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Nice. Marvel actually has smaller, omnibus editions of comics for kids: here is the Ms. Marvel one, Unstoppable Wasp, the Kate Bishop Hawkeye, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, and Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.

It's kind of sad that, of all of these comics, only Ms. Marvel is still going on. I wish they would let Jeremy Whitley bring back Unstoppable Wasp.

By the way, IDW Publishing actually puts out more kid friendly Marvel Comics (yes, I know that's weird, but that's how Disney wants to do it for some reason) called "Marvel Action." Here is the Marvel Action: Captain Marvel, Marvel Action: Spider-Man (which includes Spider-Gwen and Miles Morales), Marvel Action: Black Panther, and Marvel Action: Avengers. They are pretty good substitutes for the old "Marvel Adventures" line (which was awesome and should totally be reprinted in full size, dammit).

Edited by alliterator on Feb 16th 2020 at 6:28:01 AM

Marvel needs to get better at marketing stuff aimed towards younger audiences. If I wasn’t there, I’m pretty sure that they would have picked Wolverine or something equally not kid friendly.

(Or else picked up a random book in the middle of it’s current storyline, and having no idea what’s going on.)

Edited by megaeliz on Feb 17th 2020 at 6:58:32 AM

I love that stuff, but issue 12 of MA:S is still missing and I want more movie!Venom and the three Spider-Kids having fun kicking octopus ass.

If there's a book you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. Toni Morrison

I know it's not technically a Marvel comic, but this is hilarious.

I repeat, Marvel Action Spider-Man is awesome.

Marvel Action Black Panther is also nice, but T’Challa looks like, um, REALLY young. He seems just a bit older than Shuri, and that’s to say something. Looks at most 25.

If there's a book you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. Toni Morrison

Two more Marvel Snapshots: Spider-Man by Howard Chaykin and Avengers by Barbara Kesel. Both sound interesting.

So Marvel are bringing back "One More Day", only now it's for Daredevil.

Huh, nice.

Fuck! No! Why?!

If there's a book you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. Toni Morrison

Was the Kingpin Mephisto this whole time!? :P Can't be like OMD without him!

Edited by lalalei2001 on Feb 19th 2020 at 12:32:30 PM

The Protomen enhanced my life.

I mean, all we know is that it's called "One More Day," it will change everything, but also it's being written by Chip Zdarsky. So I highly doubt it's going to have Daredevil sell his soul or marriage or faith to Mephisto. In fact, Daredevil refused to take any deal from Mephisto before, remember?

I think people are going to learn he's Matt Murdock again. Chip has been teasing it in the pages of Daredevil with both the brother and the mother of the criminal he accidentally killed learning who he is, with the mother forgiving him.

Edited by alliterator on Feb 19th 2020 at 12:39:27 PM

Speaking of Chip Zdarsky and Spider-Man, I don't think any current writer at marvel treats Spidey with the respect he deserves like Zdarsky.

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Chip's of course had some notable Spider-Man runs, so him going for this title is just proudly displaying his superfan card. He knows what the words mean, so he'll probably flip the switch and have it be some positive outcome so people can talk about those three initials in a good light again. Marvel's about more positive changes these days, even their bleaker titles have a lot of hope in them

Edited by Zarius on Feb 19th 2020 at 12:46:40 PM

This. So much this. Every time Spidey appears in Daredevil, he just shows how he's the best and why everyone respects him (okay, not everyone, but most of his fellow superheroes). His conversation with Daredevil convincing him to quit and then later his conversation with Cole North were both awesome.

Zdarsky's last issue of Peter Parker: The Sensational Spider-Man was also one of the best issues of last year.

Edited by alliterator on Feb 19th 2020 at 1:04:08 AM

It feels like for years, even in his own books, all that defines Peter is "Guy with no money, who makes jokes, and nobody likes him." It's like they forgot the decade-plus of characters flat-out calling him "The best of us" and characters from the future saying he's the greatest hero who ever lived.

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Seconded.

Blame Dan Slott.

Edited by RodimusMinor on Feb 19th 2020 at 5:02:45 AM

Well I don't like that shilling either. Lets aim for a middle ground.

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I feel like Zdarsky's Spider-Man is the middle ground, since he doesn't have people just proclaim how great Spider-Man is, he actually has Spider-Man show how great he is. Often while making terrible jokes.

As long as he occasionally curls up into a ball on the ground and cries, I'm game.

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I also liked how Tom Taylor wrote him in Immortal Hulk: Great Power.

That one shot also made me realize that Peter and Banner don't interact often, usually Spidey mainly interacts with Hulk.

"They truly were a Aqua Teen Hunger Force"

Peter Parker can be a nebbish dork with problems. Spider-Man should be the best of them. At least that's how I see it.

All the members of the Union have been revealed. Aside from Union Jack, there's Snakes from Northern Ireland, Kelpie from Scotland, the Choir from Wales, and Britannia from England.

What's weird about the first name is that there are no snakes in Ireland.

So Fantastic Four #19 proves once again why I hate this run so much. I gave the book well over a year and now I've decided to drop it.

The Overseer is a jerk. He's a xenophobic monster. Putting aside he's at the center of a retcon which absolves Reed of any responsibility for the Fantastic Four, I don't like him because he gets off with a slap on the wrist. He attacked the Fantastic Four. When his murder attempt failed, he spread lies and made his people paranoid of an impending invasion. He then used this as an excuse to experiment on his people. When some mutated into monsters, some of which were people he personally knew or were his coworkers, he promptly forces them to live in a segregated society. His only punishment amounts to keeping his position and embracing the Power of Friendship.

This is dumb. I didn't like this resolution in any other media. I certainly didn't like it here.

Edited by Dr.XXX on Feb 19th 2020 at 6:09:45 AM

Dan Slott is bad at comics. Other breaking news: water wet.

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Dunno. I've been enjoying his Iron Man.

And he's done good stuff before.

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It's weird. There are some books that he's excellent on — Silver Surfer being the prime example. I don't think that had a bad issue in his entire run. Or The Thing, which managed to perfectly encapsulate Ben Grimm, and the Spider-Man/Human Torch mini-series, which was awesome. But then there's his run on Spider-Man, which had its ups and downs, and his Fantastic Four run, which started off strong, but quickly went downhill.

Hell, at this point, I think Bendis could write a better FF.