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Marvel Month-to-Month Sales Oct. 2017: “To Sell Or Not To Sell To Customers”
Xavier’s on fire this month, so just read it.
Marvel cancels offer to sell freely orderable Legacy lenticular covers
In its January 4th mailing to retailers Marvel made a startling offer: retailers who had already ordered a first or second printing of the second issue of a Legacy launch could freely order a lenticular variant cover. This was very…interesting because some of these covers were highly incentivized variants which required you to order dozens of […]
Tilting at Windmills #266: An Open Letter to C.B. Cebulski & Marvel Comics
By Brian Hibbs Dear C.B., I want to congratulate you on your new position as Editor-in-Chief at Marvel comics; from what I know about you I think you’ll probably fit the job pretty well. There’s been a lot of chatter about Marvel’s content, and I’d like to talk a bit more about it from […]
Marvel Legacy lenticular covers fail to change comic book industry, or even their own images
This probably wasn’t what Marvel meant by “two-in-one”
SHOCKER! Phoenix is coming back in Legacy!
Okay, kidding about the shock part since this spoiler had been floating around for a while. Jean Grey died for the final time most recently 10 years ago in Grant Morrison’s New X-Men run. She also famously died in the original Claremont/Byrne X-Men. But it’s time for renewal and Legacy so Grey is back with […]
Marvel releases new Legacy trailer
Marvel has a new trailer for Legacy which comes out on September 27 and will change EVERYTHING…back to the way it was. Marvel Legacy will take over Marvel comics from October into January, and possibly beyond! It all starts in Marvel Legacy #1, which heralds the return of the greatest heroes of the Marvel […]
Tilting at Windmills #262: Why Marvel’s Lenticular Numbers Don’t Add Up For My Stores
By Brian Hibbs As I write this, it’s the deadline to order the October “Legacy” re-positioning from Marvel, with the lenticular covers. Marvel has been explicit that if we don’t order the lenticulars by the initial order deadline of 8/24, then we should expect to get allocated on any orders we might place. One of […]
Big Bang Comics Drops Marvel Lenticular Orders – and 70 Other Stores May Follow
Tweeting out a statement on Monday, Big Bang Comics of Dublin let its fans know that they Marvel Legacy event lenticular variants will not be available to customers at their store, citing the problems of Marvel’s requirements to order. Instead of having an open order on their lenticular variants, like DC, Marvel is putting them […]
All of Marvel’s Legacy Titles for November Including, oh, Lots of Stuff
Yep it’s time for Marvel’s sales listing for November, including a ton of Legacy stuff. Let’s catch up shall we. Highlights include the return of Not Brand Echh with such famed humor writers as….well, best leave it there. Because of the Legacy numbering it’s hard to tell who’s new and who isn’t but Matt […]