Comments on: Variations on a Theme

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:54:35 +0000

Dang. I was hoping to buy this, but I guess this will be another Bendis event I skip. Bendis just isn’t very good at these kind of stories. He needs to go back to “street level” or team up with a penciler who is actually good at this kind of story and can carry him on his or her shoulders.

This is something that screams out for Mark Bagley to draw.

By: chris b.

chris b. — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:22:03 +0000

I remember a Civil War tie-in with Daredevil asking Iron Fist to take over for a while, but then being confused reading DD #87, DD and Iron Fist fight because they didn’t know who the other was. Was that ever explained? Were they both Skrulls?

By the way, my opinion of other people’s thoughts goes down dramatically when they say they are the kind of people who buy a book, bitch about hating it and say they’re gonna drop it, don’t, then complain some more. If you don’t like it, stop buying it. If you want some sense of closure, wait until your ‘rage’ passes and buy the missing pieces as back issues. At least by then you may pick up some perspective and the story won’t be so bad. I’ve found that I almost enjoy back issues more than the current ones.

By: Beheader

Beheader — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:05:12 +0000

The whole Skrull thing is getting confusing now. Has Daredevil been a Skrull for awhile, since at least when he put Echo with the New Avengers? Or are there two Daredevils running around, like in Ms. Marvel right now?

If so, does that mean the Skrulls probably don’t even have Elektra or Black Bolt in their possession?

By: ejulp

ejulp — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:39:50 +0000

I was flabbergasted by how lack luster Mack’s pencils were…I just didn’t understand why they weren’t better.

By: Fnord Serious

Fnord Serious — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:28:59 +0000

I liked the story. It was a bit slight, but I don’t mind because the Secret Invasion stuff is sure to be jam packed with action. I was underwhelmed by Mack’s artwork on this issue and had to flip back to the credits page after finishing the issue to doublecheck whether he did the whole issue himself or just provided breakdowns. The art wasn’t bad, mind you, just average superhero art like something from an issue of 52, and I expect more than average from Mack.