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Rob Ocelot
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Well, well, well... Somebody has been paying attention....
Sounds like it ticks all those checkboxes people on this thread were complaining about.
Now, how many of you are going to actually buy and read this book and criticize it on it's own merits rather than not buy nor read and just complain about it?
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Anthony J Lombardi
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I'm not a fan of the artwork on the cover. I will check it out before making my judgement of book. As titles go "Spidey" doesn't work for me.
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Rob Ocelot
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The (ugly, IMO) cover art shown isn't the real cover art.
Hopefully they are smart and find someone who can channel Ditko without making a parody of it.
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Brian Hague
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Rob Ocelot wrote: "Now, how many of you are going to actually buy and read this book and criticize it on it's own merits rather than not buy nor read and just complain about it?"
Rob, I believe at this point the comments and complaints once lobbed at Busiek's "Untold Tales of Spider-Man" get dragged back out, dusted off, and reloaded into the commentary cannons...
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Joe Smith
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I freakin' LOVE SGT. ROCK. .
I loved the way every story fit perfectly into the 'Our Army at War'
"world". Each new issue I bought made it necessary for me to be in my
'reading room' ensconced in silence. Priceless trips to another life, with
'friends' I respected.
I still read comics monthly, if only to keep tabs on my 'friends'. I sadly
admit there's few titles that elicit the transportation that the SGT. ROCK
run offered.
John's LEONARD MCCOY series was an exception.
Dan's SUPERIOR as well.
(Humberto Ramos a 'dip' in quality?.....zoundz!)
Surrounded by children of all ages as I tend to be at work, they see
reading as WORK. MINECRAFT is ALL the boys think about, yet they
ALL wear superhero clothes/shoes/etc. XBOX and PLAYSTATION
would replace food and sleep to these kids didn't have parents to tell
them no.
It's my opinion that the minds have mutated, and these kids now have
the power to create their own stories with 3D renderings with the
aforementioned PS3 and XBOX super hero games. (Some of which are
SO violent!! I played a DC game last year with an 8 yr old boy. I was
Nightwing, he, the Joker. Not only did he practically flay me alive, but,
then, his character poured gasoline on my carcass and lit me on fire
while insulting me!)
The cartoons, movies, games, etc., are keeping the heroes alive until
the kids can get old enough to spend the money that comics cost.
Maybe the readers are dwindling in number, but, as a teen in 1985, out
of a class of 300 in high school, I was one of THREE who read comics.
Believe me, I did the legwork and was humbled by the results. Not a
great percentage.
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Greg Woronchak
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Sounds like it ticks all those checkboxes people on this thread were complaining about.
A third Spidey title, showing a character wildly different from the other two titles on the stands?
Brand confusion!
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Joe Boster
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Nope, won't get it. Not interested in a "untold tales" type of book. That it's called Spidey also tell me all I need to know.Of course the best Spuder-Man story I read this Millennium is Spider-Man: Blue by Loeb & Sale. So what do I know.
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Mark Haslett
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Rob Ocelot wrote: "Now, how many of you are going to actually buy and read this book and criticize it on it's own merits rather than not buy nor read and just complain about it?"
Brian wrote: Rob, I believe at this point the comments and complaints once lobbed at Busiek's "Untold Tales of Spider-Man" get dragged back out, dusted off, and reloaded into the commentary cannons...
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Has anyone in this thread asked for another "Untold Tales" book to run alongside the actual Spider-Man titles? Unless the answer is "YES!" what are you two on about?
Seeing Marvel stick a clumsy toe into the
All-Ages market with absolutely no promotion (people had to ASK about it before Marvel spoke of it at SDCC) is the slimmest sign that anything worth paying attention to might be happening.
And that supposed cover goes a long way toward squashing whatever hopes the concept might provoke.
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Brian Hague
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That is not the cover of the upcoming book, Mark. The article clears states that it's from a 2009 Marvel Adventures book, another of Marvel's attempts to market books towards younger readers.
Since you didn't pick up on that, I'm not certain how closely you're actually following this discussion...
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Mark Haslett
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Brian: Since you didn't pick up on that, I'm not certain how closely you're actually following this discussion...
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I've followed this thread. An earlier post said that wasn't the final cover, but I assumed it had SOME connection to the book described in the article. My mistake. None of which should have stopped you from addressing my actual points.
Edited by Mark Haslett on 13 July 2015 at 9:52pm
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Anthony J Lombardi
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I'm not too enthusiastic about the series. I feel however it would be a bone headed move to make a decision on something I haven't even seen yet. Anyone who decides this book is a failure before even checking it out is being foolish. The book will most likely not be what I'm interested in reading. But until I've seen any evidence either way. There is a chance it might be worth giving a chance.
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Mark Haslett
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Before you can determine success/failure, you need to define the goal. If the goal is anything other than to establish an alternative version of Spider-Man, how can this book succeed?
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