Tag: Marvel

The AVENGERS VS X-MEN crossover continues to dominate most of Marvel's major titles in August, but this month also has the launch of two new titles - GAMBIT and HAWKEYE - plus the official 50th anniversary issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, and the start of Neal Adams' FIRST X-MEN mini. DC had a slightly greater share of the North American direct market this month. But it was close, leading Marvel by 36% to 35% in terms of units, and 33% to 32% in dollars.

Marvel is upping its PR game a bit: for the latest Marvel NOW! announcement, Marvel CCO Joe Quesada will go on Tuesday's Jimmy Kimmel show. “First Jimmy Kimmel rocked the Emmys in front of...

Former Marvel assistant editor Scott Edelman riffles through the memory bag for this 1976 plane jumping exploit with then Marvel E-i-C Jim Shooter. What's really amazing about this photo is that I didn't know they...

As a prelude to Kieron Gillen's actual recounting of the consequences from Marvel's Avengers Vs X-Men event, let's take a quick look at some of the dangling stories/ideas/moments which may or may not be...

By Todd Allen Now naturally, Marvel's real sales expectations for their Marvel NOW! relaunch are "as many copies as we can sell."  That said, Marvel has issued some ordering guidelines in the form of minimums...

By Todd Allen Mark Millar continues his migration to the world of film.  Millar is now a "creative consultant" to 20th Century Fox.  As you may recall, Fox still has the rights the X-Men, Fantastic...

Somehow we missed the news that marvel is releasing a one shot called A-BABIES VS. X-BABIES #1 which is coming out next month. with a script by Skottie Young and art by Gurihiru. ...

While he was out junketing for HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, animation genius Genndy Tartakovsky was asked about his Luke Cage mini series for Marvel that was announced in 2007. While you would have guessed that it was just a cool idea that never got very far, Tartakovsky drops the bomb:

Not mentioned in the launch interview, Marvel.com have established the initial hook for Sam Humphries and Ron Garney's relaunch of X-Force: the return of Bishop. Last seen hurled into the future and abandoned by Cable,...

[You can't run a comics company without making some waves, and the name Bill Jemas still conjures up strong reactions from many who were around when he ran Marvel from 2000-2004. Jemas, along with Joe Quesada, oversaw a period of revolution and rebirth for Marvel as they started the Ultimates line and made many other business changes. Controversial at the time, Ultimization and other bold moves definitely put Marvel back in the game and provided a blueprint for future company-wide changes—as well as making Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Millar and J. Michael Straczynski household names in households where comics are read.

Comic Book Death. Inexorable and irreversible. Okay, maybe not, but good for a story in the Daily News, anyway. We've even changed the URL to avoid the spoilers, but according to the story in today's AVENGERS vs. X-MEN #11, a beloved character dies at the hands of another beloved character an event that left its mark on the Marvel staff:

Each year, Marvel SVP of Publishing Tom Brevoort gives a lecture on editing to younger Marvel staffers. At this year's Baltimore Comic-Con, he presented the two-hour talk for the audience, as recounted by Alex Zalben. Although there's definitely some "Marvel Way" in the talk, most of it was the kind of common sense that everyone needs drilled into them. However, it's also a pretty interesting glimpse into the day-to-day thinking behind Marvel's editorial decision making. The whole thing is worth a read, but a few selected excerpts to give the flava: