Secret War (Marvel): Anyone reading this?

[AFGNCAAP]

Is anyone here picking up this mini-series? I've picked up #1 & was hooked immediately. Why's that? Well... (spoiler ahead)

Spoiler

One of the things revealed in #1 was that a lot of second-string villains with gear-based powers were carrying hi-tech stuff worth millions, though they were pulling jobs that only were in the thousands. An underworld tech guy called the Tinker was responsible for providing/fixing the gear, for a small share of the take (not nearly enough to cover gear costs). However, it seems that the mysterious Tinker was being bankrolled by someone else--the nation of Latveria! THese second-string, hi-tech goons were elevated from mere thugs w/ hi-tech weapons to clandestinely-bankrolled terrorists acting in the interest of a hostile foreign power!

The plot (revealed so far) makes quite a bit of sense, adds something to the Marvel U., & makes some bad guys turn out to be even worse.

Opinions? Comments? Ideas? Critiques? etc.?

 

[Desdichado]

What? Is there a new Secret Wars, or are you talking about that series from the 80s with the Beyonder?

 

[Crothian]

I liked the old sercet wars from the 80's, is this anything like that?

 

[CrusaderX]

It's a new miniseries from Marvel. But it has nothing to do with the Beyonder or the Secret Wars miniseries from the 1980's.

 

[Kahuna Burger]

It's a new miniseries from Marvel. But it has nothing to do with the Beyonder or the Secret Wars miniseries from the 1980's.

then they should'a given it a different name. secret wars is the name of a specific event which was kinda cool (if odd that no one seemed to notice chicago was missing). this sounds lame by comparison.

Kahuna burger

 

[Desdichado]

It's a new miniseries from Marvel. But it has nothing to do with the Beyonder or the Secret Wars miniseries from the 1980's.

What does it have to do with, then?

 

[CrusaderX]

I haven't read it, but it supposedly deals with S.H.I.E.L.D. and espionage and intelligence ops and conspiracies and things of that sort. So in that context, a "secret war" kind of makes sense, though I agree that they should have just called it something else to avoid confusion.

 

[Desdichado]

I haven't read it, but it supposedly deals with S.H.I.E.L.D. and espionage and intelligence ops and conspiracies and things of that sort. So in that context, a "secret war" kind of makes sense, though I agree that they should have just called it something else to avoid confusion.

So, I'm guessing Spider-man won't get a new suit out of the deal.

 

[Welverin]

What does it have to do with, then?

More importantly, who's writing it? Who's doing the art would be nice to know aas well.

 

[CrusaderX]

More importantly, who's writing it? Who's doing the art would be nice to know aas well.

Brian Michael Bendis is the writer and Gabriele Dell'Otto provides the painted art.

You can read more about the series from this Newsarama Article.