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Yeah, Remlik, I don't think sales are ever an indicator of quality. The two can go hand-in-hand, but just because a book sells well doesn't mean it's

Posted by TWuG Mar 1 '09, 18:41

good.

Witness House of M, Civil War, Planet Hulk, etc....

Mind numbingly boring stuff. And yet it sold. I don't get it.

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Well we agree to disagree, and that's cool. Those 3 events were quite good with Planet Hulk being the gold standard for Marvel these days. -- nm - Remlik Mar 1, 18:48 11
- but not World War Hulk that was mediocre due to Romita's crap art on it. -- nm - Remlik Mar 1, 18:49 10
  - Aw, crap. I was thinking WWH, not Planet Hulk. I didn't read any PH, just some of the WWH stuff, which was abysmal. -- nm - TWuG Mar 1, 18:50 9
    - yeah WWH was not as good as it could have been. Planet Hulk on the other was Gladiator (like the movie) awesome. -- nm - Remlik Mar 1, 18:59 8
      - The Gladiator reference isn't helping you. -- nm - TWuG Mar 1, 19:00 7
        
        Planet Hulk works because it's a fully imagined world with a storyline that makes the main character sympathetic and heroic. Spend the $20 for it. -- nm - David Mar 1, 19:02 5
        
        $40 for the baddass oversized HC. -- nm - Remlik Mar 1, 19:07 4
        
        (which is what I got for Kim as some sort of gift along the way) -- nm - David Mar 1, 19:09 3
        
        oh Watchmen btw.... - Remlik Mar 1, 19:17 2
        
        Okay. Out of curiosity, could you get two? Counselor Craigy wants a set, too. -- nm - David Mar 1, 19:18 1
        
        ugh. Let me see what I can do. -- nm - Remlik Mar 1, 19:26
        
        ah. Well it was excellent, it was grand and sweeping epic story from Greg Pak. -- nm - Remlik Mar 1, 19:02
House of M had a brilliant concept shoddingly executed. - celedhrymandias Mar 1, 18:46
bite your tongue! Planet Hulk was awesome. -- nm - Beaker Mar 1, 18:43 3
- It was the Hulk, by its very definition it *couldn't* be awesome. Hulk is the antithesis of awesome. -- nm - TWuG Mar 1, 18:49 2
  - did you read it? -- nm - Remlik Mar 1, 18:50 1
    - See above, I was thinking WWH. Still the Hulk is very low on my list of characters with potential -- (link) - TWuG Mar 1, 18:51 [Backboard]

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