[Greenskar]

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Originally Posted by Tiberius

Was it better or worse than Fear Itself. If it is worse, well that isn't even possible so it can't be worse.

worse.

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Originally Posted by Crazy Jetty

House of M was well after I gave up on marvel. Aside from small, fairly unrelated stuff (Ultimate Spiderman, Runaways, Young Avengers), Marvel's general all around bad writing has made me have no desire to ever pick up one of their books.
I'll admit all my information comes from the comic club I attended at the time.
The way they spun it, was pretty much a mirror AoA universe wannabe, with Wolverine playing Bishop's role. (Though, while what you've said contridicts what I was told, it still hasn't done anything to make me rethink it. It still sounds godaweful. Just like everything before, and since)

I figured as much when the blanket statements started to fly, but its all good. I can respect that you dislike a specific character, but when criticism of events that haven't even been experienced by the reader are made with such conviction it does get frustrating.

It really is unfortunate that you feel so strongly about how bad Marvel stories are as a general belief based on some misguided comments from comic clubs. While I won't entirely discredit that some elements of particular events may be ridiculous or poorly conceived, that isn't to say the entirety of a story was crap.

Some wonderful reads since HOM include: (as Jason pointed out) Joss Whedon's run on Astonishing x-men, Brubaker and Fraction's Immortal Iron Fist, Planet Hulk, (while Jason has his issues with it) Fraction's Invincible Iron Man I enjoyed from 1-34 including the annual, Messiah complex through 2nd coming, X-Force was great, Uncanny X-Force is excellent, the death of captain america thru the trial of captain america and Annihilation vol 1-3, Conquest and the entire Nova series deserves multiple reads IMO.

I'm among the most vocal of the comic threads when it comes to crap stories so you should know I have no clear bias about my choices. Stories I thought were bad include: secret invasion, schism, siege, shadow land (still mad at myself for reading it), recent avengers vol 1&2 that dealt with kang and the hood respectively, curse of the mutants and endangered species are among the stand out crap fests I've read.

Sometimes though, it just comes down to a readers taste in characters and comic brands. This is not an accusation, simply a statement.