Comments on: Avengers: The Initiative #1

By: quelonio

quelonio — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:45:17 +0000

Baron Blitzschlag is very similar to Dr. von Freyseng, from Cla$$war.

Both are made with the same pattern: “evil nazi scientist expert in posthumans hired by the USA”

Well, the second one doesn’t look like a corpse with completely dark eyes.

By: Matthew Peterson

Matthew Peterson — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:20:57 +0000

I’m sure A Night Thrasher IS back. I still suspect that Dwayne Taylor is gone. Of all the Warriors present, he has the least excuse for superhumanity (unless we go through that whole “Wellspring of Souls” bit, where his father sold his sons soul in return for immortality…

…heeeeeeeey…. Waitaminnit!!!

By: Salieri

Salieri — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:27:34 +0000

…Except Solits say that Night Thrasher is back from the grave.

By: Matthew Peterson

Matthew Peterson — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:48:30 +0000

Firestar broke up with Justice in one of the “Marvel Love” specials last Valentine’s Day, in a story written by Fabian Nicieza (the man who originated their romance). It was bittersweet and annoying. Angelica later gave up her superhuman identity at the beginning of Civil War (mostly so we could say that “An Avenger” quit.

But, yeah, I hate the the New Warriors are being punked out like this. It’s an example of the current Marvel editorial mindset which confuses notoriety with popularity. On the plus side, a few interesting ex-Warriors are still out there (indeed MOST of the ex-Warriors are still out there, with only founders Night Thrasher and Namorita and newbie Microbe buying it) in Loners, The Inititative, Nova, and lord help us, Thunderbolts.

By: Brother129

Brother129 — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:06:52 +0000

Has anyone else lost it because the New Warriors have been thrown under the bus (literally)? I really hope this NW mini that’s coming out is worth it. Where the heck is Firestar? Isn’t she still with Justice? Oh, looks like the Marvel Continuity (or lack thereof) Gods forgot that too…

By: Salieri

Salieri — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:10:20 +0000

Well, fear no more. Check out this preview: http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=108571 and try not to be disappointed.

By: Matthew Peterson

Matthew Peterson — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:52:23 +0000

He always has had one, dating back to his return as Goliath in ‘68. It’s actually one of the underlying plot point of Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes II (which I’ve been recapping, he said significantly) and it’s one of the reasons that his psychotic break to the Yellowjacket persona was so shocking.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: He’s not the weak sister of the group, and I’m a little tired of writers (and I’m looking at you, Mark %$#^ing Millar) taking him down a peg because of his past…

By: Salieri

Salieri — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:08:51 +0000

1) I don’t think Pym has any understanding and/or control of Gyrich’s programme to remove the people he doesn’t like.

2) Hah…the guy who can grow 600 feet tall has an inferiority complex…

By: Matthew Peterson

Matthew Peterson — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:55:39 +0000

Yellowjacket�s look seemed to me like �Why would you ask such a stuipd question? Do you want to fail before you start?� At least that�s how I read it.

That’s a valid interpretation. My point was predicated by the way my mind quantified Dr. Pym: A good guy, with some big flaws, a founding Avenger with a huge inferiority complex to Thor, Iron Man, & Captain America. He’s not military, he’s SCIENTIFIC, and while I definitely saw the “stupid question” aspect of the scene, I also drew a bit of “I have no control over that aspect of things, and while that bothers me, I’m not going to deal with it here and now.”

In fact, having seen what they do to Armory (in a situation THEIR OWN TRAINERS CREATED), I have to think that Pym’s silence was also partly a warning…

By: Salieri

Salieri — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:14:28 +0000

Justice, to MVP: ‘Trust me, this is gonna be HUGE! So huge that Gyrich will manipulate one of your cohorts into blowing your brains out so that he can have her arm cut off and boot her out of the team!’

By: Sono

Sono — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:28:01 +0000

Yellowjacket’s look seemed to me like “Why would you ask such a stuipd question? Do you want to fail before you start?” At least that’s how I read it.

By: Brent F.

Brent F. — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:22:01 +0000

This series has convinced me that Marvel wants to do every thing they can to make me dislike Iron Man and his cohorts. That look that Yellowjacket gives Cloud 9 after she asks that very important question wasn’t the look you get from a kind hearted dogooder, it’s the one you get from a fascist prick who will give you a lobotomy if you fail his training camp.

By: Matthew Peterson

Matthew Peterson — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:57:56 +0000

Trauma actually PHYSICALLY TRANSFORMS into the person’s greatest fear, apparently. I might turn him into a Giant Wasp, while Vince McMahon might have him transform into a two hour block of actual wrestling with no stupid skits… Eye of the beholder time.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:45:47 +0000

Any comic that has Slapstick in it is ok in my book.

By: Salieri

Salieri — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:55:47 +0000

I like Bengal too. Very nice.

But Trauma…aren’t I getting a few shades of Johnathon crane, except without the Gas?