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Because Marvel desperately wants Inhumans to fill the X-Men gap.
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Because Marvel desperately wants Inhumans to fill the X-Men gap.
Greg Land did it?
Green Mamba
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Nobody, and I mean nobody, gives a shit about Triton.
Wonder how different it would've been if Fraction hadn't left before the book was even out.
BKatastrophe
Member
That whole series is going to be absolute, unnacceptably, abominable trash.
He planned a Game of Thrones thing, that's kinda how Soule did it but then came Uncanny which it became a straight up cape book.
Do you know what my favorite Triton storyline was?
TheWorthyEdge
Member
It's not Marvels fault.
They really didn't need to split the franchise into two books.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
It is 100% Marvel's fault.
The Elite
BOSS
Marvel can choose to market their non-MCU characters in non-MCU material. They chose not to in this case.
It was because Soule could only focus so many people in his book but they needed a book for the Nuhumans plus a returning Crystal.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I actually like that the rights are split up. Marvel wouldn't release 6 comic book movies a year. A lot of these projects exist because the studios are competing.
GuitarAtomik
Member
Looks like they couldn't decide if they wanted the comic version or the movie version and ended up at some kind of non-commital She-Hulkish in-between.
Pandora012
Member
Okay, so it was just me that thought she was a Hulk.
Unspeakable Evil
Member
Who the hell cares about Carol being Ms Marvel in 2017. That's like saying every time you see Dick Grayson. I prefer him as Robin
Yes I avoided when was Batman
Yet they skipped a Black Widow Movie.
Wasn't a fan of most of the Nuhumans at all. If they wanted to reintroduce the Inhumans then splitting up Black Bolt and Medusa and concentrating on a new group of characters rather than established ones people already knew something about was totally the wrong way to do things.
The Elite
BOSS
I honestly don't care for the character of Black Widow that much. Marvel must regret not establishing a female character on the level of Wonder Woman all those years ago. They should have done it years ago. Shoehorning Captain Marvel or Black Widow into that position hasn't been subtle. I hope Carol works out for them.
PaulExcellent
Member
Wait, is Tony back?
Dude, I've fallen behind. :/
Dude, I've fallen behind. :/
I don't think anyone really cares all that much about Black Widow, really. She's a Russian spy without superpowers. Her characterization as a traumatised Soviet agent with trust issues is interesting, but I think the fact that Marvel have had to put up front with Spider-Man, Iron Man and Captain America is rather telling in regards to just how short-supplied Marvel Studios are when it comes with viable female heroes to work with, when they don't have access to either the Fantastic Four or the X-Men.
Captain Marvel can't come soon enough.
<insert Kevin Feige's many amusing quotes on Black Widow and female superheroes>
I disagree, but I think they completely blew their chance for a Black Widow movie. That moment is gone.
Gunslinger
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R.I.P X-Men. The best marvel characters . That's what they get for keeping marvel alive in the 90s.
. That's what they get for keeping marvel alive in the 90s.R.I.P X-Men. The best marvel characters
a handful did. the rest were dead or forgettable
Gunslinger
Member
I am talking about the main team with Cyclops and wolverine.
Even comics Gomora changed quite a bit down the line.
How she started out in Anihilation:
Gamorah now.
I haven't ready any Guardians books since Annihlation and the Dan Abnett books because it seems like the comics version are turning in to the movie versions.
She used to be one of the deadliest assassins in the universe and was a bit neutral and distant towards others, not frowning on backstabbing etc, now it's all "We're a family!"
At least they kept the area around her eyes the same color, thought the entire green look looked a bit uninspired.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Yeah, it's really cool but all red is more traditionally devilish.
Fancyarcher
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Jay Shadow
Member
Sometimes I'm not entirely sure Marvel even knows they still have a SHIELD show on TV.
The Elite
BOSS
I don't think any of this SHIELD characters would make a banner like this. They aren't exactly high profile in the comics.
Huh, I got the idea from people the X-Men comics were one big miss because there's like 12 parallel running X-Men comics being released with dumb cross overs, hard to follow etc and them not being that good.
If this isn't the case I'm curious what X-related stuff is worth the read!
The Elite
BOSS
Then there is the time travel X-Men from the 60s in the mix.
I think they have it sorted now though.
But yeah, the books seemed all over the place these past few years. Hard to penetrate. Surprised to hear they sold well.
GuitarAtomik
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Yeah, the outfit, the purple hair, and not putting the yellow around her eyes shows they were thinking hard about trying to make her look like the movie version but stopped just short of the silver lines on her face so they didn't fully commit and now she just looks like She-Hulk.
Meanwhile they got the right look for Drax haha, he looks like the comic drax and not movie drax with weird pink scar tissue looking tribals.
I hope we'll get She-Hulk in Marvel's Post-Infinity phase, would give Banner something to do as well.
Elegant Weapon
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Marvel has never really pushed Monica like that. Imagine if she had remained the leader of the avengers through the 80s or if at least committed to her as an Avengers mainstay at some point like after Avengers Disassembled. She was there for the original Secret Wars and gets little respect. Other than Nextwave/Mighty Avengers/Ultimates, she's been background wallpaper. She's one of the obscure characters that could blow up if they even tried to give her a honest push. But Marvel committed to Carol
They need to hurry and give Kamala her own cartoon. I know what Marvel wants to happen with Carol but Ms Marvel is the closest thing to a "first lady of Marvel comics" at this point.
Yeah, it sucks that Sony has tanked the X-Men franchise with their boring films but I doubt we'd be getting Black Panther right now if Marvel had the rights to their mutants
Fancyarcher
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They're hard to follow and a lot of the comics aren't so good, but the fanbase is big enough, that they'll eat the comics-up for the time-being.
Lockjaw from Inhumans, he's in that shot because of the upcoming CBS Inhumans show. He belongs to the Reptile dude, Blackbolt ( Man with the tuning fork on his head) and Madusa ,the lady with the long flowy hair.
The Elite
BOSS
ABC.
You try to downplay Black Window's popularity, but then try to talk up Captain Marvel?
Also, how many times have we done the "people don't care about _____" dance when it comes to superheroes? People didn't care about Wonder Woman until Wonder Woman came out. People didn't care about 95% of the MCU movies until their movies came out.
Except unlike so many other characters, people have been asking about a BW movie for years.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
They're selling well right now because they're in the middle of a relaunch but these numbers will drop and it was only a few months ago that Uncanny was outside of the top 50 and selling in the 30,000 range. Same with Wolverine which used to be a top 10 mainstay. Marvel has really damaged the X-Men brand.
Marvel are relentlessly pushing Carol Danvers. There's no way they'd want the superior Captain Marvel taking the shine away.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Comics are doing fine. Marvel is struggling to keep their numbers up without the use of events and variants.
america is a lame brick falling to earth at the moment
Oh woops! I got my channels mixed up.
Well, he is their second most popular superhero (If you don't count Wolverine).
The Driver
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Even within Marvel itself they hate mutants.
Imagine corny ass Iron Man becoming this popular that they put him in front of Spider Man
Imagine being an Iron Man fan in general.
Imagine corny ass Iron Man becoming this popular that they put him in front of Spider Man
Imagine being an Iron Man fan in general.
Elegant Weapon
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Iron Man was always one of my favorite superheroes and I have the comics and action figures from childhood to prove it.
That character and his jump from C list to A list superhero in mainstream popular culture, is the main reason we're enjoying this current Marvel Universe renaissance with the connected film & tv shows
Spidey get enough props, damn, let ol Shellhead get his shine up front and slightly to the left
That character and his jump from C list to A list superhero in mainstream popular culture, is the main reason we're enjoying this current Marvel Universe renaissance with the connected film & tv shows
Spidey get enough props, damn, let ol Shellhead get his shine up front and slightly to the left