Have you noticed Marvel cancels most books in a year or less now?

Why doesn't Marvel just number every comic as #1, that way every comic will have the #1 boost? This seems to be the route they want to head down.

>>149144600 (OP)
I mean why not just never even green light shitty projects like this at all?

>>149144787
you dont understand, fat black dora and technology farts and aids ridden young men are whats cool now.

my pitch is for a Deadpool event where every issue is a #1, i.e. Deadpool's Secret War Invasions Alpha #1, Deadpool's Secret War Invasions Part One #1, Deadpool's Secret War Invasions Part Two #1, etc. and the tie-ins follow the same format

>>149144600 (OP)
Marvel seems to have a shotgun marketing strategy where they’re staying afloat just by the sheer volume of shit they’re putting out. All they have to worry about is selling it to the comic store, once the comic store has it it’s their problem that it’s just gonna rot on the shelf or a quarter bin, it’s still a sale for Marvel

>>149144866
>by the sheer volume of shit they’re putting out.
>"oh that comic only 800 people will pre order, we should make 8 different variant covers!"

>>149144866
How long can they sustain such a model once comic shops realize what is going on?

>>149144957
>once comic shops realize what is going on?
They know what’s going on and to answer your first question there’s a reason most comic shops have pivoted more towards other nerd hobbies like Magic or Funko pops

>>149144886
Alternate covers anymore are insane. When I was a kid an alternate cover had some kind of gimmick like foil or glow in the dark but now they’re literally just like five random art pieces that Marvel had like sitting in a drawer or something

>>149145004
Why don't they stop buying any of books that don't sell or only buy preorders people specifically make?

>>149145182
Marvel likes to do this thing where they tell the comic shop “order x amount of copies of Riri and Miles Tell You Why You Shouldn’t Like Peter Parker or Tony Stark we’ll send you a copy of this highly sought after collectible alternate cover you can sell for twice what you’re paying for those comics” and since the focus has shifted from a storytelling medium to a collectible medium it works.

>>149144600 (OP)
Because it can only be #1 for that year.
For example Ghost Rider #1 2024.

Now you can’t make another Ghost Rider #1 for 2024, but you can make a Ghost Rider #1 2025.

>>149145292
I believe there were multiple Ant Man #1s and Spider-Gwen #1s in 2015. I think they did like Spider-Gwen #1 2015a and Spider-Gwen #1 2015b or something

>>149145182
That's the usual move, preoder for the pull list + a certain number based on the comic. Something like Batman, Spidey, Wolverine, order like 15-20 because people might just pick that up, something more on the indy side or a D-lister gets maybe 3 extra if they're lucky. Maybe a few more if the artist or a variant looks good. But it's working for Marvel, in May of the top 50 books, 32 were Marvel, and 15 were DC, 2 Image, and one was Keenspot.

And I think that's really the play, they're launching stuff to see what sticks, since Disney can bankroll losses, which are relatively small compared to other industries, and hoping for a new big hit like Ms. Marvel or Miles, while Warner is not in the same boat with DC and needs to be much more cautious.

>>149145402
>hoping for a new big hit like Ms. Marvel or Miles
Get a load of this guy

>>149144847
That might be funny if Marvel hadn't already been doing it for years.

>>149145182
Arguably they are. If you believe that Thinking Critical guy, ASM's orders were around 48,000 an issue last month. Usually ASM orders get more than 50,000 an issue, even during the BND era. 48,000 is like, late end of the Byrne era, right before JMS came on board

>>149144600 (OP)
>now
NOW?! This shit has been going on for years. Even characters they want to INSIST are mega popular.

How dare they try different things out!

Marvel gives any potential ongoing a minimum of 10 issues to gauge potential. If they do poorly, they are cancelled. Simple as that

>>149146818
They're not trying retard. That's the problem.

>>149146822
So things really are that bad that they have to resort to that then

>>149146813
Things aren't looking good for the ones who aren't. Like...all the new Spider-people.

>>149144600 (OP)
I mean I think most of us noticed this ten years ago, but congrats on catching up to the grift theyre running.