Ray Cornwall, podcaster, analyst, nerd.
This post tries to wrap up all the loose ends in Civil War to explain the behaviours of Tony Stark and Reed Richards. Nice piece.
I haven’t forgotten 35/30, but it’s been ambushed by, of all things, Essential Luke Cage 1 and what might be the funniest Doctor Doom story EVER. More tonight.
Since the relaunch of the Marvel Masterworks program in 2003, Marvel has priced the books at $49.95 for books with the new silver bookjacket design and $54.95 for books with the original marble design. Starting in January, the price will be $54.95 for either edition, but the bindings will be sewn, rather than glued. I own all but one of the non-Golden Age Masterworks, and I think this is great news.
Glued bindings have been a major complaint of those who chat on the Marvel Masterworks board. Glued bindings tend to be tighter than sewn bindings, so the books end up suffering from "gutter loss" (in other words, you can’t really see the art along the inner edges of the pages). The problem’s much more noticeable in the new Omnibus formats; the Alias book and the Eternals reprint had serious problems with gutter loss. Here’s hoping that Marvel puts sewn bindings in the upcoming Miller Daredevil and Ditko Spider-Man books.
Credit for this news goes to the always incredible Gormuu at MarvelMasterworks.com.
“But, what I’ve stated in the past is that what we’re hoping for Civil War to do is to get us a little closer to that feeling that was prevalent in the early days of the Marvel Universe. Back to that feeling of uncertainty, of unease between characters. This was always an integral part of the Marvel formula that many have tried to copy over the years and that we in many ways strayed from. It’s a natural progression, these characters have been alive for forty plus years, there’s a level of familiarity that comes after all those years of publishing and that familiarity doesn’t just extend itself to the characters but to the creators and the fans as well. That’s why I love Civil War so much; it brings so much of that feeling back without being a throwback.”
Um…
Avengers 5:
And Civil War 4:
Um, er, no, Joe.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I like Civil War. But don’t try to tell me Civil War is anything like Silver Age Marvel.
Here’s details on Bookfest. I’ll be there in the morning.
Roman will host a workshop on writing for comics. Telgemeier will be signing books, including her Baby-Sitters Club books.
Here’s some cool Iron Man sketches; I especially heart the Francesco Francavilla ones.
Sorry for the blog absence; I caught a stomach bug. At least I don’t talk about it like Max Barry does.
I’ve been on board with Civil War, and I think it’s the best ubercrossover Marvel’s ever done, but I have one problem with one of the crossover books- Amazing Spider-Man 535, which came out this week.
(Warning- spoilers ahead)
When did Reed becomes 50+ years old? If he was around to see his uncle in the 50s, Reed would have to be at least 50 years old, and I never thought he was that old.
And why was the uncle needed to justify Reed’s actions in supporting the Superhero Registration Act? After all, if he needed to fear the government, he could remember how a government official tried to take his kids a few issues ago. That would have been much more plausible and easier to digest than the uncle bit.
I still love Iron Man as bad guy. Heck, I think that should be the main story after Civil War- Tony Stark as an out-of-control billionaire superhero in bed with the government, turning on his fellow heroes.