If You Could Write 3 Pre-Established Ongoings...

...which ones for Marvel would you pick? Remember, pre-established ongoing titles only. Bringing back and starting a new year for an old ongoing is fine.

I'd pick:

Exiles - Like many, I have so many What If...?-esque ideas it makes me sick.

Marvel Comics Presents - Like Exiles it gives me a chance to jump all over the place with different characters, settings, etc. I'd love to mess with characters that are lesser-known. It's more acceptable by readers to be able to write "no names" by not being a slave to continuity.

Ghost Rider - My Marvel fave since I was a wee-fanboy. It would be an honor and a constant heart attack for me the entire year.

I'm going to do a DC thread just like this. Head on over.





DO IT! I know your fanboy egos will will you to.

What If...?

Nextwave: Agents of A.W.E.Some

Brotherhood of Evil Mutants

The Irredeemable Ant-Man

Darkhawk

The Order

Uncanny X-men
Exiles
X-Force

I wanted to say X-factor, but I couldn't touch peter david, I also wanted to put deadpool, but I don't think I'm funny enough to come up with it every month. I would love to write uncanny and X-force to pring the universe a little more together and to bring some things back to the forefront. I should have probably included New Mutants in there as well, But Exiles is a fun book because you can create a new universe every couple issues. It may sound lame but I would use the opportunity to bring the Externals back into the format....Not in a leifield I'm ripping off the Highlander way either. I would just love to sit in on an X-men summit someday and plan the next fiv years with my favorite characters. Oh pipedreams are awesome.

Hmmm, I don't know that I'd actually like or be able to write something by myself due to my comic reading habits, mostly picking up trades of stuff I hear is worth my time, If I could ask HXS continuous continuity questions I'd probably want to bring back X Man back and pull Nate Grey off of his higher plane of existence, Emma Frost and the rest of the earth bound psychics thought Psylocke being back at full power and in her orignial body was a shock to the system, Nate's return would put them all in frickin comas.

There was always allot more they could have done with him as a character in my mind, and with all of the newer and returned villians around, Sisterhood of mutants, Weapon Omega, Huber, etc... You could throw allot at the guy and keep it a fairly action packed title while fleshing his character out more than it was and reworking allot of his views and characteristics after being one with the entire universe would be a fun challenge in my mind.

That and since the 616 draft a few years back on the WUMB I've had it in my mind pretty much constantly that Threnody really needs to get used by some title due to the sheer awesomeness of her powers and the potential chaos she could cause in any books she appeared in again, and with her connection to Nate it would be the most sensible place to put her. (For those unaware, she's an energy vampire, can create Spiderman strong Zombies, and can use the power of any mutant that has died even if they've been resurrected.)

Other than that I'd go with the majority on here, Exiles would be a blast to write, all those alternate versions of characters at your disposal, all the worlds available, you could buy a complete set of What If's and go to town from there.

Guess that would be the last one I'd write, What If...? Taking all of the major events and changing around one detail and running with what could have happened instead... That series would be a blast two write, and being able to ask the input of the original writers of things they would have liked to see instead of what they were directed to do in some cases would make it an easy yet rewarding title to work on from everyone's point of view, mine, the original writers, and the fans.

In all honesty though, unless I had access to a whole lot of source material and knowledge from a source like HXS or other Marvel experts I probably wouldn't be all that great at pulling off a comic on a regular basis, if left to my own devices I'd probably pull a Grant Morrison and just do what was cool in my mind and consequences be damned, I'm looking at you Final Crisis..., which would ultimately lead to having the complete and utter contempt of the entire Marvel fanbase even if they didn't read the books I was working on.

Spidey_82 wrote:What If...?

Nextwave: Agents of A.W.E.Some

Brotherhood of Evil Mutants

Awesome choice with the Nextwave. Completely understand What If...? and B.o.E.M. Very cool.

rwe1138 wrote:
Darkhawk

The Order

Oh, man, I forgot about Darkhawk. And interesting choise with The Order. I almost picked Defender myself.

rwe1138 wrote:The Irredeemable Ant-Man

Darkhawk

The Order

hrdwrkngXsoldier wrote:Uncanny X-men
Exiles
X-Force

Good choices to you both. My choices are completely stolen from
the two above.

Exiles - The premise is wonderful and creates a situation where various things could be explored. I feel, however, that the series tends to miss this realization and tends to limit themselves in what they do. While I like the idea of a set cast of characters, I also favor adding in rotating members, having the Exiles squad be more of an organization as opposed to a rag tag team. In essense, heaping variety upon variety. I'd probably give this series a Grant Morrison twist every once in a while, creating worlds or situations that defy people's common understanding, since dealing with alternate worlds, this should come up more often.

Guardians of the Galaxy - I love space books and Adam Warlock is one of my favorite characters, so this would be fun.

X-Force - I love this series. The very premise of this series allows one to take a closer look at the world of mutants, yet show it's underbelly (as well as that of the anti-mutant movement, among other things). The assorted adventures (Messiah War) would be fun to write as well.


Honorable mentions:

The Irredeemable Ant-Man - Because I'm a lazy douchebag so I could project myself into this title.

Uncanny X-men - I would just make sure Land was not drawing any of my issues. That and try and reign in all the X-characters, since there are alot that could be used for a good story. Wolverine does not need to be involved in the story for it to work.

The Order - This series had alot of heart and should have never been discontinued.

The Defenders
ROM: Spaceknight
Killraven

Deadpool
Spider man
Moon knight

Thor
Defenders
She-hulk

I'll have to think about this one...

rwe1138 wrote:The Irredeemable Ant-Man

Darkhawk

The Order

Here we go again...

Deadpool, Spiderman & Ghost Rider.

'Course, I'd want to do funny versions of everything for my friends, kind of like the old potty-mouthed Porky Pig animations that Mel did, or the really cheesy romance novels that people write using their main characters like porn stars just for a goof.

Deadpool would be easy, but for the others it'd be stuff like,
"Johnny Blaze: The Later Years"

Aaron Stack: Machine Man
The Lady Liberators
Felicia Hardy, Agent Of H.A.M.M.E.R.

Thats what I'd be writing at Marvel, because some em-effer gotta call dibs on Darkhawk before I can :p

Topcat wrote:Deadpool, Spiderman & Ghost Rider.

'Course, I'd want to do funny versions of everything for my friends, kind of like the old potty-mouthed Porky Pig animations that Mel did, or the really cheesy romance novels that people write using their main characters like porn stars just for a goof.

Deadpool would be easy, but for the others it'd be stuff like,
"Johnny Blaze: The Later Years"

Hellz ya!

Esbat wrote:Aaron Stack: Machine Man
The Lady Liberators
Felicia Hardy, Agent Of H.A.M.M.E.R.

Thats what I'd be writing at Marvel, because some em-effer gotta call dibs on Darkhawk before I can :p

Machine Man and the Lady LIberators would be interesting.

BlueMaxx wrote:

Esbat wrote:Aaron Stack: Machine Man
The Lady Liberators
Felicia Hardy, Agent Of H.A.M.M.E.R.

Thats what I'd be writing at Marvel, because some em-effer gotta call dibs on Darkhawk before I can :p

Machine Man and the Lady LIberators would be interesting.

I see Lady Liberators continuing the whole Global Peacekeeping/Rescue Force from She-Hulk but with a rotating cast. I'd specifically keep Jazinda on the team, she's such a great character. Thundra and Valkryie would be in and out of the books as needed, but I'd make sure to rotate in various guest heroines and beings. Really mix it up from space opera to local disaters and global threats.

Machine Man would revolve around Aaron's constant struggle coping with and yet still saving the frustrating fleshies. He'd be pulling jobs too dangerous for humans, but for cash or beer or cash for beer. With his on and off romance with Jocasta, and Ultron as a recurring threat.

Esbat wrote:
I see Lady Liberators continuing the whole Global Peacekeeping/Rescue Force from She-Hulk but with a rotating cast. I'd specifically keep Jazinda on the team, she's such a great character. Thundra and Valkryie would be in and out of the books as needed, but I'd make sure to rotate in various guest heroines and beings. Really mix it up from space opera to local disaters and global threats.

Machine Man would revolve around Aaron's constant struggle coping with and yet still saving the frustrating fleshies. He'd be pulling jobs too dangerous for humans, but for cash or beer or cash for beer. With his on and off romance with Jocasta, and Ultron as a recurring threat.

I really dig those ideas!

Firstly, I'd take Amazing Spider-Man, and throw away all that BND business, and get Spidey back to where he should be. That way I can start reading it again.
Second, Cable's been a pretty dull book. It needs more cowbell.
Uncanny X-Men's been better. Also needs more cowbell.

blue halo wrote:Firstly, I'd take Amazing Spider-Man, and throw away all that BND business, and get Spidey back to where he should be. That way I can start reading it again.
Second, Cable's been a pretty dull book. It needs more cowbell.
Uncanny X-Men's been better. Also needs more cowbell.

Amazing would be fun as hell to write. Writing for the original would seem so much more legendary. It's the default book for Spider-Man fans.

BlueMaxx wrote:

Esbat wrote:
I see Lady Liberators continuing the whole Global Peacekeeping/Rescue Force from She-Hulk but with a rotating cast. I'd specifically keep Jazinda on the team, she's such a great character. Thundra and Valkryie would be in and out of the books as needed, but I'd make sure to rotate in various guest heroines and beings. Really mix it up from space opera to local disaters and global threats.

Machine Man would revolve around Aaron's constant struggle coping with and yet still saving the frustrating fleshies. He'd be pulling jobs too dangerous for humans, but for cash or beer or cash for beer. With his on and off romance with Jocasta, and Ultron as a recurring threat.

I really dig those ideas!

Even though you didn't ask:
Felicia Hardy, Agent of H.A.M.M.E.R. would be like a female version of the Vin Diesel/Ice Cube XXX movies. She'd be under direct orders of Ms. Hand, Osborn's second in command, to do the dirty deeds that need to be done with the utmost precision. Sabotage, thievery, spying, and blackmail/evidence gathering, she's Hand's "Inside Woman" for finessing situations that a smash and grab black ops team like the Thunderbolts can't do.

Gotta go with:

Silver Surfer
Wolverine
Green Goblin

If anybody hasn't read the 13 issue run of Green Goblin that was happening around Onslaught, do yourself a favor and find it. Great frigging read.

Esbat wrote:
Even though you didn't ask:
Felicia Hardy, Agent of H.A.M.M.E.R. would be like a female version of the Vin Diesel/Ice Cube XXX movies. She'd be under direct orders of Ms. Hand, Osborn's second in command, to do the dirty deeds that need to be done with the utmost precision. Sabotage, thievery, spying, and blackmail/evidence gathering, she's Hand's "Inside Woman" for finessing situations that a smash and grab black ops team like the Thunderbolts can't do.

Your description actually deters me. Heh. Bringing up Vinnie was a bad choice for me. I will say that I never got into Black Cat, but I respected her character. She's well beyond just being a Catwoman copy, and her "bad luck" powers are cool. Like the opposite of Longshot. Err...or one half of Longshot? Ya. Maybe.

The Ignored One wrote:Gotta go with:

Silver Surfer
Wolverine
Green Goblin

If anybody hasn't read the 13 issue run of Green Goblin that was happening around Onslaught, do yourself a favor and find it. Great frigging read.

I've almost back-issued that many times. I also was going to get Spider-Woman (Mattie Franklin's series) along with Loners to round it off. Not huge on Wolverine, but I'd be afraid with Jason Aaron pooring awesome all over it right now. And it is cool to see a Silver Surfer fan. Stan Lee's favorite to write with surrealness and philosophy mix, he said.

Daredevil
New Avengers
Captain America

BlueMaxx wrote:

Esbat wrote:
Even though you didn't ask:
Felicia Hardy, Agent of H.A.M.M.E.R. would be like a female version of the Vin Diesel/Ice Cube XXX movies. She'd be under direct orders of Ms. Hand, Osborn's second in command, to do the dirty deeds that need to be done with the utmost precision. Sabotage, thievery, spying, and blackmail/evidence gathering, she's Hand's "Inside Woman" for finessing situations that a smash and grab black ops team like the Thunderbolts can't do.

Your description actually deters me. Heh. Bringing up Vinnie was a bad choice for me. I will say that I never got into Black Cat, but I respected her character. She's well beyond just being a Catwoman copy, and her "bad luck" powers are cool. Like the opposite of Longshot. Err...or one half of Longshot? Ya. Maybe.

Poo! I say Poo, good sir! I used the example because she's forced into it due to circumstances beyond her control. But I did love both XXX movies. Thus the inspiration.