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Worse than #1, I think. Only a couple of pieces of new information, but it's basically a repeat of the first issue, nearly beat for beat! Some things even go *backward,* like Kid Kaiju's meeting with...

Most of the big tent-pole events for the past ten years have all been hero vs. hero. There was Avengers Disassembled/House of M, Civil War 1, Secret Invasion, World War Hulk, Fear Itself, Shadowland,...

I'm not quite sure what you're saying. I'm not complaining nor by any means suggesting that I can do a better job. In fact, I actually said that I was OKAY with Rhodey dying as a plot element for...

Actually I do understand some of Bendis' points, specifically about wanting to be able to use a character like Rhodey because of the relationship drama he provides. But I'm not convinced that Bendis...

So am I off base by writing it all out in a more linear way like this:
(originally posted at http://weeklycomicbookreview.com/2015/05/14/feature-avengerssecret-wars-primer-plot-summary/

Once...

I'm still confused about some things. Like, why is it "the Great Destroyer" if it's not destroying the earths? Doesn't the Incursions do that naturally? I'm assuming then that Dr Doom is going...

OK maybe I jumped into metaphor very quickly. I just saw the parallels to other stories when people's beliefs gave power to the worshiped. (Wait, maybe that's just Legend of the Guardians) I suppose...

I can think of a couple more. Please correct me if I'm wrong...

10) What are the Black Swans?

They are disciples for a religion of Doom's own creation, in order to "[stoke] a grand fire" within...

OK but wait. I'm missing something.

So the Black Swans are in service to the Great Destroyer? I thought that they were actually working against him.

The reason being-- wasn't Black Swan trying...

I've been thinking a lot about Gwen Stacy's death as a counterpoint to my original thoughts, but as you say, it becomes important more because of its toll and legacy. And heck, many people...

Yeah, it's more of an "existential horror." We don't really get to see heroes commenting on that, though, because they are so busy explaining the threat and fighting amongst themselves. No one has...

That last part is what I mean. The failure is PART of the story, just like one more stage in the hero's journey. Hickman's through-line about heroes never-ever-possibly-ever being able to do anything...

Yes, I have had read many, many Marvel comics. And I know that Marvel heroes fail, it's just that the failure is usually the beginning of the story, not the end. As I mentioned in my review, there's...

Well I admit the "horror story" aspect just fits and helps me put the works into context. It's interesting too in that Marvel Comics stemmed more from the tradition of "horror" comics from the 50/60s...

I really liked the philosophical moments, but maybe that's just me.

I tend to read a lot into a little, so even though it’s a little thing, I really appreciated Spider-Man addressing Kaine as...

Here's the story of a hunted spider,
Who was gathering a group of refugees.
All of them had spider-powers
It's their totem
The smallest one's a pig.

It's the story of Peter Parker,
A hero...

In what could only be described as a grand experiment, a personal hobby of drawing and writing became an nearly three-year weekly project. From 2006 - 2009, I drew and PhotoShopped a "faux-cover" and...

Did anyone else lament the use of the Enchantress here? On one hand, she's actually the most effective character, who pretty much takes out Red Onslaught at one point. It's a nice showing for one of...

it was that or copypasting.

I just calls em like I sees em. If the threat escalates like a duck, then it must be a duck.

So... basically this:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfEscalatingThreat

yes, that's a good point. there's noting necessarily contradictory about Fury as the Man of the Wall, so it doesn'thave to be a "new role" for him. However, it certainly is in terms of sheer scale....

Here's a piece of what I wrote for WCBR:



http://weeklycomicbookreview.com/2014/09/04/original-sin-1-8-review/

At this point, I think that ALL Nick Furies should be LMDs at this point. There never was an "infinity formula" and the real Fury died sometime in late 1940s.

For the first point, I agree. The pacing just felt really off here, especially coming after an already talky-talk issue of a courtroom drama in #5.

As for the second point, it's not very explicit...

"Walkman? Sorry, Ms. Blaire. In the meantime, you want me to show you this app you can use?"

Also, I hate nanotech as a hand-wavey magic item to explain everything.

Also also, I hate when...