It is -exactly- like that. Only the names are both more interesting and harder to remember at the same time, for some reason.

I read the first three issues of Secret Wars, and then used Wikipedia for the rest - largely because I'm only vaguely aware of the state of 616 leading up to this point. I paid attention all the way up to Civil War. And the Civil War was stupid. Then I tried paying attention to Secret Invasion. And Secret Invasion was…

Frequent trolling of Wikipedia has done very little to shed any light on these questions. And, like many comic-based wikis, kinda reads like the gibbering of a lunatic.

But . . . but they -do- remember everything that happened prior to Battleworld? At least, all the 616 and Ultimate characters currently fighting each other over nothing do.

Mostly because those smaller storylines work fine in and of themselves, but the overarching plot is this massive, lumbering, nebulously defined mess.

God, Battleworld seems like the biggest clusterfuck. Does anyone know if this line will actually continue afterwards? Cause it sounds like a fun set-up with fun characters, but I've been actively avoiding reading ANY Marvel except for Ultimate End and Ms Marvel because I know it is all going to be rebooted anyway.

Uh . . . King Kong, maybe?

Oh, I'm not especially invested in it being THIS show. I just want it to be A show. Hoping against hope that Ridley's show will find more of an audience than SHIELD/Agent Carter, so that Disney doesn't decide to drop the whole TV-angle entirely before we can get a Runaways/YA show.

As much as I want to see Billy and Teddy on a screen, I'd imagine there's actually a bit too much baggage for ANY of the Young Avengers to work, at least with anything resembling their comic origins.

Would a Runaways and/or Young Avengers show be too much to hope for?

Wild Arms 2 had an anime opening with fantastic music!

Bitch, I know you ain't talking about Kate Beaton. Kate Beaton is the fucking best.

Fuck, that last one is legitimately devastating.

I've heard the rumors about his barbed penis, and I've decided to take my chances.

I wish that I was somebody's mom, so that Ron Perlman would fuck me too.

Mentor figure to Miles.

How's the smell of your own farts today? Appropriately pungent, I trust?

Agreed. My only concern is what happened to the rest of Miles' supporting cast. I quite like the Ultimate versions of Aunt May, Gwen Stacy, etc.

God, you're trying so hard. And it's adorable.

I'm pretty sure they've confirmed that Peter will be taking a mentor role in Miles' story. Which I think is a pretty great idea.