I just figured out last weekend that when the Transhuman said he was at that rest home because he was waiting for Mitch Shelly, it wasn't because of Mitch's resurrection ability. It was because of the work we saw Mitch doing in the flashback in issue 5. An injection that enables one to heal from almost any wound* would sound promising to someone aging rapidly.
I'm not sure if what the Body Doubles have is what he needs. The compound, whatever it is, might simply perceive his aged body as being in a natural state, with nothing that needs fixing. Which could be a horrible twist for the Transhuman if he later did find a real reversal. He takes it, and the earlier compound registers the changes the true cure is trying to make, and blocks them. He might find himself not aging any further, which isn't terrible, since he's still young and healthy enough to be in full possession of his faculties, but he also couldn't get his body back to the appearance he desires.
* Does it work on illnesses? Can you stop Carmen and Bonnie with Spanish influenza, or would their bodies quickly overwhelm that, too?
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
I Forget I Have A "Board Games" Tag Sometimes
We tried a game called Take 5 on Saturday. You try and get your piece around the board, and when it lands, you take a card. The card has five topics on it, and you have 30 seconds to list five things for the topic which is the color of the space you landed on.
There are also Double Downs, where you have to get five things each for two topics in 30 seconds, though at least you get to look at the topics on the card and pick two. If you succeed, you get to move double your dice roll. My team had someone very good at rolling 5s and 6s, so we let her handle that (I, unfortunately, am a low roller). At one point, we settled on "Mystery Writers" and "Disney Princesses", because my teammates assured me they could handle the latter, and my dad's books have offered plenty of opportunities for me to get acquainted with the former.
So naturally they froze after being told "Sleeping Beauty" didn't count, because that isn't her real name. Time was ticking away, so I had to blurt out "Ariel and Jasmine", which the rest of my coworkers found hilarious. Whatever, we won that Double Down, and the game. Suck failure, freaks!
Anyway, besides the Double Down, there's also an All Play, which isn't really accurate. That space has two colors. Without looking at the card, the team that lands on it has to pick which color they want. One of the other teams gets the other color. One person from each team looks at the card to see the topic, then they tell their respective teams simultaneously. First team to hit five for their topic get to keep rolling. Our team lost our one brush with that when we had "Motown singers/groups", while the other team got "George Clooney movies".
What? I don't know which groups qualify as Motown.
The finally twist in the game is Flip Flop, which taught us a valuable lesson about following the rules. You take the topic, and each team has 10 seconds to name something that fits. It keeps going round until one team can't answer. We threw out the time limit, which was a bad idea when the Flip Flops started lasting 10 minutes. Eventually, teams would just surrender so we could move on. Always follow the rules, kids! Or Iron Man will throw you in a Negative Zone Prison! But only if you're unpopular.
Us ignoring the rules for Flip Flop aside, I think my biggest problem with the game is that if you succeed in naming 5 things in the allotted time, you get to roll again, up to 5 times. With Double Downs, this meant my team had essentially reached the end of the board before one of the other teams even got to go. I understand the idea of sticking to the "5" theme, but in that case, 2 might have been better. That way it'd be less likely to have one team go on a run and essentially eliminate the others from winning.
That's not exclusive to Take 5, though. We played Cranium earlier in the evening, and in that case it was my team that hadn't even gotten to start before another team was at the end challenge.
There are also Double Downs, where you have to get five things each for two topics in 30 seconds, though at least you get to look at the topics on the card and pick two. If you succeed, you get to move double your dice roll. My team had someone very good at rolling 5s and 6s, so we let her handle that (I, unfortunately, am a low roller). At one point, we settled on "Mystery Writers" and "Disney Princesses", because my teammates assured me they could handle the latter, and my dad's books have offered plenty of opportunities for me to get acquainted with the former.
So naturally they froze after being told "Sleeping Beauty" didn't count, because that isn't her real name. Time was ticking away, so I had to blurt out "Ariel and Jasmine", which the rest of my coworkers found hilarious. Whatever, we won that Double Down, and the game. Suck failure, freaks!
Anyway, besides the Double Down, there's also an All Play, which isn't really accurate. That space has two colors. Without looking at the card, the team that lands on it has to pick which color they want. One of the other teams gets the other color. One person from each team looks at the card to see the topic, then they tell their respective teams simultaneously. First team to hit five for their topic get to keep rolling. Our team lost our one brush with that when we had "Motown singers/groups", while the other team got "George Clooney movies".
What? I don't know which groups qualify as Motown.
The finally twist in the game is Flip Flop, which taught us a valuable lesson about following the rules. You take the topic, and each team has 10 seconds to name something that fits. It keeps going round until one team can't answer. We threw out the time limit, which was a bad idea when the Flip Flops started lasting 10 minutes. Eventually, teams would just surrender so we could move on. Always follow the rules, kids! Or Iron Man will throw you in a Negative Zone Prison! But only if you're unpopular.
Us ignoring the rules for Flip Flop aside, I think my biggest problem with the game is that if you succeed in naming 5 things in the allotted time, you get to roll again, up to 5 times. With Double Downs, this meant my team had essentially reached the end of the board before one of the other teams even got to go. I understand the idea of sticking to the "5" theme, but in that case, 2 might have been better. That way it'd be less likely to have one team go on a run and essentially eliminate the others from winning.
That's not exclusive to Take 5, though. We played Cranium earlier in the evening, and in that case it was my team that hadn't even gotten to start before another team was at the end challenge.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Burn Notice 1.4 - Old Friends
Plot: The episode starts with a little male bonding between Sam and Michael at a sports bar. The bonding is ruined by the arrival of an old acquaintance of Mike's. An acquaintance who wants to kill him, which means. . . Sam won't be running a tab at that locale any longer.
Michael's attempts to capture Jan without dying or getting injured are complicated by his brother, Nate showing up with a job. Another old acquaintance of Mike's has lost contact with his daughter, and Nate has promised he and Michael will look into it. Of course, it turns out Nate has his own angry past associates looking for him, which is why he needs the cash this job will bring in.
The Players: Jan Haseck (Czech Assassin), Nate Westen (The Brother), Bill Reese (The Client), Brandon Diggs (The Boyfriend), Wilhelm Brothers (Pimps), Jenna Reese (The Daughter).
Quote of the Episode: Michael - 'We want all the records from all the girls you pimped.' Wilhelm - 'Pimped! I'm not a pimp.' Michael - 'You say "tomato", I say "pimp".'
Does Fiona blow anything up? No.
Sam Axe's Drink Count: 4 (17 overall). Beers, some mojitos.
Sam Getting Punched Count: He threw himself in front of a car hard enough to damage its windshield. That has to count (4 overall).
Mike's Fake Laugh Count: 2 (8 overall).
Other: This episode contains my favorite line from this series ever: 'Dwayne Wade SUCKS!' Not because I have anything against Dwayne Wade, mind you, even if he's no LeBron James (he doesn't vanish as often in the 4th quarter for one thing). I just like how Michael said it. So much volume and false drunken boorishness.
Introducing Nate continues to flesh out the Westen family. Though all the flesh is starting to look awfully similar. Nate is irresponsible and tries the easy way, Michael is frustrated by this, and Madeline makes a conscious decision to ignore their problems. It does explain Michael's periodic tendency to try and do things all by himself, excluding Fi and Sam. Judging by his family, Mike had to do everything if it was going to get done. You think that way often enough, it becomes instinct. We even saw some of it in this episode. Mike tries to exclude Nate from rescuing Jenna. Fiona has to point out she might be better suited for Luring Brandon out than him. He won't cut Sam in on the fact Jan's hunting him. Sure, he claims that's to protect Sam, but it's because he doesn't trust Sam to keep it quiet from the feds until after Michael gets what he needs.
Michael's attempts to capture Jan without dying or getting injured are complicated by his brother, Nate showing up with a job. Another old acquaintance of Mike's has lost contact with his daughter, and Nate has promised he and Michael will look into it. Of course, it turns out Nate has his own angry past associates looking for him, which is why he needs the cash this job will bring in.
The Players: Jan Haseck (Czech Assassin), Nate Westen (The Brother), Bill Reese (The Client), Brandon Diggs (The Boyfriend), Wilhelm Brothers (Pimps), Jenna Reese (The Daughter).
Quote of the Episode: Michael - 'We want all the records from all the girls you pimped.' Wilhelm - 'Pimped! I'm not a pimp.' Michael - 'You say "tomato", I say "pimp".'
Does Fiona blow anything up? No.
Sam Axe's Drink Count: 4 (17 overall). Beers, some mojitos.
Sam Getting Punched Count: He threw himself in front of a car hard enough to damage its windshield. That has to count (4 overall).
Mike's Fake Laugh Count: 2 (8 overall).
Other: This episode contains my favorite line from this series ever: 'Dwayne Wade SUCKS!' Not because I have anything against Dwayne Wade, mind you, even if he's no LeBron James (he doesn't vanish as often in the 4th quarter for one thing). I just like how Michael said it. So much volume and false drunken boorishness.
Introducing Nate continues to flesh out the Westen family. Though all the flesh is starting to look awfully similar. Nate is irresponsible and tries the easy way, Michael is frustrated by this, and Madeline makes a conscious decision to ignore their problems. It does explain Michael's periodic tendency to try and do things all by himself, excluding Fi and Sam. Judging by his family, Mike had to do everything if it was going to get done. You think that way often enough, it becomes instinct. We even saw some of it in this episode. Mike tries to exclude Nate from rescuing Jenna. Fiona has to point out she might be better suited for Luring Brandon out than him. He won't cut Sam in on the fact Jan's hunting him. Sure, he claims that's to protect Sam, but it's because he doesn't trust Sam to keep it quiet from the feds until after Michael gets what he needs.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
The Different Interpetations Of What My Closed Wallet Is Saying
I always feel strange when the discussion on comic blogs turns to boycotts. Not because I object to people not buying stuff from DC because of Before Watchmen, or not going to see Avengers opening weekend because of (among other things) the Gary Friedrich contentiousness. I have no issue with people making those decisions, and I more than likely won't be going to see Avengers at all. But that's because I think it's going to be a train wreck. That with the cast size, characterizations will be wafer-thin, villain motivations will be vague or uninteresting, and there'll probably be too much stupid 3-D crap. Ultimately, my decision's based on an issue of quality, rather than any ideals.
I was really excited to see the new Ghost Rider film (figuring even if it was bad, it would be the entertaining sort of bad), but had decided I'd at least wait a few weeks, maybe even hold out and buy it on DVD. Then most of the reviews described it as simply being bad. Never mind that then. Maybe Alex will get a copy I can watch someday, like Iron Man 2, X-Men First Class, and Elektra.
That's how it typically is for me. If I want to buy something, I do, and if not, I don't. I buy about a third the Marvel comics I did 5 years ago, but it's because they kept canceling every book I enjoyed, and their subsequent shift in publishing direction means there are fewer new books I want to try. It comes out to the same result, they have less of my money, but if it's a statement at all, it's one about their product, rather than their poor employee relations.
It wouldn't be too hard for me to cut out Marvel or DC entirely at this point, given how few of their books I purchase, but there's the fallout. Am I making some kind of statement about Waid, Rivera, and the rest of the Daredevil creative if I drop the book? As far as I know, none of them are involved in the shadiness*. It doesn't help Jack at the comic book store any if I start spending less. I don't get to read a comic I really love. Do the people doing the things I actually don't like even notice, or care? Hell if I know.
My primary strategy has simply been to be more discerning about what I buy. If they're going to get my money, then I want it to be strictly for things I feel I got my money's worth from. That way it feels fair. They produced a quality product, I purchased it. That's remained a hit or miss proposition. Legion of Monsters was a hit. Unless Avengers Solo turns around significantly in the last issue, chalk it up as a "miss". It's not much of a system, but it's one that minimizes how often I feel ripped off or suckered.
* Yes, I know legally Marvel's in the clear with regards to Friedrich and/or Jack Kirby. And I could swindle your life savings, and if I did it right, be completely legal about it. Wouldn't mean I wasn't a scumbag, just that I wasn't technically a crook.
I was really excited to see the new Ghost Rider film (figuring even if it was bad, it would be the entertaining sort of bad), but had decided I'd at least wait a few weeks, maybe even hold out and buy it on DVD. Then most of the reviews described it as simply being bad. Never mind that then. Maybe Alex will get a copy I can watch someday, like Iron Man 2, X-Men First Class, and Elektra.
That's how it typically is for me. If I want to buy something, I do, and if not, I don't. I buy about a third the Marvel comics I did 5 years ago, but it's because they kept canceling every book I enjoyed, and their subsequent shift in publishing direction means there are fewer new books I want to try. It comes out to the same result, they have less of my money, but if it's a statement at all, it's one about their product, rather than their poor employee relations.
It wouldn't be too hard for me to cut out Marvel or DC entirely at this point, given how few of their books I purchase, but there's the fallout. Am I making some kind of statement about Waid, Rivera, and the rest of the Daredevil creative if I drop the book? As far as I know, none of them are involved in the shadiness*. It doesn't help Jack at the comic book store any if I start spending less. I don't get to read a comic I really love. Do the people doing the things I actually don't like even notice, or care? Hell if I know.
My primary strategy has simply been to be more discerning about what I buy. If they're going to get my money, then I want it to be strictly for things I feel I got my money's worth from. That way it feels fair. They produced a quality product, I purchased it. That's remained a hit or miss proposition. Legion of Monsters was a hit. Unless Avengers Solo turns around significantly in the last issue, chalk it up as a "miss". It's not much of a system, but it's one that minimizes how often I feel ripped off or suckered.
* Yes, I know legally Marvel's in the clear with regards to Friedrich and/or Jack Kirby. And I could swindle your life savings, and if I did it right, be completely legal about it. Wouldn't mean I wasn't a scumbag, just that I wasn't technically a crook.
Friday, February 24, 2012
I'm Ready For The Weekend Because My Thoughts Are Turning To Murder
I had an idea that perhaps all of Matt Murdock's misfortunes over the last however-many-years it's been for him were because he wasn't really Matt Murdock. He was actually one of Arcade's Murderbots in disguise. Yep, a Murdo-bot living his life, surreptitiously killing and torturing all of Matt's nearest and dearest.
Failing that, we could always learn Matt had been infected with an artificial version of Omega Red's "death spores". Assuming one could turn them on or off remotely, it would be a great way to get revenge. Infect your hated enemy and watch as their very presence slowly destroys their loved ones. Just remember to turn spore production to "off" if they come to see you. Really, I can't believe there isn't some unscrupulous former Soviet scientist in the Marvel Universe selling those. Surely one of the guys who bonded carbonadium to Omega Red was clever enough to keep a few samples for study. Oh, and survive Logan and Maverick blowing stuff up on a covert mission.
One more, a different take on the first one. All that misery and woe was because Daredevil spent an unfortunate amount of time in a highly realistic Murderworld. It wasn't Arcade's first choice to try and slowly grind DD down, but that's the risk of work for hire. Meet the customer's specifications. The upshot to this is, we could theoretically cram years of bad happenings into a weekend, if we figure Arcade utilized some perception altering hallucinogenics, or some sort of subtle sensory input Daredevil's heightened senses were able to perceive which was throwing him off without his awareness.
Fine, that one doesn't explain how people actually keep dying or going nuts, but heck, if Daredevil's occupied in this hellish Murderworld, anything could be happening in the outside world.
Failing that, we could always learn Matt had been infected with an artificial version of Omega Red's "death spores". Assuming one could turn them on or off remotely, it would be a great way to get revenge. Infect your hated enemy and watch as their very presence slowly destroys their loved ones. Just remember to turn spore production to "off" if they come to see you. Really, I can't believe there isn't some unscrupulous former Soviet scientist in the Marvel Universe selling those. Surely one of the guys who bonded carbonadium to Omega Red was clever enough to keep a few samples for study. Oh, and survive Logan and Maverick blowing stuff up on a covert mission.
One more, a different take on the first one. All that misery and woe was because Daredevil spent an unfortunate amount of time in a highly realistic Murderworld. It wasn't Arcade's first choice to try and slowly grind DD down, but that's the risk of work for hire. Meet the customer's specifications. The upshot to this is, we could theoretically cram years of bad happenings into a weekend, if we figure Arcade utilized some perception altering hallucinogenics, or some sort of subtle sensory input Daredevil's heightened senses were able to perceive which was throwing him off without his awareness.
Fine, that one doesn't explain how people actually keep dying or going nuts, but heck, if Daredevil's occupied in this hellish Murderworld, anything could be happening in the outside world.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Six Options, Which Will Take My Money?
It's that time, when I have to send in my order for May's new comic releases. For the record, not even a crossover with Resurrection Man will get me buying Suicide Squad again. I'll take my chances with being confused. May also happens to be the starting point for the second wave of DC ongoing series. Which in theory, offers a chance to add something to my shrinking pull list*.
Ravagers and Batman Incorporated got cut from consideration right off. I've never been that big of a Gen13 fan (there was a year there where I bought the title), and the book seems like it'll be connected to a lot of the other titles starring younger characters, which I've ignored. As for Batman Inc., it's a book starring Bruce Wayne and his snotty kid. While I might pick up an issue heavily featuring Cass Cain or Stephanie Brown, it's not something I care to read on a monthly basis.
I was intrigued at first by G.I. Combat and Earth-2, but ultimately decided against them. With the latter, it was as easy as seeing a variant cover of the Trinity fighting Parademons. If I wanted to read that, I'd buy Justice League. I don't. With the former, I like the creative team on the back-up story, and I like the Unknown Soldier concept, even if I'm not necessarily wild about setting it in the present day. But the main story however. . . I don't have anything against J.T. Krul as a writer. I haven't read anything he's written, so how could I? That cuts both ways, though, meaning I don't have any reason to trust he'll write something I want to read. And what I've seen of Olivetti's art at Marvel was extremely unappealing. Maybe there'll be a complete style shift at DC, it could happen. Ian Churchill was drawing more like McGuinnes there for awhile on the Hulk books, but that Ravagers cover suggests he's sliding back towards what I think of as his more typical style. So maybe Olivetti shifted styles to match what Marvel's higher-ups wanted, and will change to something else now. I haven't any proof of that, though, and I'm not excited about paying $4 for strictly a backup story**.
Which leaves World's Finest and Dial H. I was leaning towards the first title, because I like Power Girl (and while I don't love the new costume, it's not a sticking point by any means) and hey, George Perez art! I really like George Perez art. Then I remembered the last time I decided to buy something because he'd be drawing it (Flashpoint: Secret Seven) I got burned. Besides, with the way DC keeps shuffling the creative teams on their books, buying based on the writer or artist seems like a sucker's bet. How long will they stay with book? Seven issues? 3? Will they be replaced before it even starts (ala listing Marco Rudy as the artist for Suicide Squad in the original solicitations)? I guess if you wanted, you could use that as an argument to buy G.I. Combat. Maybe Krul and Olivetti won't stick, but if they do, and I didn't like them, then I'm up the creek.
Plus, I don't care about Helena Wayne. I'm not going to sit here and pretend I'm some huge Helena Bertinelli fan, but she was an OK character by me. Going back to Helena Wayne feels like more of the same rolling back that leaves us stuck with Barry Allen as the Flash again. I know, his book looks gorgeous, but it could look just as good and star any Flash. Jay, Wally, Bart. Helena Wayne's not my dad's Huntress (he'd stopped reading comics a few years before she was introduced) like Barry's his Flash, or Hal's his GL, but it still has that feel. I know that Helena Wayne and Power Girl were great friends, and it makes perfect sense to have them as the two heroes who are friends trying to get home. Not disputing that, though I think good times could be had with two heroes stuck in that situation who don't get necessarily along.
Anyway, after all that, we're left with Dial H. I haven't read anything by Mieville, or if I have, it didn't stick with me. Still, I like the concept of the dial, and I quite liked Will Pfeifer's H.E.R.O. series, though how relevant that is here, I couldn't guess. What the hell, it's worth a shot.
* Marvel's apparent decision to cut down on how many different titles they ship in favor of more issues of the big stuff isn't doing me any favors. They can release as much Avengers movie tie-in stuff, of Avengers vs. X-Men junk as they want, I'm not buying any of it. Though I did consider that Hulk Smash weekly mini-series. Then they went and used Red Hulk for the last part, and I can't stand Red Hulk, so never mind.
** Yet I'll pay that for the new Batman Beyond Unlimited, even though I don't care about the future Justice League. But I really want to see Norm Breyfogle art.
Ravagers and Batman Incorporated got cut from consideration right off. I've never been that big of a Gen13 fan (there was a year there where I bought the title), and the book seems like it'll be connected to a lot of the other titles starring younger characters, which I've ignored. As for Batman Inc., it's a book starring Bruce Wayne and his snotty kid. While I might pick up an issue heavily featuring Cass Cain or Stephanie Brown, it's not something I care to read on a monthly basis.
I was intrigued at first by G.I. Combat and Earth-2, but ultimately decided against them. With the latter, it was as easy as seeing a variant cover of the Trinity fighting Parademons. If I wanted to read that, I'd buy Justice League. I don't. With the former, I like the creative team on the back-up story, and I like the Unknown Soldier concept, even if I'm not necessarily wild about setting it in the present day. But the main story however. . . I don't have anything against J.T. Krul as a writer. I haven't read anything he's written, so how could I? That cuts both ways, though, meaning I don't have any reason to trust he'll write something I want to read. And what I've seen of Olivetti's art at Marvel was extremely unappealing. Maybe there'll be a complete style shift at DC, it could happen. Ian Churchill was drawing more like McGuinnes there for awhile on the Hulk books, but that Ravagers cover suggests he's sliding back towards what I think of as his more typical style. So maybe Olivetti shifted styles to match what Marvel's higher-ups wanted, and will change to something else now. I haven't any proof of that, though, and I'm not excited about paying $4 for strictly a backup story**.
Which leaves World's Finest and Dial H. I was leaning towards the first title, because I like Power Girl (and while I don't love the new costume, it's not a sticking point by any means) and hey, George Perez art! I really like George Perez art. Then I remembered the last time I decided to buy something because he'd be drawing it (Flashpoint: Secret Seven) I got burned. Besides, with the way DC keeps shuffling the creative teams on their books, buying based on the writer or artist seems like a sucker's bet. How long will they stay with book? Seven issues? 3? Will they be replaced before it even starts (ala listing Marco Rudy as the artist for Suicide Squad in the original solicitations)? I guess if you wanted, you could use that as an argument to buy G.I. Combat. Maybe Krul and Olivetti won't stick, but if they do, and I didn't like them, then I'm up the creek.
Plus, I don't care about Helena Wayne. I'm not going to sit here and pretend I'm some huge Helena Bertinelli fan, but she was an OK character by me. Going back to Helena Wayne feels like more of the same rolling back that leaves us stuck with Barry Allen as the Flash again. I know, his book looks gorgeous, but it could look just as good and star any Flash. Jay, Wally, Bart. Helena Wayne's not my dad's Huntress (he'd stopped reading comics a few years before she was introduced) like Barry's his Flash, or Hal's his GL, but it still has that feel. I know that Helena Wayne and Power Girl were great friends, and it makes perfect sense to have them as the two heroes who are friends trying to get home. Not disputing that, though I think good times could be had with two heroes stuck in that situation who don't get necessarily along.
Anyway, after all that, we're left with Dial H. I haven't read anything by Mieville, or if I have, it didn't stick with me. Still, I like the concept of the dial, and I quite liked Will Pfeifer's H.E.R.O. series, though how relevant that is here, I couldn't guess. What the hell, it's worth a shot.
* Marvel's apparent decision to cut down on how many different titles they ship in favor of more issues of the big stuff isn't doing me any favors. They can release as much Avengers movie tie-in stuff, of Avengers vs. X-Men junk as they want, I'm not buying any of it. Though I did consider that Hulk Smash weekly mini-series. Then they went and used Red Hulk for the last part, and I can't stand Red Hulk, so never mind.
** Yet I'll pay that for the new Batman Beyond Unlimited, even though I don't care about the future Justice League. But I really want to see Norm Breyfogle art.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Not Continued From Any Post Previous
Another quick post. If you're reading the current Defenders title, how do you feel about the little comments/blurbs/directions Fraction has at the bottom of each page?
I swing between being amused by them to being irritated. I liked the one about Werewolf By Night Nurse!, but the ones like "continuing from second page previous" are trying too hard to be clever. Some of them feel like they might be from the same mysterious third-person narrator the actual story has, but others are simply advertisements for other Marvel comics.
Fortunately, they're relatively easy to ignore (I have to make a conscious effort to read all of them), but I kind of want to read them all because I think Fraction may be using them to drop hints about the story.
I swing between being amused by them to being irritated. I liked the one about Werewolf By Night Nurse!, but the ones like "continuing from second page previous" are trying too hard to be clever. Some of them feel like they might be from the same mysterious third-person narrator the actual story has, but others are simply advertisements for other Marvel comics.
Fortunately, they're relatively easy to ignore (I have to make a conscious effort to read all of them), but I kind of want to read them all because I think Fraction may be using them to drop hints about the story.
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