Axel-In-Charge - May 4, 2012

[CBR News]

With Marvel Studios' latest film hitting theaters this week, Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso discusses publishing's role in the creation of "The Avengers" from Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's original comics to the role of Black Widow and Hawkeye.


Full article here.

[5cents]

Thank you for asking my question.

[Movieartman]

Man Walter simonsons art is Suckin Bad, that first page spread is ok, the Firebirds Head looks good, but the rest of his pages are Rubish.

rick bradshaws art looks good like how he draws Rachel Summers, hrrrrmmmmmmm once again the cbr banner goes over her face.
hmmmm she looks all Phoenixed out there :), pissed that she is on dick head's (cyclops) side. Bitch is aiding him in geting us all killed, for there bloody Arrogance!
mike D........ is Mike D plan and simple, wish he was drawing Avengers or Secret Avengers

[santino27]

Man Walter simonsons art is Suckin Bad, that first page spread is ok, the Firebirds Head looks good, but the rest of his pages are Rubish.

rick bradshaws art looks good like how he draws Rachel Summers, hrrrrmmmmmmm once again the cbr banner goes over her face.
hmmmm she looks all Phoenixed out there :), pissed that she is on dick head's (cyclops) side. Bitch is aiding him in geting us all killed, for there bloody Arrogance!
mike D........ is Mike D plan and simple, wish he was drawing Avengers or Secret Avengers

I actually prefer Simonson's panels to Bradshaw's, though I'm glad Bradshaw's overly cartoony faces are getting tuned down a bit. Art, as ever, is a subjective medium.

[Prince Of Orphans]

Following up on another Marvel mainstay who's been off to the side for a big, Prince Of Orphans asked: "Are there any upcoming plans for Ghost Rider in the works?"

Alonso: Nope. I love “Ghost Rider,” but right now the last series just wound to a close.

This makes me very sad.

[Sebastos]

Great pages from Deodato.

[Will.S]

Following up on another Marvel mainstay who's been off to the side for a big, Prince Of Orphans asked: "Are there any upcoming plans for Ghost Rider in the works?"

Alonso: Nope. I love “Ghost Rider,” but right now the last series just wound to a close.

This makes me very sad.

It's pretty unfortunate but the franchise crashed kind of hard given the cancellation of the book and the movie not really being hugely successful.

Just hug and caress your Jason Aaron written comics/collections in the mean time.

[Prince Of Orphans]

It's pretty unfortunate but the franchise crashed kind of hard given the cancellation of the book and the movie not really being hugely successful.

Just hug and caress your Jason Aaron written comics/collections in the mean time.

: ( Not even a cameo in another book or anything...

[Paladin King]

It's pretty unfortunate but the franchise crashed kind of hard given the cancellation of the book and the movie not really being hugely successful.

Just hug and caress your Jason Aaron written comics/collections in the mean time.

I think the qualitative issues didn't help. The movie sucked and the book wasn't very good either (and was written by a complete unknown....how well did Marvel really expect that to go?) and starred a brand-new Ghost Rider who also happened to be fairly one-note and unlikable.

If they'd made the book about good ol' Johnny Blaze as Ghost Rider and had Rick Remender write it, while it still might not have lit the sales charts on fire, it'd most likely have done a hell of a lot better than Williams' book (and also probably been a much better comic).

[MarvelMaster616]

This was a great column and I for one agree with his reason to use Hawkeye and Black Widow instead of Ant Man and Wasp. While I have nothing against either character, neither of them has a very captivating personality. They don't stand out in the comics as much as Hawkeye and Black Widow. They both have a unique persona and a more entertaining personality that I think fits nicely with the movie. While Axel didn't say it, I also think cost played a role. Doing Ant Man and Wasp's powers in a movie probably would have been more difficult compared to Black Widow and Hawkeye. While I doubt that was the most important reason, I'm pretty sure that's a reason that was in the back of their minds when they made this decision.

[Rheged]

I really don't understand how Alonso read the movie script and decided Hawkeye was the character to push in comics. Black Widow was AWESOME in the movie and her role was tons better than Hawkeye. And with Whedon's track record on strong female characters, they should have known she'd be done right.

[Paladin King]

I really don't understand how Alonso read the movie script and decided Hawkeye was the character to push in comics. Black Widow was AWESOME in the movie and her role was tons better than Hawkeye. And with Whedon's track record on strong female characters, they should have known she'd be done right.

Agreed 100%. After the Avengers movie, I really wanted a Black Widow ongoing series the realized that, nope, there isn't one, nor will be one in the near future. Yet we're getting a big Hawkeye title in August. Every one of the movie Avengers has their own series this summer....except Widow. If the Marvel has ONE female solo title at this point, it should be Widow.

......they even have Greg Rucka on their roster.....

[Lascoden]

I really don't understand how Alonso read the movie script and decided Hawkeye was the character to push in comics. Black Widow was AWESOME in the movie and her role was tons better than Hawkeye. And with Whedon's track record on strong female characters, they should have known she'd be done right.

To be fair, but did they know that Whedon was gonna be on Avengers? Widow was introduced in IM2, so that may not have made any difference.

[SJNeal]

I don't think Hawkeye & Black Widow's "human perspective" has anything to do with them replacing Ant-Man & Wasp in the film; both characters have been getting big pushes from Marvel for years while Pym has been relegated to supporting roles and Jan was wallpaper up until her death...

[Rheged]

Agreed 100%. After the Avengers movie, I really wanted a Black Widow ongoing series the realized that, nope, there isn't one, nor will be one in the near future. Yet we're getting a big Hawkeye title in August. Every one of the movie Avengers has their own series this summer....except Widow. If the Marvel has ONE female solo title at this point, it should be Widow.

......they even have Greg Rucka on their roster.....

Does seem like a no-brainer, doesn't it?

To be fair, but did they know that Whedon was gonna be on Avengers? Widow was introduced in IM2, so that may not have made any difference.

Whedon's been on since April of 2010 and he did the script.

I don't think Hawkeye & Black Widow's "human perspective" has anything to do with them replacing Ant-Man & Wasp in the film; both characters have been getting big pushes from Marvel for years while Pym has been relegated to supporting roles and Jan was wallpaper up until her death...

I think the Ant Man movie by Edgar Wright still not being done, might have had something to do with it. That or maybe Wright is doing Eric O'Grady Ant-man and they didn't want it to be confusing.