EXCLUSIVE: Marvel Proclaims Waid & Yu "Indestructible"

[CBR News]

Marvel has provided CBR with an exclusive teaser for its upcoming Marvel NOW! publishing initiative, declaring Mark Waid and Leinil Francis Yu "Indestructible" in November.


Full article here.

[Telos]

The rumours are true!

[0bsessions]

Say what you want about rearranging deck chairs, I'm really liking some of these teams.

All told, it's a smart idea if you want to diversify your properties. Some fans follow titles, some follow creators. I fall in both. I'm not liable to read Iron Man, Thor or Hulk most of the time, but with these writers? Hard for me to say no.

[Will.S]

So Hulk then?

I might check it out provided it's $2.99.

[neverender]

I might check it out provided it's $2.99.

Wishful thinking?

[Will.S]

Wishful thinking?

Very wishful.

[Gamma Burst]

Now we're talking. Waid and Yu on Hulk: take my money, Marvel!

[coconutphone]

Very wishful.

LOL yes this. Waid on Hulk could be cool but yeah $3.

[graffiX]

I wonder why the "Indestructible" adjective instead of "Incredible"? Hmmm

Either way, I'm in.

I might check it out provided it's $2.99.

I thought all Marvel Now titles will be $3.99?

[BrotherUnitNo_4]

I think there's a 97% chance that these will be $3.99, especially since they were all $3.99 before the relaunch. Marvel's not likely to lower the cover price. I'm guessing they're banking on big creative names to draw audiences, but that's still a tough pill to swallow in a lot of cases especially with so many big changes. They're very likely to kill their bottom tier dead.

And so far they've only announced the big solo books.

Well, hopefully the books spinning out of Point One will be $2.99 since those are lower-tier properties.

[Rimmer]

I wonder why the "Indestructible" adjective instead of "Incredible"? Hmmm

Well, on one hand Hulk IS indestructible, really. On the other, perhaps they're tagging "incredible" with someone else? Red She-Hulk or Red Hulk perhaps?

[AcesX1X]

nice combo. i'm in.

[Mundungus]

I don't think this is for the Hulk. Though Yu draws a great Hulk. I figured it was Captain America with his indestructible shield.

[BrotherUnitNo_4]

But green's Hulk's color.

[Will.S]

I think there's a 97% chance that these will be $3.99, especially since they were all $3.99 before the relaunch. Marvel's not likely to lower the cover price. I'm guessing they're banking on big creative names to draw audiences, but that's still a tough pill to swallow in a lot of cases especially with so many big changes. They're very likely to kill their bottom tier dead.

And so far they've only announced the big solo books.

Well, hopefully the books spinning out of Point One will be $2.99 since those are lower-tier properties.

Yeah given that Aaron's Hulk book was $3.99 the chances of this being $2.99 are lowered but it's hard to say whether that was due to the exclusive writer contracts or whether Marvel just upped the price on the main Hulk title permanently. I sincerely hope the bulk of their Marvel Now line isn't $3.99 because while they seem to be trying to ease the pain by not launching everything at once, when you start looking at your pull list a couple of months in your wallet might start to empty a lot faster.

Granted, a lot of the "franchise" stuff nowadays is $3.99 but that kind of just gives me a bigger reason not to check out Marvel Now which is the opposite effect Marvel intends to have for me but if that's what it needs to be I'll be passing on a lot of stuff.