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Do not leave a lot to alleviate our worries.

In fact, they inflate them.

These are super early non-scan photos from the preview book, so sorry about the quality. Ain't mine.

Sure, we have no context for it, and this could easily be a fake out, but it does confirm the Trigger Scent theory at least in part. Which I still think is bullshit to do something like that so early from a narrative standpoint. And it hints to one of my biggest worries: that any character considered "too deadly" or "too powerful" will be killed off early to extend this thing. The amount of damage Hazmat has taken in this preview (cracked helmet, torn suit, stomach wound) is not promising in the slightest.

I'm hoping for a fake out. I mean, this sort off preview is designed to spark outrage and I bet they know it. We're being trolled, folks, either way this turns, we are being trolled. Edit to add; especially if the character I dubbed "not Hazmat" from the covers of 2 and 3 is actually Hazmat re-coloured due to plot.

10 out of 10, Marvel. 10 out of 10.

Man, and I wanted to post more fun pages from Academy soon. Then this happens.

Edit: Double-picked it. My bad

Final Edit: Ya know, I'm actually starting to feel a bit bad for Hopeless, here. No matter what, he's sort off doomed and until this thing is published/completed, he's going to be inundated with angry fan mails. It got so bad this evening with this that he deleted some comments from his blog. It's the price of trolling, but I think a more reasoned explanation of our aggitation is in order, to show that A) we have a valid point, B) what truly gets us to read comics.

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thezmage

Well, I don't know of that's the trigger scent, it looks to me like she's just leaking energy due to the cracks in her suit. But it really does look like a scene where a character dies right before the "credits" in order to set the tone. But then again we were promised the first death would happen in the second issue.

darkknightjrk

Isn't the whole idea that Arcade is making a show out of this, ala Hunger Games? If that's the case, then he would probably want a hell of an opener--so having the trigger scent put on someone so it starts with X-23 skewering someone makes sense.

Of course, I can also see Laura pulling herself out of it before Hazmat gets anything really permanent done to her.

shadowpsykie

you know... as someone who loved the hunger games, and well classic myth, and having an understanding of this particular type of narrative, a part of thinks that any "deaths" that do happen, will probably be 95% fake out. characters will "die" but most likely be taken and revived later (ala Mojo-verse)

i loathe death as a selling point, but if a good story can be made out of this, i'm game...

in other words, i am still on the fence, i know how EASY it will be for this to be utter and complete crap. but i also believe there is a hope for greatness...

kingofmadcows

What is the deal with everyone having access to the trigger scent? Not only is it made by clandestine organization, it was created specifically for X-23. It's not a very useful chemical since it only works on X-23. The Facility only made a lot of it because they were planning to create more clones of X-23 but since that plan hasn't worked out, there's no reason for them to make any more.

And what would even happen if Hazmat died? Wouldn't she go off like a nuclear bomb? X-23 is tough but I don't think she can survive a nuclear blast. Maybe they're planning to eliminate Hazmat and X-23 at the same time.

Edited Date: 2012-10-09 07:00 am (UTC)

theflames

Art looks pretty great! Nice!

Also... I can't possibly judge before I actually read or get a bunch of scans as we go along. Anyone whose groan attached to the characters will be annoyed full stop. But well, y'know... comics. Marvel and DC comics.

It's NOT ABOUT making a new generation of heroes that'll grow and be good for the next 50 years, they already have those, so y'know. I think that's a shame. But I understand what I'm getting into in a sense.

espanolbot

'Man,' said Quesada, 'We've really been falling back on our "kill a character a quarter" thing, in addition to DC beating us in the September Sales. Anyone got any ideas of how to correct that?'
Someone raises their hand, 'Well we could copy DC and kill off all the superfluous teenage superheroes, that might be popular.'

demonprawn

Yeah I don't wanna see the characters I like forced to violently kill each other.

These stories where children, especially those that are friends, are forced to murder each other disturb me, and I can't separate the fun from them. I'm a big fan of slasher and action films and ultra violence, but I can't stand this story.

Also I agree with Biod about removing the satire in these stories make them completely miss the point.

angelophile

Oh, it's Laura. The costume made me think that Penance was back for a second and I was worried she'd been dragged into this too.

long_silence

What if it's not X-23?

I mean Arcade does regularly build robotic duplicates of supers. It'd be a good way to destroy any trust they have between eachother

ap0cryphal

my position's still pretty much unchanged on this.

decent author + decent artist + SHITTY, SHITTY GRIMDARK KIDDY MURDERTIMES PREMISE = nope, not buying, fuck you marvel.

big_daddy_d

Please don't kill Hazmat! :(

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