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Post by dupersuper on Jul 26, 2016 21:24:58 GMT -5
The problems I have with this whole idea of Marvel pushing the Inhumans, over the X-Men lately is the complete lack of cool new Inhuman characters. For all the thousands of new Inhumans created by the Terrigen mists theres not a one that is semi interesting. Ms. Marvel's awesome... |
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Jul 27, 2016 1:00:57 GMT -5
The problems I have with this whole idea of Marvel pushing the Inhumans, over the X-Men lately is the complete lack of cool new Inhuman characters. For all the thousands of new Inhumans created by the Terrigen mists theres not a one that is semi interesting. Ms. Marvel's awesome... True brother, but that's about it. I love the Inhumans, Black Bolt is one of the great character designs IMHO, but these books have been just plain old boring, and lumbered with awful art in the case of All-New... Just feeling very frustrated that they finally get a push, but its half-arsed. |
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Post by Dizzy D on Jul 27, 2016 3:57:54 GMT -5
The problems I have with this whole idea of Marvel pushing the Inhumans, over the X-Men lately is the complete lack of cool new Inhuman characters. For all the thousands of new Inhumans created by the Terrigen mists theres not a one that is semi interesting. Ms. Marvel's awesome... Moon Girl is fun as well. |
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Post by String on Aug 1, 2016 17:14:03 GMT -5
There was a panic when the incomplete Marvel solicits for October were leaked and there were no X-titles in it. Rumors swirled Marvel was ending the X-Men as an entity and articles like this exploded everywhere. However, writers on X-books have commented on various social media platforms they will still be writing X-books come October and afterwards and people should wait until the full solicits are released before jumping to conclusions, but where's the fun in that, let's all panic and rumor monger seems to be the general reaction and the conspiracy nuts start saying the writers are lying to us so we won't stop buying their books before October hits, etc. etc. etc. -M Mutants are no longer part of the bigger focus of Marvel and haven't been for quite some time. This is merely my own opinion but concerning those Oct solicits that were leaked early, I think it clearly shows that Marvel's focus is now on properties related to their other highly successful media ventures. The majority of that leaked list featured Avengers, Avengers-related characters, Doctor Strange, Inhumans, GoG. The X-titles aren't part of this media push so their early absence only prompted further paranoid rumors. There are sections of X-fandom that are paranoid over such concerns but in some regards, they have a right to be. For while Marvel may not have any clear intentions of cancelling the line, they can certainly perform better in reassuring those sections that they have no reason to fear. Yet Marvel seems to find some measure of delight in prolonging the release of X-news of any kind. For that matter, mutants seem only relevant nowadays in who they are set up to fight against. If they are not fighting among themselves (partaking in Marvel's favorite story trope of late if nothing else), then they are fighting against the Avengers and now the Inhumans, the apparent new favorites in town. I have little problem with the current setup between these two groups. I think it shows a new focus for mutants, who have longed been looked upon as the next evolutionary step but now they have competition for that spot. This isn't the same as Bendis' magical wipe of mutants via Scarlet Witch and the resultant divisions caused in-house by that action. Extinction is still on the agenda but now it's extinction of a different nature and that I think helps promote more drama and conflict. But Marvel can push the Inhumans and their new importance all they want though for I don't like them anymore than I have previously. To me, the Inhumans are and always will be the prototypical guest stars of the MU and nothing more. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Aug 1, 2016 22:06:37 GMT -5
The X-Men ended for me when Claremont got fired in 1992. I don't think they've ever recovered from a creative perspective. I really don't think the various cartoon and film adaptations have helped much in that regard either. I was hopeful for the direction that the Inhumans were headed in as they made far more sense than regular garden variety mutants did. Not to mention that they still had a bit of an air of mystery around them, which is pretty rare as far as modern marvel is concerned |
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Post by Dizzy D on Oct 22, 2016 5:16:33 GMT -5
So Marvel has just announced the X-Men Titles post ResurrectionX (or whatever the event is called). The teasers just have some old art and the title, no creative teams announced yet:
The main X-Men titles will be X-Men Blue (featuring if the teaser is to be believed Cyclops, Jean, Iceman, Beast, Angel) and X-Men Gold (Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Kitty Pryde, Wolverine (the Old Man Logan version) and Rachel Summers)
Spin-off teams:
Weapon X (art shows Wolverine, Deadpool, Sabretooth, Wild Child and Sauron) and Generation X (art shows Jubilee, the Generation X line-up, the New Mutants (both the original and the 2000s team), Generation Hope and Quentin Quire's generation, so basically all the teenage X-Men teams over the years).
Solo titles:
Jean Grey (confirmed to be the teenage Jean Grey from All-New X-Men), Iceman (confirmed to be the adult Iceman) and Cable.
Other titles may be still announced.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 26, 2016 10:26:35 GMT -5
The main X-Men titles will be X-Men Blue (featuring if the teaser is to be believed Cyclops, Jean, Iceman, Beast, Angel) All teenage versions, I assume? That's certainly a way to circumvent the problem posed by heroes who should be in nursing homes after their decades-long career. |
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Post by Dizzy D on Oct 26, 2016 11:13:11 GMT -5
The main X-Men titles will be X-Men Blue (featuring if the teaser is to be believed Cyclops, Jean, Iceman, Beast, Angel) All teenage versions, I assume? That's certainly a way to circumvent the problem posed by heroes who should be in nursing homes after their decades-long career. Unknown, the teaser had pictures of the teenage and adult versions, but then again Jean Grey and Iceman's teasers both had pictures of teenage and adult versions as well. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 26, 2016 14:26:03 GMT -5
It would be neat, since he's been dead a while, for Cyclops' demise in "death of X" to be setting up his return in Resurrexion.... but I think I read Marvel had no plan to bring him back any time soon.
Oh, well. Their money, their toys.
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Post by Gene on Nov 28, 2016 17:49:00 GMT -5
Creative teams and character rosters were announced today for Blue and Gold. Marc Guggenheim and Adrian Syaf on Gold featuring Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Rachel Grey, Old Man Logan, and Kitty Pryde. Cullen Bunn and Jorge Molina on Blue featuring the teen O5 and Magneto.
Pretty safe choices all around. It looks like Marvel is focusing more on winning back lapsed fans than finding new ones. I'll check it out.
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Post by Dizzy D on Nov 29, 2016 11:01:13 GMT -5
Not really excited for either creative teams or line-ups. Still hoping that Gen X is going to be interesting.
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 29, 2016 11:25:58 GMT -5
It would be neat, since he's been dead a while, for Cyclops' demise in "death of X" to be setting up his return in Resurrexion.... but I think I read Marvel had no plan to bring him back any time soon. Oh, well. Their money, their toys. I think the older Cyke is basically broken at the moment, I can see why they'd prefer to concentrate on the younger one right now. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 29, 2016 11:38:16 GMT -5
It would be neat, since he's been dead a while, for Cyclops' demise in "death of X" to be setting up his return in Resurrexion.... but I think I read Marvel had no plan to bring him back any time soon. Oh, well. Their money, their toys. I think the older Cyke is basically broken at the moment, I can see why they'd prefer to concentrate on the younger one right now. I agree, but I think that's why older Cyke is interesting. Unlike pretty much every other Marvel hero stuck in amber, Cyke has been pushed into a new status quo in the past few hears. His becoming the figurehead for some kind of "mutant resistance", his increased militantism and his nervous breakdown following the death of Xavier all turned him into a mutant Malcolm X, something Cyke probably didn't plan and wasn't prepared for, emotionally speaking. He's been doing the best he could, but one of his endearing traits is that he's no T'challa, Reed Richards or Tony Stark... He's no genius and he doesn't have an unshakable confidence in his abilities. He's an ordinary guy, and one prone to self-criticism. He's also living a difficult paradox: for years and years he opposed Cable's type of active militantism, and in the end he embraced it wholeheartedly. That's material for some cool storylines, I think. Did the two ever have an "I told you so" discussion? |
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Post by Dizzy D on Nov 29, 2016 16:52:36 GMT -5
Iceman's creative team will be Sina Grace writing (writer/artist of Self-Obsessed) and Alessandro Vitti on art (mostly know him from Secret Warriors, but he's done other things).
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 30, 2016 3:47:37 GMT -5
I think the older Cyke is basically broken at the moment, I can see why they'd prefer to concentrate on the younger one right now. I agree, but I think that's why older Cyke is interesting. Unlike pretty much every other Marvel hero stuck in amber, Cyke has been pushed into a new status quo in the past few hears. His becoming the figurehead for some kind of "mutant resistance", his increased militantism and his nervous breakdown following the death of Xavier all turned him into a mutant Malcolm X, something Cyke probably didn't plan and wasn't prepared for, emotionally speaking. He's been doing the best he could, but one of his endearing traits is that he's no T'challa, Reed Richards or Tony Stark... He's no genius and he doesn't have an unshakable confidence in his abilities. He's an ordinary guy, and one prone to self-criticism. He's also living a difficult paradox: for years and years he opposed Cable's type of active militantism, and in the end he embraced it wholeheartedly. That's material for some cool storylines, I think. Did the two ever have an "I told you so" discussion? I don't think so. |
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