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Finished Remender's Venom run. The second half starts with Circle of Four, which is a mashup with Agent Venom, X-23, Red Hulk and Ghost Rider and is widely regarded as not being very good. I thought it was fine, but it is pretty bog standard comic book action fair. A bit messy and nothing to make it stand out. But then the rest of the run rounds off the story from the first half in a really satisfying way. Flash continues to be a really good main character, but the villains are also noteworthy, with Jack O'Lantern being a standout. Really, really liked this run. May well be my second favourite after Hickman's Fantastic Four for individual character/team runs, though admittedly I haven't read very many of them at this point. I suppose Brubaker's Captain America should figure in there somewhere, but I read it around other events so didn't necessarily get absorbed in it as much as I might have.
I'm eyeing Remender's Cap run next, as Secret Wars pre reading.
I'm eyeing Remender's Cap run next, as Secret Wars pre reading.
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Alright, so some catching up to do. I've been dipping into Marvel Unlimited on holiday, and have read 1-25 of Remender's Cap Run, and then All New Captain America Fear Him 1-6 and am going to read the first arc of the proper All New Captain America now (I've read the first four up to now).
It's a bit meh to be honest. The Dimension Z stuff (1-12) is really no better than average. The two arcs after that aren't very good at all, and then the last arc wraps some of the lingering Dimension Z stuff up and is better than the middle two arcs, but still not better than average. Save for it being the story as to how Sam Wilson became Captain America and introducing Nomad, I don't think it's worth reading.
Fear Him was fine. A filler story but passable. Again, I don't regret reading it but it's not essential by any means.
The actual first arc of All New feels like much more classic Cap to me. A proper Hydra story. Yes, they're having to do some work on Sam's back story to make it all fit, but it feels decent enough to me. It's sort of a 3.5 stars, whereas Fear Him was maybe a 3, and the Dimension Z beginning and end is a 3 with the middle bits being a 2 if I'm being generous.
I don't want to post any sort of spoilers, but am happy to discuss these if people want to.
After this I'm reading some Thanos from 2007 (I think), which apparently is good pre reading to Infinity and Secret Wars. After that I'm pretty much ready for Hickman's Avengers run into infinity and Secret Wars. May well finish Bendis' X-Men arcs first (I read the first five issues of All New X-Men before I went away and, the contrived time travel plot line aside, quite liked it) with the associated Guardians arcs, but I don't think they're necessary pre reading for Secret Wars.
It's a bit meh to be honest. The Dimension Z stuff (1-12) is really no better than average. The two arcs after that aren't very good at all, and then the last arc wraps some of the lingering Dimension Z stuff up and is better than the middle two arcs, but still not better than average. Save for it being the story as to how Sam Wilson became Captain America and introducing Nomad, I don't think it's worth reading.
Fear Him was fine. A filler story but passable. Again, I don't regret reading it but it's not essential by any means.
The actual first arc of All New feels like much more classic Cap to me. A proper Hydra story. Yes, they're having to do some work on Sam's back story to make it all fit, but it feels decent enough to me. It's sort of a 3.5 stars, whereas Fear Him was maybe a 3, and the Dimension Z beginning and end is a 3 with the middle bits being a 2 if I'm being generous.
I don't want to post any sort of spoilers, but am happy to discuss these if people want to.
After this I'm reading some Thanos from 2007 (I think), which apparently is good pre reading to Infinity and Secret Wars. After that I'm pretty much ready for Hickman's Avengers run into infinity and Secret Wars. May well finish Bendis' X-Men arcs first (I read the first five issues of All New X-Men before I went away and, the contrived time travel plot line aside, quite liked it) with the associated Guardians arcs, but I don't think they're necessary pre reading for Secret Wars.
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The Bendis X-Men run gets a lot of flak online but I really liked his Uncanny. One of my favorite Cyclops runs, I've got the whole run in single issues. I've read a bit of All-New but I've got the omni pre-ordered for this month so I'm excited to read about another one of Hank's Dumb Ass Really Bad Ideas
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That is basically what this is. I didn't realise until I looked at the reading order that this all includes cross overs with the Guardians of the Galaxy, but I've got Uncanny, All New and Battle of the Atom all in hardcover, so I'm just going to work my way through them and then read the Guardians volumes on Unlimited.