Joe Quesada out as Editor in Chief.

[Dread]

Basically, what this means is that Joe Quesada will still be atop the pyramid for Marvel Entertainment; films, TV shows, video games, merchandise, etc. Plus, I am sure nothing will REALLY happen in the comics that he's 100% against. However, Axel Alonso and Tom Brevoort, in that order, will officially be running the day to day operations and writing of Marvel Comics.

Part of me wonders if CBR sort of knew this was coming, which is why the two have been spotlighted in the "T&A" column, which effectively replaced Quesada's CUP O' JOE column (that had switched from Newsarama to CBR for some reason).

 

[runawayboulder]

So will J-Q still have any say over how the Spidey books are handled?

I don't think he will so much but he also won't allow a sweeping change by Alonso to undo everything that was done in the last 3 years. I'm not sure what stance Alonso has on Spidey. When he was ASM editor you saw half single Peter/half Peter and MJ back together after being estranged. You also saw him unmask too, which was a terrible idea.

 

[WolfCypher]

It was an interesting trial, unmasking Spider-Man during Civil War. I just felt like my intelligence was being insulted by Quesada when he promised that the unmasking would stick for longer than a few months after Civil War when we all knew it wouldn't.

 

[runawayboulder]

Basically, what this means is that Joe Quesada will still be atop the pyramid for Marvel Entertainment; films, TV shows, video games, merchandise, etc. Plus, I am sure nothing will REALLY happen in the comics that he's 100% against. However, Axel Alonso and Tom Brevoort, in that order, will officially be running the day to day operations and writing of Marvel Comics.

Part of me wonders if CBR sort of knew this was coming, which is why the two have been spotlighted in the "T&A" column, which effectively replaced Quesada's CUP O' JOE column (that had switched from Newsarama to CBR for some reason).

I think this was a long time coming after DC shuffled its infrastructure.

It seems the comics also are far separate from the rest of the entertainment end it until a major motion picture comes down then story-lines get shut down and status-quo's get reversed.

If any franchise wins with this announcement here it's the X-Men, I can see the line getting made over again back to pre House of M.

 

[runawayboulder]

It was an interesting trial, unmasking Spider-Man during Civil War. I just felt like my intelligence was being insulted by Quesada when he promised that the unmasking would stick for longer than a few months after Civil War when we all knew it wouldn't.

It was for shock value to bring more hype to Civil War. There was a slow build up towards it too. I was so furious about how they tested the waters with Pete getting unmasked during the Raft riot. Yeah, it was interesting seeing the reactions from folks like JJJ and Flash but bottom line, the whole thing was handed pretty poorly.

I like how it is now, some know that Pete is Spidey (FF and some of the Avengers) and some don't. It's realistic but doesn't insult your intelligence at the same time.

 

[venom892]

I think they had an easy out with pete's identity.I mean Tony Stark once erased everyone's memories of his identity.Anyone could have done Pete the favor.I like the change and Think Axel will do a good job.He's been a good editor on several books.

 

[runawayboulder]

I think they had an easy out with pete's identity.I mean Tony Stark once erased everyone's memories of his identity.Anyone could have done Pete the favor.I like the change and Think Axel will do a good job.He's been a good editor on several books.

Considering his roots were with Vertigo, that could mean more Ennis back at Marvel as he wraps up The Boys. Camuncoli will hopefully benefit as well.

 

[Dread]

I think this was a long time coming after DC shuffled its infrastructure.

It seems the comics also are far separate from the rest of the entertainment end it until a major motion picture comes down then story-lines get shut down and status-quo's get reversed.

If any franchise wins with this announcement here it's the X-Men, I can see the line getting made over again back to pre House of M.

I figured Marvel assumed, as usual, they were perfect and didn't need a reshuffle editorially. In some ways this shift seems to be making a status quo that may have been unofficial more official as of 2011.

The X-Men really need an overhaul, an emo-lift, etc.

 

[Spider-Gnome]

I think it's been said that Joe Q did a lot of good for Marvel as whole. Heck, he got me more interested in the rest of the Marvel Universe thanks to the big events and involving Spidey in the Avengers (and Osborn's little take over).

It is the area of Spider-Man itself that he screwed things up royally, notably OMD and OMIT.

So, you can guess what my first request of the new Editor in Chief would be!

 

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Actually surprised Brevoort didn't get that job, since he's been there for what, 26, 27 years now?

The no smoking thing was one of Joe's smarter moves. We don't need that to be the insta-symbol of COOL like it has been for decades. Smoking is a disgusting and pointless habit, and the day that crap is one less thing I have to breathe in NY is the day I'm just that much happier. Jerks walking in front of you puffing away and letting it go in your face. I wanna hit them in the back of the head.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Congrats to Axel Alonso.

Don't let the door hit you on your ass on the way out to that -sigh- promotion, Joe.

Smoking Wolverine and Nick Fury please, Wolverine and Spider-Man on only one Avengers book please, and a reversal of One More Day thanks. I know it's a tall order, but one can wish. :9

 

[Kevin]

I never saw THIS coming.

 

[fifthfiend]

I was so furious about how they tested the waters with Pete getting unmasked during the Raft riot.

That wasn't really testing the waters, jut Bendis indulging himself, as he does.

The fans of "Spider-Man gets his ass kicked, then his mask gets yanked off, then someone else saves him" comics have been having real boom times since he made it big.

 

[Spade]

I've been wondering when this was going to happen for a while now.

Like most readers, I have a mixed opinion on Quesada's time as EIC. But he brought about a lot of good. Alonso's time with the Punisher, Spider-Man, and the X-Men should make things interesting for those corners of the Marvel universe.

 

[bored]

I think that, as always, Peter David has summed up the hire best:

I think it's long past time that Marvel finally put in charge of the company that gave us Bruce Banner, Peter Parker and Reed Richards, an editor-in-chief with an alliterative name.

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[JewishHobbit]

Genie #1 - Quesada out as Editor and Chief
Genie #2 - Undo OMD/OMIT or some acceptable compromise
Genie #3 - Make X-Men recognizable again


Well that's the first Genie back in the bottle... I'll die happy if and when the other two take place, but I'm not holding my breath on that second one just yet.

 

[IFryKids]

I think it'll be at LEAST 2 or more years before OMD is undone. I'm sure he won't mess with it for at least a little while in respect for Quesada, and also to allow Slott to tell the stories he wants to tell under the current set-up.

 

[IFryKids]

I think it'll be at LEAST 2 or more years before OMD is undone. I'm sure he won't mess with it for at least a little while in respect for Quesada, and also to allow Slott to tell the stories he wants to tell under the current set-up.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Actually surprised Brevoort didn't get that job, since he's been there for what, 26, 27 years now?
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Same here.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

I think it'll be at LEAST 2 or more years before OMD is undone. I'm sure he won't mess with it for at least a little while in respect for Quesada, and also to allow Slott to tell the stories he wants to tell under the current set-up.

Thing is Slott can tell the stories he's telling now with a married or commited to someone Peter Parker. Just as long as Carlie Cooper takes her out of Peter Parker's life I'm fine.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I imagine those of you wishing for a reversal on anything Spider-Man are going to be disappointed. It was already way below Joe Q's pay grade to directly interfere with Spider-Man's comics when he was EIC but he did it anyway, so clearly it was a very personal thing for him. So long as he's at the company and no one outranks him--check and check with this new position--those Spider-Man changes are likely to stay in place.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Fixed...

While the quality of Spider-Man is good for the time being, Joe Quesada has pretty much single handedly flat out ruined Peter Parker as a character.

I blame Quesada and Bendis for ruining the X-Men.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Quality and characterization aside, the sales are doing pretty well. Spider-Man is a viable commercial franchise again--mission accomplished.

 

[runawayboulder]

I think that, as always, Peter David has summed up the hire best:



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That was quite the suck job from Liefeld about Alonso. Please don't give that guy more work Axel.......

 

[hippie_hunter]

Quality and characterization aside, the sales are doing pretty well. Spider-Man is a viable commercial franchise again--mission accomplished.

Not really. Spider-Man has crashed and burned as a franchise. Before Brand New Day, Spider-Man sales were rather healthy. Now however, anything that is not part of the core Amazing Spider-Man series crashes and burns. Amazing Spider-Man Family, Web of Spider-Man, Peter Parker, the various Amazing Spider-Man Presents minis, and even the new Spider-Girl series just cannot sell.

However, I attribute this more to the move of releasing Amazing Spider-Man three times a month often at a $3.99 price tag, than the quality of the stories. When you release a book that has three or more issues come out that month in the core Spider-Man book and sometimes comes with a $3.99 price tag, Spider-Man readers just aren't going to be willing to try out other Spider-Man books, especially since all the others were almost always priced at $3.99.

While Brand New Day has succeeded in making Spider-Man fun again, it has destroyed Spider-Man's viability to handle more than one book. In today's market only the Avengers, Batman, the X-Men, and Green Lantern can handle multibook franchises. Deadpool can handle two books if Marvel plays it smart (regular Deadpool and Deadpool MAX and leave it to just that). Anyone else....forget about it.