I started reading comics a few months ago but only smaller publisher stuff. Donny Cates is one of my favorite writers and I just found out he is going to take over Doctor Strange and Thanos. I have nearly zero knowledge of the Marvel universe and am pretty intimidated by the seemingly massive barrier to entry, but I want to follow Cates' work. If I just picked up these two series would I be completely fucked? I'd really prefer to not spend days digging through wikis to get caught up if possible. Thanks.
>>94066583
Possibly, possibly not. Some writers make things very continuity heavy that you need to know about past stories to enjoy, some (usually the good ones) give you everything you need to know just in their run. We won't know where his books fall until they come out.
>>94066673
Sounds reasonable to me! I'm thinking about at least grabbing Thanos 1-8 just so I have some sort of understanding of the character before the new team takes over. Any idea if Thanos #1 by Lemire required much prior knowledge?
I'd do the same for Doctor Strange but they're on like 20 something issues so I'm like ehhhhh
>>94066583
contrary to popular belief, each writers run on a character is mostly standalone, and doesn't require knowledge of decades of history to comprehend the storyline
though I would recommend Dr. Strange's comics, alot of them are pretty great
>>94067023
You get recap primer pages.
>>94067434
Cool I'll probably grab them then.
>>94067297
I'll check out the first few issues and decide from there. The reviews aren't stellar and my backlog is piling up faster than I can read it haha. Thanks.