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[QUOTE=jetengine;4560045]Naomi will (much like Riri and eventually even Miles) be much better when she's out of Bendis hands. Thats not a knock against her though just Bendis being an incredibly mediocre writer.[/QUOTE]
Bendis is the reason Naomi isn’t dead or tossed into limbo. And I say this as someone who doesn’t like everything the guy has done.
[QUOTE]Why has he never fought a magic user ? Its all lazy shoddy writing.[/QUOTE]
Maybe I’m just used to or prefer the idea of superhero specialization but I never understood how this was a problem. It isn’t like fighting magic users isn’t already something most superheroes have done at least once. DC has even had numerous solo and team books dedicated to it.
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[QUOTE=jetengine;4560173]I think the issue was, at that point the replacements were not only more interesting but often had more story opportunity then their forebearers.
Wolverines done everything, him being dead was great.
Marvel had Miles as a teen spiderman and they should have let Peter grow up.
Falcap was a brand new look into what being Cap meant[/QUOTE]
I don't disagree, but we still have most of them. Laura and Miles still have their own titles as do Riri and Kamala. JaneThor is back as the new Valkyrie. Sam's book got cancelled but if they wanted to they could expose those same themes with the new Patriot.
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[QUOTE=Agent Z;4560191]Bendis is the reason Naomi isn’t dead or tossed into limbo. And I say this as someone who doesn’t like everything the guy has done.
[B]Maybe I’m just used to or prefer the idea of superhero specialization but I never understood how this was a problem. It isn’t like fighting magic users isn’t already something most superheroes have done at least once. DC has even had numerous solo and team books dedicated to it[/B].[/QUOTE]
I think the point was why not mix it up with Cyborg's foes? We had the Dave Walker series, then we got the exact same ground retreaded in Vic's Rebirth series.
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[QUOTE=ed2962;4560298]I think the point was why not mix it up with Cyborg's foes? We had the Dave Walker series, then we got the exact same ground retreaded in Vic's Rebirth series.[/QUOTE]
This.
We all like 'the evil mirror' villain but mix it up ffs.
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[QUOTE=mathew101281;4558754]I’m of two minds about that. Yes new characters under old brands tend to stick better initially, but they tend to be relegated to secondary characters or sidekicks. Every time their is a reboot, or a continuity shake up there is a legit chance that character will be shelved (see Cassandra Cain) or replaced by a fresher younger character.
Non spinoff characters have a different problem. Getting off the ground is hard, but if they do, you have a character with it’s own distinct identity, that isn’t beholden to another character.[/QUOTE]
Eh, the first problem lies more with editorial staff trying to maintain the status quo versus anything else. New Characters under old brands have the ability to break out of that shell when given the chance (see Miles Morales or Mighty Thor), they just need a editorial staff willing to allow the characters to share the spotlight. ANAD essentially illustrated the value was there, but instead of having them share the mantles and having the best of both worlds, you end up with what Marvel did, backtracking the progress made to appease the classic comic book fans and dying comic book brick and mortor stores.
The same problems with the first demographic also falls under the second demographic as well. Brian Bendis brought Luke Cage to stardom for a small period of time, but essentially he was relegated back to secondary characters and then eventually wiped off the planet. So the issue you described in the first description doesn't just apply there. One of the big 2 biggest problems is their undying allegiance to the old guard to the point of preventing progress.
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[QUOTE=ed2962;4560165]It was never to stick in the first place. It's literally the same temporary replacement trope superhero comics have done for literally decades. It's just that for a variety of reasons, some people thought that it represented a sea-change in comics rather than he return of a familiar cycle.[/QUOTE]
While True, Marvel did perform a bit more pull under the rug when it came to how they backtracked with ANAD. Specifically how they pointed to a banner indicating that both the old guard and the new guard were going to share the mantles and that ended up being a bold face lie. The only one that remained was Miles Morales and Ironheart. Most people aren't upset about the old guard taking of their mantles, they're upset that the new guard had to lose their. The fact that Mighty Thor was one of the biggest reveals from Marvel's Panel really indicated the goldmine that they had and they choose to squash it.
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Appreciation post for one of Marvel's Muslim heroes, Sooraya Qadir (aka Dust):
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[QUOTE=jetengine;4560173]I think the issue was, at that point the replacements were not only more interesting but often had more story opportunity then their forebearers.
Wolverines done everything, him being dead was great.
Marvel had Miles as a teen spiderman and they should have let Peter grow up.
Falcap was a brand new look into what being Cap meant[/QUOTE]
Wolverine makes $$$ he was never gonna stay dead, Though I did like Old Man Logan
Peter has grown up, He got married finished college, he mind was completely wiped of his marrage, Created (or rather Dr. Octopus) a successful business and lost it. The biggest flaw that Miles has is he has no real nemesis that is his own they are mostly borrowed or copied from peter.
Steve Rogers is a marvel staple, he is never going to go away. Every one know it was temporary I remember reading a interview with Christopher Priest with him saying as much.
The market for comics is narrowed and when it come to forms of media it is on the low end. WarnerMedia Entertainment having DC streaming service, HBO, TNT, TBS and a few other channels. Disney owning ABC, Free Form and a slew of other channels and Disney + coming out. They have both have very large wider reaching platforms other than comics to create new and interesting stories with as much diversity as they want. Make the character popular before the comics.
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[QUOTE=ed2962;4560298][B]I think the point was why not mix it up with Cyborg's foes? [/B]We had the Dave Walker series, then we got the exact same ground retreaded in Vic's Rebirth series.[/QUOTE]
But what would that have really added? We see this stuff in other superhero comics all the time. By contrast a superhero focusing exclusively on cyborgs was unique.
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[QUOTE=Agent Z;4561223]But what would that have really added? We see this stuff in other superhero comics all the time. By contrast a superhero focusing exclusively on cyborgs was unique.[/QUOTE]
Different foes would have added some variety, it seems like there are only a few cyborg stories, he's either fighting an evil version of himself, or there's "Rahh, my humanity!" There's also the one where he might get to be fully human again, until he isn't. Also, him being taken over by an evil A.I. or blowing him up.
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They were trying to sell COMICS fans on a Cyborg that had never been in the Titans and wasn't Beast Boy's buddy.
I'm not surprised that they could never get any real traction. If you cared about Cyborg in the first place there's an even
chance that you might not care about this version.
You have to have some kind of idea on who your audience is.The same goes for Female Wolverine.
For decades Marvel had been selling Comic Book Clint Eastwood to primarily dudes. Replacing him with a hot teen and her cute little sister is kinda missing
the entire point of that book for half that audience.
Like, Replacing Punisher with a Female would have been just as big of a misstep, imo.
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[QUOTE=Vic Vega;4561328]They were trying to sell COMICS fans on a Cyborg that had never been in the Titans and wasn't Beast Boy's buddy.
I'm not surprised that they could never get any real traction. If you cared about Cyborg in the first place there's an even
chance that you might not care about this version.
You have to have some kind of idea on who your audience is.The same goes for Female Wolverine.
For decades Marvel had been selling Comic Book Clint Eastwood to primarily dudes. Replacing him with a hot teen and her cute little sister is kinda missing
the entire point of that book for half that audience.
Replacing Punisher with a Female would been just o big a misstep, imo.
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Eh, those two are night and day differences. Cyborg issue wasn't his "required ties" of having Titans and Beast Boy companions, it's DC not having a clear vision on what they want to do with Cyborg and refusing to place him in the same tier as his Justice League counterparts. Even in the movie, he gets worfed aka pulled apart just to indicate how tough the villain is. When you treat your new hero as second rate versus his counterparts in your top hero team in your universe, people are going to turn off.
This was why JLO was originally so celebrated, because it attempted to course correct much of the damage new 52 did by making him a leader, capable, and transitioning out of the classic man vs machine cycle he seems to constantly be in since New 52. Of course all of that went out the window since the last two issues, but that again indicates just how DC just doesn't want to treat him right.
X-23, on the other hand. as Wolverine was among the best selling Marvel book during that time, selling better than most current classic heroes. She even sold better than Mighty Thor. So unlike Cyborg, X-23 as wolverine was a massive success. So she definitely found an audience, rather it was the current readership or a bit of new readers coming in to enjoy. But like the other heroes, she lost popularity after her series was canceled and they transitioned her back to X-23.
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[QUOTE=Vic Vega;4561328]They were trying to sell COMICS fans on a Cyborg that had never been in the Titans and wasn't Beast Boy's buddy.
I'm not surprised that they could never get any real traction. If you cared about Cyborg in the first place there's an even
chance that you might not care about this version.
You have to have some kind of idea on who your audience is.The same goes for Female Wolverine.
For decades Marvel had been selling Comic Book Clint Eastwood to primarily dudes. Replacing him with a hot teen and her cute little sister is kinda missing
the entire point of that book for half that audience.
Like, Replacing Punisher with a Female would have been just as big of a misstep, imo.
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But they still had Comic Book Clint Eastwood, all they to do to find it was look one shelf over. Old Man Logan was the same character despite being from a future timeline.
And as for replacing Frank Castle with a female...
[IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/57/LynnMichaelsPunisher.jpg[/IMG]
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[QUOTE=leo619;4561380]Eh, those two are night and day differences. Cyborg issue wasn't his "required ties" of having Titans and Beast Boy companions, it's DC not having a clear vision on what they want to do with Cyborg and refusing to place him in the same tier as his Justice League counterparts. Even in the movie, he gets worfed aka pulled apart just to indicate how tough the villain is. When you treat your new hero as second rate versus his counterparts in your top hero team in your universe, people are going to turn off.
This was why JLO was originally so celebrated, because it attempted to course correct much of the damage new 52 did by making him a leader, capable, and transitioning out of the classic man vs machine cycle he seems to constantly be in since New 52. Of course all of that went out the window since the last two issues, but that again indicates just how DC just doesn't want to treat him right.
[B]X-23, on the other hand. as Wolverine was among the best selling Marvel book during that time, selling better than most current classic heroes. She even sold better than Mighty Thor. So unlike Cyborg, X-23 as wolverine was a massive success. So she definitely found an audience, rather it was the current readership or a bit of new readers coming in to enjoy. But like the other heroes, she lost popularity after her series was canceled and they transitioned her back to X-23.[/B][/QUOTE]
And that's the problem with the other half of the fans ( and comic book market in general). Laura was the same character doing the same stuff she was doing as Wolverine, but as X-23 she doesn't sell as well.
It's like fans want to spend money not on characters or stories, but the costume and trademark.
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[QUOTE=ed2962;4562063]And that's the problem with the other half of the fans ( and comic book market in general). Laura was the same character doing the same stuff she was doing as Wolverine, but as X-23 she doesn't sell as well.
It's like fans want to spend money not on characters or stories, but the costume and trademark.[/QUOTE]
Comic market is freaking weird lol
It isn't a net gain for marvel comics if the legacy hero replaces the others sales and matches them. It is only a net gain when they bring the hero back and the legacy can still sell.
I'll never understand why a name matters though. In laura's case, i think they should have just kept old man logan around. People liked him anyway and he fit themore classic Wolverie anyway.