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colonel_green (colonel_green) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-21 22:18:00

Entry tags:

char: bucky/nomad/rikki barnes, creator: alan davis, creator: diego latorre, creator: mike mayhew, creator: stuart immonen, group: young avengers, publisher: marvel comics, publisher: wildstorm, title: fantastic four, title: new avengers

Assorted Solicitations and Commentary

Solicits for New Avengers, their accompanying Annual, Fantastic Four, Nomad: Girl Without A World, and Dante's Inferno. Yeah, you read that last one right.

FANTASTIC FOUR #574
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Penciled by NEIL EDWARDS
Cover by ALAN DAVIS
Team Variant Cover by DALE EAGLESHAM
All the Marvel cool kids show up at the bestest birthday party ever! We got X-kids, Power Pack, and Spider-Man in the house as Franklin celebrates his birthday!. Who cuts the cake? Who brings the best present? And who's the special guest of honor? It's Days of Future Franklin!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

Davis really fits the covers for this series, I must say. I like giving a bit more spotlight to Franklin; Millar's best work on the title was updating Val into an actual character with a role, but he didn't really have much for Franklin apart from feeling left out.

Do the X-Men even have any kids Franklin's age (whatever the hell that is)? Nice to see them being included, though. Likewise with Power Pack, are they going to be ignoring Jule in The Loners or just have Franklin's party consist of a bunch of kids older than he is?

NOMAD: GIRL WITHOUT A WORLD #4 (of 4)
Written by SEAN MCKEEVER
Penciled by DAVID BALDEON
Cover by RAFAEL ALBERQUERQUE
The student body at Rikki's school has gone mad, and the combined efforts of NOMAD, FALCON and the YOUNG AVENGERS may not be enough to save them as the SECRET EMPIRE's wicked plan kicks into high gear!
32 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

I really, really love the cover designs for this series. They get amazingly evocative images with just three colours.

NEW AVENGERS #60
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by STUART IMMONEN
Get ready for something you never thought you'd see! Is this the end of Luke Cage? Has the Dark Reign found a casualty so horrifying that the Avengers may not be able to keep it together? Another shocker from the crack team of Bendis and Immonen.
32 PGS./Rated A …$3.99

NEW AVENGERS ANNUAL #3
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils and Cover by MIKE MAYHEW
Clint Barton is in custody and that leaves not only Barton's life in severe jeopardy but all the New Avengers are at serious risk. So the ladies of the Avengers ban together to do what they have to do in a double-sized blockbuster Avengers story with a startling new chapter in the life of Jessica Jones. Brought to you by Brian Michael Bendis and artist extraordinaire Mike Mayhew.
48 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

I don't know about you guys, but I totally believe that Bendis is about to kill off his all-time favourite character. Though if it happens, it looks like it'll be to inspire Jessica to become a hero again, which I suppose would qualify Luke as having been (and I'm loathe to use this term because I think it's really overused) "fridged". Most likely, he's out of action for a bit, necessitating Jessica to step up.

Immonen's cover design there is really good (I like the look on New Cap's face: "Hey I don't know you very well, all I know is you won't be messing up my house anymore.").

And over at DC:

DANTE'S INFERNO #1
Written by Christos Gage
Art and cover by Diego Latorre
Based on the upcoming EA video game, this classic epic poem is brought to life as never before, courtesy of writer Christos Gage (WILDCATS, X-Men/Spider-Man) and hot new artist Diego Latorre. Dante Alighieri is re-imagined as a holy warrior who has returned from the Crusades to find his beloved fiancÈe Beatrice murdered. When her soul is ensnared by Lucifer, only Dante has the strength and courage to break open the gates of hell and save her. But at what cost to his own immortal soul? And is Dante himself pure enough for this impossible task? Find out in this sizzling new 6-issue miniseries!
On sale December 9 • 1 of 6 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US

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I had not heard of this game before, but for what it's designers have done, they must pay the ultimate price.

What's next, City of God as a FPS?

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	xlineartx 2009-09-22 02:40 am UTC (link)
	LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKE Noooooo Please no. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	pmagod 2009-09-22 08:08 am UTC (link)
	If whatever is killing him doesnt do it Logan seems pretty willing to stab him if that cover is to be believed (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deepspaceartist 2009-09-22 01:30 pm UTC (link)
	Logan will stab anything with little-to-no provocation. It's what he does. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jcbaggee 2009-09-22 04:01 pm UTC (link)
	I'm told he's the best at it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deepspaceartist 2009-09-22 04:24 pm UTC (link)
	Indeed, I have also heard this. I've heard rumours that it is, in fact, not very nice. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	taggerung301 2009-09-22 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	really? cause I think I've heard somewhere that it is in fact "so very pretty" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nezchan 2009-09-22 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	No, that's Kurt. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	deepspaceartist 2009-09-23 12:39 am UTC (link)
	Ah, but 'pretty' and 'not nice' are not mutually exclusive. See Miss Emma Frost for proof. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	afewboltsloose 2009-09-22 02:41 am UTC (link)
	What's next, City of God as a FPS? I'm holding out for the Moby Dick re-skinning of Minesweeper. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	espanolbot 2009-09-22 11:08 am UTC (link)
	Hm, the guys behind the Dante's Inferno game got some fake religious protestors for the game. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	scottyquick 2009-09-22 02:46 am UTC (link)
	Sorry Christos, I've read the Tenth Circle. You cant have nothin' on Picoult and Weaver. (Reply to this)

	neuhallidae 2009-09-22 02:49 am UTC (link)
	This may be the least offensive thing EA's commissioned to promote that damn game. And the game itself looks disgusting as hell. Demonic unborn babies as monsters for you to hack and slash. Really. (Reply to this)

newnumber6
2009-09-22 03:00 am UTC (link)

By my count, Katie Power should be 12, and Jack 15. I don't know how old Franklin is supposed to be now, but all of the Power Kids were years older than him when they first met (except Katie, who was 6 months older), so I don't see anything all that unusual about them willing to go to a younger friend's birthday party.

It'll be interesting to see how they'll handle things, though I'm half-dreading it.

Ah well, regardless, I'll still have my fanon Marvel, I've been ignoring the regular Marvel Universe in favor of it more and more often.

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	stratosfyr 2009-09-22 04:12 am UTC (link)
	I've really been wanting Franklin to start junior high for a while now, just so his age could be "fixed" somewhere older than 7. 11 or 12 sounds just about perfect. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	strannik01 2009-09-22 07:07 am UTC (link)
	From what I understand, Franklin changed his age a few times, so, as with Magneto, his biological age may not reflect his chronological age. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

newnumber6
2009-09-22 12:22 pm UTC (link)

Oh, I know. (or at least, I'm aware, having been told... don't really follow FF). Was just commenting on how old Power Pack should be, since they haven't been de-aged (the recent Power Pack minis all being out of continuity). So even if Franklin's younger, he wouldn't be _that_ much younger that them showing up would be silly.

Though, if he aged less than they have, it might be a bit eerie.

(Suddenly reminded of the short story "Jeffty is Five")

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	akodo_rokku 2009-09-22 10:25 am UTC (link)
	All I know is, Molly Hayes better crash that party. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

newnumber6
2009-09-22 12:25 pm UTC (link)

Ha. While I might love it theoretically, since Molly's great (and in my own canon Katie Power's her frienemesis), it wouldn't make much sense since she's on the other side of the country, doesn't know Franklin, hasn't met the Fantastic Four, and is one of the few Runners who didn't meet Spider-Man (and if she did, it'd be kind of stalkery to follow him to some kid's birthday party).

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	foxhack 2009-09-22 03:02 am UTC (link)
	So does Bendis think he's Joss Whedon now or what? >:( (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nezchan 2009-09-22 10:06 pm UTC (link)
	That's ridiculous. I'M Joss Whedon. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ian_karkull 2009-09-22 03:22 am UTC (link)
	Artie and Leech would be the X-Kids in Franklin's age, they haven't been around in forever, but have already been mentioned in the preview for next issue. Either way, the Nomad cover is fantastic. Alberquerque really needs to do interiors again, possibly on Young Avengers. (Reply to this)

	retro_nouveau 2009-09-22 03:23 am UTC (link)
	Peter: Let's take the flying bathtub out for a spin around Manhattan. Ben: Nah, I want to read the paper. Johnny: Take it with ya! Ben: Ah, all right. For some reason, I can see Johnny and Ben putting a soccer ball sticker on the back of the bathtub. (Reply to this)

	thanekos 2009-09-22 03:35 am UTC (link)
	no, but John " Red Dawn " Milius is penning an FPS's script and scenario. Kinda like how Warren Ellis was involved in the early concepts for Dead Space. (Reply to this)

jaybee3
2009-09-22 04:03 am UTC (link)

Franklin is how old again? 30? 40? How is it that he is the same age (seemingly) as he was when Val was born (and she's supposed to be 2 or 3)? Just let Frankie become a teen. The only person affected would really be Sue since they couldn't pretend she was 29-30 any more.

Also if Luke dies (I doubt it) how long before Jessica becomes just another member of the Spidey Romance & Hijinks comics titles (as I know call them)?

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	colonel_green 2009-09-22 04:11 am UTC (link)
	Not before Bendis leaves; she's his baby. Franklin's age is hard to pinpoint; he's been aged and deaged over time, he seems to hover at around 10. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2009-09-22 06:17 am UTC (link)
	How is it that he is the same age Incredible and unconscious mutant powers over time and space imo. He subconsciously chooses to not age, to keep his peers from aging out of his range, and he prevents everyone from noticing this. -11 (Reply to this) (Parent)

	long_silence 2009-09-22 04:12 am UTC (link)
	I thought that the Fantastic Four missed Franklin's birthday when they went to the Macroverse with Spider-Man. They were there for weeks. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	long_silence 2009-09-22 04:15 am UTC (link)
	Also what's the point of giving Franklin a birthday? I saw Quesada at FanExpo, during one of the panels he actually said that Franklin and Valeria will probably never grow up. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neuhallidae 2009-09-22 04:49 am UTC (link)
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	nezchan 2009-09-22 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	For that extra touch of realism Marvel is known for, yeah. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mullon 2009-09-22 04:26 am UTC (link)
	At least the game looks fun. (Reply to this)

	flipbeter 2009-09-22 05:07 am UTC (link)
	NO LUKE NO (Reply to this)

starwolf_oakley
2009-09-22 05:21 am UTC (link)

I was certain the whole point of ALIAS was that Jessica Jones was terrible at being a superhero. colonel_green and ashtoreth corrected me.

colonel_green said: "I assume this story will go in the direction of her finally becoming a competent superhero."

ashtoreth said: "Worth noting that before her massive trauma there was no hint that she was bad at heroing."

Still, Bendis doesn't really do "competent superhero" stories. Maybe the annual story will be the first and last "Jessica Jones as Jewel" story.

The cover to NA #60 seems to give weight my "Luke Cage has a heart problem that his powers covered up" theory.

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	kusonaga 2009-09-22 07:28 am UTC (link)
	Those Nomad covers really are delightful. (Reply to this)

	NO, not LUKE CAGE! jazzypom 2009-09-22 07:43 am UTC (link)
	Oh, goodness gracious me. I need a moment... damn it. Luke Cage was the heart of New New Avengers for a while. A stalwart character a... a... damn it, Bendis. Damn it. (Reply to this)

	schala_kid 2009-09-22 09:49 am UTC (link)
	I hope Luke doesn't die and that he comes out ok and this is just to make fans buy the title, either way I hope Danny Rand is there just for the angst (and the fact that he's his BFF). (Reply to this)

	mania21 2009-09-22 10:03 am UTC (link)
	Artie and Leech were Franklin's best friends back when he was in Generation X. So I assume they're the X-kids (which was a very nice relationship). I wonder if the surviving members of Gen-X will send gifts? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	erlgirl_9 2009-09-22 03:51 pm UTC (link)
	I was about to say that, yeah. It would be nice if Jubilee and Jono and Monet all sent prezzies, but I think that's a little too much to ask, especially since I think J and J don't really exist right now in the minds of the Marvel writers D: (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	erlgirl_9 2009-09-22 03:51 pm UTC (link)
	Paige too. Forgot that she's not dead yet. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	vitruvian23 2009-09-22 03:59 pm UTC (link)
	Luke's not dying; he's still slated to appear in Thunderbolts, right? Hey, maybe the red eyes on Luke and Danny on those TB covers indicates they both do die, but Matt has the hand resurrect them. (Reply to this)

	halloweenjack 2009-09-22 06:45 pm UTC (link)
	It's really too damn bad that it's not Stig's Inferno. That bit at the end of Bigg Time gave me some hope. (Reply to this)