What do you all think of the latest developments at Marvel?

1) Spider-Man's secret identity revealed to the public

2) The third Summers brother

3) Storm marrying the Black Panther

...and so on. Good or bad?

scififilmnerd said:

1) sucks
2) cool
3) awesome

Do you think the White Queen has turned bad and joined the Hellfire Club again for real in Astonishing X-Men, or will she come through as the saviour of her fellow X-Men at the end?

applekisses said:

1) dumb idea
2) cool
3) horrible!

Best storyline of the year - PLANET HULK! The Silver Savage story was awesome! When the Green Scar gets back to Earth, there'll be hell to pay.

1.
2. neat!
3. interesting

1. I don't mind. It's good to shake things up like this every once in awhile.
2. Shoulda been Gambit.
3. Makes sense. I actually just read the wedding issue last night.

But with Storm marrying the Black Panther, she won't be in the X-Men anymore.

sextonseven said:

2. I agree. But I think the original intention for him was always to have him be a clone made by Mr. Sinister, as Chris Claremont revealed him to be in X-Men: The End.

3. I just bought the issue today. Haven't read it yet.

scififilmnerd said:

1. Desperate from a sales gimmick POV, but interesting from a storytelling POV

2. I haven't been following the X-Men in a long time, so I don't know about this.

3. Whatever gets her in at least ONE comic book every month faithfully is okay by me. I don't think her character has been done justice yet, and Marvel desperately needs a strong female character like DC's Wonder Woman. I can see Storm coming close to filling that role if they'd just exploit the character the way they have with Wolverine for the past 20 years.

Anx said:

It seems to me that Marvel wants to make Ms Marvel their Wonder Woman. She just got her own book again and she will also be a regular in Avengers.

sextonseven said:

didn't they try that in the '70s too, back when they gave her that toni tennile hairdo?

Anx said:

She has gotten a much needed makeover since then.

sextonseven said:

yeah, i've seen the makeover...i don't think she's got enough going on to be the token female marvel comics mascot, though.

Anx said:

But her name is Ms MARVEL. How much more Marvel mascot can you get?

She still has a better chance than She-Hulk.

sextonseven said:

yet i think she-hulk is a more popular character.

remember ms. marvel's poorly named predecessor, captain marvel? i think he was supposed to be a flagship character for marvel in the '70s, and that didn't work out so well either.

they should bring back dazzler, complete with KISS makeup and disco costume. then they'd have something.

Anx said:

I think She-Hulk is very popular among comic readers, but people who don't read comics just laugh at the name.

I think the Capt. Marvel thing flopped because the Fawcett Shazam guy in the 40s was too popular and still in people's heads.

sextonseven said:

as well he should be. the "original" captain marvel is HOT with his queeny little tablecloth cape and his bushy eyebrows!

I haven't read the stuff... But I'm really disappointed that Spidey is leading the camp FOR the new law...

I used to really like Spidey... But now he's just too PC for me... I remember an old line he said... "My sense of morality is right below my sense of the law" ie: the law comes first, then his conscience... i don't like it.
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Anx said:

She was much better as Binary. She had Class 100 strength back then. Girl kicked ass!

I haven't read a comic book in over 15 years.

...but...STORM IS MARRYING THE BLACK PANTHER?!?!?!?!

PurpleJedi said:

That's what I'm saying...one of the worst ideas since the Spider-Clone Saga. The suits at Marvel should go back and re-read those classic 70's Black Panther stories.

This review says it all:

http://www.thexaxis.com/m...storm6.htm

sextonseven said:

I read neither She-Hulk or Ms. Marvel, but I agree with Anx that Storm could be an icon in the vein of DC's Wonder Woman provided something interesting is done with her. I'm not sure a wedding with the Black Panther is it, although it does give Storm a royal aspect. But on the other hand, Storm sort of had that already - at least when Claremont wrote her.

sextonseven said:

Looks like they also gave her some implants.

TMPletz said:

if they found some tongue-in-cheek way to resurrect the OLD ms. marvel look (including that delightfully retro cover logo), i bet they could do a re-vamp that would make marvel a few extra pounds of moolah. of course, they tried a mock-ironic superhero comic with x-statix (featuring mike allred (sp?), who i really like), and that was kind of a flop, arguably. still, the old skool ms. marvel pushes MAJOR nostalgia buttons for me. i'd love to see them play with that.

Anx said:

I never knew the original Capt. Marvel was a gay icon. Now that you've pointed out that tablecloth cape, it totally makes sense. I learn something new every day on the org.

Anx said:

What queeny little tablecloth cape?

sextonseven said:

Me, too. I didn't know he was a gay icon, either, but speaking as a gay man, I always found him hot. I just didn't know other gay men did as well.

Oh, you mean the other "Captain Marvel", Shazam. Well, I never thought he was hot, so no gay icon for me there.

I like the original Marvel Captain Marvel man.

sextonseven said:

I just read the wedding issue today. It was alright, although a little pretentious with The Watcher's presence.

Besides the wedding issue, I don't read the Black Panther. So with Storm not being in the X-Men now, I guess I won't be seeing much of her in the future.

scififilmnerd said:

Didn't Alex Ross predict the wedding several years ago in his 'Earth X' series?