re: Marvel movie fan jumping into Marvel Comics

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The Marvel staff had a virtual mutiny against Jim Shooter over Secret Wars. It was what began the end of his tenure as editor in chief. The recent book on the history of Marvel comics had a huge section on Secret Wars: it was a massively despised comic,

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I wouldn't mind reading that.

How much of the ire was at Shooter for capitulating to a toy-maker on storyline matters and how much was from the various writers who already didn't like sharing characters being forced to hand over their title namesakes?

The bottom line on all of this is that it's a fun, easy read, especially for someone just jumping into comics. Would you rather someone new to the genre read something more convoluted? Like the Clone Saga?