Ted Kord never stood a chance.
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Ted Kord never stood a chance.
[QUOTE=Imraith Nimphais;184446]I've officially cancelled NA from my pull-list as of today.
I cannot find the necessary strength to be bothered (or interested) with how it all ends any more.[/QUOTE]
Don't blame you. If T'challa wasn't in it I would have bounced a long time ago. It... just... keeps... dragging...
[QUOTE=Kasper Cole;184929]I actually liked the latest issue a lot.[/QUOTE]
The last issue is fine... the issue is the plot won't move. This issue was dragged down by the previous issues that keep hyping the confrontation that still hasn't happened. Especially considering it only ships once a month which makes it even worse.
Nowhere in the previous issues did it hype up the confrontation was going to happen in the next issue, in the days of instant gratification I see why people keep thinking that
[QUOTE=Smoov-E;186650]Nowhere in the previous issues did it hype up the confrontation was going to happen in the next issue, in the days of instant gratification I see why people keep thinking that[/QUOTE]
No they definitely have. Just look at the covers and final pages of the last few issues. 17 and 18 end like this:
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The covers of 18 and 19 show the fight but it still hasn't actually happened. I avoid previews so they fooled me twice. I understand that there's much more to this story than a bunch of super-brawls but let's be real, they've been teasing us with this fight for some time now.
Covers haven't been reflective of the pages inside the comic for years, a cover for Spider-Men showed Miles dead in Peter's arms yet nothing close to that happened during that entire mini
And only once did it say explicitly that yeah the two teams are going to come to blows BUT it didn't say "next issue this will happen" folks just took it that way
[QUOTE=Smoov-E;186788]Covers haven't been reflective of the pages inside the comic for years, a cover for Spider-Men showed Miles dead in Peter's arms yet nothing close to that happened during that entire mini
And only once did it say explicitly that yeah the two teams are going to come to blows BUT it didn't say "next issue this will happen" folks just took it that way[/QUOTE]
Sure, the covers alone don't mean much. Though as a quick side-note, just because they've been doing stuff like that for years to trick people into reading doesn't mean we should all be ok with it. In fact [URL="http://www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks/comments/26iq28/whats_the_worst_baitandswitch_cover_youve_seen/"]many people aren't.[/URL]
But when one issue (18) ends with the teams rushing towards each other to fight, and the cover of the next issue features said fight, I don't think it's a "sign of the times" that people expected to see it by this point. The sad part to me is that there's actually some very interesting stuff going on in these issues. But they keep teasing this big fight and it distracts from that. What they put on the cover probably isn't up to Hickman and I wouldn't be surprised if he was against some of the recent choices.
It's always hard to tell how much New Avengers talk is too much for this thread. So to get back to Black Panther appreciation, here's a scan from a team-up with Black Axe that I found hilarious
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Even T'Challa caught a little 90s fever.
And in case you were thinking, "What's 90s fever without pouches?"
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*record skip* Wait... what is this!? I've never even heard of Black Axe.
*Googles* How did this guy not show up in Revolutionary War!?
Also, any chance this guy Afrikaa is Kymera's father?
[url]http://www.comicvine.com/kymera/4005-93013/[/url]
[QUOTE=FLEX HECTIC;190555][url]http://www.comicvine.com/kymera/4005-93013/[/url][/QUOTE]
I don't think the books she's appeared in have ever confirmed that though right? Anyone here regularly read X-Men stuff that can either confirm on deny whether it's been stated that T'challa is her father?
[QUOTE=Spear of Bashenga;190684]I don't think the books she's appeared in have ever confirmed that though right? Anyone here regularly read X-Men stuff that can either confirm on deny whether it's been stated that T'challa is her father?[/QUOTE]
I have never seen it confirmed in the X books I read (uncanny, all new until the gog crossover, xforce, watxm until the last issue). So, unless it happened in the all female book, it hasn't happened.
Who is Afrikaaa?
And man, I really hope that isn't T'challa's alt reality daughter. And even if it is... how much should he care? It IS an alternate reality... not 616.
[QUOTE=MindofShadow;190713]I have never seen it confirmed in the X books I read (uncanny, all new until the gog crossover, xforce, watxm until the last issue). So, unless it happened in the all female book, it hasn't happened.
Who is [B]Afrikaaa[/B]?
And man, I really hope that isn't T'challa's alt reality daughter. And even if it is... how much should he care? It IS an alternate reality... not 616.[/QUOTE]
Never heard of him until I googled that Black Axe book Leo Raine posted.
[url]http://marvel.wikia.com/Khairi_Ngala_(Earth-616)[/url]
[QUOTE=Spear of Bashenga;190684]I don't think the books she's appeared in have ever confirmed that though right? Anyone here regularly read X-Men stuff that can either confirm on deny whether it's been stated that T'challa is her father?[/QUOTE]
It hasn't been said who Kymera's father is; though it is in all likelihood T'challa.