| Team Harmonics |
[Jun. 29th, 2009|12:36 am] |
My top five comic book super-teams:
5. The Intimates (Yes, more than both Young Justice and Gen13)
4. Extreme Justice
3. The Monarchy
2. Justice League: Elite
1. Guardians of the Galaxy
I make this list, because I believe the common thread in my favorite super-teams is that the characters are mostly loner, outcast types who've come together for to do something. They don't hang out. They don't start as either friends or (really) as disgruntled associates, but rather as professionals who see the benefit of working together.
I make this list, because I'm trying to figure out why the one issue Mighty Avengers I read pissed me off so badly when, from everything I can tell about the book, it should fall into the same category as the books that I like. Can I hate Hank Pym that much? Am I just that not into the "Avengers" brand? Is Dan Slott's style of humor just off-sync from what appeal to me enough that it irritates me?
I need to think on this more. |
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![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/93786719/4694486) | From: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) jazzypom
2009-06-29 07:08 am (UTC)
It's not you, really | (Link)
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I tried to read the few few issues of Slott's take on the avengers and well... it feels off. I don't want to use the word dated or whatever... just off.
![[User Picture]](http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/76051152/2242167) | From: dvandom
2009-06-29 12:04 pm (UTC)
Re: It's not you, really | (Link)
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I think he's deliberately shooting for an off-balance feel to this team, to reflect Pym's always questionable mental state. But it's a dangerous thing to attempt, in writing, because even when it works it can fail, and when it fails it REALLY fails.
The Elite had Cass in it?
-mental note to buy trades-
It wasn't revealed until, like, issue #6, but she was there. | |
