With all the comic book movies and shows being released, I openly admit that I don't know the content of everything being released. When I saw the movie roster of "Guardians of the Galaxy", I had no clue who any of them were. I feel bad for not knowing who Jessica Jones or Quake are beyond their respected shows. As for comic books, I grew up knowing of only two Captain Marvels (In Marvel, DC's "Shazam!" doesn't count here) and now there are 5, including former Ms.Marvel, Carol Danvers. Speaking of Ms. Marvel, there's a new one named Kamala Khan who I had no clue about and I admit that can only tell you about 2-3 facts about Miles Morales Spider-man.
What I'm trying to say is I'm behind the times when it comes to current comics. It's not something I'm proud of but I'm so far behind on them and so much has happened that I wouldn't know where to start. The reason for this is because I stopped reading current issues when I felt current storyline including a lot of Marvel heroes had become too absurd, even for me. It all starts with a very overpowered character named Onslaught...
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| Hi, I'm Onslaught, an overpowered plot device... |
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Onslaught was the amalgamation of the X-men's founder, Charles Xavier, and what can only be described as his best "frienemy", Magneto. During the X-men's "Fatal Attractions" story line, Magneto is brutally attacked by x-man/rageaholic--Wolverine. In retaliation, Magneto uses his powers of magnetism to yank out the adamantium that laced Wolverine's bones. If you're a fan of Wolverine, you know that this is not a good thing. Angered, Xavier mind wipes Magneto, leaving him a vegetate state. Doing this made Xavier absorb Magneto's persona, where it slowly festered and merged with Xavier's dark side. Onslaught emerges when a young mutant is killed by an anti-mutant group near the grounds of "Xavier's School for gifted youngsters", which also holds as the secret base of the X-men. Onslaught went on a proverbial rampage that involved all New Yorker super heroes, well the important ones, at least. Lots of psychic, telekinetic, and other battles involving brains ensued and in the end, Onslaught, the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk and Spider-man were all dead...or so we thought. Turns out that those heroes were reborn in a pocket universe by Franklin Richards, super powerful son of Reed Richards and Susan Storm of the Fantastic Four. They all returned to their home universe and all was happily ever after. All this resulted in the "Heroes Reborn" storyline.
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| Look out for Thor's knee lights!! |
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I thought there was no point to this. Was it done because fans believed that the Marvel comics were getting stale? Granted, 40 years and the same heroes and villains can grow tedious but why reboot them as this young, edgy and hip versions of people we have spent so much time knowing? They don't look cool, they look like that late 30s guy still going to frat parties, which is just creepy.
*Sidenote* I have no qualms with the Ultimate series. I haven't read any of them because...I just haven't.
I've been told that storylines such as Spider-Man's "One more day", "House of M" and "Civil War" are pretty good but at this point, I don't care. Storylines like what was mentioned above have soured me on the current product. I'm happy with the stories of the past, knowing that whatever is currently published can never top them.
And to think, I want to be a fiction writer...
To be continued
