The Everything Else Discussion Thread

We have a thread for Civil War. Somewhere in the bowels of this subforum there's a thread for Annihilation. We had a thread for Infinite Crisis. We have threads devoted to the comics coming out each week.

I feel this subforum needs a place to discuss other things. Maybe you have a question about some past unresolved plot point. Maybe you want to discuss a particular run. Maybe you want to discuss, in depth, the recent change of or take on a character. You could discuss why you think one artist is superior to another artist in drawing a particular character. Discuss whatever. That's the whole point.

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Bagley does leave USM at issue #110. At this time, it has not been revealed who will take over for Bagley. On CBR, some suggest Mark Brooks (for his work in the annuals) and others suggest John Romita, Jr. (for his work in Amazing). In a letters page recently, I think the editor hinted that Brooks would be the one to take over if Bagley ever left. But, maybe I just read too much into it.

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I'm not sure if this is a reliable source, but it says that JRJR will be returning to Amazing.

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Originally Posted by Dubble

Funny thing really - I like Romita Jr.'s art on Spider Man....I'm just not that hot on it everywhere else. I dunno what it is though so I can't pinpoint it. =\

I love JRJR's work on Spider-Man. His work on Thor was pretty decent as well. I believe he's drawn the best Wolverine in years. He gets that feral quality that most people can't comprehend.

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I knew Morrison would be stirring up trouble when he took over the mag, especially after I saw that ninja-Man-Bats mention in Previews.

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Originally Posted by acid

Uhh, alright (?). Joker poisons Gordon and has "Batman" beat to a pulp with a crowbar (infront of a bunch of disabled kids no less). Real bats shows up and the "imposter" shoots Joker in the face. Batman throws Joker (still alive somehow) into a dumpster and walks away. Then it cuts to Batman in the hospital with Gordon and the story picks up from there.

I really don't know how you could forget that, unless wherever you downloaded it from named it all fucked up or didnt scan the first little bit.

Any idea who the imposter is or how he didn't end up in the hospital?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

This may belong in the Civil War thread, but I feel like putting it here. It's a branch-off.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/ne...em.cgi?id=8556

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When the "Thunderbolts" were introduced into the Marvel Universe years ago, they were a revolutionary concept: villains pretending to be heroes and then eventually working to become heroes. Beginning with issue #110 of "Thunderbolts," the revolutionary concept will be in the hands of a comic book revolutionary - writer Warren Ellis...

"The cast going into Warren's first issue includes Venom, Moonstone, Bullseye, Songbird, the Radioactive Man, Swordsman, Penance and Norman Osborn," [Tom] Brevoort [stated]. "But that's no promise that the line-up will remain static, even for 22 pages necessarily."

Ellis and new artist Mike Deodato's first twenty-two pages will have the Thunderbolts continuing their work for the U.S. Government on the frontlines of the "Civil War" conflict. "The Thunderbolts' stated mission is to protect the public by tracking down and apprehending unregistered superhumans of all stripes," Brevoort explained. "Within that mandate, however, is the idea of the Thunderbolts as almost a work-release rehabilitation program for hardened criminals. This approach clearly worked with many of the original Thunderbolts, who've turned over a new leaf and become largely productive members of society. So there is a rehabilitative element to them as well."

"The Thunderbolts will be visible, public heroes, sanctioned by the Commission on Superhuman Activities and backed by the government," Brevoort stated. "They're not at all covert, though - so that's one great difference between them and the Suicide Squad. You'll get a sense as to just how public they all are by page 16 of Warren's first issue."

"The person who's been put in charge of the Thunderbolts program is Norman Osborn," Brevoort said.

Ellis's stint as "Thunderbolts" writer is set to begin in January and last at least a year. In those twelve months readers can expect a variety of stories. "His 'Thunderbolts' is a bit difficult to peg," Brevoort said. "It's dark and fascinating and funny and satirical and dramatic and edgy and contemporary, and not precisely like anything else he's done to date."

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Since this was the launch discussion (sort of) for this thread:

From Lying in the Gutters:

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With Mark Bagley's lengthy run on "Ultimate Spider-Man" ending soon, it's time for a new artist to be named. Who might it be?

I have it confirmed that Stuart Immonen is the new artist on "Ultimate Spider-Man."

Immonen is the artist on Nextwave, which ends at issue #12.

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The story is in Superman Annual #11 and is named "For the Man Who Has Everything." Read the Wiki article.

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Quesada revealed recently, during an edition of Fanboy Radio, that one of the new series being spun out of Civil War is a new New Warriors series.

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Any shot of Batman punching Superman with Kryptonite ring is probably part of a story in which one of them has lost control. In the panel you've shown, Guy Gardner, one of the Earthmen Green Lanterns, was yelling at Batman to his face, challenging his authority in the Justice League. Guy was saying stuff like how he could take Batman without his ring. Batman promptly punched him the face and knocked him unconscious. Guy deserved it.

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His memory wasn't wiped entirely. In the limited series Identity Crisis, which is probably a couple of years old by now, it is revealed that the members of a former Justice League began mind-wiping villains (via Zatanna's magic) and releasing them back into society as reformed citizens.

Eventually, Dr. Light, whom you may have seen on the Teen Titans show, did something particularly bad. He targeted the loved one of one of the Leaguers. I won't say what he did in case you want to read the story, but the same group of Leaguers decided to mind-wipe Light entirely, practically lobotomizing him. Batman happened to have walked in on this via teleportation tube. So that he wouldn't reveal what they had done, they had Zatanna use her magic to wipe this memory from his mind.

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As a few probably know, Dave Cockrum, noted artist of the Legion of Superheroes and Uncanny X-Men, passed away recently.

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=92222

I was speaking idiomatically.