Have read up to issue 5 (Nighthawk). For the most part, the tie-ins are better than the main event. While this is not unusual for a Marvel event, the main event being nearly unreadable while the tie-ins more competently handle the main schtick is a problem.
I am nostalgic for the original Silver Age team of ass-clowns.
Current pull-file: Batman the Detective, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Marvel Dark Ages, Nightwing, Superman Son of Kal-El, Transformers, Transformers: King Grimlock, Warhammer 40,000 Sisters of Battle
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The spider is always on the hunt.
The new cube itself probably weakened most villians.
I would buy the *heck* out of a Nighthawk series where he’s in the Marvel Universe but has all of his memories of effectively Spider-Man’s life.
"Mutationem Aeternum"
Krakoan and Proud
The end of this event was not even of the level of a bad marvel saturday morning cartoon. Everything was rushed, it's just a boring fight where the powers of every fighter change just for the sake of the story. We don't know how Mephisto has a cosmic (hellish) cube, why he doesn't use it himself if he is so powerful, how he is so powerful in our reality now, what is the true nature of the squadron supreme... Nothing make sense, everything is stupid, it's like Jason Aaron doesn't even care anymore.
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Ommadon: “By summoning all the dark powers I will infest the spirit of man So that he uses his science and logic to destroy himself. Greed and avarice shall prevail, and those who do not hear my words shall pay the price. I'll teach man to use his machines, I'll show him what distorted science can give birth to. I'll teach him to fly like a fairy, and I'll give him the ultimate answer to all his science can ask. And the world will be free for my magic again.”
I'm just ready for a different (better) writer that will come in later to explain away all of Aaron's mess - starting with the 1 million Avengers and ending with Evil Coulson and the faux SSoA.
The way Aaron is setting these stories up, im not sure it makes sense for people to keep saying they're just waiting for another writer. He's laid enough foundation to keep going for a few more years if he really wants to. Thought this issue was fine as a climax/resolution. Deeply upset that they built up Blade as a central character in this story and he basically made some empty threats then got fried.
This was the most anticlimactic ending for an event of this magnitude I've ever read. To be fair, Aaron does leave a pretty big cliffhanger, but I'm just not expecting too much from that. Idk if it's the art style, but it didn't do it for me.
Overall it was an interesting idea and I liked some elements of the storyline, but it could have been way better. As Tracks said, this really should have been more of a Blade story ... but it wasn't. He's super backgrounded after the first issue.
We get very few concrete answers to certain plot points. We can make some educated guesses but there are several vague elements throughout this story. I'm not even sure Aaron's going to tie up all his storylines. I thought this event was supposed to wrap everything up with Mephisto. We didn't even get closure to the Squadron Supreme, who the Red Widow is, and what was going on with Namor. Are all those questions going to be answered?
Last edited by Jabare; 06-23-2021 at 06:50 AM.
The J-man
Wow that was surprisingly boring for a climax.
spoilers:end of spoilers
Well…. At least the SS remembers….
I wish the Avengers vs Squadron Supreme fight was better.