Last edited by Mr. Brightside; 09-25-2014 at 10:23 AM.
CANON: "Cyclops, the most important mutant in 616" - The scientific community of the 616
ROGUE not Rouge. Gah.
Also, I find it funny all the whining about Rogue assembling the team. Either Rick is doing justice to Rogue and playing fair with her character or he is not. I have been criticizing his Rogue from day one. But so many saying they love her and how Rick is doing justice by making her the villain. Now that she is the favorite and saving the day and doing most of the stuff, the same folks complain. SMH
She still needs to come home to the X-Men.
The battle cry ITSELF is stupid. The X-men don't have one, because it's not needed. Hell, in this issue alone, why the hell did Rogue (or anyone, for that matter) need to tell the Avengers to assemble? They're right freaking there lol, not like the phrase is a summoning beacon that will ping all Avengers that are far to come to their aid. At least not in Uncanny......
CANON: "Cyclops, the most important mutant in 616" - The scientific community of the 616
The Battle Cry itself is brilliant. From both a storytelling and marketing perspective it's help to brand the Avengers. The phrase itself is becoming a part of pop culture. It's a wonder the JLA hasn't tried stealing it. Though they have a rough name to work with. Wasp gave it her best shot back in the day.
Interesting preview. Always great to see the Skull get hurt. Acuna art is...well it's not flattering at all except on the Skull.
I really don't see the big deal about Rogue doing the battle cry though. If anything, it looks like Remender trying to show Rogue being sassy. I think it's great she's leading the charge against the S-Men.
I see your point, but I still find their battle cry stupid. Iconic sadly does not equal good/smart. Sometimes it's implementation seems like nothing more than showboating to me. That and I'm waiting for one of those What Ifs? where an Avenger will open their mouth to say "Aven-" just to get clean cut by a projectile to the mouth. Seems like something that would happen in those 3-4 issue gorefests.
Batman wouldn't be caught dead wasting precious time uttering such/similar phrase
Even this sounds better. There's a clear proactive command, instead of a rallying cry of union when most of the people are already there, as shown in this issue. Though I'm glad it didn't become an X-phrase : p
Last edited by Mr. Brightside; 09-25-2014 at 11:04 AM.
CANON: "Cyclops, the most important mutant in 616" - The scientific community of the 616
Acuna rocks, not his best work there but even still...
I like this series and looking forward to where it's headed, i just wish Rogue was dropped from the team. I find the character intolerable most of the time. I realize not every hero is likeable, however... by the stars! How is she not a villain. Then again, just because i feel that way i can't expect it to be that way... i shall learn to tolerate her for the greater good.
Last edited by SXVA; 09-25-2014 at 11:10 AM.
Batman said it in JLA\Avengers. Read stories like the first story arc if Mighty Avengers. It's become a rallying cry of inspiration and hope nit just for the heroes but even the public. And that's what the word assemble captures. It was as brillient as it was simple, like most good ideas are.