20 Questions For You All For the 4/12 Comic Week
I am sure there are some spoilers involved in the following 20 questions. Feel free to answer or not - some of them ARE rhetorical, after all...
I am in a blasphemous mood today, so today's 20 Questions all involve comic book resurrections...
1. The old lady who died pretending to be Aunt May...exactly how do you hire someone like that? Open auditons? Ad in the paper? "Older actresses needed - must be willing to die for role" Hmmm...that's how Swanson got Sunset Blvd., actually, wasn't it?
2. Do you think there's a SINGLE Marvel employee out there who can tell you how many times Baron Strucker has died (and how he survived each time)? Heck, could Peter Sanderson even tell you?!?
3. How ridiculous was it for DC to kill off Nemesis (great character) because they needed the name - then NOT USE THE NAME?!?!
4. How long, exactly, did it take to ignore Joe Kelly's resurrection of Guy Gardner?
5. How, exactly, did X-Factor NOT catch on that only a dupe of Jamie Madrox died in X-Factor #100?
6. If Superman cleaned his clothes better, would Green Arrow be around today?
7. Does anyone even bring up the External thing to Cannonball ever? "Hey, Sam, remember that time you died but came back? Yeah...so...uhmm...what's up with that?"
8. Whose mini-series devoted to just bringing them back from the dead blew harder? Artemis Requiem or Green Lantern: Rebirth?
9. What's more confusing? Jason Todd's return from the dead or Bruce Jones' Hulk run?
10. Are ANY of the Nightstalkers still dead (Frank Drake, Hannibal King, Blade)?
11. Did I miss the point behind Donna Troy's return? Or has it just not come up yet?
12. Can anyone beat the ballsiness of Marvel in their return of Nick Fury after the Punisher killed him? They specifically said - he is not an LMD. Then, upon his return, we learn it was just a SPECIAL LMD. Classic.
13. Wouldn't it kind of piss you off if you were a member of the Hand, and your duty was to revive Doctor Octopus of all people? I mean, I think it'd be about time to look for another evil organization if that was on your "To Do" List at work.
14. Can anyone beat Maxwell Lord's record? Has anyone else been turned into a villain, then killed, then brought back to life as a good guy, then turned into a villain AGAIN, then killed AGAIN?!
15. The Ringer was brought back to life by A.I.M. as Switchback. Can anyone name a lamer resurrection than that? THE RINGER, PEOPLE! THE RINGER!!!!!
LIGHTNING ROUND!!!
Who would you prefer to see revived:
16. Danny Chase or Vivisector?
17. Mockingbird or Ferrin Colos?
18. Blue Beetle or Katma Tui?
19. Joseph (Magneto clone) or Ben Reilly (Peter Parker clone)?
20. Sarah Essen or Jean DeWolff?
Happy Easter, folks!
posted by Brian Cronin @ 4:09 AM
7 Comments:
1. The old lady who died pretending to be Aunt May...
I'm not entirely sure, but I think Peter ditched his prescription lenses a little too soon after gaining his spider-powers.
6. If Superman cleaned his clothes better, would Green Arrow be around today?
Grossest resurrection ever.
9. What's more confusing? Jason Todd's return from the dead or Bruce Jones' Hulk run?
Heh. I guess Jones' Hulk at least had Immonen and Romita Jr. That Jason Todd nonsense is incomprehensible. Take any ONE of the fifteen parts built into that story and it'd have been a million times stronger.
11. Did I miss the point behind Donna Troy's return? Or has it just not come up yet?
Point?
12. Can anyone beat the ballsiness of Marvel in their return of Nick Fury...
OH MARVEL. YOU GOT US AGAIN. WHEN WILL WE LEARN?
14. Can anyone beat Maxwell Lord's record...
That dude is totally living up to his power-name.
18. Blue Beetle or Katma Tui?
No see, the new thing is resurrecting fan fave dead characters as new versions of classic characters. TED KORD SHOULD BE THE NEW SPECTRE! no wait, the new...DEADMAN? the new...Phantom Stranger?
1. Brian, don't think too hard about a Howard Mackie comic. That way lies MADNESS!!
2. Beats me. I don't think Sanderson could tell you either, I agree! We've got Marvel Universe #3 during WWII, his first death in Strange Tales...
3. Sigh.
4. Huh?
5. As I understand, at the time it was meant to be The Real Thing. I remember Peter David once told me at a con they wanted him to kill Madrox, "But that didn't make sense- because one of them would always show up LATER!"
6. Dear Kevin Smith: Stop. Just...stop.
7. HAH! Actually, didn't John Francis Moore address it? No? Okay.
8. Artemis, because, well, who wanted her to come back???
9. Bruce Jones' Hulk run. Jason's return makes a sort of sense, though I still stick to my "Checkmate body swap" theory.
10. King and Blade are still around, I think.
11. I think the point was, Phil Jimenez really likes Donna Troy. And I think she's supposed to be the new Harbinger.
12. Eh, he's still dead, that's just a particularly CLEVER LMD walking around now. Thanks, Earth X!
13. And they ask me, why, Dan, why don't you like Tom DeFalco??
15. The FUUUUUUUUCK? When was this?
16. Who or what?
17. Ferrin Colos.
18. Katma Tui.
19. Joseph.
20. Sarah Essen.
1. She was the 616 version of Swanson!
2. One, but he went crazy, and can only be found muttering gibberish and carving tally marks in the walls of his padded room.
3. ...well, they can use it now?
4. Joe Kelly's resurrection sucked anyway. What exactly did he do to deserve Hell? (especially as he wasn't in his right mind or all of it). I'm inclined to think the Vuldarian powers just grew him up from scratch, like when they regrew his heart, but long term. The Kelly stuff was just Superman's post-sunstroke hallucinations.
5. Um...hmm...they're dumb?
6. Poor hygeine saves lives man. If I were in the DCU I'd never wash my clothes again, just in case.
7. His sister could and would kick all of our asses, thus no one'll risk it.
8. Hmm, I'd say Artemis Requiem, if only because Hal Jordan at least was an entertaining character to start with. And it's fun to say "Yellow space bug of DOOOOM"
9. That's like asking which you'd rather have happen, a nail gouged in your left eye, or your right?
10. Pass. :-)
11. No point. But they did kill off Jade, at least. And now her outfit matches Kyle's head...at least they're coordinated?
12. Special=Not don't ya know.
13. They must have a good benefits package.
14. And that's not even getting into the cyborg=>not a cyborg stuff.
15. There's a quota for pointless resurrections.
LR:
16. Hmm, the Vivisector, he's got a cooler name.
17. Mockingbird, for same reason.
18. Aww, that's just mean. Keep Vivisector AND Mockingbird, and give back Ted AND Katma darnit.
19. Joseph. I liked Joseph. He was a nice break from the tedious Rogue/Gambit crap. And we need more pretty silver haired guys to lure in the manga fangirls.
20. Sarah Essen, as the resurrection of yet another "Jean" will inspire X-Men writers to do the same.
1. The pay must've been good.
7. Awwwwwkward
11. So we can have the glorious return of Buddy Baker!
16. Vivisector, Vivisector, Vivisector! Come on Milligan, how come he isn't showing up in the Dead Girl mini?
17. Mockingbird
18. Blue Beetle (nah, ponder, they should totally make Sue as Spectre - not Ted!)
19. Ben Reilly (Peter Parker clone)
20. Sarah Essen!!! Her death almost ruined NML for me.
1. The old lady who died pretending to be Aunt May...exactly how do you hire someone like that? Open auditons? Ad in the paper? "Older actresses needed - must be willing to die for role" Hmmm...that's how Swanson got Sunset Blvd., actually, wasn't it?
They should have said she was brainwashed. Or, you know, left her dead. Marvel hit the reset button a tad too hard on that
2. Do you think there's a SINGLE Marvel employee out there who can tell you how many times Baron Strucker has died (and how he survived each time)? Heck, could Peter Sanderson even tell you?!?
Mark Gruenwald, I call to you from beyond the grave!
5. How, exactly, did X-Factor NOT catch on that only a dupe of Jamie Madrox died in X-Factor #100?
Yeah...
6. If Superman cleaned his clothes better, would Green Arrow be around today?
Compared to Spider-Man/Black Cat, that shit was Shakespeare.
7. Does anyone even bring up the External thing to Cannonball ever? "Hey, Sam, remember that time you died but came back? Yeah...so...uhmm...what's up with that?"
Does anyone actually care about Cannonball? (Oh, and Cable did it with his mind. I am ashamed to know this.).
11. Did I miss the point behind Donna Troy's return? Or has it just not come up yet?
$$$
16. Danny Chase or Vivisector?
Vivisector was fairly bland by X-Statix standards, but still, a gay intellectual werewolf sure beats Danny Chase.
19. Joseph (Magneto clone) or Ben Reilly (Peter Parker clone)?
They could have used a Spider-Man spin-off. Ben Reilly was a compelling character -- just not as Spider-Man.
1. Hey, it's hard for older actresses to get work unless they're named Judi Dench.
2. No.
3. Very lame indeed.
4. Dunno
5. They're idiots.
6. No.
7. Only Rob Liefeld.
8. Which one has Hal Jordan? There's your answer.
9. Jones' Hulk run. Todd's resurrection is just stupid, not confusing.
10. Dunno.
11. It's in IC #6 and the section is really poorly done. Troy's space force blows off Alex Luthor's finger, stopping him from merging Earth 1 and Earth 2.
12. DC bringing back Tood, who the fans literally paid DC to kill off. Where's the class action lawsuit?
13. No, because Doc Ock kicks ass.
14. Probably, though no one comes immediately to mind.
15. Hal Jordan.
16. Vivisector
17. Mockingbird
18. Ted Kord
19. Joseph
20. Jean DeWolff
(Had to cross-post and tell people about your list, Brian. Brilliant!)
http://loosepgs.blogspot.com/2006/04/one-persons-death-is-another-persons.html
1. The old lady who died pretending to be Aunt May...
Read Buddy Scalera's 7 Days to Fame yet?
5. How, exactly, did X-Factor NOT catch on that only a dupe of Jamie Madrox died in X-Factor #100?
This is a group that once had a member called Strong Guy on it. I never thought them to be particularly quick on the uptake.
6. If Superman cleaned his clothes better, would Green Arrow be around today?
HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!
Bur, for real, GA's DNA wasn't kicking around anywhere else? Arsenal's toilet? Black Canary's panties?
7. Does anyone even bring up the External thing to Cannonball ever?
They're just happy he's not from a future, alternate reality. The fact he's from now and here is enough for all of them.
12. Can anyone beat the ballsiness of Marvel in their return of Nick Fury after the Punisher killed him? They specifically said - he is not an LMD. Then, upon his return, we learn it was just a SPECIAL LMD. Classic.
Even better, how -- as recently as Illuminati -- go back to using Fury LMDs to do their dirty work. I swear, letting himself get scanned for that LMD mold was one of the worst things Fury ever did...
15. The Ringer was brought back to life by A.I.M. as Switchback. Can anyone name a lamer resurrection than that? THE RINGER, PEOPLE! THE RINGER!!!!!
HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!
17. Mockingbird
19. Joseph (Magneto clone) or Ben Reilly (Peter Parker clone)?
Their DNA-fused offspring, please.
20. Sarah Essen or Jean DeWolff?
Essen was all class, baby.
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