Man. The Kool-Aid is strong in this one. :p

Meh. I'd still like G-Mozz comics even if they were universally reviled.

Remember, I also own a complete run of Sleepwalker and fondly remember Thunderstrike and Ravage 2099.

I don't have the issue to hand, having burnt it on a big fire, but I formed that impression very early on in the issue and it seems a rather pointless issue without such an interpretation.

Just me then? Thought so

Actually, it’s neither. If anything, it’s REconstruction.

…and they probably would’ve been better off if they DID cancel all the X-books after him, but, you know, many people disagree with me on that. Hah.

Let ‘em muck with Marvel Boy. The original is still intact. Shame about that sequel.

Man. The Kool-Aid is strong in this one. :p

I dunno what Bendis did with him in Illuminati, but it probably sucked.

And you'd be amazingly wrong about that.

Bendis and Reed have reintroduced Marvel Boy into Illuminati #4 last week. Not really sure why this art is being used for the point being made though.

Because THIS book did indeed try to introduce Noh-Varr to the regular universe and make him lame. Bendis' book accepted that introduction and saved the character from lameness.

For now...

I thought Illuminati #4 should have stuck with the guys whining about women and avoided the whole "reform Marvel Boy" thing.

Has the time-displaced Mar-vell been seen since Civil War? Maybe they could start a "Mar-vell" family book with the original, the boy, the daughter who is in Annihilation just now, and Monica Rambeau. Maybe they could get Tigra as the talking tiger character.

Why was whatever was lame lame?

I dunno what Bendis did with him in Illuminati, but it probably sucked.

All-Star Superman isn’t plagarism, it’s deconstruction!

Actually, it's neither. If anything, it's REconstruction.

...and they probably would've been better off if they DID cancel all the X-books after him, but, you know, many people disagree with me on that. Hah.

Let 'em muck with Marvel Boy. The original is still intact. Shame about that sequel.

"Ewwwww, that's not what GRANT MORRISON would have done with it! You've desecrated his brilliant ideas! They should have just cancelled all the X-Men comics once he'd finished with them, so that nobody could tarnish his creation! He should just be forced to write everything forever! Batman #666 is good! All-Star Superman isn't plagarism, it's deconstruction!"

...and so on. (Note to the sarcasm-impaired: This is a hyperbolic exaggeration of Grant Morrison fandom; it's obviously not meant to apply to any one specific person. Especially not you, man. Because you're cool. )

Better characters than him have been ruined by the big publishers on the past...

Best,
Hunter (Pedro Bouça)

Bendis and Reed have reintroduced Marvel Boy into Illuminati #4 last week. Not really sure why this art is being used for the point being made though.

Bendis wrote Noh-var in New Avengers: Illuminati #4, which came out last week. Jimmy Cheung drew that one.

As for the character itself... I'm just happy he's being used at all. After so many one-shots and minis in the 90s where characters were just COMPLETLY ignored and the only way to create a new character was by shoe-horning them into the Avengers or something, I'm glad that Marvel is using some of the ideas and characters (Sentry, Nextwave, Marvel Boy) instead of discarding them forever.