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Emma Frost

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HarrisonJohn

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Am I the only one reading this book?

I really want to like it, because she's one of my favorite characters, but I just keep thinking things could be done better. A flashback from Emma where things moved quicker to tell her backstory, for example. This was done very well in a recent issue of NXM. Instead we've got three issues now of how Emma is doing in school, in what seems like the present day. The first thing that worried me was the bickering between Emma and her rival classmate. If it's any indication, then this writer cannot write 'person_without_enough_empathyy' which he needs to be able to do eventually. I like the concept that she started out sweet and innocent and had the 'evil' beat into her, but I'm sorry I don't see how the incidents playing out in this book (so far) are really all that bad. Maybe I've just had a really traumatic life. The thing that made me admit the book wasn't going to my liking, though, is the current issue where Emma's father goes nuts when she says she wants to be a teacher. I can understand his poor reaction at first, because he thinks she shouldn't overreact to her sudden improvement in grades, but when she sticks with the idea of becoming a teacher, he is angrily against it and they fight. Who's parent is going to be ANGRY that their child wants to be a teacher?? I can't even wrap my head around that. It could make sense if he had something else for her in mind, but nothing is mentioned. I hope it can improve. I did like the scene where Emma keeps her closeted brother in check by reading his mind of all details of his date except who the mystery person was.

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delekkerste

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I bought the first issue because I'm a Greg Horn fan, but not even his soft-porn covers could move me to continue buying the series. The "serialized TPB" format is terrible. There was simply not enough in the first issue to make me want to read the next 5 parts of the "Higher Learning" storyline.

 

Also, I *loved* the Emma Frost character from the Byrne/Austin Hellfire Club days, and even through the '80s when she got involved with the New Mutants and such. However, I despise what Morrison has done with her since taking over "New X-Men" (secondary mutations? making her only 24 or 26 years old? making her act like a whiny teenager instead of the powerful woman she was? making her wear a freaking diaper instead of that cool Hellfire Club S&M outfit?) and this revision of her past a la "Trouble" and "Born" is just beyond lame. "My" Emma Frost was not the victimized ugly duckling at prep school, no way. If Marvel wants to do a sappy book like that, please hae them call it something else instead of ruining the essence of the character!!

 

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joe_collector

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If Marvel wants to do a sappy book like that, please hae them call it something else instead of ruining the essence of the character!!

 

Just stop buying the new ret-con crepe! Get back your sanity, get Jemas fired, and have more money to spend on back issues...

 

I really don't see the downside??

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joe_collector

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No more Trouble, aka the erotic adventures of Aunt May ?

 

Yeah, and if you believe that one, I've got some lakeshore property for ya.

 

Trouble = crappy teenage melodrama that Jemas was scared wouldn't sell an issue. Quick change to the names, a few well-placed press releases and bingo, every geek in America is duped into buying it for Spidey's origin and a chance to see Aunt May's boobs.

 

Either comic readers are real dumb, or they're not very smart.

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Comic_Diva

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The only movie I remember Emma Frost in was the made for TV episode of Generation X (crappy, [!@#%^&^], crapola on a stick).

 

Either comic readers are real dumb, or they're not very smart.

And hey we not dumb, we ebucationally challenged.

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Aman619

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Im not sure at what point the Spidey connection was made or planned, but I agree that when initial sales were weak Marvel leaked the possible connection. But at the same time, I think the series was started as an attempt to put out a different kind of comic aimed at girls and guys who like to look at girls and read about horny girls. No superheroes etc.

 

At this point after 3 issues Ive seen enough of the "plot" and am just waiting to see what kind of suffering they put sluttty Aunt May through and if the baby turns out to be Peter. Then Aunt May was really mommy all along.

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