The War is Over
You seriously didn't think that with CW#7 having come out last week we were going to talk about something like the Oscars? Well this is Back to Sunnydale my friends where the comic book is king and the biggest news last week was the end of Marvel's ongoing yearlong feud. By now it wouldn't be spoiling anyone to say which side came out on top of the conflict, and whether you enjoyed CW or thought it was a pile of rubbish, one thing cannot be denied, that is that in issue 7 McNiven turns in, by far, the best work of his career.
The far reaching effects on the Marvel universe as a result of the fallout are also very intriguing and even though most of my SBC peers were less than impressed with the final chapter, we cannot deny the fact that the implications on the Marvel U. will be far reaching. After one of these big events, the publishing companies always try to alter the status quo. Sometimes it's a frivolous change such as Spider-man changing to the black costume at the end of Secret Wars. However, this time we have some changes which are ripe with potential including:
- Tony Stark (a.k.a Iron Man) taking over as director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- the formation of two teams of Avengers (Hence the need for Bendis' new Mighty Avengers title which comes out today)
- the formation of teams of superheroes to be spread out across the 50 states instead of most concentrating in New York City.
- Oh yea, and Spidey wears black again
Though I would have preferred for another writer to take over the chores of Mighty Avengers, I surmise Marvel trusts Bendis will write the type of stories which are compact enough to be collected into trade paperback editions. I have no problem with experimenting with the Avengers' lineup as that has been done throughout the series' history, I do however have a problem with Marvel taking its most popular characters such as Wolverine and sticking him on the book solely for one reason: To sell more comics. How else can we explain a team featuring Logan and Dr. Strange? Maybe they should look into calling the comic "The New Defenders" and stick the Hulk back in there, after he gets back from being shot into space by the Illuminati.
