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I have to say that the X Men franchise has been going on for decades. Maybe not as many as the Superman franchise has, but it still has quite a number to it.
One thing I am certain of is that the franchise seems to be subverting Status Quo Is God in recent years. Magneto and Professor Xavier seem to be fading into the background, with Cyclops and Wolverine taking their places. A lot of villains associated to the X-Men have been killed off and have actually stayed dead so far.
All this gives me the general impression that the franchise is trying to reinvent itself. Do you think that's what's going on here?
Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 29th 2023 at 10:02:23 AM
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I really hope they don't turn Scott into Apocalypse. Because that would be yet another recycled plot.
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& considering the quality of comics these days especially ones that shill him as the villain it prolly will be very very bad.
exactly. we are already getting civil war 2, and mutants are near extinct again, why not do yet another crappy plotline
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What isn't recycled these days? The X-Men were already an endangered species nearly ten freaking years ago. The Avengers have been disassembled yet again, and are reborn with a slew of new members yet again. And this isn't the first time the FF have been MIA. This isn't just a problem with X-Men; this is a problem with Marvel and perhaps mainstream comics in general as a whole.
We already had Civil War 2, only in that one, the X-Men were able to get in on the act.
edited 4th Dec '15 6:31:58 PM by kkhohoho
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Wait is Civil War getting another version?
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
,no there was a postcard at the last big con with falcap fighting tony with civil war 2 on it.
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Sort of. Steve, Sam, and Bucky are all going to be going up against each other next February, each leading their own teams of Avengers. It isn't quite as large scale as Civil War, but it's still heroes fighting other heroes nonetheless.
...WHY?!
edited 4th Dec '15 7:01:16 PM by kkhohoho
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DC has a lot of problems but at least there heroes fight actual villains most of the time.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
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I really don't like Jean. Revealing people's secrets just because you are a telepath like really???
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She's gotten better during Lemire's run - now she asks permission before going into your head.
So, if one was to read 3 Deadpool books before the new movie which 3 would you pick? I've heard good stuff about the Kelly, Duggan/Posehn, Benson and Simone runs.
I will always recommend Joe Kelly as the Deadpool writer. I've been dissatisfied, to one extent or another, with literally every other take on the character. Joe Kelly writes the definitive Deadpool.
edited 19th Jan '16 8:34:45 PM by Tiamatty
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kelly, nizecia, and duggan/poshen.
I've started reading Kelly again and it's honestly not that great.
Are you looking for a fight? Is that what's going on here? Because I will fight you.
More seriously, the story in Kelly's run was generally pretty stupid. But the character himself was fantastic. No one wrote a more interesting take on the character, even if the plot was . . . not great.
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no. I just got into Deadpool with Ca D during Civil War, and to me that is my definitive version. But im starting to like Duggan's more. Kelly while still pretty good to me, isn't as good as the others.
but kelly's run is what the movie is gonna be like so that's the best place to start.
I would say that Gail Simone's run is awesome, although it doesn't do the same things as the others. Mainly Simone does her own thing, which is fantastic, but she's also stymied by the fact that Deadpool was actually cancelled after she began writing it. She had to continue the story in a book called Agent X.
Simone's Agent X was good, but it wasn't Deadpool.
No, really, it wasn't. It really was a different character.
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Yeah, I know, but Deadpool does eventually come back in the pages of Agent X. And I love Alex, anyway.
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I second the recommendation of Joe Kelly's run. Bought the omnibus a while back, and loved it. While there are a few parts where it gets to be a drag to get through (like when it's clear that they're holding off on the LL&L arc for later), but it's one of my favorite runs in Marvel, period.
I also really enjoyed "Cable & Deadpool". 'Pool did get a bit Flanderized, but there was still that theme of "merc unhappy with his life and trying to become a better person thanks to the influence of someone he has feelings for" that Kelly did so well with. And I absolutely love the Book Ends of the first and final issues.
I tried reading Daniel Way's run after that, and had to stop after a few issues. Do NOT read those. It actually turned me off of the character for a while, so while I hear there's been some good stories since then, I haven't read any.
Weird in a Can (updated M-F)Yeah, Waypool was so awful. And the worst part was, a whole bunch of other Deadpool comics came out at that point, all similarly awful. So there was Deadpool everywhere, and none of it was readable. It was frustrating.
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*Sigh* When I check out the comics these days it seems either AU X-Men or stuff with Avengers. I don't hate it, but I do kind of miss the old days. It also makes me miss X-Men cartoons like the 90's show or Evolution.
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That really sucks; until Marvel and Fox can eat at the same table, that was the closest thing I had to a new X-Men cartoon
I just read the new extraordinary x-men and man storm is kinda a dickish leader. "Hey Logan I know that you killed all the x-men and feel bad but I need you to kill some X-Men for me"
So either Evan is turning rvil. Again. Or he is going to be fighting an evil apocalypse who I'm guessing is going to be scott.