When I was reading through Armor Wars, I noticed that every issue had a point where two characters, usually Tony Stark and Jim Rhodes, neatly summed up everything that had happened in the story arc prior to that. You know, something like "Boss, I know you're worried after finding out that Spymaster stole some of your designs and sold them to Justin Hammer, who sold them to various criminals. Sure Rhodey, that's why I've been going around attaching these devices that render the armor completely worthless. I know, but don't you think attacking government installations like The Vault is going too far?, etc."
The best part was, it only took four panels, or a third of a page. And then they could move forward with the story, confident that anybody that hadn't picked up the previous issues knew the score. Granted, it got a little tiring reading those same speeches over and over again, but I hadn't seen that in awhile, so it was kind of nice. Do you think they've moved away from that practice because the hardcore fans, who were buying every issue already got tired of it? Of course, with the way most stories are slowed down and drawn out, that kind of exposition could take three-quarters of an issue now.
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I still mourn the loss of little yellow boxes with "Editor's Note" inside. When they used to send you into the back issue for relevant info or usher you towards a continuation of the story in another book.
Those were some days, boy howdy.
carla: Good point, and those were littered throughout the storyline too. Telling us when Iron Man fought these guys, or when Stark wouldn't sell some weapons to SHIELD.
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