Okay, I’ve been reading online and looking at all the hype and pictures for this upcoming event, and one thing comes to mind for me … TO COOL!!!

IGN has several promotional pictures with possible fights to watch for.

I know it hasn’t hit yet, and that its company (Marvel) has made some pretty stupid mistakes in the past with their characters.  And this has potential for both excellence and suckage.  But come on guys, you have to be looking at the big picture here.  Two of the great team leaders in Captain America and Cyclops are going to hit head on.  The fight between Colossus and Thing could have been epic at one time, not so much now that he’s running around with Juggernaut’s powers, but with Ben Grims never quit attitude and all, who knows.  Thor vs Storm might be fun, finally teach that weather witch what a real storm god can do.  I’m not so sure Daredevil vs Archangel is a fair fight, I mean I like Daredevil a lot, he’s one of my top two favorites in the MU, but he’s basically a highly trained acrobat and fighter with amazing senses.  I don’t see that working against a guy who can not only fly and speeds faster than a sports car, but can sling thousands of hyper-sonic blades out of both his wings at DD.  All these did make for great pictures though.

Picture courtesy of CBR

I noticed a few things about the cover art of the upcoming book too.  Wolverine and Beast who are well known X-men are on the Avengers side of the cover fight.  And the worlds first mutant Prince Namor aka the Submariner, appears to be on the X-team’s side of the equation.  A couple of lopsided face-offs shown here look to be, Luke Cage aka Powerman vs Magneto.  Cage is strong sure, but I hope he isn’t wearing any of his classic biker gear.  And for heavens sake Luke the chain around your waste as a belt like you used to do in the 70′s … bad idea on this day.  Emma Frost vs Ironman?  I’m sorry Tony, as brilliant as you are, Emma has that telepathy, has mind controlled, mind switched, and otherwise mentally manipulated many people over the years.  Unless you get the helmet Colossus wears to protect him, and I think it may clash with your regular armor accessories… your toast bud.  Plus if she shifts to diamond form, no one has yet revealed what that potentially does for her strength, but she’s down right invulnerable to most heat, cold, energy, and physical attacks in that form, there is a “flaw” that could shatter her, but no one knows where it is.

Red Hulk vs Juggernaut/Colossus might rock as a fight, but lets hope they take it outside city limits or the collateral damage could wipe out much of New York.  Hawkeye and Iceman could be a fun fight, but we better hope Clint Barton remember his thermal long johns or it may also be a short fight.  His ace shots and trick arrows have served him well and I think the world of him as a character.  Plus since he took up fighting with blades and martial arts, he’s less of a one trick pony now, but lets get real.  Iceman once had to wear a power restriction belt to keep himself from causing a new ice age.  And he has frozen a guy (I forget the title, story and issue) solid.  Remember the human body is roughly 60% water, freeze that and I don’t think Hawkeyes arrows, blades, and fighting will help much anymore.

Overall my opinion is that The Avengers should take this fight in the end, but based more on their leadership than out powering the X-men.  I’d watch Wolverine and Beast real carefully if I were on the Avengers myself, no telling when their allegiances will flip again.  Also the Avengers have a big movie upcoming, so losing a huge fight just before hitting the silver screen probably won’t be happening if Marvel Entertainment is worth their salt.  Thems just my two cents though.