Mountain Dew? maybe.
Jeph Loeb? not so much.

You forgot The Punisher belonging in Code Red. He may be the only one who isn't red skinned or wears red but sheds more red blood than all the others put together!!!

New Avengers (not Secret Avengers)
Avengers: The Initiative
Avengers: The Reunion (mini)
Lockjaw & the Pet Avengers (mini)

Thunderbolts is a sister book to Dark Avengers. You could probably consider Dark Wolverine, Ms. Marvel and Dark Reign: Hawkeye sisters as well.

The appearance is exaggerated further by the plethora of Dark Reign colon books out there -- in August there are eight of them, two of which we've already mentioned. (It's technically Dark Reign: Young Avengers.)

-J

I miss this, too. I was looking through some of the Byrne run a while back and had wondered the same thing.

I could forgive all of this if only Marvel could stand behind continuity again. Ever since Civil War nothing has synced up properly.

I have been a DC fan mostly, for the longest time the only Marvel I got was Thunderbolts, I got on DD and Captain America. But I love the Dark Avengers.

There's not much about Marvel that I can like these days. Everything's about retcons so bad writers can screw up what the good writers that came before them did. Then you have a bunch of writers working there that have contempt for the characters. (Think Jeph Loeb and Bendis)
Their contempt is blatant in the dialogue and the situations they put the characters in. Most of the time the stories come off as a way to kill time until Hollywood asks them to contribute to the 80% of garbage you see on TV.

I'm surprisingly into the big three Avengers books right now. I'm digging the Strange centric story in New, I love the classic feel of Mighty, and I dug Thunderbolts, so it makes sense that I dig Dark.

Other Marvel books I'm picking up: Uncanny X-Men, cause it's going in a really great direction. It's wonderful. Exiles (J. Parker is awesome.), Iron Fist, Fantastic Four + Force Works, and the Zombie stuff (I can't help it).

DC wise, I'm picking up Green Lantern, Secret Six, Flash: Rebirth and Legion of 3 Worlds.

And really? My favorite two books to come out monthly? Walking Dead and Invincible.

I'm tired of all the Dark Avengers storyline. I wish it would end. Having the villians run everything is stupid and what there doing to some of the heros is stupid. I will be glad when its over.

I also dislike that they killed Carol Danvers/Ms Marvel. I've always liked her but Marvel has screwed with her so much over the years its like a soap opera.

Another dislike, Daredevil. My favorite marvel character has been screwed over the last 4-5 years by the writers, you would almost think that they are pushing him to commit suicide.

I only collect 3 marvel books per month (Daredevil, Capt. America, & Ms Marvel) and then get a few mini series. DR Elektra is fantastic.

But the majority of books I get anymore are from DC (11 titles). Better stories, better artwork. But on the bad side DC has Grant Morrison who I dont like any of his work at all.

I guess this is enough ranting. Other things I had thought of had already been covered so I wont mention them.

From what I'm reading the only problems have been in the Dark Reign department. If there is such a problem don't read it. Hulk is something I can't defend but they defend themselves every week by being a top 10 book.

I don't like what they did with Spider-man's marriage but damn I'm enjoying the books now.

Also with the X-men remark, if you don't like that there is "27" X-men books then don't read them. Why not milk your most popular franchises. Avengers has been HUGE the last 5 years. Hell, DC is coming out with 7 Batman related titles. 8 if you count Outsiders. There are 9 X-titles. There will be 8 when Daken takes over Wolverines book. There are 4 Avengers titles Dark, New, Mighty, and Initiative. Young Avengers hasn't been an ogoing since 2006.

I can sit here and complain about DC comics for hours as well. Dan Didio's decimation of the Marvel Family, Final Crisis, Justice League of America. Teen Titans ever rotating team. I can keep going.

I'm not saying marvel is perfect at all. I have problems with lots of books with Marvel. If I don't like it the book gets dropped. Very simple. I hate when I see threads about people complaining about a book when all they have to do is not buy it. Thats it basically.

I am looking forward to Blackest Night, the end of Messiah War, Wednesday Comics, and the Next Runaways arc.

I still read Ultimate Spider-Man, Incredible Hercules, and Captain America. The rest are all DC titles.

Other than the titles listed I am not really interested in Marvel, especially in light of the fact that my comic book budget got slashed by 60% due to the financial situation.

I don't know what it is about me, but I have a hard time 'hating' anything in current stories. When a story is done, I often have a love or hate opinion of it. But as long as it's still running, I usually find it more 'interesting' or 'dull'.

Example: I dislike what was done with Planet Hulk. They made it into a bunch of 'battle of the giants', and nothing really happened out of all of it. Currently, I am disinterested in the shift of the Thunderbolts; however, once the new squad's run is done, the T-bolts may switch again, and I may look back and say, "I see why that was part of their history".

I didn't like the 4-issue Inhumans miniseries about the Kree kidnapping the Royal Family, but I'm able to appreciate that a boring story like that laid the groundwork for the currently fascinating War of Kings.

How anyone can dislike ANY part of Daredevil since Bendis' epic run is beyond me. Daredevil is one of my must-reads now; I used to wait for trades, but Return of the King pushed me over the edge for a book I already accepted as amazing.

Would someone PLEASE explain Ultimatum to me? I refuse to read Loeb books, and I can't imagine why in the world someone would completely destroy the ultimate universe like this. Although, if I needed a comics universe to be absolutely dismantled within a year, I would indeed hand the keys to Loeb for him to wreck it. Seriously, what are they doing and why are they doing it?