Talking Comics Podcast 2/19/14

I might be in the minority here, but I kind of view the "Reyer Curse" as a somewhat good thing. As much as I don't like seeing a good series end, I'm also of the mind that I don't like to see a series go on too long and start to be disappointing. For a lot of series, I think having just 6-12 issues is good, much like how I think TV shows should be limited to 10 episodes. Now that The Movement is ending I'll gladly pick up the two trades and have a complete story that I can go back to again and again. It also frees up Gail Simone to try her hand at another property, which is never a bad thing.

Bobby's thoughts on The Bunker #1 mirrored mine to the tee. I thought it was definitely an engaging read all the way through, so much so that I told my wife all about it after I read it and even she was curious about it. Unfortunately I think I'll wait for a trade on that one because again, as I said above, I like to have the complete thing rather than just a part of it. I got a serious Stephen King vibe from reading it, so I can't wait to see it all finished.

Hearing about Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man made me want to check it out. I loved every bit of the Ultimate Spider-Man featuring Miles Morales but passed on Cataclysm because I figured it would be too focused on an event that I know nothing about. However, hearing that it involves pretty much all the characters from USM that I enjoyed (and seeing the relaunched Ultimates line coming up) means I might need to pick up these books just to know what's going on for when the relaunched USM starts up. Steve had mentioned at the end that the conclusion to the Miles stuff was going to be in another Cataclysm book, but I don't know which one. Does anyone know?