Thinking about Marvel’s upcoming Age of Ultron this weekend, I started to wonder whether the similarities between the upcoming event and DC’s 2008 event Final Crisis are entirely accidental or not. Both series are centered around the idea of a long-standing bad guy finally succeeding in taking over the world, both are events with breaks built into the structure of the series, both are event books with multiple artists (Although, in Final Crisis‘ case, that wasn’t exactly the intent at the start of things; weirdly, both titles featured Carlos Pacheco as one of the core artists), and both are “limited” crossovers in terms of officially-branded tie-ins; Age of Ultron is expected to total somewhere around 22 issues by the time it’s all said and done, and Final Crisis was, what, 27 (I may be forgetting some tie-ins somewhere for that one)…?
Considering the (lack of) impact Final Crisis had on the larger DCU, I can only hope that Age of Ultron doesn’t go the same way for Marvel…
November 26th, 2012 at 10:08 am
Will age of ultron be the most awful, nonsensical piece of tripe published by any company like final crisis was?
November 26th, 2012 at 11:51 am
It won’t have any long term impact.
These are corporate comics we’re talking about.
November 26th, 2012 at 12:11 pm
Did Final Crisis actually have any impact? Anything, anywhere?
November 26th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
Yes. It impacted the world view of grant morrison’s talent.
November 26th, 2012 at 1:22 pm
It impacted on me. I enjoyed it.
November 26th, 2012 at 1:44 pm
“Will age of ultron be the most awful, nonsensical piece of tripe published by any company like final crisis was?”
Amen ziggy. Amen!
“Did Final Crisis actually have any impact? Anything, anywhere?”
Other then making Mary Marvel look stupid in JSA after words then not really.
Only thing I can hope this days of future past or someone goes back in time to undo it. I really hope bendis not kill off Black Panther, maybe real She-Hulk, or anyone else for a while.
November 26th, 2012 at 1:45 pm
“Yes. It impacted the world view of grant morrison’s talent.”
It just confirmed to me after Batman RIP what a hack of writer he was.
November 28th, 2012 at 8:45 am
But is this old the Marvel before they changed the formula? Doesn’t necessarily mean it has to taste good. When I drink Marvel it has to have a old school sugary sweet taste, free of Nutrasweet, Axel Alonso, Brian Bendis, Rick Remender, Matt Fraction, Tom Brevoort and other artificial flavors.