AdamChapman

The premise could work, but I think we have to disabuse ourselves of the notion that it would look ANYTHING like the classic story. Think about how First Class portrayed Banshee. He was called Cassidy, but wasn't shown as being Irish, a key trait to the character in the comics. So they took the name and powers and left behind the background and characterization that would have made the character the Banshee that fans know from the comics.

I can see a Days of Future Past movie being a film where they take the name of the storyline, take the dystopian future and time travel aspects, and then use completely different characters from the original tale, which means no Rachel, Kitty, Franklin or Wolverine, as well as gutting and changing the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants to fit what was established in First Class.

I'd be very surprised if it was anything BUT what I've described. It's a shame, as I wish we could have more great Xavier/Magneto interactions, like the first film, where they were a huge highlight.

@J2Metal said:

I disagree with the notion that anyone could be Batman. The character dedicated his entire life to training his mind and body to be the perfect weapon against crime.

The idea that a cop could just find his car and batsuit and suddenly be Batman makes the character seem less special. It strips him of his intelligence and discipline, which to me make Batman who he is, not his tools or uniform.

J2Metal's right about the uniqueness of Batman. Sure, anyone COULD be Batman, but there's a whole sentence that goes along with that statement: anyone could be Batman if they trained constantly and perfected their mind and body to be that perfect weapon to fight crime.

John Blake might have the right idea about being the hero Gotham needs, but he lacks the proper training to truly be BATMAN. In the comics, there's time for the Robins to get that same training, and in the case of Dick Grayson, Jason Todd and even Tim later on, they also have the same emotional drive and traumatic experience to make them Batman, to make such a solemn and serious pledge. It's a deep, deep drive.

@doddsm92: It's not that it's bad necessarily, it's just that his work these days is very repetitive. He bases all of his artwork on photo references, and often reuses poses from his own work, over and over again. When I was first exposed to his artwork, I really enjoyed his style, especially with the colorists he had on his work, but over time I've noticed that his work doesn't progress, because of how he swipes from himself. He's more of a pin-up artist than a storytelling artist, and for a character like Iron Man, I think you need a better storytelling artist than a pin-up artist. I want Iron Man to have a sense of movement, especially with his high-tech suit, so I'm very wary of what he'll do with Iron Man in the new book.

Amazing Spider-Man since "Big Time" has been a helluva lot of fun, with great sense of pacing, pathos, comedy and drama. I can't recommend Amazing Spider-Man enough.

@fodigg : That's definitely an interesting theory, but I doubt it would ever happen. Marvel didn't want MJ and Peter married mainly because it aged the character too much, from their perspective, so bringing in future children would still age the character. Hence why May was killed off in 1996 in the first place, and also why Sarah and Gabriel turned out to be Osborn's children with Gwen instead of Peter's.

@Rabbitearsblog : I actually wish that they would put Peter and Carlie back together, I really loved her character, as she really felt like the character Gwen would have grown up to be, had she not died. I liked that she was a police scientist, and there's so much potential there, if they were able to put them together and have her get over his lying to her. They'd be an awesome team. I'm over MJ and him no longer being together, it sucks, but it happened, and there are tons of comics you can go back to to enjoy their relationship back when it still existed and hadn't been editorially mandated out of existence.

I recently cut most of my ongoings to switch to trades, but I just couldn't quit Invincible Iron Man, as I've been buying it since Fraction and Larroca launched it a few years ago (and was also quoted on one of their hardcover collections from a review I wrote). But this is the opportunity I was looking forward to, to be able to finish out the Fraction/Larroca run, and then walk away cleanly. Not looking forward to Gillen on the book per se, nor Greg Land on the artwork for this particular character. I miss Greg Land's older stuff, before it became so stylized and so blatantly ripping of his own prior artwork and photo references. Give me his Sojourn artwork over his more recent stuff any day!

@Rickbarry: It was in X-Men #110, still one of my favourite Kitty Pryde stories. Scott Lobdell wrote the issue, and it was illustrated by Leinil Francis Yu.

@Blood1991: I agree it was a very epic moment, too bad Marvel had to strip the moment of its power by making that Mockingbird a Skrull. I really feel like they've misused her since she's been back, especially now that they've shoved Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) and Hawkeye together.

@Rickbarry said:

This actual moment didn't do much for me, but the last page of that issue, where it juxtaposed Colossus' first dialogue from Giant-Sized X-Men #1, that really connected with me. It underscored what had just happened, and made it seem ever so sad. That being said, I liked when he came back, but that last page... incredibly impactful. Although the X-Men issue that followed it with Kitty Pryde bringing his ashes back to Russia... hoo-boy, that was a dusty issue which brought a tear to my eye...

My favourite death scene in comics is most definitely that of Aunt May in Amazing Spider-Man #400. Sure, it's been retconned and ruined, but it is a highly emotional comic, perfectly executed by J.M. DeMatteis. I find it impossible to read the comic and not be moved. Aunt May died because of old age, because of her body giving up, instead of a super-villain, and that is what made the death so perfect. It wasn't a death where Peter could blame himself afterwards, so that the dramatic tension could be thick, but instead he just had to face her natural death, losing the woman who was like a mother to him.

Man, I wish it had never been retconned... it was so pitch-perfect.

Thunderstrike- I'm surprised that he's been dead as long as he has, but would be interesting to see him get resurrected. Given his connection to Thor, it shouldn't be that hard to find a way to resurrect him without invalidating his original death.

Dr Druid- Now that Dr. Druid's son has become a far more interesting and engaging character, as seen in Secret Warriors, I have no interest in seeing a resurrected Dr. Druid.

Swordsman- He's best left dead, as his only real connection was to Mantis, who's not anywhere to be found in current continuity.

Wasp- I actually think her being dead has been a good thing for Hank Pym in the long-run, and although I'm normally opposed to female characters being dispatched to bring about growth in male characters, she wasn't actually killed off for that purpose, although in the end that's just what's happened, to the benefit of Hank's characterization.

Deathcry- No one's missing her, for good reason.

Captain Marvel- If we're talking Mar-Vell, he's best left dead, mainly because I'm tired of Marvel pretending to bring him back, and then it either being a Skrull or just a corpse being re-animated by the Phoenix Force.

Yellowjacket- Killed off in The Crossing, one of the worst Avengers stories of the nineties, no one cares about Yellowjacket. Leave her dead, because to properly explain her resurrection would mean referencing a storyline best left forgotten, or at least not mentioned.