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Episode 1310 Talkback: Marvel Now Round Five
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Time to return to our Marvel Now coverage. We discuss the number one issues of FF, Avengers and Thunderbolts and touch on the number two issues of All-New X-men, Uncanny Avengers, A+X, X-Men Legacy and Thor: God of Thunder. (1:20:10)
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FF also wasn't what I was expecting, but that's a good thing here. I wondered if Fraction and Allred would be a good pairing, but this is a lighter touch from Fraction, I think, and if this first issue is any indication, he'll be writing to Allred's strength, which is "mad ideas that would look goofy with any other penciler (coughcoughMissThingcough) but with Allred they somehow kinda work." This could be, dare I say, ginchy? A Buy, at least for the next issue or two to see where it goes, and then we'll see from there.
And yeah, I liked FF better than Fantastic Four, too. That feels weird to say.
Avengers #1 was pretty decent, no complaints on the writing or the art. I have no idea who some of the people are on the team Cap was with at the end, looking foward to issue two.
Didn't pick up Thunderbolts, the interior art is not my cup o' tea.
What part of the negativity is grating?
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I loved Thunderbolts # 1. I started reading it begrudgingly and ended up liking it more and more as I went. By the end when I realized it was Written by Way and drawn by Dillon I was sold. A great duo on a great first issue.
Also pumped that Matt has been around more, always like hearing his input.
Anyway, my refusal to support Marvel's $3.99 titles isn't as staunch as I'd intended: I've already conceded my willingness to continue buying All-New X-Men, which is not only $3.99/32pp. but is also double-shipping three months in a row! :((
I had a lot of reservations about Bendis on X-Men as well, and for what it's worth I've been very pleased with the results. I haven't read issue #3 yet, but in issue #2 I don't detect much (if any) shift back to the Bendis-isms of the recent past.
Also, Matt can be as negative as he wants for all I care. When asked to review an entire LINE of comics, I think it stands to reason that MOST comics won't be for everyone, otherwise we'd all be buying nearly every comic on the stands. Also, one can dislike (or pass on, or "pants") the majority of a line of comics and still be happy enough with the company behind them. For example, I would say I personally have liked the New 52 and would judge it a success, even though I'm "only" buying around 12 DC titles. I'm in effect passing on or "pantsing" most of their comics, because I'm simply not interested in them. Yet I'm happy enough about their whole line overall, because it serves my needs. To put it another way: I don't need to eat everything in a supermarket to say that the store is a good store that I'm happy shopping in.
Pants was right.
On the question of why Johnny chose non=-powered unknown Darla Deering as his replacement - I think it was kind of a joke: everyone else had done their homework and picked a reasonable choice, but Johnny goofed off and didn't do anything - so faced with a deadline crunch, he just asked his most recent girlfriend to fill in. It was only going to be 4 minutes anyway, so what was the harm, right?
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Can't believe I didn't notice this right away, but it made me feel a bit better about the use of the title for this book.
I am hoping this provides some comfort to Murd who doesn't want the Thunderbolts once great name to be unnecessarily sullied.
Also note that Daniel Way just completed a great run on Deadpool. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes how he's using Deadpool in this book.