Flex and Wolter's Den of Nerdly Awesomeness

[Dr. Medulla]

https://www.cbr.com/ben-reilly-spider-m ... ker-death/
Oh good gravy, Ben Reilly is a solid character who I'm glad was resurrected, but recycling a quarter-century-old idea that *lots* of people hated the first time is beyond dumb.

I like Reilly, hate the Clone Saga. I stopped reading spandex comics because of the writing at the time.

This was one of several nails in the coffin for me for nearly a decade.

Onslaught was the other one for me. Re-reading it now, it's not actually that bad, but that's all retrospect.

Learning that things can get stupider?

edit: Sensible speculation calculated that eight months/24 issues would take the book to issue 900 and fifty years from Amazing Fantasy #15. So, yeah, they'll do eight months of Reilly and then the triumphant return of Peter Parker. Yawn.

[Kory]

https://www.cbr.com/ben-reilly-spider-m ... ker-death/
Oh good gravy, Ben Reilly is a solid character who I'm glad was resurrected, but recycling a quarter-century-old idea that *lots* of people hated the first time is beyond dumb.

I like Reilly, hate the Clone Saga. I stopped reading spandex comics because of the writing at the time.

This was one of several nails in the coffin for me for nearly a decade.

Onslaught was the other one for me. Re-reading it now, it's not actually that bad, but that's all retrospect.

Learning that things can get stupider?

edit: Sensible speculation calculated that eight months/24 issues would take the book to issue 900 and fifty years from Amazing Fantasy #15. So, yeah, they'll do eight months of Reilly and then the triumphant return of Peter Parker. Yawn.

I get it—their motivation has always been new readers, not placating us old fools.

X-Men, on the other hand, is cool as hell right now.

[Dr. Medulla]

I like Reilly, hate the Clone Saga. I stopped reading spandex comics because of the writing at the time.

This was one of several nails in the coffin for me for nearly a decade.

Onslaught was the other one for me. Re-reading it now, it's not actually that bad, but that's all retrospect.

Learning that things can get stupider?

edit: Sensible speculation calculated that eight months/24 issues would take the book to issue 900 and fifty years from Amazing Fantasy #15. So, yeah, they'll do eight months of Reilly and then the triumphant return of Peter Parker. Yawn.

I get it—their motivation has always been new readers, not placating us old fools.

X-Men, on the other hand, is cool as hell right now.

Which X-Man is coming back from the dead?

[Kory]

This was one of several nails in the coffin for me for nearly a decade.

Onslaught was the other one for me. Re-reading it now, it's not actually that bad, but that's all retrospect.

Learning that things can get stupider?

edit: Sensible speculation calculated that eight months/24 issues would take the book to issue 900 and fifty years from Amazing Fantasy #15. So, yeah, they'll do eight months of Reilly and then the triumphant return of Peter Parker. Yawn.

I get it—their motivation has always been new readers, not placating us old fools.

X-Men, on the other hand, is cool as hell right now.

Which X-Man is coming back from the dead?

ALL OF THEM

[Dr. Medulla]

Onslaught was the other one for me. Re-reading it now, it's not actually that bad, but that's all retrospect.

Learning that things can get stupider?

edit: Sensible speculation calculated that eight months/24 issues would take the book to issue 900 and fifty years from Amazing Fantasy #15. So, yeah, they'll do eight months of Reilly and then the triumphant return of Peter Parker. Yawn.

I get it—their motivation has always been new readers, not placating us old fools.

X-Men, on the other hand, is cool as hell right now.

Which X-Man is coming back from the dead?

ALL OF THEM

Even Phoenix?!?!? /sarc

[Kory]

Learning that things can get stupider?

edit: Sensible speculation calculated that eight months/24 issues would take the book to issue 900 and fifty years from Amazing Fantasy #15. So, yeah, they'll do eight months of Reilly and then the triumphant return of Peter Parker. Yawn.

I get it—their motivation has always been new readers, not placating us old fools.

X-Men, on the other hand, is cool as hell right now.

Which X-Man is coming back from the dead?

ALL OF THEM

Even Phoenix?!?!? /sarc

The Phoenix Force is fucking with the Avengers right now, and leaving the X-Men out of it for once, thankfully.

[Dr. Medulla]

I get it—their motivation has always been new readers, not placating us old fools.

X-Men, on the other hand, is cool as hell right now.

Which X-Man is coming back from the dead?

ALL OF THEM

Even Phoenix?!?!? /sarc

The Phoenix Force is fucking with the Avengers right now, and leaving the X-Men out of it for once, thankfully.

Changing everything forever?!?

[Wolter]

Onslaught was the other one for me. Re-reading it now, it's not actually that bad, but that's all retrospect.

Learning that things can get stupider?

edit: Sensible speculation calculated that eight months/24 issues would take the book to issue 900 and fifty years from Amazing Fantasy #15. So, yeah, they'll do eight months of Reilly and then the triumphant return of Peter Parker. Yawn.

I get it—their motivation has always been new readers, not placating us old fools.

X-Men, on the other hand, is cool as hell right now.

Which X-Man is coming back from the dead?

ALL OF THEM

EXCEPT DESTINY

[Kory]

Learning that things can get stupider?

edit: Sensible speculation calculated that eight months/24 issues would take the book to issue 900 and fifty years from Amazing Fantasy #15. So, yeah, they'll do eight months of Reilly and then the triumphant return of Peter Parker. Yawn.

I get it—their motivation has always been new readers, not placating us old fools.

X-Men, on the other hand, is cool as hell right now.

Which X-Man is coming back from the dead?

ALL OF THEM

EXCEPT DESTINY

A small price to pay for everyone else finally getting on Magneto's page for once, I say.

[Wolter]

I get it—their motivation has always been new readers, not placating us old fools.

X-Men, on the other hand, is cool as hell right now.

Which X-Man is coming back from the dead?

ALL OF THEM

EXCEPT DESTINY

A small price to pay for everyone else finally getting on Magneto's page for once, I say.

I hope Mystique burns it all down.

[Kory]

Which X-Man is coming back from the dead?

ALL OF THEM

EXCEPT DESTINY

A small price to pay for everyone else finally getting on Magneto's page for once, I say.

I hope Mystique burns it all down.

I like the new status quo too much. The last thing we need is them going back to that goddamn school.

[Dr. Medulla]

ALL OF THEM

EXCEPT DESTINY

A small price to pay for everyone else finally getting on Magneto's page for once, I say.

I hope Mystique burns it all down.

I like the new status quo too much. The last thing we need is them going back to that goddamn school.

Professor Xavier's Post-Doctoral Studies for Mutants.

[Wolter]

ALL OF THEM

EXCEPT DESTINY

A small price to pay for everyone else finally getting on Magneto's page for once, I say.

I hope Mystique burns it all down.

I like the new status quo too much. The last thing we need is them going back to that goddamn school.

I just hope mystique burns them all down. I don’t care about stays quo either way.

[Dr. Medulla]

I love the idea that Hi started smoking a pipe as a kid while doing chores. Middle-aged even in childhood.

[Kory]

I love the idea that Hi started smoking a pipe as a kid while doing chores. Middle-aged even in childhood.

The only funny thing in this strip.