should be released soonish. They are currently having a Special Ops mission based on AvX with the prize of obtaining Phoenix Five Magik.

[Vagrant]

Yeah I been playing it quite a bit too. Trying to get that trophy to unlock Deadpool now through the PVP tournament. Cable, Captain Britain, Black Knight, and Psylocke were also other characters that were announced. Some of the current characters are also getting new skins such as Scarlet Witch, non-phoenix five Magik, and a grey skinned Hulk.

[grantlogan]

Just read X-23 and Vision too. As for the Deadpool prize for PVP, I gave up. Fuck PVP. It's so godamn frustrating to go to bed in the top 5% and wake up to be knocked down to the bottom tier again. Plus I HATE going against players with Quantum Jumpers and Magnetic Field Generators, it just makes the fight drag on forever. I'm happy to wait an extra month for the regular release of Deadpool.

[Vagrant]

Yeah the quantum jumpers are annoying and the ion guns that result in an extra turn. Just fought a guy who had two equipped so first one was used, granted an extra turn, second one was then used which granted an extra turn, and then he used a rocket pistol to basically get four attacks in a row. And Captain America is ridiculously overpowered for PVP with his shield guard at this point. Only good thing is Deadpool will be available for CP purchase after the tournament as well if I get sick of trying for the top 1000. The tournament reward is just a first dibs at him for free basically. I'm in Diamond League at the moment after about 40 ranked fights or so.


Back on comics also the Cup of Joe panel today had one statement that confirmed Superior Spider-Man will feature a new Spider-Man. A fan responding asking about Peter Parker was simply told to check out the Spider-Man panel tomorrow. Can only hope the change is a temporary one and Peter comes back and kicks the crap out of the presumed Alpha-Spidey.

[grantlogan]

Have you fought any Mockingbirds in PVP yet? BITCH BE CRAYZAY. She ALWAYS just unloads massive amounts of damage and I have to kill her first.

Peter Parker will always be Spider-Man to me. I'm nervous of this new Spider-Man.

[Vagrant]

I've avoided Mockingbirds so far. Probably thanks to the fact she was only available as part of spec ops 1. That is basically my strategy anytime I fight Captain America or Spider-Man in PVP though also. Helpful as my agent is usually set as a scrapper so he gets multi hit attacks on Spidey. Right now I've been running movie Captain America, and World War Hulk with my agent for the battles though my Cap doesn't have shield guard yet he still at least gets the first attack ability and the coordinated attack ability to help out.

And yeah I wasn't to big on the Miles Morales Ultimate Spider-Man change and even less thrilled with this new change now.

[grantlogan]

You must be a lower level than I am. I'm 188 and see many similar set ups in PVP. Before I quit PVP, I was using Scrapper P5 Colossus and Tact. P5 Emma Frost. Their special Phoenix abilities are pretty awesome(when they actually go off...). Every time when facing opponents, their characters special abilities go off at least 3 times as much as mine.

[Vagrant]

Yeah I'm only 70. I've noticed that a lot with Magik and Scarlet Witch also. Magik almost always seems to get a fiery retribution and ruler of limbo bonus attack when fighting against me.

[6souls]

NYC Panel recaps;

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Among the panel was Axel Alonso- Editor-in-Chief, Jason Aaron- Thor: God of Thunder, Mark Waid- Indestructible Hulk, Rick Remender- Captain America, Kieron Gillen- Iron Man.

They kicked things off with Iron Man. Gillen takes the pen from Matt Fraction and in my opinion, for the better. When Fraction first started on Iron Man it was awesome but as time went by I could see the story losing steam and becoming slower and slower. Gillen wants to take Tony Stark to the edge of science and really push Iron Man to the limits of what Stark thinks is possible. He wants it to have a philosophical and thought provoking impact on readers. An added element that we will see with the new Iron Man series is a mobile armory in which Tony must decide (quickly) which suit is best for the job and of course decisions have consequences.

Next was Thor: God of Thunder, Aaron is writing with Esad Ribic on art duties. The story will start with young Thor as somewhat of a barbarian Viking wielding an axe and such… before he was worthy of wielding the hammer, the story will continue through present Thor, the one we know and love, and the story will ultimately take us to old future Thor as a psychologically scarred one-armed and one-eyed King of a Broken Asgard.

The first major story arc revolves around Gor the God Butcher, who Aaron said, “is basically a serial killer who only goes after gods… and it’s up to Thor to defeat him." This enemy will tie into all 3 phases of Thor’s life.

Next up was the new Captain America series written by Rick Remender and drawn by John Romita Jr.. This is one that I am looking forward to but I am still a bit on the fence. The story will start out with young skinny Rogers in his East Brooklyn days where we will get to know his parents and see why he wanted to become a soldier so badly. Then the bulk of the story will be a different Cap series than what we have seen in the past…very Sci-Fi oriented. Some of it will take place in space and in a place called Dimension Z. The main villain in the first story arc will be Arnim Zola, a Bio Nazi Terrorist. Cap will also get trapped in Dimension Z at some point becoming a castaway in a foreign land yet again. This is a bit out there for a Captain America series but Remender has proven himself time and time again.

Then Waid, the main who reinvented Daredevil, is on to reinvent the Hulk. We will see a more scientifically minded Banner who works for SHEILD (when he isn’t hulking out) making things for the betterment of mankind. Waid referenced this change in motive to Banner realizing that he doesn’t want his tombstone to read “HULK SMASH.” He wants to be remembered but not by his rage but by his mind. Throughout the series there will be hints as to why SHIELD is okay letting a volatile individual work on the Helicarrier. Bruce supposedly has leverage but we don’t know what exactly.

Then they talked about my favorite upcoming Marvel series, the new Thunderbolts series, which see the anti-hero killers of the Marvel Universe all on one team. Led by Red Hulk, with Venom, Elektra, Deadpool, and weirdest of all, the Punisher. They have no qualms about killing, this will be an action heavy series with inner conflicts abundant between the teammates. It is odd to see Punisher, the man renowned for working alone, on a team and they know this. Alonso stated that, “This will be explained in the first issue.” Good enough for me.

Lastly, there were two semi-announcements, when a fan asked whether there will be more female heroes coming center stage thanks to the success of the Black Widow in Avengers, Alonso said that they have an idea for a power diva team but nothing is set in stone yet. I also asked them about the future of Iron Fist and Doctor Strange now that the defenders are ending. They hinted at an imminent announcement. They also stated that we can catch them as part of the supporting cast in upcoming books as well.

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At the X-Men Panel I sat in front of the big names controlling the future of our favorite Mutants. Nick Lowe- Editor, Rick Remender- Uncanny Avengers, Si Spurrier- X-Men: Legacy, Peter David- X-Factor, Jason Aaron- Wolverine and the X-Men, Gerry Dugan- Deadpool, and the most bad ass name Dennis Hopeless- Cable and the X-Force.

Even though Brian Michael Bendis was not there, there was still a good amount of talk about his new series, All New X-Men, which sees the first students of Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngster get transported to the present, the roster is (Human-like) Beast, Angel, Iceman, Cyclops and Jean Grey.

Even though I think time-travel is overused (especially in X-Men)... I think that the Young Cyclops will replace the corrupted one because Young Scott Summers’ ideals are still in the right place. The first 3 months of the comic will be bi-weekly -- which means, if you’re bad at math, 6 issues in all. 3 lucky fans got to read, or shall I say look at, the art without text for the entire first issue.

Next up was Uncanny Avengers, which from the mouth of Rick Remender himself, at its most basic is to remind humans and heroes alike that, “Mutants do good.” He also stated that the recent X-men books have fundamentally been about mutants trying to survive, these new ones though (aside from Cable and the X-force) are the opposite. Now they get to play hero again. The art is done by John Cassaday.

The first story arc for Uncanny Avengers will revolve around Red Skull trying (and maybe achieving?) to get his hands on Professor X’s brain. The first issue is on sale now!

Then the discussion moved on to Cable and the X-force, the X-title I am looking forward to the most, the lineup is Cable, Forge, Domino, Colossus and Dr. Nemesis. Forge is finally back! David Hopeless described the comic as having 90’s action, but with modern down to earth storytelling. The art will be done by Salvador Larroca and it looks spectacular.

As Rick Remender's Uncanny X-Force comes to a close, it is time for some new blood to take the reins, with Sam Humphries as scribe and Ron Garney on the art. The team will be headed by Mohawk Storm (with reasoning to be explained in the near future) and Psylocke, with Spiral and Puck rounding out the cast. The first arc will see them go head to head with Bishop, one of my favorite X-Characters.

Next up was X-Men Legacy, which will see Legion front and center. For those of you who are unaware, Legion is Professor X’s biological son, and now that Professor X has died, Legion is looking for purpose. The title certainly fits. I am excited to see the events that transpire between the pages.

The discussion then moved onto Savage Wolverine. Both written and drawn by Frank Cho, this is a very pulp action/fiction style Wolverine book. He will be taken to the Savage Land where we will see him do battle with dinosaurs and mutated Gorillas. There were also mentions of rotating guest stars.

Then they talked about the lovably psychotic hitman you know as Deadpool. In case you didn’t love Deadpool yet the art will be done by Tony Moore, which in my opinion is a huge plus. The first major story arc will revolve around a necromancer reanimating all of the dead presidents into evil zombies with Deadpool left having to take out the trash. There was talk of an issue in which Deadpool goes head to head with FDR -- over the top and insane like always.

Then X-Factor took center stage with Peter David talking about the upcoming issue 250 which will be his 100th consecutive issue on X-Factor. The upcoming story arc will be one that has been hinted at in the pages of Venom. In which the Lords of Hell come to Earth to vie for the Devil’s throne. The story arc is called "Hell on Earth" and rightfully so.

Lastly, was the ongoing Gambit title and its future. They said it will be more gritty with mobsters becoming a real problem for Remy Lebeau.

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[grantlogan]

Two X-Forces! I reserve the right to call them crap until they are released.

[tyven]

Two X-Forces! I reserve the right to call them crap until they are released.

serious wtf @ this

[Delirium]

Unsure on Cable and X-Force. but Uncanny is Psylocke, Spiral, Mohawk Storm, and Puck with Daniel Way writing. Gonna be great.
Also, fuck Nova cause Loeb is writing

[grantlogan]

Way writing? PASS

[Kaslo]

Have you fought any Mockingbirds in PVP yet? BITCH BE CRAYZAY. She ALWAYS just unloads massive amounts of damage and I have to kill her first.

Peter Parker will always be Spider-Man to me. I'm nervous of this new Spider-Man.

I'm just pissed I gave up on Spec Ops 1 because it was stupid to unlock mockingbird without gold...

I have P5 Cyclops and Jean, working on getting Avengers Cap to at least lvl 9 for PVP. I was hating running into P5 Collosus until I added Jean. I'm like 107 and at 4%... I'd like to get to 1% so I could get the Infiltrator Suit. Deadpool can wait for fucks sake.

Also, I loved just reading Deadpool's dialog when they first announced him, fucking hilarious.

[Vagrant]

I just managed to hit Vibranium last night so I got everything but Deadpool coming so far. I just haven't been able to crack that 1300 rating barrier for very long so far.

[grantlogan]

from NYCC Avengers panel:

Finally, when asked about whether any more of Marvel's obscurer characters would be brought to the fore, Hickman said that Brian Michael Bendis had told him he should use Squirrel Girl because "she's a fantastic character." His response? "I told him he was f***ing crazy. Absolutely not."

I wanna give Hickman a super high five.

[Delirium]

met Rick Remender for a minute. He was packing up his stuff, but still took the time to sign my Uncanny X-Force and Uncanny Avengers. I jokingly asked him if he wrote to just mess with readers heads. He said no, he just wrote what he felt was a good story. I replied something along the lines of "Well, it is really fantastic. Although, do you include the Skinless Man using Fantomex's dead body as a puppet?" He chuckled and said "ok, maybe a little with that."

[Delirium]

Way writing? PASS

I was mistaken, it is Sam Humphries writing.

Way is doing Thunderbolts.

[Delirium]

Also, I play M:AA, but I suck at PvP so bad. The matchup system puts me against people much higher level than me(1K+ more hp at least). I use Scarlet Witch and Emma Frost right now. Only P5 costume I got was Jean cause I dont seem to get command points as rewards ever, and the rare times I do it is just 1.

[grantlogan]

I highly recommend getting the P5 for Colossus and Emma Frost, priority on Emma. Cyclops' is ok but nothing game-changing, same with Phoenix.