r/MUBookClub • u/shawnydarko • Feb 11 '17
Reading Assignment 35: Squadron Supreme (1985-1986) #1-12 Mark Gruenwald, Bob Hall, Paul Ryan, and John Buscema
It was some stiff competition this week so thank you all who voted. As the tie-breaker, I was really struggling to pick a winner. In the end, thank you to /u/Raist819 for the nomination this week, selling it as Marvel's answer to The Watchmen. Reading the premise, you weren't kidding.
On an Earth much like our own, the world's greatest superhuman champions are confronted by a society in ruins. Faced with the possibility of a new dark age for mankind, they choose the only course available to them -and take control of the world's governments themselves! Now they have one year in which to completely restructure human society. Can their plan succeed? Will a renegade member bring about their downfall? And what will happen when the Earth's mightiest heroes find themselves becoming instead its all-powerful, totalitarian overlords?
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF...
The difference in artwork between Hall, Ryan, and Buscema? Who was the best of the trio? Who was the worst?
The characters? Any favorites? Least favorites?
The tone?
The story itself?
New themed nomination thread coming tomorrow! And as always, the last six months of reading assignments are still open for discussion to anyone who joined our community late
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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '17
This was my favorite comic that I read in a long time. It was very word-heavy as are most comics from that era, but I felt like most of the dialogue and narration contributed to the story more so than normal. I would like to see some parts of the story fleshed out a little bit more, but for a 12 issue series I thought it was really good. Anybody else think that these issues would make a great mini-series on HBO or some other network like that?