Comments on: Stir It, McDuffie! Stir It!!

By: Sean Whitmore

Sean Whitmore — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:06:39 +0000

Leaving aside the specific characters in the scene, it still sounds incredibly clunky. "Only we have enough strength of spirit to do this. Not any of you. No. Just us." "Could you define exactly what you mean when you say 'strength of spirit'?" "It means we're better than you."

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:29:42 +0000

That is some extremely fannish writing right there. For shame, McDuffie.

By: Vincent Paul Bartilucci

Vincent Paul Bartilucci — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:21:21 +0000

It's a shame ...

Sorceror Supreme and yet such a poor judge of character. T'Challa is standing right there, you idiot in blue footie pajamas!

Was that fanboy enough for you?

By: Ben Herman

Ben Herman — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:51:24 +0000

What about Captain America? He picked up Thor's hammer! He once faced down an Infinity Gauntlet-powered Thanos! He... oh, wait, he's dead right now. Never mind then

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:05:24 +0000

"The reaction that will assuredly come" is here: What?! Only Strange and Storm have the strength of spirit blah blah blah ?! If Storm has the ability to do this, then Sue can definitely pull it off. I know some readers might get irritated by the seemingly infinite levels of Sue's ability, but I think she could handle this. And speaking of "strength of spirit," Ben is the first character I think of when I hear this phrase. He might not have the power to contain the cosmic whatsit, but he has more willpower and strength of spirit than any other character in comicdon. Shame on McDuffie for throwing out some well-established characterization just to squeeze Storm and Strange into another level of a book that's NOT EVEN THEIRS! Okay, I'm calming down now...That sounded totally FFanboyish, but Brian needed a laugh.

By: avengers63

avengers63 — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:28:42 +0000

You can stir it all you want, P-TOR, cuz you're right. The Surfer has taken melancholy to a whole new level. He'd fit in perfect with the depressive, suicidal, black eyeliner wearing, facial piercing, never go outside, goth freak Cure fans. If he wasn't all silver and shiny and stuff.

By: SanctumSanctorumComix

SanctumSanctorumComix — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:22:50 +0000

I thought the same thing about Surfer.
However, Doc's talking Strength of Spirit and EVERYONE knows Surfer is the biggest whiny-mary this side of the Horse-head Nebula.

hahaha
Just stirrin' some more.

~P~
P-TOR

By: Loren

Loren — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:52:36 +0000

Not that I really care one way or the other, but the Surfer can't do whatever Strange is talking about? Isn't 'containing cosmic power' his whole schtick?

By: BizarroBeachHead

BizarroBeachHead — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:29:07 +0000

^
I did the same thing.

By: Rohan Williams

Rohan Williams — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:37:46 +0000

For some reason, even though you spelled out which characters are in the team at the moment right there at the start, I still thought Strange was talking about himself and Susan Storm until I read the comments.

By: fourthworlder

fourthworlder — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:03:25 +0000

And yeah Brian, i remember that. The cover said something like "we did it before! will we do it again?!" and they called her Dark Storm or Rogue Storm or something.

Sometimes I wonder a bit about what Chris Claremont's mom might have like.

By: fourthworlder

fourthworlder — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:58:46 +0000

Well, Storm had the strength of spirit to survive that mohawk/black leather look way back when.

By: Brian Mac

Brian Mac — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:56:58 +0000

First, I do think it's funny, just so we understand that the following comment isn't completely pedantic and geeky: Didn't Storm do Infinite Cosmic Power once before? Uncanny #147, I believe it was...Storm had been turned into a statue by Doctor Doom (actually a Doombot, natch), and the confinement triggered her claustrophobia, which ramped her powers up to cosmic levels, affecting weather patterns all across the Western Hemisphere before the X-Men talked her down.

By: GarBut

GarBut — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:07:43 +0000

As it happens, only Strange and Storm have the perfect legs for the job, too. Just that Strange hides his under that cloak all the time.

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:55:34 +0000

DAMN! Someone already made a joke about the grammar! DAMN DAMN DAMN! Stir that poor grammar pot, McDuffie!

In case I didn't already make myself clear, DAMN.

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:55:02 +0000

Her spirit can't be that strong. She freaks out being in a subway train.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:55:29 +0000

Which made you laugh; the grammar or the content?

The content.

I mean, I have no real problem with Strange and Storm being the only ones with the strength of spirit, or whatever, it just struck me as one of those things that will obviously piss fans of the other characters off.

"What?!? Storm has stronger spirit than Reed/Black Panther?!?! BLASPHEMY!"

So the reaction that will assuredly come made me laugh.

By: Jeff Holland

Jeff Holland — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:42:36 +0000

Take THAT, Black Panther.

By: Jeff R.

Jeff R. — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:14:16 +0000

Which made you laugh; the grammar or the content?