How many X-Books?

[Kingdom X]

How many X-titles do you think Marvel can sustain at once? How many are you willing to buy?

[9th.]

30, just cancel the rest of the titles.

[Snoop Dogg]

100, just have Hickman consume DC and Image.

[MYCMTSC]

My ideal is four, I'd purchase up to 5-6 if quality varies across the line, but I'd buy as many as I can if they are all phenomenal.

[Riv86672]

X-Men (main book)
Excalibur (international flavor)
X-Force (catch all teen book)
Wolverine,
Storm

[mozzle]

I can afford 6. So the answer is 6. Any less is a missed opportunity, any more and you're oversaturating the market. Now all of you get yourself into a financial situation similar to mine, and we'll all be fine.

[Master of Sound]

I think 8 to 10 main team titles, like;

X-Men
Excalibur
X-Factor
X-Force
New Mutants
Marauders
Mr. & Mrs. X
New/Young X-Men
Hellions
Uncanny X-Men

and 4 solo titles:
Wolverine
Cable
X23
Deadpool


and then about 8 mini series of 6 to 12 issues. like;
Deep Blue X-Men (love that idea)
X-Corps
Moira X
Magik
Cyclops & Jean
Children of the Atom
Acolytes

[Riv86672]

I can afford 6. So the answer is 6. Any less is a missed opportunity, any more and you're oversaturating the market. Now all of you get yourself into a financial situation similar to mine, and we'll all be fine.

I can afford more but will only buy six, in support of you.

[Devaishwarya]

Given that there are readers who only buy anything and everything X-Men...I would say 8 books...providing all 8 are of continuous high quality...which is never the case.

I read/buy other books besides X-Men so my cut off point was no more than 4 books but...with DoX it's been increased to 6.
(Those double-shipping months in the earlies were pure hell and misery on my comics budget...and why I will never support DS as an ongoing practice.)

[AppleJ]

Realistically I'm not going to buy more than 6, that being if they are very interwoven, well written, and I'm invested in the storyline. Currently I'm only consistently buying 3 books and one of those I would drop in an instant if my favorites weren't in it.

[Kingdom X]

I think 8 to 10 main team titles, like;

X-Men
Excalibur
X-Factor
X-Force
New Mutants
Marauders
Mr. & Mrs. X
New/Young X-Men
Hellions
Uncanny X-Men

and 4 solo titles:
Wolverine
Cable
X23
Deadpool


and then about 8 mini series of 6 to 12 issues. like;
Deep Blue X-Men (love that idea)
X-Corps
Moira X
Magik
Cyclops & Jean
Children of the Atom
Acolytes

This would be the death of my bank account. The other problem that I feel arises with too many x-books is repetitiveness. Despite being a massive franchise, there are only so many villains, which hasn’t been helped by the fact that all mutants are considered allies right now.

[Riv86672]

This would be the death of my bank account. The other problem that I feel arises with too many x-books is repetitiveness. Despite being a massive franchise, there are only so many villains, which hasn’t been helped by the fact that all mutants are considered allies right now.

I’ll gladly trade...

I think 8 to 10 main team titles, like;

X-Men
X-Factor
New Mutants
Marauders
Mr. & Mrs. X
New/Young X-Men
Hellions


and 4 solo titles:
Cable
X23
Deadpool


and then about 8 mini series of 6 to 12 issues. like;
X-Corps
Moira X
Magik
Cyclops & Jean
Children of the Atom
Acolytes

...for...:

Deep Blue X-Men (love that idea)

[Dthirds3]

Make evey book xmen and kick out avengers

[shooshoomanjoe]

All depends on the quality. Right now Deadpool is the only x-book I buy.

[Uncanny X-Man]

I've always thought that less is more. My ideal is a small, cohesive line of X-books where every book matters, situations and characters are cross-pollinating and writers are working on a cohesive narrative. My ideal would be

A weekly X-Men book with a rotating cast, 4 writers in total.
An anthology monthly book à la X-Men Unlimited but more in the spirit of Classic X-Men, so with character-driven stories.
3 miniseries max a year, with stories then feeding into the main X-Men book. Wolverine would get an yearly miniseries with a beginning, middle and end. The other 2 minis could be either about special missions/teams (X-Force, New Mutants) or solo adventures (Storm, Cable, Rogue)