The premature end of Defenders is a real shame. The story gets an ending, but it's obviously a rushed ending and there were some crazy crazy awesome ideas that he was playing with in that book. The penultimate issue in particular features a kind of pulling back of the curtain that gives a glimpse of what his long term…

I think you are nuts if you thought Avengers #1 was decompressed. If anything I thought there was a tremendous economy of storytelling in the issue.

I think you are nuts if you thought Avengers #1 was decompressed. If anything I thought there was a tremendous economy of storytelling in the issue.

Hickman has a lot of skills, his prose, his sense of scope, his meticulous plotting,

Hickman has a lot of skills, his prose, his sense of scope, his meticulous plotting,

I love Hawkeye but I only have 3 words for you Oliver.

I love Hawkeye but I only have 3 words for you Oliver.

There was also a shot of a furious Glenn pointing a gun at someone and screaming WHAT IS HE DOING HERE so I think Zack's take on the Govunah's plan with Merle is spot on

I had convinced myself that the show was dumb enough to have Doakes be the phantom arsonist (he did die in fire after all) and that his re-death would be the final nail in the coffin to get LaGuerta off his tail.

I had convinced myself that the show was dumb enough to have Doakes be the phantom arsonist (he did die in fire after all) and that his re-death would be the final nail in the coffin to get LaGuerta off his tail.

That's true if you look at the titles of the books alone sure, but if you think something like Spurrier's X-Men Legacy isn't experimental (we're talking in relative superhero terms here) then I think you're being a little willfully obtuse.

That's true if you look at the titles of the books alone sure, but if you think something like Spurrier's X-Men Legacy isn't experimental (we're talking in relative superhero terms here) then I think you're being a little willfully obtuse.

It is. His second run on Flash was an absolute shitshow.

It is. His second run on Flash was an absolute shitshow.

Why wouldnt you count X-Treme X-Men? She is unquestionably the star of that book.

Why wouldnt you count X-Treme X-Men? She is unquestionably the star of that book.

ugh no no no

ugh no no no

And as far as Antics goes, the outro for Public Pervert is almost as good as the outro for PDA.

And as far as Antics goes, the outro for Public Pervert is almost as good as the outro for PDA.