Late to this but I always kinda liked the joke he tells in Desperado.

That new art has very Aeon Flux vibe to it

That new art has very Aeon Flux vibe to it

@avclub-f73c955e2c1f51451a682f5c1ce0e867:disqus I don't know if you read Rick Remender's run on Uncanny X-Force that just wrapped up but in addition to being one of the better superhero stories in recent memory he did A LOT of character work on Pyslocke.

@avclub-f73c955e2c1f51451a682f5c1ce0e867:disqus I don't know if you read Rick Remender's run on Uncanny X-Force that just wrapped up but in addition to being one of the better superhero stories in recent memory he did A LOT of character work on Pyslocke.

Gonna disagree strongly that "most" of the X-Books are terrible as I think most of them are actually good to very good.

Gonna disagree strongly that "most" of the X-Books are terrible as I think most of them are actually good to very good.

It's already started - there are oblique references to New Avengers already in each of these first 2 issues.

It's already started - there are oblique references to New Avengers already in each of these first 2 issues.

Todd, I think you're crazier than Carrie if you think Damien Lewis won't be back next season.

Todd, I think you're crazier than Carrie if you think Damien Lewis won't be back next season.

supposedly Del Toro is a massive Portal fan and called up VALVE to ask if he could use the voice

supposedly Del Toro is a massive Portal fan and called up VALVE to ask if he could use the voice

@avclub-e95a45d0b1f5afdf0ab9cde82b4b1d06:disqus The familiarity to Giant Size is I think intentional and something I actually really liked about the book. And aside from introducing the new villains, establishing stakes, and also assembling the brand new team by the end of the first issue, there's also some tremendous…

@avclub-e95a45d0b1f5afdf0ab9cde82b4b1d06:disqus The familiarity to Giant Size is I think intentional and something I actually really liked about the book. And aside from introducing the new villains, establishing stakes, and also assembling the brand new team by the end of the first issue, there's also some tremendous…

You forgot my favorite of them all, Chris Samnee

You forgot my favorite of them all, Chris Samnee

I was going to say she had a tremendous turn in Invincible Iron Man a couple years back, but that was of course also Fraction.

I was going to say she had a tremendous turn in Invincible Iron Man a couple years back, but that was of course also Fraction.

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…