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Post by Pharozonk on Jun 4, 2015 19:24:51 GMT -5
A correction in my last post. I meant Heroes RETURN, not *shudder* Heroes Reborn. Phew! I was worried for a second there.  |
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 4, 2015 22:14:58 GMT -5
Heh! I just deleted a petulant rant that was far too fanboyish to deserve being read. I think everyone is allowed one per linewide reboot. |
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 4, 2015 22:21:54 GMT -5
I really hate the 8 month jump-forward they're doing. This is just an excuse to let the writers change whatever they want while still getting to say: "It's not a reboot - all the old history still stands!". Seriously? Like what DC did 6-7 or so years back? So every idea Marvel has is copying a DC marketing stunt? I get the new # 1s, but, geez, DC's two years later thing didn't even work that well, did it? Like I remember reading that it drove away a lot of fans. A little over 9 years ago now. According to Diamond, the One Year Later debut month was the biggest jump in DC's sales (since the current sales figures charts started in 2003) until the New52 came along. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jun 4, 2015 22:26:33 GMT -5
I didn't know that... but didn't sales basically tank from that point forward?
I believe last month was the first time that DC sales fell to pre-new-52 levels, so that has to be seen as a highly successful stunt.
As I remember, though, One Year Later was the exact opposite, with sales falling hard and fast almost immediately, and dropping below One Year Later levels realllllly quickly.
Note that I don't actually have a problem with any of this. Why WOULDN'T Marvel copy DC's super successful stunt. It's just strange to see them copying DC's failures as well.
(I just hope they don't cancel Squirrel Girl.)
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 4, 2015 22:50:58 GMT -5
I didn't know that... but didn't sales basically tank from that point forward? I believe last month was the first time that DC sales fell to pre-new-52 levels, so that has to be seen as a highly successful stunt. As I remember, though, One Year Later was the exact opposite, with sales falling hard and fast almost immediately, and dropping below One Year Later levels realllllly quickly. Note that I don't actually have a problem with any of this. Why WOULDN'T Marvel copy DC's super successful stunt. It's just strange to see them copying DC's failures as well. (I just hope they don't cancel Squirrel Girl.)  not quite as tanky as the New 52 was |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jun 4, 2015 22:54:58 GMT -5
I was definitely wrong about that. Wow. And I assume they've been trending downward since 2012?
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 4, 2015 23:11:01 GMT -5
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jun 4, 2015 23:16:34 GMT -5
A correction in my last post. I meant Heroes RETURN, not *shudder* Heroes Reborn. Phew! I was worried for a second there. Yeah, I disliked those comics so much, that I deleted all the Heroes Reborn Liefeld issues from the Marvel DVD ROM's when I first got them. (I can tolerate his New Mutants stuff to a point...but when he inks his own work...yuck.) |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jun 5, 2015 19:41:57 GMT -5
I was definitely wrong about that. Wow. And I assume they've been trending downward since 2012? It's been pretty steady, maintaining similar levels to pre nu52 |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 5, 2015 21:26:37 GMT -5
Wow, I didn't realize April was such a good month sales wise. Sad, though, that it probably means we've seen the last of $2.99 comics from Marvel and DC.
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Post by Randle-El on Jun 6, 2015 0:27:24 GMT -5
In the latest interview with Axel Alonso at CBR, he basically confirmed that going forward Marvel will be publishing under an approach modeled after TV seasons. So this means every series will get restarted at #1 every year or two.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 6, 2015 8:37:37 GMT -5
I really would like to see them do something like Dark Horse and IDW's legacy numbering if they do that, and stop with the 'anniversary' nonsense. Of course, the Deadpool anniversary issue sold like crazy, so that's unlikely.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2015 14:44:32 GMT -5
Well the first domino fell, Bendis revealed his new Marvel project at Special Edition New York con this weekend, an all new Invincible Iron Man with David Marquez on art.... CBR story seems to be building from Gillen's revelations rather than anything in Superior, but I haven't been following Iron Man for a while now so not certain. -M |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 6, 2015 14:45:31 GMT -5
In the latest interview with Axel Alonso at CBR, he basically confirmed that going forward Marvel will be publishing under an approach modeled after TV seasons. So this means every series will get restarted at #1 every year or two. Every year or two? That's a lot longer than it takes nowadays! (*ba-dum tsss*) |
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 6, 2015 18:22:11 GMT -5
In the latest interview with Axel Alonso at CBR, he basically confirmed that going forward Marvel will be publishing under an approach modeled after TV seasons. So this means every series will get restarted at #1 every year or two. Marvel and DC have the "sweeps month" part down already. |
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