quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: I remember when I was a kid buying Avengers #200 on the assumption that it must be another groovy giant team titles anniversary issue!
Imagine my disappointment!
Avengers #200: One of the worst, most egregiously offensive comics of all time.
Why's that? Don't think I ever read Avengers. Maybe when I was a kid but even then, I don't think so.
From: East Toledo | Registered: Jul 2003
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Roughly: Ms. Marvel is kidnapped to an alternate dimension, brainwashed, and impregnated, then upon return to the Avengers, she rapidly gives birth to a child that rapidly ages into a version of the guy who kidnapped her, whom she then "chooses" to rejoin in said dimension. And the Avengers basically just let all of this happen.
I think as a kid I was just bewildered by the whole thing.
From: Liberty City | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: Roughly: Ms. Marvel is kidnapped to an alternate dimension, brainwashed, and impregnated, then upon return to the Avengers, she rapidly gives birth to a child that rapidly ages into a version of the guy who kidnapped her, whom she then "chooses" to rejoin in said dimension. And the Avengers basically just let all of this happen.
I think as a kid I was just bewildered by the whole thing.
Lol. I take it that was written when acid was popular.
From: East Toledo | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: Roughly: Ms. Marvel is kidnapped to an alternate dimension, brainwashed, and impregnated, then upon return to the Avengers, she rapidly gives birth to a child that rapidly ages into a version of the guy who kidnapped her, whom she then "chooses" to rejoin in said dimension. And the Avengers basically just let all of this happen.
I think as a kid I was just bewildered by the whole thing.
I never read it but didn't something extremely similar happen to Power Girl. I don't think she was brainwashed, tortured, and kidnapped from what i've read (on wikipedia) but the child did age rapidly and then fly off never to be spoken of again?
From: Ninja Land | Registered: Nov 2004
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It is the only one I've got for quite some time, before the issue and after ... I died off even before the reboot.
I picked it up because it was Walt Simonsen and he is at his best here, some other recent books I've picked up because he drew them ... were not worth it. I'm thinking of some recent Thor and/or Avengers work that seemed way too messy.
But in this one, the art is good at backgrounds and head shots.
I also liked how the story touched on most characters, especially since many have been missing for a long time, and I also enjoyed how the characters sounded, and I think from the reviews on here the characters sounded more like themselves than any other current issue.
I wonder if this is the best issue in (say) the past 2 years?
I think I'll get it out and read it again.
btw I'm not crazy about the cover.
From: Ninja Land | Registered: Nov 2004
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Sadly, the "mystery pregnancy and/or rapid birth/advanced growth of child" trope has been done a LOT, and it has NEVER worked. It is a trope I personally despise. My advice to any writers contemplating using it:
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Oh, teens into babies? THAT trope isn't done ENOUGH! The LSH really would have fit in well on that SINS OF YOUTH Young Justice mega-crossover several years ago.
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^^I have that annual as well, though honestly I most remember it for the debut of Rogue and the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants than for Ms. Marvel's dressing down of the Avengers.
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I really want that Ten-Speed racer!
From: Ninja Land | Registered: Nov 2004
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quote:Originally posted by lowercase mllash: Sadly, the "mystery pregnancy and/or rapid birth/advanced growth of child" trope has been done a LOT, and it has NEVER worked.
Including in LSH with "Cub", though that was a somewhat lengthened pregnancy followed by a rapidly aging baby.
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quote:Originally posted by lowercase mllash: Sadly, the "mystery pregnancy and/or rapid birth/advanced growth of child" trope has been done a LOT, and it has NEVER worked.
Including in LSH with "Cub", though that was a somewhat lengthened pregnancy followed by a rapidly aging baby.
followed by a dangling plot thread.
From: East Toledo | Registered: Jul 2003
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Also, since I don't like Tony Stark or Captain America, That issue looks really good.
"Captain America totally defeated!"
also, I like that old look for Jessica Drew (Its somehow more sinister). For some reason she seems to kick ass on her own, and not so much as part of the current team. They had her dating Hawkeye (!?) ... also she's written like she dropped 10-20 years in maturity. Where is the scrappy detective? She should be leading that team.
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