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Doop (xdoop) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-10-22 13:12:00

Entry tags:

char: green goblin/norman osborn, char: moonstone/ms. marvel/karla sofen, creator: brian michael bendis, creator: mike deodato, publisher: marvel comics, title: dark avengers

Dark Avengers #10

The Dark Avengers are investigating a series of strange appearances in Dinosaur, Colorado.

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	espanolbot 2009-10-22 05:18 pm UTC (link)
	Oh no! Giant Superman! Mephisto! Enchantress! Melty Ghost Rider! And some other guy! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	WHO DAT? (Anonymous) 2009-10-22 05:44 pm UTC (link)
	Belasco's on the throne, I'm thinking CandleJa-the dude with the cinder dandruff is probably Dormmamu (but that's a funky way to draw him) and I'm not sure who the tall guy is - maybe Black Goliath's hell is being a honky? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	That other guy... (Anonymous) 2009-10-22 05:47 pm UTC (link)
	is Molecule Man. Very powerful...consider the fact he sits on the throne and Mephisto is standing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	sd_mouser 2009-10-23 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	"Giant Superman" = Beyonder Honestly? Enchantress and Ghost Rider aren't even in the same LEAGUE as the rest of them! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	daningram 2009-10-22 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	Reading Moonstone's comments, I can't help but be confused how people say that Bendis is well known for his great dialogue, if nothing else. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	hybrid2 2009-10-22 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	I heard that a few time. I usualy assume they're kidding. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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wizardru, 2009-10-22 06:05 pm UTC

As someone who used to be a fan of Bendis ...

box_in_the_box
2009-10-22 06:17 pm UTC (link)

... I think it's worth keeping in mind when he first came in the scene, in terms of being recognized as a "name brand" in his own right.

Bear in mind, Bendis has been writing for Marvel for a full decade now. Just to remind everyone, Marvel was still so trapped in Claremont-mode back then that it was willing to hire anybody who could do a pale imitation of old-school Claremont (Scott Lobdell, Chris Claremont himself) to write the X-Men, which was still the company's flagship title, in terms of both sales and popularity, back then.

Now, old-school Claremont was a good writer, for his time, but there are stories of his that I literally can't even read anymore, because my eyes glaze over at his wall-of-text dialogue balloons, and for better or for worse, everybody else at Marvel was still trying to be Claremont, before guys like Bendis came on board.

Like Kevin Smith, I think Bendis got away with a lot in his early stories, including the actual quality level of his much-vaunted dialogue, simply because of the novelty of his dialogue. Yes, it's easy to look back now at early Smith and Bendis stories, and say LOL ALL THEIR CHARACTERS TALK ALIKE, but back then, nobody else in their relatively mainstream respective genres was writing characters who talked like that. After two decades of Psylocke explaining exactly how her powers worked in every fight she appeared in, the fact that Marvel characters were now talking like David Mamet knockoffs actually seemed more realistic by comparison.

Of course, the problem is that a) Bendis' style has become just as popular now as Claremont's was before, which only serves to highlight that it's just as one-note, in its own way, as Claremont's was, and b) Bendis has been forced to go outside his comfort zone with many of the characters that he writes, and just as Jersey Girl shone a spotlight on Kevin Smith's inability to write dialogue for anyone other than underachieving post-adolescents who sound like Kevin Smith, so too has writing characters like Norman Osborn made it clear that Bendis falls flat when he has to write anyone who can't just talk like Bendis.

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	sherkahn 2009-10-22 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	Ok, that last image is meant to inspire terror. Yup. Mission accomplished. Mephisto, I am guessing Dormamu, Enchantress, the Beyonder and Molecule Man on the throne. Obviously an illusion/construct of sorts, but still a good one. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	alschroeder 2009-10-22 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	Norman is SO screwed. I think Molecule Man is real, not sure of the others. But still...even if it's just Molecule Man... No. "Just" Molecule Man is not a proper response. That's like saying, "Just" Galactus. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	his_spiffyness 2009-10-22 06:04 pm UTC (link)
	It's obviously Molecule Man, and apparently he's got his mojo back. Which is something I always like to see. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	midnightvoyager 2009-10-22 06:20 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sure terrified. Norman is naked. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	sd_mouser 2009-10-23 10:45 pm UTC (link)
	That's Dormammu? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thanekos 2009-10-22 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	" Norman Osborn, This Is Your Life! " (Reply to this)

	starwolf_oakley 2009-10-22 06:00 pm UTC (link)
	The Molecule Man. Uh-oh. This means the Molecule Man wasn't the shadowy figure that Norman showed to the rest of the Cabal in DARK REIGN #1. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	thanekos 2009-10-22 07:41 pm UTC (link)
	at this rate, it'll probably be Jude the Entropic Man. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ex_menagerie993 2009-10-22 06:26 pm UTC (link)
	Goliath (I assume Atlas' brother), Molecule Man, Enchantress, Mephisto, and that's either Zarathos or Dormamu (though I thought he was busy being a cape or some stupid business). Legion of the Unliving? (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	pyrotwilight 2009-10-22 08:13 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, that's right Enchantress, stroke the bone. Fuck yeah, Beyonder! (Reply to this)

	punishermax 2009-10-22 08:19 pm UTC (link)
	Dark Avengers continues to be one of the best comics out right now. Wait, so are all these guys Italian, is that why the flag just flashed before his eyes? (Reply to this)

	mullon 2009-10-22 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	I thought Molecule Man wasn't evil anymore. (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	greatest_zatara 2009-10-22 08:34 pm UTC (link)
	This is not how I wanted to see Amora again. BUT DUDE! That's Amora! ....as I realize what I just punned, I bow my head in shame. ...Amora! (Reply to this)

	queenanthai 2009-10-22 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	FUCK YEAH MOLECULE MAN (Reply to this)

	aaron_bourque 2009-10-22 09:41 pm UTC (link)
	Y'know, having all those baddies show up all at once is bad . . . but it would've been much much worse if ole Molecule Man had shown up all alone. No terrible throne. No Uber-Evil dudes acting as subordinates. Just him. Because the Molecule Man is the most dangerous motherfucker ever. (Reply to this)

	zegim 2009-10-23 12:01 am UTC (link)
	So, bad guy is cornered by even worse guys. Ok. I try, but I cannot feel pumped by this. Maybe seeing the Molecule Man back, but, eh. (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	batcookies 2009-10-23 03:24 am UTC (link)
	From left to right, I think... The Dragon of the Moon Joe Q... I mean Mephisto Beyonder Molecule Man Enchantress Dormamu? And that's gotta be Set, considering how many heads he has. (Reply to this)

	salamangkiero 2009-10-23 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	Molecule Man alone is not good.I think it's about time Osbourne rethinks who the hell he'd pissing off. (Reply to this)