Astonishing Spider-Man/Wolverine #1 - Highly developed mammals in that period of prehistory?  I guess I can write it off to evolution in the Marvel universe being different, but it still bothered me.

 

Brightest Day #1 - Man, if you're a person of color in this issue you're either an ineffectual hero, a victim, or evil.  The only positive representation was the guy in the Colgate ad. 

 

Thor and the Warriors Four #2 - The girls are really into this one and if Disney had any sense they'd start making baby Beta-Ray Bill dolls right now...I'd have to buy three of them.

 

War of the Supermen #1 - Welcome back status quo!  (eye roll)

 

Uncanny X-Men #524 - Where has Charles been all this time...catching up on Supernatural DVDs?

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  • I forgot...the exchanges between Thor and Bill on the first page of Warriors Four is BRILLIANT in that it uses the lyrics to Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive...awesome...
  • http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/05/06/the-racial-politics-of-reg...

    Chris Sims' article here solidifies what I've been feeling about the DC universe of late...
  • I was informed that the White Lantern rings didn't ship, so I have to wait until somene gets them in.
  • Doc Beechler said:
    http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/05/06/the-racial-politics-of-reg...

    Chris Sims' article here solidifies what I've been feeling about the DC universe of late...

    About the regressive storytelling, or about the racial politics? Because the latter I don't think is confined to the DC Universe by any degree...

    In re. the actual topic of this thread, I was bothered by the same thing in Astonishing Spider-Man/Wolverine, but am willing to play along for now.

    Re. Uncanny X-Men, Professor X has only been around Utopia for a very little bit, and his contributions have been...less than welcome, from what I recall, so he's probably keeping to himself mostly.
  • For an article that supposedly sensitive to race, the author made a little bone headed error: Ryan Choi is not "Chinese-American." He 's Chinese. He emigrated from Hong Kong at the beginning of the series.
  • Speaking of regressive storytelling/ restoring the status quo and "race", when did they retcon Aquaman's origins again? It was established in the Peter David series that Aquaman had an Atlantean mother and father, yet Brightest Day #1 referred to him as half-human. Has Johns completely removed the PAD run from continuity?
  • To be fair, if the only effective heroes in Brightest Day 1 were Aquaman and Mera. Hawkman & Hawkgirl couldn't even keep people from stealing their own bones!
  • Astonishing Spider-Man/Wolverine #1 - Highly developed mammals in that period of prehistory? I guess I can write it off to evolution in the Marvel universe being different, but it still bothered me.

    I haven't read this comic, but it sounds like it might play on the Alex Ross idea that Wolverine is descended from Moon-boy's race, who were simian hairy humanoids at the time of the dinosaurs?

    Moon-boy being the best buddy of Jack Kirby's Devil Dinosaur. It was a silly idea and I thought it had been thoroughly mopeed in the meantime.

    Chris Sim's article there is bang on the money btw.
  • It's just my opinion, but the Marvel universe...with all of it's love-hate events...does seem to keep moving forward and changing. Steve Rogers is back, but he's not going to be Captain America. Scott is running the X-Men now, even though Charles is there. Tony's brain is back, but the consequences of his actions in Civil War will continue to haunt him.
  • Is an "Astonishing Wolverine/Spder-Man" book even necessary or is it an excuse to make more money off two popular, though dissimilar characters??
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