Mass Resurrection ala Marvel

[blackruzsa]

I don't know if anyone's posted or seen this already, but there are quite a few spoilers here for the upcoming issues of Avengers: the Children's Crusade.

I'm keeping out a few tags on purpose for those who wish for no spoilers.

Comments

[glprime]

Sure, why not? Not like it damages the dramatic impact of past deaths.

*cue WAH WAH WAH WAAAAAAAAAAH*

[fifthie]

Fuck the dramatic impact of past deaths, they are always a cheap lazy hackwork device that should be reversed as soon as possible.

[espanolbot]

Yet again, Doom proves that he's the greatest hero in the Marvel Universe!

Or, you know, he's done it for the same reason he agreed to help out Susan when she was giving birth to Valeria and Reed was busy doing something else. Namely to annoy Reed that he was able to do something good that Reed couldn't.

[flidgetjerome]

No reason he can't multi-task.

[eyz]

Damn' you, DOOOOOM!! *somewhere, Reed is shaking his fist, annoyed, as usual*
:P

[mistervader]

Speaking of which, would you happen to have the scans to when Victor made the bargain that he will get to name Valeria for Reed and Sue? I know he offered a name he *won't* give the girl, and I chuckled at the name.

But now, I forgot what name he offered up.

[brooms]

I was about to post it, you beat me to it!

http://marvel.com/images/gallery/story/17815/tuesday_qa_allan_heinberg/image/899332

He's looking mighty foine, isn't he :3

And this is why I can't wait 3 months for Cheung's art.

[brooms]

Also linking to this Heinberg interview, because he confirms Children's Crusade will pave the way for Avengers vs X-Men -

http://marvel.com/news/story/17815/tuesday_qa_allan_heinberg

[blackruzsa]

Gotta love being in a country where the only area ahead of you in time is Australia :D

[akodo_rokku]

I don't think there's any way those resurrections stick, or Doom stays in his megapowered good-guy form for long.

Especially since it's pretty obvious Iron Lad is a Secret Bad Guy.

[crabby_lioness]

How can it be a secret when he introduces himself as Kang?

[auggie18]

Oooohkay, took it too far. There's no way this is sticking now.

[auggie18]

Goddamn if the man doesn't draw a pretty Jean, though.

[nomadicwriter]

I'm not sure the resurrections there are actually 'real' as such; looking at the sequence of panels, it seems like what we're seeing could just be Doom doing a bit of a power demo:

Panel 1. Doom: "Look, see, I could be a benevolent god and do all this good stuff for you."
Panel 2. *Doom waves a hand and makes the good stuff disappear*
Panel 3. Doom: "Or, if you don't play nice, I could be the evil glowy eyed destructive kind of god instead."
Panel 4. Everybody else: "...Soooo, who decided it was a good idea to let Doom have the keys to the 'godlike power' cabinet again?"

[crabby_lioness]

Motto, although I think he'll try to be a bit more subtle than that.

Doom Omnipotent.....

[capt_satellite]

....because it worked so well in Secret Wars >:(

Re: Doom Omnipotent.....

[schala_kid]

THIS

[filthysize]

I still don't know where this is in relation to FF.

[maxisanacorn]

What's Hope's purpose now that Jean Grey is back...again....I always thought she was like...Jean incarnate...thing...

[pyrotwilight]

Eh, depends on if Jean's pseudo resurrection lasts, which seems unlikely. And no one's still really sure what the heck Hope is in relation to Jean if anything. She might just be a redheaded herring.

[thefiretonight]

I thought Mar-Vell was already brought back?

[thefiretonight]

Also I would approve of his coming back if his other kids get to, too. :-p Does Teddy even know of his siblings?

[silverzeo]

... so Doom is a White Lantern?

[turtlefu]

Wow, I haven't been a fan of series, but...
the constant retcon retcon retconning is getting annoying. This feels like continuity porn.

[introverted_excavator]

If it sticks, this is a really cheap way of bringing Jean back.

[sinisterlink]

Oh please, like they are really going to bring all those characters back at the same time and have it stick. If anything I'd say he's just doing a, "Look what I can do with my phenomenal cosmic powers!" Honestly, as pretty as the art is, I am so done with this story and just want it to be over. It's taken way too freaking long to come out and it doesn't fit into any continuity. And while I'm happy to see Scott Lang back, I'm convinced that he'll be dead again by the end of the series, giving Cassie even more to angst about.

[blackruzsa]

I don't think so, since the way his 'resurrection' happened was that he never really died, so if one is gonna stick, it'll be Scott Lang.

[red_menace]

I don't mind if Marvel wants to erase some of their crappier death decisions from recent years, but I wish to god it was in a book that I don't forget exists for months at a time.

[blackruzsa]

Motto.
This book has effectively wiped clean my interest in the Young Avengers, and then some.

WHY CAN'T THEY HAVE A MONTHLY, MARVEL, WHY!!! I like Jim Cheung and all but he is not worth waiting two months and oops! a few more for.

[nursewretched]

I really wish this resurrection sticks for Banshee at least, his death was beyond che-wait, Nightcrawler's dead? When did that happen?

[salinea]

Nightcrawler's dead? When did that happen?
Second Coming. The big X-Men event before Schism.

[salinea]

As a long time A Song of Ice and Fire fan, I find all those "OH NOES! One issue is two months late! And it was only bimensual in the first place! I don't care about this story anymore now!" thing befuddling.

Am I, like, the only person who still very much enjoy the story, delays and all, and very much looking forward to its conclusion? oh well :/

[long_silence]

I'm still enjoying the story. It's better than most of what Marvel is putting out. Cheung's art is amazing and Heinberg writes a lot of truly great and genuine character moments. I can't wait to see how it ends.

I honestly don't understand the obsession everyone has with where it fits in continuity (it happened sometime after Siege and Second Coming, what more do we need to know?).

I get complaints about the delays which are ridiculous. But people have been complaining since the beginning of the series about the two month wait, everyone just wants the whole story right away, no patience.

[crinos]

Dr. Doom, when he comes back from death as Doom the white, he brings FRIENDS.