A New & True Company Wide Restart

[TJKernan]

Now I'm not talking in terms of character origins, what I speak of is respect for the Characters. To be precise I want more stringent respect of continuity. For example, just have one Avengers book & let that ship twice a month. I don't want Spider-Man, Hulk or Wolverine to be members. By shipping 24 issues a year you can utilize multiple members(Cap, Thor, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Hank Pym, Wasp, Tigra, Black Knight, Vision, Scarlet Witch, etc.....).
The other non-mutant marquee team book could be The Defenders(consisting of many of the characters in Hickman's New Avengers Now title). Solo books for Cap, Iron Man and Thor. The mutant side would have 3 team books; All New X-men(I love the concept of the new Bendis penned book), Wolverine & the X-Men and X-Force. Those 3, that's it. And there should be completely different sets of characters for each book that never appear in each others titles except if it's a crossover(and the first 2 titles mentioned should also ship twice a month). Only solo mutant books should be Deadpool & Gambit(with neither of these 2 appearing in any of the 3 previously mentioned team books.) No Wolverine Solo!!!!!!!!!! Marvel has lowered his level of "coolness" due to all the titles he appears in(DC is worse if you consider that Batman has 5 monthly solo title plus the Justice League and whatever guest appearances he makes in other titles-RIDICULOUS).
As for the non-mutant & non-avenger books they should have the Hulk, Punisher, Fantastic Four(shipping twice a month), Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Deathlok, Ghost Rider, Marvel Man(integrated into the Marvel Universe and I'm positive they can get a top tier writer for this integration once all legal hurdles are completed), Master of Kung-Fu and Captain Britain & MI-13. Superior Spider-Man(also shipping twice a month), Venom and Scarlet Spider for the spider line of the company.
ALL of the titles that I've previously mentioned should be $3.99 but have their story page count be at 30 pages and have an Annual every year. They should also have a weekly 24 page book @ $2.99(one featured character/s per issue but each feature could span anywhere from 1-5 issues) highlighting characters that do not appear in any of there other titles. Marvel should also suck it up and take advantage of the Malibu characters(just pay the royalties or give one lump sum to the creators). Sign talent to title exclusive contracts not company exclusive ones. I don't care if this penciller, writer, inker, colorist, cover artist or letterer also works for DC, Image, Dark Horse, Archie, Dynamite, Boom, IDW, Oni or anyone else as long as they produce top tier work for the title marvel contracted them for. This way every single title can have an excellent team working on it as they won't be spread too thin across multiple books and still have the freedom of working for other companies. Each title could easily top 100k issues sold per month with the more popular ones selling anywhere from 300-500k.
The Editors(especially the Chief must manage character continuity). I remember when guest appearances and cross-overs meant something(I'm only 39 so I'm not speaking of a long time ago). Marvel should also put more focus on original graphic novels and limited series. In the short term they may make less money due to not having multiple Avenger, Wolverine, Spider-Man or X-Men books but in the long term Marvel and the Comics Industry as a whole will be much healthier and more profitable. This exact same model should be followed by DC as well. Respect=Qulaity=Popularity=Success=PROFIT.

No teen books? No female books? No cosmic books?
One Avengers title, not exploiting the current cash cow?
Never happen.

Now, I agree with your plan with some tweaking.
-Couldn't agree more with the Malibu/Ultraverse characters. Shit or get off the pot, Marvel. i miss Strike, Shuriken, Lord Pumpkin, Rune, The Night Man, etc, etc...
-Replace 'Master of Kung-Fu' with Heroes for Hire (Luke Cage, Shang-Chi, Misty Knight, Night Man and others...ethnically diverse, street-level team)
-Go with the current all-female Defenders, replace 'Deathlok' with 'She-Hulk', and and 'Marvel Man' with current 'Captain Marvel', and you have more female titles.
-There are more than enough mutants characters to support more than three book. All-New X-Men, Uncanny Brotherhood, Wolverine & The X-Men (the school), X-Force, and X-Factor, plus solos for Wolvie (cash cow), Gambit and Deadpool, and a Sabertooth & Mystique team-up book.
-Avengers can support two titles-East Coast and West Coast, ensuring different line-ups.
-Guardians of the Cosmos (Galaxy seems far too pedestrian)
-New Warriors (Young Avengers, whatever)

But then, right now, as long as I keep getting my high-quality Gambit, Hawkeye, and Venom series monthly, along with upcoming Cable & The X-Men, you can do whatever you want with the rest of the line...

[TONNER99]

No teen books? No female books? No cosmic books?
One Avengers title, not exploiting the current cash cow?
Never happen.

Now, I agree with your plan with some tweaking.
-Couldn't agree more with the Malibu/Ultraverse characters. Shit or get off the pot, Marvel. i miss Strike, Shuriken, Lord Pumpkin, Rune, The Night Man, etc, etc...
-Replace 'Master of Kung-Fu' with Heroes for Hire (Luke Cage, Shang-Chi, Misty Knight, Night Man and others...ethnically diverse, street-level team)
-Go with the current all-female Defenders, replace 'Deathlok' with 'She-Hulk', and and 'Marvel Man' with current 'Captain Marvel', and you have more female titles.
-There are more than enough mutants characters to support more than three book. All-New X-Men, Uncanny Brotherhood, Wolverine & The X-Men (the school), X-Force, and X-Factor, plus solos for Wolvie (cash cow), Gambit and Deadpool, and a Sabertooth & Mystique team-up book.
-Avengers can support two titles-East Coast and West Coast, ensuring different line-ups.
-Guardians of the Cosmos (Galaxy seems far too pedestrian)
-New Warriors (Young Avengers, whatever)

But then, right now, as long as I keep getting my high-quality Gambit, Hawkeye, and Venom series monthly, along with upcoming Cable & The X-Men, you can do whatever you want with the rest of the line...

Love all the ideas for series that you mentioned. My main point is there is no need to have the same handful of characters in 1/2 of the books you produce. Marvel has way to many interesting characters sitting on the sidelines.

[TJKernan]

Love all the ideas for series that you mentioned. My main point is there is no need to have the same handful of characters in 1/2 of the books you produce. Marvel has way to many interesting characters sitting on the sidelines.

Totally Agree. Besides all the main characters, one trip of to the Marvel Appendix To The Handbook site and you realize how many characters in Marvel there really are out there that were used and then discarded/forgotten/wasted....Right now you shouldn't be able to walk five feet without meeting a monster or costumed characters....so much wasted potential!!!