Marissa Reads Marvel: Introduction

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Fun fact about me: When I become a fan of something, I have a sudden and overwhelming need to consume everything I possibly can, that is in any way related to that something of which I became a fan. Watch all the episodes; read all the books; watch all the other projects the creators/authors/stars have been involved in; read all the interviews... You get it.

And hey, you know what I've somewhat-recently become a fan of (after leaving it behind in my childhood for a while)? Comic books. Specifically, those which have been created by Marvel Comics.

And you know what has an absurdly, terrifyingly large amount of stuff for interested parties to catch up on and read about? Comics. Specifically, those which have been created by Marvel Comics.

You can see where that's going, right?

Conveniently, Marvel has an app/service, called Marvel Unlimited*, for just such an education. So, naturally, I signed up. Because I'm a new (well, returning/new) fan and now I need to learn all the things, as is my wont.

So, over the past couple of months, I have been devouring Marvel's back catalog. And all along, I have been texting my boyfriend with my reactions what I'm reading and learning, because a lot of it is surprising, or funny, or heartbreaking, or infuriating, or -- well, basically, if there's an emotion one can feel, I'm pretty sure these comics have made me feel it -- and I can't be alone with this. At one point, I apologized to my boyfriend for sending so many texts in ALL CAPS TO DISPLAY THE INTENSITY OF MY FEELINGS, saying, "I should just start a blog for these, so I can stop texting you." He replied, "Don't you have a blog?"

... Indeed.

So, here we are! I'll be posting a series of entries in which I freak out about Marvel's back catalog. (I freak out a lot and putting it all in one post would be unwieldy.) The first one is upcoming, just as soon as I finish posting this introduction.

Enjoy, Faithful Readers!**

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* If you aren't aware, Marvel Unlimited is a service that lets you read digital copies of pretty much every comic Marvel has ever published - up through 6-ish months ago, anyway. The app itself is... finicky, at best. But the service is great.

** I haven't written nearly enough blog posts - nor been at this for nearly long enough - to have "faithful readers." I know that :P But, the cast/crew of "Doctor Who" (back in seasons 2, 3, and 4) used to refer to the people watching/listening to their DVD commentaries as "faithful viewers" all the time - "Hello, Faithful Viewers! Welcome back to our commentary! Today we'll be watching episode..." and so on - and I thought it was cute, so I wanted to re-purpose it here.