Saturday Cup O' Joe Panel

Just a couple of announcements from the Saturday Cup O' Joe panel in San Diego, and since the rest of the Con has been pretty slow in terms of major announcements, or WOW factor moments, at least in my opinion, this will have to do.

First Cable is back, Jeph Loeb, and Ed McGuiness will be taking the helm on Cable Reborn, which I'm sure pleases many fans of the '90's run, which many herald as some of Loeb's best work, but seeing as how I was never much of a fan of the character, I am kind of lukewarm at best about this announcement.

The second and, really kind of annoying announcement, is the second (or third, or fourth, I really don't care) of the Marvel .1 initiative, which to me, was an unmitigated flop the first time around, with the exception of the Invincible Iron Man 500.1, which was fantastic, and a watershed moment in comics storytelling...thank you Mr. Fraction.......thank you. What bites my ass about this "next wave" is some of the characters involved, FF, Thor, Moon Knight, Daredevil, Cap, Venom, Iron Man, (whom already HAD a .1...see my comments above), and Ghost Rider???? didn't he just have a 0.1 Issue, a month back???? and, aren't most of the previously aforementioned characters in BRAND NEW books??? which are on I believe issue 6 (in the case of FF) at the worst?????? Moon Knight is on issue 3 (4 hasn't come out yet) and Daredevil just restarted this week for gods sake, why the hell does he need a .1 issue???? just buy the #1, they explain it all in there!!!!!!!!!!!! the same goes for Cap. At the worst, by November which is basically 4 issues from now give or take, many will still be UNDER #10, most hovering around 5 or 6. Hardly Needing of a .1.