pyrotwilight: (Tommie chris giarrusso)pyrotwilight ([personal profile] pyrotwilight) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily,
@ 2011-02-07 07:45 pm UTC
Entry tags:char: beast/hank mccoy, char: colossus/piotr rasputin, char: cyclops/scott summers, char: hulk/bruce banner, char: human torch/johnny storm, char: iceman/bobby drake, char: invisible woman/susan storm, char: iron man/tony stark, char: mr. fantastic/reed richards, char: ms. marvel/carol danvers, char: nightcrawler/kurt wagner, char: power man/luke cage, char: professor x/charles xavier, char: shadowcat/kitty pryde, char: the thing/ben grimm, char: wolverine/logan/james howlett, creator: colleen coover, creator: derec donovan, group: avengers, group: fantastic four, group: x-men, publisher: marvel comics
Taco Bell recently (a week or so ago?) began a comic related special. With any kids meal order, as the "toy" for the meal is a free 12 page comic. The comics are very very amusing stuff and have much of a Marvel Adventures like feel to them. The comics are of the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men and Iron Man. If you're the sort who doesn't like eating at Taco Bell, fear not! One can also purchase them separately as I did. I'm guessing it'll vary by store but you can get all 4 for something like $6.

Now while each comic has a fun 11 page story one of my favorite parts is a one page strip from Colleen Coover about the issues group/person.

So I'm posting 4 pages, one from each plus a page of the regular story for the Avengers issue to show what seems to be a pretty amazing name usage for Carol Danvers.


 

Not completely sure what's the deal with Tony here, I guess that he's very narcissistic about his looks whether it be him or his armor?



Of course my big question is how Johnny won his battle? He's a guy made of fire throwing flames at a lava monster! But yes, I am amused that the First Family of Marvel probably is like this, everyday.



It's Kitty's line that kills me everytime. Strange thing to note is that Jean Grey isn't there though Colleen uses her so often in other strips (alongside Wanda). Though it may be since she wasn't in the X-Men's main story either. And while it is a bit narcissistic, it's pretty impossible to throw Professor X a surprise party.    

 

Pffff oh Hulk.

And now one page from the Avengers main story.



Carol got an upgrade to Captain Marvel for the story! A bit odd, gotta wonder if their was something stopping them from calling her Ms. Marvel in the story and since they call her that at least once more in the story I don't think it was an accident either.                                                                                                                 



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proteus_lives: (Ron Swanson)


[personal profile] proteus_lives
2011-02-08 01:06 am UTC (link)
Go Reed! Save Abbot and Costello!

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icon_uk: (Sonny Strait Nightwing)


[personal profile] icon_uk
2011-02-08 01:16 am UTC (link)
How pathetically sad is Prof X throwing HIMSELF a surprise party?

Otherwise... awesome stuff!

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pyrotwilight: (Tommie chris giarrusso)


[personal profile] pyrotwilight
2011-02-08 01:18 am UTC (link)
I like to think he hoped they would throw him one but realized no one was going to and decided to break out the cake, which is actually really sad to think about, poor Professor.

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darkblade: (Molly vs Bus)


[personal profile] darkblade
2011-02-08 03:42 am UTC (link)
Well it's not like anyone else could. Unless they invited Magneto or Juggernaut over to do most of the work and then made themselves forget somehow.

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feyandstrange: "Are you saying that disabled access is a Dalek conspiracy?' (pic#496214)


[personal profile] feyandstrange
2011-02-08 07:09 am UTC (link)
Oh, it's not so bad, think about it: he gets to pick out a flavor of cake he likes, AND he gets to see them all making ridiculous faces.

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kumu_cyne: (is that what you're saying?)


[personal profile] kumu_cyne
2011-02-08 02:40 pm UTC (link)
Your icon! :D

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badficwriter: Flying saucer-I WANT TO BELIEVE (Flying saucer-I WANT TO BELIEVE)


[personal profile] badficwriter
2011-02-08 07:55 pm UTC (link)
Yesss. I keep imagining the Daleks kept at bay by walkups.

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silicone_soul: (South Park)


[personal profile] silicone_soul
2011-02-08 06:18 pm UTC (link)
The cake thing probably is important, especially since his tastes are so specific.

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[identity profile] brandiweed.livejournal.com
2011-02-08 01:20 am UTC (link)
Inking's a little fuzzy-looking, but AW FUN. I like seeing how Colleen draws Nightcrawler.

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[personal profile] lonewolf23k
2011-02-08 01:25 am UTC (link)
The FF one-pager is hilarious, and works so well... That DOES sound like a pretty quiet day for them.

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blake_reitz: (pic#370899)


[personal profile] blake_reitz
2011-02-08 01:26 am UTC (link)
"Iron Man" is kind of a lame name, when compared to "Grand High Exalted Ruler."

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retro_nouveau: AARP Bruce (67)


[personal profile] retro_nouveau
2011-02-08 01:28 am UTC (link)
Never heard of fighting fire with fire? I guess Sue went against Monty Python.

Artist Coover > Writer Coover Want.

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badficwriter: Flying saucer-I WANT TO BELIEVE (Flying saucer-I WANT TO BELIEVE)


[personal profile] badficwriter
2011-02-08 08:06 pm UTC (link)
She was obviously fighting the minions of the Dapper Dandy.

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[personal profile] warpedhand
2011-02-08 01:48 am UTC (link)
To be fair, this surprise party surprises more people. It has a greater surprise/party ratio than your average surprise party.

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[personal profile] sleepymax
2011-02-08 01:50 am UTC (link)
That's a cool costume Cyclops is wearing. Don't think I've ever seen it before.

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[personal profile] darkknightjrk
2011-02-08 05:52 am UTC (link)
That was his costume for much of the 70s/80s, as I recall.

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wizardru: Hellboy (Hellboy)


[personal profile] wizardru
2011-02-08 12:45 pm UTC (link)
My initial reaction was: 'Oh, he's joking.', I mean, that's the base costume cyclops wore from the late 60s to the early 90s, basicaly. Then I realized that there are people who post here who were born AFTER DC 1,000,000 saw print. And then I felt OLD.

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[personal profile] sleepymax
2011-02-08 09:41 pm UTC (link)
Nah, I'm not that young. I'm actually a big fan of Cyclops so I was confused when I saw him wearing a costume he's never worn before. Like IconUK said, it looks to be a hybrid of two most popular costumes.

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icon_uk: (Sonny Strait Nightwing)


[personal profile] icon_uk
2011-02-08 03:38 pm UTC (link)
It's a hybrid of his 1970's/80's X-Men look (The over-the-head cowl and yellow trunks) and the 90's look (The yellow stripe up the torso only came with the loose-hair-cowl and pouch-belt look)

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team_mummy: (pic#376385)


[personal profile] team_mummy
2011-02-08 02:04 am UTC (link)
i picked up the Iron Man comic, it was really damn fun! just $1.90 for the 11-pager, glad I didn't have to buy the food :P

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deepspaceartist: Ed Robinson of Barnaked Ladies making a funny face behind Tyler Stewart (BNL)


[personal profile] deepspaceartist
2011-02-08 02:08 am UTC (link)
Hey, I don't really blame Luke and Logan for enjoying that. I know if I was in a fighting game, I would certainly get a kick out of playing with myself.

... oh god I didn't even realise how wrong that sounded before I typed it.

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autumn_lily: jason todd (jason todd)


[personal profile] autumn_lily
2011-02-08 03:22 am UTC (link)
You're okay as long as you don't write because you know how wrong it would sound.

That's how you can tell you've been here too long.

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aaron_bourque: default (This is my face on blogs.)


[personal profile] aaron_bourque
2011-02-08 04:52 am UTC (link)
Of course my big question is how Johnny won his battle? He's a guy made of fire throwing flames at a lava monster!

Well, if you're going to fight fire, you might as well do it with fire.

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glprime: (pic#365544)


[personal profile] glprime
2011-02-08 05:31 am UTC (link)
Note to self: additional benefit of earning Humanities doctorates is the ability to randomly scream, "To me, my X-Men!" whenever I want.

Additional note: future graduate students applying for research team must also be able to function as part of adventuring, crime-fighting, international force for good.

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auggie18: (Karate Kid)


[personal profile] auggie18
2011-02-08 05:39 am UTC (link)
Hmm, these are cute, but it doesn't really say Coover until we get adorable Scarlet Witch/Marvel Girl action. (She convinced me that they would be a wonderflonious couple.)

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[personal profile] psychopathicus_rex
2011-02-08 06:48 am UTC (link)
Boy, I wish Hulk were really like this in canon. I know it takes a bit of the punch out of his Jekyll-and-Hyde existence, but he's so cute.
Uh... isn't throwing a surprise party for YOURSELF kinda against the rules? I mean, really, I think you COULD throw him one without him knowing, because it's been established that all the X-Men are trained in mental shielding techniques - he'd still know something was up, but he wouldn't necessarily know what.

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icon_uk: (Sonny Strait Nightwing)


[personal profile] icon_uk
2011-02-08 03:41 pm UTC (link)
He probably found out about it whilst randomly telepathically eavesdropping, then mindwiped the X-Men's knowledge of it after they'd done all the hard work and preparations, so it would be a surprise for more people than just him, and he could take the credit.

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[personal profile] psychopathicus_rex
2011-02-08 09:11 pm UTC (link)
Oh, Professor X, you magnificent bastard...

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schala_kid: Slowpoke Flash (flash)


[personal profile] schala_kid
2011-02-08 08:08 am UTC (link)
These are all cute, I especially liked the Hulk one.

Kind of wish Carol was called Captain Marvel instead of Ms. Marvel, Mar-Vell has been dead for God knows how and no one is using the name, so why not Carol (or Monica! I mean didn't she have that name?).

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[personal profile] psychopathicus_rex
2011-02-08 09:14 pm UTC (link)
Personally, I'd like it if she'd go back to 'Warbird'. There've been about a zillion Captain Marvels in the MU, but as far as I know, only one Warbird - her - so it's more distinctive, not to mention a nice nod to her military past.

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blackruzsa: (Billy Kaplan, wiccan)


[personal profile] blackruzsa
2011-02-08 08:18 am UTC (link)
Grand exalted Ruler...
suuuure Tony XD

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pallas_athena: (tarot)


[personal profile] pallas_athena
2011-02-08 12:01 pm UTC (link)
These are all awesome. The awesome factor is only increased by the fact that in Cooverland, Nightcrawler is alive. YAY

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mullon: (Jade Curtiss)


[personal profile] mullon
2011-02-08 01:35 pm UTC (link)
I'd still prefer having actual meat in my tacos.

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badficwriter: Flying saucer-I WANT TO BELIEVE (Flying saucer-I WANT TO BELIEVE)


[personal profile] badficwriter
2011-02-08 08:23 pm UTC (link)
No one is eating tacos.

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[personal profile] nagaoka
2011-02-08 04:19 pm UTC (link)
My favorite part has to be the wrist-mounted time machine labeled "Time Machine"

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[personal profile] psychopathicus_rex
2011-02-08 09:15 pm UTC (link)
Well, wouldn't YOU want it to be clearly labeled?

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greenmask: (lollerskates?)


[personal profile] greenmask
2011-02-08 10:42 pm UTC (link)
Ohhh Hulk, I LOVE THAT YOU LOVE YOUR BUNNY

I also love my bunny.

That Coover's a good'un.

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fairprincess: Amelie! (Amelie)


[personal profile] fairprincess
2011-02-09 01:55 am UTC (link)
Aww, I really like the surprise party! It's like a Hobbit surprise party... instead of guests throwing party the birthday boy didn't know about, it's the other way around! I may try it sometime...

"Surprise everyone! It's a party for me!"

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halloweenjack: (Halloween Jack)


[personal profile] halloweenjack
2011-02-09 07:59 pm UTC (link)
I love how Coover shows Beast flopping on the ground with his feet in the air; it's an old visual trope, I want to say from various newspaper comic strips.

Also, what was Carol's rank in the Air Force? I want to say "colonel", but I don't know if that's canon.

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ext_79087: robin-thighs (robin thighs)


[identity profile] wasabi.livejournal.com
2011-02-10 01:52 am UTC (link)
In an old issue of X-Men she, Storm and Wolverine infiltrated the Pentagon on a mission where Carol and Logan wore military uniforms. Logan was a Canadian captain and he noticed Carol's U.S. colonel insignia. She explained that she was allowed to temporarily allowed to upgrade on certain missions, so my guess is she was a major most of the time. But thereafter, I recall her being referred to as "Colonel Danvers" more often than not so the upgrade may have become permanent.

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stolisomancer: (akiyama)


[personal profile] stolisomancer
2011-02-09 11:11 pm UTC (link)
The last page was apparently written by Brian Clevinger, according to a post he made on the SA forums.

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