If the only people who can enjoy a title is someone who is extremely familiar with it—then in my opinion, it just isn’t an overall great comic. Great comics cater to old and new audiences.

But if you’re an old reader and you thought it was great—then hey, it was great. Maybe it is: but it STILL should do a better job to welcome new readers. It shouldn’t be pretentious: like, ahem, Grant Morrison’s current Batman storyline. Seriously, I’m a big Bat-fan and these obscure references are just ridiculous. But that’s a whole different story.

Furthermore, Edwards has been doing an excellent job giving the whole book a Bronze age feel. The features are a bit murky sometimes, though.

HOWEVER.

I do see what you mean. This is a comic book for dare I say it: comic book veterans. There is no way with your lack of comic book history you would recognize or care about who Fing Fang Foom is or who M.O.D.O.K. is (though to be fair, if I remember correctly, both are named in the dialogue).

This raises an interesting point, though. This comic is to an extent an inside joke for comic book fans that have been around a while. This doesn’t seem fair to new readers and I believe care should be taken to explain to readers who is who. It’s a common plague, though.