ign.com rates The Thunderbolts Future

[goldenfist]

Read what ign.com say's about the Thunderbolts Future.

Thunderbolts
Current Creative Team:
Writer: Warren Ellis
Artist: Mike Deodato, Jr.
Start With: Issue #110 (January 2007)
Title Analysis: We loves us some Thunderbolts. That wasn't always so. For many years the series languished as one of Marvel's most forgettable books, lame Fight Club riffs notwithstanding. Then Marvel hired the lovably deranged Warren Ellis to give the team a burst of adrenaline following Civil War. The result is a series that is every bit as compelling as it used to be lame. The roster is a mix of old Thunderbolts favorites (Songbird, Radioactive Man) with new, more famous blood (Venom, Bullseye). The team is led by a supposedly reformed Norman Osborn. If this combination sounds a bit flaky, that's because it is. Half the fun of Thunderbolts is watching the powder keg of violent, warring personalities move ever closer to total explosion. Ellis is well aware of the irony of using incarcerated criminals to hunt down and imprison unregistered heroes. These are hardly paragons of human virtue. Bullseye alone deserves the electric chair several times over. Watching the various factions play against each other ever ceases to amuse, just as we love to see the team confront various D-List heroes that only Ellis and a handful of others have probably ever heard of.
Let's not forget the all-important contribution of Mike Deodato, Jr. Deodato has illustrated a lot of recent Marvel work, but he never quite seemed to find his niche until now. Quite honestly, the book wouldn't succeed so well without him. It's unfortunately, then, that Deodato can't quite keep up with the demanding monthly schedule. More and more often we go entire months without a proper issue. Instead, Marvel forces us to make do with standalone issues helmed by other creative teams like the lousy Desperate Measures. No thanks. We hope they can minimize any further delays, because they represent the only flaw in an otherwise amazing book.
Currently: Excellent
Future Prognosis: Good

Feel free to leave any opinions about the topic.

[balok]

I don't think this book succeeds without either Ellis or Deodato. So hopefully, one of them will leave soon...

[balok]

ign.com appears to be like Ain't It Cool News, where you can buy good press if you comp Harry Knowles some cool stuff, like a premiere invitation. I don't know what quid pro quo there is, but they haven't rated anything I've see below "good" so far. Clearly, they're viral marketing and not actual critics.

[Doctor Doom]

Despite Balok's typical cynicism, they're really not. If they were influenced only by what he claims, then maybe they'd like "One More Day". Instead they have repeatedly insulted what Marvel are hyping as one of their biggest events of the year, outright mocking it and saying they just hope it doesn't muck things up too much. And they LOATHE Wolverine.

So, stunning as this may seem to you Balok, it's possible that rather than being bought off... they just... have a different opinion about this particular line?

[uberwolf]

docdoom said:

And they LOATHE Wolverine.

I like em already.

[goldenfist]

The book is really good most of the members of the team don't
like eachother the Green Goblin doesn't trust Songbird but keeps
her on the team.

[BigDuke]

I guess I am in the minority here. I loved Nicienza's run. The character's were heroic, complex, and intriguing. I accepted the change to the psycho team because it fit the initiative and I expected it to go away after a while once everyone realized these "hereos" are psycopaths, murderers, and scum. As a lifelong Cap fan I can't believe that I think Zemo is best leader for a team of heroes, but he is.

It is time for the big blow up and a return to some Thunderbirds who really do want to reform even though they still have "wrong" thoughts instead of these creeps who are just getting jollies beating up good guys.

[goldenfist]

Alot of fans and critics like Warren Ellis run better than the previo
us runs of the Thunderbolts.