Marvel's "Nuff Said"

[Naraht]

Love it? Hate it?

I personally don't like them. I don't think it helps any...and forcing all of the books to do it...bytes.

[James Harvey]

Some worked:

New X-Men #121, Peter Parker: Spider-Man #38

Some sorta did:

Wolverine #171

And others completely failed:

Uncanny X-Men #401

I am still waiting to see how X-Force #123 and Amazing Spider-Man #38 turn out, but the "Nuff Said" eent is a very mixed bag. I don't like how some scripts were forced to do this. The extra 8 pages of scripts didn't help that much either, to be honest. Maybe if Marvel also bumped all their titles down to $1.99 for the month, that would make me less cold towards to event.

[mookie75]

I haven't read ALL of the "nuff said" comics, but I'd agree that some worked better than others.

I particularly liked the Thor comic and thought the textless format worked very well with the theme they were using.

I also thought the Wolverine comic wasn't too bad. After all, who needs words when it's just one big issue of Wolvie and Wendigo slashing stuff up? :p

However, the Nuff Said issue I have liked the least would easily be X-Treme X-Men. There was simply too much going on in that issue and I had a hard time following it without any text.

All in all, they were interesting for a change, but I'll be glad to get back to the "good ol' days" of comics with text in them.

:bosko:

[halinar]

On a whole they were bad. I picked up the extreme x-men (by accident actually) and it was bad. Almost everyone I thumbed through looked like they just took the word bubbles out and called it a special book.

It doesn't help when writers are forced to do crossovers/special books in the middle of major stories. Exiles was pretty the only other book I picked up in this run because it was written for a "nuff said" issue.

It did save me some money this month because I skipped every other marvel title that was part of the "nuff said" run.

[Crickett]

I liked it. It gave me a reason not to buy any Marvel comics for a month.


:mad:

[mookie75]

Wow...I guess I'm impressed by the strong principles that you guys have.

Even if I didn't like the Nuff Said comics, I would probably still buy my "regular titles" for the month. After all, even if the words aren't there...they ARE still a continuation of the ongoing plot lines. Besides, if I had a full run of a particular title, I wouldn't ruin it just because I didn't like the Nuff Said premise.

Oh well...to each their own I guess. :D

[James Harvey]

Exiles was probably the best 'Nuff Said' isue. And Peter Parker: Spider-Man was also specifically written for the event, and it shows. The issue is hilarious (about Mimes) and is easy to follow. No dialogue is needed at all. X-Force #123 is sorta weird. It all takes place in Doop's mind after he busts a zit. It gets reallt weird really fast, but there's no place for dialogue in that issue as well. I wonder how Amazing Spider-Man will handle it whenever Marvel gets caught up. The 'Nuff Said' issue may not happen until Febuary or March (or not at all).

[VantheSlayer]

Well, Punisher Worked, Daredevil Worked, Cable Worked. I didn't think the New X-Men issue really worked. it had ALOT of promise, and should have worked but somehting just felt off. For the most part it seemed like nothing more than a jumbled mess. what they should have done, is let the writer's come up with a 'Nuff said issue on their own time, when they felt it would be a good time. Interrupting the storyline's like they did in Avenger's just plain ruined some thing's. I prey I never am forced to read a "nuff said issue of Deadpool...Deadpool is a comedic title because of what Deadpool does and SAY'S.

Frankly, the Idea was a good one...but it was pulle doff as poorly as it could possibly have been. I expected better from these guy's and this whole thing has been a let down.

[James Harvey]

If the writers had enough time to make up their own story, then I agree we would have had a great month of silent reading. Another way Marvel could've capitalized on this was dropping the prices down to $2 flat for the month. That would've helped balance out the shorter read the book was. Overall, though, there were some great reads - my favorite being Peter Parker: Spider-Man.