Basement X

Title says it all.

Only reading DD, Legacy, & Uncanny, I don't know what's really going on in the wider MU. Anything fun happening?

Peter Parker went gay.

Well, the "Dark Reign" is about to fall during the next event : Siege.

Also, they are introducing a new character called "Hitman Monkey". He is a monkey with guns. 2 guns.

And, hmmm, that's it. :/

I like the notion that Marvel is tieing in all of their major events of the last few years together. Civil War leading to Secret Invasion, leading to Dark Reign, leading to Siege, etc.

But at times it just seems.. so fast. Dark Reign has only been going on for what feels like maybe 6 months (tho I'm sure it's longer, just feels that long having not read the actual books). And those time frames just feel like it's enough for some of these stories to really hit their stride before they advertise they're tearing it down for the next one.

But I won't lie. I'm actually interested in Siege. 4 issues, and the prosal of the Avengers getting back to what they should be? Sounds like 4 issues of hardcore, non-stop action to me, and I could be in for that.

I agree. I was just getting into Dark Reign and really enjoying it, now they are jumping in to the next big thing.

It'd be cool if Seige failed and the reign ensued, though.

That's funny cause the complaints I've heard are quite contrary, saying that the Dark Reign has been going on for too long already.
I've read every book with the Dark Reign tag on it and I can see where the critics are coming from. Some books are getting repetitive quite fast, New Avengers being the best example.
But it's still a great storyline and really kuddos to Marvel for shaking the statu-quo, having a very coherent universe and having it move forward adequately.

What's Siege suppoed to be about, and when does it start?

I like Dark Reign, but if you read multiple Marvel books, it does get repetitive. It's basically all the same, only with another main character pitted versus Osborn. Still, it's got the same appeal as Luther in the White House: a real bad guy as the main leader. Since Marvel is stupidly going with the actual president all that remains is someone as SHIELD leader.

I do dislike the fact that this means all books basically have to twist their storylines around all crossovers, BTW.

Seige is about the heroes ending Dark Reign.

No clue what Dark Reign is aside from being the next big "event" in the MU. I'll probably skip Siege too. I'm all evented out.

But Hitman Monkey sounds like he's got potential.

Dark Reign is an American comic book storyline that began in December 2008. Published by Marvel Comics, it deals with the aftermath of the Secret Invasion limited series, which led to a shift of power in the Marvel Universe toward Norman Osborn.[1][2][3] "Dark Reign" refers to Osborn's rise to global power and the ramifications of the changes across the Marvel Universe.[4] Joe Quesada, editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, stated that Dark Reign is not really "an event; it's whats happening in the Marvel Universe". He believes that "Dark Reign leads to an interesting place in the Marvel Universe. I think you'll see a pulling back at the end of Dark Reign, but you'll understand at the end of it what we were trying to get to."[4]



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Reign_%28comics%29

Siege is about Norman Osborn trying to take on Thor. The Siege is that of Asgard.
It will bring the end of the Dark Reign and the rise of the Heroic Age.

Marvel already has teaser around for the Heroic Age and it features the shape of the big Three (Iron Man, Cap and Thor) but the shapes are all black so it means they could be other characters that the real deal.

^^

I'm still going to skip Dark Reign and Siege but thanks for the info and wiki link; I'll just get the cliff notes version there. I might try and follow the Heroic Age. It sounds so...inspiring.

Has anyone been keeping up with Cap? How is his ressurection doing?

Dude, Heroic Age will be like Dark Reign, not an event but rather a line-wide storyline.

Part of this is why I stick to the Three core X-books and basically nothing more. Only other Marvel I get are whatever they do with the Inhumans, which lately was War of Kings and now Realm of Kings. I enjoy the minor/self contained events that I dont need half a dozen books to follow.

Tragic Angelus wrote:Part of this is why I stick to the Three core X-books and basically nothing more. Only other Marvel I get are whatever they do with the Inhumans, which lately was War of Kings and now Realm of Kings. I enjoy the minor/self contained events that I dont need half a dozen books to follow.

Just need to point out. DC is no different, you just prefer the characters. (I think you do, that is.)

It's true. Though with Dark Reign, is there an actual Dark Reign title? or just stuff going on in tons of books?

Tragic Angelus wrote:It's true. Though with Dark Reign, is there an actual Dark Reign title? or just stuff going on in tons of books?

Just stuff going on.

Shaken status quo with Osbourn and crazy Avengers and that`s about it.