Bloodshot Joins Unity in June

[grendeljd]

Shadowman would be a very odd fit!

Yes, but that's what would make it interesting. When the Avengers started interacting with Captain Marvel (and Rick Jones), they were battling foes in the Negative Zone. I think that entire run from issue 90 to like 105 are my favorite arcs.

Same could happen with Deadside.

I think it would be cool to see Shadowman make an appearance. I think it's quite likely it'll happen too - Matt Kindt has already begun the set-up/precedence for it in Unity 5.

[ShadowTuga]

Shadowman would be a very odd fit!

Yes, but that's what would make it interesting. When the Avengers started interacting with Captain Marvel (and Rick Jones), they were battling foes in the Negative Zone. I think that entire run from issue 90 to like 105 are my favorite arcs.

Same could happen with Deadside.

I think it would be cool to see Shadowman make an appearance. I think it's quite likely it'll happen too - Matt Kindt has already begun the set-up/precedence for it in Unity 5.

Yup, if Shadowman (the book) disappears for a while after "End Times", we'll see the character in Unity. My guess.

[Dallow Spicer1]

Shadowman would be a very odd fit!

Yes, but that's what would make it interesting. When the Avengers started interacting with Captain Marvel (and Rick Jones), they were battling foes in the Negative Zone. I think that entire run from issue 90 to like 105 are my favorite arcs.

Same could happen with Deadside.

Yeah...potentially. It'd need some seriously good writing for me to enjoy Unity & Shadowman joining up but I guess it could be possible.

I think it's having a 'format' of always having guest characters which I have a slight issue with.

[jmatt]

I think it's having a 'format' of always having guest characters which I have a slight issue with.

Over the course of the last, I dunno, 9 months I have been re-reading old SA Marvel. Read the first 130 issues of the Avengers, then switched to Iron Man and am currently at issue #51.

Ya know what? The Avengers is way, way more interesting because the cast is ever changing, which allows the writers to venture from Asgard to the Negative Zone to Black Widow's Russian foes to Black Panther's African foes to Cap's dealings with Baron Zemo to Goliath's changes from Ant-Man/Yellow Jacket to Hawkeye's love triangle with BW / Daredevil to battling Kang across the ages, etc etc.

Iron Man is why-oh-why am I Iron Man, here comes a robot and a guy in a suit of armor. I hate being Iron Man, I think I'll make my current love interest hate me for her own safety. Fin.

Rotating Cast = Great.

[kjjohanson]

I think it's having a 'format' of always having guest characters which I have a slight issue with.

Over the course of the last, I dunno, 9 months I have been re-reading old SA Marvel. Read the first 130 issues of the Avengers, then switched to Iron Man and am currently at issue #51.

Ya know what? The Avengers is way, way more interesting because the cast is ever changing, which allows the writers to venture from Asgard to the Negative Zone to Black Widow's Russian foes to Black Panther's African foes to Cap's dealings with Baron Zemo to Goliath's changes from Ant-Man/Yellow Jacket to Hawkeye's love triangle with BW / Daredevil to battling Kang across the ages, etc etc.

Iron Man is why-oh-why am I Iron Man, here comes a robot and a guy in a suit of armor. I hate being Iron Man, I think I'll make my current love interest hate me for her own safety. Fin.

Rotating Cast = Great.

It doesn't hurt that you get to have characters share the spotlight too, so they can all play off against each other in developing the story.

[Dallow Spicer1]

I think it's having a 'format' of always having guest characters which I have a slight issue with.

Over the course of the last, I dunno, 9 months I have been re-reading old SA Marvel. Read the first 130 issues of the Avengers, then switched to Iron Man and am currently at issue #51.

Ya know what? The Avengers is way, way more interesting because the cast is ever changing, which allows the writers to venture from Asgard to the Negative Zone to Black Widow's Russian foes to Black Panther's African foes to Cap's dealings with Baron Zemo to Goliath's changes from Ant-Man/Yellow Jacket to Hawkeye's love triangle with BW / Daredevil to battling Kang across the ages, etc etc.

Iron Man is why-oh-why am I Iron Man, here comes a robot and a guy in a suit of armor. I hate being Iron Man, I think I'll make my current love interest hate me for her own safety. Fin.
Rotating Cast = Great.

I'll keep an open mind and see how it plays out!

[grendeljd]

I was just reading through a bunch of VH1 Bloodshot issues this weekend - I kind of forgot he was working for Neville at MI-6 for awhile there.

This will likely work out as an opportunity for us to see VEI Bloodshot develop a connection with MI-6 through the Unity team. I'm up for that

[Shadowman99]

I think it's having a 'format' of always having guest characters which I have a slight issue with.

Over the course of the last, I dunno, 9 months I have been re-reading old SA Marvel. Read the first 130 issues of the Avengers, then switched to Iron Man and am currently at issue #51.

Ya know what? The Avengers is way, way more interesting because the cast is ever changing, which allows the writers to venture from Asgard to the Negative Zone to Black Widow's Russian foes to Black Panther's African foes to Cap's dealings with Baron Zemo to Goliath's changes from Ant-Man/Yellow Jacket to Hawkeye's love triangle with BW / Daredevil to battling Kang across the ages, etc etc.

Iron Man is why-oh-why am I Iron Man, here comes a robot and a guy in a suit of armor. I hate being Iron Man, I think I'll make my current love interest hate me for her own safety. Fin.
Rotating Cast = Great.

I'll keep an open mind and see how it plays out!

Wisely spoken I think

Personally I quite like the rotating cast. I think it keeps things nice and fresh, and certainly interesting if nothing else

[jmatt]

It doesn't hurt that you get to have characters share the spotlight too, so they can all play off against each other in developing the story.

And develop their own spin-offs. The Vision and the Scarlet Witch got their own title for a while.

In reading it, I found it funny after awhile that each arc would begin with the cast members engaging each other in fisticuffs. This would either result in better bonding within the group or create personal rivalries to be resolved in some future issue. Way more interesting than Marvel's usual self-loathing (ala IM and Spider-Man).

[Shadowman99]

Shadowman would be a very odd fit!

Yes, but that's what would make it interesting. When the Avengers started interacting with Captain Marvel (and Rick Jones), they were battling foes in the Negative Zone. I think that entire run from issue 90 to like 105 are my favorite arcs.

Same could happen with Deadside.

Yeah...potentially. It'd need some seriously good writing for me to enjoy Unity & Shadowman joining up but I guess it could be possible.

I think it's having a 'format' of always having guest characters which I have a slight issue with.

I wonder if Jack/Shadowman would really be a good team player or not. I'm not sure to what degree they'd want to cooperate with the team, especially the Loa... Still, that could be quite interesting in itself.

[BugsySig]

Shadowman would be a very odd fit!

Yes, but that's what would make it interesting. When the Avengers started interacting with Captain Marvel (and Rick Jones), they were battling foes in the Negative Zone. I think that entire run from issue 90 to like 105 are my favorite arcs.

Same could happen with Deadside.

Yeah...potentially. It'd need some seriously good writing for me to enjoy Unity & Shadowman joining up but I guess it could be possible.

I think it's having a 'format' of always having guest characters which I have a slight issue with.

I wonder if Jack/Shadowman would really be a good team player or not. I'm not sure to what degree they'd want to cooperate with the team, especially the Loa... Still, that could be quite interesting in itself.

Who says Jack survives End Times? Maybe Josiah returns, or we have a new Shadowman.

[Phoenix8008]

Shadowman would be a very odd fit!

Yes, but that's what would make it interesting. When the Avengers started interacting with Captain Marvel (and Rick Jones), they were battling foes in the Negative Zone. I think that entire run from issue 90 to like 105 are my favorite arcs.

Same could happen with Deadside.

Yeah...potentially. It'd need some seriously good writing for me to enjoy Unity & Shadowman joining up but I guess it could be possible.

I think it's having a 'format' of always having guest characters which I have a slight issue with.

I wonder if Jack/Shadowman would really be a good team player or not. I'm not sure to what degree they'd want to cooperate with the team, especially the Loa... Still, that could be quite interesting in itself.

Who says Jack survives End Times? Maybe Josiah returns, or we have a new Shadowman.

I've wondered if this might be the direction they were going to go.

[Shadowman99]

Shadowman would be a very odd fit!

Yes, but that's what would make it interesting. When the Avengers started interacting with Captain Marvel (and Rick Jones), they were battling foes in the Negative Zone. I think that entire run from issue 90 to like 105 are my favorite arcs.

Same could happen with Deadside.

Yeah...potentially. It'd need some seriously good writing for me to enjoy Unity & Shadowman joining up but I guess it could be possible.

I think it's having a 'format' of always having guest characters which I have a slight issue with.

I wonder if Jack/Shadowman would really be a good team player or not. I'm not sure to what degree they'd want to cooperate with the team, especially the Loa... Still, that could be quite interesting in itself.

Who says Jack survives End Times? Maybe Josiah returns, or we have a new Shadowman.

I've wondered if this might be the direction they were going to go.

Hm, well I don't know what to make of this really, but talking to Peter Milligan at LSCC, he referred to End Times as "going back to number one". Didn't have time to get him to elaborate, so who knows...

[Phoenix8008]

Yes, but that's what would make it interesting. When the Avengers started interacting with Captain Marvel (and Rick Jones), they were battling foes in the Negative Zone. I think that entire run from issue 90 to like 105 are my favorite arcs.

Same could happen with Deadside.

Yeah...potentially. It'd need some seriously good writing for me to enjoy Unity & Shadowman joining up but I guess it could be possible.

I think it's having a 'format' of always having guest characters which I have a slight issue with.

I wonder if Jack/Shadowman would really be a good team player or not. I'm not sure to what degree they'd want to cooperate with the team, especially the Loa... Still, that could be quite interesting in itself.

Who says Jack survives End Times? Maybe Josiah returns, or we have a new Shadowman.

I've wondered if this might be the direction they were going to go.

Hm, well I don't know what to make of this really, but talking to Peter Milligan at LSCC, he referred to End Times as "going back to number one". Didn't have time to get him to elaborate, so who knows...

Yeah, that could mean rebooting the series as a #1, or just going back to the story or characters shown in #1 - like Josiah somehow coming back as Shadowman. Lots of possibilities.