Ghost Rider on the Avengers team seems pretty odd to me but I haven't read either title in forever so I guess I might be out to lunch.
It's odd in that he's car mechanic possessed by the ghost of serial killer. But, in Jason Aaron's Marvel Legacy #1 we (and Ghost Rider) saw the first Avengers team and there was a Ghost Rider on that team.
Along with a Black Panther ✔, Odin ✔, A Sorcerer Supreme ✔, An Iron Fist ✖, A Phoenix ✖ and a Starbrand ✖.
Unfortunately, in Marvel Legacy #1, Ghost Rider killed Starbrand in self defence when Starbrand attacked him to prevent him finding something South Africa (Ghost Rider had apparently slept drove from LA to Cape Town while dreaming of Stone Age Avengers).
This all ties into current events in Guardians of the Galaxy, Dr Strange, Thor and the Hunt for Wolverine. Which I guess will lead into Aaron eventually picking up the story from Legacy in Avengers.
Hopefully that means down the line we'll get the unlikely sight of Quentin Quire, Avenger (while Phoenix appears taken care of in the X-Men books, over in Thor, Aaron had the entity hide part of itself inside Quire).
@brack dropped some GR knowledge on me. Jason Aaron wrote the best ghost rider since 1990. i haven't read a lot of the first series, unless there are hidden gems (way better than what I read) I'm going to say best ghost Rider story so far regardless of series.
I wish Marvel nothing but success, but I'm not convinced they're going it about it the best way. My take on Marvel's announced "relaunch" pretty much mirrors the sentiments tweeted by my LCS owner Ryan Higgins. Ryan expressed those feelings far more eloquently than I could, so well in fact that the Nerdist declared his statements "the best tweet to sum up most fans' feelings" (@ around time 2:35).
On a first look, things are not as different as the promos earlier this week would lead you to believe. But I guess the new #1s, like Avengers, is meant to be the beginning of what will likely be a series of renumbering, creative team shake-ups, and changes over the coming months, since this month has a lot of those big, round-numbered issues to do first. We'll see.
On a first look, things are not as different as the promos earlier this week would lead you to believe. But I guess the new #1s, like Avengers, is meant to be the beginning of what will likely be a series of renumbering, creative team shake-ups, and changes over the coming months, since this month has a lot of those big, round-numbered issues to do first. We'll see.
This feels like a month of lot of wrapping up rather than launches. Duggan on Deadpool, Bendis last Marvel Comic, the penultimate Slott Spider-Man
But, hey, Hickman and Weaver's SHIELD's finally back!
Thor relaunching in June. Aaron's staying on, Mike Del Mundo coming on as the artist. So the best artist at Marvel is replacing the other best artist at Marvel. Well done Thor.
Hopefully Marvel have something good lined up for Dauterman.
Reading about Immortal Hulk (by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett with an awesome cover by Alex Ross that I want as a poster) and CBR says it's part of Marvel's Fresh Start Initiative. And all this time I thought we were getting fresh starts every 16 to 24 issues, except when Marvel legacy numbers for 8 issues or 5 months (whichever is lesser) every two years.
As for the series, I'll check it out and might enjoy it. They just don't need to take Greg Pak, one of the top 3 hulk writers ever, off a hulk book.
As a reader of much of his work, he says exactly what I expected him to say. And I think he will create some interesting stories—or at least provide an different and interesting perspective on the character.
Overall, I can't say I'll be reading as many Marvel comics as I was a couple of years ago. I'm down to five monthly books now—Black Panther, Cap, Dr. Strange, Spider-Gwen,, & Squirrel Girl—and one I buy in trades—Thor. So far I haven’t seen anything I want to add to that list.
As a reader of much of his work, he says exactly what I expected him to say. And I think he will create some interesting stories—or at least provide an different and interesting perspective on the character.
Overall, I can't say I'll be reading as many Marvel comics as I was a couple of years ago. I'm down to five monthly books now—Black Panther, Cap, Dr. Strange, Spider-Gwen,, & Squirrel Girl—and one I buy in trades—Thor. So far I haven’t seen anything I want to add to that list.
I've become an entirely Marvel Unlimited reader, myself. With the occasional exception of MAX titles that I don't think will end up on that service, like the recent Ennis/Parlov Punisher: The Platoon. So even counting the monthly charge for that service, I am currently spending less on Marvel month to month than I have in years and years.
So I guess it is a mixed compliment that nothing that has been announced is making me feel like I want to read Marvel so urgently that I will go back to pre-ordering them on paper.
But there are books, like Coates and Yu on Captain America, that I look forward to reading a year from now. So I don't see myself cancelling my MU anytime soon.
I am glad they've got Del Mundo doing interior work on something I actually want to read, though. Now if they can just put Stuart Immonen on something I want to read...
Bruce Jones had a decent run on the Incredible Hulk (2000) that was a mix of espionage and horror. It wasn't bad (I actually liked a lot of it). It just wasn't that good either.
It had two real problems. First it needed to either play more to the horror aspects or more to the spy parts, but ended up not being great at either. The second is that it I'm not sure if Bruce had an ending. The story really wandered, and ultimately kinda forced Marvel to erase the entire Jones run. As the Bible says "You are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you from my mouth".
The most recent Marvel attempt at trying a little horror was with Jason Aaron's Hulk series. The Bruce banner elements (particularly the first half) were very Dr. Moreau. It had interesting parts and was decent enough story, but it really is a weak borrow bordering pass. Instead of this run read a better Aaron story like Scalped, or Thor, or Ghost Rider, or if you want hulk read Planet Hulk, or World War Hulks, or Skaar Son of the Hulk
From Rosenberg's interview to ComicBook.com, starting off on how there can be this mini, as Madrox died in Death of X--
“Yeah, Jamie is very dead,” Rosenberg tells ComicBook.com “He was killed by the Terrigen Mists and all of his dupes died with him. But our book starts off with someone finding Jamie very not dead. But he is not long for this world. So the mystery of why he isn't dead and how to save himself is a big driving force of the story.
“If I were smarter I'd probably say some nonsense about how this was all about the duality of man and the Jungian archetypes that exist within us, how they are often oppositional, and how the ideas of who we are existed before us and continue beyond us. Maybe the book is about what we leave behind in the world for the people who love us and the people who don't, and how that story is never a complete picture. But, honestly, I just like Jamie Madrox a lot and I raised my hand in a meeting at the Marvel office and said, 'What if he wasn't dead?' and then they asked me to make up how that would work. And so... here we are. Dude's not dead.”
I suppose he could have kept it simple and said, 'Because, superhero comics.'
Okay, finally a new (mini)series I really want to like. Jamie Madrox is such a great concept when handled with a sense of humor. I just hope this doesn’t get buried in continuity minutiae. I won't commit to all six issues just yet, but I’ll at least try the first issue.
Okay, finally a new (mini)series I really want to like. Jamie Madrox is such a great concept when handled with a sense of humor. I just hope this doesn’t get buried in continuity minutiae. I won't commit to all six issues just yet, but I’ll at least try the first issue.
I liked the first few things Rosenberg did at Marvel, but I've not been feeling his more recent work. Good ideas, but too wordy for my taste.
Definitely looking forward to Ewing on Hulk, as he's my favourite Marvel writer these days. And I'd forgotten Bennett had got his start on Brazilian horror comics - my old local comic shop was always going on about how the Brazilian artists that came into US comics in the 90s were much better in their earlier horror and sci-fi comics.
I liked the first few things Rosenberg did at Marvel, but I've not been feeling his more recent work. Good ideas, but too wordy for my taste.
I haven’t read anything by him yet, so we’ll see what this first issue offers. I don’t mind wordy if the story calls for it, and it feels natural to the characters.
Skottie Young and Nic Klein on Deadpool Young was involved with Cable and Deadpool way back when.
Margaret Stohl and Carlos Pacheco on The Life of Captain Marvel Stohl was writing the previous Carol Danver's book, Mighty Captain Marvel. Hopefully this time it can launch as its own thing rather than as a lead-in to an event. That probably should go for all these comics.
Jeff Lemire and Kim Jacinto on Sentry Sentry just showed up in the pages of Donny Cates' wonderful Dr Strange. And I guess Lemire's not done yet at Marvel.
Ta-Nehisi Coates and Daniel Acuña on Black Panther Did Acuna do the Panther pages in Infinity? Anyway, this appears to pick up that storyline.
Mark Waid and Jesús Saiz on Dr Strange Shame Cates' and Gabriel Hernandez Walta's run is already coming to an end. It did a better job filling time than Aaron and Bachalo did being a promoted comic.
Donny Cates and TBA on Ghost Rider 5 issue mini-series about the Cosmic Ghost Rider from Cates' Thanos.
Saladin Ahmed and Eric Nguyen on Quicksilver: No Surrender Ahmed's Black Bolt has been biggest creative success of Marvel's failed Inhumans push. Looking forward to this and his Exiles.
I'm already getting Black Panther, that won't change. I'll probably try Sentry since it’s Lemire, even though I'm not a fan of the concept/character. I'll wait and see who the artist on Ghost Rider is before I decide on it.
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Along with a Black Panther ✔, Odin ✔, A Sorcerer Supreme ✔, An Iron Fist ✖, A Phoenix ✖ and a Starbrand ✖.
Unfortunately, in Marvel Legacy #1, Ghost Rider killed Starbrand in self defence when Starbrand attacked him to prevent him finding something South Africa (Ghost Rider had apparently slept drove from LA to Cape Town while dreaming of Stone Age Avengers).
This all ties into current events in Guardians of the Galaxy, Dr Strange, Thor and the Hunt for Wolverine. Which I guess will lead into Aaron eventually picking up the story from Legacy in Avengers.
Hopefully that means down the line we'll get the unlikely sight of Quentin Quire, Avenger (while Phoenix appears taken care of in the X-Men books, over in Thor, Aaron had the entity hide part of itself inside Quire).
On a first look, things are not as different as the promos earlier this week would lead you to believe. But I guess the new #1s, like Avengers, is meant to be the beginning of what will likely be a series of renumbering, creative team shake-ups, and changes over the coming months, since this month has a lot of those big, round-numbered issues to do first. We'll see.
I'm probably getting Earth X Omnibus
But, hey, Hickman and Weaver's SHIELD's finally back!
Hopefully Marvel have something good lined up for Dauterman.
And all this time I thought we were getting fresh starts every 16 to 24 issues, except when Marvel legacy numbers for 8 issues or 5 months (whichever is lesser) every two years.
As for the series, I'll check it out and might enjoy it. They just don't need to take Greg Pak, one of the top 3 hulk writers ever, off a hulk book.
This is said to be another one of the "Fresh Starts Initiatives" and is another one with covers by Alex Ross.
It looks like Marvel has a page for tracking all of those #1 announcements for Marvel in 2018
Overall, I can't say I'll be reading as many Marvel comics as I was a couple of years ago. I'm down to five monthly books now—Black Panther, Cap, Dr. Strange, Spider-Gwen,, & Squirrel Girl—and one I buy in trades—Thor. So far I haven’t seen anything I want to add to that list.
So I guess it is a mixed compliment that nothing that has been announced is making me feel like I want to read Marvel so urgently that I will go back to pre-ordering them on paper.
But there are books, like Coates and Yu on Captain America, that I look forward to reading a year from now. So I don't see myself cancelling my MU anytime soon.
It had two real problems. First it needed to either play more to the horror aspects or more to the spy parts, but ended up not being great at either. The second is that it I'm not sure if Bruce had an ending. The story really wandered, and ultimately kinda forced Marvel to erase the entire Jones run. As the Bible says "You are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you from my mouth".
The most recent Marvel attempt at trying a little horror was with Jason Aaron's Hulk series. The Bruce banner elements (particularly the first half) were very Dr. Moreau. It had interesting parts and was decent enough story, but it really is a weak borrow bordering pass. Instead of this run read a better Aaron story like Scalped, or Thor, or Ghost Rider, or if you want hulk read Planet Hulk, or World War Hulks, or Skaar Son of the Hulk
This also shows their continuing trends towards stand-alone minis.
From Rosenberg's interview to ComicBook.com, starting off on how there can be this mini, as Madrox died in Death of X-- I suppose he could have kept it simple and said, 'Because, superhero comics.'
Definitely looking forward to Ewing on Hulk, as he's my favourite Marvel writer these days. And I'd forgotten Bennett had got his start on Brazilian horror comics - my old local comic shop was always going on about how the Brazilian artists that came into US comics in the 90s were much better in their earlier horror and sci-fi comics.
Young was involved with Cable and Deadpool way back when.
Margaret Stohl and Carlos Pacheco on The Life of Captain Marvel
Stohl was writing the previous Carol Danver's book, Mighty Captain Marvel. Hopefully this time it can launch as its own thing rather than as a lead-in to an event. That probably should go for all these comics.
Jeff Lemire and Kim Jacinto on Sentry
Sentry just showed up in the pages of Donny Cates' wonderful Dr Strange. And I guess Lemire's not done yet at Marvel.
Ta-Nehisi Coates and Daniel Acuña on Black Panther
Did Acuna do the Panther pages in Infinity? Anyway, this appears to pick up that storyline.
Mark Waid and Jesús Saiz on Dr Strange
Shame Cates' and Gabriel Hernandez Walta's run is already coming to an end. It did a better job filling time than Aaron and Bachalo did being a promoted comic.
Donny Cates and TBA on Ghost Rider
5 issue mini-series about the Cosmic Ghost Rider from Cates' Thanos.
Saladin Ahmed and Eric Nguyen on Quicksilver: No Surrender
Ahmed's Black Bolt has been biggest creative success of Marvel's failed Inhumans push. Looking forward to this and his Exiles.