I'm confused about the current Thor trades...

[The Governor]

All this Thor:Siege, Siege Aftermath stuff does my head in a bit.

I'm wanting to keep up with Thor via trades, what I can't suss out is, are these Siege trades part of the release schedule for the Thor book, or if I buy them will there be missing issues that will then get released in a "standard" trade that'll force me to double dip...?

[I've Got the Monkeys]

I don't have the exact numbers, but they're approximately 605-614. They're the link from latverian prometheus to the fraction stuff. They're part of the main trade series.

[KSChris]

This is what I find annoying about Marvel's trade format.

Some books they release are numbered, some aren't.. or they restart the numbering or something

I get why they do it, for creative team changes and all.. but as someone who is primarily a trade-buyer, it's aggravating to always have to be checking the backs, or the inside to see what issues are collected and what I'm missing and such.

[The Governor]

Ah right, then I do need to buy them to catch all the issues...

LikeKChris I wish they'd make it easier to understand what to buy... as it stood before asking this question I wasn't bothering with them which is a lost sale purely due to their unclear collections...

Plus publishing the last few trades in the wrong order didn't help, and as far as I can tell, according to Amazon UK, Siege: Thor comes out in Jan 2010 which is after Thor: Siege Aftermath?

[majorjoe23]

I hate this about the Captain America trades. Twice I've bought the wrong book.

[I've Got the Monkeys]

Ah right, then I do need to buy them to catch all the issues...

LikeKChris I wish they'd make it easier to understand what to buy... as it stood before asking this question I wasn't bothering with them which is a lost sale purely due to their unclear collections...

Plus publishing the last few trades in the wrong order didn't help, and as far as I can tell, according to Amazon UK, Siege: Thor comes out in Jan 2010 which is after Thor: Siege Aftermath?

That's the PB. The HC came out in Sep. Aftermath comes out at the end of Nov.

And together, they collect 607-614, and the seige loki issue.

[Big Poot!]

Read the ones by Straczynski, they're brilliant. Wait for the Matt Fraction ones. Don't read the others, they're boring.

[The Governor]

Thanks guys, just a shame Marvel couldn't have made it clearer!

[Zac Goyette]

Read the ones by Straczynski, they're brilliant. Wait for the Matt Fraction ones. Don't read the others, they're boring.

I liked the Kieron Gillen issues.