What will be Marvel's answer to Blackest Night?

[YouthofToday]

We know there isn't a major event planned for this summer, but Marvel has to have something to go head to head with Blackest Night which should be a big seller for DC.

They alread announced the Dark Avengers / Uncanny X-Men crossover. ASM #600 drops in July. Both of those should be chart toppers. Ultimate line relaunch. Wonder what else they have planned?

[SeritoNiN]

We know there isn't a major event planned for this summer, but Marvel has to have something to go head to head with Blackest Night which should be a big seller for DC.

They alread announced the Dark Avengers / Uncanny X-Men crossover. ASM #600 drops in July. Both of those should be chart toppers. Ultimate line relaunch. Wonder what else they have planned?

Something with little build up and even less importance.

[CyberHubbs]

You'll probably get smaller crossovers spread out across the comics, rather than one big event. Messiah War, War of the Kings, so on and so on.

[CaptainOtter]

I think Marvel is going for smaller crossovers, rather than another huge invasion or apocalyptic event. I think they suggested this, and its a smart move.

Instead, there are going to be more things like Dark Reign, War of Kings, and Messiah War. Either they only have a few titles, or are not flat out wars but rather changes in the status quo. Personally, Im hoping War of Kings continues to heat up.

[Westgarth J]

I assumed War of Kings was the biggie, with Dark Reign as a sort of thematic arc for the Earth-bound line that writers could choose or not choose to opt into.

I don't think DC will claw back the ground they've lost to Marvel with one big event anyway - certainly not Blackest Night. Cosmic stuff doesn't seem to resonate too much in the current market, and I assumed that was why WoK had so many faces from 'regular' books making up the cast. I've seen more than a few ask why someone like Darkhawk was involved in a cosmic event when he was always a street-level slugger before.

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Nothing specific. I'd say Blackest Night is DC trying to answer Marvel, more than anything else.

[marvell2100]

Marvel Assistant-Sized Spectacular.

[Beast]

Nothing specific. I'd say Blackest Night is DC trying to answer Marvel, more than anything else.
Pretty much.

As for the OP's question. Good writing and good stories. How Marvel answers all of DC's stuff. :p

[Jake V]

Business as usual will be more than enough to compete with Blackest Night.

[Doc Goblin]

Marvel can let DC win this time, can't they? Come on. Let them have their summer. At some point, Marvel is just being a big bully.

[Maestro]

I think it's been several years since DC had a book at #1. I don't think that's gonna stop in 2009 either

[The Sword Is Drawn]

Nothing specific. I'd say Blackest Night is DC trying to answer Marvel, more than anything else.

I'd totally agree.

In terms of themes I suppose that War of Kings is probably going to be closer. But in all seriousness this does feel like DC playing catch-up.

[DeadXMan]

I believe the resurrected technorganic Apache tribe in X-force is the answer

[Shyft]

War of Kings would be the direct analogy i guess?

[celticguy]

War of Kings would be the direct analogy i guess?

I suppose they are both cosmic events at least.

[Wild Card13]

Marvel can let DC win this time, can't they? Come on. Let them have their summer. At some point, Marvel is just being a big bully.

If DC can start releasing stories of a quality that would let them outsell Marvel, then they deserve to win. For now, Marvel's winning because its stories are better, and arguably because it has a better stable of creators writing and illustrating them. Ergo, Marvel deserves what it has.

[ShaggyB]

Nothing specific. I'd say Blackest Night is DC trying to answer Marvel, more than anything else.

Sorta.... DC has been revamping the Lanterns since way back in Rebirth.... But more over i would say that DC is trying to atleast match the scope that Annihilation, Annihilation Conquest, Nova, Rise and fall of the Shi'ar Empire, Emperor Vulcan and now War of Kings is achieving with cosmic characters.

Id say DC is doing a fine job with GL and GLC. Rage of the Red Lanters, Sins of the Scarlet Saphires have all been great. Sinestro Corps War and Alpha Lanterns delivered as well. Agent Orange looks to be good as well as GLC's continuation of the Mongul vs Sinestro power struggle. All of that leads into Blackest Night....

The question for Marvel and DC is.... where do they go next?

[Sean Walsh]

WAR OF KINGS.

Not just because they're cosmic in scope, or because they constitute the entirety of my ongoing title collecting, but because both the Marvel and DC cosmos have provided the last 2 "sleeper hit" events (ANNIHILATION and SINESTRO CORPS WAR).

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Sorta.... DC has been revamping the Lanterns since way back in Rebirth.... But more over i would say that DC is trying to atleast match the scope that Annihilation, Annihilation Conquest, Nova, Rise and fall of the Shi'ar Empire, Emperor Vulcan and now War of Kings is achieving with cosmic characters.I'd agree if we were talking about just the Sinestro Corps war, but Blackest Night is looking like a line-wide crossover event. It'd be as if War of Kings involved all the Earth heroes, too.

This is DC trying to answer Secret Invasion or Dark Reign, not just the small-scale (if somewhat similar) War of Kings.

[Shyft]

Judging from how good Sinestro Corps War was ( i read little to no DC, but picked it all up and loved it) and considering how crap the rest of their company wide crossovers are, its to their detriment to make it a whole DC universe event. They should just draw as many "potentially" cosmic heroes into it as poss (Superman for example) and keep it space-based.

[Big Red Spider]

Blackest Night Ripoff:

The circumstances of Wendell Vaughn's return cause the Quantum Force to be split into different wavelengths. There by you get seven different protectors of the universe. One powers through X-rays, one by radio waves, etc...

[ShaggyB]

I'd agree if we were talking about just the Sinestro Corps war, but Blackest Night is looking like a line-wide crossover event. It'd be as if War of Kings involved all the Earth heroes, too.

This is DC trying to answer Secret Invasion or Dark Reign, not just the small-scale (if somewhat similar) War of Kings.

i disagree. Sinestro corps had everyone too and it wasnt the same feel. I think we will have told final judgment till after blackest night to see how it pans out....

[MartinRedmond]

DC already did Final Night 10 years ago, you sillies!!

[Assemble]

Marvel Assistant-Sized Spectacular.

im actually super excited for that

[Magneto Rocks]

i disagree. Sinestro corps had everyone too and it wasnt the same feel. I think we will have told final judgment till after blackest night to see how it pans out....

But that was self-contained.

This is a seperate event miniseries with tie-ins and which no longer stars the Green Lanterns, but the Green Lanterns, Barry Allen and lots more. It's not a Green Lantern story anymore, it's a line-wide crossove.r

[The Sword Is Drawn]

But that was self-contained.

This is a seperate event miniseries with tie-ins and which no longer stars the Green Lanterns, but the Green Lanterns, Barry Allen and lots more. It's not a Green Lantern story anymore, it's a line-wide crossove.r

Kinda sounds like Annihilation, to me... :rolleyes:

[worstblogever]

A "Blackest Night" analog? I bet Hudlin would want to write it, based off the title, and how over-the-top powerful he makes T'Challa. :wink:

[lou-bert vs. q-bert]

Whitest Night?