I understand that 1602 contains a lot of "in-jokes" for those familair with the Marvel universe. Would someone not at all familiar with that universe (i.e. me), still enjoy the series?

I can understand them going OGN (Tales of the Vampire), to get into bookstores where people will hopefully rack them near the other Buffy titles.

My Borders puts the Buffy books in the the kid section of the store - not even the young adult, but the full-on colorful-carpet-and-pillows kiddie section. Weird. My other more local-er bookstore puts them in the YA section with some scattered in the mostly non-fiction "Hollywood/TV" section. Both stores put GNs in a totally other section that screams "If you are not male and do not speak at least 20 words of Klingon, don't even think about browsing here!"

Poor Buffy - foiled by bad marketing at every turn.

ION, I just bought the Last Man TPB, 1602 and new Ult. Spidey. Whee! No time to read until home though. When come back will bring probably not that insightful observations.

I just finished 1602 #1. Should we discuss here in whitefont, or go over to LJ or someplace like that?

Do it here! And whitefont? Please. I don't know LJ land and want to see what you guys say but haven't read it yet.

And yes, this is all about me.

I read 1602. There are a few characters who I don't know who their superhero counterpart is. (Does that make sense? Like Peter Parker being Spider-Man.) But there are some who I clearly knew.

I'm intrigued enough to want to read more.

There are a few characters who I don't know who their superhero counterpart is.

Like who?

I love how they translated everyone into the new time period.

I'm pretty sure that the nun and the scribe who were with the Inquisitor were the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver--Magneto's two kids.

The girl on the Virginia Maid kinda-sorta looks like she might be Storm.

Other spoilery things: I love the idea of Nick Fury as Walsingham and Dr. Strange as Dr. John Dee. The cameo of Foggy Nelson as the captain of Matt Murdock's ship was a nice touch. The 1602 version of Daredevil is probably my favorite of the characters so far, but Peter Parker is somewhat annoying.

One last question: The obvious answer to the identity of the Inquisitor would be Magneto, but that seems too simple. Does anyone else have any other ideas?

re: Anne's One Last Question, and without having seen the comic: Dr. Doom I might guess. He being the nearest Marvel equivalent to a Lex Luthor character.

The Buffyverse could really get some more aggressive traction with a more complete "Expanded Universe" kind of thing a la Star Wars. In a functional sense, the Fray series was a step in that direction.

That and an Elseworlds type of thing would be interesting also, but my biases for alternate realities/crossover stories are showing.

Hmmm... Based on Anne's comments, I don't see the point in my buying this series. I would barely get any of it.