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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 19, 2015 9:20:34 GMT -5
I am not a person that has ever liked comic adaptations. But, WOW, Star wars saved Marvel comics in the 70's and it appears that they are doing it again. I read somewhere that Princess Leia #1 sold 250,000 . That's blowing every other comic out of the water.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Apr 19, 2015 13:51:17 GMT -5
And they're good books to boot too, especially Princess Leia.
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Post by Action Ace on Apr 19, 2015 18:19:07 GMT -5
All my Marvel purchases are Star Wars comics.  |
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Post by The Captain on Apr 19, 2015 19:18:13 GMT -5
I'm getting four Marvel books a month right now, with two of them being Star Wars and Darth Vader. Not sure about Princess Leia, but I've heard some good things, so I may start picking that one up as well.
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Post by dupersuper on Apr 20, 2015 18:33:27 GMT -5
And they're good books to boot too, especially Princess Leia. It's hard to go wrong with Waid. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 20, 2015 20:09:29 GMT -5
I'm curious, how were Star Wars comics selling when they were being published by Dark Horse?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2015 21:55:21 GMT -5
I'm curious, how were Star Wars comics selling when they were being published by Dark Horse? They were among Dark Horses top sellers, but were not selling at anywhere near the level they have sold since they came to Marvel. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2015 8:40:13 GMT -5
And they're good books to boot too, especially Princess Leia. It's hard to go wrong with Waid. One can never go wrong with Waid. Has he written anything poorly before? I mean, I know most writers all have a flop or two, but does Waid? |
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Post by hondobrode on Apr 22, 2015 13:25:30 GMT -5
Waid's threeboot Legion wasn't great.
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Post by Dizzy D on Apr 23, 2015 5:56:31 GMT -5
Waid's threeboot Legion wasn't great. I also didn't like his first run on the Legion. And his X-Men work, though there was some heavy editorial interference there. Also, but I'm in the minority there, I disliked his Doctor Strange mini from a couple of years ago. |
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Post by hondobrode on Apr 23, 2015 10:41:27 GMT -5
I agree though that Mark Waid is a very solid, bankable writer. I've liked most of his stuff.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Apr 24, 2015 18:50:08 GMT -5
Invincible and Uninhabitable or whatever the hell those were called didn't do anything for me, and I *never* hear them mentioned when Waid's name is brought up. So I suspect there aren't many fans out there, period. And I'm really not digging his Hulk run. Is he still on the Hulk? I read the first couple volumes and they just kind of... existed.
Side note: Speaking of normally really solid writers. Y'know what else did nothin' for me? Ostrander's Star Wars.
Also, God, what am I even doing in the new comics section. I haven't read any of this crap. Talk to me in 8 months when the trade shows up at the library.
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Post by earl on Apr 24, 2015 21:35:37 GMT -5
One thing that has so far impressed me about the three new Marvel Star Wars titles is that at least so far they are pretty continuity tight. I'm sure success will spoil the soup but there are some pretty subtle ties so far a few issues in that I really hope they can keep together. I also hope John Cassaday does more than six issues of Star Wars but he's never been able to really do more than that in a row without big breaks of time.
I'm 31 issues into Star Wars: Legacy and it's a solid read. The wacky character names in Star Wars always crack me up, but it's a pretty good adventure comic.
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Post by Dizzy D on Apr 25, 2015 4:30:11 GMT -5
Invincible and Uninhabitable or whatever the hell those were called didn't do anything for me, and I *never* hear them mentioned when Waid's name is brought up. So I suspect there aren't many fans out there, period. And I'm really not digging his Hulk run. Is he still on the Hulk? I read the first couple volumes and they just kind of... existed. Side note: Speaking of normally really solid writers. Y'know what else did nothin' for me? Ostrander's Star Wars. Also, God, what am I even doing in the new comics section. I haven't read any of this crap. Talk to me in 8 months when the trade shows up at the library. I liked Ostrander's Star Wars Legacy, didn't care much for Dawn of the Jedi. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 25, 2015 8:12:13 GMT -5
Invincible and Uninhabitable or whatever the hell those were called didn't do anything for me, and I *never* hear them mentioned when Waid's name is brought up. So I suspect there aren't many fans out there, period. And I'm really not digging his Hulk run. Is he still on the Hulk? I read the first couple volumes and they just kind of... existed. Side note: Speaking of normally really solid writers. Y'know what else did nothin' for me? Ostrander's Star Wars. Also, God, what am I even doing in the new comics section. I haven't read any of this crap. Talk to me in 8 months when the trade shows up at the library. I assumer you mean Irredeemable (and it's sister series I don't remember the name of)... it was OK, but it's really just a riff on Empire... basically what if Superman turned evil. It's a fun concept and starts well, but it didn't need to go 50+ issues. OStrander is, IMO, hands down the best Star Wars comic writer... the tales/dawn of the Jedi stuff is great, and the legacy stuff (What I've read) is good, too... mostly I haven't read more because the timeline is confusing. |
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