How do you guys feel about Dark Reign so far?

[bryanss3]

I think it is cool but they are making it seem to much like an event, but its not an event. Its the current state of things in the Marvel U. I think Norman Osborn will still be director of HAMMER in 2010. This is Marvel's version of Lex Luthor as president. Unlike Luthor Osborn won't obsess about destroying Superman he has an agenda. He is America's hero and he will try to keep that image no matter what, which will probably lead to his down fall.(he is still crazy) I just wish they weren't marketing this like it was an event cause I think a lot of people are are a little sick of events right now. I was a little annoyed 2 or 3 weeks after the Dark Reign One shot(the first Cabal meeting) when I bought about 14 marvel comics and 9 of them said DR on the cover. It just made me feel like we just ended an event to go right into a new one. But its clearly not the case it's just the way they are marketing this. I'm not too excited about all the minis coming up, but other than that I like this idea.

What do you guys think?

 

[Abstract]

I love Dark Reign. I'm enjoying it much more than I did either Civil War or Secret Invasion. Marvel is going to bankrupt me at the rate they have me buying the books, which I guess is the strategy behind the "Dark Reign" bar on some many of them.

 

[imdaly]

 

[Manic]

I love Dark Reign. I'm enjoying it much more than I did either Civil War or Secret Invasion. Marvel is going to bankrupt me at the rate they have me buying the books, which I guess is the strategy behind the "Dark Reign" bar on some many of them.

Are... are you really buying books because they have "Dark Reign" across the cover? This isn't an event. This is an aftermath branding tactic, like the "AfterSmash" following World War Hulk, or the "Decimation" following House of M. It rings in the new status quo, but it's not really essential to read any title with "Dark Reign" on its cover unless you were interested in reading that title to begin with. I can almost guarantee you that the 1-page cameos Norman Osborn made in half of the "Dark Reign" titles out right now will never come back in a future issue.

 

[Ikaris-Eternal]

solid execution if a little tired in its premise. i'm curious where they want to go with this.

 

[The Geek Vault]

I'm really enjoying it so far. What's great is that when it started I didn't know how people would believe Norman Osborn but now after reading Dark Avengers issue three and seeing how he convinced Sentry that was really amazing. The only thing that I don't like about Secret Invasion was how we got here. I thought that Secret Invasion wasn't that well written, I wish Norman had done more to become so head honcho. I know he was the captain of the Thunderbolts and I didnt' read that book. But I wish he had done more than just pull a trigger that killed the skrull queen.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

I like it a lot.

 

[Captain Useless]

It's good.

 

[moraldeficiency]

Overall I'm liking it. Worlds better than SI.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Enjoying it so far. But i'd like to see a year or so off from "events" or whatever, when this wraps up...

 

[TheCorpulent1]

If we had to have "events," these are the kinds of events I like. I don't need major crossovers every five minutes, but an overarching status quo shift that has a year or two to sink in and leads to interesting developments for many of the major comics is good. More like "eras" than events, though.

 

[Manic]

I have to admit, Dark Reign is pretty good. It's a shame it'll all be rendered a thing of the past when the status quo shifts next year and someone else is in charge and tearing the superhero community apart.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, I'd love a period of general stability with a focus on individual characters' development in their own comics after Dark Reign, without necessarily reacting to any external stimuli or circumstances. That'd be really novel at this point.

 

[kguillou]

Originally posted by theCorpulent

If we had to have "events," these are the kinds of events I like. I don't need major crossovers every five minutes, but an overarching status quo shift that has a year or two to sink in and leads to interesting developments for many of the major comics is good. More like "eras" than events, though.

I completely agree. I'm lovin Dark Reign, and i think this is how events should be done if they absolutely have to be done every year. Dark Reign is generating some very interesting storylines and Dark Avengers itself is kicking ass! We need more "eras" than events!

 

[Union Jack]

i think it's great....between this and captain britains goings on marvel is on the ball at the present!

 

[Abstract]

Are... are you really buying books because they have "Dark Reign" across the cover? This isn't an event. This is an aftermath branding tactic, like the "AfterSmash" following World War Hulk, or the "Decimation" following House of M. It rings in the new status quo, but it's not really essential to read any title with "Dark Reign" on its cover unless you were interested in reading that title to begin with. I can almost guarantee you that the 1-page cameos Norman Osborn made in half of the "Dark Reign" titles out right now will never come back in a future issue.

No not really. But I did buy a couple of back issues of Thunderbolts, which I don't normally read plus Dark Avengers and Secret Warriors, Dark Reign Elektra.

I exaggerated a lil bit.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Secret Warriors would be so much better if it didn't force you to swallow the absurd notion that SHIELD has always been a part of HYDRA.

 

[Tron Bonne]

I've only read one book that was a Dark Reign tie-in. That was Incredible Herc. It was good.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That's because it's always good.

 

[fifthfiend]

The interesting thing about Herc is it came into existence because of and has subsequently been bootstrapped to an uninterrupted succession of mediocre Events Comics Events and invariably awesomizes all of them.

It's enough to make a man lose all faith in his lack of any faith in humanity.

Yeah, I'd love a period of general stability with a focus on individual characters' development in their own comics after Dark Reign, without necessarily reacting to any external stimuli or circumstances. That'd be really novel at this point.

I think either big company doing this is, at this point, about as likely as your average methhead suddenly going "so hey, I think I'll go a couple of years without doing any meth."

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, they would basically be signing away all kinds of money.

 

[bryanss3]

Secret Warriors would be so much better if it didn't force you to swallow the absurd notion that SHIELD has always been a part of HYDRA.

Yeah they had me all the way till the reveal of that first issue. did anyone read all the info in the back of that issue about how it "makes sense" I know I didn't. but hopefully they make more sense of it in upcoming issues.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Nah, I didn't read that s***. First rule of storytelling is to show, not tell. That's a problem I've had with Hickman's other work, too; he tends to overload you with text in graphical arrangements, but that ain't graphic storytelling, as far as I'm concerned, that's prose with a bit of thought put into its presentation.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Secret Warriors would be so much better if it didn't force you to swallow the absurd notion that SHIELD has always been a part of HYDRA.

Bendis is a hack.

 

[Abstract]

Yeah, I found that hard to swallow.

Especially when you consider that all the times SHIELD foiled a Hydra plan it was a calculated loss made by the Hydra higher ups in order to keep Nick Fury out of the know. The thing is, they were foiled more times than they succeeded at anything. What exactly is there plan? How have they benefited from controlling SHIELD?
They haven't

It just makes them look inept and Nick Fury more so.