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Whatever happened
Nov. 23rd, 2007 12:53 pmto comic books that weren't part of some overwhelming arc or story?
No, really?
These days, in both Marvel and DC, you can't seem to go a month without the latest tie-in to some huge world-shaking arc. Okay, for some of those, it makes sense. Case in point, Marvel's Civil War. When you have something that affects all super-powered characters in the United States, yes, it should at least have some sort of mention in nearly all comics. (I could see non-U.S. based teams giving a fuck, however.) But the problem is, Marvel and DC seem to go from one major event to the next with no real downtime.
Civil War pretty much straight went into World War Hulk and One More Day and that's barely over (hell, One More Day isn't even over yet) and they're gearing up for the Skrull thing for this summer. On the DC side of things, it went from the shit that led into Infinite Crisis, to Infinite Crisis, to 52, to Countdown to Final Crisis (ongoing now), which is going to lead into Final Crisis.
And that's not counting all the stuff I'm missing.
Sooner or later, Marvel and DC are going to burn out all of their fans. There's only so many big changes and big storylines you can make before the fans just stop caring.
No, really?
These days, in both Marvel and DC, you can't seem to go a month without the latest tie-in to some huge world-shaking arc. Okay, for some of those, it makes sense. Case in point, Marvel's Civil War. When you have something that affects all super-powered characters in the United States, yes, it should at least have some sort of mention in nearly all comics. (I could see non-U.S. based teams giving a fuck, however.) But the problem is, Marvel and DC seem to go from one major event to the next with no real downtime.
Civil War pretty much straight went into World War Hulk and One More Day and that's barely over (hell, One More Day isn't even over yet) and they're gearing up for the Skrull thing for this summer. On the DC side of things, it went from the shit that led into Infinite Crisis, to Infinite Crisis, to 52, to Countdown to Final Crisis (ongoing now), which is going to lead into Final Crisis.
And that's not counting all the stuff I'm missing.
Sooner or later, Marvel and DC are going to burn out all of their fans. There's only so many big changes and big storylines you can make before the fans just stop caring.