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CIVIL WAR II DELAYS

The addition of an extra issue to “Civil War II” and its conclusion being pushed back to the end of December has caused the event to run concurrently with the launch of Marvel NOW!. This is the second time a Marvel event’s delay has coincided with a new brand initiative, with “Secret Wars” and “All-New, All-Different Marvel” being the other instance.

For fans who like to read stories in order, this can cause frustration because they start to worry about being spoiled if they decide to read a Marvel NOW! series that takes place after the ending of “Civil War II.” It’s also resulted in titles like “Infamous Iron Man” and “Invincible Iron Man” having to tip-toe around the status of Tony Stark, which can have an effect on the reading experience.

This can’t be the type of transition Marvel had in mind when it started down this road when CWII was announced in 2015, and while it’s not the end of the world, its impact on the publisher’s schedule is noticeable.

FAN REACTION TO CAPTAIN MARVEL

Carol Danvers will have a brand new ongoing series launching as part of Marvel NOW!, titled “Mighty Captain Marvel,” where she is the world’s most popular superhero spinning out of “Civil War II.” Of course, while Captain Marvel may be popular among the citizens of the Marvel Universe for her stance supporting predictive justice, her Q-rating with readers leaves a lot to be desired. A number of fans have expressed the feeling that Carol is written out-of-character, serving the plot rather than the character’s established personality, similar to the turn Tony Stark took during the original “Civil War.”

As a result, “Mighty Captain Marvel” writer Margaret Stohl has a large task ahead of her to counter the residual effects of the latest superhero throw down on Carol Danvers.

kek Marvel is Finnish

DEADPOOL LINE EXPANSION

I know what you’re thinking — “If Deadpool is successful enough to spawn three ongoing series for ancillary characters, shouldn’t that go down in the win column?” My original instinct was, in fact, to list this as a positive for Marvel NOW!. However, the more I thought about this, the more it dawned on me that “Foolkiller,” “Slapstick” and “Solo” have little to no chance of making it to double-digit issues. This isn’t a knock on the quality of the three comics, as the creative teams have been crafting compelling stories. It’s just that in this day and age, where the “Nighthawk”s of the world barely reach five issues, I just don’t see a bright future for these members of the Mercs for Money.

As of this writing, the only comic to have recorded sales figures is “Solo” #1, which debuted at 105 on the October 2016 sales chart with an estimated sales of 30,589. Barring the occasional outlier, comic book sales always decrease with the second issue, so it won’t be long before “Solo” is hovering in the low 20,000s.

Overall, my list of Marvel NOW! “losers” is fairly minor. Now, it’s time for a more positive outlook with our “winners.”

TEEN SPIRIT

One-half of the Marvel NOW! “Divided We Stand” promotional image featured young heroes stepping into the spotlight, including Riri Williams, Ms. Marvel, Spider-Man (Miles Morales), Totally Awesome Hulk (Amadeus Cho), Wasp (Nadia Pym), Gwenpool, America Chavez, and Hawkeye (Kate Bishop). Riri Williams made headlines when it was announced she’d be replacing Tony Stark in the pages of “Invincible Iron Man” as the new hero Ironheart. Nadia Pym debuted in “All-New, All-Different Avengers” and will have her own ongoing series, and Kate Bishop is stepping out of the shadow of Clint Barton in “Hawkeye.”

In recent years, Marvel has put an emphasis on establishing new, younger versions of their legacy heroes to reflect a changing society. Marvel NOW! 2.0 is another example of these steps being taken, and the results thus far have been really encouraging.

EXPANDING THE AVENGERS LINE

When looking at the stands in your local comic store, it’s not uncommon to see a high number of comics with the name “Avenger” in the title. Marvel NOW! 2.0 is no different, but what is different is the type of “Avengers” comics Marvel will be publishing in the coming months. Staples like “New Avengers” and “Mighty Avengers” are being replaced with “Champions,” “Occupy Avengers” and “U.S.Avengers.”

“Champions” may be one of the best team books Marvel has put out in years. The chemistry between Spider-Man (Miles Morales), Ms. Marvel, Nova, Hulk (Amadeus Cho), Viv and Cyclops was immediately apparent, from the first page. I could sit and read an entire comic of the team sitting around a campfire getting to know one another — which is exactly what happened in issue “Champions” #2.

“Occupy Avengers” follows Clint Barton after his acquittal on murder charges stemming from killing Bruce Banner in “Civil War II.” Along for the ride is time-displaced Native American hero Red Wolf, and writer David Walker has stated the team will be rounded out by other non-superpowered individuals. This sets it apart from other teams starring Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, especially when you consider the fact that this team will be taking on more personal, grounded threats rather to cosmic invasions from alien enemies.

Marvel also reached into its archives to relaunch a forgotten Avengers comic in “Great Lakes Avengers,” which takes a more comedic approach to the Avengers brand. And while I’ve highlighted satellite titles, I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out how stellar Mark Waid and Mike Del Mundo’s “Avengers” has been.

>>“Champions” may be one of the best team books Marvel has put out in years. The chemistry between Spider-Man (Miles Morales), Ms. Marvel, Nova, Hulk (Amadeus Cho), Viv and Cyclops was immediately apparent, from the first page. I could sit and read an entire comic of the team sitting around a campfire getting to know one another — which is exactly what happened in issue “Champions” #2.
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>“Champions” may be one of the best team books Marvel has put out in years. The chemistry between Spider-Man (Miles Morales), Ms. Marvel, Nova, Hulk (Amadeus Cho), Viv and Cyclops was immediately apparent, from the first page. I could sit and read an entire comic of the team sitting around a campfire getting to know one another — which is exactly what happened in issue “Champions” #2.
Kek. Champions had more chemistry in CWII on that one page with Reeree and fake Hawkeye.

RESURGENCE OF THE X-MEN

Marvel’s merry mutants have had a rough go of it lately, what with a poisonous cloud of Terrigen Mist roaming the Earth and killing their species. The X-Men will battle the Inhumans for survival in “Inhumans vs. X-Men,” with the fallout taking place in “ResurrXion.” After years of extinction-level stories, “ResurrXion” promises a bright future for the X-Men with comics such as “X-Men: Gold,” “X-Men: Blue” and “Generation X,” which are familiar names to long-time readers. “Jean Grey” and “Iceman” are receiving solo titles for the first time, and rounding out the new line are “Weapon X” and “Cable.”

Fans have numerous conspiracy theories on Marvel de-emphasizing mutants in favor of the Inhumans, Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers; this new line of comics appears to be aimed at putting an end to that type of speculation.

>making Carol unlikable
>impossible, or even difficult at all
hahaha

IMPACT OF THE MCU

Doctor Strange and Black Panther, two heroes who went decades without solo series, are now at a level of popularity that allows them to support sister titles, “Doctor Strange: Sorcerers Supreme” and “Black Panther: World of Wakanda,” respectively. Thanks to their appearances in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Sorcerer Supreme and King of Wakanda are household names, and Marvel Comics is reaping the benefits.

It's funny, because fascist murderer Carol is the most in-character she's been in years.
How did Foolkiller do, anyway? I don't really care that Solo's dead in the water - it was shit - but Foolkiller was actually great.
Um...
Oh. Right. This is just a terrible fucking Marvel circlejerk then.
Literally everyone I know - most of whom Sup Forums would likely label SJW libtards - think that Champions #2 was the worst comic of the year, so I guess this guy really is just a paid shill.

...Man, are you seriously making me realise that I'd rather have a Champions book written by Bendis than by Waid? This is crushing my spirit.

THE DAREDEVIL MINI-UNIVERSE

Hell’s Kitchen is getting more crowded with the announcement of “Bullseye,” “Elektra” and “Kingpin” forming a family of “Daredevil” titles. There was a time when Daredevil would be included under the Spider-Man office, but after kickstarting the Marvel Television phase on Netflix, the Man Without Fear sits atop his own franchise. Kingpin and Elektra made their live-action debuts in “Marvel’s Daredevil,” and it’s got to be only a matter of time before Bullseye takes aim at our street-level heroes as well. “Iron Fist” and “Defenders” are on the Netflix horizon, which will help place more eyes on the comics containing these characters, notably “Jessica Jones” and “Power Man & Iron Fist.”

How well does Waid do when he's writing an event book?

At least art would be great.
And I'd ship Kidclops and fake Hawkeye.
They can bond over sunglasses.

none of that sounds very objective, just "hey new legacy characters, yay!"

CONCLUSION

Marvel NOW! may have received a smooth lead-in from “Civil War II,” but it still has a chance to go down as a successful brand initiative. New heroes and teams are stepping to the forefront, franchises of old have a bright future, and new ones are being built from the ground up. All in all, not a bad start for the next phase of the Marvel Universe.

I'd say he can't do worse than Bendis, but then until Champions I didn't think he could do a team book worse than Bendis.
And I don't think anyone could redeem CWII's base concept.

It's an opinion piece.

It's CBR, so I wasn't surprised to see that.

>Spider-Man, what can you do?
>Me? What can I do?
>yeah, you, Spider-Man, what are your powers?
>Oh, you want to know what my powers are?
>yeah, what can you do?
>I can swing on a Web like Spider-Man, I have camouflage, and, this like, weird Venom Sting.
>Venom sting?
>Yeah, a venom sting.
>can the other spider-man do that?
>Nope, just me.
>So, the other spider-man can't do that?
>Nope just me
>wow, you're the coolest spider-man ever, Vivie don't you think so too?
>[insert outdated meme]

Naw, I'm happy with Waid writting teenagers to be loud, opinionated and obnoxious

>Naw, I'm happy with Waid writting teenagers to be loud, opinionated, obnoxious & OOC
fag

It's almost as if when teens get into a group together they change in accordance with the group, someone who was nice may start being an asshole if they join a group of assholes.

Cho is an adult, man. I mean, he's a cocky shithead, but he's not a bullying chad teenager like Waid writes him as.

>“Champions” may be one of the best team books Marvel has put out in years.

what the fuck am I reading

what happens if they say "don't miss out" and I miss it completely?

>No mention of Cosmic
Because it's dead I guess...0

Yes, but it's usually not an immediate change.

He's also hanging around his cyber waifu and is trying to impress her by doing the obvious Alpha Male routine. He may be an adult, but until males get to be around 35 to 40, most of their thinking is done with their dick in the presence of a female they are attracted to, even if said female is a synthazoid.

He's an adult trying to seduce a sixteen-year-old.
Please don't try to make excuses for Waid's writing, man.

I agree with the losers section but the rest is pure retardation.

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>may be one of the best team books
>which is exactly what happened in issue “Champions” #2.
The only thing that issue 002 of Champions was the best at was providing some of the best examples of cringe worthy dialog I've ever seen in a professional comic.

He's an adult Asian trying to fuck a year old robot, let's not pretend Viv is an actual person here, and we all know Asians love jail bait anyway.

But don't worry, Cho eating Viv's face in issue 2 turns her into a lezzy in issue 3

new phases really need to stop happening every year though

I mean let everything chill for a bit

>How do you do, fellow kids?

CBR usually shills for Marvel, so it's not a surprise. What is a surprise is that they were willing to say that Captain Marvel's character in Civil War II had a bad reception and admitting that the Deadpool spin-offs won't do well.

>Cho eating Viv's face
[TRIGGERED!]

I'm only half joking here: I literally had a flashback to reading the last page of #2 which was one of the more WTAF?? moments I've had recently. And not in a good way.

>Reading CBR.
Why?

I bet that's gonna be another huge feminist drivel, and when it fails, we'll be blamed for being misogynist pigs.
Oh, but that's ok, she can cry on Bendis' shoulder too.
"Boohoohoo, nobody buys my comic! All men are pigs!", that's her in a year from now at most.

How the fuck is that a good thing?
Haven't these idiots how badly do the rest of them sell?

>“Champions” may be one of the best team books Marvel has put out in years.
My sides... they hurt so much...

...

Sam = literally cucked

I really wish people would start using this word correctly.

Sam is not a cuck, Philip J. Fry was an actual cuck.

Any news on XCable?

Rumors suggest it's going to have one of the following:
>[Decent artist] and [good premise] but [writer you hate]
>[Good writer] and [okay premise] but [shit artist]
>[Good artist] and [acceptable writer] but [terrible premise]

>Rumors
lol

I'll hope for pick three.

>Literally everyone I know - most of whom Sup Forums would likely label SJW libtards - think that Champions #2 was the worst comic of the year, so I guess this guy really is just a paid shill.

The thing is, I hated Venom #1 so much more. Champions #2 was bad but at least it wasn't bad in an infuriating way.

>Champions #2 was bad but at least it wasn't bad in an infuriating way.
YMMV, then? It was infuriating to me because of how fucking out of character everyone was being written, and it was really damn bad on top of that.
Venom #1 was bad, yeah, but it didn't make me as angry. And everyone's going to call me a faggot but I do like Sandoval's art.

The guy's art is fucking great, it was great back during New Avengers and it's still good, people are just mad at Venom 1 because they got introduced to a host that we are obviously supposed to hate. I for one will be grinning ear to ear when Venom drops Lee via mid webswing

If the book really is Flash and Venom trying to get back to each other while contesting with Brock, Gargan, and a shitty-ass host... well, I'll probably hate it because it's Costa, but I'll at least appreciate what it's doing.

>great
Eh, I dinno about that, but it's not bad at all.

That picture makes me hard, it's a bit like public shaming