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That Flash Bastard
heretic_leader
11 April 2009 @ 03:23 pm
Comics Books Are Confusing  
Now, I've been a huge superhero fan since I was little, but recently I've been wanting to get into comics in a bigger way, and, for some reason completely beyond me, I decided to start this endeavor with the Marvel Civil War series. (Formerly Known as The Justice League and I Can't Believe it's Not The Justice League are next on my list; Blue Beetle FTW!!!)

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Well, honestly, I'm pretty sure I started here because the series looks really, really cool. But there's nothing like endeavoring to enter into the comic book universe to make you realize how little you know about comic books in general. I felt particularly intelligent when I was kneeling down in front of the shelves at Borders, staring at the twelve million different volumes of Civil War with absolutely no idea where to start. Cue me turning to my brother.

"Which one is first?"

He kneels down next to me and points. "The one that says 'Civil War'."

"They all say 'Civil War'!" I reply despondently.

My brother looks at the shelf. "Well, yeah, but see how they all have, like, subtitles? Like how that one says 'Front Lines'? That one just say 'Civil War'. That's how you know it's first."

"Oh...why does that one say 'Iron Man'?"

"That's from Iron Man's perspective. That one says 'Captain America' because it's from his perspective."

"That's awesome! Is it the same story? Can I get that one?"

"Well, you could get that one, but I would get, you know, the first one first."

"Alright, so I'll get that one. What about the other ones? Does it matter what order I go in? It has to matter, right?"

"I'm not sure. I...don't think...so..."

"Which one does Captain America die in?"

My brother looks at me like I have just asked him about Spiderman sprouting wings and learning Russian. "That doesn't happen in Civil War. That's in a separate thing. It's called 'The Death of Captain America'."

Cue me being totally lost.

So, in the end, I bought the first volume, and the Iron Man and Captain America ones, but I feel this might require further research. But I'm halfway through the first volume, and loving it desperately.

Plus, the two-page spread where Spiderman unmasks totally puts me in my happy place in a very unwholesome way. om nom nom nom nom
 
 
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Paige: zim[info]pem11922 on April 11th, 2009 10:26 pm (UTC)
haha interesting. I may have to borrow those at some point!
That Flash Bastard: Not At All Naughty[info]heretic_leader on April 11th, 2009 11:18 pm (UTC)
You can totally borrow them once I'm done. :D

Hey, speaking of, d'you still have my copy of Howl? Because if you don't, then I've lost it, and I really hope that's not what it is.
Paige: Anti Cosmo x Cosmo ^_^[info]pem11922 on April 12th, 2009 12:01 am (UTC)
thanks! and i DO. remind me to give it back to you when we get back to school. rest assured though- it is safely tucked between my south park DVD and Augusten Burrough's Dry.

eeeeeets sayyf
That Flash Bastard: JEH winning at life as Walter Kovacs.[info]heretic_leader on April 12th, 2009 01:09 am (UTC)
Aight. *is relieved* I was afraid I'd lost it. XD
Schroeder: Rorschach[info]squidgett on April 12th, 2009 01:53 am (UTC)
I want to read Civil War, I already know a lot of the story because my brother told me. (You know my love of spoilers. :D) This post with nothing at all to do with that Spiderman bit makes me want to read. Consequently, it's story time! I just sent Brover a text that said "Marvel Civil War. You has? I can borrow?" He asked why I want to look as something so old. He then said to look at his box o'comics in his room, and if it's not there, there are two more boxes downstairs. Just so you know, these boxes are comic-sized wide and, I'd say about 3 feet long and all completely filled with comics. O_O
That Flash Bastard: Aziraphale <3[info]heretic_leader on April 12th, 2009 02:27 am (UTC)
I only know that one, big, honking spoiler, but I have no burning desire to know any more of them. I will discover them as I go along, I suppose.
The Spiderman bit satisfies something very deep and fangirly in me that has been around for a very long time, and it is a shameful and beautiful thing.
Is it that old? I hadn't realized I was that behind. XD After I finish this series and read Formerly Known As and I Can't Believe It's Not, I think I'll get on reading some stuff about Apollo and the Midnighter. :3
DUDE. I would really, really love to look through those boxes.