A good way to ease children into the Marvel universe. Also the Fury Files seem to be used to introduce characters so that you could ease them into the regular 616 easier.
I think there would be less complaints if it wasn't called an event and was just called a crossover. Who knows it might actually be good and there is nothing stopping you from reading it or not.
Like it says in the article it is for people who want to read a big story line but are not interested in AvX. Its like last year there was Fear Itself but if you were not interested in that you could read Schism or Spider Island instead.
I like how Marvel have really restricted the amount of tie-ins the event has. I guess that is in action to Fear Itself having a lot of tie-in. It also means that due to the smaller ammount that people are more likely to pick them up. Although if you read any Avengers of X-Men titles you will probably pick them up anyway.
I will be definitely be picking up Saga by Image in March. Looking forward to BKV's return to comics.
The other titles I am reading from the independents are IDW's Godzilla stuff as well as Steed and Mrs Peel (written by Grant Morrison) by BOOM! (although it is reprinted from a UK publisher) as well as the Walking Dead and Chew in trade.
Indie titles sell well in trade instead of singles due to the lack of people know much about them and once the word gets out it is too hard tracking down the earlier issues.
April and May will be interesting to see. I think Marvel will gain some numbers back with AvX but the 2nd wave of new 52 will be interesting to see also on DCs side.
I have nothing against Liefeld at all. I know at of people do. But I will be interested in his Hawkman series. While I liked the potential that Tony Daniel had for the series it was very clear that Detective Comics was his bigger concern. I am sure the second arc will be better as it has a co-writer.
Also is Liefeld still doing an a book with Kirkman over at Image?
At least they gave the books a go. These books would have probably not faired all that well if they were not part of the New 52. This was their best chance to branch out to a wide audience and it seems they only appealed to a small amount.
Most likely the books are financially not worth having in print. I am sure these books might come back as limited series to test the waters sometime or another. They might even get an arc in DC Universe Presents.
As for the new titles announced I might need to hear more about them but GI Combat is interesting me the most. There are some interesting ideas there so at least they haven't gone with some completely safe.
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