Comics Is Anyone Else Offended By The Way Marvel Is Doing "endangered Species"?

[OutcryX]

like the Olsen twins and Linsay lohan..she'll age in time for celebrity

 

[DarthCyclopsRLZ]

The former isn't exactly a good example of healthy/sane growing up...

 

[OutcryX]

doesnt matter. she's still legal now. that and one of the olsens is a wild one too, i forget which one...i think its the one that looks like a skeleton wearing skin

 

[Specter313]

Alright. I know that the purpose of Marvel Comics is to sell comics. They are a business. They are in the business of selling comics to comic book readers. And I am okay with that.

But the way they are putting out Endangered Species is beyond good business, I feel like they are spitting on my face and telling me I would like another. I was excited for this event, I haven't read a core X-Men book aside from Whedon's Astonishing (which seems to take place in semi-continuity) since Grant Morrison left New X-Men. I was vastly entertained by the Endangered Species one-shot, but was shocked to read that in order to read the book, I'd have to pick up...

17 weekly published books that I don't read!!!! And...it's being told in 8 page back up stories!!! I have to buy $51 worth of books I don't read to get the story. Here's the thing...17 x 8 = 136 pages, about the equivalent of a 6-issue miniseries. But why put out a 6 issue mini with tie-ins over 6 months when you can tell the whole story in 4 months and FORCE people to buy the tie-in books because that's where the story takes place?

Whoever thought up this "brilliant" marketing strategy at Marvel needs to be shot. Now, not only will I not buy X-Men 200 as I was planning to, but I'm making a conscious effort to avoid all X-books once Astonishing is through. I know this sounds stupid, as I am only one person, but they have completely isolated me. I can't be the only person who feels this way.

There must be some of you who, say, read Uncanny and X-Men who aren't happy about being forced to buy the other X-books just to understand the story you're reading, right?

This whole thing is just dumb. Why?

1. Endangered Species is not the event. Everyone knows that by now. It is the LEAD UP to the event, Messiah Complex.

2. It's called a CROSSOVER for a reason. As in it crosses over into the books that it's involved. And if you don't like that, then you must certainly not have liked classic stories like Mutant Massacre, Phalanx Covenent, and Fall of the Mutants. People have been *****ing and moaning that they've been telling these events in separate stories, and now they're going back to the classic mode of telling a major story and you're still complaining? Give me a break.

3. The ES stuff are called back ups for a reason. They're tiny little, almost self contained stories that are just supposed to give hints at the bigger picture. They're not supposed to hold enough weight to carry their own book.

4. Here's an idea, READ THEM IN THE FRIGGIN STORE.

 

[OutcryX]

Phalanx Covenant ROCKED...as did Operation: Zero Tolerance...and Extinction Agenda and...etc....

 

[Canemacar]

The build-up for the crossover, is bigger than the crossover itself.

 

[DarthCyclopsRLZ]

doesnt matter. she's still legal now. that and one of the olsens is a wild one too, i forget which one...i think its the one that looks like a skeleton wearing skin

1 - Was just poking fun at Crazy Lindsey.

2 - I get the 'she's legal NOW' thingy. Still, WAITING for it is kinda creepy.

 

[OutcryX]

1 - Was just poking fun at Crazy Lindsey.

2 - I get the 'she's legal NOW' thingy. Still, WAITING for it is kinda creepy.

i know..creepy isnt it

 

[DarthCyclopsRLZ]

Yup. Thus my whole "why would anyone over 20 actually not be creeped out by X-23's premise".

Or run before the feds show up. Whatever.

 

[OutcryX]

Yup. Thus my whole "why would anyone over 20 actually not be creeped out by X-23's premise".

Or run before the feds show up. Whatever.

seeing as she has blades in places Wolverine doesnt....i'd actually be fearful of going 'there'


also...is her entire skeleton adamantium or just the blades and are the blades even adamantium?

and is wolverine's son, Dakan's blades adamantium?

 

[Specter313]

seeing as she has blades in places Wolverine doesnt....i'd actually be fearful of going 'there'


also...is her entire skeleton adamantium or just the blades and are the blades even adamantium?

and is wolverine's son, Dakan's blades adamantium?

Only X-23's blades are adamantium coated. Don't know about Daken's.

 

[Havok83]

Phalanx Covenant ROCKED...as did Operation: Zero Tolerance...and Extinction Agenda and...etc....

Phalanx Covenant sucked. The only good part was Generation Next. Life Signs and Final Sanction were borign and just not that interesting

 

[OutcryX]

here u go sucking again havok. Phalanx Covenant was the ****

 

[Havok83]

here u go sucking again havok. Phalanx Covenant was the ****

You are right. It was sh**, with the exception of Gen Next of course, which was about a bunch of newbies. The stories with the X-men and other main teams just stunk

 

[OutcryX]

You are right. It was sh**, with the exception of Gen Next of course, which was about a bunch of newbies. The stories with the X-men and other main teams just stunk

well i actually cannot remember anything other than the Gen next part...so perhaps you're right...but in most all the crossovers only the action that occurs in the main X-Men books are good...which was the case with gen-Next...it was in both uncanny and X-men. all the other books' contribution was lackluster.

 

[Havok83]

well i actually cannot remember anything other than the Gen next part...so perhaps you're right...but in most all the crossovers only the action that occurs in the main X-Men books are good...which was the case with gen-Next...it was in both uncanny and X-men. all the other books' contribution was lackluster.

except even though Gen Next took place in the core book, the X-men were not involved in that aspect of the story. The team was in the other 2 parts of the crossover so thats why I consider them part of the main action and since you cant even remember them, that goes to show how forgettable it all was.

 

[OutcryX]

except even though Gen Next took place in the core book, the X-men were not involved in that aspect of the story. The team was in the other 2 parts of the crossover so thats why I consider them part of the main action and since you cant even remember them, that goes to show how forgettable it all was.

what.ev.er.....Blink was introduced in this arc and she was the coolest. I loved how she should her powers on Harvest....and I LOVED MAD's artwork...hated kubert's tho

 

[Max J Power]

Marvel said that this way they can keep the focus on the plots of the X-books and not have them by ruled out by Endangered Species. I don't see how making an Endangered Species limited series would have a different effect.

 

[DarthCyclopsRLZ]

Honestly, it's more about some of us not giving the slightest of f**ks about some of the current arcs in some of the books.

*Glares at NXM and Magick*

 

[javon]

The build-up for the crossover, is bigger than the crossover itself.

ROFL So true. I'm only excited fr all the stories because this'll be my first crossover. Although just the thought of having to read X-factor gives me the creeps..*shivers* But all the ther X-books I'm a bit noticeable with

 

[DarthCyclopsRLZ]

Wait, you dislike X-Factor more than NXM???

 

[El Bastardo]

Wait, you dislike X-Factor more than NXM???

He's a Storm fan.

... Yeah, that's all I've got. t:

 

[javon]

^Nobody was talking to you.

Originally posted by DarthCyclopsRLZ
Wait, you dislike X-Factor more than NXM???

I don't read X-factor at all, just looks pretty stupid to me. Mostly because it has characters I don't care for. I guess Ishouldn't be judging a book if I don't read it huh? Oh well, the characters still suck to me Plus, New X-men ROCKS!

 

[El Bastardo]

^Nobody was talking to you.

Quite correct - however, I am infinitely well-versed in butting in.

AND IT WAS A JOKE ... that only a Darth could love. t:

 

[DarthCyclopsRLZ]

Well, to be fair, I *don't* bash people for not reading books with characters they don't care for...

And I don't think Javon's a 'he'...