CBR: EXCLUSIVE PREVIEWS: "Avengers," "Captain America"

**CBR News** · 12-23-2010, 11:57 AM

Marvel Comics has provided CBR with advance looks at two new comics hitting the stands next Wednesday, December 29 -- Bendis and Romita Jr.'s "Avengers" #8 and Brubaker and Guice's "Captain America" #613.

Full article here.

**CMBMOOL** · 12-23-2010, 12:22 PM

Wow, when it comes to the cosmic side of Marvel, it seems that Reed's always the last to know these things.

Also I thought Falcon was on these Avengers teams.

**Joe Franklin** · 12-23-2010, 12:25 PM

Why does Marvel insist on giving JRJR 1970's throwback heavy brush inkers like Palmer and Janson?

JRJR pencils his work very loosely, so he needs a fine detailed inker to finish out his rough page layouts. Heavy brush inkers can't do this?

**XPac** · 12-23-2010, 12:26 PM

Medusa said: "He loved you."

She's a skrull!

**TonyStark1012** · 12-23-2010, 12:28 PM

Can't wait to get Avengers! The Illuminati getting back together. Nuff said!

**Rubicant** · 12-23-2010, 12:31 PM

One thing I can say about Claremont's dialogue is that even when it's corny, it's not painful to read. I can't say that with Bendis. Why is everyone so surly and bitchy when he writes them?

**Maestro Hulk** · 12-23-2010, 12:41 PM

I wonder if Namor's going to talk about the Cabal. Isn't Namor is still in an alliance with Doom?

**XPac** · 12-23-2010, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by Rubicant

One thing I can say about Claremont's dialogue is that even when it's corny, it's not painful to read. I can't say that with Bendis. Why is everyone so surly and bitchy when he writes them?

Ever read Stan Lee's early marvel stuff? Everyone was pretty surly and bitchy too.

It was only later that everyone suddenly became best friends in the MU... I think that's one of the things marvel wanted to tweak with Civil War.

**XPac** · 12-23-2010, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by Maestro Hulk

I wonder if Namor's going to talk about the Cabal. Isn't Namor is still in an alliance with Doom?

I've been wondering that myself.

There has been no fall out between them so far... Doom even was petitioning Osborn to bring Namor back into the Cabal right before Siege.

But Namor is an X-Men, and Doom had a pretty severe issue with them in Doomwar so I'm not exactly sure if that ended things with them or not. Honestly, I think the Black Panther books sort of did an iffy job handling that whole relationship.

**Capt USA** · 12-23-2010, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by Joe Franklin

Why does Marvel insist on giving JRJR 1970's throwback heavy brush inkers like Palmer and Janson?

JRJR pencils his work very loosely, so he needs a fine detailed inker to finish out his rough page layouts. Heavy brush inkers can't do this?

I loved the art, after looking at the garbage on New Avengers, it was great to see a scene that actually had backgrounds, and defined faces and actually look like it wasn't drawn by a Sunday strip comic.

**kalorama** · 12-23-2010, 01:49 PM

I've always thought that most artists (at least most good ones) look better when they ink their own pencils, even if there inks aren't as slick and polished as a full-time inker. Looking at Guice's art in those cap pages, with inks by Gaudiano, confirms the theory. Not bad looking at all, but something is missing from what I'd expect if Guice had inked them himself.

**Phoenix** · 12-23-2010, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by Rubicant

One thing I can say about Claremont's dialogue is that even when it's corny, it's not painful to read. I can't say that with Bendis. Why is everyone so surly and bitchy when he writes them?

Oooh, disagree! Claremont's corny dialogue is horrible to read! Hell lately ANY of his dialogue is hard on the brain!

Avengers caught my eye, I love JRJR! Plus I get into the Illuminati, can't wait to see where this goes.

**Capt USA** · 12-23-2010, 02:14 PM

Bendis dialog is absolutely fine when writing his pet characters, and even to a lesser extent the guys he has a handle on. Claremont in the past has been ok, I haven't read much by him recently. But bagging on Bendis dialog kinda misses his strengths, which is talking heads. (for those of you that read Knights of the Dinner Table, the comic is basically using the same images and just adding dialog, this is something that Bendis does well)

**Skaddix** · 12-23-2010, 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by Rubicant

One thing I can say about Claremont's dialogue is that even when it's corny, it's not painful to read. I can't say that with Bendis. Why is everyone so surly and bitchy when he writes them?

Namor is always bitchy and no one else was particurally bitchy so I have no idea what u are talking about.