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Flash's Lightning · 01-17-2008, 06:58 AM

I saw this suggested at another forum, and thought I'd propose it to you all.

Would a weekly X-Men book work, with several storylines weaving in and out of it rather than the monthly titles?

worstblogever · 01-17-2008, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Flash's Lightning

I saw this suggested at another forum, and thought I'd propose it to you all.

Would a weekly X-Men book work, with several storylines weaving in and out of it rather than the monthly titles?

They practically have a weekly right now, except it's four titles. Trying to tie it all together with a weekly has been a DC experiment with 52 and Countdown... and we've seen how it can be good with the former, and dreadfully bad with the latter.

So, it's possible, but I hope they don't try it and glut the market with an X-Book that recaps the other four. If they did, it'd tank the sales of X-Factor and New X-Men, and reduce sales on X-Men "Legacy" and Uncanny. That, and they have a hard enough time meeting deadlines on some of their monthlies... so a weekly is a really, really bad idea.

The Sword Is Drawn · 01-17-2008, 08:10 AM

There are very few writer and artist combos who can actually put out weekly US format comic books. Marvel do not have an awful lot of very speedy artists available to them these days, and the sheer time constraint in managing to get the artwork out on time for a weekly book is an issue - regardless of writing quality.

And, of course, a weekly book cannot ever be delayed. Name me an ongoing X-Title to have stuck 100% to schedule in the last 3 years. And I mean 100%. Not 98%, or even 99.9%. In a weekly book there can be no margin for delay at all.

Brian M. · 01-17-2008, 08:21 AM

Lets try going bi-weekly first.

streator · 01-17-2008, 08:25 AM

during the late 90s x-men and uncanny were practically the same title coming out bi-weekly. the stories crossed over from one to the other and both were scripted by alan davis. you had to purchase both titles to follow the storyline.

Luck911 · 01-17-2008, 09:16 AM

If it was possible,It would be a good idea especially how people on this site whine about how their fav Character is being ingored.More Books more chances for smaller characters to shine.

But on the hand.To many books may over saturate the market.Maybe creat to many superheroes,then the heroes don't seem as special,To fix the probelm the writers have to mass murder a larger group of superheroes.Less more sometimes with powers,books,super heroes.If every year we add a christmas day to another month would christmas be as special as it is?

Random Note:50 teams in 50 states,expect to see a decimation type event again

Jeff-X · 01-17-2008, 10:17 AM

Writer's would have to be coming up with stories non stop, since a storyline that would usually take 4-6 months to play out would end up being finished in about a month. That means they'd have to write 10-12 times more than they are now, or they'd have to have multiple writers like Spiderman is now doing. Either that or we'd see an insane amount of filler issues drawing stories out to fit more issues.

Not to mention you'd get a headache trying to read a tpb since a 6 issue/part story would probably have 6 different artists.

01-17-2008, 06:58 AM	#1
Flash's Lightning Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,097	X-Men: The Weekly Book I saw this suggested at another forum, and thought I'd propose it to you all. Would a weekly X-Men book work, with several storylines weaving in and out of it rather than the monthly titles?

01-17-2008, 08:10 AM	#3
The Sword Is Drawn Supporter of MI13 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Warwickshire, UK Posts: 9,312	There are very few writer and artist combos who can actually put out weekly US format comic books. Marvel do not have an awful lot of very speedy artists available to them these days, and the sheer time constraint in managing to get the artwork out on time for a weekly book is an issue - regardless of writing quality. And, of course, a weekly book cannot ever be delayed. Name me an ongoing X-Title to have stuck 100% to schedule in the last 3 years. And I mean 100%. Not 98%, or even 99.9%. In a weekly book there can be no margin for delay at all. __________________ Visit IT CAME FROM DARKMOOR... A blog dedicated to the ongoing trials and tribulations of the British corner of the Marvel Universe. Latest ICFD Blogs: BICS 2009 - British International Comics Show Report. Death's Head STIKFAs - A Custom Figure job we'd love to see in production! We're Back - Jim Cheung Captain Britain, Liam Sharp's original DH1 vs DH2 ending. ICFD's Marvel UK A to Z - C is For... Twitter: @theswordisdrawn

01-17-2008, 08:25 AM	#5
streator Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 7,412	during the late 90s x-men and uncanny were practically the same title coming out bi-weekly. the stories crossed over from one to the other and both were scripted by alan davis. you had to purchase both titles to follow the storyline. __________________ and i'm counting 1, counting 2, counting 3...

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01-17-2008, 08:21 AM	#4
Brian M. BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Below The Mason Dixon Posts: 36,997	Lets try going bi-weekly first.

01-17-2008, 09:16 AM	#6
Luck911 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 264	If it was possible,It would be a good idea especially how people on this site whine about how their fav Character is being ingored.More Books more chances for smaller characters to shine. But on the hand.To many books may over saturate the market.Maybe creat to many superheroes,then the heroes don't seem as special,To fix the probelm the writers have to mass murder a larger group of superheroes.Less more sometimes with powers,books,super heroes.If every year we add a christmas day to another month would christmas be as special as it is? Random Note:50 teams in 50 states,expect to see a decimation type event again

01-17-2008, 10:17 AM	#7
Jeff-X Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 307	Writer's would have to be coming up with stories non stop, since a storyline that would usually take 4-6 months to play out would end up being finished in about a month. That means they'd have to write 10-12 times more than they are now, or they'd have to have multiple writers like Spiderman is now doing. Either that or we'd see an insane amount of filler issues drawing stories out to fit more issues. Not to mention you'd get a headache trying to read a tpb since a 6 issue/part story would probably have 6 different artists.