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July 3, 2012 3:25 pm Ehhhhhhh.......agree to disagree. I get your point though. Sale spike then back to status quo isn't necessarily a bad thing, but that doesn't warrant shaking up "the jar of ideas" every now and then for the hell of it. In all honesty, I didn't see why they needed to release this story in Entertainment Weekly......just for three titles. But like I said farther down this page, no need to get my undies in a bunch. All of this is months away. I'll judge when I read the material.
July 3, 2012 2:07 pm Well no point in getting my undies in a bunch yet, the books won't be out for months.
July 3, 2012 2:02 pm Sales-wise, there may not be any type of negativity in concern with a line wide relaunch. But although they may surge some early sales out of new books, the numbers typically go back to where they were at before. It's a band-aid on a bleeding cut. Does a relaunch really increase the accessibility? A big number 1 on the cover might make new readers a little bit more comfortable, but in a year or more we're right back to square one because the number has gotten high enough again to warrant unease again. Damned if they do and damned if they don't.
July 3, 2012 12:07 pm @WillupsBrighton That's a good point. My main idea was just that these "re-numberings" and what have you are not decisions that are thought up at the last moment. They are thought out months in advance. A complete line-wide relaunch like DC would be indicative of Marvel jumping on the bandwagon before truly even seeing the full results of what DC did. I know comic companies examine what the others are doing, but I don't like the idea of one company following the others just because it "seemed like an ok idea at the time."
July 3, 2012 11:59 am How will it make things worse? Not being accusatory, I genuinely want to know.
July 3, 2012 11:58 am I definitely see your point. It's why I started reading more books outside the big two a couple of years ago. Not out of protest. But I firmly believe readers should vote with their dollar. I don't like it when people buy books just to "keep up" with the story. That's what websites and podcast like this can be used for.......or just going to marvel.wiki. If you don't like what your reading, drop it. There's a ridiculous amount of other material out there that should be supported. Like you said, Marvel will probably not encounter financial difficulties but the question we as readers and consumers must ask is: "At what point will I stop buying into something I don't like and make an effort to let the publishers know that I want something new?"
July 3, 2012 11:44 am A line wide reboot? Has Marvel ever done something like that on a colossal scale in the same manner that DC does it? Not sure if that would be viable. Two line wide reboots from both of the biggest comic book companies? Cynical comic fan's heads would explode......
July 3, 2012 11:42 am Love marvel cosmic. I'll definitely get the first issue and check it out. I'll be very interested to see how much they'll keep from his original origin and how much they'll tweak when he appears in theaters probably in the next Avengers movie. Although that's not related to the comic, it got me thinking of that.
July 3, 2012 11:37 am I'll admit at the title of the article I rolled my eyes, but the prospect of trying something different intrigues me. It would make sense for the Avengers and X-men to be working together now considering the decades of x-men being avengers and working together in the past. Now they're hopefully making it official. The Avengers written by Hickman definitely has me interested as I've slowly been dropping current Avenger story lines. I kind of see the Avengers like how some see the "7 pantheon" of the Justice League. You don't sic them on small fry, when they're all together there is truly a big issue to deal with: Kang the Conqueror, Doom, cosmic threats, things that threaten the entirety of Earth........not Norman Osborn. While I still feel like they can handle local threats like the Serpent Society, Hydra, etc, it was the big threats that enticed me and made me fall in love with the Avengers. I feel like Hickman will bring some "new-ness" to the line and I'll be back on reading.
June 22, 2012 11:01 am Two things: 1) At my LCBS whenever I pass by an issue of Saga it always stops me. The color composition and just the image in general are always so visually appealing; and of course the story itself is extremely engaging. 2) I read X-Factor back during the days prior to Secret Invasion and Civil War and before it was event happy and loved it. But the rotating artists and inclusion into events drew me away from the book. I heard that Havoc (one of my favorite characters) is on the team now. Should I pick it up now? Is it a good time to get back invested?