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A review by fishmeal
Guardians of the Galaxy: New Guard, Volume 3: Civil War II by
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Guardians of the Galaxy: New Guard: Civil War II has three-ish issues of Civil War II tie-in and an additional stand-alone issue at the end. So that equates to three issues of confusing, unintelligible, plot-hole-ridden event crap and an additional nonsensical issue which seems to pretend that the Civil War II never happened.
A huge plot element in this book is that Gamora, whose life mission is to find and kill her father, Thanos, finds out that Carol Danvers is holding the villain in a super-prison. Carol refuses Gamora access to him and the two have a huge fight. There’s some great action and some nice artwork for the fight and then…the conflict is dropped. The Civil War II tie-in issues are over and we’re on to the non-tie in issue, where Gamora is happy, healthy, and not driven mad by the desire for revenge.
I understand that this plot point with Gamora was probably answered in the main Civil War books and I just don’t remember. But we have a situation here where reading stories in trade paperback just doesn’t work. This book is not a story; it’s the framework of a story with the climax and resolution removed, with an extra little useless bit at the end. Does Marvel not realize that there are people who read their books in TPB form? Why did they even create this book – especially since they made it a pretty hardcover and then charged $25 for it!
I feel like this has been a recurring issue with me as I read through all of these trades – the Civil War II was not meant to be read this way. Does that mean people like me, who aren’t willing to spend $4 each on ten or so comics a week in order to read an entire event, are not supposed to read Marvel events at all?
Read more of my reviews (plus cat pics!) on Her Little Book Review.
A huge plot element in this book is that Gamora, whose life mission is to find and kill her father, Thanos, finds out that Carol Danvers is holding the villain in a super-prison. Carol refuses Gamora access to him and the two have a huge fight. There’s some great action and some nice artwork for the fight and then…the conflict is dropped. The Civil War II tie-in issues are over and we’re on to the non-tie in issue, where Gamora is happy, healthy, and not driven mad by the desire for revenge.
I understand that this plot point with Gamora was probably answered in the main Civil War books and I just don’t remember. But we have a situation here where reading stories in trade paperback just doesn’t work. This book is not a story; it’s the framework of a story with the climax and resolution removed, with an extra little useless bit at the end. Does Marvel not realize that there are people who read their books in TPB form? Why did they even create this book – especially since they made it a pretty hardcover and then charged $25 for it!
I feel like this has been a recurring issue with me as I read through all of these trades – the Civil War II was not meant to be read this way. Does that mean people like me, who aren’t willing to spend $4 each on ten or so comics a week in order to read an entire event, are not supposed to read Marvel events at all?
Read more of my reviews (plus cat pics!) on Her Little Book Review.