Mockingbird is a nice way of phrasing it. I always think of it as more of a filthy mongrel dog, limping along with a dozen deadly inherited diseases battling out to be the one to put an end to it (Gaspode, basically).

Mark Waid's Daredevil run was pretty fantastic, with probably the best strongest string of artists working on it that anyone could ask for. If you end up digging it, you could follow it up with the Black Widow book that he and one of the artists (Chris Samnee) followed it up with.

Yeah, don't get me wrong, I didn't leave First Class eagerly imagining the further adventures of Banshee, Havok, and Angel, but those are the kind of solid supporting characters a franchise needs to feel like an actual world. Killing them all off off-camera was a bizarrely short-sighted and arrogant move.

You'd think, but I'm on episode 5 of Iron Fist so I'm not entirely sure that Marvel/Netflix knows what they're doing anymore. And Pat Robertson could always rise from his coffin* and demand New Warriors become a show about Old Testament morals and parables.

I saw X-Men Apocalypse for the first time a couple of weeks ago, and that was my big take away. What a pointlessly huge spectacle that was. There was so much potential for smaller scale character stuff in the new franchise after First Class, and Singer has tossed it all away in an attempt to match the Avengers (as…

Back when he first started out Spidey was a lot more of a jerk too, at least when dealing with other heroes. I liked that as a choice, it tied into the teenager-who-calls-himself-Spiderman thing with a bit of generational conflict, as well as being a realistic way for an insecure person like him to act.

Yeah, I agree. I think Night Thrasher will be handled pretty well though. I'm guessing he's going to be the serious and competent straight man, who has to corral the technically-more-powerful but less skilful wackadoos around him into something resembling an actual team.

I thought that was a more modern thing? I mean you might get a Matthew Broderick or someone, but it's not like the way Dreamworks cast their animated films in the 00s. Aside from Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams, I can't think of any big stars giving big performances in 90s animation.

Well sure. Batgirl isn't as grim as Batman, but she's still a largely nocturnal crimefighter.

"Oh, I'm just OK at what I do, nothing too special really. I must say though, it's not particularly pleasant. Still, mustn't grumble, hmm?" - British Wolverine

If it makes you feel better, it doesn't make any more sense to us, we're just more used to it.

He's one of those Batman/Captain America characters who is skilful and tactical enough to command a team despite his lack of powers. Kind of a tired idea in comics, but it's never been explored too much in live action yet (especially given Cap more or less has super strength in the movies).

I don't think that's a matter of bad writing, necessarily. SG works best when she's the star of the show, and the cast and world around her reflect that. Making her a supporting character or part of an ensemble can get a bit Space Jam just because of the tonal awkwardness of making a (partly) comedic character exist…

Yeah, in one of those fun comic book moments of trying to explain a discrepancy (the two Guardians teams a thousand years apart) that just made everything way more complicated.

ABC Family? You mean the Fox Family Channel, right?

The AV Club

I'm not an elitist, just British.

If that means what I think it means, y'gross. We don't need to hear about that kind of thing.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I guess having one of your characters in your show be destined to be part of a semi-coincidentally named team of heroes with the same team name as your other heroes from one movie, and carrying the shield of one of your main heroes from your other team in a different movie franchise (two,…

Wasn't he one of four or five skateboarding black heroes? Dwayne McDuffy pitched a satirical comic about it, "Teenage Negro Ninja Thrashers".