Unread Marvel
Dec/060
Unread Marvel
Is anyone else sick of Marvel's constant crossover 'events'?
First House of M, now Civil War. I've got dozens of unread books because I can't figure out what order they should all be read. An event now and again is OK, but don't try to get me buying third rate books like Spider-woman or whatever because it's part of the crossover.
Heck, I got fed up with them back at Onslaught - I could only afford a few books, not half of Marvel's monthly catalogue!
Everyone is trying to top (or at least, equal) Crisis on Infinite Earths by DC decades ago, and instead they tend to wind up long, convoluted, difficult to follow, and (worse still) expensive.
In Now Comics "Quantum Quartet" (Fantastic Four done with Married With Children for those who missed that little gem) the team were offered insurance for (among other items) the annual summer destruction of the universe - and Marvel has been doing that for years, with the stories getting (at least physically) bigger and bigger, until Onslaught when half the Marvel Universe got involved.
Recently DC got on board with critically acclaimed stories that I couldn't afford to buy all of (Infinite Crisis, Identity Crisis, 52, One Year Later...), Marvel refused to be trumped and came up with House Of M, and now Civil War.
It is interesting to see an event that would actually affect every single title, but these companies are forgetting the smaller buyers, who only want, can only afford, or can only follow a small amount of monthly titles.
It could very easily lead to a backlash of people leaving and going to other companies. In fact, I think it has already happened in the past.
And how will Marvel react to this? Probably put Spider-Man in another new costume that won't last but will be traded to another character (Venom, Scarlet Spider, Spider-Girl, the Slingers...).
And DC will change the entire history of their universe. Again. (Crisis On Infinite Earths, Zero Hour, Infinite Crisis...)
(Added later) The best way to do a Cross-Over Event was done by DC back in the 80s with the 3 month event Invasion. The story affected all the "current"-timeline titles (i.e. Superman yes, Legion of Superheroes no) with the "Invasion" banner on the top, dealing with that title's hero/team in the fight against the various alien invaders, with a monthly title dedicated to winding all of it together. So if you only got JLA, Batman, Green Lantern and Aquaman, you only needed to buy JLA (which briefly covered what Wonder Woman was doing separately), Batman, Green Lantern (where he briefly crosses paths with Captain Atom on his way somewhere else), Aquaman and Invasion:Aftermath (details given only for example - I don't know exact details).
In other words, you could follow the story and only needed to buy one extra issue per month, unless you wanted to follow any other part of the storyline - but there was no compulsion or necessity to do so.
THAT'S how to do a company-wide event!
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