No, the Cyclopes did that. I'm afraid I can't give you a No-Prize for that one.

That always bothered me as a kid. "Vulcan" is the root of the word "volcano." You'd think he'd have fire or earth control powers or something. But he shot lightning bolts.

Well, it was Roy Thomas' idea originally.

That would be legitimately awesome. I love Tony Todd.

The whole "Inhumans as Mutants" thing is so forced. Why is this guy being called an Inhuman in the text when he so clearly fills the role of Marvel mutant in the story? So awful.

What, you don't like Hawkeye murdering the Hulk and Captain America being a Hydra agent?

Kidding, of course.

That book was beautifully drawn (when Aja drew it) and it was overall a fun story, but the thing that bothers me about it - and probably only me - is that Fraction used a guy named Hawkeye to tell the story, rather than telling a Hawkeye story.

Starriors

This is not a great preview. The art is nice, but it's just kind of a jumbled couple of pages. Compare this to that Ms. Marvel preview from last week which introduced characters and stakes and stopped at the point right where the action was about to start. It actually made you want to read what happened next.

He reached out towards those sailors who found him. It's not beyond the bounds of reason to suggest he might play with some ants after his aeon-long nap, before teaching them new ways to shout and kill and revel in destruction.

I actually had to post before I was done, because suddenly I had to do actual work, and I was going to come back and edit, but suffice to say I more or less agree with you. The Elder Things are starfish, etc.

Yet in 32 years of playing this silly game, I've never used miniatures or a battle grid. I must be doing it wrong.

Cthulhu and Wilbur's twin are the go-to for tentacle horror in Lovecraft. And the Mi-Go and Wilbur himself have cilia up the ying-yang, which is just tentacles by any other name, you ask me.

I live west of Dunwich/Wilbraham, so I am very familiar. Part of my enjoyment of Lovecraft's works comes from the recognition factor due to living in (the western edge of) Lovecraft Country.

Lovecraftian horror has long been part of the D&D DNA. Howard Philip is in Appendix N of the DMG for a reason.

Sturgeon's Law suggests that out of those 100 classes, maybe 10 of them are not complete crap. For example, the alchemist, the gunslinger, and the brawler have all worked at my table. The cavalier not so much. And those were the ones I thought were good enough to give a trail run to.

Two things: I never got too into 4th edition, in part because I was having plenty of fun with 3rd, and in part because everything I learned about 4E made it look more like a miniatures game than a tabletop pen n paper game of the imagination. With Pathfinder, at least, I can still get "new material" for my games that…

I think that's part of it. Recognizable property + no licensing fees = let's print some money.

And to keep the Lovecraft theme going, Kingsport is based on New Bedford!