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Dave B Stewart
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"Metal bulkheads that have stood unmoving for centuriesbuckle." Will you be following up on this comment? Thank you.
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James Woodcock
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For me, this issue is the answer to that proverbial
question 'Why do the heroes always win'?
The answer is of course - because the plot needs the heroes
to win - it's their book.
Here, it is not the book of the alternative heroes - so
they can lose, even Thor. The trick is making that loss
believable - and Wanda is the perfect lynch pin for that to
happen.
But in our world? With our heroes? The bad guys won't win -
but the fun is seeing why not.
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Jonathan Kaye
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This might be a 'careful what you wish for' situation - I don't actually want to see any of our heroes die!
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This touches on the crux of many a "What If ...?" tale: Who exactly, at their core, are "our heroes"?
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Andrew Bitner
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WHAT IF is a chance to see our heroes in very different circumstances, where they might be heroes, villains, or bystanders. Given that, the better term might be "series protagonists."
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Scott Barnett
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"Metal bulkheads that have stood unmoving for centuries buckle." Will you be following up on this comment? Thank you.
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You missed an important word in that caption- "Metal bulkheads that should have stood unmoving for centuries buckle."
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L Hunt
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Woah - just read the first two pages for first time back to back. What a powerful intro and even more so without a title card to gently ease us in.
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John Byrne
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You won’t actually be seeing the title until the middle of next week. And that’s NOT the deepest I’ve ever sunk a title into an issue!
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Rebecca Jansen
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QUOTE:
| This touches on the crux of many a "What If ...?" tale: Who exactly, at their core, are "our heroes"? |
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It's a bit like "Ace" Rimmer in Red Dwarf I think... he became a hero when he was left back a grade in school, it helped 'make' him what he became ("smoke me a kipper"), whereas the alternately sniveling and pompous holographic Rimmer we knew clung to an old swimming certificate as a lone moment of glory although (barely) passed up a grade in school.
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Tim O Neill
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Cyclops is the lead character for me, so that last panel is a joy to see.
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Michael Hogan
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JB, it almost appears, in the last panel, that the white of Cyclops' beam is a brighter white than the remainder of that page. Either I'm seeing things or you've done some magic.
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John Byrne
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See above. . . .
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Brian Miller
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And that’s NOT the deepest I’ve ever sunk a title into an issue!
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IIRC, you’ve waited until the last page before.
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