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By: That Prescient Bob Layton « The geek and the gimp

That Prescient Bob Layton « The geek and the gimp — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:01:12 +0000

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By: Greg Manuel

Greg Manuel — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:30:19 +0000

Well, we did forget one other detail…each story has 100% more Luke Cage!

He’s the Omega-3 of Bendis-Marvel!

By: Pedro BouÃ§a

Pedro BouÃ§a — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:04:46 +0000

House of M sounded much like an old John Byrne plot for West Coast Avengers that wasn’t finished (the reason why Byrne left the series). I don’t have acess here to the Byrne Robotics site, but the whole plot is on the FAQ.

Best,
Hunter (Pedro BouÃ§a)

By: J to the AAP

J to the AAP — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:51:32 +0000

Iâ€™m with FunkyGreen. As soon as House of M was released it struck me as a less entertaining rip-off of the AoA.

I’d say AoA is more like the negative to HOM’s photo. Same basic premise but a completel reverse, AoA had the mutants in the bleakest post-apocalyptic setting they’ve been in while HOM had ‘em in their ideal dream setting.

By: BDaly

BDaly — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:49:21 +0000

I’m with FunkyGreen. As soon as House of M was released it struck me as a less entertaining rip-off of the AoA.

By: Bernard the Poet

Bernard the Poet — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:27:32 +0000

“avengers63: â€œAny bets that Bendis read the mini and took the whole idea?â€

I wouldnâ€™t take that bet, because even if he took some different turns, some of the biggest storylines heâ€™s been involved in have been lifted from storylines that I distinctly remember reading at least ten years ago.”

Or twenty years ago. His ‘Secret War’ series steals unashamedly from an old Iron Man story, which had Justin Hammer bankrolling the world’s technological villians.

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:00:17 +0000

Avengers/X-Men: â€œHouse of Mâ€ = Marvel Universe/X-Men: â€œOnslaughtâ€/â€Heroes Rebornâ€/â€Heroes Returnâ€ (What if a corrupted mutant hero somehow manages to alter reality, thus briefly changing the lives of several of their closests friends and allies? Smell the Eisners!)

Or Age Of Apocalypse.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:59:50 +0000

Stephanie, the minis are listed as 1982 and 1984.

By: E.D.

E.D. — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:19:47 +0000

Cute coincidence.

By: Stephane Savoie

Stephane Savoie — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:45:57 +0000

I remember that Herc series (and the companion) being awesome. Was there a GN as well?
But that was almost 20 years ago. I’m afraid to look and see if it actually was.

By: Greg Manuel

Greg Manuel — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:47:41 +0000

avengers63: “Any bets that Bendis read the mini and took the whole idea?”

I wouldn’t take that bet, because even if he took some different turns, some of the biggest storylines he’s been involved in have been lifted from storylines that I distinctly remember reading at least ten years ago. To name but a few…

Daredevil: “Out” = Daredevil: “Fall From Grace” (What if somebody totally reveals Daredevil’s secret identity? Watch the fall-out, kids!)

Avengers: “Disassembled” = Avengers: “The Crossing” (What if a long-time Avenger goes insane and gets to killing and maiming teammates? Awwww, sooky-sooky now!)

Avengers/X-Men: “House of M” = Marvel Universe/X-Men: “Onslaught”/”Heroes Reborn”/”Heroes Return” (What if a corrupted mutant hero somehow manages to alter reality, thus briefly changing the lives of several of their closests friends and allies? Smell the Eisners!)

And maybe it’s just me, or is it that every time the Skrulls show up, the whole point of the story is to ramp up paranoia and chaos amongst the masses? After all, in their very first appearance, didn’t they impersonate the Fantastic Four in order to discredit them? I guess that’s just their schtick…last time I remember this happening was when Mark Waid was writing “Heroes Return: Captain America” back in 1998 – specifically the master plan of the Sensational Hydra…

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:30:01 +0000

I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if that was a (conscious or unconscious) influence on one of the Secret Invasion architects.

By: Mister Midnight

Mister Midnight — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:59:18 +0000

Very nice……makes me want to believe that some thought other than money grabbing went into some of these recent events.

Loved those two Herc series…digging them out right now for re-reading material.

By: joshschr

joshschr — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:53:04 +0000

And Conquest, if you want to stretch.

And Secret Invasion, obviously.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:34:37 +0000

Wow. Civil War & Decimation. Nice.

By: avengers63

avengers63 — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:35:44 +0000

Any bets that Bendis read the mini and took the whole idea?

By: Dan (other Dan)

Dan (other Dan) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:17:27 +0000

Neat bit. This is the shared universe happenstance that can be exploited to great effect in the vein of Alan Moore, Dan Slott, etc. By the way, that is an 80s-tastic logo design. I can almost hear it beeping.

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:01:22 +0000

Nice outfit, Herc. Just get back from Eternia?

By: Jaap!

Jaap! — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:57:18 +0000

I’d like to see that in a scan