Marvel NOW! Relaunches The Marvel U

[Power Torch]

A-listers are not just recognizable, but they are HUGE earners for your company whether it's making comics, movies, music, or writing novels. A-list characters are cash cows that can be tapped anytime you need a few bucks.

I completely agree, and unfortunately most of the times the A-lister come from what movies or tv shows are out (not that the Spider-Man 3 movie helped Venom, but maybe the new Venom film will, if that ever comes out) which I think is unfair for the past A-listers like Daredevil or Punisher or whoever else there could be/have been. It seems like with Marvel all we are going to get right now is the heroes in the movies being the A-listers and I hope that changes at some point. But it most likely won't.

[Manga4life]

Nah, they won't do breakfast all the time . . . that's so yesterday.

Maybe they'll do lunch instead . . . or, if Marvel was really desperate for money, have a sponsorship deal where they always go to Starbucks or Pizza Hut at least once an issue!

Cyclops - "Hey team, I need everyone to the danger room immediately!"

[Everyone rushes from where they are to the danger room per Cyclops' request.]

Storm - "What is it?! Is it Magneto?"

Rouge - "Is it Juggernaught?"

Ice Man - "Is it Apokalypse?"

Cyclops - "No, it's dinner time and tonight we're having Pizza Hut! Luckily I had a coupon for free breadsticks with every order!"

Team in unison - "Yaaaaay!'

Storm - "Luckily we had that coupon, but if you order now they'll toss in a free 2 liter of Coca-Cola with all orders over $25!"

Gambit - "I don't drink soda, mon-ami. I prefer a Caramel Mocachino from Starbucks with a fudge brownie baked fresh from their bakery."

Team in unison - "Only at Starbucks, get yours today!"

[Venomous Mask]

Cyclops - "Hey team, I need everyone to the danger room immediately!"

[Everyone rushes from where they are to the danger room per Cyclops' request.]

Storm - "What is it?! Is it Magneto?"

Rouge - "Is it Juggernaught?"

Ice Man - "Is it Apokalypse?"

Cyclops - "No, it's dinner time and tonight we're having Pizza Hut! Luckily I had a coupon for free breadsticks with every order!"

Team in unison - "Yaaaaay!'

Storm - "Luckily we had that coupon, but if you order now they'll toss in a free 2 liter of Coca-Cola with all orders over $25!"

Gambit - "I don't drink soda, mon-ami. I prefer a Caramel Mocachino from Starbucks with a fudge brownie baked fresh from their bakery."

Team in unison - "Only at Starbucks, get yours today!"

That would be amazing.

[direction9]

it's only tired if the events are bad. there's nothing tired about big things happening in good comics. avx gets a few points since the last couple of issues have been good. siege was pretty great.
anyway since two huge faces of the company have made money in multiple films i'm pretty sure i won this one. it's not up for debate. daredevil and punisher constitute A-list if anyone does.

[Manga4life]

[The X-Men are all asleep in their beds except for Storm who happened to be heading home after a long night of patrolling for activity. She hears an alarm off in the distance and responds to it only to find that Pyro has broken into a local Pizza Hut and is destroying the place. She sends word to the rest of the X-Men for backup and confronts Pyro inside of the resteraunt.]

Storm - "Pyro? My....what are are you doing here at this hour destroying our local Pizza Hut? Home of the delicious cheese baked pizza crust!"

Pyro - "It was late and I was hungry, they stopped delivering at midnight and I needed my fix!"

Storm - "That's understandable, I too know what it's like to partake in their fire baked pizza and delicious sides such as potato wedges and chicken crispers, especially at the low price of only $4.99. But this is madness, you must leave now.!"

Pyro - "The only thing that's going to make me leave this freshly baked 4-cheese pizza with medium soft drink for only $9.99 is if you offer me a second one at half price!"

Storm -"You got it!"

Pizza Hut Manager (popping up out of nowhere) - "That's right Pyro, for this week only we're offering a 4-cheese large pizza and medium soft drink for only $9.99, and if you order a second pizza it's only half price! Bring the family, bring the kids, and enjoy the nations best pizza for an insanely low price!"

[The manager opens a box and offers Storm and Pyro a slice and they oblige. The remainder of the X-Men show up and look stunned at what's going on.]

Cyclops - "I'm glad we got here when we did, this is madness! A deal this good should be enjoyed by everyone, right team!"

Team in unison - "Yaaaaay!"

[direction9]

what if all new x-men is good
is everyone going to commit seppuku

[direction9]

fraction, remender, aaron, and now rucka all wrote outstanding punisher stories on top of ennis's work
there really hasn't been a point where those books weren't good for years now. same goes daredevil.


donny you're out of you're element

[MajorHoy]

[The X-Men are all asleep in their beds except for Storm who happened to be heading home after a long night of patrolling for activity. She hears an alarm off in the distance and responds to it only to find that Pyro has broken into a local Pizza Hut and is destroying the place. She sends word to the rest of the X-Men for backup and confronts Pyro inside of the resteraunt.]

Storm - "Pyro? My....what are are you doing here at this hour destroying our local Pizza Hut? Home of the delicious cheese baked pizza crust!"

Pyro - "It was late and I was hungry, they stopped delivering at midnight and I needed my fix!"

Storm - "That's understandable, I too know what it's like to partake in their fire baked pizza and delicious sides such as potato wedges and chicken crispers, especially at the low price of only $4.99. But this is madness, you must leave now.!"

Pyro - "The only thing that's going to make me leave this freshly baked 4-cheese pizza with medium soft drink for only $9.99 is if you offer me a second one at half price!"

Storm -"You got it!"

Pizza Hut Manager (popping up out of nowhere) - "That's right Pyro, for this week only we're offering a 4-cheese large pizza and medium soft drink for only $9.99, and if you order a second pizza it's only half price! Bring the family, bring the kids, and enjoy the nations best pizza for an insanely low price!"

[The manager opens a box and offers Storm and Pyro a slice and they oblige. The remainder of the X-Men show up and look stunned at what's going on.]

Cyclops - "I'm glad we got here when we did, this is madness! A deal this good should be enjoyed by everyone, right team!"

Team in unison - "Yaaaaay!"

And would the X-Men then have to fight . . . Little Caesar and Papa John?!?

[Destro777]

Shifting creators around is exactly how to reload a comic universe. Fresh perspectives all around is exactly what Marvel needed - it was due. Beats the hell out of completely wiping your universe clean and pissing off the long timers ala DC. Bendis surely told his Avengers stories, same with Hickman over on FF4, Brubaker on Cap - the list goes on and on. Ive become a big fan of Hickman's work since, for example - so im going to follow him over to Avengers.

Jason Aaron lies outside of that line of huge huge runs - he has been doing this since day one at Marvel - short but sweet kickass runs on multiple characters/books.

[Global Honored]

theflyingfrogunderdog,
Your deleted post was not on topic about the subject at hand. Rather it was simply a paragraph bashing the company and yelling that everything SUCKS in your opinion and they are getting their BUNS kicked. Continuing to argue with moderation and/or troll Marvel Forum conversations will lead to further deletions if not more. Now folks, let us try to get back to the discussion at hand and cease personal battles. Thanks - GH

[refrax5]

You should definitely try Daredevil and Scarlet Spider, then. Fantastic Four/FF have also been keen. That's four good books right there.

I'd also suggest Wolverine and the X-Men, but I realize that's not for everyone's taste.

Scarlet Spider is as good a comic as I've ever read. Anyone who says Marvel has no more creativity and isn't making good comics is clearly not reading that or stuff like Winter Soldier, the Ultimates, etc. There's some great stuff in there.

[Rasputin9977]

There are two based on the cartoons. Please pay attention.

Nothing on the solicits. Perhaps you were paying attention two years ago lol.

[Power Torch]

Cyclops - "Hey team, I need everyone to the danger room immediately!"

[Everyone rushes from where they are to the danger room per Cyclops' request.]

Storm - "What is it?! Is it Magneto?"

Rouge - "Is it Juggernaught?"

Ice Man - "Is it Apokalypse?"

Cyclops - "No, it's dinner time and tonight we're having Pizza Hut! Luckily I had a coupon for free breadsticks with every order!"

Team in unison - "Yaaaaay!'

Storm - "Luckily we had that coupon, but if you order now they'll toss in a free 2 liter of Coca-Cola with all orders over $25!"

Gambit - "I don't drink soda, mon-ami. I prefer a Caramel Mocachino from Starbucks with a fudge brownie baked fresh from their bakery."

Team in unison - "Only at Starbucks, get yours today!"

[The X-Men are all asleep in their beds except for Storm who happened to be heading home after a long night of patrolling for activity. She hears an alarm off in the distance and responds to it only to find that Pyro has broken into a local Pizza Hut and is destroying the place. She sends word to the rest of the X-Men for backup and confronts Pyro inside of the resteraunt.]

Storm - "Pyro? My....what are are you doing here at this hour destroying our local Pizza Hut? Home of the delicious cheese baked pizza crust!"

Pyro - "It was late and I was hungry, they stopped delivering at midnight and I needed my fix!"

Storm - "That's understandable, I too know what it's like to partake in their fire baked pizza and delicious sides such as potato wedges and chicken crispers, especially at the low price of only $4.99. But this is madness, you must leave now.!"

Pyro - "The only thing that's going to make me leave this freshly baked 4-cheese pizza with medium soft drink for only $9.99 is if you offer me a second one at half price!"

Storm -"You got it!"

Pizza Hut Manager (popping up out of nowhere) - "That's right Pyro, for this week only we're offering a 4-cheese large pizza and medium soft drink for only $9.99, and if you order a second pizza it's only half price! Bring the family, bring the kids, and enjoy the nations best pizza for an insanely low price!"

[The manager opens a box and offers Storm and Pyro a slice and they oblige. The remainder of the X-Men show up and look stunned at what's going on.]

Cyclops - "I'm glad we got here when we did, this is madness! A deal this good should be enjoyed by everyone, right team!"

Team in unison - "Yaaaaay!"

You are now one of my favorite people on here lol. That was amazing!! :P

[theflyingfrogunderdog]

How is this thread a "topic" ? Is Marvel doing anything different? From what i heard, it's just a bunch of #1 issues. Not much to talk about.

[Chiasm]

They should just cut the amount of books and try to tell good stories then. Clearly the gimmick approach leads to death.

There are good stories being told by both companies. And some bad ones too. The problem is a lack of readers willing to pay $2.99 or $3.99 for them. The market isn't bringing in new readers which is why all you hear about are attempts to bring back lapsed readers. With a very few exceptions only adults who grew up with comics when prices were reasonable are still reading them because we are the only ones who can afford the but we are an ever diminishing market. Some of us finally grow out of comics, some of us die as we get older, some of us no longer can afford them, and some just are tired of the event / gimmick cycle where nothing really matters and nothing ever really changes.