I have fond memories of Marvel Comics Presents. Well, not fond, exactly. I remember it was the book that had some Wolverine stories in it, though I don’t remember what any of them were about. And there was a Colossus story by Rick Leonardi at one point. I have some memories of Marvel Comics Presents, and that’s got to mean something, right?
Anyway, I’m still interested in the official announcement of the return of Marvel’s anthology. Not, you know, excited or anything, but interested. In fact, 90% of my enthusiasm is reserved for Stuart Immonen’s Hellcat story, because Immonen is pretty darn awesome and I have no interest in reading Ultimate Spider-Man.
It’ll be interesting to see if the book can survive: An anthology with relatively low-profile creators and fringe characters doesn’t exactly look like it’ll set the direct market on fire.
There is, however, the Serious Continuity pitch, which actually turns me off the series a bit. According to editor John Barber:
MCP is firmly set in the Marvel Universe. You want to see what Stingray is up to? MCP. What Civil War meant to Man-Thing? MCP. There are some new faces in the crowd at MCP, but it’s all operating in the Marvel Universe we know and love.
Are there really peole who want to know what Civil War meant to Man-Thing? And if so, why aren’t they being rounded up and sterilized?
But Stuart Immonen is awesome, so what the heck.