Uncanny..... what the heck has happened?

[2nd line g]

How’d the biggest thing in comics get to the point of not even being an on going? I know Uncanny is coming back, but how did a title that was selling 70k a month even 5 years ago get to this point? I’ve only read Marvel comics for a few years now and only the first to Xmen omni’s. I’m not stirring the pot, I’m really interested in the history. Thanks for any insight.

[ExodusCloak]

How’d the biggest thing in comics get to the point of not even being an on going? I know Uncanny is coming back, but how did a title that was selling 70k a month even 5 years ago get to this point? I’ve only read Marvel comics for a few years now and only the first to Xmen omni’s. I’m not stirring the pot, I’m really interested in the history. Thanks for any insight.

A dying industry as a whole. Digital comics and piracy

[rutog98]

A dying industry as a whole. Digital comics and piracy

If the stories and writing were as good as they used to be, I would imagine that people would want to own their own hard copies of the issues despite the opportunity to read pirated issues.

[wano]

How’d the biggest thing in comics get to the point of not even being an on going? I know Uncanny is coming back, but how did a title that was selling 70k a month even 5 years ago get to this point? I’ve only read Marvel comics for a few years now and only the first to Xmen omni’s. I’m not stirring the pot, I’m really interested in the history. Thanks for any insight.

The inhumans happened, CYCLOPS DIES, you do the math

[DragonPiece]

I blame Uncanny X-Men volume 4, that book should always be the flagship X-Men book. once it is a side book with side characters people will care less.

[gurkle]

There have been other periods where Uncanny wasn't the flagship, like the Grant Morrison era.

I think a lot of stuff that happened behind the scenes in the middle of the decade - the order from on high to de-emphasize the Fox properties, the sudden departure of Mike Marts as X-Men editor, the scrapping of Rick Remender's planned takeover as X-Men writer - screwed the comics up (and not just the X-Men comics) in ways that will still be felt even though the Fox war is mostly over. We really need some kind of behind-the-scenes tell-all journalism about those years. It would be more interesting than the comics.

[DearMachine]

I think much of it was the rise of the MCU, and the acrimony with Fox over the rights. Marvel salted that field well.

[Silver Fang]

There have been other periods where Uncanny wasn't the flagship, like the Grant Morrison era.

I think a lot of stuff that happened behind the scenes in the middle of the decade - the order from on high to de-emphasize the Fox properties, the sudden departure of Mike Marts as X-Men editor, the scrapping of Rick Remender's planned takeover as X-Men writer - screwed the comics up (and not just the X-Men comics) in ways that will still be felt even though the Fox war is mostly over. We really need some kind of behind-the-scenes tell-all journalism about those years. It would be more interesting than the comics.

I think Bunn's Uncanny was fine. But it got derailed by all the crossover events that Bunn had to modify his story to accommodate for. Possibly interrupting things he wanted to set up, or already started laying groundwork for. The last few chapters were the IvX crap. Then they took his run off at 19 chapters, and told him to write the O5, or nothing with X-Men Blue, whom Magneto was only in because Bunn begged for him.

Hell Weapon X is the lowest selling "X" team book, and it's still going. Despite the fact it doesn't get too much attention or consideration outside of people specifically working on it. And sometimes not even that. Pak shares more, and gets more excited about his Hulk series and new upcoming projects than Weapon X. Last time I recall him saying something about Weapon X on twitter was in Feb. lol And on rare instances where fans tweet to him about it, he rarely responds. Only twice that I can recall of the 4-6 times it's happened.

[gurkle]

I think Bunn's Uncanny was fine. But it got derailed by all the crossover events that Bunn had to modify his story to accommodate for. Possibly interrupting things he wanted to set up, or already started laying groundwork for. The last few chapters were the IvX crap. Then they took his run off at 19 chapters, and told him to write the O5, or nothing with X-Men Blue, whom Magneto was only in because Bunn begged for him.

I'm not blaming Bunn, who has been one of the (few, in my opinion) Marvel writers doing consistently good work recently. I also think Mark Paniccia is a good editor who did a pretty good job with the X-line considering the terrible circumstances and ridiculous orders from management.

This isn't a story of incompetent people (well, OK, a few, but every line has them). Actually I think the X-Books have been, overall, about as entertaining as the lines with more resources, maybe more so. It's just obvious that it was given orders to do things that were not good for the franchise, particularly the whole IvX thing.

[Hellion]

There have been other periods where Uncanny wasn't the flagship, like the Grant Morrison era.

I think a lot of stuff that happened behind the scenes in the middle of the decade - the order from on high to de-emphasize the Fox properties, the sudden departure of Mike Marts as X-Men editor, the scrapping of Rick Remender's planned takeover as X-Men writer - screwed the comics up (and not just the X-Men comics) in ways that will still be felt even though the Fox war is mostly over. We really need some kind of behind-the-scenes tell-all journalism about those years. It would be more interesting than the comics.

Whoa, hold up! This was a thing? I wanna know more about what it entailed and why it never materialized. Remender would've injected some much-needed life into the line at a time when Aaron and Bendis turned it into the written equivalent of Valium.

[Tazpocalapse]

Uncanny returning in November. According to Jordan D. White.

[Triniking1234]

Whoa, hold up! This was a thing? I wanna know more about what it entailed and why it never materialized. Remender would've injected some much-needed life into the line at a time when Aaron and Bendis turned it into the written equivalent of Valium.

Ramos dropped hints that the writer he was going to be working with was Remender. Remender probably left to dodge that T-Mist bullet. I miss him.

[Havok83]

I blame Uncanny X-Men volume 4, that book should always be the flagship X-Men book. once it is a side book with side characters people will care less.

Had Extraordinary been titled Uncanny, we'd still be in the same position we are in now. Marvel thought the color coded titles would be cool which is why they didnt go the obvious route at giving us a v5

[2nd line g]

I blame Uncanny X-Men volume 4, that book should always be the flagship X-Men book. once it is a side book with side characters people will care less.

What do you mean by volume 4? When/what issues is it?

[gurkle]

Volume 4 is the 2016 relaunch written by Bunn.