MERGE: Marvel NOW!, Excitement, and Pull Lists

[DrGregatron]

I got back into comics last year after quitting 20 years ago with the intent of catching up with Uncanny X-Men. Well I'm all caught up with Uncanny now and I'm jumping off after the last issue! I'll continue to collect comics, just not Marvel Now. There are plenty of great comics being reprinted in hardcover from pre-Marvel Now.

[Wild Styles]

Nah, these new creative teams are too intriguing for me to jump off. The Avengers side will be very strong this time around. No way I'm missing that. Plus we still haven't seen everything being released as a part of Marvel Now. I expect to be interested in some of the unannounced titles.

[turtlefood]

I'm using it as a jump ON point D;

It will be the start of their 3.99 title #1 issues coming with digital codes, so i'm probably shuffling the marvel deck and jumping on things like Waid's Hulk, Aaron's Thor, Remender Cap, after having jumped off Brubaker's cap, and not buying incredible hulk or fraction's thor.

[BrotherUnitNo_4]

I'm very intrigued by a few of the announcements so far, and will probably give more Marvel NOW #1's a shot than I did DC's 52. I'm especially curious to see what new solos they're having.

[Pandastrike]

Not all of these are marvel now titles but I am also dropping some titles as I no longer want to spend $50 a month on comics. And thats on preorders with 35% off. I'm trying to cut it down to $30 per month (not including shipping). Because of this I'm dropping fantastic four, ultimate comics Xmen, and some non marvel comics including animal man and secret. I really want to try out Hickman's avengers because I love his work but not sure what I would be willing to drop to add it.

[Quaker]

It is a bit of one for me. I think I may be done with the Avengers franchise for a bit after this. Though I really do like Hickman, I'm just tired of it at this point. There may be some new titles I pick up with Waid's Hulk and Aaron's Thor being two of them. MAYBE I'll check out Bendis' X-Men. I like the idea of Fraction on FF and Remender on Cap, but it just feels like too much money for me at this point to keep pouring in. I'll continue reading my books that won't be changing at all as of now, like Defenders, ASM, Hawkeye, Punisher, X-Force, Captain Marvel, and Daredevil.

[mikekerrIII]

this may be my jumping off point for most of the X-Men stuff. not sure though, gonna wait and see.

Will there be much "X-men stuff" left to read?

[MonteMike72]

I was kind of hoping the it would be a jump back on point for me but so far nothing that has been announced has perked my interest.

[fin5]

I dont think as a jumping of point but as a changing,dropping and adding which books i should get and drop
With Fantastic Four i might drop nothing would be as good a hickman was.
With Hulk dont know
But Captain America with Remender yes
But i wont rest jugement till they all come out

[Mechano]

The last time i was at a jumping off point,it was during loeb's hulk run. I almost jumped off a bridge.

[Chiasm]

I already jumped off the Marvel train when they went to $3.99 on some books which in turn killed off a bunch of other books.

I'll certainly browse the new titles but $3.99 is still too much, especially when its gonna double ship, and I don't have enough faith that the $2.99 non double ship books will last long enough for me to get invested only to have them pulled away again. Thats what the $3.99 and double ship apologists don't get - readers have shown that they'll drop 2nd tier titles in an attempt to keep up with $3.99 double shipped titles like Avengers and X-men.

[Hatut Zeraze]

Will there be much "X-men stuff" left to read?

Of course there will be. Marvel's more into the spin-off thing than they've ever been. Is there anyone out there who doesn't think there will still be 6-8 different X-Men titles a month? I don't think Marvel would know what to do with themselves if they had to publish anything less than that.

[Rasputin9977]

I jumped off Marvel awhile back. I'm going to jump back in with NOW! if they don't price gouge.

[uebersoldat]

Does Marvel have an official statement justifying their high prices? I read ITT that DC is injecting more pages for the price, I may just try to get into some of their books. It's really hard shelling that kind of cash for a few pulls worth 15-20 minutes of reading. They need to fix that.

[Rasputin9977]

Does Marvel have an official statement justifying their high prices? I read ITT that DC is injecting more pages for the price, I may just try to get into some of their books. It's really hard shelling that kind of cash for a few pulls worth 15-20 minutes of reading. They need to fix that.

Yes, greed. There was an interview about a year or so ago with one of Marvel's top people who said they charge more because they know fans will pay for it.