Comments on: A History of the Marvel Universe, Mine.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:49:15 +0000

Generally, in my case, a DC line gets me into collecting before I expand to the Marvel counterpart.

Minimates- Got the DC ones, backtracked and now collect Marvel as well.

6-inch Scale- Started with DC Direct (back when it was really 6 inch scale) and then expanded to Marvel Legends and now DCU. Dropped ML when Hasbro effed it up.

3.75 inch- Because I never got into DCIH, (I may yet still), I never got into buying Marvel Universe. The new DCIH sculpts might make me change my mind though…

By: stcardinal

stcardinal — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:51:02 +0000

It was the X-Men and X-Force for me as a kid. I grew up reading them in the late 80s and 90s.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:36:03 +0000

I was a Marvel zombie for a very long time, not buying any DC until Death of Superman kind of roped me in. Then I bought Robin, Superboy, and Morrison’s JLA. I later discovered the New Teen Titans and got all the back issues of that legendary W. and P. run. That cemented me as a Titans fan, which I still collect. I bought PAD’s Aquaman as well. But lately (last two-three years) DC has lost me for the most part. I’m down to three DC books (and Brave and the Bold will be toast once JMS leaves).
I wish the best for the relaunch of Avengers, but don’t get your hopes up too much, I’m pretty sure Cap is actually Bucky (check out the gun on his picture), so we’re really only getting 2/3 of the Big Three.

By: jzachery

jzachery — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:12:27 +0000

As for the comics, they def get an equal share of my money:)

By: jzachery

jzachery — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:10:10 +0000

I would love to give them equal love if they would let me. All the figure toylines they release are not quite up to par. The best was when they had toybiz in the 90′s, but then they starting messing up the styles and scales. Secret Wars was a shadow of Super Powers and the current Marvel line is just not my cup of tea with articulation. Legends were too big for my apartment. LOL.
Release a classic line in Super Powers or JLU style and I’ll show you some lovin!!! Great Blog!!!

By: Eric Qel-Droma

Eric Qel-Droma — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:24:02 +0000

Except that Bendis is Bendis and that’s not going to change. Nor should he, really–he is what he is. But my love for Bendis has waned, and I don’t want to sit through any more of his Avengers stories. Therefore, Marvel doesn’t get my money. (And I’m not being fanboyish about it–if people whose tastes correspond with mine say his new “Heroic Age” take on the Avengers is awesome, well, then I’ll buy it.) But he’s just lost me through all the stuff he’s done to the team.
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The general pathetic state of super-hero comics these days has gotten me to read more independents, though, and there’s some awesome work going on that has nothing to do with spandex. It’s fun.
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Still the fanboy in me has to ask: Would Thor really let Spidey lay a web on Mjolnir??

By: Lt. Clutch

Lt. Clutch — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:36:52 +0000

I began reading comics on a regular basis in 1981 and for every DC book I got, there were 5 Marvel titles I loved better: Avengers and its “trinity” of Cap, Thor, and Iron Man. Amazing and Spectacular Spider-Man. Marvel Tales, Team-Up, and Two-In-One. G.I. Joe. Transformers. The MU Handbooks.

By contrast, the only DC title I read on a regular basis was JLA.

Nowadays, that number has been reversed. I used to like JR Jr. on Spidey and X-Men but much like Byrne or Perez, his style has changed too much for my tastes. And I don’t plan on reading another Avengers book until Bendis is no longer on it, which probably means forever from the looks of things.

But I agree that AFI does need to show Marvel more love. There’s a heavy emphasis on DC due to all the JLU fans who post here along with Mattel/DCU collectors in general. Maybe if this new “Heroic Age” angle works out for them things will change somewhat.

By: chad

chad — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:30:23 +0000

the avenges now that all that dark reign is coming to an end and the three big guns are back together deserves another shot. for i stopped the book once disassembled happen and Bendis made the scarlet wtitch go bat suck crazy. x-men never stopped reading the title. cable never touched the title for he was not my taste