I thought I would let the dust settle and allow myself time to gain a sense of perspective before I blogged on this. Anyone who has seen my twitter feed has seen my initial reaction. I’d like to say it my opinion has changed but it hasn’t. It may have mellowed and I have however become slightly more rational about it but it hasn’t changed. I should now be able to put my thoughts into readable sentences. In the long run I still think this is a bad thing. In all possibility it might well turn out to be the worst thing that could have happen to Marvel other than bankruptcy. I’ll break it down into the three main areas this will cover and address them in turn.

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Well visually speaking at least:

I wonder what her Russian accent is like?

Scarlet Spider - Teach The Controversy

Some folks don’t get this so read this and then look here if you are interested.

Comic book fans are wonder why comics so often return to their status quo and why things never really change permanently. Why they are never taken seriously as an art form despite the works of Alan Moore or Frank Miller. Well this is why! You can’t let go of the past can you? You want comics to always be the same. How else can you explain ‘X-Men Forever’ needing a second printing run? I know you haven’t purchased this comic for its quality as I’ve read it and it is typical 21st century Claremont. By that I mean it is utter swill. All the usual criticisms apply, you know what they are so I won’t get into them now. Why not just reprint some of the good Claremont stories from before he lost what talent he had rather than giving him the opportunity to continue where he left off, trying to ruin the X-Men? It is not the 1990′s anymore, thank the gods, just let it go already.

To the people who purchased this comic: I hate you all for making me have such a downer on the comicdom. That goes to all the people planing to buy the insipid continuation of the diabolical Clone Saga too. You are worse than the people who liked “One More Day” all of you. I hope you all get infected paper cuts. And damn you Marvel for preventing Chris Claremont from retiring.

Not only are they idiots they Wolverine fellating idiots to boot. And I say that as a life long Wolverine fan with two large comic book boxes of Wolverine comics. This is what Marvel comic fans have voted as the greatest Marvel comic cover of all time:

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Reborn

The road to the return of the one true Captain America starts this month. Captain America No. 600 will start the ball rolling today but the main meat of the plot will take place in July’s Reborn mini-series. How they are going to do it is any bodies guess but Rogers’ body is currently encased on ice in the arctic.

First look via Newsarama.