Comments on: Much Better Than Homages

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:39:36 +0000

Yeah. I was kind of surprised to see anybody not getting that right away.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:37:16 +0000

Right – it is likely that most (if not ALL) of these heroes are not ACTUALLY Skrulls, but by showing them in past costumes, it is giving us the mystery – “ARE they Skrulls? Did the real Captain America die? Did the real Vision die?,” etc.

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:29:26 +0000

I’m thinking the old costumes are to differentiate the skrull impersonators from the actual heroes.

By: GQ

GQ — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:09:03 +0000

Also, Carl, notice that Wolverine’s mask has the whiskers on it that appearend on the first version of his costume.

In fact, if take it these are all “classic” versions of these characters, is the implication that these heroes pictured are the REAL heroes returning and the characters we’ve been reading about are all Skrulls?

So, Jean’s been a skrull since her Phoenix days, Thor since whenever he was last seen wearing that costume and so on…

Although that doesn’t make a lot of sense.

I give up.

Although I reckon that’s not Spider-Man. It’s Dazzler. She’s taking up the Spider-Man name and decided to pimp her costume a bit, using an old glitterball and a left-over Ronin Boob-Hider 2000 TM.

By: HellRazor

HellRazor — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:29:07 +0000

The Illuminati did it.

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:25:16 +0000

I’ve got it. How do you fight the Skrulls, when you don’t know which of your “allies” is a Skrull? Go back in time and recruit from before they started infiltrating. Tony goes back to before the Kree/Skrull War and recruits a team. He figures that it worked out so well to fight himself during “The Crossing”, that he’ll do it again for Secret Invasion.

Oh wait, that’s pretty stupid and doesn’t explain Phoenix. Never mind.

By: James McEwan

James McEwan — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:02:19 +0000

Add spidey to the classic costumes list, it’s hard to see amid the colouring, but that’s a Ditko spider-emblem on his chest.

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:54:37 +0000

So are the characters on the cover all Skrulls who missed a few memos??

We have:

Captain America – Apparantly Steve Rogers from the costume.

Thor – Old Outfit

Phoenix – Currently dead and hadn’t worn that outfit in years.

Hawkeye – Currently Ronin.

Vision – Looks more classic than the current Young Avengers version.

By: fanboy d

fanboy d — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:10:57 +0000

um…there’s no concept behind it at all tho. at least the homage had a concept behind it…i’ll accept a standard ‘look: it’s heroes posing!’ cover when it’s a regular ongoing but an event series should be distinctive by more than just it’s banner/font.

By: The Mutt

The Mutt — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:56:46 +0000

With Phoenix, plus Hawkeye and Captain America in their traditional costumes, I’m guessing that cover is a picture of the past.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:25:14 +0000

I’m more impressed that there aren’t any freakin’ zombies on the cover – but there is still time!!

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:57:13 +0000

Your mum is a skrull.

Whoo.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:49:13 +0000

That cover is a Skrull.

By: Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:17:47 +0000

Not a “homage”?
Not a “swipe”?
Not a “hoax”?

Holy Mary Mother of God!!!
Will Wonders NEVER Cease!!!!!

Maybe Yu’s a Skrull?

By: Loren

Loren — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:10:49 +0000

Is it just me, or do a lot of the characters look like they have overbites?

By: GarBut

GarBut — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:54:34 +0000

@Jace: “Disco-ball Spidey suit”–well said! And I agree, I can’t believe that I like it.

@Brian: I guess I’d be more pleasantly shocked, like you, if this wasn’t the second variant cover (=3rd cover).

By: John Seavey

John Seavey — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:50:12 +0000

It, um…kind of looks like it’s not done yet. I mean, it looks like he did some preliminary sketches of what he wanted the cover to look like, and then someone grabbed them, scanned them, colored them, and sent them off to the printer.

By: Danx

Danx — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:39:41 +0000

Wolverine kinda looks like he has some Ultimate Warrior face on.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:28:54 +0000

What they’re stressing is characters that COULD be skrulls.

Odds are Phoenix WON’T be a skrull in the series, they just want that idea thrown out there.

By: Krod

Krod — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:06:33 +0000

I’m kind of digging Yu’s Captain America—in the sense that I appreciate artists who don’t make his costume look like a chicken suit. Though, the way he’s holding the shield is off… Is he about to drop it face down?