Here's something Alex Alonso said about Bendi's All-New X-Men:
"And let me be very clear: Once the Lee & Kirby X-Men come into the present, they're here for the long haul. They're here for the foreseeable future, and that's something they -- and the rest of the Marvel Universe -- will have to come to terms with."
:lol:So...about 8 months.
Got it, Alex. Thanks.
Where'd you here those?And Matt Fraction on Fantastic Four and Kieron Gillen on Iron Man... and someone (maybe Jason Aaron) on Captain America.
I'm pretty sure that cover was an Avengers Decades cover from the beginning of the current NA volume (edit Scot Eaton's Hero Initiative variant) (edit also I think the one on the far right is the Eternal Sersei)New Avengers
Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Penciler: Steve Epting
Roster: Vision, Black Knight, Atlas?, Hercules, Crystal (Inhumans), Unknown (Dont know who the woman is on the cover to the far right)
Uncanny Avengers
Writer: Rick Remender
Penciler: John Cassaday
Roster: Captain America, Wolverine, Rogue, Thor, Havok, & The Scarlet Witch
New Avengers
Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Penciler: Steve Epting
Roster: Vision, Black Knight, Atlas?, Hercules, Crystal (Inhumans), Unknown (Dont know who the woman is on the cover to the far right)
Avengers
Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Penciler: Jeremy Opena
Roster: No actual members listed yet, but officially noted there will be at least 18.
All-New X-Men
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Penciler: Stuart Immonen
Roster: Cyclops, Iceman, Beast, Angel, Jean Grey
Gotcha. Thought it was weird for them to be a team together now.I'm pretty sure that cover was an Avengers Decades cover from the beginning of the current NA volume (edit Scot Eaton's Hero Initiative variant) (edit also I think the one on the far right is the Eternal Sersei)
They all have. With the change that the New Avengers roster isn't the one previously posted, everything's been official since the beginning.Which of these have been officially announced?
Where'd you here those?
Covers will now be "cinematic".
Havok is the leader for Uncanny Avengers.
Just because some characters aren't as popular or well known as others doesn't mean they are making things difficult for new readers. I don't see how any new readers would be confused just because the books will feature characters not known/well-known to them, which seems to be a point I yours, unless I misread.
And both things you said what they should do is just a out exactly what they doing (minus the Wolverine and Rogue with the original X-Men).
I'd wager most new readers would go to what they are 'familiar' with, but at the same time, if Marvel did that only, you're really alienating a portion of the fans from ever expanding because they would stay what with they are familiar with. That in turn would be unfair to other characters who wouldn't get as much exposure to new readers. That's why it's a good thing what Marvel is doing with Uncanny Avengers team. You have recognizable characters mixed in with others who new readers won't know and then get to know them.I didn't mean "difficult" like you read it - it's not a matter of difficult so much as it is familiarity. Try to put yourself in the shoes of a person who has seen the movies but doesn't read comics, and is either standing in front of a comic rack or looking at new comics on your iPad. You see 2 covers - one has all of the characters you just saw in the Avengers movie, and the other has a couple as well as a couple you don't recognize. Which are you more likely to pick up? I would hazard to guess it would be the one closest to what you are familiar with.
That's what they need to do to hook in new readers. You can (very carefully) reference other books to get them to buy more and different things, so they can realize there are other types of books out there. But you need to make things as accessible as possible, and you do that by showing them what they already know.
Ice said:if Marvel did that only, you're really alienating a portion of the fans from ever expanding because they would stay what with they are familiar with. That in turn would be unfair to other characters who wouldn't get as much exposure to new readers. That's why it's a good thing what Marvel is doing with Uncanny Avengers team. You have recognizable characters mixed in with others who new readers won't know and then get to know them.
Ice said:The 9 Marvel books ending in October:
[*]Captain America
[*]Fantastic Four
[*]FF
[*]Incredible Hulk
[*]Invincible Iron Man
[*]New Mutants
[*]The Mighty Thor
[*]Uncanny X-Men
[*]X-Men Legacy