Discussion for Avengers Vol 3 Issue 1 (Second Half)

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

Scans for the second half of issue 1 can be found here if you weren't able to get a hardcopy. Just remember to come back to the community for discussion!

Scans for the first half are here.
Discussion for the first half is here.

• Evil women and the twilight sword. For that matter, Wanda and the world turning white. Are the similarities in future storylines deliberate? If so, what do they contribute?


• In the scene where Cap's quinjet is caught in a whirlwind, one panel is on its side, complete with sideways word balloons. Would you have designed that page differently?


• What's the slashiest moment: Steve and Tony whispering to each other during Thor's speech, Steve thinking of Tony's feelings while the world disappears, or Sandman defending Spidey? (Anyone want to fill in a non-Spidey fan what their deal is?)


• On what other villains should Pietro use his speed-stripping technique?

Scans for issue 2 are up here, and will be discussed on Monday, February 29th.

Comments

[arileo.livejournal.com]

Actually, I guess the surprising part is that we're surprised that everyone is surprised (I don't think that came out right...)

I mean, that has been happening alot lately, writers ignoring that their big plot line has happened before i.e reality re-writes, ANYTHING Tony has done in the last decade (including being in charge of SHIELD), Skrull sleepers...

[cosmicbiscuit.livejournal.com]

ANYTHING Tony has done in the last decade

Or further. There is a glorious rant on tumblr about that, concerning the fact that Fraction seemingly couldn't be arsed to actually read Tony's alcoholism arcs before doing an issue about it.

I think that's one of the other things I love about Busiek's writing. Love it or hate it, the guy pays a lot (and I mean a lot) of attention to previous continuity. Whether he agreed with it or not, he deals with it, rather than just pretending he's writing completely in a vacuum. See Also: Avengers Forever and its handling of the abysmal The Crossing.

[fictivore.livejournal.com]

Ooh! The rant sounds interesting? Do you remember where I could find it? And yeah, the complete inattention to previous canon has to be one of the most annoying things in comic canon-dom (can-dom? -_-;)

[fictivore.livejournal.com]

Oh! never mind! found it... :)