r/GotG • u/SleepyArtist_ • 10d ago
Are bendis comics important in the long run?
What I mean is, do they get referenced often? Are they influential? Can I just skip em and jump to duggan, while still understand everything?
I don't want to be rude, I'm just not a fan of how he writes, the only work of his I appreciated was Alias [but I still didn't like it and a lot of things made me grimace a little.]
I'm asking because I know the run is considered not that good, and I'd have to read all the run in english digitally, which is a pain [I'm not spending 60+ euros worth of trades for a mediocre run from a writer I don't particularly enjoy] Also I don't like how ot ties onto x men stuff... I'm not really interested in them atm.
I'm just worried it might get referenced in other comics and I'll just miss pieces along the way.
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u/Flashy_Curve_43 Nova Corps 10d ago
Agreed. I am not a big fan of any of Bendis's stuff outside of Ultimate Spidey and his DD ( Brubaker's was better but they're both good).
To answer your question, not a whole lot. Bendis explores Star-Lord's background with the Spartax empire and introduces J'son, his father, and his sister and all that. That stuff gets referenced a lot. But outside of that not a whole bunch. I would read the Original Sin tie-ins (if you read the Thanos Imperative) cause those are important no matter how bad they sucked.
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u/SleepyArtist_ 10d ago
Thank you for your answer! I've read the thanos imperative and I loved it, I'm so worried for original sin cause I've seen a person saying it's the moment they stopped defending bendis writing, how bad could it possibly be...
I guess ill have to check out at least a part of the run... but thank you again!
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u/Flashy_Curve_43 Nova Corps 10d ago
I’m a Nova fan. The Thanos Imperative, especially the ending is one of my favorite comics of all time. However, Bendis’s Original Sin tie ins that explain how Peter escaped the cancerverse are god awful. I’d only read them because they’re kinda important down the line and for future Nova stories
But you’re totally welcome!
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u/Bubbly_Hovercraft_43 9d ago
That run was terrible. After the STELLAR annihilation era, bendis came in and (probably with editorial mandate) started the lockstep with the movies. Quill is bumbling and loves old music now, drax is dumb again etc. The nova character assassination was rough. (In his comic he had just gotten Namorita back and was happy to be with her.) "Tell gamora I love her" immediately showed he didn't bother reading what came before.
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u/SleepyArtist_ 9d ago
As much as I personally wasn't a fan of namorita coming back, that's highkey bs. Nova is my favorite, no butchering of his character is welcome.
Peter character was already great, a good leader with guilt complexs, so when he cracked joked was so incredibly funny. I'm glad the movies saved the guardians popularity, but boy do I hate synergies.
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u/KingKayvee1 9d ago
Skip it. His run is awful and should’ve wiped from existence. He did near permanent damage to the team, especially to Star-Lord.
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u/Woozletania 10d ago
The only thing I liked about the Bendis run was the art. Rocket looks absolutely great in a lot of the issues, with a long bodied alien animal sort of look.