Does joke garbage like Glob Herman detract from the narrative quality of AvX?

[Dr. Sonic]

In order for these percentiles to have any numerical weight we need an actual number. Otherwise I can can that 3000% of Dan Slott's She-Hulk was crib noted from Austen's X-Men run. Which means nothing if that number is ZERO. You follow, Hatut?

Sound like Gus from Psych - 'Come on, Sean, 110% is mathematically impossible - you know that!'

but I'll agree with anything that Slam's Chuck Austin's bullshit run.

[fod_xp]

Sound like Gus from Psych - 'Come on, Sean, 110% is mathematically impossible - you know that!'

but I'll agree with anything that Slam's Chuck Austin's bullshit run.

I don't hate Chuck Austen, or his run, but I'm not a fan either. It was Austen who had Emma and Scott kiss on Jean's grave. After countless reading of Morrison's New X-Men, I noticed that Silvestri had Scott walk away from Jean's grave and Emma followed him. THEN they kissed, so according to Morrison and Silvestri, Scott and Emma did NOT kiss on Jean's grave. That was Austen-the insensitive jerk.

[Home made ectoplasm]

But they do if they are about 3000% of the quality of the original story. Dan Slott's She-Hulk comic was stellar. Austen's x-junk? Really?

I like Dan Slott and he is great on Spidey, but the FACT remains that Austen was inspired during that Shulkanaught story and it saddens me that Slott is trying to undermine a great story by one of his colleagues by pretending it didn't happen.

[Dr. Sonic]

I like Dan Slott and he is great on Spidey, but the FACT remains that Austen was inspired during that Shulkanaught story and it saddens me that Slott is trying to undermine a great story by one of his colleagues by pretending it didn't happen.

Some things just need to be ignored. Austin seems like a good guy; his anti-conservativeism was always appreciated, but those stories with Kurt, the whole Fish Boy fiasco, Nurse Anne, and Angel and Paige's arial lovemaking in front of Ma Guthrie... it all just needs to be purged. If I remember correctly, Chick Austin is now writing porn comics; sounds like he's found a suitable niche.

[MartinRedmond]

Dan Slott is the best thing for Spider-Man since David Michelinie.

[ProfeZZor X]

I actually like Glob Herman over a lot of students. He's definitely one of the more visually appealing characters I've seen from Marvel in some time. And I've waited patiently for years for his return to any sort of Marvel book... Now that he's back, I wish they would do a spotlight on him and reinvent his powers, or do something a little more creative with them. Oh, and also do something with his personality to make him less of the Chris Farley (in Coneheads movie) type.

[Lady_Alternate]

I actually like Glob Herman over a lot of students. He's definitely one of the more visually appealing characters I've seen from Marvel in some time. And I've waited patiently for years for his return to any sort of Marvel book... Now that he's back, I wish they would do a spotlight on him and reinvent his powers, or do something a little more creative with them. Oh, and also do something with his personality to make him less of the Chris Farley (in Coneheads movie) type.

So... essentially you've been waiting for them to bring him back while hoping that they make him into an different character entirely (powers & personality shifts) that just looks the same?

[halla]

I actually like Glob Herman over a lot of students. He's definitely one of the more visually appealing characters I've seen from Marvel in some time. And I've waited patiently for years for his return to any sort of Marvel book... Now that he's back, I wish they would do a spotlight on him and reinvent his powers, or do something a little more creative with them. Oh, and also do something with his personality to make him less of the Chris Farley (in Coneheads movie) type.

I have similar feelings in that I like the less conventionally attractive mutants that Morrison created. Visually and conceptually (in the sense of him bioparaffin), I think he's a great character, but he needs to be revamped in other ways to make him more compelling. He's kind of one-dimensional at the moment.

[ProfeZZor X]

So... essentially you've been waiting for them to bring him back while hoping that they make him into an different character entirely (powers & personality shifts) that just looks the same?

No, not change his powers. But rather, do something creatively with them besides setting him on fire all the time. Maybe use his wax to shape shift. After all, his organs don't seem to be affected while floating inside him, so why not make him like a sort of Clayface or Sandman type thatt can increase his mass and create various shapes or weapons with his limbs.

[Dr. Sonic]

No, not change his powers. But rather, do something creatively with them besides setting him on fire all the time. Maybe use his wax to shape shift. After all, his organs don't seem to be affected while floating inside him, so why not make him like a sort of Clayface or Sandman type thatt can increase his mass and create various shapes or weapons with his limbs.

That's an interesting idea, Profezzor. It seems like the main limitations of Glob power-set is his lack of imagination and borderline intellectual functioning. Which leads me to a question about the teaching methods at both the Jean Grey School as well as the old Xavier Institute. Telepathic implantation was sometimes used to teach the core X-Men how to fly the Blackbird, have such methods ever been used to enhance the intelligence or cognitive capacities of the general student bodies? I don't know how psychic telepathy works (because it's not real), but can Rachel just go into the French class at the JGS and just instantly, psychically cause the entire class to become fluent French speakers? Can Glob's IQ be popped up a few standard deviations through psychic intervention?

[ProfeZZor X]

That's an interesting idea, Profezzor. It seems like the main limitations of Glob power-set is his lack of imagination and borderline intellectual functioning. Which leads me to a question about the teaching methods at both the Jean Grey School as well as the old Xavier Institute. Telepathic implantation was sometimes used to teach the core X-Men how to fly the Blackbird, have such methods ever been used to enhance the intelligence or cognitive capacities of the general student bodies? I don't know how psychic telepathy works (because it's not real), but can Rachel just go into the French class at the JGS and just instantly, psychically cause the entire class to become fluent French speakers? Can Glob's IQ be popped up a few standard deviations through psychic intervention?

After seeing what the Sandman and Clayface can do with their maleable contructs, Glob Herman shouldn't be any different. I'd even like to see him be able to harden his bioparfin body like petrified tree amber or something along those lines. That'll definitely be a formitable advantage if he's able to form stabbing or mace-like weapons and project them at his target. Another cool thing I'd like to see is his internal organs become a part of his bioparfin, and all that remains is his skeletal structure holding up his body. And because of that, he'd have the ability to leave his skeleton and become a living blob. Even better, on top of being flamable and toxic, his bioparfin could be acidic to any organic or inorganic matter he touches, if he so chooses.