>>85084531
Welcome back Anons! Time for Cage!
>>85105434
I think I may have quite literally every issue of this goddamn series. Fucking Wolverine.
>>85105597
Why do you think I called you a madman?
Remember in the Power Man and Iron Fist series, Cage had a model girlfriend? Kinda dumb, most famous for getting mauled by Sabertooth because he's so racist he thought all black women looked alike?
Yeah, she's dead now.
How fucked up is it that I saw that Great Batman Storytime, and genuinely thought for a moment, "Could somebody actually be trying this?"
>>85105597
IIRC wasn't MCP basically Wolverine's solo book before he got a proper solo book?
>>85105847
He was sharing it with people even at the very beginning, but he's the only consistent part of it. Near the end of the run, Ghost Rider got a consistent part as well.
>>85105787
>Yeah, she's dead now.
I can't believe Spider-Man killed her.
t. Daily Bugle subscriber.
>>85105881
Look JJ, you can use your name, we won't call BS.
>>85105816
Kinda fucked up.
Batman isn't like X-Men. There's gonna be pretty big chunks of 40s/50s Batman that is unscanned/unreprinted, just because of how comics worked back then, right?
>>85105872
>He was sharing it with people even at the very beginning
Yeah, because of the format.
But I could swear that his permanent feature status was basically a mid point between starring in miniseries and getting his own ongoin.
>>85105918
Madmen on the Internet have surprised me before.
I swear, 90's comics and symbiotes in particular probably caused some kinds of fucked up teeth fetishes.
>>85105970
>Hardcore doesn't sell
Of course not, that moron's dead now.
All right, catching you up on this Iron Fist story.
Okay, so Iron Fist's company found this weird triangle thing that they just called "the anomaly".HYDRA and AIM broke into the company to try and steal it but Danny saved it. Becoming super paranoid, he basically broke away from everyone, particularly Misty in a hilariously poorly written scene. While trying to get more info on it, he went to an old friend who he had never spoken of before, eventually meeting this lady, "Lilian Hsu". While giving her a ride back to her house, Danny fended off a HYDRA/AIM assassin (the book changed their mind on which one he worked for between issues), and he eventually slept at her place. She was kidnapped by HYDRA so they could trade for the pyramid, Danny tried to save her, only for HYDRA to capture them both. Lilian's brother tried to save them, but it didn't work out so well, but Danny managed it anyway. Eventually, they got free, only to find out that HYDRA had a second pyramid all along. And now, back to the story.
>>85106204
>Okay, so Iron Fist's company found this weird triangle thing that they just called "the anomaly"
It's like a Cosmic Cube, but a pyramid!
And I got the wrong page. Okay, THIS page first, then >>85106204
>>85105847
Yeah, pretty much. The problem is that it didn't have a consistent writer like you'd expect from an ongoing, but instead they allowed every non-illiterate chucklefuck at Marvel a chance to write a Wolverine story, because of the anthology format.
>>85106219
Not quite. A Cosmic Cube is a reality warping tool, whereas these things apparently create portals to another dimension.
>>85106229
>The problem is that it didn't have a consistent writer like you'd expect from an ongoing, but instead they allowed every non-illiterate chucklefuck at Marvel a chance to write a Wolverine story, because of the anthology format.
It wasn't always limited to Wolverine, as we can see.
>"Be careful with this."
>"Relax."
>chucks the fucking thing
>>85106313
Yeah, but most people back then wanted to write Wolvie because they're hacks. No really, looking at the creative teams most of the time I have no idea who these people even are. The guy writing the Wolverine story in this issue calls himself "Professor". "Professor"!!
Oh great, the Cosmic Pyramids are sentient too. Always a good sign.
>>85106273
More in the "Platonic solid shaped macguffin" sense.
>>85106435
Wow, he really does call himself that. Right there in the credits any everything.
And since someone in the last thread asked for this story...
>>85106486
>Writer - SANDY PLUNKETT
>Artist - SANDY PLUNKETT
>Colorist - SANDY PLUNKETT
Wow, someone really liked Ant-Man huh.
>>85106590
I don't know about you, but I like when we see a comic book made almost entirely by one guy. We get a more "pure" vision, if that makes any sense.
Or maybe I'm just struggling to justify how much I like Starlin's Marvel stuff.
>>85106590
Scott Lang is pretty endearing.
>>85106637
Unless you're Bendis of course. Then you blow him up like a punk, because fuck you, you aren't a big enough deal to survive!
If there's one thing I like more than making fun of The Living Weapon, it's Bendis.
And good lord, will he be giving us a lot to make fun of...
>>85106636
I totally get what you mean, which is why I enjoy Brandon Graham and his posse so much (even if the guy himself is kind of a twat).
>>85106653
Fun (?) fact: Bendis' original plan was to kill off Lang in Alias by having him be eaten by his own ants.
Dude, don't talk shit when he's close enough to punch you.
>>85106653
>Unless you're Bendis of course. Then you blow him up like a punk, because fuck you, you aren't a big enough deal to survive!
Has he "realized" that Lang is a good character now that he's been in two movies?
Or is he safely in the hands of Spencer?
>>85106751
I wouldn't be surprised if he forgot he killed Lang. I mean, it's the Wanda and Nova fans who have been out for his blood for most of the time.
And now, back to this.
>>85106738
There's a reason why he's Hawkeye's favourite.
Westerns are a a genre with tons of potential.
It's a shame Marvel messed up their MAX revival of theirs by going from two great minis into the Rawhide Kid gayjokepalooza.
>>85106734
>Fun (?) fact: Bendis' original plan was to kill off Lang in Alias by having him be eaten by his own ants.
Is that confirmed? Because if so, that's like "weird prejudice" level spite to a character barely anybody cared about. I was under the impression that, until Spencer's first series, Lang was the Ant-Man nobody gave a shit about, when compared to Hank "Biggest Fuckup" Pym and Eric Ogrady.
>>85106785
Well, I think of his Disassembled kill list, Jack of Hearts (god how did he start as a White Tiger villain) is the only still dead.
>>85106871
>Lang was the Ant-Man nobody gave a shit about, when compared to Hank "Biggest Fuckup" Pym and Eric Ogrady.
But with no Scott Lang, we don't get MC2 Stinger, or Stature (or now, apparently, 616 Stinger)
And that would be wholly unacceptable.
>>85106876
Nope, HE came back in one of the Marvel Zombies issues. And one of the things I'm looking forward to about these long-term storytimes is how characters are introduced and grow (or in some cases, regress) into the characters they are now.
I'm thinking of, when we finally catch up to what was just released that month, I'll re-post Luke and Danny's first issues, so we can see just how much the characters have changed.
>>85106871
It hasn't been confirmed because Bendis would never admit to it, but you can see his original death in the actual series as a hallucination. This is the same series that gave us the main protagonist masturbating to a picture of Johnny Storm, taking it up the ass from Luke Cage, and taking a goddamn shit, so, really, sky's the limit when it comes to Alias.
>>85105847
Pretty much. MCP will always have a place in my heart because of Joe Mad's first professional comic art featuring in it as well as Barry Windsor-Smith's Weapon X.
>>85107036
Oh, I know what you're referring to (because she's as tied into the two of them as Misty Knight is I'm going to be doing Alias and The Pulse when we get to it), but the idea that he just REALLY wanted to kill Lang? What, did Lang once kick Kitty Pryde's ass or something?
>>85106273
Kinda like the Siege Perilous or the Black Vortex then?
>>85107121
Not quite, since it's a bit more specific.
Trust me, we'll see when we finish this series. This particular plot point is resolved outside of MCP.
>>85107223
>Do the Disney people know about this?
First off, lol ironic reference
Secondly, what?! The hell is that supposed to mean?
So it turns out what they really connected to, was this ugly little Goblin's dimension.
>>85106946
Character independent narration like this, while it could easily overpower things when overdone, does add a level of bookishness that a lot of modern books lack.
>>85107270
Oh thank god, I didn't want to embarrass myself if it turned out I was the only one who didn't get the joke.
>>85107085
He had that weird hateboner for Avengers who weren't big names on their own.
And then despite that he still added Cage to the team even though Cage hadn't had a solo book in over a decade.
>"I don't even wish to remind you of how you left the woman named Misty Knight."
No, please remind him. That's basically the most dickish thing Danny's ever done. He does something later that's a much bigger deal, but that's out of an attempt to do good (and nobody ever accused Danny of being a good planner).
>"What if Tetsuya Nomura designed the new Iron Fist costume?"
>>85107295
Mister Poopa here has just made this story even worse than that crappy Misty breakup.
He needed to lose Rand, and all those non-characters that were supposedly close to him? Even though he was basically just dead?
Seriously, just look at that overdesigned piece of trash. That's probably the worst outfit Danny's ever worn in his entire career, yes, even worse than the red one!
>>85107388
Hoo boy.I like the bandages desu
I won't lie, this cover makes me chuckle when I have the idea of angry Wolverine just randomly wearing a lei.
>>85107463
Which ones? That costume is 20% bandages!
>>85107342
Why is Danny suddenly friends with a Hobbit again?
>>85107498
The ones wrapped around his hands. I'm a sucker for that kinda shit.
>>85107388
OH GOD FUCK KILL IT!
>>85107498
Slott?
Slott?
SLLLOOOOOOOTTTT!?!?!
>>85107515
I was going to make a joke about hobbits having hairy feet, before I saw that we never actually see this guy's feet.
>>85107579
You read that right. Dan Slott, the writer of Amazing Spider-Man, wrote a Wolverine five-parter.
>tfw your costume is so poorly recieved, it gets changed back in the very next issue
>>85107661
>We'd rather die than fail our senpai!
And Danny's working with Misty and Colleen again.
Normally I'd whine that they're ignoring the last story... but that story was complete shit, so I don't mind.
Remember when this guy was an Iron Fist villain?
Remember when Danny beat him blind, without using the Iron Fist, TWICE?
SEE?! Even this guy knows that nobody calls him "Daniel", everyone calls him "Danny". This would be like if someone called Nightwing "Richard".
>>85107735
He's about to debut in my storytime.
Pretty excited desu
Someone BESIDES Raven, because I know at least one of you has a list of everyone who calls him that. You know what I mean.
>>85107790
He already showed up back when you were doing the back-ups to "Classic X-Men", remember?
Granted, those stories were published later, since a few of them dealt with later retcons like the whole "Phoenix Force replaced Jean on the shuttle" nonsense.
>>85107661
New writer, less "Why is Iron Fist dating Misty Knight when he could have a superior Asian waifu"
>>85107850
Oh right, d'oh. First "official" debut, I meant. Crazy to think a character so ingrained in the X-Men mythos debuted as an Iron Fist baddie.
>>85107704
Yeesh, that Colleen. Some of this art makes the fact that MCP was often a tryout book for new guys pretty clear.
>>85107735
>Iron Fist vs. Sabertooth
>Harmony Young is back (sorta) for the first time since more or less Owlsly's run started.
This is some throwback.
>>85107904
Not really, Claremont did that with a lot of characters, like Mystique who was a big Ms. Marvel rogue. Luckily, unlike Carol, Danny had enough rogues on his own, whereas almost all of Carol's noteworthy ones were taken.
>>85107996
Yeah, you're right now that I think about it. Even Wolverine wasn't an X-Men character originally.
>>85108014
Baller cover.
>>85108025
Speaking of, are you going to run ALL of the various "Hulk vs. Wolverine: THE REMATCH" issues that probably occurred countless times?
>>85108068
No, only the ones that happened in X-titles, no Hulk stuff. I am running that hilariously delayed Ultimate mini by Damon Lindelof though.
Another double-page spread cut off by the scan.
Look at the size of the flames on Ghost Rider's head! Those things have got to be setting off fire alarms everywhere he goes!
>"Fuck man, you just had to say you weren't in the mood for hushpuppies! You didn't have to wreck the TV."
Are hushpuppies actually soul food? I'm whiter than Danny's head right now, so I had to google it.
... I have no words, this guy's a fucking idiot.
Seriously Ketch, control your god damned flame.
>>85108392
>Major Victory
What a cuck
>Mariano Nicieza
Huh, so he's related to FabNic?
Huh, it's his brother.
>>85108423
All I know about him is that he's in the original Guardians of the Galaxy, and he's the alternate future version of Justice from the New Warriors.
>>85108425
>What is this thing called love
Fucking Haddaway. Now anything vaguely "What is love" makes my brain go all Roxbury.
>>85108549
That is an unusual affliction, Anon.
>>85108529
At this point, he had finally gotten out of his bio-containment suit that kept his 1000 germs/germs from 1000 years forward from killing him/other people.
Also, he'd acquired Captain America's shield.
And may have been dating Starhawk's wife/female half.
>"Where is the caretaker of the Darkhold? The dwarf?"
Now, I actually DO know what the Darkhold is, and I know what he means by "the dwarf", but if I didn't, I'd assume this would just confuse the fuck out of me.
>>85108600
Ah, for a moment I assumed Anon was calling him a cuck for something that actually happened.
I forgot that it's become a meaningless buzzword.
At this point, I feel like Luke genuinely has more experience fighting demons than anyone else in the Marvel universe who specialize in fighting demons.
>that last panel
Too soon, comic...That's a lie, there's probably people on this site who were born after that.
>>85108662
Shut up, cuck
>"I have to say, making those references to MST3K makes me wonder. Sometimes if wonder if your writers get outside much. Make sure they get a breath of fresh air once in a while, okay?"
Oh god, this art is horrible.
>"OH FUCK! SABERTOOTH"
That's really the only proper reaction when you're a civilian, and this guy charges at you.
>>85108864
I like (read: completely and utterly abhor) Colleen's hairdo.
>"You shame your sanpei."
I know they couldn't possibly predict what the word "senpai" would mean in 20 years, but that just makes this whole thing hilarious.
/k/, is this proper gun holding posture in the first panel?
>>85108974
Honestly, it's pretty obvious this writer only took one class of Japanese, felt it was enough, and went to write for Marvel.
>Danny is literally backhanded in the first panel.
>>85109028
>"Hey, it worked for that hack Miller!"
>>85109019
Man, why is Danny such a scrub in this story?
Beaten by ninjas? And not even THE Ninja?
Deplorable.
>>85109028
Listen, if watching the TV miniseries of James Clavell's Shogun doesn't qualify you as a Japonese expert, what possibly could?
>>85109131
>Man, why is Danny such a scrub in this story?
That's the entire point of the story, Danny's losing his edge, getting his ass kicked by a guy that, in his prime, he'd destroy.
>"You can't bluff a telepath."
I've totally read enough manga to disprove that theory.
Well, at least his bits are still covered.
>>85109229
>>85109251
This is going to sound really silly but I always fix these broken spreads in Paint. Guess I'm just a glutton for punishment.
>>85109299
I tried once when I was reading the original Captain Marvel series, but there was some overlap between pages so I had to crop out the bits where the pages meet, and that happened a few times in the issue, and eventually decided they weren't worth the effort.
When was the last time Luke actually said "Sweet Christmas"?
>Wolverine with a majestic lion's mane
>>85109353
Yeah, I know what you mean, more often than not it looks pretty ugly. Still, I can't help myself.
>>85109407
Well, that's why you have twice as many people in your threads.
>>85109406
>also, Iron Fist!
i actually didn't know marvel comics presents was a wolverine book for the longest time
>>85109406
If you think that's bad, wait until you see the cover for 137.
>that coloring fuck-up
Ninjas are like the herpes of henchmen.
>>85109430
Aw Anon, it's because people have an unhealthy obsession with muties, not because I'm a OCD-ridden dummy!
>"Well if it isn't my old buddy, Iron Fist."
So I can't think of an occasion off the top of my head, has Danny and Wolverine had an extended one-on-one fight after Iron Fist 15 (back when the Phoenix Force was Misty's roommate)?
>>85109457
That's an impressive fuckup.
>>85109406
Danny in the trademark box looks really off.
>>85109566
You think so? This isn't even the first time it's happened in this thread. MCP is where they drop the real Z-List talent.
You want to make jokes about coloring errors? COLLEEN DOESN'T HAVE DARK HAIR!
>all the ninjas bow at the feet of their beloved senpai
Jesus christ, look at their damn faces!
>>85109565
All I remember is that dumb sparring sesion by Bendis.
Somewhere Joe Quesada is super triggered, and has no idea why.
>>85109727
I just looked it up, and that doesn't count. We don't see claws or flaming fists.
I want a legit fight, you know?
>that bottom panel
>>85109837
Then nope, I don't think they've ever fought since.
>"I'm the best, you're second rate."
You're talking a lot of shit for a guy who got his ass kicked TWICE by a guy who couldn't even see you.
>>85109936
Darn. Given their respective records against Sabertooth, it would be an interesting fight.
We have Danny still outright say that he can't summon the Iron Fist.
Yes, this is the end of the Iron Fist story.
Finally, they merged a splash page!
Oh god, that fourth panel face!
Nope, just the one page...
>>85110206
Kind of a cool page, I'll admit as much.
And I'll call it there for the night. See you tomorrow, so we can finish this series, and then see the return of a classic enemy!
>>85110269
thanks faggot
>>85106537
Thanks!
>>85106785
Oh shit.
>>85107661
God, this is hilarious.