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Secret
05-09-2009, 12:47 PM
Ok... trying to catch up on the civil war stuff, so I'm trying to figure out whether to buy the trade or the HC. The difference, aside from the price, seems to be an extra couple hundred pages in the HC, which includes "MarvelSpotlight 1-12".

Anyone have any idea what that is? All my searching has just confused me further. If you know what it is, is it worth it?

Thanks for any help!
Fat Cobra
05-09-2009, 01:36 PM
Marvel Spotlights are just interviews with the creators. I'd go for the hardcover because they're nicer but if your strapped for cash the Marvel Spotlight isn't necessary. Are you sure it said Marvel Spotlight 1-12? I don't think there were twelve of them.
Secret
05-09-2009, 01:51 PM
Gah. You're right - it no longer says 1-12, it just says "Marvel Spotlight: Civil War". They must have changed it - I'm SURE that's what it said, to the point of showing my friend.

*sigh*

There's an extra 300 pages in the HC, so for the 10 bucks difference, I guess I'll go with that one and then enlighten everyone else that's confused. :tongue:
Dave G.
05-09-2009, 05:18 PM
Go for the trades. The HC is just the 7 issue mini and then all of Millar's scripts. Not worth the money IMO.
_OM_
05-09-2009, 07:35 PM
Go for the trades. The HC is just the 7 issue mini and then all of Millar's scripts. Not worth the money IMO.

...Agreed. Scripts are really no added value unless they actually are significantly different from what actually wound up on Bristol. Reading early draft scripts, on the other hand, can be very rewarding for one and/or two reasons:

1) They give you an idea of the creative process, and where a writer may have originally been going with a script before it was edited/revised/whatever.

2) It can also show you where/when/why the story got totally clusterfracked and/or could have worked had it not been clusterfracked.

...In all honesty, I've only come across three HC's that had extras that I actually felt added to the value: Kingdom Come, Watchmen, and the Lobo slipcase collection. The latter's Wit and Wisdom of Lobo should be required reading for anyone trying to understand comics, especially how some writers' minds function.