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March 2011 Previews: Marvel Comics Due in May » Comics Worth Reading — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:49:43 +0000

[...] to be canceling miniseries that come in with low orders and then trying again with a one-shot. Arcade: Death Game was announced in December, only to return as Avengers Academy Giant-Size #1 (MAR11 0644, $7.99). I [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:48:58 +0000

I didn’t know that. I was just reacting to promoting the words “Death” and “Murder”, which is not what I want in my superhero books.

By: ShadZ

ShadZ — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:20:32 +0000

I don’t get your objection to the upcoming Avengers Academy/Young Allies storyline. The character of Arcade has been around for 30-some years now, and I don’t think we have ever seen him successfully kill anyone in one of his Murderworlds. The story sounds like a light romp to me…

By: David Oakes

David Oakes — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 23:38:45 +0000

I liked ROM.

I even liked Visionaries.

And I know at least one other person who LOVED Atari Force.

When toy based properties are good, well, the toys were good, so we should have expected no less. But when they are bad, they unneccessarily stunk up our comics universe, so they must be eradicated with extreme prejudice.

Kind of the same with any crossover property, really.

By: hapax

hapax — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:36:58 +0000

“Just look back at the immense legacy of excellent comics based on toys or games for another indicator of likely quality”

*sigh*

I’m the only person on the planet who LOVED Rom: SpaceKnight, aren’t I?

By: Johanna

Johanna — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:11:01 +0000

I haven’t read the Brave & Bold comic yet either. I hear that it’s not quite as funny as the cartoon, that it’s played a bit more straight-forward, but I need to check that out.

By: Grant

Grant — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:24:35 +0000

re: “I don’t want to commit to or preorder, because I fear that every month is going to be the one where they change the creative team…”

You are so right. That lack of consistancy kills the enjoyment for me faster than anything and it’s the main reason that A. I haven’t had a subscription at my LCBS since 2002 and B. I’m not even a little bit faithful to a title anymore. If they’re not, why should I?

I’m just old enough to remember the days when an artist/writer team stayed on a title for years at a time with only the occasional 1 or 2 fill in issue (god, the bronze age was awesome). It’s also the reason that I stopped reading comics all together for about 5 or 6 years during the mid 90s. Well, that and the Spiderman Clone/Death of Superman nonsense.

Isn’t “Arcade” basically the same type of character as Teen Titans villain “Mad Mod”?

Speaking of Marvels “teen team” titles, I know several women that think “Young Avengers: Childrens Crusade” is great stuff. It is about the search for Scarlet Witch so there is some marvel continuity, but aparently it’s disconnected enough to come off as more about the kids searching for a character than a major continuity thread and feels fairly “stand alone”. I haven’t read it, just what I’ve heard. I found this kind of funny review for it at comicvine: http://www.comicvine.com/unscripted-review-avengers-childrens-crusade/112-1030/

I’m still waiting for a Marvel Masterworks edition on the original New Mutants series which is still my favorite Marvel teen title.

I haven’t read the Brave and the Bold comic. Does it have the same kind of humor and that same great love of silver age lore as the show? If so, I might check that out. I haven’t cared much for other “toon based” comics.