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[Kitty&Piotr<3]

Listen, you can’t say this despite how true it is. People will be upset.

All those movies just for everyone to still look at the comics and be like

"Nah."

[Grunty]

All those movies just for everyone to still look at the comics and be like

"Nah."

I don't think that's entirely true. If they see a trade of the classic stories from 30-40 years ago in a neatly organized and edited collection, it has a solid chance of being bought, at least as birthday or christmas gift for the kids, grand kids or nephews who love the movies.

As for the modern day Marvel comics. It's not that they make it particular easy, affordable or reliable to give them a chance after liking the movies or cartoons.

Or find them in first place since most regular bookstores don't tend to have them in their comic shelves, instead of long running manga series and trades of graphic novels, which internationaly will also include european graphic novels from France, Belgium, Spain and Italy with their large output of different works and unique art styles.

And it's not like people don't read comics anymore. Infact business seems to be booming as they managed to conquer places in practically any book store these days, plus online readership and the success of webcomics which manage to become popular enough to support printed trades.

For a company so desperate to get movies based on their properties made in the 90's, it's weird to see their original core division so ignorant of the necessary changes which could help them profit from the multi-million blockbuster movies their now primary movie and merchandising divisions are producing and promoting every year.

From that perspective, all Marvel comic characters are d list compared to how well they could do.

[Jackraow21]

From a comics perspective, New Avengers and the addition of Spider-man and Wolverine to the lineup was what put them on top for awhile.

[Uncanny X-Man]

I don't think that's entirely true. If they see a trade of the classic stories from 30-40 years ago in a neatly organized and edited collection, it has a solid chance of being bought, at least as birthday or christmas gift for the kids, grand kids or nephews who love the movies.

As for the modern day Marvel comics. It's not that they make it particular easy, affordable or reliable to give them a chance after liking the movies or cartoons.

Or find them in first place since most regular bookstores don't tend to have them in their comic shelves, instead of long running manga series and trades of graphic novels, which internationaly will also include european graphic novels from France, Belgium, Spain and Italy with their large output of different works and unique art styles.

And it's not like people don't read comics anymore. Infact business seems to be booming as they managed to conquer places in practically any book store these days, plus online readership and the success of webcomics which manage to become popular enough to support printed trades.

For a company so desperate to get movies based on their properties made in the 90's, it's weird to see their original core division so ignorant of the necessary changes which could help them profit from the multi-million blockbuster movies their now primary movie and merchandising divisions are producing and promoting every year.

From that perspective, all Marvel comic characters are d list compared to how well they could do.

Quoted for truth. Given how popular comics/manga/manhwa/fumetti/BD/etc. are, in other countries and in manga's case America as well, and how insanely popular Marvel movies are, it defies belief that Marvel Comics can't find a way to streamline their publishing offerings in a way that's not only appealing to potential customers, but even just comprehensible to the average human being.

I have so many friends who got into Marvel via the movies and wanted to try the comics but were put off by the quantity of number 1s, spin-offs and relaunches happening on constant basis. Absolutely no one would be put off by having to start with Avengers #878, people know the comics have been around since the 60s, what's turning them away is the constant stream of relaunches and the vast number of titles to keep up with.

There's a reason why The Walking Dead and Invincible's success on TV translated into higher sales for their comics. It doesn't matter that they each have dozens on volumes, you can start with vol. 1 and know you can progress only counting the numbers instead of having to google a reading guide.

[Sylarmax]

Who cares about the avengers. There d list at best

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Wellllllll, I'm more of a fan of mutants, but you have to be REALISTIC.


The fans por The characters around the world who consume comics are perhaps less than 10% of the total number of fans who go to the movies and watch superhero TV series.


So being realistic in popularity thanks to the mcu at the moment Avengers>>>>>>>> Xmen.


WTF to consider that this is not true is absurd, not many people in the world consume comics massively, COMICS ARE NOT MANGA, it is unfortunate but it is so.

[Krakoa]

Quoted for truth. Given how popular comics/manga/manhwa/fumetti/BD/etc. are, in other countries and in manga's case America as well, and how insanely popular Marvel movies are, it defies belief that Marvel Comics can't find a way to streamline their publishing offerings in a way that's not only appealing to potential customers, but even just comprehensible to the average human being.

I have so many friends who got into Marvel via the movies and wanted to try the comics but were put off by the quantity of number 1s, spin-offs and relaunches happening on constant basis. Absolutely no one would be put off by having to start with Avengers #878, people know the comics have been around since the 60s, what's turning them away is the constant stream of relaunches and the vast number of titles to keep up with.

There's a reason why The Walking Dead and Invincible's success on TV translated into higher sales for their comics. It doesn't matter that they each have dozens on volumes, you can start with vol. 1 and know you can progress only counting the numbers instead of having to google a reading guide.

Dozens of volumes is a bit of a stretch. Invincible, in its smallest collected form, has 2 dozen. In the collected form that people watching the TV show would see, it has 12. And it's one (mostly) directly adapted continuous series. Marvel has 60 years of history and different series that are all being loosely adapted.

[DarkMagnus]

The Avengers are popular now. Yes they are
At the level of the Xmen in 90's Nope. But still they are
I Think with the MCU open for mutants they will recover they spot as Marvel top seller.

Back to the thread i really hope this AXE event ends well for mutankind and the avengers and poorly for the Eternals. B

[Sylarmax]

The Avengers are popular now. Yes they are
At the level of the Xmen in 90's Nope. But still they are
I Think with the MCU open for mutants they will recover they spot as Marvel top seller.

Back to the thread i really hope this AXE event ends well for mutankind and the avengers and poorly for the Eternals. B

It depends if you're talking about comics (which is not the majority of fans worldwide) if the xmen in comics are still in the lead.

But globally and the average fan thanks to animated movies and series.
THE AVENGERS YES TODAY ARE MUCH MORE POPULAR THAN THE X-MEN and it's a fact thanks to the MCU, and when the xmen debut in the MCU we'll see how things turn out.


But thanks to the mcu today at least the Avengers are more popular and not by a SMALL margin, the people who consume comics really don't even reach 10% of all the people who consume the movies and the series, so that indeed at least for now the Avengers are more popular for most people and by far

[Weather]

I don't think this has been posted, but X-men Legends #3 and #4 will be by Ann Nocenti and Javier Pina.



Longshot’s adventure on Earth may be over, but before he can continue his mission, he’s pulled into Mojoworld for a multipicture deal he simply can’t refuse. And when Wolverine and Shadowcat investigate the mysterious psionic disturbance, will they be able to escape the pull of Mojoworld before things SPIRAL out of control? Featuring artwork by Javier Pina (X-MEN, MAESTRO: WAR & PAX), X-MEN LEGENDS #3 will kick off a two-part saga that takes place directly after 1985’s LONGSHOT, the influential limited series where Ann Nocenti and artist Arthur Adams introduced readers to Longshot, Mojo, and Spiral. The story will shed new light on Longshot, filling in the gap between the fan-favorite hero’s mysterious original adventure and his tenure on the X-Men. And like all unforgettable trips to Mojoworld, fans can expect plenty of metacommentary, pop culture references, and unabashed mayhem—all from the mastermind behind it all!
Cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli.

[Kitty&Piotr<3]

Iron Man never had a consistent top 20 book that entire RDJ era lmao.

[JB]

I don't think this has been posted, but X-men Legends #3 and #4 will be by Ann Nocenti and Javier Pina.



Longshot’s adventure on Earth may be over, but before he can continue his mission, he’s pulled into Mojoworld for a multipicture deal he simply can’t refuse. And when Wolverine and Shadowcat investigate the mysterious psionic disturbance, will they be able to escape the pull of Mojoworld before things SPIRAL out of control? Featuring artwork by Javier Pina (X-MEN, MAESTRO: WAR & PAX), X-MEN LEGENDS #3 will kick off a two-part saga that takes place directly after 1985’s LONGSHOT, the influential limited series where Ann Nocenti and artist Arthur Adams introduced readers to Longshot, Mojo, and Spiral. The story will shed new light on Longshot, filling in the gap between the fan-favorite hero’s mysterious original adventure and his tenure on the X-Men. And like all unforgettable trips to Mojoworld, fans can expect plenty of metacommentary, pop culture references, and unabashed mayhem—all from the mastermind behind it all!
Cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli.

Sweet, this sounds fun and I always love me some Longshot, Mojoworld, and Spiral. Thanks for posting.

[Wolverine12]

From a comics perspective, New Avengers and the addition of Spider-man and Wolverine to the lineup was what put them on top for awhile.

Back when Bendis was spinning gold in his books. His New Avengers run started off so, so good.

[Havok83]

Back when Bendis was spinning gold in his books. His New Avengers run started off so, so good.

Agreed. Never cared for Avengers in the past but New Avengers was a great jumping on point and that stuff was good

[cam18]

New Avengers don't think Wolverine ever fit as an Avenger at least in his classic Claremont self but it was the JLAing up of the Avengers so everything popular went to the Avengers....longtime fans of the Avengers many believe that Bendis kind of ruined that franchise and imo it also hurt other franchises like X-Men imo...

[The tall man]

How many x-books are consistently in the top 10 - 25? One or two and the rest are scattered among the top 50 or so. Hell since the Krakoa era began only Duggan's X-men and Wolverine was selling in the top tier, let's see where the new books land. Does anyone expect to see Marauders, Legion of X, New Mutants, or X-Force in the top 10 - 15 list every month? Hell, that's not even a given for Immortal and Red, the two most hyped x-books. I expect X-men and Wolverine to continue to be high but everything else is a toss up. The Avengers sell well enough to make Marvel happy, they don't have to justify their continuing publication.