Ugh, Nothing to do this morning so yeah, why not buy some comics? Or I should say waste some money on comics
Okay, I knew going in what I was getting with one of them, but I got a hair up my tush and threw money to the wind anyway and got Incoming, but the Star Wars one? That one kinda made me mad. $6 for four short stories that are in reality, just a sneak peek at what is coming up in the Star Wars titles. It is not, as far as I can tell, THE stories we are getting in the new Star Wars, Vader, Dr. Aphra and Bounty Hunter series, no, more of a 12 or so page short story featuring the creative talent that will be on said titles. Problem is ... they were not that good. The art was decent and the stories were okay, but reading them I could not get the idea out of my head that I just paid for a mere preview book. That isn't the case, not really, I hope, but still, I feel this should have been a free give away to get interest in the new series rather than a $6 one-shot making pay for 4 short stories. They were not bad ... but ...
Don't get me wrong, The new Star Wars title will be starting directly after Empire Strikes back so I am going to get that series ... yet another frustrating thing as I found it an odd choice that they would showcase a story inside this featuring the building of the Hoth base ... ya know, Hoth is at the start of Empire, not the at the end
) but yeah, I will be getting that series, even before getting to the complete 75 issue run that just passed ... I love Empire and look forward to seeing stories from directly after it (at least for the first 5 issues or so
) but this book felt exactly like what it was, a money grab. Not that I blame them, that is what they do, I blame myself for falling for it. And this is not a rant, I don't feel that angry about it, just kinda ... yeah ...
But that is only the beginning of today's happiness!!
But hell, I got some reading in so -
East of West #13
East of West #14 - and the kid is out!!!
Star Wars: Empire Ascendant #1 - Well, it's all above now.
Thor #1 - I had to. Even though I have yet to read King Thor (Aarons, last four issues on Thor) I couldn't wait to get Donny Cates Thor in my hands. Oh man did I hype myself up for this too much? I think so.
It wasn't bad, and in-fact I am looking forward to this story, but there are three panels, three depictions that just drove me batty. Almost ruined the entire thing for me. So much so that I will be dropping Mr. Cates a tweet soon (Not in anger, but more of a "why did ..." kinda thing). Spoilers below because, well, spoilers for one and for two I don't want to steer you towards something that may not bother you at all. These are MY issues.
Those three things happened and I just can't find it in my heart to ignore them. I must say my peace later to Mr. Cates.
As for the story ... It would be a grand idea, It is, but even though it is original ... ish, it has a heavy "been there too many times" feel to it, sadly.
I'm still on. Will still get it. But I have been brought back down to Earth before ever truly flying with Cate's Thor
Incoming #1 - Yes I got it. Yes I knew going in what I was getting but bought it anyway. Yes this is a $10, 90 plus page preview catalog ... but with a story
This is exactly what this is. A preview of Marvel's upcoming stories in their upcoming monthlies. But it is tied into this pretty cool story. Essentially we are dropped into a mystery that starts on it's own (Okay, not really. It is continued from Marvels 1000 and 1001 comics that came out recently, but you don't need to read those) but then the story takes us, like a little visitation tour, through all the Marvel titles (well, not all, but almost all of the main ones
), progressing the story as we go. We get the creative teams from said books, each doing about 3 or 4 or so pages of story letting it flow into another "title" and so on and so on until the big reveal at the end. A revel that most people know already, but if you don't -
Yep, a preview to the next Marvel event all on one $10 book
Was it worth it? Hell no, b ... okay, yeah, honestly, it was worth it, for me. I got a crap ton of characters in a huge book for the price of two comics (almost) so again, to me, it was. Just based on the fact that I have spent $8 before and got a hell of a lot less if for nothing else.
I will not be adding most of the new books that were shown, but I will follow when and where I can and I will be getting the event as I have begun to trust Al Ewing to bring me some cool stuff, we just have to keep Slott from mucking it all up
. Will also be keeping up with what I already do get, but I enjoyed the look into "Empyre" anyway.
I also 100% understand why people are pissed about this.
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History of the Marvel Universe #6East of West #1
East of West #2
East of West #3
East of West #4
East of West #5East of West #6
East of West #7
East of West #8
East of West #9
East of West #10 East of West #11
East of West #12
