COMICS: 'Scott Lang' Battles A Resurrected 'Darren Cross' In First Look At ANT-MAN #5

pink hulk?

I love how three out of the four characters in those panels have been dead over the past few years.

Scott Lang
Cassie Lang
Daren Cross

All DEAD, and now all back, just in time for Ant-man too! :P

@InfiniteMonkey

Looks like a prokaryotic cell.

Scott Lang is shit, imo. I am not sure I will ever be able to get over what the MCU has done to Hank and Janet. Now, unfortunately, the films are shaping the comic universes more and more. I hope the MCU uses the time gem to fix this major mis-step caused by Edgar Wright.

IMHO this is one the best series Marvel has at the moment. The first one was absolutely incredible and really funny! This ranks pretty high for me, alongside Daredevil and Superior Iron Man.

MindQuad
"Scott Lang is shit, imo. I am not sure I will ever be able to get over what the MCU has done to Hank and Janet. Now, unfortunately, the films are shaping the comic universes more and more. I hope the MCU uses the time gem to fix this major mis-step caused by Edgar Wright."

Hear hear. The sad part is that the MCU success is contaminating the comics now. The movies are but a shallow and hollow reflection of the rich stories and characters of the comics.

It would actually not be a difficult feat to bring this richness to the big screen, Iron Man and the Captain America films did to an extent, but Avengers 2 showed that Marvel is only interested in the money and they will allocate every second they can to useless jokes, forced romantic plots and ridiculous expositional CGI sequences. - Besides this, most characters are reduces to a fraction of their comic book counterparts, and in case of Ultron and the likes; a mere joke.

@Crabnado

Excuses? You mean like when you said "B-b-but he beat these other comics that have been out for over a year!" LMAO!

His popularity didn't fall off the face of the Earth. Perhaps you missed the part about the first Winter Soldier series running for over 19 issues over almost 2 years?

What are you knocking My Little Pony for? It's third issue still outsold Ant-Man's (43,579 copies in Feb of 2013). I also think you missed Marvel's Ant-Man Prelude - Marvel's movie-promoting comic.

You might have missed its release, even though it's #1 issue roared into comic shops with a staggering 14,971 copies sold, placing it at number 145 on the list. It managed a whopping 11,800 copies in March (no doubt a testament to how psyched people are for the film), which was enough to get it ranked 168.

What say you, Mr.168?



For anyone keeping score at home, here is where the numbers are being collected: http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales.html

@Crabnado

Was Ant-Man in the Ant-Man prelude? Because I didn't mention Scott Lang, whose movie introduction in the comics was relegated to a digital-only "Marvel Infinite" comic (lol) called Scott Lang: Small Time.

Would you prefer "Mr. Digital-Download?"

That's an interesting theory that you have about the next Captain America film. Let's examine its merits...

"could it be that bucky wasn't a strong enough draw?"

Captain America: The Winter Soldier pulled in over $714 million at the theaters worldwide. It received an 89% score from critics and a 92% score from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. The actor portraying Bucky signed to a 9 picture deal, which is as many as Samuel L. Jackson, ensuring plenty of Buckage in future Marvel films.

Bucky himself has recently held three solo titles, was in multiple titles of teams which he led and has been at the center of a Marvel comics event. This is after being reintroduced, after a 60 year hiatus, to a new generation who knew nothing about him. He held solo titles and led multiple teams with titles back when he was first introduced during WW2.

He was ranked 53rd on the list of greatest superheroes of all time, being called the most iconic side-kick after Robin and one of the most central players in the Marvel Universe since his time as Captain America.

I don't think character appeal is a problem. He seems plenty popular enough with comic readers across multiple generations, movie audiences and Marvel executives.

Oh, and in case you were interested, Eric O' Grady was ranked 82nd on the list, Hank Pym was ranked 67th and Scott Lang didn't make the cut.

"it was supposed to be his story afterall."

I'd assume they are packing the Captain America film with so many superheroes because it would be difficult to pull off a Civil War film with only a couple heroes, but that's just me.

The film wasn't always going to be Civil War. The announcement came after Warner Bros. announced that their next film would be Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice. I think most rational people would assume that Marvel is trying to compete with Warner Bros., whose film is being released the same year around the same time, by releasing a product in which heroes fight one another.

Your suggestion that Bucky wasn't popular to have his story told, despite two movie appearances with multiple story arcs already, doesn't quite follow to logic and seems to be more based on your emotion.

Additionally, his story is still going to be told during the Civil War movie and continued far into the future because of the 9 picture deal to which Marvel signed the actor. Don't fret. You're going to be seeing much more of him in the movies!

"maybe someone realized that he was just Cable w/ more mascara and less testosterone."

A mutant from the future with a techno virus and psychic powers is the same as a soldier from World War 2 who was brainwashed and trained to be the world's best assassin? You must be one of those kids who always gets Deadpool confused with Spider-Man.

I was also unaware that the amount of testosterone a character possessed was equivalent to the number of pouches Rob Liefeld drew on them, but I guess that's how his mind works.

I'm a bit surprised that you've decided to start insulting his appearance. "Well, he looks stupid," is an argument I would expect from a small child who is unable to employ reason in a debate.

"is it any wonder that they couldn't spin that character into a successful solo series; at least not w/o the captain America title as a crutch."

Except they did spin him into a successful solo series. Not only did he have the most successful run Captain America to ever exist, but he enjoyed multiple solo titles during WW2, a Winter Soldier solo-title that spanned two years and a new experimental title that is poor-selling, but still ongoing.

The Captain America title is a crutch? I suppose that explains why Captain America sales skyrocketed while Bucky was Captain America. That would also explain why sales dropped after he left. Finally, it would explain why Captain America sales didn't rise when Sam Wilson became Captain America. Oh wait, it doesn't explain those things at all. Probably because only an idiot would draw that conclusion based on that evidence.

Perhaps you should at least wait for Ant-Man to reach more than two-years in print, and 19 issues before you start trying to claim any kind of victory over Bucky. Better yet, you should probably first focus on outlasting the experimental title Bucky Barnes: Winter Soldier, which is on a higher issue count and still ongoing. At least then you might have some kind of substantive argument instead of the wild, desperate and laughable claims you're continuing to make.

Just a thought.