Marvel in big trouble?

[Andrew NDB Shot Caller Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew NDB]

Just heard from someone in-the-know that Marvel is in "big trouble" (of the money kind) and has just fired 15 editors without the intention of hiring any new ones... has anyone heard anything about this?

[SD80MAC Not a True Fan Find all posts View Profile Close SD80MAC]

That happened last week, didn't it?

[Agent Purple The Illustrated Man Find all posts View Profile Close Agent Purple]

There's a post in the Marvel News thread, I believe, about them laying people off.

[Spectremjm Corps Honor Guard Find all posts View Profile Close Spectremjm]

My Local LCS emailed me earlier about one particular book whose editor was laid off and the mini-series itself wasn't even going to be finished.

[Tazer That Evil, Yellow Bastiche Find all posts View Profile Close Tazer]

Yo.

which book was that?




Tazer

[Marvelous Iggy God Of Turtles Find all posts View Profile Close Marvelous Iggy]

Just heard from someone in-the-know that Marvel is in "big trouble" (of the money kind) and has just fired 15 editors without the intention of hiring any new ones... has anyone heard anything about this?

Everyone in this economy is in trouble.

[Ωmega Man Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Ωmega Man]

Marvel is always in trouble, they'll get a universe wide reboot within a year or so. Just you wait and see...

And for the record, any company that publishes TWICE as many books a month than it's biggest competitor [DC] is bound to get into trouble sooner or later. At $3.99 a piece for comics, it's no wonder people stopped buying all the watered down crap and spin-offs they were pumping out. You can't have 6 Deadpool books, 10 Avengers titles, 6 Spidey books, and a dozen X-titles on top of everything else and expect anybody to keep up with that many titles or even a corner of the universe. It was only a matter of time before money became a problem for them again....

~KL~

[myuserid Lantern Hex Find all posts View Profile Close myuserid]

I doubt Marvel will do a universe wide reboot.

I may be wrong, but I doubt it.

[Marvelous Iggy God Of Turtles Find all posts View Profile Close Marvelous Iggy]

Marvel is always in trouble, they'll get a universe wide reboot within a year or so. Just you wait and see...

~KL~

Statements like this make me hate, fans who only read Marvel or DC and not both.

It's a tough economy, that's why people were fired.


and it wouldn't be the first time they did a reboot.

[IonFan Forum Member Find all posts View Profile Close IonFan]

they put another movie out and things will turn around (i hope)

[Marvelous Iggy God Of Turtles Find all posts View Profile Close Marvelous Iggy]

Marvel is always in trouble, they'll get a universe wide reboot within a year or so. Just you wait and see...

And for the record, any company that publishes TWICE as many books a month than it's biggest competitor [DC] is bound to get into trouble sooner or later. At $3.99 a piece for comics, it's no wonder people stopped buying all the watered down crap and spin-offs they were pumping out. You can't have 6 Deadpool books, 10 Avengers titles, 6 Spidey books, and a dozen X-titles on top of everything else and expect anybody to keep up with that many titles or even a corner of the universe. It was only a matter of time before money became a problem for them again....

~KL~

Ignorance thy name is Kid Lantern.

[Ωmega Man Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Ωmega Man]

If it's the only option to save the entire company, it will happen. Because all these new #1's coming out every other month tying convoluted stories together just isn't doing it for them.

~KL~

[Ωmega Man Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Ωmega Man]

Ignorance thy name is Kid Lantern.

If they're in the kind of trouble they're known for getting into, it's ignorant to think they won't follow in DC's footsteps. They always have.

And I do read both, however I cut the majority of my Marvel titles for one reason or another. They ARE drawing me back in with a Scarlet Spider book though, even if it's Kaine under the mask.

And I'm finding more and more stuff by Dynamite to be collecting. The new Bionic Man is badass and I've been following Green Hornet since Smith's #1.

~KL~

[myuserid Lantern Hex Find all posts View Profile Close myuserid]

And in a year when the shine fades from this silly new 52 event, DC will go back to where they were before Flashpoint.

[Marvelous Iggy God Of Turtles Find all posts View Profile Close Marvelous Iggy]

If it's the only option to save the entire company, it will happen. Because all these new #1's coming out every other month tying convoluted stories together just isn't doing it for them.

~KL~

Outside of firing a few people, I want cold hard fucking facts that in fact Marvel in trouble financially, people still (including me) still buy the books that are 3.99.

So please, give me actual data that Marvel is indeed in trouble like they were in 1998. If not, then please stfu about "being in trouble"


Remember when DC fired a lot of the editors from Wildstorm? Was DC "in trouble" because of it?