tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621995982503387078.post6430639060612253875..comments2024-03-25T12:06:32.583-05:00Comments on THE ARCHETYPAL ARCHIVE: NULL MYTHS: SECRET WARS #1-12 (1984-85)Gene Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621995982503387078.post-47218580300281840442016-01-16T14:21:41.496-06:002016-01-16T14:21:41.496-06:00I might have liked the series better if I'd be...I might have liked the series better if I'd been younger when it came out. I'd probably have liked the idea of seeing a buttload of heroes brought together for some common reason,. since I'd liked the hell out of the Avengers/Defenders crossover ten years previous. By 1984, I had pretty firm ideas about good characterization in my superheroes, and Shooter certainly didn't even come close.<br /><br />I haven't got a good idea as to what the new SW is supposed to accomplish, beyond providing a reboot-- maybe in line with hyping the properties that Marvel Studios can still adapt freely, I don't know. I haven't read any of the new stuff either.Gene Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621995982503387078.post-65506523847783668772016-01-15T18:53:16.441-06:002016-01-15T18:53:16.441-06:00Hi Gene,
Nice take on SECRET WARS. I'll have ...Hi Gene,<br /><br />Nice take on SECRET WARS. I'll have to go back and re-read it. I read the series only once, when it was published in Portuguese, when I was about fifteen or sixteen, and I remember having enjoyed it greatly - maybe for the reasons you put forward, it being the first of its kind.<br /><br />Although the only thing I've retained from it was the concept of The Beyonder (that I find must have been the direct inspiration for the character Q on Star Trek - TNG); I got fascinated by the idea of a god-like being whisking the champions of Earth (all of them powerfull super-heroes) and sicking them on each other on an alien planet. <br /><br />I'm sure that if I re-read it now, all the patina of nostalgia will be washed away by the new cynical me...<br /><br />Anyway... I wonder what's your take on the messy new SECRET WARS event that is shaping the new Marvel Universe (I didn't quite take to it, but I'm yet to read any of the new titles, so I'll reserve judgement...)<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Sherman A. Sherman Barroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11993841605520936806noreply@blogger.com