MARVEL COMICS 2018 - A Fresh Start

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Post by Icefanatic on Feb 20, 2018 12:03:10 GMT -5

From the people who brought you:

Marvel Now!

All-New Marvel Now!

All-New All-Different Marvel!

ResurrXion!

And Marvel Legacy!

comes...

All-Marvel DiFFFerent-New Legac-

Wait...A Fresh Start?

That's...refreshingly free of over-hype.

Really like the sound of new creative teams, I just hope the talent pool they are drawing from isn't glorified fanfic writers and amateur Deviant Artists who aren't ready to do pro work.

I wonder if it really will be a return to glory THIS time, or if it will just be another...

https://www.corescore.net/assets/images/upload/6357415842098584321498248566_Charlie_Brown_Kicks_It.jpg

Sigh.

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Feb 20, 2018 13:21:15 GMT -5 cc008 said:

I don't blame CB for wanting to do this. He walked into an absolute mess. That said... snore.

I agree completely. But wait...there's more!

Marvel Comics’ ‘Fresh Start’ Will Do Away With Legacy Numbering

www.cbr.com/marvel-comics-fresh-start-numbering/

As Marvel Comics ushers in a “fresh start” in May for its entire superhero publishing line, the company will say farewell to the legacy numbering for most of its titles introduced last year as part of its Marvel Legacy initiative.

Announced in April 2017, Marvel Legacy was heralded as a blend of the old and the new, embodied in the return of the publisher’s longest-running titles to their original numbering. For example, The Amazing Spider-Man jumped from Issue 32 to Issue 789 in the matter of a month. It was a confusing math system that Marvel seems to be admitting didn’t work, so with the May relaunch all books will revert to their pre-Legacy numbering.

That doesn’t mean consecutive numbering is gone completely. Executive Editor Tom Brevoort indicated to IGN.com that legacy numbering may remain in a “subordinate fashion” on select titles, but didn’t specify which ones. Ultimately, Marvel wants to ensure numbering isn’t confusing to readers — particularly those new or lapsed ones who are part of the target market for this latest initiative.

One book that certainly won’t employ legacy numbering is Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness’ Avengers, which gets a new #1 issue when it launches in May.

Well, that didn't last long! x_x

Smart thing would be to have the new series numbering prominently displayed; with the Legacy numbering for major, long-running titles underneath. Here's hoping that's what they mean by “subordinate fashion”. Best of having both, not either-or.

Still just re-arranging deckchairs on the Marvel Titanic...

Saw a CBR article that Marvel offered Bendis the Wolverine and Deadpool solos to write if he would have stayed with Marvel. Bet you're really glad he's gone, now.

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Post by Icefanatic on Feb 20, 2018 14:20:17 GMT -5

Found the short article to go with the video.

www.cbr.com/marvel-comics-2018-refresh-reboot/

https://static0.cbrimages.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Marvel2018.jpg

Marvel Comics Announces a Line-Wide Overhaul in 2018

Marvel Comics has announced plans to revitalize its entire publishing line in 2018, promising new creative teams, new series and more.

Of more interest to me is THIS video by Diversity & Comics

D&C is connected to various people in the industry(he's an artist), and he hears things, like...

...A little after the 3:00 mark he mentions that A-list writers Christopher Priest and Jonathan Hickman were both at the Marvel 'retreat' a few weeks back!!!

Coincides with this:

www.cbr.com/marvel-shield-comic-ending-hickman-weaver/

Marvel Comics has announced plans for a definitive conclusion to Jonathan Hickman and Dustin Weaver’s acclaimed 2010 miniseries, S.H.I.E.L.D. The long-awaited issues five and six, in addition to a one-shot (titled S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Rebirth #1) reprinting the first four issues, are set to hit shelves in May 2018.

Get Hickman back, poach Priest from DC, that sounds like a good start.

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Post by cc008 on Feb 20, 2018 20:33:21 GMT -5

Newsarama's version of the article says there'll be some Legacy numbering sticking around. Like a dual numbering basically. Books that have been around a while and have been constant mainstays in the Marvel line should keep them. I.e. Uncanny X-Men, Avengers, Daredevil, Invincible Iron Man, Amazing Spider-Man, Wolverine.. you get it.

It's funny.. no matter how many times the Marvel line relaunches.. I rarely pick up books because of it. I've been reading the same characters basically since I started collecting single issues. With the exception of Hawkeye, who I just recently picked up.

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Post by Icefanatic on Feb 20, 2018 21:43:11 GMT -5

I hate to say it but I actually usually tend to end up dropping more books during relaunches than picking them up. I like a lot of Marvel's characters and have read lengthy runs on pretty much every title that has withstood the test of time, but in recent years it's been hard to find creators who do a lot of them justice. Between bad writing and bad characterization, character replacements and rising prices...I've gotten a lot more picky about what I spend my time and money on.

I don't feel the need to buy books every month just to see what is happening in my favorite character's 'lives'. I think with all the crap Marvel has pulled in recent years, they broke a lot of fans of that soap opera-style reading habit.

I'm hoping Marvel gets back on track, but if it doesn't I still have back issues, trade collections and a wealth of other entertainment to occupy me.