Should I buy Avengers Disassembled?

[Elijya]

do you ebay at all? I might be able to find a busiek/perez run for pretty cheap for you

 

[Elijya]

(found this while looking. The Earth's Mightiest Heroes mini was a great read and $8 is a great deal for it. If you don't bid on this, I will, let me know http://cgi.ebay.com/AVENGERS-EARTHS...34QQihZ002QQcategoryZ3953QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem )

 

[Darthphere]

Ive always been afraid of ebay.

 

[Elijya]

if you don't mind reading comics on the computer, this right here is a great deal
http://cgi.ebay.com/40-YEARS-OF-THE...9QQihZ007QQcategoryZ33807QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


although, personally, I hate reading comics on computer....

 

[Elijya]

AH! here we go, complete Busiek/Perez run, 56 issues and 4 annuals, a steal if you can get it for $60 when it ends
http://cgi.ebay.com/COMPLETE-BUSIEK...ryZ99947QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

it ends in 90 minutes and there's only one bidder so far, you should jump on this

 

[MyPokerShirt]

Why? its a good place to get rid of "worthless" comics and get comics sent to your door without needing to subscribe to anything. i spent way too much money there. thanx elijya but im british and p&p would be a *****, so i'll havta take a browse over at ebay UK. i contacted him about p&p on it anyway becuase if it IS cheap then the conversion rate makes that an amazing deal, but feel free to bid to your heart's content.

 

[Darthphere]

AH! here we go, complete Busiek/Perez run, 56 issues and 4 annuals, a steal if you can get it for $60 when it ends
http://cgi.ebay.com/COMPLETE-BUSIEK...ryZ99947QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

it ends in 90 minutes and there's only one bidder so far, you should jump on this

****, $21 on shipping, well it is 60 comics.

 

[Elijya]

ah, sorry I forgot you're from across the pond

 

[Elijya]

****, $21 on shipping, well it is 60 comics.

exactly, that's not light

$21 for shipping plus it's current price of $20 is $41 for 60 issues, or about 66 cents per issues. Via milehigh or in a comics shop, they'd be $3 apeice easy

 

[Darthphere]

Id buy it, but I have most of the issues from bin diving over the years.

 

[MyPokerShirt]

ah, sorry I forgot you're from across the pond

yeah... imagine if you'd voted german as your official language all those years ago, eh? i'd miss out on so many good comics. even if we are just the 51st state now...

oh wait, volume 3... think i might have read a few of those as british reprints. hmm, thats right about when i gave up on comics for a few years (no correlation between the two). i download comics before i buy a series, but hate doing it now. its really nowhere near as good as owning the trade/comic. thats why im convinced electronic comics will never replace the real thing.

 

[Doc Destruction]

I don't disagree with him, Doc

Well then you haven't read anything Marvel's done in the past five years, where continuity and characterization are MEANINGLESS terms.

 

[Doc Destruction]

Oh and for the record, DC sucks at it too, but Marvel is no better.

 

[Willowhugger]

Well then you haven't read anything Marvel's done in the past five years, where continuity and characterization are MEANINGLESS terms.

Marvel has some oddities going around lately but it'll be a while til they catch up with DC comics.

 

[Darthphere]

Oh and for the record, DC sucks at it too, but Marvel is no better.

So, theyre equal. You heard it here first.

 

[Whirlysplat]

Marvel's never had to have a Crisis on Infinite Earths (or several) to resolve continuity.

Marvel..... Continuity........ Same sentence......... Bwahahahahaahahahaah

Nuff Said

Excelsior

- Whirly

 

[Darthphere]

Marvel..... Continuity........ Same sentence......... Bwahahahahaahahahaah

Nuff Said

Excelsior

- Whirly

They have tighter continuity in the sense they dont have 12 versions of the same character running around. Just think about it, DC has had 2 Crisis', Marvel has had none.

 

[Whirlysplat]

They have tighter continuity in the sense they dont have 12 versions of the same character running around. Just think about it, DC has had 2 Crisis', Marvel has had none.

lol, Marvel has **** continuity, I didn't say DCs was any better. Let's think about Marvel, it retconns. things in hilarious ways. "Beyonder you shall become a cosmic cube and it was all unreal". Gotta laugh.

- Whirly

 

[Haxx]

They have tighter continuity in the sense they dont have 12 versions of the same character running around. Just think about it, DC has had 2 Crisis', Marvel has had none.

Let's just look at the continuity of IC and CW.

IC had some nasty scheduling mixs ups (Teen Titans Annual for example), but on the whole every title fitted together and inside. And while it was occasionally a bit tricky you could eventually work it out. I think the Batman books had it worse, but there's so god damn many of them.

CW - There's not even any continuity about what the the SHR is in between titles. And the tie ins a re, generally worse, Iron Man's only title still has the NA and Fury as the head of Shield (which shouldn't work. Hill was director from the start on NA). Having said that I think the Spider-man tie ins have been very good.

 

[Darthphere]

Let's just look at the continuity of IC and CW.

IC had some nasty scheduling mixs ups (Teen Titans Annual for example), but on the whole every title fitted together and inside. And while it was occasionally a bit tricky you could eventually work it out. I think the Batman books had it worse, but there's so god damn many of them.

CW - There's not even any continuity about what the the SHR is in between titles. And the tie ins a re, generally worse, Iron Man's only title still has the NA and Fury as the head of Shield (which shouldn't work. Hill was director from the start on NA). Having said that I think the Spider-man tie ins have been very good.

Im not willing to take any of this comparison seriously if youre not going to even explore all the continuity problems in IC, all of which were magically erased or appeared by super wall punches.

 

[Darthphere]

lol, Marvel has **** continuity, I didn't say DCs was any better. Let's think about Marvel, it retconns. things in hilarious ways. "Beyonder you shall become a cosmic cube and it was all unreal". Gotta laugh.

- Whirly

Super wall punches, gotta laugh.

 

[Whirlysplat]

Let's just look at the continuity of IC and CW.

IC had some nasty scheduling mixs ups (Teen Titans Annual for example), but on the whole every title fitted together and inside. And while it was occasionally a bit tricky you could eventually work it out. I think the Batman books had it worse, but there's so god damn many of them.

CW - There's not even any continuity about what the the SHR is in between titles. And the tie ins a re, generally worse, Iron Man's only title still has the NA and Fury as the head of Shield (which shouldn't work. Hill was director from the start on NA). Having said that I think the Spider-man tie ins have been very good.

All true

- Whirly

 

[Elijya]

Well then you haven't read anything Marvel's done in the past five years, where continuity and characterization are MEANINGLESS terms.

Doc, I read plenty of Marvel, I'm just not cynical

I didn't care for Avengers Disassembled (although Thor Disassembled was all sorts of goodness) and The Other sucked, along with Sins Past, but other than that I have been extremely happy with everything I've read from MArvel over the past 5 years.

Daredevil, She-Hulk, Runaways, Young Avengers, Captain Marvel, Captain America, Avengers pre-Bendis, Thor, Fantastic Four, Moon Knight, Annihilation, Thing, Punisher, Alias

which of these titles are lacking in continuity and characterization exactly?

 

[Haxx]

All true

- Whirly

The Super wall punches...technically.....didn't make new continuity errors, they were explainations for older ones (e.g. Jason Todd).

Still the event itself had continuity, something marvel hasn't done. (Don't even get me started on HoM/Spiderman HoM)

 

[Haxx]

Doc, I read plenty of Marvel, I'm just not cynical

I didn't care for Avengers Disassembled (although Thor Disassembled was all sorts of goodness) and The Other sucked, along with Sins Past, but other than that I have been extremely happy with everything I've read from MArvel over the past 5 years.

Daredevil, She-Hulk, Runaways, Young Avengers, Captain Marvel, Captain America, Avengers pre-Bendis, Thor, Fantastic Four, Moon Knight, Annihilation, Thing, Punisher

which of these titles are lacking in continuity and characterization exactly?

None of them. Most marvel titles have "ok-good" continuity in themselves, it's cross continiuty that's gone to pot. Which makes a shared universe a bit useless.