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The Avengers movie ends. The final credits roll. Cut to a shot of Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) in his office. Aside from a single desk lamp, the room is completely dark. Cut to a close up of Fury looking over some files. His computer monitor suddenly illuminates his face with blue light as it kicks on unexpectedly. He glances up at it suspiciously. everything remains quiet for a moment, then a vaguely familiar and somewhat weak voice begins speaking from the computer: "Colonel Fury..." The voice pauses. Cut to a shot of the computer screen. There, Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) lays in a hospital bed connected to a myriad of tubes and monitors with Dr. Moira MacTaggart (Olivia Williams) standing next to him... a worried look on her face. Professor X continues his statement: "...We have a problem." Without looking away from the monitor, Fury quietly leans back in his chair with his elbow on the armrest, and rests his chin on his thumb as if in thought... a serious look on his face. The camera holds there on him for a moment, and then the movie screen goes black.

I have not seen the movie yet. This is just my idea for what I think would be a cool post credits teaser made famous by the X-Men/Avenger related movies. Anyone else have any ideas of what they'd like to see at the end? I'd love to read what others think could/should happen next in the series.

I thumbed through the first issue and bought it because of Guillem March's art. I'd never heard of March, but I really liked the style... Should be series artist for as long as possible. I continued with the book because of the stories. The writing is clever and witty, and I'm always curious to see what predicament Selina will get into next. I've never been a huge Catwoman fan. I didn't dislike the character, just never had any particular interest in her. But I am thoroughly enjoying these issues. They are just fun reads. Maybe the direction of the character is not abundantly clear from the outset, but the ride getting there has been a blast so far. I say don't change a thing. Get to where you're going, but keep your own enjoyable pace... Keep the stories fun... Just bring back March.

All the hero and anti-hero characters are great, but I'd like to see an anime that focuses on a villian. I personally like Apocalypse. I think it would be interesting to see his evolution from humble orphan En Sabah Nur, to world conquering megalomaniac Apocalypse. There's potential for Egyptian episodes with Kang and Moon Knight, 19th century episodes involving Mr. Sinister, Cyclops, Phoenix, and even Dracula, and modern episodes involving the X-Men, Cable, The Inhumans etcetera. I could see the whole series climaxing in a 3 or 4 episode Age of Apocalypse finale with a battle royale potentially involving the entire Marvel universe. With the right directors and writers, and a top notch anime studio handling the art, I think it could be an epic series.

First of all, I'm a huge fan of Simonson and I'm glad to see him back on a book, even if only for a 6 issue arc. That said, I have a personal bias in favor of the art. Simonson's run on X-Factor is what really got me into comics back in the '80s. His art is very distinctive. You know it as soon as you see it. It's from a different era in comics. It doesn't look like anything else out there currently or back then for that matter, which may be the reason for all the ire it has raised here. Along with that, Simonson comes from a design school background. He has always seemed to take a different, more graphic approach to the way he structures his pages. I say all of this to say: Give his art time. Check out some of the design elements he puts into some of these pages. Look at more than just the few samples that have been shown before you decide yea or nay. It may or may not grow on you. If it does, then you've just discovered a new art style you didn't even know you liked. If it doesn't, then hey, it was just 6 issues out of you life. No big whoop right?