Originally posted by AlbertoJohnAvilCurrent Thor is pathetic in 9/10 books. I definitely wouldn't try and compare him to Superman at this point if I were you... /shrug
Probably not, but Current Thor is def in Superman's ballpark of durability wise. the same man that tanked a barrage of hits from herald level Mangog, and hits from Current Juggernaut whos amped stronger than usual and not holding back
Originally posted by Galan007
Is there a particular reason why? Because I'm liking this quite a bit so far....Maybe it's because I wasn't much of an X-Men fan before, so I'm going into this series 'fresh'? /shrug
Mainly, I feel like this is just another bunch of X-Men retcons that won't serve any real purpose going forward. Instead of taking a simple "back to basics" approach, he's adding yet more shite that will only confuse things.
I expected something else after Hickman's comments about how messed up X-Men continuity was. Instead, he's doing this. I mean, I want to be won over, so I'll keep reading, but the outlook isn't good imo.
Originally posted by -Pr-
Mainly, I feel like this is just another bunch of X-Men retcons that won't serve any real purpose going forward. Instead of taking a simple "back to basics" approach, he's adding yet more shite that will only confuse things.I expected something else after Hickman's comments about how messed up X-Men continuity was. Instead, he's doing this. I mean, I want to be won over, so I'll keep reading, but the outlook isn't good imo.
lol are you serious? Hickman is killing it with these new books
Originally posted by Galan007Meanwhile:
👆Hickman's got a really high opinion of Mags:
"Apocalypse kills Magneto."
I guess I'll be done with comic books after 12 years, once dc shuts down
Originally posted by Galan007
Please explain what made you "sigh" there.When Gotham let loose he dropped Superman himself in like 3 hits, was shredding through GL constructs like tissue paper, and was fast enough to out-react Flash.
Gotham Girl has that same potential... Especially now that she's 'stable'.
WW even used her haxx forum weapon, the dreaded lasso, and he outreacted her and threw her around like a ragdoll.
Originally posted by MrMind👆
bad news
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2019/07/31/where-does-dc-fit-in-atts-vision-for-warnermedia/#28ac202b79b7I guess I'll be done with comic books after 12 years, once dc shuts down
Either that, or the publishing will be limited to Batman [multiple titles], Superman [two titles], WW, Flash, GL, Aquaman and JLA/Teen Titans, double shipping everything.
Originally posted by MrMind
bad news
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2019/07/31/where-does-dc-fit-in-atts-vision-for-warnermedia/#28ac202b79b7I guess I'll be done with comic books after 12 years, once dc shuts down
That's a lot of rampant stupidity for one article.
Originally posted by MrMindOne part that stood out for me:
bad news
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2019/07/31/where-does-dc-fit-in-atts-vision-for-warnermedia/#28ac202b79b7I guess I'll be done with comic books after 12 years, once dc shuts down
"Recently, DC co-President Dan DiDio publicly fumed that reissues of comics 30 and 40 years old were outselling current stories featuring the same characters, calling that a failure on us.”
Maybe DC should stop trying to force their post-modern, LGB, politically correct nonsense and get back to good stories. Then decades old comics wouldn't outsell new ones.
Originally posted by Badabing
One part that stood out for me:"Recently, DC co-President Dan DiDio publicly fumed that reissues of comics 30 and 40 years old were outselling current stories featuring the same characters, calling that a failure on us.”
Maybe DC should stop trying to force their post-modern, LGB, politically correct nonsense and get back to good stories. Then decades old comics wouldn't outsell new ones.
They'd rather talk about how woke they are instead of understanding the fact that being "woke" isn't a substitute for being a good writer.
You want to hire the gayest/transest/brownest person to write your comics? Go right ahead, but they need to be able to WRITE the comics.
One needs to only look at the recent Iceman series, which even had gay readers shitting all over it.
And that's without getting in to the whole "trying to find an audience that's never going to buy your stuff" argument.
Originally posted by MrMindYeesh.
bad news
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2019/07/31/where-does-dc-fit-in-atts-vision-for-warnermedia/#28ac202b79b7I guess I'll be done with comic books after 12 years, once dc shuts down
Originally posted by Badabing
One part that stood out for me:"Recently, DC co-President Dan DiDio publicly fumed that reissues of comics 30 and 40 years old were outselling current stories featuring the same characters, calling that a failure on us.”
Maybe DC should stop trying to force their post-modern, LGB, politically correct nonsense and get back to good stories. Then decades old comics wouldn't outsell new ones.
Originally posted by -Pr-The main problem with the comic industry is that the writers have the 'socialist' mindset that you need to take from somebody [i.e. say male Thor or Iceman's heterosexuality] and redistribute it [i.e. female Thor and iceman's gayness], in order to 'write' diverse comics. Or, to put it in more blatant terms -- 'diverse' characters means less straight, white males and more of the rest.
They'd rather talk about how woke they are instead of understanding the fact that being "woke" isn't a substitute for being a good writer.You want to hire the gayest/transest/brownest person to write your comics? Go right ahead, but they need to be able to WRITE the comics.
One needs to only look at the recent Iceman series, which even had gay readers shitting all over it.
And that's without getting in to the whole "trying to find an audience that's never going to buy your stuff" argument.
Many of them [I'd say the majority, right now] are talent-less, so they can't 'invent' a new character that is black/muslim/trans and write him properly in order to have it be successful - so in order not to fail in their social brownie points endeavors, they take shortcuts, and shit on established ones. This alienates the actual fans/readers of that characters [and not the twitter SJWs who rarely even buy comics - or know anything about them], and thus -- the current situation.
Originally posted by Philosophía
The main problem with the comic industry is that the writers have the 'socialist' mindset that you need to take from somebody [i.e. say male Thor or Iceman's heterosexuality] and redistribute it [i.e. female Thor and iceman's gayness], in order to 'write' diverse comics. Or, to put it in more blatant terms -- 'diverse' characters means less straight, white males and more of the rest.Many of them [I'd say the majority, right now] are talent-less, so they can't 'invent' a new character that is black/muslim/trans and write him properly in order to have it be successful - so in order not to fail in their social brownie points endeavors, they take shortcuts, and shit on established ones. This alienates the actual fans/readers of that characters [and not the twitter SJWs who rarely even buy comics - or know anything about them], and thus -- the current situation.
Oh, that's definitely a big part of it: They want the legacy, the pre-existing audience, because they can't come up with their own stuff.
Guys like Len Wein and Marv Wolfman in the ****ing SEVENTIES were bringing in new, diverse casts of characters, and they were writing them WELL on top of that. People act like people didn't ***** and whine when Hal was replaced by Kyle, or when Barry was supplanted by Wally. But those characters were accepted because they were eased in without shitting on the other characters around them. Shit, look at X-Men. Some of their most popular and well-known characters didn't come in until the late 80s/early 90s.
The thing that bugs me is: You can do a female Thor and do it really well. It's not a bad concept. People like Miles Morales and Simon Baz (from what I've seen at least) are pretty well-liked. Or at least, they aren't reviled.
Hell, even the massive push they gave Captain Marvel could have been done really well if they hadn't made her such a giant, unlikable *****.