Avengers vs. X-Men: 2012 Event

[The Morningstar]

Bendis is the Liefeld of the 00s. Inexplicably popular. Limited amount of talent.

 

[venom892]

Wherever he goes, it'll start selling well. The market seems to love Bendis.

But I'd totally sacrifice WatXM's greatness to Bendis if it meant Waid on Avengers. That would be a dream come true for me.

Bendis doesn't always equal gold though. His Moon Knight and Spider-woman hardly sold well.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

True, although those characters are much more of an uphill battle than the Avengers right from the start.

 

[venom892]

Exactly. I'm betting Avengers sold well not only on Bendis's name. He was just very smart in choosing what characters to put on the roster.

 

[roach]

Lets be honest when you put the most popular characters in a book a monkey could slam on a keyboard and people would buy it

 

[Jake Cassidy]

A book with both SPIDER-MAN and WOLVERINE in it will sell well, no matter who's writing it.

 

[Harlekin]

Bendis on Wolverine and the X-Men would be a travesty. I never expected to like that title, but it's rocking socks. Just have him take over Astonishing or Legacy. Or... in what surely will blow your minds: Avenging X-Men.

 

[Havok83]

If Bendis has to take over a title, give him X-men since that has them interacting with random Marvel heroes and I dont read it

 

[JewishHobbit]

Well, if JewHob doesn't want him, I hope he takes over and goes Bendis all over the X-Men

I actually don't mind the idea of Bendis coming to the X-Men. I like his stuff. I'd just prefer he share the sandbox with Remender and Aaron. Remender has his arc planned out for at least another 25 issues and it sells well enough that he's not going anywhere. Aaron orchestrated the whole Schism era and is just getting started. His book's sales are one of the tops in the company. I don't see either of them going anywhere.

Gillen would be the likely replacee since he's only ever mentioned having planned through AvsX, and to be honest, that book's been struggling since Eve of Destruction back around 1999 or so (not so long for me since I liked Austin's run but I'm in the minority there). I don't see Marvel putting Bendis on second and third tier X-Men books like X-Men, Legacy, or Astonishing unless it's in addition to Uncanny, which I'd be fine with. Give him Unncany and X-Men and let him play with the Utopia side of the coin.Gichler can leave the X-Men book any time really, especially since this current arc will likely be a good stopping point for his ongoing Jubilee plot. I'd like to see Liu last on Astonishing though since she's a really good writer.

But yeah, I'd like to see Bendis on Uncanny actually. The title's gotten better under Gillen but it's nothing too special. It only feels good because it's coming after Fraction. The only issue that I think has actually been on par with W&tXM and X-Force was the Phalanx issue and maybe the Breakworld Aftermath arc. I'd trade Gillen for Bendis.

 

[roach]

two things... the article mentions he's taking over the X-books...as in plural
and the series may revert back to the original concept since it mentions a reboot

 

[Specter313]

This rumor better not be true at all. Some of the X-line may be struggling, but most of it's already gotten back on to a creative upswing after Schism, and I don't need Bendis and his big bag of exposition BS coming in and screwing it up. The biggest red flag on this is that it says he'll run the X-line as a whole, which, considering there's at least six to eight books in the main line, I don't see even him being able to pull that off. Even if he does get a book or two, well, I guess that's a book or two that I won't be reading anymore. I don't need to see pages full of nothing but talking heads with only a handful of real action or anything happening.

 

[roach]

if its a reboot expect a trimming of the line

 

[Specter313]

We could lose maybe Astonishing and the adjectiveless title, because everything else, IMO, is good or high profile. And Astonishing is having Liu coming on, so that should up the ante on that as well. Personally, I hate the idea of reboots for the sake of reboots. The X-line JUST had a restructuring, as others have already said, they don't need another one within a year of the last. Crap like that is why so many fans are becoming jaded with the industry as a whole, because it seems like they're only interested in bleeding as much cash from us as possible, instead of putting out the quality of stories that so many of us really want.

 

[roach]

i would say that no book is safe...Bendis gets what Bendis wants...Marvel has started books and cancelled them due to his whims.
I would say that no book is safe.

 

[JewishHobbit]

You know, I almost hope for a relaunch. It'd be so easy to drop books then.

 

[CConn]

The only issue that I think has actually been on par with W&tXM and X-Force was the Phalanx issue and maybe the Breakworld Aftermath arc.

Um, that's like 70% of his run.

 

[venom892]

I'm guessing Bendis will get at least 2 books. I really don't see Aaron going anywhere anytime soon. But Bendis on Uncanny? Totally happening.He'd probably take over another book but it won't be UXF or WATX. Marvel won't mess with what works.

 

[JewishHobbit]

Um, that's like 70% of his run.

4 issues out of about 15 comics really isn't that great of a record. His run hasn't been bad in the slightest but certainly not up to W&tXM and Unc. X-Force standards. He also has the bad luck of being stuck with Greg Land's pencils, which doesn't convey story very well.

If Bendis IS coming to X-Men, this is the title he would get plus another likely. I dont' think it really matters which of X-Men, X-Men Legacy, or Astonishing X-Men he'd get... but he'd get one of them. The only other option I see is if they cancel one of those and launch some new X-Men book and he'd start that as a new flagship book or something. I guess all that depends on how AvsX ends.

 

[CConn]

4 issues out of about 15 comics really isn't that great of a record. His run hasn't been bad in the slightest but certainly not up to W&tXM and Unc. X-Force standards. He also has the bad luck of being stuck with Greg Land's pencils, which doesn't convey story very well.

If Bendis IS coming to X-Men, this is the title he would get plus another likely. I dont' think it really matters which of X-Men, X-Men Legacy, or Astonishing X-Men he'd get... but he'd get one of them. The only other option I see is if they cancel one of those and launch some new X-Men book and he'd start that as a new flagship book or something. I guess all that depends on how AvsX ends.

Nah, it's four issues out of seven.

His issues in the last volume were him trying to dig out of the utter **** that was Fraction's run.

To be truthful, I haven't found Uncanny at enjoyable since...um...1986, maybe? I'm not a fan of it. At all. That said, Gillen's run actually has kept my interest, I'd be disappointed if he left.

Especially for Bendis. Bendis has systematically forced me to stop reading New Avengers, Avengers, and pretty much every single major Marvel event purely due to how utterly he seems to **** every character and storyline he handles.

So yeah, if he gets Uncanny, I'll flee from it like I'd flee from a big gay rapist.

 

[BillPardy]

I think if Gillen is given some time to spread his wings, he could be great.

 

[Mad Ones]

I like Gillen so I don't want him to leave, but I've never read anything from Bendis. I hear awful things about him, and so many people drop his books. So why is he such a great seller?

 

[CConn]

Here's my main problems with Bendis:

1. His comics suffer from horrible decompression. Bendis takes 12 issues to tell a story some writers could tell in 3.

2. He gets fixated on certain characters he likes. When it's Ultimate Peter Parker, it's not a bad thing. When it's **** characters like Sentry and Spider-Woman, I'm immediately bored. Especially when he dedicates more time to them than, Y'know, real Avengers.

3. He likes to change the status quo...to something not nearly as good. I don't mind change, but when you take change Captain America, Thor and Iron Man to Norman Osborne, Matt Gargan and Ares...and insist on telling the same damn story with them for three years solid, I get annoyed.

 

[runawayboulder]

Gillen has shown flashes of brilliance on UXM but he writes Thor and JiM 100 times better than X-Men. If they took him off the book I honestly wouldn't be upset.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Bendis on Wolverine and the X-Men would be a travesty. I never expected to like that title, but it's rocking socks. Just have him take over Astonishing or Legacy. Or... in what surely will blow your minds: Avenging X-Men.

Haha, that would be awesome. Beast, Storm, Wolverine, and... I don't know, Luke Cage and Spider-Man, just 'cause. Instant #1 hit!

 

[JewishHobbit]

Nah, it's four issues out of seven.

His issues in the last volume were him trying to dig out of the utter **** that was Fraction's run.

Well if we aren't considering stuff pre-relaunch then it's 1 issue out of 7 for me. Still not stellar.

To be truthful, I haven't found Uncanny at enjoyable since...um...1986, maybe? I'm not a fan of it. At all. That said, Gillen's run actually has kept my interest, I'd be disappointed if he left.

I was solidly enjoying Uncanny through Casey's run (with Chamber!). When Chuck Austen came on it was hit or miss for me. After that it's been mostly miss with a few hits here and there but not many.