I wonder if we'll ever find out what the full Hickman plan was.
I wonder if we'll ever find out what the full Hickman plan was.
Pretty great interview with lots of interesting tidbits. Nice to see some self awareness and humor about amber.
The Cyclops-Gregor explanation didn’t fully pass the smell test, but at least it shows some thinking behind it.
I’m glad there is official acknowledgment that this is not Hickman’s ending. I would have loved to see his version, but once he left that only thing I needed was acknowledgement that they are not following his direction. I don’t need the tell all in a few years either, because there is no point since it is not how the Krakoan era is ending.
Yeah, it is a choice that closes off a lot of storytelling potential.
Villains + Journalist gives you a minimum of two characters, with lots of storytelling possibilities (how does the journalist get their information, what is the relationship between the two, what will each character do when the secrets get revealed, etc.). It is like in Uncanny Avengers, how Ben Urich and Kingpin are different characters, so you get the story of (1) Who knows the truth? and (2) What deal do I have to make to get Kingpin on the record.
The current writers collapsed it all into one character (sure, there are different Sinisters, but they are essentially the same character), so they miss out on the friction of character dynamics. It would be like if Uncanny Avengers had Ben Urich in the Kingpin role (the one who knows the truth), so the only story is ... Ben Urich writes a tell all.
There is no storytelling potential of how Sinister knows these secrets, because he is behind these secrets.
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Oooh the Enigma crown image from Defenders Beyond.
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