I tore through all of Fray and both issues of 1602 Friday night. I haven't purchased comics in probably 10 years and I'd forgotten how short they are.
That said, they were both great. I'm glad to hear Joss is planning on doing more Fray and the letters in issue 8 were hilarious. I was unfortunately spoiled for the car thing and the betrayal, so I think they both lost a lot of impact (though I still laughed at Fray's reaction to the car thing.) Really glad I wasn't spoiled for the Big Bad reveal and I thought the whole thing was an interesting spin on the Slayer mythos. Favorite little moment would be Urkonn and Loo's introduction. The art really sells it.:)
As for 1602, I'm glad that even though I haven't really kept up with the Marvel Universe, I'm only confused about the same characters everybody else is.:) I'm disappointed that it's only going to be 8 issues.
Re: 1602, like Victor, for a couple of pages in this issue, I was thinking Virginia Dare could be Gwen Stacy, but that was just the interaction w/Peter Parquagh. Besides the hair color, there's nothing Gwen-ish about her. The final panel convinced me she's Snowbird, despite the "nothing after 1969" bit.
She's either Snowbird, or someone completely new. She can't be Storm. It makes no sense for her to be Storm.
She'd better not be Storm.
Is it possible that Snowbird could be one of those Alpha Flight heroes that was inspired by a much earlier Canadian comic book character (as Vindicator owed much of his appearance to Captain Canuck), and thus got grandfathered in past the 1969 limit? In looking up Marvel's version of Nelvanna, I actually found reference to a 1940s Canadian comic book heroine by the same name.
Matt, I found this, which is a history of Snowbird, and there's no mention of that at all. After reading the history of the character, now I don't think Virginia is Snowbird, since Snowbird is so tied to Canada.
What about the annotation's suggestion that Virginia is The Owl? I have never even heard of that character, so I can't say whether that theory holds more water than the one we're discussing here.
I feel there is a "Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" joke lurking about here...
Or maybe a "Meet Virginia" joke. I mean, the shape of her body IS unusual.
I'm betting that Virginia is
not
analogous to any known Marvel character. After all, she's based on a real person, and is the only historical figure portrayed in 1602 who has superpowers (so far, anyhow). Plus, in the real 1602, Virginia Dare most likely died as an infant when the Roanoake colony disappeared.
News Flash: I just got an E-mail from Amazon. Firefly DVD ready for pre-order to be released 12/9 - $35. Yayyyyyy!!!
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Me too! I pre ordered Firefly as well, Due to arrive Dec 15th. Probably will arrive earlier.
Yay!!!
