REVIEW: Marvel NOW! Point One #1

[CBR News]

With stories created by comic talents like Jamie McKelvie, Matt Fraction, Brian Michael Bendis, and Ed McGuiness, "Marvel NOW! Point One" #1 features some fun stories with characters like Loki, Ant-Man, Star-Lord and Nova.


Full review here.

[Sighphi]

Walta's art fits the bizarre landscape of Forge's wackiness, but that same wackiness just left me unsure what it was Hopeless was going for or what I may have missed.

Why didnt you check on Forge's last appearance? This is a straight continuation of what happened to Forge in his last appearance. This guy instead of simply dumping Forge in the new book actually had a story that brought the character from the last story to the new one.

GOD! This is why Marvel doesnt care about continuity, because folks like this that dont want to spend even two seconds looking for some info. And even as you are reading and you know something is "missing" just let that go for the moment and go for the concept that is being put forth.

I havent read a Young Avengers book since Secret Invasion so when i started flipping through the pages of that story i had no idea what was going on, but guess what? I stared a Miss America's hot legs and kept on reading to see what was the point of this story because all these stories as small as they are do all have a point. I dont know who Miss America is, why is she in another earth, why would Lil' Loki look for her but none of that should stop you from reading a story because all this info is available and we all know that. You can actually read a comic book more than one time. You can actually to do a few seconds of research, get the stuff you need, and come back and read it again with a better understanding.

Forge's story is the smartest story in that whole book, man! Cable went into Forge's head and made his brain look like a machine and since Forge's power is the ability to instantly see how a machines works he ended up fixing his own brain. That's a extremely smart way to use his power. I dont think this is really possible but i guess with Cable's help.... anyway, Hopeless actually put some thought into using a power differently. And after AvX where all that Cyclops did is shoot Optic Blasts at Cap's chest, this an extremely fresh story coming out from Marvel.

Wait..... you DO know what Forge's power are, right? My comic book-senses are tingling and im thinking you possibly dont really know a whole lot about Forge beside the dude being an X-men.

[Just Endless]

Who writes these reviews? Calling the Loeb Nova story I could shit out (the script for) in 5 minutes your favorite piece of work in the comic is preposterous. Literally 100% creatively bankrupt at this point.

[jade_nova]

When did Scott Lang come back to life and when did his daughter die?

[Expletive Deleted]

When did Scott Lang come back to life and when did his daughter die?

The Avengers: Children's Crusade mini-series from the last year or two.

[Leocomix]

I couldn't figure the Forge story either and I couldn't care less. That's a big problem anyway with X-Men stories generally and with those obscure characters that are known only to X-Fans.
The Nova story was big fun, what does it matter if it was written in five minutes? It's goofy fun, Diamondhead got his head back together after it was blown somewhere and put all his money in a rocket so he could attack Nova? That makes no sense but that has never deterred most from enjoying comics, it only deters those who think it would be embarrassing to admit goofy comics are fun to read too, that comics don't have all to be dark, pseudo-relevant stuff.

[Shingen]

This is why Marvel doesnt care about continuity, because folks like this that dont want to spend even two seconds looking for some info. And even as you are reading and you know something is "missing" just let that go for the moment and go for the concept that is being put forth.

All this. +1.

I liked the Forge story, and it worked setting up Cable and X-Force; it also worked with his powers. The Nova story to me was boring, and didn't get me any more excited for the character. I liked most of the comic, though, and it made me excited for several titles.

I also suspect that the man talking about the future is going to set up something about the next big event or meta-event, and that Marvel Now! is about fixing the now so that future doesn't come to pass.

[RX-78-2]

I enjoyed most of it except for the Nova story. Liked the art but can't get over the new Nova; he dosen't jive with me. My biggest question after "Point One" is when did Nick Fury change to Ultimate (Samuel L Jackson) Nick Fury? Was that "Battle Scars"?

[jade_nova]

Why did they create a lot of varient covers for this thing?

[Sighphi]

I couldn't figure the Forge story either and I couldn't care less. That's a big problem anyway with X-Men stories generally and with those obscure characters that are known only to X-Fans.
The Nova story was big fun, what does it matter if it was written in five minutes? It's goofy fun, Diamondhead got his head back together after it was blown somewhere and put all his money in a rocket so he could attack Nova? That makes no sense but that has never deterred most from enjoying comics, it only deters those who think it would be embarrassing to admit goofy comics are fun to read too, that comics don't have all to be dark, pseudo-relevant stuff.

I can see how it's hard to figure out X-men stories when you think Diamondhead's head was blown up.
It seems like you somehow misread what's written down which ends up causing some confusion. Diamondhead's hand was blown up not his head.

[Monty_Cristo]

I couldn't figure the Forge story either.

Cable psi-tricked Forge into fixing his own fractured mind. the last time we saw Forge, he had gone crazy.

[Joe Acro]

Why didnt you check on Forge's last appearance? This is a straight continuation of what happened to Forge in his last appearance. This guy instead of simply dumping Forge in the new book actually had a story that brought the character from the last story to the new one.

Wasn't Forge dead at the end of that story?

[Stopu]

Forge's story is the smartest story in that whole book, man! Cable went into Forge's head and made his brain look like a machine and since Forge's power is the ability to instantly see how a machines works he ended up fixing his own brain. That's a extremely smart way to use his power. I dont think this is really possible but i guess with Cable's help.... anyway, Hopeless actually put some thought into using a power differently. And after AvX where all that Cyclops did is shoot Optic Blasts at Cap's chest, this an extremely fresh story coming out from Marvel.

Wait..... you DO know what Forge's power are, right? My comic book-senses are tingling and im thinking you possibly dont really know a whole lot about Forge beside the dude being an X-men.

THANK YOU

Personally, not only I think it was smart, but also funny. Char' portrayals and their powers were so nicely implemented that it's alarming for these AvX times. Cable is intelligent, but blaming Forge for running away, then Forge was just looking for an easier solution, like a freaking engineer. People, please tell me someone understands me here, it was lovely.

I'm in love with that panel with Cable's silhouette (supergun and poncho!) saying "Heh, maybe"; ha, promises of adventures, yes, where do I sign?

I'm super hyped for this, it was the perfect teaser for me.

[Sighphi]

Wasn't Forge dead at the end of that story?

That base he had was blown up with a suppa duppa laser but we never see a panel of Forge dying or being hit with anything.
So following comic book rules, if is not shown it didnt happen.

[IronMagnus]

Who writes these reviews? Calling the Loeb Nova story I could shit out (the script for) in 5 minutes your favorite piece of work in the comic is preposterous. Literally 100% creatively bankrupt at this point.

If you can shit out Ed McGuinness art, both Marvel and DC will want to hire your ass.