Freezasaurus
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Only one of those things is true. :|
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Only one of those things is true. :|
whatsinaname
Member
Yep. Plan to read it after I am done with Locas. (Still have about 20% left).
I love Lockjaw and for the most part enjoy the original Inhumans, I just had no idea people were jumping on the bandwagon because of the upcoming show.
Carol doesn't even have that
RepairmanJack
Member
The idea of The Inhumans completely interests me, but the last few re-launches I've tried reading them and I just get bored. I don't like the way Marvel tries to handle them, making them such a big deal in the whole Marvel universe kind of diminishes them for me and I feel like they go over the top at making every one of them being 'super' cool. It's like they're trying too hard to make them loved.
Future Foundation
Member
I thought it started happening during the movie announcement.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
that's pretty funny
Cool. I need to finish Locas myself still. I was near the end of the fourth book, Penny Century.
echoshifting
Banned
Man that would rule
uh huh tell me another joke
TetraxShards
Member
It was inevitable. "Game of Thrones meets X" is the new "Die Hard on an X".
Future Foundation
Member
"Game of Thrones meets X-Men!"
BKatastrophe
Member
People are not bandwagoning the Inhumans.
Are they?
Medusa is kinda buds with Storm.
This is the least believable thing I've read today.
LordOfLore
Banned
They only ship in the States.
Unless someone here can receive it and send it on to Sweden I can't buy from them.
BKatastrophe
Member
LordOfLore
Banned
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Pearls before swine
RepairmanJack
Member
Each time I look at the numbers I'm just happy there's a few DC books under New Super-Man. Such an underrated book that I'm just hoping hangs on for a little while at this point.
Nadia and Gwenpool at the danger zone?
Sheeeeeiiiiiittttttttt.
And that Hawkeye drop. Fuck.
Kamala getting a relaunch.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Avengers at just around 20K. The most popular superhero team in the mainstream can't manage to get anywhere near at least 50K.
Edit: It's around 37K. I'm looking at the wrong issue. Still my point stands.
Edit: It's around 37K. I'm looking at the wrong issue. Still my point stands.
my name is ed
Banned
Holy crap marvel sales are tanking
RepairmanJack
Member
God damn DC and their returnable books!
Floods the market.
Kills digital code copies in favor of digital first issues.
Surrounds the universe with a New Gen of Heroes without many/little build.
And of course, EVENTS NO ONE ASKED FOR.
Yup. I legit care about the Inhumans.
my name is ed
Banned
I feel like most of these decisions are at least influenced by a short sighted marketing department with an eye fixated on quarterly profits.Floods the market.
Kills digital code copies in favor of digital first issues.
Surrounds the universe with a New Gen of Heroes without many/little build.
And of course, EVENTS NO ONE ASKED FOR.
Just looking at the raw numbers not rankings. Marvel's biggest seller that's not star wars is Spider-Man at 63k. That's awful.
Edit: didn't see it mentioned but I wonder if some of these sales numbers reflect the short month.
Other thing that seems to be a pattern, biggest titles don't sell as high but titles at the lower end sell better
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Floods the market.
Kills digital code copies in favor of digital first issues.
Surrounds the universe with a New Gen of Heroes without many/little build.
And of course, EVENTS NO ONE ASKED FOR.
Pretty much. No sympathy for Marvel, they brought it upon themselves.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
Took a Zelda break over the weekend to see Logan, and hot dang was it good. Swearing Patrick Stewart is my favorite character in anything.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Marvel's biggest mistake was they forgot the sauce and cheese on their pizza. All they have on their empty pizza dough is pepperoni, Canadian bacon, and pineapple and they think that's enough to form a base on. You need the sauce and cheese. Sometimes extra cheese.
Marvel's biggest mistake was making the X-Men line a bunch of shitty books that no one wants to read, launching the Inhumans with shitty books that no one wants to read, launching more shitty books that no one wants to read, and barely marketing outside of the comics bubble on the books that people do want to read.
They played the same play too many times.
Miles, Nova, Kamala should be it and rename and find a better duo for Champions
Nadia will likely be safe because her connection to Hope Pym.
Robbie might go either way because AoS is likely gone and sadly, RR might become a memory.
Silk is gonna get fucked over hard. To limbo with Anya,
Riri will be Tony's sidekick. Sam will be Falcon again. Jane? It all depends on Aaron.
Triple M will be a interesting thing. Reason why Rebirth worked was because of the mix of old and new while Shattered Dreams banked too hard on new and Axel stockpiling events.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Robbie is gone. Another missed opportunity Ghost Rider character. And then Marvel will bring back Blaze thinking everyone will want him back and then it will get cancelled after 12 issues and then Ghost Rider is forgotten for another 5 years.
We know Marvel does long term booking but something tells me that they are not happy with these numbers since they still kinda kiss Diamonds ass.
Don't worry Marvel is Making Mutants Superior Again.
Gwen is Ike's baby. She's safe. Plus she's also gonna be in Spideys new cartoon.
Don't worry Marvel is Making Mutants Superior Again.
Gwen is Ike's baby. She's safe. Plus she's also gonna be in Spideys new cartoon.
RepairmanJack
Member
The only problem I think Marvel has is that they just became too transparent. There's only so much money-making prioritizing you can take before you start realizing they don't really care what they're doing as long as it gets people back on the books.
It's not any one particular thing they did that turned people off, it's that they just kept throwing them at the books over and over again.
It's not any one particular thing they did that turned people off, it's that they just kept throwing them at the books over and over again.
Freezasaurus
Member
Marvel pls. What is it with their love of relaunches?
Serious?
Freezasaurus
Member
Well, at least they're not relaunching a shitty book. :3
It's gonna sound sentimental, and probably kinda dumb as a result, but Marvel has chosen to define its line with events, and a lot of those events are about heroes not being heroes, and also being kind of shit?
Standoff: the Avengers discover that S.H.I.E.L.D. was running a fucking reality-warped mind torture camp under their noses, and Cap gets the shit beaten out of him until a Cosmic Cube saves his life, and turns out it's all been part of Red Skull's plan somehow
Civil War II: half of the heroes in the Marvel Universe, including Carol Danvers, becomes pre-crime fascists, and the other becomes mega-dipshits. All sides are wrong, everyone fights for little to no reason, Rhodey dies, which is NOT A GOOD LOOK, It sucks and it's terrible.
Death of X: the Inhumans are indifferent to a genocide they created; the X-Men are out of their goddamn gourds and bloodthirsty, it's fun! no one is likeable! also they make Aaron Kuder look like dogshit!
IvX: hey guess what it's more of that
Secret Empire: HEY GUESS WHAT ALL YOUR FAVORITES ARE NAZI AND THEY'RE WORKING TO TURN THE US INTO A WHITE NATIONALIST ETHNOSTATE
Maybe people don't like Marvel because they make comics where everyone is shitty and/or miserable and/or fucking fascists, while DC is providing comics that do exactly what they say on the tin.
BKatastrophe
Member
Instead of just giving every character under the sun a solo that ends up getting cancelled in 6-12 issues, put them on a team or give them a mini.
They could do that. You don't see DC doing a Spoiler solo, two Wally West solos, and a Deadshot solo because "well I'm sure someone wanted it!"
They could do that. You don't see DC doing a Spoiler solo, two Wally West solos, and a Deadshot solo because "well I'm sure someone wanted it!"
Like the hip hop vaiants, this writer from a book is working on X, anything getting them on the front page...wait a minute...
You know it's coming...they're gonna restabilize that book.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Notice how every new solo starring a new hero always deals with their past? It's like Marvel didn't tell writers beforehand to build them up in the team books they were put in.