After a wave of cancellations and changes, CBR News looks at Marvel Comics' monthly lineup as it enters 2012, examining why the cancelled titles were cut to what strategies will shape the future of the Marvel U.
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11-22-2011, 06:30 PM #1Mild-Mannered Reporter
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CBR: Taking Stock of Marvel's Monthly Line
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11-22-2011, 06:59 PM #2Senior Member
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Great article that lays out the concerns of many fans. We shall see what happens!
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11-22-2011, 06:59 PM #3Senior Member
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I have no problem seeing more of my favourite books, but a lack of new books and talent would be very disappointing.
In my opinion, if Marvel launches new books, they should launch them sparingly, putting them at the core of the MU so that people think "if you want to stay on the pulse of Marvel, this is a book you should be reading."
Don't throw titles at a wall and hope they stick. Lovingly craft and nurture each title. Make sure each title is a success through marketing and strategy.
I'm sure its not that easy, but I'm an internet commenter... What do I care?Primary pulls: X-Factor, Hawkeye, Young Avengers, Avengers Arena, X-Men: Legacy, Uncanny X-Force, FF, Archer and Armstrong
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11-22-2011, 07:06 PM #4In the Evil Force of Evil
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I think their double shipping policy is going to backfire majorly on them long term. If I read 20 comics a month on a fixed budget and suddenly ten of them start double shipping I have to cut somewhere and I think many will end up cutting the double shipped ones. Double shipping only benefits those with unlimited budgets or those who only collect a small amount of titles. Once upon a time about 20 years ago when I first encountered double shipping (Uncanny X-men went bi-weekly) I thought it was the greatest thing ever but at the time I only collected about ten titles a month (not to mention back then comics were much cheaper relative to average income). Now comics have gotten almost prohibitively expensive which makes it that much harder to keep up.
The other problem with double shipping is that it creates sometimes jarring disruptions in the art as books end up requiring multiple art teams to keep up.Last edited by Chiasm; 11-22-2011 at 07:09 PM.
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11-22-2011, 07:08 PM #5BANNED
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I'm really tired of this cancellation paranoia.
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11-22-2011, 07:09 PM #6BANNED
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Originally Posted by Chiasm
True I mean it's okay once a season but everymonth hell no
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11-22-2011, 07:13 PM #7In the Evil Force of Evil
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Coming Fall 2012: Marvels All New Line of Comics starting at #1 and shipped bi-weekly because we say you demanded it:
Avengers
New Avengers
Mighty Avengers
Uncanny Avengers
Dark Avengers
Fantastic Avengers
Secret Avengers
Street Avengers
Cosmic Avengers
Amazing Spiderman
Spectacular Spiderman
Spiderman
Fantastic Four
Uncanny X-men
X-men
Astonishing X-men
Amazing X-men
X-men Legacy
New X-men
Dark X-men
Wolverine and the X-men
X-Factor
X-Force
Avengers & X-men team up
Spiderman X
Captain America
Iron Man
Thor
Wolverine
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11-22-2011, 07:24 PM #8Power Corrupts
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So basically the only book worth getting from March onwards will be Thunderbolts. And maybe Ultimate Spider-Man
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Hah! How about Wolverine-23? Originally Posted by Chiasm
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11-22-2011, 07:27 PM #10BANNED
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And Avengers Academy. Originally Posted by Jabare
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11-22-2011, 07:27 PM #11New Member
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Although exaggerated, it's really not too far off the mark. Seems to me Marvel has become the Network T.V. of comics. If it doesn't get 50,000 viewers in the first 3 issues it gets cancelled. The term "nurturing a title" is not in their current vocab. Otherwise we'd still have Alpha Flight past #8. Originally Posted by Chiasm
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11-22-2011, 07:49 PM #12Power Corrupts
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I'll be honest I really haven't been reading this series. I'm not really familiar with most of the characters, and the ones I am familiar with: Pym, Tygra and Quicksilver, just don't appeal to me. Originally Posted by Songbird/Diamondback
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11-22-2011, 08:16 PM #13BANNED
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Because they're NEW characters! Originally Posted by Jabare
And really, you'd be surprised by it. The book has some genuine character evolution. So what if it's a bunch of D-Listers? So is X-Factor.
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11-22-2011, 08:18 PM #14New Member
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You forgot Avenging Spider-man and FF. Originally Posted by Chiasm
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11-22-2011, 08:23 PM #15New Member
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Excellent article. Thanks. I hope Van Lente, Pak jump over to DC if this is how they are going to be treated. Van Lente might be a better fit for DC anyway.
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