Secret War/New Avengers/Civil War

[20yrslater]

I just read the hard cover collection of Secret War, and I thought, as with House of M, it reads decently as a single bound volume, but would have been at the very least confusing to read in single issue formats.

My question is, how does SW tie-in to NA and maybe CW? the SW team looks a lot like the NA team, and maybe that's where the germ of the idea comes in? also, is SW a part of continuity? Did Reed tell the Illumnati about the Fury's Secret War?

Apologies if this particualr dead horse has been flogged, but a search didn't reveal much.

[Bashful Benjamin]

It´s definitely in continuity.
Fury is currently underground due to the events in SW and this stupid earthquake chick (don´t know her name right now) appears in NA #17.
And I think that the SW events are one important reason for the Super Hero Registration Act of CW.

[Linguini]

Why would it be hard to understand in issues?
I understood it well.

[Linguini]

The earthquake chick s mr. hydes daughter, I think....

[20yrslater]

Why would it be hard to understand in issues?
I understood it well.
A lot of the reviews said that BMB's decompression-style writing, and the length of time betweeen issues, made this series more difficult to read as single, stnad-alone issues.

[kenjeffrey]

The whole secret wars series was fine in issues but just having one or two of them would be no use at all.

[Effect]

I agree. While I enjoy Bendis' work, his story really do work a LOT better when you read it all at once, TPBs or an entire arc in one sitting via issues instead of single issues once a month.

Honestly I wouldn't mind waiting a month or two to get the TPB of New Avengers or Ultimate Spider-man if his stories went straight to TPB. They are a lot more satisfiying read that way. I don't really enjoy New Avengers or Ultimate Spider-man as much as a result of this until entire arcs are done, then I go back and reread it all and I enjoy them a LOT more.

[Tobias March]

So the Secret Wars trade is worth picking up? It's a hefty enough price tag.

[Linguini]

So the Secret Wars trade is worth picking up? It's a hefty enough price tag.

Yes it is. Secret War is amazing because of its writing and especially due to gabriel delloto's awesome art. Defenitly pick this one up.

[Mean Mr Mustard]

Secret War was pretty fun. My only disapointment was that I was expecting a big payoff scene featuring the mission (issue, even!) but we only got one or two pages of black and white flashback.
:(

Still great though.

[Linguini]

Yea same here.
At least the two pages looked pretty awesome.