How good is Manhattan Projects?

Hello!

Recently I have decided to read a lot more indie books, and a name that caught my eye was The Manhattan Projects. Before I buy the trades I want to be aware if it is any good? So help, please.

@thefirstlantern: It's strange, but great..... Pick up the first trade, and see what you think.....

I read the first two trades and they were alright. Most seem to like the series, though.

You can read the first issue for free on comixology.

BB

It's....an acquired taste, that's all I can say. It's like any of Hickman's sci-fi stories but with uh...all the heart and likeable characters sucked out of it.

I was thinking more of his F4 run really, which had a decent focus on characterization and fully-forming several characters into likeable ones (all the kids, basically).

Avengers as a whole has a more 'big-picture' focus, but I do agree with your sentiment that there's a lot less focus on the characters there. It's a little better in New Avengers though. Hickman writes the best BP since Christopher Priest.

I'd pick up New Avengers in trade, it's got some pretty solid character work and a very entertaining story.

Not to derail the entire thread off-topic, but why?

Well I think the title 'New Avengers' is more of a label, because the two books are closely related.

And I think you might be misinterpreting the story. The Illuminati aren't acting like gods and passing judgment on other planets - they're not doing it willingly. They're doing it out of desperation, because there's too much hanging in the balance. Iron Man, Richards, Black Panther - they are all 'big-picture thinkers'. They can count the variables and calculate the future and know that there is no other option.

And remember, they did try using the Infinity Gauntlet first, but when that was destroyed, they had no choice. And of course Black Bolt would be concerned - it isn't just Earth's that's threatened, the entire universe gets destroyed in an Incursion. Plus, don't forget that Black Bolt is, by a definition, an Earthling. He may be Inhuman, but his home planet has always been the Earth. Of course he would care about it.

I can understand why some might not like the plot though. It's a dark story that shows Marvel's most powerful men making some of the most costly decisions against threats that we can barely even comprehend. It's the contrast to the more optimistic Avengers.

To each his own, I suppose.

Mm yeah, even the Ultimate Marvel U's been pretty dry lately :I

Guess it's back to the trades ;)