Also, how is it that I never heard of the 'Amalgam Universe', a DC and Marvel mashup extravaganza? See, I don't see how anyone can throw any hate Wikipedia's way when it makes such a great starting point for any question.
For example, a question like "Who is Dark Claw?"
Short answer = Wolverine + Batman mashup.
Anyhoo, I find Wikipedia useful at work and at home. I'll get tossed a project at work where I suddenly need to be an expert on some widget; Wikipedia gets me started (it's usually not a physical widget; it's more like a concept, such as IMEI. Or, I'll learn that my gaming education has lacked much information about Glorantha, and here's my primer.
Yes, Wikipedia usually has nice summaries of what a thing is and what it's for, that are much faster and easier to understand than the home page of whatever product or widget you're tracking down.
ReplyDeleteI have almost all the Amalgam comics--the vast majority of them are just one-shots, of course--from both years that they released them. I think there were 24 total and I have about 20. If you are ever interested in giving them a read. Can't remember if I've got Dark Claw or not.
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