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July 11, 2012 6:50 am Just when I thought nothing could get me intrigued about a Star Wars comic ever again...

July 11, 2012 6:45 am I think that may just be the perspective. He has both in the promo image.

July 4, 2012 1:23 pm Yeah, my first thought was, "Wait, so what happens to that?"

July 4, 2012 1:17 pm @adrianrigter - I've tried that before and it doesn't take long for them to get swamped in event crossovers, which makes it really hard to read just one or two series and still have complete stories in them. If pulling back on crossovers comes with this reboot, then Marvel might have a more dedicated reader here. If not, I shall continue reading other things instead.

July 3, 2012 6:39 pm Gee, and I was hoping one of their new titles would be, like, FURIES, and it would star classic Nick and Samuel L. Jackson Nick going on adventures together. I would buy that comic.

July 3, 2012 6:35 pm Yep. I feel like they might be trying to lampshade the fact that this level of renumbering and team shuffling has happened before in Marvel's line. Frequently. This decade.

July 3, 2012 6:34 pm Haha, I kind of agree. I actually really liked the New52 (though I wasn't a DC reader before it, so that probably makes a difference), but this doesn't get me as excited because it seems a little weak sauce. It doesn't convince me, as a not-terribly-frequent Marvel reader, that the things that have kept me away from Marvel these last many years are going to change any time soon.

July 3, 2012 6:30 pm Yeah, Iron Man's new color scheme is...odd.

July 3, 2012 6:27 pm I tend to agree. I don't read many Marvel books at all simply because it's so unclear where these things are going to be in a year, but I know from experience that a #1 (at either company) doesn't necessarily a good jumping on point make, and the fact that Marvel still runs such line-wide events as AvX, Fear Itself, etc., once or twice a year makes it really hard to figure out what's going on if you're only trying to read one or two titles. I find DC's current stuff much easier and enjoyable to follow, partially for the reasons Willups cites, partially because a lot of them can still stand alone pretty well (even if there are some things you'd get more out of if you're reading other series), partially because I like the way in which DC is trying new(ish) things in some of their "Edge" and "Dark" titles. Rebooting the Avengers or the X-Men is not, let's face it, a new thing, even if it could turn out to be a good and cool idea. Don't get me wrong: I really like some books Marvel does. But speaking for myself, this is not what needs to change for me to go from very casual Marvel reader to a more line-wide adopter.

July 3, 2012 6:11 pm Besides, Ock had some really cheesy writing in the movie. Didn't help. I'm really torn on Spidey's rogues' gallery. (Really, I'm torn on the entire Marvel rogues' gallery.) I enjoy a lot of Spidey's quintessential villains on the comic page. I don't care for Norman Osborn as he's been used in recent years but love the whole arc of Silver and Bronze Age Green Goblin stories. And when the Lizard is written well, he's probably my favorite Spidey villain - though sometimes that's precisely because of his absurdity at times, like when his goal is to turn everybody in the world into lizards or whatnot. But the Lizard, as with most of Marvel's villains, really walk the line between being interesting and being caricature, and have been caricature plenty of times in plenty of media. It's too bad that he doesn't end up working out terribly well in this movie, relatively speaking. (Though I'll see it and judge for myself as well.) I was (and am) excited for this reboot for several reasons, and the Lizard is one of them, but Garfield and Stone (especially being that she's Gwen, not MJ) is another, and the point that I have more faith in.