Last issues of Amazing Spider Man, Wolverine, & Cap & Black Widow

mguy1977

Last issues & wink wink they will return w/ new #1s in January.

Share your thoughts.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=41088

Matthew

larry

Woverine and Cap & Black Widow, fine. Amazing Spiderman though? It would take about 30 years of double shipped issues to hit 700 again. I'm not that big of a stickler for continuity but a lot of people cherish that run. I think it's a mistake.

Greg

Marvel just keeps making it easy for me to drop titles as they give me jumping off points. I don't mind the numbering thing, I am done with the pricing and shipping shenanigans though. I love the Marvel characters dearly, but I'm not doing this anymore.

Wait, didn't they initially say certain books like Spidey and Daredevil wouldn't be getting new #1's in Marvel Now?

SigurdJarlson

I didn't even know there was a Black Widow series haha. Spiderman I am a bit surprised, but it really doesn't bother me, marvel will have it back at regular numbering at 800 or 1000 no doubt about it, and its only a number anyways.

spid

Yeah, I am not one who cares about the number. Although I will pick up an issue X00 because they are normally nice anyone can read this issues. I don't really see the point of having two Cap books going at the same time even though I enjoyed the teamup book format they have used lately.

DoctorDoom

Eh, I don't care about the numbers. I'll still get them.

fredzilla

Fool me once, Marvel, shame on me. Fool me 616 times...

matchkitJOHN

An $8 comic book!?! Wow! Let me hop in a time machine and show that to my younger self. But I guess 104 pages is like 3 comics. As far as the numbering they can still tack on the issues later as they approach 1000 and renumber.

DoctorDoom

fredzilla said:

Fool me once, Marvel, shame on me. Fool me 616 times...

WhatchUatu talkin' bout, Fredzilla?

SigurdJarlson

Bold prediction but I don't think Peter Parker will be Spiderman come issue one of the reboot due to the events in 700

Matt

I'm not going to lie & say this is going to get me to stop reading Spider-man (that happened back with Brand New Day,) but this certainly would not get me back reading.

Why can't they just tweak things in the current series rather than relaunch/reset it? I understand new #1s sell, but doesn't good quality stories also sell...and longer? I'm soured on this whole notion that by relaunching & renumbering will get all these new readers. I still stand by my claim that Marvel & DC will pick up a fraction of new readers, but they are mostly just pulling "from the same gene pool" of readers. They're just being reallocated.

M

mguy1977

Matt said:

I'm not going to lie & say this is going to get me to stop reading Spider-man (that happened back with Brand New Day,) but this certainly would not get me back reading.

Why can't they just tweak things in the current series rather than relaunch/reset it? I understand new #1s sell, but doesn't good quality stories also sell...and longer? I'm soured on this whole notion that by relaunching & renumbering will get all these new readers. I still stand by my claim that Marvel & DC will pick up a fraction of new readers, but they are mostly just pulling "from the same gene pool" of readers. They're just being reallocated.

M

I agree w/ you Matt but the big 2 want the big bucks (Marvel has Disney wanting a return on the investment & Warner Brothers/DC Entertainment wants the same for DC Comics). Marvel sees DC w/ the new 52 & the loads of new readers at least in the beginning & Marvel wants to do the same thing w/ their new #1s only spread out over a series of months (a smart idea) w/ more money in their pocket for Marvel Now! (aka lets copy DC).

The thing that has me off Spidey is the $3.99 pricetag per issue. I feel I get my Spidey fix spending 15-17 bucks for a trade once in a while. I will get the new NEW Amazing Spidey #1 if it heavy discounted at DCBS but likely will skip the monthly fix again to trim my budget as I transition to trades/collected editions by early 2013.

Matthew

Matt

mguy1977 said:

Matt said:

I'm not going to lie & say this is going to get me to stop reading Spider-man (that happened back with Brand New Day,) but this certainly would not get me back reading.

Why can't they just tweak things in the current series rather than relaunch/reset it? I understand new #1s sell, but doesn't good quality stories also sell...and longer? I'm soured on this whole notion that by relaunching & renumbering will get all these new readers. I still stand by my claim that Marvel & DC will pick up a fraction of new readers, but they are mostly just pulling "from the same gene pool" of readers. They're just being reallocated.

M

I agree w/ you Matt but the big 2 want the big bucks (Marvel has Disney wanting a return on the investment & Warner Brothers/DC Entertainment wants the same for DC Comics). Marvel sees DC w/ the new 52 & the loads of new readers at least in the beginning & Marvel wants to do the same thing w/ their new #1s only spread out over a series of months (a smart idea) w/ more money in their pocket for Marvel Now! (aka lets copy DC).

The thing that has me off Spidey is the $3.99 pricetag per issue. I feel I get my Spidey fix spending 15-17 bucks for a trade once in a while. I will get the new NEW Amazing Spidey #1 if it heavy discounted at DCBS but likely will skip the monthly fix again to trim my budget as I transition to trades/collected editions by early 2013.

Matthew

I wasn't just pointing at Marvel, I didn't agree with DC doing it either. In the end, I guess the definition of "new readers" is sim antics. To some, that's anyone who hasn't picked up the title before (ie, I am not a Superman fan, so if I started reading new issues of Action Comics or Superman, I'd be considered by some to be a "new reader")

To me, a "new reader" is someone who's never collected comics before, not a specific character or title. I don't believe the DCnU really got that many new readers (using my definition.)

M

Chuck_Melville

You know... since we're talking about issue numbering and all that... it just occurred to me today while reading the latest Avengers offerings, that the upcoming Avengers #1 would have been Avengers (first series) #600. Provided the numbering was continued through New Avengers (first series) and the current run of The Avengers that's just wrapping up. I'll have to double check it, but I believe it's so.

random73

i'm sorry guys this Amazing Spider-man thing is my fault. I have never collected ASM en my entire comic collecting history. i have recently heard some really great things about what Dan Slott has been doing so i decided to start picking it up. I put it on my DCBS order starting with #694. i havn't even gotten it in my box yet. But since every title i like inevitably gets cancelled I was not surprised when they announced ASM ends with #700. just FYI Uncanny Avengers is doomed as well.

Krescan

@random73 you're not an Ultimate fan are you? :-SS

random73

fortunately or unfortunately (depending on your point of view) no.