I think the headline on Comic Book.Com says it all:
Marvel Announces 45 All-New All-Different Series
Yes, 45 new comic series. I'm not really sure whether I need to say this but with comics already struggling and achieving not even cover price value just what good are 45 new first issues going to do? Oh, "morons all buy first issues -they're the ones pull in the cash!"No, no,no, no no, no. The whole Secret Wars was a con trick. I wrote so. It was going to sort out continuity and make a fresher Marvel with nothing old surviving from the 1963 Marvel. Sorry, how many Avenger titles and Avengers linked titles?
Clench your teeth and try to hold down your anger. Here goes:
Invincible Iron Man #1
W: Brian Michael Bendis A: David Marquez
“Upgrade.”
A-Force #1
W: G. Willow Wilson CA: Victor Ibanez
“A-Force to be reckoned with…”
All-New All-Different Avengers #1
W: Mark Waid A: Adam Kubert, Mahmud Asrar CA: Alex Ross
“Earth’s mightiest most dedicated heroes.”
Team consists of Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, Vision, Ms. Marvel, Miles Morales, and Nova.
Uncanny Avengers #1
W: Gerry Duggan A: Ryan Stegman
“Fighting for Humanity, Inhumanity, Mutants…and Deadpool”
Team consists of Spider-Man, Quicksilver, Brother Voodoo, Steve Rogers, Rogue, either Inferno or the Human Torch, a new female character, and – you guessed it – Deadpool.
New Avengers #1
W: Al Ewing A: Gerardo Sandoval
“Avengers Idea Mechanics. We A.I.M. To Help.”
Team consists of Sunspot, Squirrel Girl, Hawkeye, Songbird, Hulking and Wiccan.
Ultimates #1
W: Al Ewing A: Kenneth Rocafort
“Ultimate problems need Ultimate solutions.”
Team consists of Black Panther, Monica Rambeau, Blue Marvel, Miss America, Captain Marvel, and Galactus(!?)
Doctor Strange #1
W: Jason Aaron A: Chris Bachalo
“Some surgery requires a scalpel – some, an axe.”
Captain Marvel #1
W: Tara Butters & Michele Fazekas A: Kris Anka
“Captain Marvel rises.”
Sam Wilson, Captain America #1
W: Nick Spencer A: Daniel Acuña
“Who do you stand with?”
The cover shows a torn photo of The Falcon and Steve Rogers as Captain America in the background. Rogers and Wilson as Captain America walk in opposite directions in the foreground.
The Totally Awesome Hulk #1
W: Greg Pak A: Frank Cho
“Who is the Hulk?”
The hulks face and left hand are blacked out on the cover.
The Mighty Thor #1
W: Jason Aaron A: Russell Dauterman
“The flash may be weak but the thunder is strong.”
Scarlet Witch #1
W: James Robinson A: Kevin Wada
“Seeing red…”
Ms. Marvel #1
W: G. Willow Wilson A: Takeshi Miyazawa & Adrian Alphona CA: Takeshi Miyazawa
“CRUSHED IT.”
Illuminati #1
W: Josh Williamson A: Shawn CA: Riley Rossmo
“Forever evil.”
The team clearly features the Red Hood. Other members are smaller and silhouetted. Absorbing Man is recognizable by his ball and chain. Other members appear to be Black Ant, Titania, and…Mr. Hyde?
Hawkeye #1
W: Jeff Lemire A: Ramon Perez
“Hawkeye vs. Hawkeye”
Both Hawkeyes appear noticeably aged on this cover. Clint, in particular, is sporing a white beard and several new lines on his face.
Ant-Man #1
W: Nick Spencer A: Ramon Rosanas CA: Mark Brooks
“Once a criminal…?”
The Vision #1
W: Tom King A: Gabriel H. Walta CA: Marcos Martin
“A bold new Vision for the Marvel Universe.”
Contest of Champions #1
W: Al Ewing A: Paco Medina
“When heroes gather…”
Amazing Spider-Man #1
W: Dan Slott A: Giuseppe Camuncoli CA: Alex Ross
“Your friendly neighborhood just got bigger.”
Spidey’s got a tweaked suit with a redesigned symbol and glowing green parts. Also, it looks like the Spider-Mobile may be back.
Carnage #1
W: Gerry Conway A: Mike Perkins CA: Mike Del Mundo
“Descent into madness…”
Spider-Woman #1
W: Dennis Hopeless A: Javier Rodriguez
“Parent by day. Hero by night.”
Jessica Drew is noticeably pregnant on the cover.
Spider-Man #1
W: Brian Michael Bendis A: Sara Pichelli
“Welcome to the Marvel Universe, Miles Morales. Hope you survive the experience!”
Spider-Gwen #1
W: Jason Latour A: Robbi Rodriguez
“The Secret History of Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker!”
Silk #1
W: Robbie Thompson A: Stacey Lee CA: Helen Chen
“The Sinister Silk”
Silk appears to be robbing a bank on the cover.
Spider-Man 2099 #1
W: Peter David A: Will Sliney CA: Francesco Mattina
“Smack to the future.”
Web Warriors #1
W: Mike Costa A: David Bildeon CA: Juian Totino Tedesco
“Defending the Spider-Verse”
Cover features several characters from Spider-Verse, including Spider-Gwen, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Ham, Spider-Man: India, Spider-UK and Spider-Girl (Anya Corazon).
Daredevil #1
W: Charles Soule A: Ron Garney
“The devil’s apprentice”
The cover shows that Daredevil’s apprentice is Gambit.
Guardians of the Galaxy #1
W: Brian Michael Bendis A: Valerio Schiti
“The raccoon’s in charge.”i
The team consists of Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Drax, Venom, The Thing, and a woman in Star-Lord’s costume, most likely Kitty Pryde.
Drax #1
W: CM Punk with Cullen Bunn CA: Ed McGuinness
“Best in the galaxy”
Howard the Duck #1 (yes, again.)
W: Chip Zdarsky A: Joe Quinones
“Howard, uh, gets a new hat…”
Nova #1
W: Sean Ryan A: Cory Smith CA: Humberto Ramos
“The family business…”
Cover shows Sam Alexander with an adult Nova, possibly his father.
Star-Lord #1
W: Sam Humphries A: Dave Johnson
“Feels like the first time. Feels like the very first time.”
Venom: Spaceknight #1
W: Robbie Thompson A: Ariel Olivetti
“Sometimes a hero needs a little space…”
Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1
W: Frank Barbiere A: Brent Schoonover
“To fight the monsters of the world…We need the monsters of the night!”
Team consists of Dum Dum Duggan, Hit-Monkey, Man-Thing, Werewolf by Night, Manphibian, zombie Jasper Sitwell, and a few others.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1
W: Marc Guggenheim A: Mike Norton
“Keeps your friends close and your enemies closer.”
Uncanny Inhumans #1
W: Charles Soule A: Steve McNiven
“The silence is broken.”
Team consists of Black Bolt, Medusa, Reader, Triton, the Human Torch, and Beast.
Karnak #1
W: Warren Ellis A: Gerardo Zaffino CA: David Aja
“The flaw in all things”
Angela: Asgard’s Assassin #1
W: Marguerite Bennett A: Kim Jacinto & Stephanie Hans CA: Julian Totino Tedesco
“Hel hath a new fury.”
Squadron Supreme #1
W: James Robinson A: Leonard Kirk CA: Alex Ross
“Sole survivors of their own worlds, they’ll do ANYTHING to protect this one.”
Extraordinary X-Men #1
W: Jeff Lemire A: Humberto Ramos
“Still hated. Still feared. Still standing.”
Team consists of Storm, Iceman, Colossus, Magik, Nightcrawler, Jean Grey (still young), and Old Man Logan.
Uncanny X-Men #1
W: Cullen Bunn A: Greg Land
“Bigger threats require more threatening X-Men.”
Team consists of Magneto, Psylocke, Sabretooth, Mystique, and Fatomex.
All-New X-Men
W: Dennis Hopeless A: Mark Bagley
“On a mission to make their own future”
Team consists of Wolverine (X-23) and young Cyclops, Angel, Iceman, and Beast.
Old Man Logan #1
W: Jeff Lemire A: Andrea Sorrentino
“Older. Wiser. Sharper.”
All-New Wolverine #1
W: Tom Taylor A: David Lopez
“Best there is at what she does”
Deadpool #1
W: Gerry Duggan A: Mike Hawthorne CA: Tony Moore
“More Deadpool than you wanted”
I have to say movie and TV franchise based comics do well here. This is just way too much. It's like loading up a tipper truck with as many titles as you can and dumping them in a shop doorway and seeing what happens.
Disney is going for, hoped-for, fast bucks and screw the fans and comic industry. DC is rumoured to be planning something similar but I hope not. As it is the Disney empire is going to oversee the collapse of comics and it will not care so long as the movies make money.
Awful. And rather than asking about the effects of this glut of titles, comic book sites -almost as one- are simply asking: "Which titles are you excited about?
I guess if you are just fan-boys pushing PR from Marvel (or DC) you don't really give a feck what shit they are feeding you. Questions should be getting asked but they just aren't. It's just the usual cheer of "Hooray!
50 years a Marvelite and True Believer. I see this shit and I see.....nothing.
Am I weird because these books don´t look interesting to me ? The stories have left me cold for the last two years and there´s not one artist among the bunch for whom I would pay. It looks like Carlos Pacheco´s SQUADRON SINISTER will be the last Marvel ..... I mean Disney book for me.
ReplyDeleteGood great grief! The uber-capitalist ideal that more is better. The disease called 'Profiteer's Drool'.
ReplyDeleteWell, even the X-Men become the Scooby Gang cover looks lifeless. We know it will all change as soon as Disney decides it wants more money so we'll get MORE first issues. Why should I invest any time or money or put any emotion into comics that have a character/lifespan of...maybe...twenty issues before all change? And look at the books -movies =$ so make the movie character into a comic to =SSSSSS......Quicksilver doesn't get his own comic? Wow. Missed one there. Seriously, this is just deadweight but while idiots keep buying to "look cool" or being so moronic they think these are their pension fund (still????) the cesspit will be churned up. I almost scrapped this post because it was so monotonous and lifeless. Comic implosion on its way.
ReplyDeleteAnd is it just me or have we seen these covers before? Lifeless. As for Karnak...that is so feckin awful. That could be Lobo you know. Just......meh
ReplyDeleteThey've hit a rut, basically covers have been formulaic and have sold. no need to be more adventurous. When myself and Bib did wraparounds for Braque, we would always try and think Eisner and his Spirit covers. Also his stories/characters were more flexible and laced with humour - forget the awful Frank Miller film. There is just something deadening, mentally, about the stuff that Marvel and DC dole out, and have been doling out for years on end.
DeleteI don`t see a Black Widow comic and I don`t see a Loki comic . They produce against the Market . But thats good because it make room for the Independent .
ReplyDeleteI remember a time when 1 newly announced title interested me. Now theres 45 of them and i'm just shrugging. Thanks marvel, less money out of my pocket.
ReplyDeleteJa D -I felt the same way a few years back. Looking at the money I was paying for comics then I really cringe. Now I don't buy them! Thanks, Marvel (and, yes, I used to love going into comic shops!)
ReplyDeleteSanchez: It is VERY obvious, isn't it? Black Widow is popular and been around longer but her toy range is badly limited. Her comic book -non-existent. But the Vision....! And I cannot believe no Loki comic. I give up trying to work out what the Marvel bosses think. More female characters in Independents!