Crossover to Crossover

[thew40]

Just an observation in regards to the current state of the Marvel Universe.

"Civil War" was/has been/is the culmination of many various events in the overall MU. "Secret War," "Avengers Disassembled/New Avengers," "House of M," "Decimation," "The Other," and "Planet Hulk" all tied heavily into "Civil War."

Furthermore, storylines such as "The Bride of the Panther," "Annhilation" (to an extreme extent), "Wolverine: Enemy of the State," and "Winter Soldier" have also weighed in on "Civil War." One could even argue that the Waid run on "Fantastic Four" and the Whedon run of "Astonishing X-Men" brought certain elements to the MU table.

But it is interesting to note that "Civil War" has spun out a lot of changes. With these changes come storyarcs and even more crossovers and events - "Back In Black" and (most likely) "One More Day" for Spider-Man; "The Initiative" for most of the "Avengers" titles; and (of course) "World War Hulk."

Not to mention the Black Panther/Storm/Fantastic Four stories to come AND the next big X-Men event/crossover later this year.

I'm certain that people will quickly complain that Marvel is causing us to spend our money once more. I, of course, won't be reading all of these books as I feel the need to cut down on "personal" costs, as I'm facing a wedding next year and yet another go at college in the fall. That being said, I really have to hand to Joe Quesada on the amount of interactivity within the Marvel Universe.

I love to see the Marvel Universe work like this, with massive parts and pieces all linking into each other. It brings a sense of unity and realism to this fictional world.

~W~

[Doctor Bong]

I'm happy for you.

[balok]

thew40 said:

I'm certain that people will quickly complain that Marvel is causing us to spend our money once more.

I won't be making that complaint. In fact, a big thank you to Joe Quesada for saving me the price of a couple of coffees every month, as I have dropped nearly every Marvel book I once read. The total is now three, and one of those will disappear very shortly (when Whedon comes to the end of his run on Astonishing X-Men).

So, thanks, Joe. Enjoy what you've created with those who like it. Those who remember what Marvel once was will have that, at least.

[dlw66]

W --

That is quite an impressive discourse on the current state of Marvel -- were this the 90's, I'd have probably gotten sucked into buying all of that stuff. For those with the time and who can afford it, it does seem kind of cool how interrelated all of those titles are. One might actually think Marvel has a clue.

But, I am one who won't be spending my money or my time -- and the major part of that decision centers around the time and money themselves. I just don't want to make the effort anymore. My life, like yours, has other priorities.

So for those of you out there who are fired up -- more power to you. In your Marvel Universe, it looks like an exciting time!

[thew40]

dlw66 said:

So for those of you out there who are fired up -- more power to you. In your Marvel Universe, it looks like an exciting time!

Thank you, my friend. I certainly appreciate that statement.

~W~

[Nutcase65]

It is not a coincidence that many of the crossovers hits titles that didn't have a huge following.

Black Panther
She Hulk
Ms Marvel
Cable and Deadpool
and touches newer runs
Heroes for Hire
Moon Knight

They are a buisiness and it would appear part of the decision process was profit motive, I guess you cant fault a buisiness for trying to make money.
They do need to remember though that they risk losing prior readers.

[Doctor Doom]

I'd like to throw out that one thing I love is that they're not only interrelated but they're independent. As in:

If you read "Civil War", you certainly don't have to have read "Avengers Disassembled" or "House of M", but you CAN and it makes you realise how connected it is. The key is DON'T HAVE TO. You CAN, it HELPS but you don't HAVE to.

As opposed to, to choose an example from the Distinguished Competition, it being pretty much impossible to follow 52 if you didn't read Infinite Crisis, which it's impossible to follow if you didn't read the Lead-ins, and impossible to follow the lead-ins if you didn't read Identity Crisis, and so on. I believe that is commendable by Joe Q and Marvel.