| d21lewis said: You want to know how to tell a good comic book storyline from a bad comic book storyline? If the story involves the death of somebody (or their return from death) as the point of the entire storyline, that story sucks. If the story can stand alone without resulting to shock value, then it's got a better chance of being a good story. My reasoning is that I've been going back and reading storylines that I missed where somebody died, a team broke up, or a hero returned from the grave. I already know about the big "shocker" going into the story. A good story like Identity Crisis, Devil in Cell Block 9, Marvels, the Long Halloween, or Kingdom Come actually have stories and can stand on their own. A shit story like Infinity Gauntlet, the Death of Superman, Ultimatum, or Onslaught suffers because their big hook is that somebody is going to die (but nobody EVER stays dead so the impact is diminished). I read these stories and I see the death of a main character.......but by the time I read them, Superboy, Captain America, Bruce Wayne, Collosus, Hawkeye, or whoever the writers decided to kill because they couldn't come up with anything else has already returned from the grave! A shocking twist doesn't make for a good story. I'm gonna go pick up at least three TPB's tomorrow. Anybody have any suggestions? I take em seriously. If you know of a really good (preferably well drawn but art comes second) collected storyline, let me know. I'll probably buy it. |
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