Yes, it is better to read it as a trade. The story is actually going somewhere now.
It has parodied/paid homage to:
1. The Hulk
2. Doc Savage
3. Godzilla and Japanese monster movies
4. Hong Kong cinema
5. Grant Morrison / The Matrix
6. Vertigo Comics
7. Miracleman / Marvelman
8. Transmetropolitan
9. The Justice League
10. Batman
11. The Fantasic Four and Galactus
12. Thor
13. The Lone Ranger
14. The Shadow
15. Tarzan
16. James Bond
17. Jules Verne
18. Dracula and Frankenstein (the horror genre)
19. Sherlock Holmes and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
20. 1950s sci-fi movies
21. Dr Strange and 60s psychedelia
22. Green Lantern / Lensmen
23. Wonder Woman
24. Superman
25. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and the kung fu genre
When I list it like this, I realise just how broad the subject matter has been.
I'm a little disappointed that there has been no Captain America / war story to date, nor a John Carter story.
