Quote Originally Posted by MoneySpider View Post
The Silencer, Damage and Sideways didn't get mini-series to test the waters first. They were given ongoing books from jump. I don't think Vixen has to go the mini-series route.
All of those didn’t last long though. The advantage of a mini over an ongoing is that the writer goes in knowing how many issues they have, so they can create an appropriate story. The risk of an ongoing is that at any moment, editorial can pull the plug and all the plot lines you’ve been seeding have to be cut short.

Also minis are not necessarily “lesser” than ongoings anymore. Look at Tom King, all he writes nowadays are minis, and love them or hate them, they’re some of DC’s highest selling books every month they come out. Vision, Mister Miracle, Superman: Up in the Sky, I’d happily take a mini of that caliber for Mari because it’s a nice concise story you can hand to anyone wanting to get into her as a character.