I heard about a certain cosmic character's return occurring in this series, but then got disappointed by the reveal because it wasn't really as advertised.
It turns out to be



But I was curious how the series has been overall?

I thought the series was alright, and it also seems to be setting the stage for what is next to come. Not sure how I feel about the Steve rogers thing though.

I read the intro issue, a smattering of the fill-ins, and the Omega issue.

It was fun overall, IMO. I didn't dig Spencer's take on a few of the characters (his Maria Hill in particularly seems more of a snarker and less of a self-assured, "Get it done" badass, IMO), but it moved along well and didn't belabor anything.

Marvel is now synonymous with the phrase "bait and switch".

There was no "return". There was only a mischaracterization and ultimately a shoehorning of another female character into an old hero's slot.

I won't go on about how the Wendell/Quasar character would've never just rolled over like this (or even how he could with the Quantum Bands specifics) but whatever.

Marvel isn't for me anymore.

I'm with you MonkeyJoe. Why couldn't they just give him an actual chance to shine? 60 issue run....worth nothing. Captain Marvel run after run after run. Moon Knight run after run after run.

I honestly feel that the DnA run from years ago is literally being squashed by the current regime. Even the Guardians of the Galaxy barely resemble the cast that made the movie a possibility.

OH........didn't answer the question....LOL Haven't read it. Just lamenting.

Slightly off topic, but having just read the trade collection the Original Sin storyline for Guardians, and finally seeing what happened Richard Rider after the end of the DnA run, and it was a huge let down. From the characterization to the plot, it was so weak, and as much as I've been missing Rider since the Thanos Imperative, I'm happy with him sitting on the sidelines if that is what being in the cosmic scene would be like for him.

Aside from Dan Slott's Silver Surfer, I haven't enjoyed anything cosmic Marvel has been putting out.

I think that folks might be better served treasuring their favorite runs and moving on.

Hulk fan here. Peter David's Hulk run was like the Bible of my adolescence. Loved, and still love, how interesting and novel that run was. It breathed fresh life into a character that had begun to get more than a little stale.

From that perspective, it would have been damned easy to write off "Planet Hulk" as a stupid experiment. "This isn't MY Hulk." Well, no, it wasn't, and isn't. But "my" Hulk wasn't killed off. The trades and single issues still exist on my shelf/in longboxes. They haven't been confiscated or destroyed.

Flash forward to Cho Hulk, aka. "The Totally Awesome Hulk." Again, would have been really easy to ##### about the minority "casting," or the change to the status quo, or the fact that it isn't "my Hulk." Well, no, it isn't. But "my" Hulk wasn't killed off. The trades and single issues still exist on my shelf/in longboxes. They haven't been confiscated or destroyed.

And, lo and behold, there was a good amount of stuff in each run that wowed me. Cho Hulk is actually developing quite well, and I'm digging it.

Just an alternative perspective. Take it or leave it.

I also do this. My Marvel/DC collection is broken up by self-contianed runs. The Annihilation-Annihilators cosmic era. Greg Rucka's Checkmate (+ JSA vs. Kobra). Peter David's X-Factor Investigations. These titles all took place in larger contexts, but they work on their own. I don't need to read/acknowledge the Bendis GotG, or the Bruce Jones issues of Checkmate that followed Rucka's run. I'm happier if I stick to what I love.

Wait, Bruce Jones ruined a DC property too!? SOLIDARITY!

I know you're a Hulk fan... Was Jones the one who wrote the Mr. Green/Blue stuff and Agent Pratt? Because of all the Hulk I've read, that stuff was some of my least favorite.

Yep, it was.

And, to be fair, I dug it in the early going. I'm REALLY tired of the "we're going to pay homage to the Bixby show" route, which Jones's run was, but it was intriguing in the first 6-12 months.

I lost patience after about two years of pretty much nothing happening of consequence. I have all the issues, but haven't felt a need to re-read them.

Third-worst run behind Byrne's later run and Loeb's run (which set a new bar for mediocrity to the point that Jeff Parker had to come in and salvage Rulk).

Loeb wrote some bad Hulk, but at least the art was pretty. Bruce Jones had JRJr, whose art I've never liked.

I got my copy of Standoff Omega today. Since the crossover was running through pretty much all the titles I get, my comic shop was kind enough to comp me the prelude and the bookend chapters. It was fine.

Seemed more than just de-aging Cap and setting the new status quo for Quasar and the new Thunderbolts, the other big development from this is that everyone dislikes Maria Hill again. So as we head into Civil War II: On The Move, she's right back where she was during the first one.

And the Quasar thing doesn't bother me in the slightest. He's been replaced before with little success, so I don't expect this will be much different. To be honest, even if/when he does take the mantle back, I doubt that'll work any better. Some characters just aren't destined to be popular again, no matter how many stabs the company takes at trying to make them a thing again.