Civil Secret War of the Heroes
Civil Secret War of the Heroes
May 03So – Marvel, continues to recyle old DC events, with the upcoming Civil War, in which the government moves to have super powered beings register.
I don’t think it’s a good idea and having Mark Millar at the helm seems like a recipe for doing terrible, epic, and harmful things to the Marvel universe. However, they’ve been plotting it and here it comes. It’s kind of like the Apocalypse (the biblical one, not the one Marvel did, with mutants) – if it’s going to happen any way, you might as well enjoy the show.
What I’m aghast at is the cost. 79 issues (not counting a scrapbook and Marvel Spotlight on the creative brains), at four bucks a pop (an un-godly 5.75 in Canada – that ain’t the exchange rate, if you’re wondering) is $316.
Cough it up, Fanboy.
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Sweet Jeebus, Chris–you’re not actually going to BUY all those tie-ins, are you?
You’re braver than I thought.
Oh hell no. I learned my lesson after Acts of Vengance. I’ll pick and choose the ones that catch my attention – usually the mini-series and the occasional issue from a long standing series. But I’m not getting them all. I bought Civil War #1 and it had a checklist (thanks Marvel) and I just had to guesstimate the investment.
Poor, poor newbie comic kids. If they’ll buy all that, I’ve got something with a one on it to sell them, it’s sure to worth a fortune one day.
i read CW#! last night (up for maybe a dueling review or something chris?) and was actually impressed. what Infinite Crisis REALLY needed was a goddamned checklist. it’s bad enough they are still pulling this crossover bullshit–at least make it easy for us to figure out what to buy and where it goes in the story. and i don’t mean with some online bullshit–take a page away from dan didio’s ramblings and give us a real checklist in some semblance of chronological order. and hell, even marvel’s checklist wasn’t in any kind of order–when do I read what? is that so hard to tell me?
very savvy essay by joe quesada, too–it just seems marvel and DC are taking two very opposite directions with their strategies. one’s focusing on draining existing fans dry; the other wants to rope in a few new fans in the process. guess NPR didn’t bite on the “OHEMGEE we’re killing the ORIGINAL SUPERMAN…but there’s still a superman!” pitch.