Comic Book Talk

Honestly, it kills me to see what has become of the X-Men. The X books were Marvel's flagship books for the 80's and 90's. It was the series that kickstarted my love of comics. It's utterly depressing to see what they've turned into now. Constantly rotating lineups, starts and stops on books, storylines that go nowhere, characters that act completely out of character based on who is writing them, all the time travel/alt reality nonsense (granted, this has long been a part of the X-Men mythos, but in the past it was used at least sparingly. Stuff like Days of Future Past or Age of Apocalypse felt meaningful on some level. Now half the X characters seem to be time traveling or alt-uinverse versions of the mainline characters.).

Don't even get me started on the garbage art you find in any given X book these days, either.

I know I come across like I'm beating a dead horse, but there is no reason for Marvel to be what it has turned into and it's just depressing to see. I was always more of a Marvel reader than a DC one, and I'm reading exactly NO Marvel books currently compared to several DC titles.

I'm down to two books - X-Men: Gold (which they are cancelling) and Moon Knight. Other than that, I've been strictly reading DC or indie books.

Sun, what were your thoughts on Man of Steel? Frankly, I hated it even more so because of how it ended...

(So not to spoil for those who haven't finished yet...)

Is Bendis truly that weak (or cowardly) that he can't write Superman from where he's been the last two years? He has to write his wife and kid by sending them to far reaches of the galaxy(ies)? And while he's at it, he has to send Kara off as well because there can only be one Kryptonian on Earth? Screw you, Bendis.

Look on the bright side though. At least you didn't have to eat a hat.