If the economy collapsed and Marvel was forced to publish only 3 titles ...

[SJNeal]

Of the current titles:

Waid's Doctor Strange

Soule's Daredevil

Slott's Fantastic Four

If it were any 3 titles of my choosing, it would be all obscure books that no one would buy except me and maybe six others...

[Mike_Murdock]

I mean, I'd be sad to lose Daredevil, but it's a no-brainer: Avengers, X-Men, and Spider-Man. I know the question isn't about economics, but Spider-Man is the clear choice as Marvel's most popular character. Avengers and X-Men offer them maximum flexibility.

ETA: I also think it's a shame to lose a female book, but the hope is either the Avengers or X-Men have a significant number of female characters. I'd even be OK with an all-female team. I strongly suspect if DC was in the same boat, it would be Batman, Superman, and Justice League not Wonder Woman.

[Magik]

X-Men
Avengers
Spiderman or Daredevil

[CaptCleghorn]

If it were my choice, Id go with:

Fantastic Four
FF (Future Foundation) - all ages
Marvel Two-in-One (teamup with an F4 member)

What I'd expect to see would be:

Avengers
Spider-man
X-Men

[ed2962]

Three Anthology titles

Earth's Mightiest Heroes This would be where all the superheroes would housed

Patsy Walker and Friends This would be where all the teen, comedy, romance, and slice of life characters go

Strange Tales This would be the home for all the supernatural and sci-fi concepts


As the companies profits expand, they'd slowly give the individual characters their own titles again

[JudicatorPrime]

If it were any 3 titles of my choosing, it would be all obscure books that no one would buy except me and maybe six others...

Yes, but which books? It's ok if they're obscure.

[Global Honored]

Daredevil
Spider-Man
Fantastic Four

Focus on the city of heroes if downsizing

[SJNeal]

Yes, but which books? It's ok if they're obscure.

Alpha Flight

She-Hulk or Wonder Man

Midnight Sons

This list is heavily influenced by the back issues I've been re-reading lately. It would've been different a few months ago, and will be different a few months from now.

[Ptrvc]

Immortal Hulk
Venom
Defenders (Classic)

[mkeeler]

The goal would be for each of the three titles to be an anthology with a main feature and a backup feature. The main feature would work through a story arc of one character or team and then would move on to the next, etc. The backup feature would be similar but could conceivably be short one shots.

Uncanny Adventures - X-men and mutant related adventures.
Tales to Astonish - what was the old Marvel Heroes group - Avengers, Guardians, Spider-man, etc.
Journey into Mystery - horror, fantasy, and weird tales - Doctor Strange, Blade, Tomb of Dracula, Man-Thing, Weirdworld, etc.

[Elden]

Captain America
X-Men
Ms Marvel

[skyvolt2000]

... which 3 titles would you want to see, sales bearing no consequence on anyone's ultimate decision?

3 version of Marvel Comics Present.

book would be 100 pages for $10 (if that was feasible) or 80 pages at $6. Which even dollar amount is feasible.

For the 100-5 stories of 20 pages each. Only 2 can be more than one issue arcs. 4 parts minimum. The other two can be single or two parters ONLY.

80 pages- 4 stories of 20 pages or 2 stories of 40 pages-must be more than one story.

A list or whatever list does not matter to who gets how many issues.

A 4 part Riri & Deadpool story is NOT out of the question.

A one shot Logan story for the entire year is NOT out of the question.

Not seeing a Daredevil story would NOT be out of the question.

A 100 page book with 10 stories with only 10 pages is NOT out of the question.

[Kadmos1]

Either having not read these comics in so long or have never really the comics, I would buy the following: Spider-Man, Wolverine, and Captain America.

[Colt Cape]

Fantastic Four
Avengers
X-Men

[Marvel/DC Fan]

Probably 100 page books like the ones DC is offering at Wal-Mart with a new story and reprinted material. Likely with X-men, Spider-Man and Avengers headlining.