Mirymate

I want to be very excited by this. I really want to. But I'm not. I'm kinda done. (and sorry, karamazov, but as flawed as Hasbro Legends are, the teasing nightmare that are Mattel action figures are much, much worse. Always promising, but near impossible to find, or QC issues out the exhaust port when you do.)

Only if it's more than 1 per case. grumble grumble stuipid shortpacked moonstone grumble grumble

hey, good call! those parts would totally work. jack of hearts was also an avenger at one time, too... maybe even more than once. In short, he was one of those minor characters with a cool costume, but who never really caught on despite chance after chance. Jack's got one of those multiple retconned origns that's hard to sum up, but I'll give it a go: Jack may or may not have been an alien human hybrid, but in any case, his father was a scientist, Jack got caught in one of his experiments, turned have his body black and gave him energy powers that Jack could not completely control. So a he got a computer brain implant, and a suit of containment armor, niether of which ever completely helped. Jack did a stint as Iron Man's sidekick, before deciding he was too dangerous to stay on earth and wandered the universe having adventures. He saved some worlds, buddied with the Surfer, spent some time as the Stranger's lab rat, and all the other things that semi-cosmic tyes without a book of their own do. Eventually he wandered his way back to Earth and assisted the Avengers on a case. As they were want to do in the good ol' days, they invited Jack to join after he proved moderately useful. Unfortunatly Jack's powers continued to grow unstable, and he eventually went boom in near space. Wanda zombiefied him and brought him back to the mansion to explode again. So to keep this on topic, you could have Jack, Moondragon, Quasar, and Starfox as cosmic former Avengers

I'd rather have the old, old team- the original line up of characters. The book was strong and had decent sales number, yet somehow it managed to miss getting into ML and mates of the time. If anything, Zemo/Cit V, Fixer/Techno, Mach I-IV/Beetle and Songbird are overdue for toy treatment. Way Overdue!! (I'd say Atlas too, but I know I'd be as frustrated with his size limitation as I was with Giant-Man's)

Both. I'd elaborate, but then apparently I'm highjacking this thread too much.

I would trust Fox news over any of the other cable networks.

I'm sorry. There is no point to bringing Steve Rogers back, then what? He goes back to being the Captain or Nomad? Sorry I read that whole "Cap goes to find himself" story at least twice already. Pretty sure I don't want to see him come back from the dead only to read it again. It got old when Hal used to do it too. And I am sorry, Mr. Barton, if you are ticked that Bullseye has your identity, lose the black PJ's, take it back and kick his @$$. Don't go on TV and claim "I used to be Hawkeye", go BE Hawkeye and prove it. I realise you didn't want to pretend all the other didn't happen, feeling unsure of yourself, etc. But pal, you're feeling self assured enough to be back leading the Avengers again, so quit hiding and get your bow, and get your rep back. Cause "Ronin leading the Avenges means jack, but Hawkeye leading the Avengers and now Norman has a problem. You're a good fighter, but you were this world's greatest archer, so quit pretending you're Swordsman Jr.

Black Bolt and Mar-Vell?!?!?!?!! Somebody tell me it isn't going to be a TRU exclusive.

Ooooo kaaaaay. I'll take almost any explanation that doesn't involve bringing Steve back using , which as I said Zola and the Skull were playing with when they were "stopped". And Sharon, who was there, is having visions of seeing before stuff hit the fan. To my mind, it seems early. But re-reading the last few issues, clearly this was plan from the begining.

One per case... ? I'm not even going to bother looking then. As heavily scalped as my area is, it wouldn't be worth the gas money. One per case. Man.

The discussion of Batman kinda flowed from the discussion of Steve's impending return. And it's not theoretical, they are bringing Cap back, the question is how. But it's a valid comparison- Both are they're universes' top "non-powered" hero, they both recently "died", and both have been replaced by their first sidekicks. Main difference being Marvel really went into overdrive selling the idea that Steve was dead, and DC never even pretended they had really done away with their main cash cow. Okay there's the small fact that Batman bought it violating his own rule about not using guns in the middle of a confusing and violent tribute to the sillier side of the DCU, (it ended with Superman saving the day by singing, what else do you need to know?)

I did. But I feel a little guilty about it. Yeah, I know he asked us to do so in another thread. And yeah, it's his job. But I still feel funny about it. It stems from an incident back in the day where we actually had a comics pro who lived in the area and frequented my LCS. And there were always people harassing the guy, and makng him uncomfortable. And that always seemed rude, cause he may have had a cool job, but at the end of the day he was just another fan tryin' to get his weekly haul. That ingrained in my head not to hassle the pro's and treated them like just another fan, and it's served me pretty well both out in the world and in here online. So to "violate" that, even at the pro's request, feels weird.

Really? I don't know whether to whoop or weep. I really want that Bullseye/Moonstone (as does apparently every other MM fan out there this summer), but I may have tapped out the toy budget this month. Oh the quandry of being a collector in this present economy.

Well, yes and no... Yes, he's dead cause he left a fried corpse to bury. A fried corpse I'm sure somebody checked DNA and junk with to confirm it was infact Bruce who was dead. (If they say later that they just plunked the fried corpse in the ground without doublechecking who was under the crispy-cowl, then they may respect death, but clearly the living are alowed to be dumb as posts) But he's only mostly dead, cause somehow I'm sure they'll figure it out in time for Bruce to come back and save everyone from certain doom. Probably use the to do it. Those stories always end well. Then they'll kill someone else... I think it's Dinah or Zatanna's turn in the rotation. And Aunt May died over a decade ago in Amazing Spider-Man #400. It was really well done in both story and art. And then in a move of pure cowardice, they claimed that it was an actress hired by Norman who died (please don't think about that one too hard, it makes your head hurt), and the real May was being held prisoner. So I don't know who or what that is living in Queens and sleeping with Jonah's dad, but it ain't May Parker. (or at least they've yet to convince me she's anything but a fraud)

RATS! Even in victory, a small defeat. Got my full set wave 25 from BBTS today. Very happy. BUT... no bolt helmet on my variant Iron Man. Got the nose, but no bolts. Going to contact DST about it, but I don't have high hopes.

It's not the story itself I object to. Dick-as-Batman can be and thus far is a good read. It's the timing I object too. It smacks of the same kind of corporate decision making that makes TV networks make bad copies of the whatever show is popular on another network, or almost but not quite like a popular movie. And, unlike when Wally took over as Flash 20 years ago, everyone knows that this stint is going to be temporary. I will be stunned if this lasts even as long as Az-Bats. That I object to.

And your point is... (it's the internet, I thought all comments were supposed to be at least sprinkled with sarcasm under the FCC regulations passed during the Clinton era. They mandated the switch to DTV, set the Sarcasm Standards Board over all internet posting, and required every radio station to play that Seal song from Batman Forever at least once an hour for the remander of that calendar year.) Sorry. Clearly, we disagree. IMO neither company "respects" death. If they did, then their dead would stay dead. Personally I am saddened by the state of both companies. But I feel that DC has moved slightly ahead of Marvel in the stupid editorial decission department with the blatant "Hey we can kill an icon and replace him with a side kick too!" manuver they just pulled. So I'm a little more down on them right now. Give Marvel a minute, I'm sure Joey Q will think of something even dumber to do as we speak.

Think of all the money they'd save... it's all reused parts, green plastic and a little black and white paint. Of course there's been about 7 or 8 different SA configurations so just pick some random Avegners parts molds and the kelly green plastic.

Oh we're already dancing on that third rail of ressurections... Lord, I'm hoping it's a red herring. And of course now the previews are claiming I guess that's one of my favorite parts of this story: this has really been the most successfuly arch-villain plan I have ever read.

From yesterday's blog: Oh please, please, please, let them be able to make Marvel vehicels now!!!!!!

They're not killing Tony. (they did that already, and he'd even killed 2 more good guys that time than this) And you know what? At the start of Civil War, Tony was actually right, and Cap was the jerk. But you weren't suppossed to see it that way, so Tony had to do some really stupid, evil things so Cap's postition would not have seemed so ignorant. And of course everything Tony was doing all those morally questionable things to try to prevent happened anyway.

Heh. They resurrect Cap and then kill Bucky again so the scales will be balanced. (although I read on Joey Q's blog a while ago the off hand comment "well I just signed off on killing the Falcon" and have been waiting with dread ever since)

Really? Really? Barry just came back this year. You know, the guy we watched die on panel twenty years ago. DC invented the Hypertime concept so they could bring people back and not explain it. DC has killed off almost every major member of the Justice League at one point or another, and then revived them. Not counting GA JSAers, the only people who they've killed, and not revived yet are schedued to come back this summer. In fact major injuries, like blindness or broken backs are often reversed within a years time. Except Barbara Gordon, who must have just really karmically cheesed someone off to still be stuck in that chair. I mean both Bruce and John Stewart got out of their wheelchairs, why not her right? DC has even commented in story that no one attends superhero funeral anymore, because they figure they'll be back eventually.

Just to try and swerve this back to something resembeling topic, I'd like to see more cosmic types in general, maybe some more of the players in the recent Anihilation stories. Ronan, Moondragon, Terrax, Firelord, even Annihilus himself would be very welcome additions.

Doom and Loki are letting Norman have enough rope to hang himself. The Avengers defeated Doom in their last fight, and in a move I've kinda been waiting for a long long time, Tony decided that Doom wasn't hiding behind the whole "Foriegn leader you can't touch me" schitk and imprisoned him. As Rheul showed, you'd be hard pressed to call it following. Loki, like Doom, seems to be along because Norman is making life difficult for his enemies, but since , he's already actively undermining Osborn. IMO, the clock has been ticking on Emma's "conversion" from manipulative villain to manipulative heroine for a long time. Of course, Cyclops ordered the creation of his own assassination squad, so really I guess she fits right in. Red Skull is pretending he's dead again. One wonders why everyone thinks that even finding a body means they finally beat the Skull for good. Much like Tony's SHIELD didn't effect his plans, so to Osborn's HAMMER. Apocalypse seems contracturally forbidden from menacing anyone without an X on their belt. What Namor is doing there... and the things he's helped them do already ( ) I find hardest to swallow. And Doom does not piss his pants. Ever. Clearly that was a Doombot.