What if the current economic recession continues to decline to the point where DC and Marvel can afford to publish only a dozen comic books each?
What are your choices?
Mine are...
DC:
ADAM STRANGE [Earthbound Adventures]
ANIMAL MAN [Shamanic Version]
BATMAN (Bruce Wayne)
CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN [Original Team + June Robbins]
DOOM PATROL [Original Team + Metamorpho & The Creeper]
GREEN ARROW AND BLACK CANARY (Oliver Queen & Dinah Queen)
GREEN LANTERN (Hal Jordan)
HAWKMAN (Katar Hol)
LADY BLACKHAWK (Zinda Blake)
METAL MEN [Current Team]
THE ATOM (Ray Palmer)
THE FLASH (Barry Allen)
Marvel:
ALPHA FLIGHT [Original Team + Wolverine & Talisman]
DOCTOR STRANGE
ECHO
IRON MAN
SPIDER-MAN [Black Costume]
STRANGE TALES [Horror Stories]
THE AVENGERS*
THE FANTASTIC FOUR [Original Team + Wyatt Wingfoot]
THE HULK [Gray Version]
THE TRAPSTER
THE X-MEN [Original Team + Danielle Moonstar & Polaris]
YELLOWJACKET AND THE WASP
* Members Of The Avengers :
Black Crow
Hawkeye
Ms. Marvel
Red Wolf
She-Hulk
Silverclaw
The Vision
Wonder Man
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THEORETICAL RECESSION IMPACT: A DOZEN EACH
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Posts: 2848 (03/26/09 6:08 PM) Golden Age |
TODD TAMANEND CLARK
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Posts: 169 (03/26/09 6:17 PM) |
DC: Batman/Batman: Battle for the Cowl Batman and Robin (when it starts) Green Lantern Marvel: Frank Castle: Punisher Hulk Amazing Spider-Man |
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Posts: 2491 (03/26/09 6:48 PM) |
Hm, if i had to pick 12 of Marvel's current monthly output, it would be:
Moon Knight Agents of Atlas Dr Doom and the Masters of Evil Captain Britain and MI13 Captain America Iron Fist Daredevil Uncanny X-Men Fantastic Four New Avengers Wolverine Amazing Spider-Man Ouch. That means no Ultimate line, no licensed properties/Illustrated Classics, no Marvel Adventures, no Iron Man, Hulk, Thunderbolts, Ms Marvel, Punishers, Ghost Rider, Hercules, Deadpool, Cable, Black Panther, X-spinoffs and more. Yeesh. If I were to be able to introduce new titles or switch things up a bit: Uncanny X-Men X-Men (a second core team, not legacy anymore) New Avengers Mighty Avengers The Protectors (new team) Daredevil Hulk (written by someone competent and no longer red) Tomb of Darkness (New anthology feat. various horror characters such as Brother Voodoo, Son of Satan, Man-Thing, Ghost Rider, Man-Wolf, Werewolf by Night, Frankenstein's Monster, N'Kantu the Living Mummy, It the Living Colossus, Morbius, Modred the Mystic, Dr Druid, Satana, Blade Lilith, Dracula, Golem, etc etc as well as the occasional reprint from the 50s/70s and also maybe some licensed properties like HP Lovecraft or HG Wells or some such) Agents of Atlas Spider-Man Fantastic Four Iron Man New Avengers roster: Nick Fury, Captain Marvel, Daredevil, Iron Fist, Red Wolf, Ka-Zar, Shanna, Master of Kung Fu Protectors: Falcon, Doc Samson, Paladin, USAgent, Prowler, Union Jack, Moon Knight, Tigra Mighty Avengers: Iron Man, Captain America, Scarlet Witch, Wasp, Vision, Hawkeye, Thor, Ms Marvel, Wonder Man Uncanny X-Men: Storm, Cyclops, Beast, Rogue, Quicksilver, Forge, Mystique, Professor X X-Men: Strong Guy, Madrox, Elixir, Pixie, Rachel Summers, Bishop, Tempo, Omega Sentinel Agents of Atlas: Everyone currently on team with the additions of Lorna the Jungle Queen, Speed Carter the Spaceman, and a Werewolf from an old horror ish |
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Posts: 11660 (03/26/09 6:52 PM) Golden Age |
TITANS (Dick, Donna, Roy, Garth, Wally, Kory, Vic, Gar, Raven, Joey)
NIGHTWING (Dick Grayson, Starfire) LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES (Johns Legion) LEGIONNAIRES (rotating arcs of other Legions or solo adventures of Johns Legionnaires) GREEN LANTERN (Guy Gardner) GREEN LANTERN: SECTOR 2814 (Hal, John, Kyle, Guy) GREEN LANTERN CORPS (all others) BOOSTER GOLD/BLUE BEETLE (Michael and Ted) JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL (J'onn, Guy, Fire, Ice, Booster, Beetle, Max, others) SUICIDE SQUAD (Waller, Flag, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang *SR*, others) ACTION COMICS (Superman, Nightwing/Flamebird II, Mon-El, Supergirl, others) GREEN ARROW (Ollie, Dinah, Roy, Connor, Mia) NEW MUTANTS (Sam, Dani, Roberto, Xi'an, Rahne, Amara, Illyana, Doug, Warlock, Meltdown, Rictor) AMAZING NEW MUTANTS (second monthly book because one isn't enough for their awesomeness) UNTOLD TALES OF THE NEW MUTANTS (set during their original school years) DANIELLE MOONSTAR UNLEASHED (monthly swimsuit magazine) SUNSPOT (solo) X-FORCE (Cable, Domino, Feral, Warpath, Shatterstar, Siryn, Deadpool) NEW MUTANTS/X-FORCE (team-up book!) ALPHA FLIGHT (Mac, Heather, Shaman, Snowbird, Northstar, Aurora, Sasquatch, Puck, others) X-MEN (Scott, Jean, Warren, Hank, Bobby, others) UNCANNY X-MEN (Ororo, Kurt, Piotr, Kitty, Rogue, others) ASTONISHING X-MEN (later/misc non-core characters) MARVEL UNIVERSE (non-mutants) |
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Posts: 3806 (03/26/09 7:12 PM) |
I'm going with a back to basics, realistic approach that would give DC and Marvel something to build on once things improved again. Lots of anthologies
built around the classics/most important properties, and only the biggest of the big names get books to themselves.
1) Action Comics (2 stories - Superman and Supergirl) 2) Superman 3) Detective Comics (2 stories - Batman and rotating Batman family member) 4) Batman 5) Wonder Woman 6) Justice League of America 7) Flash (2 stories - Flash and rotatating Atom/Hawkman) 8) Green Lantern (2 stories - Green Lantern and Green Arrow) 9) Adventure Comics (2 stories - Superboy and Legion of Super-Heroes) 10) Justice Society of America 11) DC Comics Presents (Classic reprints) 12) Showcase (2 stories - Rotating stories of new and existing DC characters and rotating Titans/Teen Titans) 1) Amazing Spider-Man 2) Avengers 3) Fantastic Four 4) Uncanny X-Men 5) Captain America (2 stories - Captain America and Black Panther) 6) Iron Man (2 stories - Iron Man and rotating solo Avengers stories) 7) Thor (2 stories - Thor and Hercules) 8) Incredible Hulk (2 stories - Hulk and Thunderbolts) 9) Daredevil (2 stories - Daredevil and Ghost Rider) 10) Wolverine (2 stories - Wolverine and Punisher) 11) Marvel Comics Presents (Rotating stories of new and existing Marvel Characters) 12) Tales of Suspense (Classic reprints) -Eric
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Posts: 2492 (03/26/09 7:20 PM) |
Ha! Samy's Marvel picks made me laugh
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Posts: 595 (03/26/09 7:37 PM) |
A dozen eh...?
Let's start with the ongoing titles I actually buy and read... 1. Captain America 2. Iron Man 3. Thor 4. Agents of Atlas 5. Fantastic Four Let's see what else 6. Avengers - I think it's only fair to give Bendis an Avengers book 7. Daredevil - I'm currently following Daredevil in trades, but I'll probably quit when Brubaker leaves 8. Hulk - Well... Hulk under Loeb sure seems to be selling well 9. X-Men - I don't get X-men, but I don't see how you can go wrong with Fraction and the X-Men franchise. 10. Spider-man - sigh... what to do with Spider-man? If they would just get rid of this 'Brand New' imposter and bring back the 'real deal'... but imposter or not, Spider-man is still Marvel's franchise player, so you just gotta have an 'Amazing Spider-man' title OK Two more slots 11. Spider-girl - Well... as long as Spider-man remains broken, it's only fair to have at least one readable spider title. Throw in another adjective and give the Spider-character that just won't die another book... one...more...time... 12. Ultimate Spider-man - OK... if Spider-girl just doesn't float your boat and you want 'Brand New' Spider-man done right...
Mary Jane Watson-Parker (The Sensational Spider-man Annual #1)
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Posts: 415 (03/26/09 9:15 PM) |
1. Amazing Spider-Man
2. New Avengers 3. Hulk 4. Uncanny X-Men 5. Daredevil 6. Thor 7. Captain America 8. Incredible Hercules 9. Agents of Atlas 10. Immortal Iron Fist 11. Nova 12. Guardians of the Galaxy |
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Posts: 562 (03/26/09 10:27 PM) |
With DC, I'm only counting mainstream Superhero titles. If you throw Vertigo into the mix, half the superhero books can go to hell. I'd take Fables or
DMZ over Wonder Woman any day.
DC: Action Comics (Make it an anthology!) Detective Comics (another anthology!) Batman Superman The Flash (with a freshly dead Barry) Green Lantern JLA JSA Wonder Woman Booster Gold Green Arrow Manhunter Marvel: Amazing Spider-Man Uncanny X-Men Incredible Hulk Fantastic Four Captain America Iron Man Avengers Deadpool Sensational Spider-Girl Daredevil Ms. Marvel Punisher No more crossovers, no more events. |
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Posts: 349 (03/26/09 10:46 PM) |
Wolverine
Dark Wolverine New Wolverine Mighty Wolverine Incredible Wolverine Amazing Wolverine Spectacular Wolverine Secret Wolverine Wolverine and MI13 Agents of Wolverine Skaar, Son of Wolverine Fantastic Wolverine |
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Posts: 193 (03/26/09 10:52 PM) |
Well, from these lists, I can see why Marvel has not put out an Inhumans Masterworks yet. Dispite all the "crying" for one, no one has yet to put them on their Marvel list!!! Of course, now someone will.............. Alan The Insane!!!
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Posts: 549 (03/26/09 11:37 PM) Registered Member |
cosmicomic wrote: Ok, that was funny. Don't give Marvel any ideas 
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Posts: 567 (03/26/09 11:40 PM) |
daveok77 wrote: He forgot She-Wolverine, Friendly Neighborhood Wolverine, Guardians of the Wolverine (or Wolverines of the Galaxy, if you prefer), and the MAX title, simply called "Wolverine says "F**k"... a lot." |
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Posts: 2495 (03/26/09 11:48 PM) |
Captain Wolverine
Iron Wolverine Uncanny Wolverine Marvel Adventures Wolverine Wolverine: Frank Castle Wolverine and the Masters of Evil Sensational Wolverine Wolverine: Legacy Ms Wolverine Moon Wolverine Immortal Wolverine Black Wolverine Young Wolverine |
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SamyMerchi |
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Posts: 11663 (03/27/09 12:55 AM) Golden Age |
So basically, no change from the current situation?
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Posts: 232 (03/27/09 2:29 AM) |
I'm taking a realist approach here. While I would love to see various kinds of more oddball titles, the core books have to be on the list even if I
don't care that much for all of them. If they permanently killed one of these books, they wouldn't be the Marvel we know anymore. Besides, since there
are/will be movies related to each of these books, Marvel won't kill any of these anyway. So my list begins with:
1. Amazing Spider-Man
Sadly,that leaves me with no more than 3 dream books to list. I would have loved to add a book for Nick Fury and another for UK-based characters like Captain Britain, but there were no slots left. 10. Doctor Strange (a no-brainer!)
For DC, I'm taking more liberties and dropping books that are popular but not my cup of tea (like Wonder Woman): 1. Action Comics (Superman)
 Pray.
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Posts: 410 (03/27/09 3:12 AM) |
1 captain america
2 daredevil 3 iron fist 4 secret six 5 all the vertigo series. That's all ^^ |
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Posts: 1235 (03/27/09 7:30 AM) |
I don't think there are 12 comics from both publishers worth buying at present.
Lessee how far I can get. My choices are based on current output not what I would ideally like. Marvel: Captain America New Avengers Daredevil Criminal Thor (but not essential) Fantastic Four (ditto) Uncanny X-Men (idem) The last 3 are really stretching things... DC: Superman Green Lantern Flash JLA JSA Fables Scalped That's all I can think of. Undoutedly I've overlooked a couple of titles but nothing important. Batman was a deliberate ommission. He is well and truly dead to me. Read between the lines or you'll fall through the cracks Do you dare enter where Angels fear to Thread? |
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Posts: 2990 (03/27/09 10:17 AM) |
This is easy ... here are the 12 I already get each month!
(1) Incredible Hulk (2-4) Amazing Spider-Man (three times a month) (5) Uncanny X-Men (6) X-Men Legacy (7) Savage Dragon (8) Fantastic Four (9) Daredevil (10) Captain America (11) Thor (12) New Avengers
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Posts: 181 (03/27/09 2:44 PM) |
DC (not counting Vertigo)
Action Comics (anthology) Superman Batman Birds of Prey Justice League Teen Titans Flash Secret Six Justice Society Shadow Pact Green Arrow/Black Canary Starman Marvel: no time, gotta go...
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Posts: 571 (03/27/09 2:52 PM) |
One of my major things with this theoretical 12 was that with DC, you can't kill Action and Detective.
I want to see the two oldest surviving American comics reach 1000 issues in my lifetime! |
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