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By: Kevin J. Maroney

Kevin J. Maroney — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:18:17 +0000

I read the first issue of The Order and thought that it was competent enough, but I got such a strong "I liked this book better when it was called Strikeforce: Morituri" vibe off it that it made me all sad inside. I'm sorry that a book you like got canceled, though.

By: Sofa King

Sofa King — Sun, 25 May 2008 18:25:56 +0000

JustinCognito: I agree, this is an annoying stereotype. I would have suggested Forge, but he was all magic too after a while. Scalphunter didn’t though.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 24 May 2008 04:26:17 +0000

Remember, this is the company which turned a Hulk title into a Hercules title without telling anybody in advance.

Which was fantastic and I’ll fight any man says otherwise.

By: suedenim

suedenim — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:33:19 +0000

Huh, I’d actually reverse your evaluations and say Fury worked, while Flying Fox mostly didn’t. (Or at least she mostly worked – it kinda irked me that Roy Thomas seemed to forget she was from rural Greece after a couple issues, writing her pretty indistinguishably from an American girl.)

By: Zenrage

Zenrage — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:19:30 +0000

I would have given him extra points for looking like Die Fledermaus.

By: JustinCognito

JustinCognito — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:15:41 +0000

Can we have ONE Native American character in comics who hasn’t used “native magics” at some point? I mean, this guy sounds like he has another aspect to him that makes him more than “generic magical Indian,” but Jesus Christ, people.

By: MGK

MGK — Fri, 23 May 2008 03:23:09 +0000

Not that I’m saying yer wrong, MGK, but do you have a cite for your version of why The Order went down?

I don’t need a cite. Here’s a simple explanation as to why Matt Fraction is trying to spin a silk purse out of a sow’s ear as regards claiming The Order was cancelled on purpose:

If it was only supposed to be ten (or twelve) issues long, it would have been solicited as a miniseries.

What really happened: Fraction saw the sales numbers and the associated writing on the wall, shifted tracks to compensate (you can tell – issues six through eight speed up the pace dramatically and change plot direction at the same time) and made the best out of a bad situation.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:55:59 +0000

Fraction did stop The Order. He stopped it at 10, when Marvel would have cancelled it at 12. THe reason is he would have had to have a different artist for the last two.

By: Sofa King

Sofa King — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:25:27 +0000

Not that I’m saying yer wrong, MGK, but do you have a cite for your version of why The Order went down? Bad sales sounds plausible. Again, not saying your wrong, because comic companies will BS you, I’m just curious. Also, Iron Munro is awesome. He needs to show up in Checkmate. As for FF, how much would it suck to have a fox-head permanently painted onto your chest? So much for secret identity.

By: John Seavey

John Seavey — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:37:52 +0000

That’s interesting. He didn’t seem to really “pop” from his character profile, and I was expecting some good old-fashioned withering scorn, but it shouldn’t surprise me that he comes off a lot better on the page than he does in a ‘Who’s Who’ entry. After all, he’s a Roy Thomas creation, and Roy Thomas is a walking legend in the industry. (If Stan Lee and Jack Kirby are God, Roy Thomas is Jesus.)

Now I want to do an Iron Fist/Killraven crossover, just because they’re both Roy Thomas creations too…

By: Brad Reed

Brad Reed — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:07:05 +0000

According to his profile, Flying Fox was 5’10″ and 128 lbs. That is a skinny, skinny man. Why the hell not, I say.

By: Jam Dog

Jam Dog — Thu, 22 May 2008 19:59:13 +0000

Flying Fox was the best thing in Young All-Stars (except maybe the VD story and the Tigress/Huntress thing) and by far the best character actually created by Roy Thomas as he petered out post-Crisis. Sad, because I loved All-Star Squadron, and I felt like Roy gave up after Crisis spayed and neutered his Earth-2. FF should make a comeback, like, soon.

By: Andrew W.

Andrew W. — Thu, 22 May 2008 19:33:47 +0000

Fans still found bullshit reasons to shit all over it. People actually said they weren’t going to support the book because “The Order” sounded tyrannical. Or because it was part of the Initiative. Or because the team being portrayed in a positive light was a “Tony was right!” message.