Farewell Uncanny X-Men, New Mutants, and X-Men Legacy...

[f4faith]

I love Gillen, but there are lines that I can't cross.

I know. Iron Man and Captain America are definitely on the other side of that line. Now if he'd write Hawkeye that's not too far.

[fod_xp]

Praise the Lord. We might get some good books instead.



unnecessary whining, always such a joy.

Thus far, they've only announced 4 books and said more news are coming.

I am with Quillero on this one. This negative incessant whining is annoying. There is no way Marvel just cuts two X-books without replacing then, especially for a relaunch they are promoting big time. Both New Mutants and X-Men: Legacy have been ridiculed and lambasted by fans on these boards for a long time, myself included. Why would Marvel keep two books around that have mediocre sales and negative fan responses on a high traffic website's forums? The answer is: they wouldn't. Marvel is going to cancel those two books and, I think they'll go and promote a better book or two. Marvel's crossover/event sales focused strategy relies heavily on tons of books for tie ins or being apart of the crossover/event. I am sure there are going to be releases to replace the mediocre New Mutants and X-Men: Legacy. Also, X-Men Legacy is ending at issue #275, they are totally going to retitled that shit just to get the #300 milestone issue.

[Foon4000]

Not surprising, really. They've both been underselling compared to the profiles of their cast and the amount of promotion they get.

[coveredinbees]

Alas, I was hoping they'd just change the name back to X-Men and keep Gage.

[Hi-Fi]

Why is Astonishing allowed to continue?

I agree. If we need to have a gay-themed book, it should be Gambit and not that trainwreck.

[Sundowhn]

Do we know which x-titles are safe yet, other than X-Factor?

[darknessatnoon]

I agree. If we need to have a gay-themed book, it should be Gambit and not that trainwreck.

I love Asmus, but I refuse to financially support a Gambit book after what Gambit fans did to Legacy.

[Rheged]

I can't believe I'm losing Gillen on both Uncanny X-Men and Journey Into Mystery. SUCKAGE.

[jarrod]

No, not really. Let's look at the pre Avx landscape.

UXM = solid
New Mutants = fail
Generation Hope = fail
X-Men = fail

WatXM = solid; stabilized to UXM level after a 2-3 issues strong start
Uncanny X-Force = solid
Legacy = fail
Astonishing = fail
X-Factor = astonishingly stable, but numbers were worthy of a fail to begin with

All books I callously labelled as fails had diminishing sales prior to Schism. The event didn't change that thread. Amusingly enough, the Blue side books who failed were pretty much doomed prior to Schim while there was actual hope for Legacy/Astonishing.

Astonishing was a Blue book post-Schism. It's only recently flipped to Gold 3 months ago.

[darknessatnoon]

I can't believe I'm losing Gillen on both Uncanny X-Men and Journey Into Mystery. SUCKAGE.

Even if Namor is no longer an X-Man, I hope you'll visit us once in a while.

[Dr. Sonic]

No, not really. Let's look at the pre Avx landscape.

Ah, I misinterpreted you initial post. I thought you were saying that Uncanny and WaTXM were showing depressed sales.

[jarrod]

I love Asmus, but I refuse to financially support a Gambit book after what Gambit fans did to Legacy.

Solution: Cancel Gambit and give Astonishing to Asmus/Mann.

[Foon4000]

I agree. If we need to have a gay-themed book, it should be Gambit and not that trainwreck.

You mean Gambit's not a gay-themed book?

I think the real problem for Legacy is redundancy; it doesn't cover any bases thematically that WAX and Astonishing don't already. Plus it's losing Rogue to UA, so even the POV angle is screwed. Gage got a bum deal.

I think that Carey got sick of the hassle he was getting for Rogneto, didn't have the enthusiasm to finish his stories and left and Gage inherited a set-up and bunch of story-lines he wasn't invested in. They're not his stories, why would he get passionate about them? Fail, X-editors.

[Hi-Fi]

I know. Iron Man and Captain America are definitely on the other side of that line. Now if he'd write Hawkeye that's not too far.

Yep, a minor character would be fun. Or an Eternals book!

There are aspects of Captain America that I like (mainly the supporting cast and the atmosphere of some of his stories), but I can't even begin to point how would I enjoy an Iron Man book without Robert Downey Jr sexying it up.

[Dr. Sonic]

I can't believe I'm losing Gillen on both Uncanny X-Men and Journey Into Mystery. SUCKAGE.

I'm in the same boat, my friend.
With the ending of Uncanny, JiM and FF, I'm losing my top three favorite titles.