Marvel Now Approving Series For Ten Issues At A Time
Talking to ICV2, Marvel Comics President Dan Buckley has clarified a change in Marvel Comics publishing decision-making.
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Marvel Now Approving Series For Ten Issues At A Time
Talking to ICV2, Marvel Comics President Dan Buckley has clarified a change in Marvel Comics publishing decision-making.bleedingcool.com
Why not 12. Get a nice maxi series vibe going. Most books don't have story worth going past 12.
What was it before? 10 issues is kinda weird since its 2 and a half trades, unless they are moving to 5 issue trades. Or they just go by 10 issues worth of sales and let them wrap it up with the last 2 issues.Marvel Now Approving Series For Ten Issues At A Time
Talking to ICV2, Marvel Comics President Dan Buckley has clarified a change in Marvel Comics publishing decision-making.bleedingcool.com
EDIT: it was 4 or 5 issues before lol.
Cant believe it took them this long to figure out people dont like the 4 issue minis.
Man I hate that this is where we're at. At least most books have Legacy Numbers now, even if those numbers are frequently weirdly counted or outright wrong.
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I know of marvel and DC talent that knew their book was cancelled 2-3 issues in.
It's a recent anniversary reprint using the original negatives
Because they want to cut corners, also I feel this will mostly apply to the X line stuff since Phoenix/Storm originally spelled out 6 issues.
lmao at the idea they were marketing any of these books like yeah Avengers Inc. wasn't within this calendar year SURE
Gerry Duggan has a neat Krakoa X-Men retrospective type exit write up on his Substack
End of an era.
End of an era.
I miss Bonkers. Those things were delicious.
I wouldn't say this tops the post 9/11 paranoia of 2000s adverts, but this has to be up there.
New Batman outfit for the upcoming fight. Not a fan tbh.
Batman Gets A Brand New Look In Batman #147 (Spoilers)
Batman #148 has a cover with a new look for Batman, grey with dark blue highlights, gloves, cape, and Bat logo looking like Dark Knight.
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New Batman outfit for the upcoming fight. Not a fan tbh.
Batman Gets A Brand New Look In Batman #147 (Spoilers)
Batman #148 has a cover with a new look for Batman, grey with dark blue highlights, gloves, cape, and Bat logo looking like Dark Knight.bleedingcool.com
Insomniac Batman preparing to fight the Joker for the first time in his ten year career:
New Batman outfit for the upcoming fight. Not a fan tbh.
Batman Gets A Brand New Look In Batman #147 (Spoilers)
Batman #148 has a cover with a new look for Batman, grey with dark blue highlights, gloves, cape, and Bat logo looking like Dark Knight.bleedingcool.com
Biggest issue? That symbol looks nothing like a bat.
Nah, this isn't a good design. Chunky ass symbol with sleek and narrow ears = what are they even going for? Also, I'm not sure WTF is going on with the utility belt there. Love Jimenez, but this design is ass.New Batman outfit for the upcoming fight. Not a fan tbh.
Batman Gets A Brand New Look In Batman #147 (Spoilers)
Batman #148 has a cover with a new look for Batman, grey with dark blue highlights, gloves, cape, and Bat logo looking like Dark Knight.bleedingcool.com
New Batman outfit for the upcoming fight. Not a fan tbh.
Batman Gets A Brand New Look In Batman #147 (Spoilers)
Batman #148 has a cover with a new look for Batman, grey with dark blue highlights, gloves, cape, and Bat logo looking like Dark Knight.bleedingcool.com
Terrible design. What's with the weird blue side panels on his chest? It honestly looks like a fan redesign with a bunch of added color panels that break up the existing sleek single color design.
Design blows. This run has been such a wet fart it really bums me out. I've come to respect the previous run more now in hindsight.
Tynion's run was excellent. I've fallen way behind on this run as I just don't care that much. There are a few good moments here and there, but they're so far apart that I don't have much interest in reading.
Will have to see how the final product looks, because the best stuff about Absolutes isn't just the trim size, but the quality of the book itself and the consistency of the line. There's already so many extra-sized Marvel formats out there (the Gallery editions, the Taschen editions, the King-Sized editions, the Artist editions) that I struggle to see what sets this one apart or justifies its existence as a separate line.
But yeah, we'll see! Not the most inspiring two books to launch with, but who knows.
I'm sure some folks are going to be thrilled for this but I don't really see the appeal. I'm likely just going to stick to my Epic Collections and Omnibuses
Ya'll remember when Marvel released a Monsters Unleashed hardcover in a 22"" x 14" trim size?
I'm not sure either can be called a masterpiece with a straight face. Secret Wars is trash. The first year of the black suit is fairly good, but not at all a full story so that a hardcover would be all that compelling.
The Beyonder one, I assume, based on Vic's post. Outside of nostalgia goggles I can't see any real appeal to it.
Beyonder was always a dork. Don't @ me.
In-Betweener was cool tho.
I think I was so locked in on King's run, Tynion's felt like a return to the norm which I didn't really want. But after Dark Designs I saw what he was going for and it greatly improved my experience.
Clownhunter still sucks though. Ghostmaker is okay I guess.
I'm bummed about Zdarksy's run, cause The Knight was so good I was expecting more of that. But this has been just a boring by the numbers series thus far. And on paper it should be pretty exciting! Batman's backup personality taking over and being a more ruthless and efficient Batman! But execution has been blah. And if I get yet another creative team that has Bruce treat the family like shit only to go "oh hey family is power" I'm going to lose my mind.
Looks really bad. I'm glad I fell off this run.New Batman outfit for the upcoming fight. Not a fan tbh.
Batman Gets A Brand New Look In Batman #147 (Spoilers)
Batman #148 has a cover with a new look for Batman, grey with dark blue highlights, gloves, cape, and Bat logo looking like Dark Knight.bleedingcool.com
I'm enjoying it still. Just not a fan of all the designs. Oh and the whole AI art incident.
Clownhunter does kind of suck, but Ghostmaker was cool, as were the Gardener and to a lesser extent Miracle Molly.
I'm a big fan of King's writing and I found his Batman run interesting. Some of the highest highs (a few of the annuals with Catwoman, the double date issue, most of Jokes and Riddles), but it also had some real lows as well. Personally, I'd rather have something with top-tier highs and sub-par lows then something that's just blah, so all in all I was a fan of the run.
My mine gripe with Zdarsky's Batman is how familiar it all has felt. Ram V's Tec has been so appealing because of how fresh it feels. No multiverse crap or evil Batman doppelgängers. Just gothic horror and street crime.
I miss the more grounded stuff
I miss the more grounded stuff
It started strong then got much less so as it went on.
Then I hit that awful crossover and just had enough.
Of course not, otherwise it would not be selling well. I think it's fine, honestly. Some truly good moments, but I don't feel Zdarsky knows how to truly work with Jimenez for the more grounded moments. I feel a more action-packed approach would be better suited for this book.
Unlikef books sells all the time. I think some just feel they have a obligation to buy a specific characters comic and just continue to hate read until the next run when someone hopefully steers the ship right.
If ASM is still selling, I don't think I can go against your argument
Marvel reveals ‘X-Factor’ creative team and more, out in August 2024
Set in the X-Men's upcoming From the Ashes era, X-FACTOR by Mark Russell and Bob Quinn brings back the iconic government mutant team.
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I will get to the free books at another time. Travis Moore is a madman trying to tie in all the recent bullshit that happened to Dick Grayson over the years and get it to make sense. All while going through another character with a story that feels as convoluted on paper. Yet it's an exciting time as it looks like everything will all tie together in the final arc of this run.
So... it turns out this is the true final Harley story. But that's only because it's not done by the current writer. Here we have a rather fun exercise with Harley running into some characters who happen to fit in nicely.
Spider-Woman gets more into the meet of things as the crossroad adventures come to an end. I'll give Steve Foxe credit for digging up a group from another unliked event and making it work for the most part. And he's bringing back older connects to her past as well.
Things get more interesting in Ranger Academy as characters are seen to be more shady than they appear. Plus one secret is finally out of the bag of the main character. Hopefully this is a sign of more exciting times for the book.
List:
Fantastic Four #20
Transformers #8
Poison Ivy #22
Birds of Prey #9
Shazam #11
Usagi Yojimbo : The Crow #2
So... it turns out this is the true final Harley story. But that's only because it's not done by the current writer. Here we have a rather fun exercise with Harley running into some characters who happen to fit in nicely.
Spider-Woman gets more into the meet of things as the crossroad adventures come to an end. I'll give Steve Foxe credit for digging up a group from another unliked event and making it work for the most part. And he's bringing back older connects to her past as well.
Things get more interesting in Ranger Academy as characters are seen to be more shady than they appear. Plus one secret is finally out of the bag of the main character. Hopefully this is a sign of more exciting times for the book.
List:
Fantastic Four #20
Transformers #8
Poison Ivy #22
Birds of Prey #9
Shazam #11
Usagi Yojimbo : The Crow #2
it's like when my local Chinese closed and I went to panda instead. sure, panda's alright. I'll still go for my fix. but it ain't my local. it will never be my local.
sorry I'm hungry
Anything out this week on IST? Got the Red Hulk Epic in my cart, but not seeing much else these days.
Sounds better than I expected.Marvel reveals ‘X-Factor’ creative team and more, out in August 2024
Set in the X-Men's upcoming From the Ashes era, X-FACTOR by Mark Russell and Bob Quinn brings back the iconic government mutant team.