If I was in charge of Marvel...

[PhotoJones]

i would...

-put kirkman and kolins on a gravity ongoing.

-rearrange spider-man books:
slott and ringo on fnsm
mcduffie and brooks on sensational
kirkman and jrjr on asm

-keep brubaker and lark on daredevil for as long as they want.

-rearrange the x-men books:
lobdell with joe mad on uncanny (iceman, cannonball, rogue, bishop, gambit, nightcrawler and marvel girl)
keep carey and bachalo on x-men (havok, jubilee, husk, angel, northstar, juggernaut)
keep whedon and cassidy and current roster on axm

-millar and mcniven on avengers (cap, falcon, thor, hawkeye, dagger, black goliath and hercules.

-bendis and cho on new avengers (iron man, ms. marvel, sentry, she-hulk, yellowjacket and wasp

-axe wolverine: origins, and tell a 12 part story in wolverine with lindelof and yu

 

[Harlekin]

Eh, I'd rather keep Norton for Gravity myself.

 

[Artistsean]

I'd finally get to my story ideas made into actual comics, I got lots of MARVEL story ideas.

 

[Zeu]

Marvel needs more superheroines.

They´re a notch above DC in that area, but no reason why they can´t be TWO notches.

 

[PhotoJones]

Marvel needs more superheroines.

They´re a notch above DC in that area, but no reason why they can´t be TWO notches.

that's true.

but with ms. marvel, she-hulk and soon to be spider-woman ongoings, i think they're getting better. not to mention heroes for hire features black cat and misty knight.

 

[Artistsean]

Spider-Man has NO real big female villians, for a while he had absolutely none. Now I think he has one or two, but not as major as his others.

So I guess, more female villians too.

 

[Apprentice]

Yeah, I'd love to see Spidey have more female villains. Definitely some more female masterminds, on the level of Norman Osborn and the Kingpin.

 

[Elijya]

-you would run Marvel into the ground because while you're a fan and love the characters, you really don't know the practical or day-to-day aspects of running a multi-million dollars corporation

 

[Gambit8370]

-you would run Marvel into the ground because while you're a fan and love the characters, you really don't know the practical or day-to-day aspects of running a multi-million dollars corporation

Gee, it sounds like you've been drinkin' the Kool Aid that Quesada has been dishing out.

If "the practical or day-to-day aspects of running a multi-million dollars corporation" mean driving a fan who has been buying Marvel Comics for THIRTY YEARS to QUIT BUYING MARVEL COMICS...

Then oh, yeah, frickin DEFINATELY...

Quesada's doing a bang-up job.

I bet that he helps a long time fan to up and up completely give up on Marvel Comics every god damn day.

And really. Don't make me start listing quality comics that were abandoned by the publishing and advertising arms of Marvel Comics.


MTU is dead.

Again.

That's right iloveclones...

As of #25 it's gone.

Those mother ____ers.

I'd suggest a rally to keep it going, but we see how friggin well that went for Slott's THING.

I'm just praying for the day when Quesada quits trying to be an EIC and goes back to being a crappy artist. DD: Father. 'Nuff said.

Gambit8370 out.

 

[Elijya]

Gee, it sounds like you've been drinkin' the Kool Aid that Quesada has been dishing out.

If "the practical or day-to-day aspects of running a multi-million dollars corporation" mean driving a fan who has been buying Marvel Comics for THIRTY YEARS to QUIT BUYING MARVEL COMICS...

Then oh, yeah, frickin DEFINATELY...

Quesada's doing a bang-up job.

I bet that he helps a long time fan to up and up completely give up on Marvel Comics every god damn day.

it's not all about you, ya know?

 

[PhotoJones]

-you would run Marvel into the ground because while you're a fan and love the characters, you really don't know the practical or day-to-day aspects of running a multi-million dollars corporation

you're not that smart, buddy.

i'd be willing to bet i understand a little bit more about the industry than you do.

you ever intern at dark horse and marvel?

no?

 

[Elijya]

I didn't say I was, relax. I KNOW I couldn't run the company. I'm just saying you couldn't either. (And no offense, but Interns don't generally get promoted to CEO or EIC)

Yeah, everyone's a fan and has a couple ideas here and there of what they'd like to see, but that doesn't equate to proper, consistent management on every level of a, what? $300 million dollar? company

it was an aside comment, anyway. I know the point of the thread doesn't expect people to have 10 year plans for the companiy's advertising expenditures, merchandising revenues, and yadda yadda yadda

 

[JackBauer]

I'd just put Brian K. Vaughan in ASM, tell him to not stray Spidey from character, and feel like my job was done.

 

[PhotoJones]

I'd just put Brian K. Vaughan in ASM, tell him to not stray Spidey from character, and feel like my job was done.

there's always that.

 

[Silver Sable]

Spider-Man has NO real big female villians, for a while he had absolutely none. Now I think he has one or two, but not as major as his others.

So I guess, more female villians too.

Good thinking.I'll do the same

And getting rid of Bendis as well

 

[Darthphere]

Meh, the line-ups you shaked up really arent necessy. Like seriously Joe Mad? Please. The only title you need to shake up is Amazing Spider-Man from those you listed.

 

[The Cleric]

id allow nudity for boost of sales! yes, i said it. there are millions of perverts out there who would love to see rogue get blasted and, instead of the blast ripping her costume on the stomach area, we would see a single boob hanging out of the hole.

 

[Darthphere]

i would...

-put kirkman and kolins on a gravity ongoing.

Did the mini even sell that well to warrant an onogin?

-rearrange spider-man books:
slott and ringo on fnsm
mcduffie and brooks on sensational
kirkman and jrjr on asm

I can get behind Slott and Ringo on FNSM

The second one, I dont know why?

Kirkman has like 6 ongoing titles already. Strechtching the guy thin.

-keep brubaker and lark on daredevil for as long as they want.

-rearrange the x-men books:
lobdell with joe mad on uncanny (iceman, cannonball, rogue, bishop, gambit, nightcrawler and marvel girl)
keep carey and bachalo on x-men (havok, jubilee, husk, angel, northstar, juggernaut)
keep whedon and cassidy and current roster on axm

Id rather keep the 90's in the past please. Carey and Bachalo can stay and Whedon and Cassady is perfect.

-millar and mcniven on avengers (cap, falcon, thor, hawkeye, dagger, black goliath and hercules.

-bendis and cho on new avengers (iron man, ms. marvel, sentry, she-hulk, yellowjacket and wasp

Avengers really isnt a big draw like the X-Men or Spider-Man and would be a bad move IMO to have two competing Avengers titles.

-axe wolverine: origins, and tell a 12 part story in wolverine with lindelof and yu

No, axe the series, make it a limted series but really Lidelof and Yu? We would never see the end of that series.

 

[Zeu]

id allow nudity for boost of sales! yes, i said it. there are millions of perverts out there who would love to see rogue get blasted and, instead of the blast ripping her costume on the stomach area, we would see a single boob hanging out of the hole.

there are milions of children out there too, who could use kiddy-friendly comics.

With the selling point that pervs are usually old and soon to be dead whereas children are the future.

 

[The Cleric]

with the internet porn access everywhere, who cares? plus, there are ratings on each book, heh like video games. whats that phrase... dont sell to minors

 

[Elijya]

Good thinking.I'll do the same

And getting rid of Bendis as well

you mean you'd get rid of the only writer who actually included Silver Sable in a story in the past 5 years?

 

[The Cleric]

why hate on bendis? yeah the dialogue is a lil bit off... but ive read worse, a lot worse. and in these comics, one should really just enjoy the story. i think bndis is has delivered in that department. (even though i went crazy in the mention of xorn in NAvengers)

 

[Artistsean]

I'd get to work on any title I wanted to draw for, and make outlined story ideas for.
I'd rather just be able to do that, and not run the company.

 

[SpideyInATree]

If "the practical or day-to-day aspects of running a multi-million dollars corporation" mean driving a fan who has been buying Marvel Comics for THIRTY YEARS to QUIT BUYING MARVEL COMICS...

Then oh, yeah, frickin DEFINATELY...

And Quesada has also gotten people who haven't touched a comic book in five years to start picking up comic books again. Well, not Quesada himself, but he's the one who approved the stuff.

Quesada is also the guy who gave the green light to something like Marvel Team Up and The Thing. It's not Quesada's fault that the sales and the fans weren't there to merit it to keep going. There just isn't that dying interest to those books.

I agree with Elijya on his point, albeit this is just a fantasy thread to see what people would do with certain books and everything, but most people here would run the Marvel Comics, and the comic book industry into the freakin' ground based on their ignorance of the comic book industry and letting their fan mind get in the way.

Like someone said they'd fire Bendis. Fire Bendis and have him go to DC? And have DC's books start dominating the top ten like Marvel has been?

If I were the editor in chief I'd give the damn job to someone else and just be a creative consultant, much like Waid is over at DC. I'd have some input on some of the characters and input some ideas but I wouldn't want to run the company. I think I'd also like to recruit talent and try to implement a friendly, competitive relationship with DC. Trade talent and lend talent to give the fans what they want.

I'd LOVE to have Geoff Johns back at Marvel and writing some Marvel titles instead of writing freakin' Green Lantern, who I have absolutely no interest in. Or have an artist like Phil Jimenez come over to Marvel and do something every now and again, instead of having exclusive contracts that ensure you won't see a certain creator at another company for years...and years.

Wouldn't it be awesome to have Alex Ross back at Marvel? I'd love it. I'd send him lots of hookers and blow to have him back at Marvel. I'd be more about the talent and wanting to read the writers and artists work before anybody else could.

And I would like to see Bendis try his hand out on some DC characters. As touchy of a subject as that is with people, I'D like to see it. I'd trade Bendis for Johns or something, and then trade back...just to give the fans something different...shake things up...show that you never know what will happen NEXT in the comic book industry.

Lets not count out other companies either, like Dark Horse, Avatar, and Image, etc. Trade those talents as well. Keep the fans guessing and keep it interesting, as opposed to a mean feud. Maybe the heads of Marvel and DC get along, I don't know. But I remember reading that Quesada doesn't like DiDio, or vice versa...I'm not sure.

I'd want to see Alan Moore do something at Marvel, just let him loose and do something freakin' crazy. Tell him that I'm a new guy starting fresh and want top talent to do what they do best. I'd give Neil Gaiman anything he wanted to stay at Marvel and keep writing great material.

Oh, and I'd make Romita Jr. draw me Spider-Man comics PERSONALLY. Screw sharing it with the rest of you poopheads.

 

[Gambit8370]

I don't think that Stan Lee & friends EVER did what they did for the $$$ MONEY $$$.

Stan did it for the FANS and he did it because he truly loved the characters like a FAN would.

I've seen sparks of the spirit that Stan and friends had in the early days coming out of a few creators in comics these days.

I just don't see it in the current EIC.

Joe's become a figure head, a talking head, a puppet for the board of directors, the investors, and the licencing partners.

Marvel needs someone in charge who cares about these characters, not making the quick buck.

"Running a multi-million dollar corporation" means more than the "day-to-day."

It also means sharing a rapport with the customer.

All that I've seen Marvel do in the last few years is create a wider void between what they are publishing now and what Stan made then.

Hell. They've ENDED more classic titles and disassembled more iconic characters.

You want to impress me, Joe?

Create something.

Create something original.

Create something original that will last for 40 years.

Till then...

You're nothing to me but another dead vampire.

(sorry, I got Blade I playing in the background).

Sucking the blood life out of something that you have no right to.

You want to KILL something?

Then give LIFE to something.

You want to END something?

Then BEGIN something.


Is that so friggin much for a fan to ask???