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Old 10-13-2006, 01:38 PM   #101
Onslaught
 
Three New Teams:

1.Amazing Spiderman - Writer: Ed Brubaker, Artist: Greg Land

2.Ghost Rider - Writer: Garth Ennis, Artist: Alex Maleeve

3.Astonishing X-Men - Writer: Greg Pak, Artist: Leinil Francis Yu

Three Relaunches:

Ghost Rider (MAX Title): Writer - Garth Ennis, Artist - Alex Maleeve

Ghost Rider is supposed to be about vengence, a character that took vengence on behalf of the innocent. Ghost Riders whole persona is supposed to be totally bad ass! But now, thanks to Daniel Way, he's been turned into a watered down, sparkler head on a bicycle. Having Garth Ennis add this to his Max titles and letting him cut loose and make GR in to a dark and twisted bad to the bones book would totally put this book on top.
HOWS THIS FOR A TAG LINE: "For those who know no Justice, there is Vengence. For those innocents whoes cries go unanswered, there is Vengence. For those who suffer at the hands of evils, there is Vengence...there is a Ghost Rider!"

The Acolytes: Writer - Jeph Loeb, Artist - JRJR

So we have a new Thunderbolts team, supervillians working for the goverment to keep superheroes in check. Well how about just a bad mutant team who's goal is to destroy the X-Men and revitalize Magneto's vision of mutant kind. This would be a monthly about the bad guys, everything that happens in X-Men book but from the bad guys p.o.v. Have Fabian Cortez hook up with Vulcan and some other mutant baddies and just wreak havok from month to month.

X-Men vs Avengers Event (instead of Civil War): Writer - Jeph Loeb, Artist - Michael Turner

How about if after H of M some of the The Avengers got so super pissed they wanted to punish the hell out of Wanda, but the X-Men dont think its the right move and wont give her up without a fight. Now you have the perfect backdrop for CW, some heroes agree with the X-Men and others with Avengers. Alliances are broken and fights ensue, and somewhere in the middle the people of Earth find out what happened to them during the H of M and that the Avengers kept it a secret and now they want the Super Hero Registration Act. Now you can make the characters ideologies for either side more believable and rational. Some heroes dont think they should be punished for the acts of one crazed individual and other believe that as super heores they must be held accountable for not just their own actions but the actions of other super heroes as well.

Three books to Cancel:

Wolverine Origins: Do we really need a whole seprate book just to show Wolverines past? The answer is no, especially since Daniel Way is doing such a horrible job of doing it. I agreed with the decision to give Wolvie his memories back but this could have been accomplished in the main Wolverine title, Marvel is really trying to squeeze every dime out us.

Cable Deadpool: I love Deadpool, he's a great character who is tons of fun to read, but pairing him up with Cable is just absurd. Cable has always been great as a team character or supporting character he really doesnt need a weird "Odd Couple" book to further his exploits, plus he is back in X-Men so there really is no need for this book anymore, lets go back to the monthly Deadpool book.

The Mighty Avengers or New Avengers: The Avengers are supposed to be the ULTIMATE team in the MU, made up of the best of the best who share a common goal to fight evil no one hero can, its not supposed to be two Avengers group with the same goal but different ideologies on how to accomplish that goal (Thanks CW). Bringing back the whole East Coast West Coast Avengers thing didnt work then and it doesnt work now.
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Old 10-13-2006, 01:39 PM   #102
TheMadMonk
 
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Originally Posted by Luthor
As someone that was a long time Marvel Zombie it saddens me that most of the books I buy are DC or Image titles...


First thing I would do?

STREAMLINE!

Screw the X, Spidey, Knights, Ultimate, MAX and the Marvel Universe divisions. The thing in the corner says "MARVEL COMICS", get back to making it MARVEL COMICS!

Cancel:

I'd get rid of all but 2 x-books, those being Uncanny and Astonishing.
Then I would do the same for Spider-man, back to Amazing and Self-titled.

The reasoning for this is simple: I think Marvel blows a lot of sales potential with having a million titles when they could have mega-hits with 1 or 2 core titles for both of these series. I personally don't read any x-titles or Spidey books because I never know whats going on and to find out I'd have to buy 4 other books.

I think doing this would make the various X-mini series exciting again. It'd be special to see a Gambit or Rogue appearance instead of just another appearance.

New Series:

Howard the Duck - Frank Cho
Ever read Liberty Meadows? Do I need to say more?

Tales of the Incredible Hulk - Various
I think this one is a no brainer. Hulk has never been hotter then he is right now and I think he could support a second title...but not necessarily a second title about his current self. Bring in guys like John Byrne, Peter David and Paul Jenkins to tell tales from Hulk's past and let them run with some of his many incarnations. Think of something along the lines of Wolverine: Origins.

Captain Marvel - JMS & JrJr
I really think Peter David hit something when he did the "So powerful he's nuts" story in the last Captain Marvel series. Make Marvel Boy the new Captain Marvel and put the series in these capable hands and watch the sales soar.

Creative Changes:
I don't really read many Marvel books anymore, but the ones I do I really enjoy. Since I can't really say which books need new creators I'll make a few suggestions of changes I would make.

Change the title of Exiles to something less Xie. It's really a What If book with a constant cast, some of whose members are mutants. Maybe change it to What If starring the Exiles? I dunno, just something that has bothered me since I started reading the title.

No more massive crossovers for at least 2 years, and for the next one take the approach DC did with Infinite Crisis. I don't mean a soft reboot either, I mean map it out, lay the ground work years in advance and take a slow pace leading into it. The best part of Infinite Crisis for me was the fact that no matter what book you bought, it felt like a big thing was about to happen. I don't get that feeling with the Marvel books I read.

I'd also limit the amount of appearances a character can make in any given month to two outside of their own book. I think Quesada has done a really good job of doing this with Wolverine and I'd like to see them do it with a number of other characters.

Wow, that is what I have been feeling for so long and just unable to articulate.
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Old 10-13-2006, 01:40 PM   #103
Eric Palicki
 
Here goes: (Keep in mind, this is fantasy, so the impossibility of these collaborations should be ignored...)

New creative teams:

Iron Man
Writer: William Gibson. Art: Steve McNiven.

IRON MAN works best as a science fiction title. William Gibson is a science fiction writer.

Punisher (Max)
Writer: Charlie Huston. Art: Alex Maleev.

Huston would be amazing on a Max book.

New X-Men
Writer: Warren Ellis. Art: Bryan Hitch.
Somewhere, there's a BAD SIGNAL e-mail that Ellis wrote, where he describes a lecture given by Emma Frost to a new class of mutants at Xavier's academy. Encapsulated within that lecture is the perfect pitch for this title.

Books I Would Cancel:

Blade
Blade deserves a title of his own, but this one hits all the wrong notes. Tying Blade into both the mystical Vampire lore (i.e. Dracula) and the more science-fictional "virus-based" explanation of Vampirism (from the movies) doesn't ring true. Cancel, and relaunch with more focus.

Wolverine: Origins
Nothing against Way or Guggenheim, but as with Spider-Man, Wolverine is getting too much exposure. Combine the two titles, possibly with alternating creative teams.

Exiles
These are all popular characters, but they would be better served if folded into the 616 universe. This title relies too heavily knowledge of mainstream Marvel continuity. Should be replaced with a title that appeals to new readers rather than old fanboys.


New books:

Lady Deathstrike
Writer: Eric Palicki (ME!) Art: Rick Leonardi
So what? It's fantasy. The Marvel Universe is a place where the US Government spends billions to build giant robots that can sniff out mutants based on their DNA, but there's still no cure for cancer. This is a street level look at that universe, where a black market for new technology has appeared.

Marvel Showcase 2099
Writer: Various. Art: Various.
Exploring the Marvel Universe of 2099. Creators should come and go in arcs, with a structure similar to Marvel Team-Up or to the Distinguished Competition'ss Brave & The Bold or World's Finest books. Peter David should write the first arc, with art by Rick Leonardi, if he's not too busy on the Deathstrike book.

Elektra
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis. Art: Michael Lark.
Elektra's a tough character, it seems, but near the end of Bendis's run on Daredevil, there's an exchange between Elektra and Matt Murdock, where she laments not being the hero - the genuinely good person - that he is. Her search for redemption, and to become that kind of hero, would make for an excellent book.
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Old 10-13-2006, 01:44 PM   #104
Doombug
 
Ok, you asked for it:

3 books with new creative teams:

New Avengers:
Writer: Kurt Busiek
Artist: George Perez

Synopsis: What if Wanda didn't really go crazy? What if something had taken control of her? Captain America with the help of Spiderman, the Thing, Hawkeye who escpaed the skrull hanger before the explosion, Justice, Hank Pym, the Wasp and Thor form a new team of Avengers to help save their friend before its too late. And just what exactly is Doctor Doom planning?

Amazing Spiderman:
Writer: Joss Whedon
Artist: Scott Kollins

Synopsis: Peter Parker once learned 'with great power, comes great responsibility. That is tested even more when his family goes missing and the only man with answers is Norman Osborn.

The Exiles

Writer: Judd Winnick
Artist: keeping the current art team.

Synopsis: With the Sudden dissappearance of Blink, Morph and Mimic have to reform a team to find her. That team includes a certain wall crawler from 2099, heather hudson and the beak. But just how exactly does Reed Richards fit into all this?

((just really want him back on the title.))

Cancelled titles:

The other 2 spiderman titles running around. We really only need one flagship spidey book.

New X-men: Do we really need another x-book right now?


New Titles:

Hawkeye and the Witch
:
Writer: Geoff Johns
Artist: Steve Mcniven

Synopsis: Clint Barton needs answers about whats been happening to him for over a year, Wanda maximoff has gone missing. What will Clint do in order to get his friend back? Guest starring his fellow New Avengers.

The Winter Soldier:
Writer: Ed Brubaker
artist: Jim Cheung

Synopsis: Bucky is back from the dead, but who exactly does he work for? When Fury offers him the chance to make sure Captain America stays safe, will he say yes?

The Great Lakes Champions
Writer: Dan Slott
Artist: Daniel (guy doing Teen Titans right now)

Synopsis: Hercules was angry at first, but Squirrel girl convinced him to join up. What happens when this list of lovable losers teams up with a god?
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Old 10-13-2006, 01:53 PM   #105
Mikey Knox
 
Books that don't get touched-

Young Avengers, Captain America, Spider-Woman (when it comes out), Daredevil, Moon Knight, Nextwave, Runaways, New X-Men, Ultimates.

Altered titles-

NEW AVENGERS
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art by JOHN CASSADAY and OLIVIER COIPEL (alternating arcs)
Team: Captain America, Spider-Man, Sentry, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Spider-Woman, Ares, Quake

MIGHTY AVENGERS
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art by FRANK CHO and SALVADOR LARROCA (alternating arcs)
Team: Iron Man, Wonder Man, She-Hulk, Thor, Wasp, Yellow Jacket, Tigra, Ronin

ALPHA FLIGHT
Written by MARK MILLAR
Art by MIKE DEODATO
Team: Northstar, Aurora, Sasquatch, Puck, Shaman, Snowbird, Box (new character, a female, new design, much more streamlined suit, less of a powerhouse, more of a ranged combat expert, think a female War Machine)

EXCALIBUR
Written by WARREN ELLIS (plots) and FRANK TIERI
Art by MIKE PERKINS
Team: Captain Britain, Union Jack, Spitfire, Lionheart, Pete Wisdom, Chamber, Black Knight

THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
Written by JMS
Art by STEVE MCNIVEN

THE MIGHTY THOR: THUNDER GOD
Written by MICHAEL AVON OEMING
Art by GREG LAND

MS. MARVEL
Written by BRIAN REED
Art by THE LUNA BROTHERS

SHE-HULK
Written by DAN SLOTT
Art by ANDREA DIVITO

SENTRY (12 issue maxi)
Written by PAUL JENKINS
Art by LENIEL FRANCIS YU

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
Written by JEPH LOEB
Art by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL

FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN
Written by TOM BELAND
Art by CORY WALKER

THE INCREDIBLE HULK
Written by GREG PAK
Art by HUMBERTO RAMOS

FANTASTIC FOUR
Written by JEPH LOEB
Art by ED MCGUINNESS

HEROES FOR HIRE
Written by DAVID MACK
Art by BILLY TUCCI
Team: Misty Knight, Colleen Wing, Shang-Chi, Black Cat, Paladin, White Tiger, Clint Barton

WOLVERINE
Written by GARTH ENNIS
Art by GEOFF DARROW

ASTONISHING X-MEN
Written by JOSS WHEDON
Art by MICHAEL TURNER
Team: Cyclops, Emma Frost, Beast, Iceman, Angel, Husk

UNCANNY X-MEN
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Art by BILLY TAN
Team: Havok, Polaris, Warpath, Marvel Girl, Longshot, Dazzler, Darwin

X-MEN
Written by PETER DAVID
Art by MARK BAGLEY
Team: Rogue, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Kitty, Siren, Cannonball, Sunspot, Wolverine

X-FORCE ft. CABLE & DEADPOOL
Written by WARREN ELLIS (plots) and CHUCK AUSTEN
Art by MIKE CHOI
Team: Cable, Deadpool, Bishop, Gambit, Psylocke, Mystique, Sabertooth, Juggernaut (Forge and Sage are also cast members, but not actual field members of the team)

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN
Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN
Art by MARK BROOKS

ULTIMATE X-MEN
Written by DAVID HINE
Art by JUAN DOE

ULTIMATE FANTSTIC FOUR
Written by PETER DAVID
Art by PHIL HESTER

New titles-

MARVEL TALES TO ASTONISH
Format: Double sized monthly ($3.99), 3 stories per issue; 1 full length (22 page) story, 2 half length (11 page) stories. TTA is the Space Adventure/Sci-Fi anthology book, the main story will for all intents and purposes be an ongoing, it will transition from one character (or group of characters) every couple arcs or so (via team-ups, paths crossing and the like).
There will be alternating creators, mostly established creators that are currently not on any other ongoings. Covers will be done by big name artists such as MICHAEL TURNER, JOHN CASSADAY, ED MCGUINNESS, JOE MAD, JOHN ROMITA JR, STEVE MCNIVEN, DAVE FINCH, MARC SILVESTRI and others. The majority of the plotting, especially for the main story will be done by KEITH GIFFEN, other creators will include: ABNETT and LANNING, JOHN OSTRANDER, DAVE GIBBONS, HOWARD CHAYKIN, STEVEN SEAGLE, J.T. KRUL, STUART MOORE, JOHN JACKSON MILLER, CARY NORD, DOUGLAS WHEATLEY, ARIEL OLIVETTI, RYAN OTTLEY, BRUCE GUICE, KEN LASHLEY, TONY HARRIS, JAY FAERBER, DAVID HINE, SIMON FURMAN, MIKE MIGNOLA, PAUL CHADWICK, MIKE ALLRED, JOE CASEY, LEONARD KIRK.
Characters featured will include: Silver Surfer, Nova, Thanos, Guardians of the Galaxy, Beta Ray Bill, the Eternals, Quasar, Ronan, Super Skrull, Starjammers, Guardian, and many others. It will not be strictly cosmic characters though, other sci-fi stories will go here too, as well as some mythological stories.

MARVEL TALES OF SUSPENCE
Same format as TTA, but TOS will be the Horror, Mystical, and Crime Fiction anthology book, much more street level, and grittier than TTA. And just for the hell of it, there will even be the occasional romance story.
The rotating creators will mostly be up and coming indy creators that haven’t done a lot of mainstream work. Painted covers by GABRIEL DEL OTTO, GREG HORN, MIKE MAYHEW, TIM BRADSTREET, ADI GRANOV, ASHLEY WOOD and others. Creators will include: JAMIE S. RICH, JEFFREY BROWN, CRAIG THOMPSON, LIZ PRINCE, ALEX ROBINSON, EVAN DORKIN, FAREL DALRYMPLE, ERIC POWELL, STEVE NILES, BECKY CLOONAN, MATT FRACTION, CHRIS MORENO, SCOTT KURZ, JHONEN VASQUEZ, DAVID PETERSEN, ETHAN YOUNG, ASHLEY WOOD, BEN TEMPLESMITH, BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY, ANDY RUNTON, JOSH HOWARD, JIM MAHFOOD, JEFF PARKER, RICK RMENDER.
Characters featured will include: Ghost Rider, Werewolf By Night, Blade, Midnight Sons, Morbius, Doctor Strange, Dakota North, Punisher, Taskmaster, Cloak and Dagger, and many more.

CHAMPIONS: AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.
Written by MARK MILLAR and MARC ANDREYKO
Art by GARY FRANK
Team: Quasar, Ms. Marvel, Falcon, Black Widow, Hercules, Justice, Firestar

NEW WARRIORS
Written by BRIAN K VAUGHAN
Art by TALENT CALDWELL
Team: Nova, Speedball, Spider-Girl (Arana), Darkhawk, Gravity, Talon (X-23), Cloak, Dagger

LUKE CAGE: POWER MAN
Written by REGINALD HUDLIN
Art by CHRIS BACHALO

DOCTOR STARNGE: SORCEROR SUPREME (8 issue mini)
Written by JMS
Pencils by BRYAN HITCH Inks and colors by DAVID MACK

INHUMANS (6 issue mini)
Written by JMS
Art by ASHLEY WOOD

THE BUGLE
Written by BRIAN WOOD
Art by MIKE HAWTHORNE

EMPIRE STATE (8 issue mini-series)
Written and drawn by: TERRY MOORE
This book is pretty much a ‘What If?’ story, a romantic-comedy/drama starring Marvel characters set in ‘the real world’. No superheroes, no powers. It’s a soap-opera, set on the campus of Empire State University, starring Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson, Felicia Hardy, Matt Murdock, Scott Summers, Jean Gray, Emma Frost, Johnny Storm, Doctor Bruce Banner, Doctor Reed Richards, Professor Charles Xavier, Dean Norman Osborne, Doctor Von Doom, and many others.

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Old 10-13-2006, 01:54 PM   #106
Au revoir
 
REFORMAT:
New Avengers:
Following the dramatic conclusion to Civil War, the New Avengers will be facing a new world ahead of them. This new Avengers era, to be written by Civil War writer Mark Millar and penciled by Leinil Francis Yu (Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk, Wolverine), will continue to be shrouded in mystery until Civil War #7 hits stands.

New X-Men:
After the New X-Men's world was shaken by Decimation, its now time to hit the books. Class is now in session! But when news of the grief the Institute has experienced reaches a powerful ally, will their world be restored or turn for the worst? Written by X-Men: First Class Jeff Parker with pencils by series regular Paco Medina.

Exiles:
The real Timebroker is back and he's taking control again! Will Blink and company be happy to learn that their new home base be...the Age of Apocalypse world? Written by Sean McKeever with pencils by Scott Kolins.

CANCEL:
New Excalibur
I think the premise for this title doesn't require a book of its own. The team may continue to operate in the background and play supporting roles when needed or just may disband into diffrent teams.

Wolverine: Origins
I think characters shrouded in mystery are what keep readers hooked. With another Wolverine title already thriving, I think this one needs to go for the character's sake.

All New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
Because of its monthly and ever-changing format, I believe it would be difficult to ever be conclusive unless done over a longer period of time and produced in a manner that is meant to be part of a single collection (see Official Marvel Universe Catalogue).

INTRODUCE:
Mutant Scars
Following the stories of depowered mutants across the globe, Mutant Scars travels from Genosha to Mutant Town in New York to follow up on the miserable mutants affected by M-Day. But with Quicksilver looming in the darkness and General Lazer ready to make his next strike against mutantkind's survival as a whole, the mutant world may gain the upperhand once again when issue 7's dramatic conclusion!

X-Men: New Origins
Starting a new provocative idea for the Marvel Offices, X-Men: New Origins allows the fans to choose what path the 616-X-Men will take! We will recap the origins of nine X-Men: Nightcrawler, Chamber, Bishop, Penance (Generation X), Rachel Grey, Gambit, Sage, Rogue, and Jean Grey & The Phoenix Force--and introduce a new light that may turn their origins upside down forever! After each issue, head to www.marvel.com and cast your vote for which origin you want to be in-continuity: the current or the proposed retcon. Written by Chris Claremont, Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza, Whilce Portacio, Peter David, Allan Heinberg, Brian K. Vaughan and more!

Official Marvel Universe Catalogue
The OMUC will be released bi-annually covering hundreds of characters in each edition, full with written and visual profiles. The first volume, Cerebro Files: The Mutants and Former Mutants of the Marvel Universe will be released with over 300 pages at a price of only $34.99. Each Catalogue is to cover every character created under each category. The second volume, The Avengers Code, is underway for a mid-2007 release.

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Old 10-13-2006, 02:00 PM   #107
tug3000
 
CANCEL:
Ultimate Fantastic Four – This book has never managed to find its stride. Constantly changing creative teams, sub-par work from superstar creative teams, a lack of any real distinction between the real FF besides the age of the characters, and the book’s sales are constantly falling – all adding up to a much-needed cancellation. Besides, the best Ultimate FF stuff has come during the Ultimate crossovers. Time for maybe another Ultimate team book to take its place. Champions, maybe?

Sensational SM – This book is just plain bad. And we really don’t need three Spidey books. The fact that Sensational and Friendly dropped sales so much after The Other just proves it.

New Excalibur – Again, this is bad. Let’s just cut Claremont off completely. All these characters would be better on other teams. And Wisdom has his own book now, so no need for this nonsense.

CHANGE:
Iron Man – Grant Morrison and Pasqual Ferry – This book obviously needs a change, especially with an upcoming movie, and if you could woo Morrison back, he would take Iron Man to the next level. He’s worked with Ferry before as well and together they could have enough crazy science stuff flying around to pretty much knock everyone’s socks off.

Moon Knight – Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark – This is the team that I was initially hoping for when this book was first announced. The current writer (Houston?) is doing a pretty good job, but it doesn’t seem like he has much planned for later except having Spider-Man and some other guys guest star. Brubaker can write crazy, and he can write crime. And Michael Lark would ground the book a little more in reality than the over-the-top David Finch stuff.

New X-Men Academy X – Christina Weir and Nunzio DeFillips and Todd Nuack (no idea if I spelled those names right) – I think someone else already suggested this, but I was thinking the same thing. Weir and DeFillips were amazing on this book and basically got the shaft because Marvel wanted X-23 on the team and so they gave it to the X-23 guys. I’m not against X-23 on the team, really. I think that the great thing about the initial run was how it touched on every single kid at the school. And Todd Nuack already made Young Justice an amazing book, and he’d be perfect for this book too.

NEW:
League of Losers – Robert Kirkman and Paco Medina – Probably the most entertaining arc of the underrated Marvel Team-Up. Give it a high profile launch, and you could really have something going there. Characters: Dagger, Darkhawk, Gravity, Mutant 2099, Sleepwalker, Speedball, Terror, X-23, Araña's Arm , Reed Richards

Night Shift – BKV and Jason Alexander – These guys have done great work together on The Escapist, and with BKV’s ability to make supernatural characters cool again, this would be great. Characters: The Shroud, Moon Knight, Werewolf By Night, Brothers Grimm, Dansen Macabre, Digger, Gypsy Moth, Tatterdemalion, Tick Tock, Misfit, Hangman, and any other semi-supernatural characters that you could feel like throwing in (Brother Voodoo, Hannibal King, Frankenstein’s Monster, etc.)

Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD – Greg Rucka and Marcos Martin – Nick Fury’s been underground for a long time. And post-Civil War will be a great time to bring him back. Greg Rucka’s always had a great handle on spy stuff, and Marcos Martin can do a great mix of military (Breach) and trippy (Dr. Strange: The Oath).
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Old 10-13-2006, 02:01 PM   #108
Starpilot
 
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Winter Soldier Files - Ed Brubaker, or Matt Fraction if Brubaker is too busy, and Lienel Francis Yu. All the in between years for Bucky while he worked for the Soviets, and is juxtaposed with the modern day, and what he's doing now, compared to when he was a slave, like paying past debts, and avenging past sins.

This is a brilliant idea! I would love to see this book made. Just think of the espionage history it could tap into. The Cold War. The 90's Eastern Europe struggles. Heck, Korea in the 50's! But all with a constant link into the modern world. Heck, it would make great TV!

I'm afraid I'm going to have to swipe mercilessly from your post here when I post my own picks. That's a comic I would just love to read!
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Old 10-13-2006, 02:02 PM   #109
Bevbos
 
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Originally Posted by juststoney
My personal feelings about some current runs aside, I think it would be selfish of me to put something back the way I wanted it just because I'm resistant to change. I have my back issues to enjoy.

Wow! I can't believe you actually put things this way, here on Newsarama. Congrats to you, sincerely.
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Old 10-13-2006, 02:07 PM   #110
Spiph
 
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Originally Posted by spike
Isn't that basically what Ultimates is?


I think that's what is started out to be, but Millar's stories ended up swinging far out into the hero end of things, getting away from SHIELD and its mission. I want to see the experiments before they happen, not just when they go wrong (a la Ultimate Six). I want to watch the rationale behind Fury's attitude toward Spider-man and see their decision processes before the action.
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Old 10-13-2006, 02:07 PM   #111
reinemann2
 
3 New Titles

Flashback
Teams of rotating creators would take on the major crossovers/events of the last 30 years with new insider stories showcasing underused characters and events in those crossovers. Infinity Gauntlet, AOA, Kraven's Last Hunt: No crossover or story is safe. This would give the creators of today the chance to re-introduce their favorite stories to the modern comic fan.

Damnation
Many different realms with many different gods exist in the Marvel Universe. This series would explore the wars that go on and how one particular group of gods came to be more powerful than the others. Past, present and future are all explored through the life of one would-be god that got to stand as friends with them all.

Rusty & Friends
A series of children's books told like a Dr Seuss book that introduce a pre-teen team of superheroes one story at a time. One book a quarter. Hardback books with contruction paper art. There's nothin' like superpowered grade schoolers beating up the baddies.

Canceled Titles:
1 Astonishing X-Men (the creative team IS leaving after all)
2 Ms Marvel (with She-Hulk and 2 Avengers titles it seems like "been there, done that")
3 MK Spiderman (love the creative team, I just think 2 books is more than enough for ol' Web-head)

Change
1 Wolverine: Origins
Larry Hama and John Cassaday
Larry Hama told the best stories of Logan's past and knows the character better than 95% of the writers out there. John Cassaday has shown he knows how to draw Wolvie in a plethora of different ways.

2 New X-men
Fabian Nicieza and Adrian Alphona
Fab Fabe made X-Force HOT back in the day so he knows how to write a book for teens without making it a death of the month book. Adrian can draw ANYTHING and needs a book with a wide audience.

3 New Avengers
Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley
These 2 creators need to stay together and nothing says permanent change like Mark Bagley on a book (because he'll be there FOREVER). Maybe this way all the old Avengers fans will realize change can be good...like me.

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Old 10-13-2006, 02:16 PM   #112
Skatonic10
 
New Creative Teams

Blade – Guggenheim is an interesting writer who can weave a good tale, so I think keeping him is fine. On the other hand, Chaykin’s art… geez! One, I am not personally a fan of it. And two, it doesn’t seem to fit the style of the book. The book should be dark and gritty, and so should the art. Lenil Yu is has that style that is intense and moody, he would be a great fit. (Once Ultimate Hulk vs. Wolverine is done, of course.)

Astonishing X-Men – We know that Whedon and Cassiday are leaving already. We also know that Millar and Hitch are looking for a new gig. This book, which seems to straddle the line of continuity seems like a perfect opportunity to give them free reign and let Millar pound out a couple of those epic stories he’s so great at writing.

The other problem I have with this title, and the X-Books as a whole, is that the cast and creative team seem to make it the “main” X-Men title. Don’t get me wrong, all three X-Books are firing on all cylinders right now, with fantastic creative teams, but UNCANNY should be the “main” title. It’s the original one. It should have the top notch creative team, the classic X-Men. If I was to recommend someone start reading X-Men, they should be referred to Uncanny, not Astonishing.

New Avengers – Since I put Yu on Blade, I recommend Copiel on NA. I loved his Civil War book the best so far. And while I think other artists may be just as good, Copiel has a good mix of light and dark, drama and action. And I’d never take Bendis off any book, so he stays.


New Titles

Ultimate Knights – A book with a rotating cast of Moon Knight, Daredevil, and Punisher. Three single characters, all a bit darker, who serve justice in their own personal style. Having multiple characters lets the writer vary story length and number of characters. Each story can feature one, two, or all three of the characters. They don’t have to form a team, or even like each other for that matter. Also could be a great way to introduce new “Ultimatized” characters for guest appearances.

Cloak and Dagger – Brian Reed writing, Sean Chen on art. These characters have shown up in various titles, including the major events of the past few years. Someone needs to put them in the spotlight again, mini or ongoing.

Dr. Strange – Brian K. Vaughn writing with Adi Granov on art. I know Vaughn is doing the mini right now, and that’s part of the reason I picked him. I’ve never been a big fan of Strange. Sure, I enjoyed his occasional appearances, but I was never sad to see him go. With just one issue, BKV has got me wanting to know (and more importantly READ) more about the Sorcerer Supreme. As far as Granov, I know he can be a bit slow, but his CG style would fit well with a book about mysticism and spiritualism. I’m sure he could do some amazing things with it.

Canceled Titles

Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman – 3 titles for one character seems a bit to much. I’m sure they sell well, and the creative teams on all three are doing great jobs, but I think its just overkill.

Squadron Supreme – Something happened. The book went from taking individual characters and building them into a team to POOF “We’re here!” and something is missing. We got new characters and relationships that are a bit hard to understand and I (and I think a lot of other people) just don’t care anymore.

Wolverine Origins - I'm sure the book has good numbers, but 1: I didn't find anything seriously interesting about it after hte first arc, and I hear the second arc isn't much better. Plus, Wolverine is spread so thin right now that I just don't want to see him any more than Astonishing, an occasional appearance in New X-Men, his own book, and New Avengers.

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Old 10-13-2006, 02:17 PM   #113
Odie91
 
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NEW TITLES:

Doctor Who -- With the return of the world's longest-running science-fiction series being an international success, I can't believe there isn't a 22-page monthly Doctor Who title separate from the 8-pagers inside Doctor Who Magazine. With Who writer Paul Cornell writing Wisdom, he or Steven Moffat would be a natural choice, and Who Series 1 designer Bryan Hitch would be great on covers.


I like this a lot. We could find out what happened in the time-war a lot easier in comic books than on TV.
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Old 10-13-2006, 02:17 PM   #114
budcali
 
Cancelled titles:

Ms. Marvel - This book had good buzz when it launched, but had a mediocre story with the Brood and lost momentum after. She would fit in as a powerful member of the Avengers, and then have her own title relaunched after an increase in popularity (and a costume change).

New X-Men - The art is great, but this group of mutants is not interesting enough. The members aren't very likeable. They all seem to have that annoying teenage angst, but not that superhero spirit of the original X-Men. X-23 was interesting in Nyx, but her character is just run of the mill now (she needs a name change too).

New Excalibur - This book would be a hit with heavy hitters like Shadowcat, Nightcrawler, Captain Britain, Marvel Girl, and even a resurrected Moira Mactaggert. Or give it a real British feel with Captain Britain as leader, Psylocke, Black Knight, Pete Wisdom, Moira... This current team just doesn't mesh well.

New Creative Teams:

Fantastic Four - Grant Morrison/Adam Kubert
Morrison's style seems a perfect fit, and Adam's work on Ultimate FF was spectacular.

Iron Man - Brian K. Vaughan/Tony Harris
This team creates intriguing stories in Ex Machina, and would be a perfect fit for Tony Stark's dealings with the U.S. government.

Powers - The Luna Brothers
Would be interesting to see this book with a different art style. The storytelling the Luna's created with Ultra would be a good fit for this book.

New Titles:

X-Men: Asia - Would be fun to see a group fighting in places like Japan, China, Korea. Could have a real interesting team like Sunfire, Lady Deathstrike, Silver Samurai, Shang-Chi, Psylocke, and Asian mutants entering the school who maybe can't travel to the Westchester school. A reformed Mandarin could be the 'Professor X' of the team, which would bring him into odds with Iron Man and the Avengers, as well as the other X-teams.

Generation X - Would be a good replacement for New X-Men. Make this a fun book with school teachers like Juggernaut, Dazzler, Jubilee, Gambit, Xorn... and then an interesting interaction with the student body like in Grant Morrison's New X-Men run with Quentin Quire and his radical group.

Guardians of the Galaxy - This would be a fun read with a team of the Man-Thing, Howard the Duck, Artie & Leech, Modok, Marvel Boy. They would face great adversaries like Galactus, the Celestials, an evil Adam Warlock, and overcome them in unique and interesting ways.
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Old 10-13-2006, 02:24 PM   #115
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Title Changes:

I'd limited X-Men and Spider-Man to two monthlies each. Other series involving those characters would be mini-series and one shots.

Avengers would be two titles. The regular team book and one spotlighting individual members in story arcs (similar to JLA Classified and JSA Classified).

A Marvel Bullpen book featuring writers and artists from previous generations who worked on Marvel characters. Thomas, Wolfman, Conway, Wein, Buscema etc.

A Marvel Comics Presents book featuring up and coming talent. Once a newcomers graduates to one of the monthlies, they couldn't return to MCP.

I'd limited company wide crossovers to one every three years and only involve crossover/tie-in books to those in which the creative teams of the crossover title have expressed an interest in doing so.

A New Warriors book by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz. They created the team. Let's see what they can do with them.

A Winter Soldier book by Ed Brubaker.

Give the new Nova book by Abnett and Lanning a huge amount of marketing.

From a business standpoint, continue making progress on getting comics back into bookstores and other retail outlets.

I'd also work with libraries to set up a comics section and set them up with trades and rotating ongoing monthlies. I'd also contribute batches of trades to children's hospitals.

I'd put in place incentives and penalties for lateness in order to keep books on schedule.

For retailers, I'd supply more store posters and promotional materials to be put in the store and reduce retailer incentive covers and variant covers.

I'd also look at ways to control production costs. For the monthlies, eliminate cardstock covers and perhaps go to a slightly cheaper paper stock (like the old Baxter paper) if it would allow me to drop the price point. I'd retain the high quality materials for the trades, however.

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Old 10-13-2006, 02:26 PM   #116
roblewmac
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MattBrady
by Dave Elliott

Another in a series of mind boggling trips into the inner workings of the industry OR I bet you thought it was going to be more fun than this.

Part Two

Okay, everybody

Time to try on a new pair of shoes. Today, for one day only, you are the publisher of Marvel Comics.

Everyday there is news posted on this site about a new team on a book or a book being cancelled or a new one being launched. What follows is usually everybody giving their own opinion about that team or character (and what they think of the person who made that decision).

Today we change that. It is time to be proactive. This is your chance to let the world know that you have what it takes to be the publisher of Spider-Man and Hulk.

Today you call the shots. It's simple, think of it as Fantasy Comic Publishing.

Your task today is to look over the entire line of Marvel comics and tell us which three titles should have new teams on, which three new books should be launched with your ideas for what they should be (character most deserving of their own title, new team, event book, etc…), and to make way for them you must cancel three titles, but give your reasons (xxx sucks – doesn't count).

Keep things as brief as possible and be prepared to defend your decisions as any reasonable publisher should and most importantly… Have fun.

Dave Elliott is the publisher for Thrill-House Comics ( www.thrillhousecomics.com ) and columnist for Newsarama
3 that should be made Terror inc brother voodo and a spider-man book that is a true try out for new writers. I MEAN some complete unkown sends a great script it gets MADE
3 That need New creators I dont care how it's done ALAN MOORE on hulk, PAD on ASM
ANd Steve Englehart on Avengers. I'm sorry the Bendis/Millar house style is dying on my watch. New avengers was sombody else's idea and i'm not stuck with it.
3 that i'd cancel Black Panther Sorry sales don't quite justify this lame vanity project. Squadron Surpreme. See above and further I think all max titles should have NEW charcters Exiles well... if it's selling ok keep it but in my head I hear "useless x-title
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Old 10-13-2006, 02:35 PM   #117
Patton81
 
If I was ever EIC at Marvel I would not make it my goal to cancel books just because I don't "get them". Just because something isn't necessarily my cup of tea doesn't mean it is bad, and could sell well. I'd promote the hell out of every book we published.

New Teams

Fantastic Four by Karl Kessel and Salvador Larocca. I've always enjoyed his fill-ins on the title so I'd like to see him get it full time. Also, in the past it seemed like I hated the writing on FF (see: Claremont) but loved the art. So, I'd bring back Larocca. If Larocca wasn't available I'd get Pacheco once his DC deal expired.

Amazing Spider-Man by Robert Kirkman and Mark Bagley. Kirkman wrote a great Spidey over in MTU, so I'd give him the chance to do it full-time. And who could say no to Bagley returning to Spidey?

New Avengers by Geoff Johns and Kurt Busiek or Dan Slott with art by Patrick Zircher. I know this would be virtually impossible. At the very least Johns ain't leaving DC anytime soon. But if this could work, man oh man. I personally loved old school Avengers, and I'm okay with New Avengers. But, a lot of people are not. So, get Kurt and Geoff on New Avengers and let Bendis write Mighty Avengers. Everyone gets the Avengers team they like. Everyone wins.

New Titles

Mockingbird Yes, Mockingbird. Why? Because I love Mockingbird. And I bet others could too. I know some people would find her resurrection pointless and insulting. Well, her death was pointless and insulting, so it evens out. How can a character with ties to Shield, the Avengers, Ka-Zar, and Hawkeye not be interesting. Get someone like Gail Simone (the top choice) or maybe Fabian Nicieza with art by Tom Grummett. Let Frank Cho draw covers. Also, have Hawkeye guest star

Deadpool Not my favorite character, but it could definitely work better than Cable/Deadpool. Get Slott or Joe Kelly. Someone who can do the humor.

Zemo Zemo and the T-Bolts that didn't make the cut for Ellis. Nicieza and Clayton Henry

Cancelled

Cable/Deadpool-Separate them, do them both justice. See Deadpool in own monthly, Cable in X-Men.

New X-Men-Not needed.

Sensational Spider-Man-Not needed either. Strengthen the other two Spidey books.

Wow, I wish these things would actually happen now.
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Old 10-13-2006, 02:35 PM   #118
Hypestyle
 
change creative teams:

Heroes for Hire: Add Christopher Priest as writer since Palmiotti & Gray are leaving. Priest has handled most of these characters before, and does female protagonists better than most. Keep Tucci as artist as long as possible

New Avengers: Christopher Priest should be the writer here, and the artist should be Mark Bright. They have good chemistry, and the "new" Avengers team needs a new perspective now that Civil War has disassembled the team again.

new series:
Ultimate Captain America & The Falcon: Written by Christopher Priest; art by Mark Texiera. The adventures of the Ultimates Cap & Falcon would be a good showcase for Priest's skills; his 616 Cap & Falcon died a premature death with the launch of Brubaker's Cap run.

Luke Cage: Power Man- written by Brian Bendis, art by Khari Evans. Give Bendis a chance to write Cage in solo adventures, made even more dangerous with the Civil War situation.

The Falcon: written by Christopher Priest, with art by Joe Maduriera. This should be a big-action book alternating with international and American/urban story arcs. Maduriera has the kinetic artwork that would fit this.

cancel:
Runaways: The current writer is leaving, so it's best to not have this at monthly status anymore. Whenever Joss Whedon starts, make it a mini-series.

New X-Men: This works better as having two shorter mini-series a year, instead of an ongoing.

Young Avengers: Again, this works better as mini-series, with a rotating art team.
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Old 10-13-2006, 02:41 PM   #119
reinemann2
 
Hypestyle, why cancel Runaways and Young Avengers? Those are 2 of the most brilliant titles out there right now and with Joss coming on Runaways it's only going to get better.
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Old 10-13-2006, 02:41 PM   #120
Nick MB
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by spike
Provisional list...


Wolverine Origins - Frank Miller, with no editorial department whatsoever.

Cancellations:
Wolverine - only selling around 6,000 copies, and we don't need a secondary Wolverine title. People are growing tired of the character, he's everywhere as it is, and the ideas are becoming rather stale.
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6,000 copies? Eh? Wolverine is usually at least a top 20 seller, which means sales closer to 60,000, more at the moment thanks to Civil War...

And how did the original Wolverne title become secondary to Origins?
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Old 10-13-2006, 02:43 PM   #121
Skatonic10
 
I gotta say, I'm REALLY surprised at all the people wanting to cancell Mrs. Marvel. I'm REALLY digging the book. Art and writing are great. Her CW tie-in is pretty good, and the book is a lot of fun. I don't want to see it go.
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Old 10-13-2006, 02:44 PM   #122
Au revoir
 
Nunzio and Christina on New X-Men again?! Plus, Alphona on art?! I wish I thought of these!

Plus, also mad props to the idea for the League of Losers getting their own book
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Old 10-13-2006, 02:47 PM   #123
hungrydaddy
 
If I ran Marvel for a Day

New Teams:

Ultimate Xmen - Whedon/Raney - nothing against Kirkman, as I like him, but the book just seems to be lagging behind the other ultimate titles. It would interesting to see Whedon with teenage xmen and not much continuity.


Fantastic Four - Kirkman/McKone - I know this one is unorthodox, but Kirkman does a great job on the turmoil with family in his own books and with JMS leaving I would move Kirkman over and see what he can do with Marvel's first family coming out of Civil War.

[b]Iron Man[b] - Millar/McNiven - I think that only this team could deal with Iron Man after Civil War and give justice to his motives and reasons for CW. I think they would be able to portray Stark in a way that has not been seen and it would be a powerful book.

New Books:

Frontline - I know this is not new but I would make it ongoing and I would also add in the perspective of some policemen and firemen as well. There are tons of stories to tell about what it must be like to live in a city with the majority of Marvel's superheroes. And you could incorporate more of the unseen heroes in the book as well. I mean what must it be like to serve Howard the Duck breakfast? Or bag groceries for someone like Sue Richards. And at times it could even become almost a tabloid type story.

Thor - as said before it is not a current book so it would be new. But I would start fresh, similar to what Marvel has already said, and start everything over. If I were a kingdom of gods why would I ever allow myself to be pushed over by humans? They should be shown as stronger and more intertwined in the MU.

Fury mini series - What has Fury been doing all this time? I think it would be good to see some of that.

Magneto: Origins - I have always thought Marvel should dive into the origins of Magneto more. And mainly I mean into the Holocaust. I have read and studied a lot of it and there is no way the Germans would not have been doing all kinds of tests and studies on him when he was a boy. And that would have shaped a lot of his views. It just always seems marvel states that he was there and not much else.

Cancel:

New X-men - as has been said before there are just too many X-titles and this one seems the least interesting. There should be no reason all the X stories can't be told in 3 main X titles. Just Branch out more with the teams.

Wolverinerigins - I would mainly take this story focus and put it into the main wolvy book. I know with Civil War they needed the main wolvy book. But I dropped it so I could follow Origins and think a lot of other people believe Wolvy only needs one book. So I would make it the main book with a long term story line. It is working with Planet Hulk, storylines can last a year +.

[b]Sensational SpiderMan[b] - Mainly I believe 3 spidey books is too many. It was started for Millar and he left soon after. I would cut back to two and go strong with them and leave spidey in an avengers book.
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Old 10-13-2006, 02:50 PM   #124
OM
 
...Otay, here be my take on this one:

Books sent to Cancellation Hell:

1) Every single X-Book. All of them. It's too muddled, too fracked up. Everything gets wiped when Wanda farts at the rwogn (sic) time. More on this in a minute, but I will note that Wolverine doesn't get cancelled, just rebooted. See below.

2) Anything Warren Ellis is writing. In fact, he's fired. Gone. Outta herel. And just to keep his record intact, I'll be having all those Ellis books' last issues rewritten by Priest!

3) All the Spider-Wimp books save for the main title and the Spider-Girl title. Too damn many spinoff books, but the Spider-Girl concession keeps Tom DeFalco employed and away from other books, and keeps the fangirl contingent from rising up in revolt.

New Books:

...I'm going to cheat here and do a couple more than 3 new books. Such a company-wide reshuffling will need more room to remold itself.

1) A new relaunch from scratch of X-Men. Yep, what I hated about the Legion *has* to be done to the X-books - a massive reboot. In retrospect, what Wanda did was actually the right thing, she just did a half-assed job of it both times. This time, tho, she gets it right, and we're back to square one. No Bishop, no Gambit, no Cable, no Stryfe, no Morlocks, no Future Phoe...well, maybe not *yet*, but we'll see. The original core team, plus Nightcrawler, Storm and Colossus, let by Prof. X, and the search for new mutants before they become evil ones. I *might* consider two books, considering that Wolverine's book won't be getting canned but rebooted.

2) A SHIELD duet of books. One is Wolverine, who leads Alpha Flight and works with SHIELD, the other is a Nick Fury book that takes SHIELD back to its roots and purpose - stopping international terrorism, Hydra, and all sorts of Bondian villains. One major difference in this incarnation of SHIELD, tho: for reasons we'll find out in the course of the series, it'll be completely impossible for SHIELD agents to be worthless sacks of traitorous s'hit opportunists. They'll all be perfect supercops with the death before dishonor programmed into them so strongly that if they try to make a buck off a mission, or backstab a fellow agent for a promotion, they'll self-destruct. The thing that made me sick of SHIELD stories over the years was that they appeared to hire anyone off the street, stick a uniform on him, and hope like hell he does his job and doesn't betray anyone. That won't happen with this version, period. Of course, the reason why becomes apparent soon into the book, which leads into the question of free will vs. trying to prevent temptation from affecting the more important goals. Expect this to cross into the Wolverine title, where we learn this might have been tried on him with the wrong - read: berzerker - effect as the result.

3) Thor. I'm writing this one, kids, with Walt Simonson on art & plot assist. A return to Asgardian glories once again, with at least one Thunder Frog story. Oh, and every god from Balder to Volstagg gets M-16's again! Yeah!

4) ROM. Time to revive the character, and Parker Brothers needs to realize that in this day of electronic miracles, Rom needs to be revivled as well, newer and better than ever. The premise? The Armageddon Wave has released all the Dire Wraiths from Limbo. Now Rom must try to put them back, but since they're scattered across the galaxy, he has a lot of area to search. Add to this the Skrulls being involved in the search, and...well, the rest would be telling.

5) The Thing. Dan Slott's take on the book was excellent, but the reason it didn't sell was that Marvel didn't push the book. It was the same sort of crap that DC pulled on Orion - they just threw it on the stands and hoped it would be a sleeper hit. Not this time, kids. This book will be in your face until you finally buy it, and if you don't, we'll cancel all the Spider-Wimp books until you do. Nyah!

...Wow, lookit me. I'm only in charge of Marvel for five minutes, and I've got Jim Shooter's Syndrome!

6) Not Brand ECCH. 'Nuff said!

Books that NEED Fixing:

1) Iron Man. Reboot. Start over. No drunk Tony. No SecDev Tony. Just playboy Tony with shrapnel in his heart and a suit of armor to keep it in check. Of course, if that won't work, David Michellini and Bob Layton get brought back to do whatever the frack they want.

2) Spider-Wimp. Back to the basics, even though I've always despised the character and its pathos. However, one rule will be set in stone: Peter and MJ are *married*. It's a fact. They're going to be married role models to show the kids how they're supposed to behave when they get married, and not act like their parents probably do. Time for comics to provide a little positive social reinforcement amidst the thrashing of villains, dammit!

3) Rawhide Kid. He's never been gay! He'll never be gay! It was all a lie! What he is, however, is a horse lover. Literally.

4) Captain America: Time for Cap to start doing what he can to rebuild America's morals. Even if it means kicking the s'hit out of those in power who're screwing up. Which means the chrome foil cover of #1 will have him punching ________ Cheney through a wall, thus freeing Dubya from his evil influence.

...Hmm. Hate to say this, but this wasn't as much fun as the DC one. Guess that's because a promise I made to Matty keeps me from saying just who REALLY gets fired the second I walk in the door
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Old 10-13-2006, 02:53 PM   #125
Tank
 
Core Title Revamps

Uncanny X-Men
Set-up:
As not only the core X-Men book, but one of the original core Marvel books, after Whedon and Cassaday leave Astonishing, Uncanny should become the focus again, and in a big way. Each issue would be oversized (screw you number crunchers!), as Uncanny will be divided into a full story and a back-up story. This would be the first step into trimming down the x-books. Each story arc would consist of a different roster, assembled specifically for said mission and/or storyline. The back-up story would feature x-characters not featured in the main story line.

Team:
Writer- Warren Ellis. I love Ellis. He is adept at going in different directions and doesn't repeat himself. The X-Men have always been a Frankenstein as it is-- part sci-fi, part superhero and part dysfunctional family drama. If Ellis gave us the magic he put into Ultimate Secret, Transmet, Fell and Desolation Jones on the X-Men, it would rule.

Art- Tony Moore. He's one of the best new talents of the last few years. He has a unique style and has worked on 3 of the coolest books I've ever read.

The back-up stories would have rotating creative teams featuring a best of x-creators.

Iron Man
Set-up:
Coming out of Civil War, Tony is bound for another breakdown. He goes back to the bottle, but finds that the Extremis in his system filters out alcohol's effects. Desperate for an escape from his life, he begins to introduce a new computer virus of sorts into himself. This would play out as an addiction storyline with it starting up with him doing this out of desperation and/or a falsely noble idea. This virus make him unable to sync up properly with computer systems, and makes it so he cannot wear the armor... (or perhaps he doesn't want to). As he deals with his addiction and slipping sanity, he also must be the mentor and partner to a NEW Iron Man. (kinda like Bruce and Terry in Batman Beyond). The newer!, younger!, cooler!, hipper! more extreme! Iron Man will be some upstart teenager that was orphaned by Nitro when he went boom in Civil War 1.

Team:
Writer- Frank Miller. If Tony is going to become a cranky, bitter old hard ass with an addiction problem, than Frank Miller dialog should come out of his mouth. A dark-side is one thing Tony has always lacked in my opinion.

Art- Frank Quietly. I love the way Frank draws tech. His fine lines give sci-fi technology a look that is clean and futuristic. I wouldn't mind seeing the Iron Man suit slim down a little. I'd like to see a svelte suit with core components, and mecha-like add-ons that come into play as needed for missions. A more modular design.

Fantastic Four
Set-up: The FF is going to be broken after Civil War, so at some point Reed should try and fix them. Trying to bring the family back together, Reed takes the founding members (and kids) on a trip into space. Sort of a family vacation where they can reconcile. Something goes wrong, and they are flung into the far depths of deep space. After reading the Annihilation stories, and Brubaker's Uncanny X-Men in space, I am missing a regular space-title. The Four paved that road in the 60's, so let's send them back out there. The book would be a combo of Lost in Space and Green Lantern Corps as the 4 fly from planet to planet helping people and solving problems. Kind of like Macguyver in space.

Team:
Writer- JMS. I know a lot of comic peeps dislike what he does, but after writing one of the best space operas ever (B5) he has the perfect resume for superheroes in space.

Art- Jim Starlin for the exact same reasons JMS should write.

New Titles

Fury
Set-up: Let's bring back Fury from wherever he's been hiding out. In a post Civil War world, the public (and superheroes) have had enough of SHIELD's sketchy actions and corrupt officials. SHIELD is publicly disbanded, but in secret, is just downsized drastically. With an unlimited budget and access to all sorts of super-technology, Nick Fury leads a team of spies, former superheroes and reformed villians. Fury's book in the 60's was essentially a spy tale. When spies fell out of fashion, Fury (much like Captain Kirk) took a promotion and has since been seen behind a desk. While we know he is a badass, barking orders is only so interesting. The Ultimate Universe Fury has taken the glory. This book would take the original Fury back to his roots as a secret spy, but with a more modern sensibility. Instead of focusing on Cold War themes, gadgets or other Bond trappings, this time around Fury deals in conspiracy theories, paranoia and terrorist threats. Think 24 but with superheroes.

Team:
Writer- Grant Morrison. Channelling everything that made The Invisibles and New X-Men cool, Morrison would strike the perfect balance of sci-fi gadgetry, characters you don't know if you can trust, and conspiracies that run deeper than you can imagine.

Art- JH Williams. Jut look at Desolation Jones.... need I say more?

Dr. Strange
Set-up: Let's bring back Strange full time as well! I've read other posts, and clearly I'm not alone in thinking this. To address Joe Q's problem with the magic of the Marvel U, let's give it an M-Day! Some sort of event causes magic to be shut away from the Earth. It's up to a now a massively powered-down Strange to sort out what has happened and to get the magic back. And when it DOES come back, it has RULES AND STUFF that Strange must then enforce and police.

Team:
Writer- Neil Gaimen. IF you want magic, mythology and pathos to combine in a hip edgy way that is both romantic and kick ass, who else do you call?

Art- JRJR. The Eternals have shown us these two work very well together so let's keep them as a team.

The Defenders
Set-up: This is NOT the Defenders you know and love. This book is STREET, and it would be on the MAX line. These Defenders are the Urban Avengers. While the NEW and MIGHTY Avengers do the superhero thing, this team has gone more underground to fight organized crime. This book would be along the lines of 70's exploitation, with a dash of pulps like The Shadow and Green Hornet. Sometimes they work quietly, sometimes not so much. The roster would consist of Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Moon Knight, Wolverine, Jessica Drew, Daredevil, Cloak and Dagger, and Jean Grey whenever they get around to bringing her back.

Team: Brubaker and Lark because they got this sort of thing down pat.

Cancellations

Ms. Marvel gets dropped for a mess. HUGE missed opportunity. Carol is one of the most complex characters to work with and this could have become a flagship title. Instead it is a retread of bad monster-of-the-week 90's crap and Carol is more boobs than brains. A disgrace to the character.

Wolverine: Origins gets dropped because... come on already... overkill to give him his own book when he already has a title for use.

Claws gets dropped because it is stupid.

Joe Q-- I know you're reading. Feel free to message me!
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