Webhead

Second, I'm not sure that I want to read a story that starts from where Ultron has alrerady won. I want to see my heroes get put through the wringer, see Ultron's rise to victory and then see the heroes that are left fight back. With it starting out with Ultron having won, I don't have a sense of dread for the heroes.

I like the first issue of Age of Ultron This first issue felt like a "Days of Future Past" meets "The Ultimates" , although Hitch's art might be the reason for the latter.

One of the great things about Days of Future Past is we come into the story after the fall of The X-Men and other heroes with just a brief recap of how it happened. The fall was too big of a story to be told, so it was left to our imaginations. The real story is the final attempt of the X-Men to stop it from ever happening.

I understand how you feel about the story starting after Ultron's victory over The Avengers but I think like D of FP the real story is in the comeback. How can they comeback and at what cost. We may never find out what happened to Thor or the rest of The FF, hopefully we will get some of the backstory in flashbacks and in the dialog to fill in the blanks.

I'm looking forward to finding out what happened and what is going to happen.

@Webhead looks like I'll definitely be going to the museum, there will be a Chuck Jones exhibit on while I'm there. I grew up watch Looney Tunes and seeing all his art will be amazing. Thanks again for the heads up!

No problem, I visit those towns for work frequently so I am familiar with both.

If you do not mind some driving you might want to take a day trip to Monterey and visit Cannery Row in Monterey which also has the Monterey Bay Aquarium (which had a staring roll in Star Trek IV) also in Santa Cruz you might want to take a ride through the redwoods on the Roaring Camp Railroad

In Santa Cruz the best place is Atlantis Fantasyworld
Great Shop, nice selection of new and wall books and some old books.

Joe has been a fixture in the comics community for long time.
http://www.atlantisfantasyworld.com/

The Boardwalk is the main attraction in Santa Cruz, besides the surfing.


The two shops in S.F. that are a must

As CaptShazam mentioned one is Brian Hibbs' Comic Experience
http://comixexperience.com/

and the other is James Sime's Isotope Comics
http://isotopecomics.com/

In S.F. besides the usual tourist sites you might want to check out The Cartoon Art Museum.
http://cartoonart.org/

The first tuesday of every month is "Pay what you wish day" so you can get in on the cheap if money is an issue. Otherwise it is still pretty cheap the rest of the time.

Right now they are showing an exhibition of the 30th anniversary of "Love and Rockets"

@Webhead oh wow! You really have a distaste for that character?

It is more that I do not care for a non-Peter Parker Spider-Man.

So a temporary change of character as part of the on-going soap opera will make you quit? I think Spider-Man is about the only character left who didn't have someone step into the shoes for a storyline.

This is one of many reasons why Spider-Man/Peter Parker has always been my favorites. That Spider-man has always been Peter Parker, even when the clone step into his shoes we were led to believe that Ben Riley was the real Peter Parker.

If this was 5 or 10 years ago I would not worry because the change might only last 3 or 4 issues. Today this change might last 2 or 3 years and 3 years of The Superior Substitute-Man is something I do not want to read.

And for the folks who say they haven't read Spidey since BND...you've missed out on some REALLY great stories that have reminded me why JMS may be a talented writer, and he may have done good stories on the Spider-Man books, but whoever the hell he was writing during his run wasn't Spider-Man.

I stayed with Spidey during and after OMD/BND because it was still Spider-Man even though I think BND was horrible but it was still the same character I've been reading since the 70's so I kept reading ASM.

I guess it all comes down to how they handle it, if Peter is no longer Spider-Man but is still one of the main focus of the book I probably will still keep reading it. If Slott writes him out of the book then that is it.

"I've always been the omniscient hand that's been protecting Peter Parker and Spider-Man, and not letting anything too bad happen to him," Slott told USA Today.



Soooooo..... I'm guessing Slott has never read a Spider-Man comic

I guess killing off your first love, having a clone take over your life, losing your uncle, being buried alive and growing four extra arms is a walk in the park according to Slott.