I'm currently catching up with Marvel again after being out of the loop for most of this year due to other things eating up my reading time.
Gwenpool is fun.
Hellcat and Squirrel Girl are the same kind of goofy cuteness.
I've enjoyed Moon Girl more than I expected I would.
Deadpool is kind of all over the place, especially since he became an Avenger. His bromance with Spider-man has kind of made that a little easier to handle. Mercs for Money also helps as it shows he's still a huge unreliable asshole.
I've been ignoring the cartoon/MCU tie in stuff from DisneyXD.
Silver Surfer sucks. The art is bad and it's just weird and stupid.
Haven't cared much for Moon Knight recently for a lot of the same reasons. The art is good, but the writing went a little too deep into the crazy to the point that it makes no sense and it's hard to tell what is going on. I get that's part of the point, but going too far in that direction just turns it into nonsense.
I understand what they are going for in trying to illustrate that Moon Knight is a crazy bastard, but there's really no one to root for and it's hard to tell who is or isn't dead, or whether someone is good or bad. Hell, it's hard to tell whether some of the characters ever really existed in the first place, and I'm not talking about Spector's many personalities or the various Gods and monsters either. There's no anchor or grounding with reality, so that makes it hard to connect with any of the characters or care about what is going on much.
They are overusing Black Panther. I get that it's because of the movie hype, but hope it calms down after it is released. I like his regular comic, but could do without the World of Wakanda and him being a central character in several non-crossover plotlines at once.
Marvel is overusing him and it's starting to get to Batman levels of him being involved with too much.
Yes, Deadpool is also massively overused for many of the same reasons, and is even worse about it. I'm also unsure about the decision to make him a "non-lethal" hero. So far it's been fairly interesting and has worked out, but I'm unsure if they can keep this going.
He doesn't have to become what he was or the Punisher, but part of his appeal is the fact that he's always been willing to cross the line and go dark. I'd love to see a comic book character that actually understands the concept of having reasonable threat assessment be a factor in how they decide to deal with enemies. Deadpool is actually a really good character for this.
They also seriously need to cut back on gay characters. I like that there are gay characters and that they are in fairly prominent roles, but Marvel has overcorrected and now there are too many. It's getting to be an oversaturation. It's gotten to the point that I've actually forgotten who is straight or gay, and it no longer stands out as a trait anymore.
Less then 5% of the population is gay and it's actually close to around 4%, it's unusual for someone to be gay. In Marvel comics, it's downright common to the point that it's getting absurd.
I do like that the younger generation of characters are more diverse as far as gender and ethnicity goes. Could do with a few less Koreans and mix up the Asian ethnicity a bit more, but otherwise that end is working out.
Also, less Spider-people. I don't mind a few, and it was made worse by the recent 'yet another Spider-man clone arc' story. I like Miles and Jessica, but could do without Silk and Gwen being around as much as they are.
I like Gwen more in her own universe rather than just being 'random spider-powered team up of similar age' or 'too many spider-fems' go out for coffee and run into trouble'.
We haven't reached 90s-00s levels of critical mass overexposure, but we're getting there fast.
Also, Marvel needs to learn how to write issues where nothing happens. American comics need SoL stuff injected into them. I'm not saying all the time, but American comic writers are afraid of character centric issues without action.
I could read an issue on occasion where it really is just a group of heroes sitting around for coffee or taking a break and just shooting the shit and having fun sometimes without being emotionally crushed by the latest world shaking event or having some random event crash in and ruin their day. This should happen a lot more than it does.
Most comic book readers are adults, we can handle an issue where nothing important happens and no one gets punched in the face sometimes.
Overall, it's more good than bad. Still got a few months worth to catch up on though.