If you read my Captain Britain and MI-13 recommendation, this may feel a little familiar. It's because this originally started as a sidebar in that review.
It feels like all of the Marvel crossovers of recent years (with the possible exception of World War Hulk, which read like it should have been a self contained Marvel Elseworlds style book) have been one long crossover. I mean the conclusion of Civil War was not a conclusion. It was a to be continued style ending. We did get some closure with the end of Secret Invasion, but it leads right into Dark Reign.
I'm pretty certain I won't be reading Dark Reign, except for the wonderful Paul Cornell's Dark Reign Young Avengers book, if CB&MI13 crossover, those issues, and I may pick up whatever books deal with Hawkeye and Mockingbird's reunion.
House of M and the Avengers issues leading up to it should be included in this single ongoing crossover storyline.
If you've read any of the Illuminati issues, you'll find out that all crossovers going back to the Kree Skrull War are all part of this one ongoing story too.
I don't read many Marvel series these days. I'm fed up and tired of all of the crossovers. I am one of the 30+ year old Marvel Zombies who have bought Marvel Comics through thick and thin, but the only Marvel books I'm reading these days are Astonishing X-Men, Immortal Iron Fist, Wolverine (through the end of this future Wolverine storyline), Criminal, Incognito, Daredevil, Captain America (which Brubaker's slowly losing me on), and Captain Britain and MI13.
If someone has a good Marvel title I'm not getting to recommend, please leave a comment. I'd like to hear your recommendations.
You'll notice most of these are standalone titles with little interaction with the rest of the Marvel Universe except Captain America, which I may be dropping soon, apparently Steve Rogers was the reason I was reading this title, and Captain Britain, which actually spun off from the Secret Invasion storyline in a really interesting way.
Note to self: Add X-Factor back pull list. Why did I drop this? It must have been an oversight on my part.
I realize the crossovers are selling and keeping Marvel Comics going, but I'm not participating any more. Initially my idea was to skip the crossover issues, but then i realized there wasn't anything left to buy.
Most of the entries you read in this blog will be positive because Zimm and I mostly want to write about things we like. Most of the negative entries you see will be something one of us likes and the other doesn't (Mighty Muggs), something so egregiously funny/wrong that we feel we have to comment on it (Star Trek captain's chair), or we like it, but it's just off enough to get a negative review (x-23 Statue from Sideshow). So I don't really like to use the blog as a bitch forum, but this has been bugging me for a while. Kinda like both main political parties, I feel like Marvel has left me behind a long time ago.
1 comment:
I wish I could recommend a Marvel title, especially to return the CB&MI:13 tip off you gave me, but sadly Marvel seem to be obsessed with crossovers.
Like you I'm reading Daredevil and Incognito, both of which I'm enjoying. And I would have said Deadpool, it's been fun. Until issue 8, which is the start of the Dark Reign arc, what a crappy issue, I'll stick it out, but if it doesn't improve I'm going to drop it.
I do find it difficult to understand why there's so many events and crossovers and most comic fans I speak to feel the same. I also think it's alienating new comic fans, it confuses people.
On a more positive note a smaller pull list means I'm reading more trades, which means I can read stuff that's proven it's worth.
Nice website BTW, you lads have been busy.
Cheers
Rich (AKA Cranky from MOMB)
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