boyajian@akov68.DEC (04/03/84)
Speaking of the NEWTIES, I'm not sure that I'm looking as forward to Bill Sienkiewicz [whew! I typed that from *memory*!] doing the book as Jeff is. I'm not impressed by the ad he's done for it (the cover for the latest MARVEL AGE). This also reminds me to mention, in case there are any of you out there who haven't heard, that X-MEN #186 will be a double-sized issue with art by Barry Windsor-Smith and Terry Austin (an awesome combination; let's hope it works). A recent COMIC BUYER'S GUIDE had a brief interview with Bill Mantlo in which he talks about future developments in ROM and THE HULK. Apparently, he *is* planning to finish off the Wraith business once and for all, and get Rom into other things. I suspected that putting all of the Marvel super-teams in on the action, the Wraiths couldn't last long. Before it's finished, the war against the Wraiths will cross over into THE X-MEN, FF, etc. as it has already done in THE AVENGERS. His plans for the Hulk really came as a surprise (and with a Spoiler Warning!). I won't repeat it here, but its way was paved by a recent WHAT IF? If you thought Spidey's new costume, or She-Hulk's replacing the Thing in the FF was something, wait'll you see HULK #300. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC Maynard) UUCP: (decvax!decwrl!rhea!akov68!boyajian) ARPA: (decwrl!rhea!akov68!boyajian@Shasta)
moriarty@uw-june (Jeff Meyer) (04/04/84)
Actually, I'm not yet pleased with Bill S. (yah, Jerry, I chickened out... that's a bit too much spelling for me on a Tuesday night). Since I only hit the comics store every two weeks (at most), I append all spoiler articles to a file and read them after my shipment is digested (urp!). You have certainly whetted my appetite for X-Men and Camelot 3000 (Fridays, Fridays). I only hope Bill will do good work on the title... however, y'all may remember several lackluster issues of Moon Knight in-between several classic Moench/BillS classics. I think these were caused by too much rush, and if this happens in New Mutants, oh-oh. However, the Storm/Dracula issues of X-Men were very nicely done. A big change for the Hulk, eh? Does he.... Split into two (Banner/Hulk)? Force Claremont and Byrne back together again? Turn into Jim Shooter when he feels greedy? "Stay tuned next week..." "DANGER is my BUSINESS"| Currently residing in | UUCP: MORIARTY | {ihnp4|decvax|tektronix}!uw-beaver!uw-june!moriarty | ARPANET: AKA -jwm- | moriarty@washington