Top 7 Worst Comic Book Ressurections

[Blue Saint]

Hate to say it, but you got me there. It IS a crapload more expensive to get into comics--prohibitively so without a guide of some sort. I can tell a friend if he wants to read GL, start with Rebirth, but most people don't know that straight off.

I'll be honest: If someone wants to argue that comics are just impenetrable because of story? I get a headache. I'm sorry, but I do.

If that same person argues comics are impenetrable because of a lack of distribution, the idiocy in numbering, and the *ridiculously* high cost of comics? Well, they're right. And unfortunately, most comic book fans don't care to embrace any solutions to these problems.

Again story is still an issue. Manga is by in large self contained stories with a clear starting point and an easy to follow progression. American comics, especially recent ones, tend to lack that. For sake of argument let's ignore the lengthy history of most these characters and just focus on modern examples. Morrison's Batman work is a perfect example of this, first you have to read his "Batman" run but you also have to include the other comics that took part in "The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul". After that you need to get "Final Crisis" which has biggest plot point of his Batman work. Next you get "Batman and Robin", followed by "The Return of Bruce Wayne" which then leads into "Batman, INC." The interconnective nature of comics while it can be rewarding to existing readers makes actually getting in at any point more work than it is worth. The example I just gave is rather streamline too since Morrison tends to ignore most outside events anyway. Imagine what a new reader would have to read if they wanted read and understand something like Bendis's Avengers.

 

[Tom Constantine]

What a stir I have seemed to cause.

Also, fueling to the "it's a total gimmick" flame.