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Anthony J Lombardi Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 22 July 2017 at 11:54am | IP Logged | 1
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Well this is a step in the right direction as far as I'm concerned. I'm not committed to following the series again. My faith in the creators involved only goes so far. So I am willing to give their first issue a look that's it. Each subsequent issue will have to win me over before I'll be willing to get the next one.
http://www.comicsbeat.com/good-news-mark-waid-and-chris-samn ee-on-captain-america-starting-in-november/
Edited by Anthony J Lombardi on 22 July 2017 at 1:07pm
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Joe Smith Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 22 July 2017 at 11:59am | IP Logged | 2
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Count me as a convert to the Sam Wilson book. I came for the Immonen art, but, I stayed for stories that weren't so whitebread.
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John Byrne
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Posted: 22 July 2017 at 12:16pm | IP Logged | 3
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What had been so "whitebread" about Captain America?
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Stephen Churay Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 25 March 2009 Location: United States Posts: 8369
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Posted: 22 July 2017 at 12:38pm | IP Logged | 4
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The Waid/Samnee run of Daredevil was the one book by Marvel I felt I could read a few years back as it stayed away from the rest of Marvel's dreck. It was tame enough that I was ok with mh 8 yr old picking it up, even if the content was a bit older than him.
Waid has proven, to me, that he can write Captain America. His first run with Garney was the best the book had been in a while. His second run, while still good, was more of an examination of who Captain America is, instead of just writing good adventure stories.
I look forward to reading his next bite at the apple. He's got a hell of a task bringing that character back from the crappy story he's apart of now.
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Robbie Parry Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 June 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 12186
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Posted: 22 July 2017 at 1:33pm | IP Logged | 5
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Bought some WHAT IF? books at a car boot sale over the weekend. I don't wish to engage in thread drift, but decades ago, the whole "Cap was HYDRA all along" would have been a tale, or back-up tale, in one of those WHAT IF? issues. As would a lot of modern stories.
Instead, what would have once, in my opinion, been a WHAT IF? tale is now a months-long arc.
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Anthony J Lombardi Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 22 July 2017 at 1:56pm | IP Logged | 6
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e WHAT IF? books at a car boot sale over the weekend. I don't wish to engage in thread drift, but decades ago, the whole "Cap was HYDRA all along" would have been a tale, or back-up tale, in one of those WHAT IF? issues. As would a lot of modern stories.
Instead, what would have once, in my opinion, been a WHAT IF? tale is now a months-long arc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That's where this story should have started and ended.
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Stephen Churay Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 22 July 2017 at 4:40pm | IP Logged | 7
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Yep, too many What If stories bleeding into the actual Marvel U has been it's. Downfall for about 15 yrs. Just because you CAN tell a story, doesn't mean you SHOULD tell that story.
Back during Heroes Return, we got some great creative teams bringing books back from the depths of Image. Hopefully, this is the first of similar teams bringing these books back. But, I am in no way holding my breath.
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Shawn Kane Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 22 July 2017 at 5:14pm | IP Logged | 8
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They're attempting a back to basics with the X-Men right now with X-Men Gold being the one that I'm trying out. I trust Marc Guggenheim more than just about any other writer at Marvel and it feels like the X-Men a lot more than anything they've done in years. I would normally have faith that Waid could do that as well but I've browsed his Avengers and don't really like it.
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Joe Zhang Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 22 July 2017 at 5:40pm | IP Logged | 9
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I wouldn't touch anything Marvel until the current editorial regime and their "go-to" writers are gone. Virtually everything they have done over the decades are counter to what I am looking for in a Marvel comic book story. I don't expect them to change stripes, even over poor sales.
Edited by Joe Zhang on 22 July 2017 at 5:42pm
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Joe Smith Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 22 July 2017 at 7:17pm | IP Logged | 10
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Remender's 2014 Dr. Mind bubble and Klein's 2014 Gungnir storylines were near indecipherable to this 30+ year reader of CAPTAIN AMERICA. They were completely out of character for CA IMO, and more tailored towards an issue of 1980's MTU. Wilson was immediately made CA, and the stories changed with the new creators. CAPTAIN AMERICA contained stories ripped from the fabric of today's news and tragic events. Sam dealt with the death of loyalty, legacy, and friends. Misty Knight became a major player, and above all, the PTB let them run without TOO much interference in major crossovers. Sam tried to really be our Captain while Steve Rogers became Nick Fury.
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Bob Harvey Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 23 July 2017 at 6:54am | IP Logged | 11
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I wish there was such a thing as a mainstream book in black and white. Samnee's art really suffers from coloring.
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Wallace Sellars Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 23 July 2017 at 6:58am | IP Logged | 12
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Every time I give Marvel another chance, I get burned.
The last trick I fell for was Javier Rodriguez and Dennis Hoeless' SPIDER- WOMAN. The art was spectacular! The writing was sensational! And it was amazing that there were no crossovers! Until... There was one crossover… Then another… And Rodriguez was replaced by less impressive artists....
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