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Boy Blunder · 09-26-2016, 02:08 PM

I guess I could chime in with my ideal wants, though I doubt many of them would be revealed at NYCC.

X-Men: I hope to see All-New Wolverine as the rumored Wolverine in the Warlock wave. Other X-Characters I'd love to see reveals for include Blink, Marrow (X-Men costume), Nightcrawler, Storm, Beast (blue furry classic) Anole, Rockslide, Surge, Domino, Psylocke, Dr. Nemesis, Exodus, Avalanche, Mystique, and a Nimrod BAF.

Spider-Man: WHITE RABBIT PLEASE! She made it far enough in the polls. Also any or all of the Slingers (Prodigy, Ricochet, Hornet, and Dusk), Stegron as a BAF, and a new Scorpion. Also a full reveal of MJ (provided she's 6" scale)

Avengers: Jane Foster Thor please, and as many Young Avengers, Ultimates, and New Avengers (ANADM) they feel fit to include.

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Originally Posted by VonPooten

It does become apparent that Claremont was slowly running out of ideas, or at least less well-written ones, and after Bob Harras replaced Ann Nocenti as the editor, everything was thrown out of the window in favour of pleasing the artist over the writer. By the time Jim Lee came along, Claremont was a dead man walking.

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

It seems like Clareont's freedom to tell stories fell apart after Jim Shooter left.

Perhaps, but I think VonPooten nailed it, as a lot of Claremont's work from about 1998 and on felt really... wooden. And this was after he had a lot more control and freedom over his own storytelling. His FF run was incredibly verbose (to the point of distraction from the actual story he was telling), and once he got back on X-Men, he wrote as though he'd never left, and the 10-ish years of stories were, at best, a footnote. Not to mention how much he loved putting other characters in the back seat in favor of more story time for Psylocke (and Psylocke's one of my favorite X-Men, but yeesh). He made Exiles a bit of an incomprehendable mess in the back-end of the series (and his New Exiles was so mediocre-at-best that its stink made the attempted second relaunch suffer, despite the quality), and I don't even know what was going on with his Excalibur run.

I love Claremont, and do feel that he's one of the best contributors to the X-Men lore, but he needs to go do something much more fresh, in my opinion.

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Boy Blunder Kirby Crackle Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: San Diego County, CA Posts: 2,846	I guess I could chime in with my ideal wants, though I doubt many of them would be revealed at NYCC. X-Men: I hope to see All-New Wolverine as the rumored Wolverine in the Warlock wave. Other X-Characters I'd love to see reveals for include Blink, Marrow (X-Men costume), Nightcrawler, Storm, Beast (blue furry classic) Anole, Rockslide, Surge, Domino, Psylocke, Dr. Nemesis, Exodus, Avalanche, Mystique, and a Nimrod BAF. Spider-Man: WHITE RABBIT PLEASE! She made it far enough in the polls. Also any or all of the Slingers (Prodigy, Ricochet, Hornet, and Dusk), Stegron as a BAF, and a new Scorpion. Also a full reveal of MJ (provided she's 6" scale) Avengers: Jane Foster Thor please, and as many Young Avengers, Ultimates, and New Avengers (ANADM) they feel fit to include. Quote: Originally Posted by VonPooten It does become apparent that Claremont was slowly running out of ideas, or at least less well-written ones, and after Bob Harras replaced Ann Nocenti as the editor, everything was thrown out of the window in favour of pleasing the artist over the writer. By the time Jim Lee came along, Claremont was a dead man walking. Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Kain It seems like Clareont's freedom to tell stories fell apart after Jim Shooter left. Perhaps, but I think VonPooten nailed it, as a lot of Claremont's work from about 1998 and on felt really... wooden. And this was after he had a lot more control and freedom over his own storytelling. His FF run was incredibly verbose (to the point of distraction from the actual story he was telling), and once he got back on X-Men, he wrote as though he'd never left, and the 10-ish years of stories were, at best, a footnote. Not to mention how much he loved putting other characters in the back seat in favor of more story time for Psylocke (and Psylocke's one of my favorite X-Men, but yeesh). He made Exiles a bit of an incomprehendable mess in the back-end of the series (and his New Exiles was so mediocre-at-best that its stink made the attempted second relaunch suffer, despite the quality), and I don't even know what was going on with his Excalibur run. I love Claremont, and do feel that he's one of the best contributors to the X-Men lore, but he needs to go do something much more fresh, in my opinion. __________________ Collect how you want. Just enjoy. Feedback/IF SELLING YOUR PRIME SENTINELS, PLEASE PM ME Last edited by Boy Blunder; 09-26-2016 at 02:19 PM..