Comments on SCHWAPP!!!: God Help Me: I Agree With Tabu

I think given the comments on CBR that the recent ...

2009-10-26T17:04:47.808-04:00

I think given the comments on CBR that the recent "Avengers Summit" did not include Slott, I'm leaning towards "didn't think he'd have time to fully do his rehab" portrayal. I think building up Pym is something that is really a multi-year sort of process, but no one has runs like that on titles anymore...

Oh, I'm with you on the jerk portrayal. It had run...

2009-10-24T16:26:26.470-04:00

Oh, I'm with you on the jerk portrayal. It had run its course (if it ever really had one). I can, also, see undertaking the task of rehabilitating the character.

But, if you're going to do it, you have to do it right. Character rehab is a crockpot recipe, not a microwave meal. You don't shove it all into a few pages because you don't think you'll be given enough time to do it right or because you just want to get to your "he's super awesome now" stories. (yeah, I know that didn't follow the crock/micro thing, but I had nothing...)

Yeah. Well, while I certainly don't think Pym is t...

2009-10-24T11:25:03.963-04:00

Yeah. Well, while I certainly don't think Pym is the "greatest of all Stan's creations", I liked reading Tales To Astonish-era Giant-Man stories as a kid and have always deplored seeing him portrayed as a jerk and worse. This does seem like an awfully contrived and hamfisted way to do it, though.