With DC releasing a teaser image last week for “Final Crisis”, I’ve realized that I have a love/hate relationship with Marvel’s Distinguished Competition. Well, at least with their events.

Although I mostly hated the Civil War mini-series, I loved the concept as a whole. And there were a lot of good tie-ins. I also enjoyed the fallout of said event, plus other recent and current Marvel events that include Annihilation, Annihilation: Conquest, and World War Hulk. With DC, however, they fall short on the follow-ups and tie-ins, with the exception of 52 which I totally dug.

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After last week’s X-Men #200, where the first part of the Endangered Species set of backup stories running through 4 X-titles appeared, I am now faced with a dilemma. See, the crossover runs through “X-Men”, “Uncanny X-Men”, “X-Factor”, and “New X-Men”. I’m already picking up “X-Men” and “X-Factor” every month, but I already dropped “Uncanny” last month, and “New” a couple of months ago. If I want to follow this story, I’d have to bring “Uncanny” and “New” back to my pull list for a couple of months and pick up the issues I missed so I won’t get lost in their respective current storylines. Dammit.

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