Missy Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 A brand new Spider-Man 2099 series is coming, with Peter David writing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Fuck to the yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 I just picked up the Age of Ultron hardcover. I absolutely hated the ending. I won't spoil it, but it was a complete copout that made the entire series a complete waste of time. This series had so much promise, but that was wasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Oh totally. It's just another palette swapping alternate uniform excuse with no real impact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 I just picked up the Age of Ultron hardcover. I absolutely hated the ending. I won't spoil it, but it was a complete copout that made the entire series a complete waste of time. This series had so much promise, but that was wasted. So, another Brian Michael Bendis event book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 That's uncharitable but I do think Marvel has run dry on that front. The heroic age has been a big jumping off point for me and most Marvel stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delete Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 I liked Deadpool's wedding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Daredevil and Indestructible Hulk have been great. But that's Mark Waid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prez Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/04/25/death-wolverine-marvel-exclusive/ What the fuck? How many times has Wolverine died now? He was just in hell a few years ago. I guess this is something new, but the book currently kinda sucks, so I'm not looking forward to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Marvel is running an event in 2015 called Time Runs Out. The rumor is that they're getting a reboot also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 I've been wondering about this for some time now, specifically since they announced The Watcher was to die. With The Avengers killing the multiverse, a mega-threat coming their way, time travel gone crazy, and no Watcher to oversee it all, yeah, Marvel's planning something huge. Best guess? Nova will find the one universe where Uatu's father didn't give nuclear science to that alien race (RE: Original Sin #0), and that will somehow spark this new universe -- if you'll pardon the pun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Urgh. Marvel has always been the modern company, set in a more real contemporary world. Ditching everything doesn't jibe with what their world is about. Besides, they did this with the Ultimate Universe. They want to retread that again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Honestly, this wouldn't make sense from a storytelling standpoint. You could make a case for Crisis being needed in 1985 because the fact that there were a dozen or so Earths with multiple Supermen running around could have been confusing for readers. (I disagree, but that's neither here nor there; it happened.) Marvel has generally been good at keeping things relatively streamlined, however. The odd "Reed and Ben served in World War II" or "Tony Stark was injured during the Vietnam War" aside, it's been pretty straightforward. Don't get me wrong, I totally get "Wow, look at all the comics DC sold, let's get in on some of that", but hasn't Marvel NOW! done the job it set out to do, more or less? And yeah, Tom, this just sounds like Ultimate-izing everything. Hopefully we hear more. Until then, speculation ahoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Amazing Spider-Man #1 just sold over 500k. Marvel doesn't need to reboot everything, they just need to be Marvel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Rich Johnston stirs up some shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 It's not crazy. It's kinda trite though considering how little publicity the comics really provide. I dunno, I can see Fox being hog wild over X-Men but the first two Fantastic Four films were just barely successes financially and if the next one bombs, I can see them cutting them loose. Notice how there are no talks of doing the same with Spider-man. It's almost like Disney had the merchandising right... Oh wait, they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 The Fantastic Four just aren't profitable the way that X-Men and Spider-Man are. Films are really the only way the FF franchise is going to make big money, so basically FF exists—on a purely monetary level—to serve Fox and no one else. Which isn't great for Disney or Marvel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 If they actually cancel one of their longest running books just to spite Fox, I'm going to be beyond pissed off. Partly because I'm a massive FF fan, partly because it's incredibly petty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Also, I'm glad they're admitting that the comics exist purely to farm ideas for the film industry. Because that's really fucking respectful to the characters, the fans and the entire art of comics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 To be fair, while Rich usually only posts things that he has a trustworthy source on, he's been wrong on more than one occasion and sometimes, I'm sure a company has reversed a decision because they realize it makes them look bad or just to spite him. I could see this thing going away in a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Also, I'm glad they're admitting that the comics exist purely to farm ideas for the film industry. Because that's really fucking respectful to the characters, the fans and the entire art of comics. I hate it too, but the reality of the situation is that comics in and of themselves are not even close to profitable. Floppies are a loss leader for collections at best, and a means to keep your trademark on the characters and concepts alive. Merchandising and adaptation rights are where the money is. And if Marvel isn't making money off the FF, I can see them doing this. Disney doesn't care about history or the characters or the legacy of Jack Kirby or whatever. If they get nothing (or next to nothing) from the Fox movies, why would they continue to throw money at the book? In April 2014, Fantastic Four #3 (the highest-selling FF-related title) was the 60th best-selling issue in all of comics. It sold a little under 35,000 copies. At $4 a copy, that's roughly $140,000 in gross sales. I don't know how the division of that money goes, but even if Marvel got every cent of that (and they don't get close to it), Disney would not bend over to pick up $140,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Especially when they can relaunch Amazing Spider-Man and make 5 mil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 The superhero film bubble is going to pop. And when it does, they will actually need the books. Hopefully, the companies (I'm talking DC and Marvel) won't have completely burned those bridges by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 That bubble is absolutely going to burst, and I hope to God that when it does they've got something in place and we don't see another 1996. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Honestly, what we'll see is a bunch of digital first stuff later collected in trade. Brick and Mortar stores will basically go the way of the dodo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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