Dexter: The Comic (By The Original Novelist), Bendis Writes Guardians of the Galaxy and Other Marvel October Highlights

I really wish the solicitation was clearer about the DEXTER material, however — since it is Lindsay, I assume that this means that it is following the BOOK continuity, and not the TV show continuity (they are very very different beasts), and that it won’t have, say, likenesses and things like that.

Is this an “official” DEXTER book? (There are… five novels out so far?)

-B

Bon appetit. The public will feast. Enjoy you’re relaunch, your increased site traffic and you’re Marvel movies

Kevin, your grammar is atrocious.

The Guardians of the Galaxy have been appearing in Avengers Assemble for around two months, Todd. This isn’t a new development.

Connor Willumsen finally getting the chance to do some serialized work is the biggest news out of this batch for me.

Met him at MOCCA a few years ago and knew he was bound for big things. The guy is supremely talented

Ron wrote “The Guardians of the Galaxy have been appearing in Avengers Assemble for around two months, Todd. This isn’t a new development.” It’s not a new development but it does support the fact the feeling that Marvel’s comics are just storyboards for future films on paper.

Heidi wrote “I know there are a lot of Bendis haters in the comment sections, but I thourougly enjoyed his Daredevil run, and even though it’s another End Times comics… that’s a really interesting creative team”

Most of the people complaining about the quality of Bendis’ writing are not complaining about his stint on Daredevil, Powers, Alias, or Ulimate Spider-Man . On those books,Bendis was clearly in his comfort-zone. His work on Avengers is outside his comfort-zone because, acording to his haters, it highlighted his weaknesses.

[pedantic] It’s Avengers Assemble, not Avengers Assembled. [/pedantic] :-D

Avengers #33 will be the 600th issue of Avengers (counting New Avengers Vol 1). What are the odds that it will be renumbered in November before relaunched in December?

It’s so interesting to see Guardians of the Galaxy get all this attention, especially when for years, Joe Quesada said he didn’t like cosmic books. Even when they did that first Annihiliation (cosmic) event years back, it was considered a risk.

Brian Hibbs: I’m 90% certain that the initial announcement mentioned this is going to be based on the books. But you’re right–the solicitation should be clear on this, it’s possibly the most important thing it has to tell us.

And didn’t the Bendis on Guardians of the Galaxy rumors get STARTED because the team was appearing in Assemble? (I agree with Tiger Mike. Bendis on crime/noir books I’ve pretty much always liked. Him on X-Men or Guardians? I worry about the characters I like.)

“Even when they did that first Annihiliation (cosmic) event years back, it was considered a risk.”

To be fair, it WAS a risk–they didn’t know if it would sell. The Annihilation events gave cosmic enough attention that it gathered an audience that was very loyal but never really grew.

Now that (mostly) DnA have proven cosmic has great stories and characters, Marvel is relaunching it to hopefully increase that audience with the attention and the fresh start.

Personally, I’d much rather have DnA Guardians than Bendis Guardians, but sales-wise… I’d be surprised if Bendis doesn’t multiply the sales on launch.

Jeff Lindsay may be a pen name, but you’re allowed to copyright works under a pseudonym.

There are six Dexter novels to date.

“Brian Hibbs: I’m 90% certain that the initial announcement mentioned this is going to be based on the books. But you’re right–the solicitation should be clear on this, it’s possibly the most important thing it has to tell us.”

They did mention it was book-based in the initial announcement, but my guess is they’re being coy now to try to draw in some tv fans.

I know I’m gonna get kicked for saying this, but alas… when you have Bill Sienkiewicz, you don’t NEED Klaus Janson on inks.

Nathan, it’s my understanding that Sienkiewicz and Janson are each handling full duties on their own unique pages, not working together on the same ones.

His work on Avengers is outside his comfort-zone because, acording to his haters, it highlighted his weaknesses.

His weaknesses are so obvious in superhero stories because, as with writers generally, someone should write about what he knows. In Bendis’s case, that’s crime fiction. When superheroes are forced into roles in a crime fiction plot, they don’t fit well, and the writer’s preferences are too evident. For much of NEW AVENGERS Vol. 1, the stars were the Hood, the Wrecking Crew, and the other crooks. The Avengers were the co-stars.

Another big weakness is scientific literacy. The illiteracy wrecked SECRET INVASION and various Avengers storylines, and is damaging AvX. There’s probably a connection between being scientifically literate and thinking logically. With superhero stories, a literate writer might wonder what the various uses of a power are, what the logical extensions of the power are, and how the power can be countered. A scientifically illiterate writer will view the power as just a special effect.

In AvX, there are signs that the Phoenix Five are possessed–the new costumes, the altered word balloons–and signs that the heroes are just on power trips–their dialogue, the in-character personalities. But if they’re possessed, what does the Phoenix Force gain from their behavior? Absolutely nothing. Making the world better has nothing to do with evolution per se. They’re just wasting the Phoenix Force’s energy. But if they’re not possessed–they’re just using the Phoenix Force as a power source–the beginning of the story makes no sense.

When a sci-fi story lacks internal logic, it’s a mess.

SRS

^what he said.