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January 23, 2012 7:14 pm Yeah. This book was always $3.99, but I think all of the .1 issues are supposed to be $2.99

January 23, 2012 7:10 pm I'm really excited for this issue, and I kind of agree about Exodus. He is a very promising character, but there is always something about the way he used that never seems right. He even his most rescent (which was years ago) as leader of Brotherhood, in Messiah Complex, and at the start of the retitling to X-Men Legacy seemed a little murky. Gage has real promise on this book and hopefully he can fully utilize this character.

January 23, 2012 7:04 pm It seems like everyone has a pretty light week, and I'm not different. Only getting X-Men Legacy, Angel & Faith, Secret Avengers, and Deadpool

January 23, 2012 7:03 pm If this .1 issue or the next arc don't turn this book around singificantly, I might finally drop this book

January 18, 2012 11:28 am She actually joined two issues ago in issue #19

January 18, 2012 11:23 am I kind of agree with Smutty. I thought when Wells was writing this book, he had a better grasp on who these characters are. I do feel like DnA's ideas are a lot more interesting and their pacing is better, but they do need to tweak how they write the characters.

January 18, 2012 11:17 am I also have been enjoying this book. It's nothing like Fear Itself and it really helps to expand the character of Valkyrie, who I felt was pretty bland on Secret Avengers before this

January 14, 2012 11:17 pm I think it is very possible that this book could create a few new comic book readers. Yes the examples you gave probably wouldn't do that, but their "failure" is for reasons that more than likely won't plague this book. With Vertigo behind this, there are factors in this book that those others didn't have. It has the backing of a multi-million dollar company to be properly distributed and promoted. This book can more easily get on the shelves at Barnes & Noble or the books page on Amazon. I am also almost certain it would be featured in Entertainment Weekly, which is owned by the parent company of DC, Time Warner. With factors like these, it may happen to fall in the hands of a non-comic book reader who might be curious about comics now. I'm not saying the goal is to create new readers nor will it create hords of new ones, but if just one person gets turned on to comics, then that along with what Wheelhands said seems to do something that does more good than any actual harm.

January 14, 2012 2:01 pm I remembered after I posted that X-23 #20 also has art by Noto and is kind self-contained. It helps if you've been reading X-23 or X-books in general, but it's not part of an arc and can easily be understood on its own.

January 14, 2012 1:59 pm Or it's a good way to get someone to enjoy a story they might not have otherwise and then maybe they might seek out the original? Or it's a good way to get people to try a medium they were previously averse to by using a story they already love? You are right that DC (and every other publisher/studio/company, etc.) wouldn't make this if they didn't think they could make money off of a known property, but there is still a lot of good that can come out of adaptations.