Surprising. X-Men Gold, often critiqued for its terrible writing, is still in the Top 50, whereas better quality books like Iceman and AN Wolverine aren't selling nearly as many copies. The X-Men Blue Annual too, which was pretty awful, sold pretty well. I suppose its just the draw of certain characters.
You're probably right. I suppose it has the added benefit that new characters can easily be brought in, much like the original Exiles. But if it were up to me, I would get rid of Wolvie, Khan + Iron Lad, instead trading 'em for Nocturne, Ruby Summers, Old Man Logan and maybe Spider-Man 2099. It'd sell better and would strengthen the ties to the X-Men.
Based on the writing, Gen X would have done much better with a different artist, and a focus on the original Gen X, rather than students at Xavier's nobody really cares about.
Weapon X has been pretty poor. I'm waiting for it to end just so we can get an X-Force relaunch tbh.
Glad that blue is doing fine,as long as cyclops is in a title I will root for that title to do well.
And hopefully scott will come back soon since all the dead x-men (jean,wolverine,professor x)are or came back to life.
I don't get the appeal of Gold. Seems it has few redeeming points.
Yeah. A few I see & speak to are waiting on Weapon X to go. But the only way it leaves soon is if it's cancelled. Because Pak doesn't seem to plan on stopping anytime soon. Given comments, in combination with the monthly release, Weapon X will be running until at least 2019.Based on the writing, Gen X would have done much better with a different artist, and a focus on the original Gen X, rather than students at Xavier's nobody really cares about.
Weapon X has been pretty poor. I'm waiting for it to end just so we can get an X-Force relaunch tbh
Gold has a better roster. And the writing in blue isn't that much better then Gold it's just that we all have been brainwashed to have low standards
Let the flames destroy all but that which is pure and true!
What about reorders?
http://blog.comichron.com/2018/01/ma...week-with.html
Top advance reordered February-shipping comic for week of January 15-21
1 Vision HC $39.99 Marvel
2 Saga TPB Vol. 8 $14.99 Image
3 Rick & Morty HC Book 01 $49.99 Oni
4 Phoenix Resurrection Return Jean Grey #3 Leg $3.99 Marvel
To be fair, though, WW's solo seems to sell just about the same as X-Men Gold for the month, also double shipping.
45 36 X-Men Gold 19 $3.99 01/03/18 Marvel 36,915
46 64 Wonder Woman 38 $2.99 01/10/18 DC 36,828
47 40 X-Men Gold 20 $3.99 01/17/18 Marvel 36,471
48 65 Wonder Woman 39 $2.99 01/24/18 DC 36,269
But at a dollar less. So, really Jean's Resurrection moved a lot more comics this month and made a lot more money than WW(not even counting her actual/Jeen solo, which contributes another 20k issues).
Let the flames destroy all but that which is pure and true!
Outside of its core characters, which are treated poorly anyway, I don't think it has much to offer. Even the art fluctuates.
I'm always surprised with Marvel. Often subpar titles remain while good books are canceled. The roster is boring and unimaginative, and Pak doesn't seem to have an understanding of the cast. I'll be disappointed if it continues in a similar fashion to right now, because I have no desire to read the current incarnation of Weapon X. I don't see why Marvel doesn't just relaunch X-Force- with the Deadpool movie coming out and Cable and Domino getting a big screen debut, its perfect timing. We'll see what happens I guess.
Yeah, and it's kinda ridiculous. Worst X-Men book in years if you ask me.
I tend to agree. But there are lots of folks (particularly on this board) who constantly propose rosters full of less known characters... while I’d be fine with that happening to appeal to those fans, I just don’t think it would last long.
I just think it’s good to be realisic when you’re a big fan of the lesser known characters. Hope for the best but don’t expect it, maybe. Then again I’m a spoiled jean fan so I know that’s easy for me
To say.
Your favorite superhero- the one you visit these forums to talk about. Would they talk to others the way you do on this message board?
Your favorite superhero- the one you visit these forums to talk about. Would they talk to others the way you do on this message board?
Far as art, I know Ken Lashley is on Gold. This may be an unpopular opinion, but I hated his style. Even during Uncanny, I preferred when Land was doing art instead. He's got flaws, but I overall found his style easier on the eyes than Lashley. So Ken on Gold would take another point for me. But clearly, most fans love him.
Agreed on Weapon X. Very horrid run. When I look at Frank Tierri's Weapon X, and see how far it's fallen with Pak, I am horrified. I finally dropped it. I was tempted to pick it back up when Pak mentioned big things coming for Creed & Lady Deathstrike in chapters 18 + 22 respectively. But given how bad Pak's done with them so far, I was leaning toward not reading to avoid disappointment -and recently seeing a sketch by Cinar on twitter reinforced that decision.
At best I'll check out reviews to stay up to date and hear when the roster changes start happening. And hope Creed & Domino are part of the eventual purge.
As a fan of lesser known, or popular characters, you have to take them with some fan favorites in order to see them, but keeping the book balanced for other fans so it lasts longer. But a roster full of unknown characters, or entirely new characters isn't the best way to start them off.
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Perhaps. Time will tell as with all things.
I think a better comparison, especially since the Resurrection issues are 1 through 6, would be to look at WW Rebirth numbers from 1 through 6:
Wonder Woman #1: 118,511
Wonder Woman #2: 114,135
Wonder Woman #3: 103,912
Wonder Woman #4: 93,862
Wonder Woman #5: 85,646
Wonder Woman #6: 74,856
If Jean was anywhere near Wonder Woman her return would have sustained numbers near 100K at least for the first 3 issues. Those numbers are good.. Just not WW good.
ALL HAIL THE HADARI YAO, THE OMEGA'S OMEGA, BEYOND OMEGA, THE VOICE OF SOL!!!! NOW AGAIN THE ONE TRUE AND ONLY GODDESS OF THE X-MEN AS CLAREMONT INTENDED!!!!!
STOP. BUYING. GOLD.
I know I'm preaching to the choir. It's just infuriating that Guggenheim's not getting the feedback he deserves. Are certain people rolling in so much dough they're happy to just flush 10$/month down the drain in exchange for jack shit? What's the point of buying for the roster when no one is written like an actual character? I don't get it!