Comments on: That Looks Interesting: Angel, Captain America, Brave and Bold

By: Tim O'Shea

Tim O'Shea — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:08:14 +0000

B&B lost me somewhere around the time Lobo showed up, but recommendations by others brought me back with issue 7. I really felt issue 8 was the closest to Morrison’s DP (Rita’s permanent smile, in particular).

What made the return of Bucky so great? Marvel was too busy with other big events to make a big cross-platform (buy these myriad comic books) deal out of the return. Though I disagree with KC, I genuinely could see this played out for another year (how much has Brubaker delved into Nick Fury with this comic, that’s one deep well that has been barely tapped) without a resolution. I’m crazy like that.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:32:54 +0000

Yeah, that’s the problem with over-emphasizing universes… you may end up cannibalizing sales of your own titles that don’t fit the event-driven model. It’s DC’s best superhero book now, though.

By: James Schee

James Schee — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:24:36 +0000

Great column! I was not aware that actors got paid for their likenesses.

I also wonder if the reason B&B doesn’t sell better is because it has the image of being a “non-important” book? Since with rotating characters some readers may feel that nothing done with the characters or story will reflect on other titles?

Which to me is a plus for the book. Yet with Didio’s repeated emphasis on the DCU as a whole being more important than its individual parts. I can see how this book that at least from the outside seems to go against that, could lead readers to skip it.