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  • samurainoir
    Eloquent Member
    • Dec 26, 2006
    • 18758

    #16
    Those wanting a more traditional Avengers team should be happy with the movie Line up of Avengers launching in Avengers Assemble #1 next year... Bendis and Bagley on creative.

    Ultimates also has a fairly traditional roster as well.

    As a marketing move, you do have to hand it to Marvel... They have a title that would have traditionally been callled defenders/heroes for hire title in the top ten by simply naming it New Avwngers, not to mention successful runs of what might be called Thunderbolts or New Warriors by branding them Dark Avengers and Young Avengers. Don't forget a team that might as well be called the Champions as the Secret Avengers.

    Plus launching a title that should be called Power Pack or X-terminators as a continuation of FF/Future Foundation when Fantastic Four resumes.

    If the sales didn't reflect it, Spiderman and Wolverine wouldn't be on a hundred teams. It's funny for me that I these days I'm enjoying Spiderman the most in every other title like FF and New Avengers much more than his solo title. His sense of humor does end up stealing every scene he's in, not to mention how underused his scientific expertise has always been in his own title. I'm really enjoying seeing him as a scientist alongside Reed Richards and Iron Man. It's obvious how much fun he is to write in these group books.. Even retaining the ol' Parker luck.
    Last edited by samurainoir; Oct 22, '11, 6:54 PM.
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    • ctc
      Fear the monkeybat!
      • Aug 16, 2001
      • 11183

      #17
      >Whatever happened to the days when X-Men stayed X-Men?

      Wasn't Beast an Avenger back in the day?

      Don C.

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      • samurainoir
        Eloquent Member
        • Dec 26, 2006
        • 18758

        #18
        Originally posted by ctc
        >Whatever happened to the days when X-Men stayed X-Men?

        Wasn't Beast an Avenger back in the day?

        Don C.
        Not to mention Beast, Angel and Iceman were the New Defenders. A hugely under rated oddball run that they just solicited in a collected edition.



        Angel and Iceman were also Champions.



        Plus Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch... Brotherhood of evil mutants.
        Last edited by samurainoir; Oct 22, '11, 7:29 PM.
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        • The Toyroom
          The Packaging King
          • Dec 31, 2004
          • 16653

          #19
          Originally posted by ctc
          >Whatever happened to the days when X-Men stayed X-Men?

          Wasn't Beast an Avenger back in the day?

          Don C.
          That was back when the X-Men were all students in Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters....Beast was the 1st of the original team to graduate, got a job at Brand Industries and turned into everybody's loveable blue-furred hero.

          Nowadays though the X-Men are no longer students but grown adults who have functioned as an actual super-hero team(s) for years....So having them serve on multiple X-Men and Avengers teams is stretching it a bit....
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          • The Toyroom
            The Packaging King
            • Dec 31, 2004
            • 16653

            #20
            Originally posted by samurainoir
            Not to mention Beast, Angel and Iceman were the New Defenders. A hugely under rated oddball run that they just solicited in a collected edition.

            That was crap IMO....plus look whose heads were still on the masthead...The REAL Defenders
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            • aquatroy
              Permanent Member
              • Apr 28, 2002
              • 3289

              #21
              Originally posted by thunderbolt
              ^^^ Yeah, but no member of Cap's Kooky Quartet were in almost every other Marvel comic at the time, or members of other teams at the same time.
              I will give you that.
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              • samurainoir
                Eloquent Member
                • Dec 26, 2006
                • 18758

                #22
                Storm has actually been an Avenger for years now in the all ages titles.
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                • ctc
                  Fear the monkeybat!
                  • Aug 16, 2001
                  • 11183

                  #23
                  >having them serve on multiple X-Men and Avengers teams is stretching it a bit

                  The hardest working superhero in New York! I don't think I mind having characters jump teams.... but having them on a couple of teams at once is awkward.... especially if they're still appearing in their own solo book. (That sort of thing used to drive me nuts as a kid. When do these guys sleep?)

                  >plus look whose heads were still on the masthead...The REAL Defenders

                  I dunno.... they're missing Valkyrie, Nighthawk, Hellcat....

                  I didn't care so much for the New Defenders either. I always preferred the wacky "Elf with a gun" era team and stories.

                  Don C.

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                  • clemso
                    Talkative Member
                    • Aug 8, 2001
                    • 6189

                    #24
                    The original Defenders team really worked for me, Subby, Surfer and the Hulk were all shunned and feared by society, no team like the Avengers would have accepted them at the time. Granted Hulk will always be a founding member of the Avengers, but they never accepted or trusted him in the team. Dr Strange was a kind of wise wizard figure that embraced and held them together.

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                    • clemso
                      Talkative Member
                      • Aug 8, 2001
                      • 6189

                      #25
                      Originally posted by The Toyroom
                      http://i.newsarama.com/images/AVN2010019_cov.jpg

                      Do they need 2 Spider-people on the same team?

                      And I see they're changing Hawkeye's costume to bring him more in line with the movie version.....Ugh!
                      Is that Avengers now? Hawkeye looks like the Golden Age Green Arrow, only in purple.

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                      • thunderbolt
                        Hi Ernie!!!
                        • Feb 15, 2004
                        • 34211

                        #26
                        Originally posted by samurainoir
                        Not to mention Beast, Angel and Iceman were the New Defenders. A hugely under rated oddball run that they just solicited in a collected edition.



                        Angel and Iceman were also Champions.



                        Plus Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch... Brotherhood of evil mutants.
                        https://uatufiles.files.wordpress.co...men004blog.jpg
                        They weren't XMEN Defenders and Champions all at the same time. That's what's bugging most here, its fine if they left one group to go to another. But its a bit ridiculous when Woverine is an Avenger and XMan at the same time along with multiple solo titles.
                        You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie Banks

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                        • The Toyroom
                          The Packaging King
                          • Dec 31, 2004
                          • 16653

                          #27
                          Originally posted by thunderbolt
                          They weren't XMEN Defenders and Champions all at the same time. That's what's bugging most here, its fine if they left one group to go to another. But its a bit ridiculous when Woverine is an Avenger and XMan at the same time along with multiple solo titles.
                          Bingo!
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                          • emeraldknight47
                            Talkative Member
                            • Jun 20, 2011
                            • 5212

                            #28
                            Personally, I think the next Avenger should be Howard the Duck. Or maybe, since Disney now owns Marvel, they could start bringing in some other famous names as Avengers---Mickey, Goofy, Donald.....

                            OF course, I hope you all know I'm just being a smart@$$!!!
                            sigpic Oh then, what's this? Big flashy lighty thing, that's what brought me here! Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. But give me time. And a crayon.

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                            • thunderbolt
                              Hi Ernie!!!
                              • Feb 15, 2004
                              • 34211

                              #29
                              Mr. Incredible would be a better fit than this.
                              You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie Banks

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                              • samurainoir
                                Eloquent Member
                                • Dec 26, 2006
                                • 18758

                                #30
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