Posted by
Daniel Crandall on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 9:23:15 PM
Every summer sees some "event" book from DC & Marvel: Civil War, World War Hulk, 52, Countdown, Infinite Crisis, etc., etc. The movie studios have their tent pole summer movies, so do the comic publishers.
Marvel's tent pole for the summer of 2008 is
Secret Invasion. An 8-issue series that brings the Marvel Universe together again. But don't think you'll be forking out a paltry $24.00, give or take, for this story.
According to a bit of marketing I received recently, during the month of July you can expect to shell out at least $45.00 to keep tabs on all the Secret Invasion storylines. And that's just one month and only halfway through the "event".
Marvel did the very same thing with Civil War. They fooled me once. They won't fool me again. Regarding Secret Invasion, you can keep your bloody secret.