Board Thread:Recommendations (NEW!)/@comment-1713281-20160112031325/@comment-1713281-20160114075942

So, I've added the recent Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe series to my pull list, and picked up the first two issues to catch up. Quite frankly, they suck. We're talking major disappointment here.

They're quasi-handbooks, and while they contain profiles on the major characters, and cover select in-universe comics along with the movies of Phase One, they really offer nothing else found in normal handbooks, and very little in the way of encyclopedic material that would be beneficial here. While I see these being geared towards non-comic fans, and contain a number of tidbits and trivia to relate the characters to their 616 comic counterparts, I'm still disappointed with their minimal content.

I'll probably stick it out through the rest of the announced Phase One issues, but I doubt I'll be picking up anything further in this format.

TL;DR don't bother with these, just watch the movies again.