gassed heritage?flaunt sextillion compelled …

blackout:quarrel episodes gambles abducts …

Dammit, you are right!!!
Now I have to go back and ask for my 49¢, plus tax!
(Something tells me this isn’t going to end well!)

I’ve seen Wolverine do that a number of times before. Granted, it was a little overplayed in this particular issue, but I tend to like it when an author throws that in. It makes me laugh thinking of how in X-Men #1 Cyclops’ name was Slim Summers and what a terrible name that is.

The Ra’s Batman crossover, while I did buy the first issue, doesn’t intrigue me much either, Greg. A villain like Ra’s… it’s just that you know how it’s going to end before it starts. Maybe something will happen like Talia Al Ghul dying, but I really don’t give a damn. If you bring in a villain like Joker, than there’s frequently no telling what he will do but, as it stands, Ra’s Al Ghul seems to be too predictable a villain for an enticing crossover.

Will

I was going to get Batman, but then I remembered it’s that whole crossover thing, and unlike finding out if they’re going to undo M-Day, I don’t have much interest in Ra’s al Ghul coming back. If I hear good things I’ll buy the trade. But probably not.

That’s Geoff Johns in a nutshell, I think. He’s capable of telling a good story so long as you kick his crutches away (ultra-violence and continuity porn)…but working at DC, especially with the current editorial slant the company has, means that he’s going to keep leaning on both those suckers.

(I actually feel the same way about Mark Waid, only I think he’s capable of telling a great story, not just a good one, and he doesn’t use ultra-violence as a crutch. Just continuity porn.)

Also it’s been about half a century now that the cliche wherein stories about the ghetto are the primary lens for any black or Latino character. Can we please get some other kind of stories?

Especially since this guy shoe-horns pretty awkwardly into NYC minority and crime cultures. Black Tarantula is Brazilian. The Bronx is Puerto Rican and Dominican. Brazilians DON’T EVEN SPEAK SPANISH.

ps – I generally agree about autobiographies. Particularly about people who aren’t especially accomplished. A bio of a Michelangelo, or Robert Moses, or Hitler even? Yeah, sure, bring it on. But a bio of a moderately successful writer or a chick with Aspergers syndrome or guy whose parents died when he was a kid? I KNOW people like that. I don’t need to go looking for them in books.

You forgot to add that he develops a new Super Power each time he Resurrects.

I AGREE
XAVIER LOOKED Totally “EVIL” and he had the Psychic Nosebleed bit going (so cliche now)

at that point I almost stopped reading (and no I didn’t buy it; I read a friends copy).

As it was I didn’t like it.
Wolverine calling Scott “Slim”; what’s up with that.
Warren tell Logan that “hey back in the day we called Scott “Slim”—use that to push his buttons.”
PLEASE! No. It doesn’t work.
Or Wolverine not being able to lock a scent because of other chemicals in the air.
That seems just wrong too.
Hated it.

Action Comics. Nice, but I hate Time Travel.

Alan
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There’s definitely more going on in True Story Swear to God than X-Men: Messiah Complex, Ajit. In terms of single issues, it’s better than the X-Men book, too.

That’s a good point, red-Ricky. My wife tends to ignore my comics hobby, but if someone is bugging you about it, it’s a good book to show them. And I don’t know why you were charged $3.99. Maybe you need to take it up with your retailer, because it’s clearly marked as $3.50.

Most mutants manifest during puberty, but yes, some get their powers earlier (going back as far as Jamie Madrox’s powers and Nightcrawler’s demonic look showing at birth). According to a character in X-Factor a while back, these mutants are actually a different subspecies, but I’m guessing this is what happened in Messiah Complex.

(Could it be the reincarnation of Cable? Wouldn’t be the first time he shows up as a baby and is then suddenly an adult.)

I agree that the structure of the story didn’t quite work–but I think it might have with a more suitable artist, one who’s faces actually portrayed the emotions that drive the story.

To show off her tits. The page after that is about her butt. That’s how come she doesn’t wear any clothes.

As far as Action Comic goes, I have two questions:

1- Why was I charged $3.99? Is that the usual price or are comic books going up again?

2- And finally… Are the stories told after Giffen’s 5 year gap considered part of the history of the real Original Legion; or did that history stop with the Baxter relaunch? I’m confused. Specially because Karate Kid was killed before Crisis; so Superman would know. Plus, he doesn’t get the Crisis/Multiverse “get out of hell” card… or does he?