Spoiler Comics Book Reviews: Major Spoilers Podcast #306: Epic Comic Events

In this issue: Company wide epic events, and why we love them, and hate them...

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Larry King says:May 28, 2011 at 1:55 pm

I really do buy into that “Every comic is someone’s first” and wish others would do the same. Other companies/editors really need to step up and do their job.

Justin Gerlach says:May 28, 2011 at 6:37 pm

Thank you for taking the time to talk about my question in this episode, it seems like anyone who is reading comics, probably has the same issues. My story is maybe similar to others out there right now. I collected and read comics in the 90′s and a little bit of this decade, up to 2003 at the latest. I was big into Vertigo, and Crossgen, and Valiant, and Ultraverse, and Dark Horse. But back then I did read the superhero comics of that time. So Im familiar with the horrible non ending story of Death of Superman/Funeral/Reign story lines. Was involved with Maximum Carnage, and followed the whole ordeal of Batman’s broken back. But my story is hopefully not unique, I decided that I was not going to read any superhero comics anymore, after Crossgen and Valiant failed. I was done with comics. I however did still pay attention to what Dark Horse and Vertigo published but only purchased 10-20 comics a year for the time of 2003-last year. What got me back was Jim Shooter involvement at Dark Horse, and now I find myself staring at numerous TPB offerings from Marvel/DC involving mega events, with no roadmap on where to start from either publisher. I threw up my arms, talked to my comic book shop owner, and he handed me the first TPB of Invincible. I dont even know if I can find a starting point for Marvel/DC, and where to start reading one of their characters. From following the site for the past 6 months, I have picked up Atomic Robo, based on Rodrigo. Went for Booster Gold/Blue Beetle, based on Stephen. Thunder Agents, based on Matthew. Although the way he talks about Legion, has me wondering. True to the letter, I did start Chaos War, but can’t read another issue. I just find Marvel/DC so frustrating, as I enjoy reading comics, but cant figure out why Flash has 12 issues and is restarting. Why did Thor restart, and where does J.I.M. fit in? Did FF really have to restart after the death? How are there so many Batman titles? Nobody is that important. Hellblazer was perfect to me, Cerebus was another one, and Astro City was another one. I am looking for help from the other readers out there. People who have been reading all these years, or like myself are getting back into it. What should I be reading? Is there any point in going back and reading any of the mega events at Marvel/DC? My pull list is very small right now, and yes I did buy Fear Itself and Flashpoint, but who knows if I will read, I bought them cause they were on the rack. Apologize for the length.

Larry King says:May 28, 2011 at 8:52 pm

I wouldn’t suggest any new Legion, Levitz as writer is bad, and I mean real bad. Even a Legion fan like myself had to drop that stinker. I myself like the Silver Age stories, fun, done in one tales, very short, and if you don’t mind black and white, very cheap.

My LCS pushed hard for me to get Flashpoint, but a Brat Pack knock off Wonder Woman, and a plot that’s similar to Age Of Apocalypse I had to pass. As for Journey Into Mystery, I read the first two issues, and I will say if you love Thor or Loki great. But if you like a cohesive story, look else where, it ties directly into Fear Itself, another thing I am not reading. Those two issues don’t feel like a part one and a part two, but more like a part two and a part four, like you are fully missing out of what is going on.

I did pick up Age of X, and though I was skeptical I did like it. It was contained to the X books and was a fun read, and very well played out. Not as good as AOA but I liked what it had to say.

FF needed to happen. Hickman really broke the mold with telling Fantastic Four stories, and they could have just launched the book another way, but it was a non-death. I wanted a on panel death after all that hype. But do we get it? No. Oh well.

There is no point for you to jump on to any events from Marvel or DC. They are not good, and buying into them, will continue there growth, though I did feed the beast with buying the Age of X arc. What can I say? I like my alternate earth X-Men.

Justin Gerlach says:May 28, 2011 at 9:34 pm

Thanks for that, I do value Matthew’s opinion on here, and he does have a lot of love for Legion, I think he is with you on that opinion of the latest version of that team. But I think he mentioned that it all came together in a recent issue and it started being good. Didn’t start out good, but got good. I have some of the Hickman run on FF, but I have gaps in the run, so Im waiting to start that. Ive heard its very good, knowing who dies, doesn’t kill the story for me, I just want a good plot leading up to it. I cant bring myself to start any X-Title from Marvel, I read it during the Claremont run in the 90′s and the reboot issue with him and Lee. I read some of the Grant Morrison run, because I read Invisibles, being a huge Vertigo fan. But on that TPB shelf of Xtitles, it was overwhelming with the numbers of trades that I saw, don’t know where to start. I heard that the latest run has their team starting with Vampires, and then Jubilee becomes a vampire out of it. I thought it was a joke, when they told me. I guess TrueBlood/Twilight has forced its genre focus on the Marvel comics fans. I guess we just have to accept Vampire romance in everything we read, not to mention Franken-castle. It wasn’t that bad when I left, but some weird things have happened since I have been gone from superhero comics.

Larry King says:May 28, 2011 at 9:46 pm

I don’t blame you for leaving the superhero comics, I left comics at one point for 2 months then, for 2 years. I came back in with the help of Major Spoilers, and a good LCS. But I now have a better view point of the system.

I really only read comics that have a ending in mind, Legion has had nothing but non-endings, and bad characterization. Levitz is just butchering these characters left and right, and the story is all over the place. But I really don’t see a good story ending in store for Legion, not when other things muck it up. That is why I like Hellboy/BPRD, Atomic Robo, the Goon, and other comics that are done in one tales.

I read the first HC of Hickman’s Fantastic Four, and then I read the death issue, and that was it. I was more looking forward to a fresh start, and I have been blown away. Hickman’s take on FF is so good that I can’t believe what I have suffered through on that title. The stuff with Doom, Val, Nathaniel, the other kids, all great, and with it having ties to Hickman’s great SHIELD series, I can’t wait for more.

I for one have lost faith in Morrison, Johns, Bendis, and as of late, Fraction. In Hickman I still believe. I hope for good comics, from people that build towards the future, instead of uprooting the past, and settling it awkwardly down in the present.

Justin Gerlach says:May 28, 2011 at 10:43 pm

One of my biggest concerns with a superhero comic mainly those at DC/Marvel was that no one ages, and a death means nothing. No one really dies. I dont know what Batman looks like now in his current run, but I bet he looks the same as he did during the Knightfall run. Same goes for the other heroes of DC/Marvel. Superman was dead, but not really. Ive seen trades of Capt. America dead, but I don’t believe he really died, he was probably hurt badly, but still alive somehow. I know the Torch is gone, but as you said we never saw it, so I see him returning, maybe as the Dark Torch, with new powers. Not really Johnny Storm, but a more upgraded version of him, a new beginning. Blah.

Atomic Robo is so unique, as well as the stories I have read that involve Hellboy.

I really hope your wrong about losing faith in those four, there the only ones writing comics for the big 2. I will have nothing to look forward to when I go to the comic shop. Although I am surprised to see that Bendis has risen to such a level, the guy that was writing Jinx, Goldfish, and Sam and Twitch is now the architect of Marvel history.

SpiderLover says:May 28, 2011 at 7:02 pm

I loved this episode, as I’ve been meaning to ask the question and glad someone else did. I’ve purchased Fear itself…I think the plotting is a little slow for an event. It just feels like they could have taken the first two issues and put them into one issue. Not into Flash point because I don’t really read much of DC.

Although if they are reseting things after Flash point, I may pick up more DC books. Not just Vertigo titles.

tidge says:May 28, 2011 at 8:09 pm

I haven’t listened yet, but I will write this: It is the “big event” that burns me out from buying a company’s comics.

With Marvel, it was IIRC “Fall of the Mutants”. With DC it was either “War of the Gods” or Armageddon 2001″. I ended up missing a huge amount of lame “epic events”, some “meh” ones, and only one that I think I would have enjoyed (Infinite Crisis) in real time.

Right now I’m down to ONLY buying Secret Six and LSH (and Adventure) from DC, and Marvel is only Ultimate Spider-Man. The last two books I dropped (Daredevil and JSA) had to go because they became “cross-over happy”.

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