Well, to be frank, the other Epic books sounded terrible to me.

If I was going to name a writer I thought was least capable of writing a romance book, it would probably be Mark Millar. If I was going to name an artist(one that does interior work) least likely to attract female readers with his work, it would probably be Terry Dodson, a classic cheesecake T n' A artist. This combination makes Trouble a very hard sell, and judging from the reviews so far, my initial reaction was correct.

The other titles are all by creators I've never heard of, and, these days, the creators are what capture my interest. Without a big name creator, the idea or concept has to be really intriguing to catch my attention. So far, the little tidbits I've seen on the premise of the stories haven't done that.

Taken from here:

-Crimson Dynamo - by John Jackson Miller (w) and Steve Ellis (p) - a Marvel-Universe superhero series about a Russian student who finds and uses the old Soviet Crimson Dynamo armor - first issue: 4 September 2003

Not really a Crimson Dynamo fan. Sounds like fanfic revamping, to me. The art also didn't do much for me.

-Gun Theory - by Daniel Way (w) and Jon Proctor (p) - a thriller about a contract killer who makes the mistake of falling in love (originally produced as a graphic novel) - first issue (of 4): 17 September 20

Kind of overdone storyline. If the preview art looked really cool I might give it a shot(haven't seen anything on it, yet).

-Phantom Jack (previously Nowhere Man) - by Mike SanGiacomo (w) and Mitch Breitweiser (p) - a character-focused superhero series about a journalist who can turn invisible - first issue (of 5): January 2004

This was probably the most interesting sounding, but there's not really enough to sway me.

-Strange Magic - by Jason Henderson (w) and Greg Scott (p) - a Marvel-Universe character-focused series about a 17-year-old girl with magical abilities, living in New Orleans - first issue: Winter 2004

Eh, magic child prodigy is also overdone. The fantasy genre can either be really good or really, really bad, depending on the writer.

-Young Ancient One - by Rob Worley (w) and Andy Kuhn (p) - a Marvel-Universe light-hearted martial arts story about Dr. Strange's mentor "Ancient One", when he was young - first issue (of 3): not yet announced

Comical story about Dr. Strange's mentor. No thanks.

-unknown title - by *Heath Amodio (w) - a Marvel-Universe story exploring Spider-Man's origin and life story... if Uncle Ben had not been murdered - first issue (of 1): not yet announced

I could have sworn this was already done.....

-unknown title - by Tony Salmons (w&p) - a Marvel-Universe story starring the original line-up of the Avengers - first issue (of 3): not yet announced

This I know has been done. Suprised Marvel would allow an unknown to use the Avengers like this.