Uncanny X-men #544
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scans_dailyNewsarama has stunning news about the ramifications of Schism.
The tip of the iceberg. The end of the Uncanny X-men.
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The tip of the iceberg. The end of the Uncanny X-men.
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Date: 2011-06-09 05:36 pm (UTC)Anyway, Schism seems to be raising the stakes here, and with Aaron behind it, I'm eager to see how.
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Date: 2011-06-09 05:41 pm (UTC)I've never hoped so hard for a variant cover.
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Date: 2011-06-09 05:49 pm (UTC)According to editor Nick Lowe, she's staying dead, though.
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Date: 2011-06-09 05:55 pm (UTC)It's not as huge a deal with Uncanny X-Men, but with some books, when you say, "Check out issue #12," it's now a matter of, "which issue #12?" It seems to me like keeping a consecutive numbering makes past stories easier to reference, thus making it more likely that new readers will go back and read up on the history of these characters, thus getting them more invested in the comics and wanting to continue reading.
All this is filtered through the fact that I am not an industry professional and therefore might be off-base, but it really seems to me that, as with character deaths and resurrection, these instances of advertising a "Final Issue!" only to relaunch with an "Exciting new #1!" is chasing short-term sales in an industry that really needs more patience in pursuing new long-term readers.
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Date: 2011-06-09 06:49 pm (UTC)I'm a Hulk fan. The Hulk has three #1 issues, with a fourth one on the way whenever his book gets relaunched again. Of those #1s, only the original in 1962 serves as an introduction to the character. The second #1 starts a boring story that went nowhere, and the third #1 introduced the red Hulk and seemed to assume that the reader had first read World War Hulk. None of those #1s served as a good jumping on point, and none of them provided a long-term sales boost.
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Date: 2011-06-09 05:57 pm (UTC)Also, with Action Comics, Batman, Detective Comics, and Uncanny X-Men all getting rebooted, what is the longest-running comic left that hasn't been canceled or renumbered?
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Date: 2011-06-09 06:17 pm (UTC)Since Schism is about Cyclops and Wolverine having a falling out, I guess this means the X-Men will be split into at least two factions and there will be two new X-Men team books. Hopefully they have better names than Xtreme X-Men.
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Date: 2011-06-09 06:27 pm (UTC)One of the things I am looking forward to greatly is X-Force coming out in the open, and what happens even if it doesn't. It's clear that Logan and Scott are going to be the two leaders, but how does Logan expect people to follow him when he's leading a mutant kill-team behind everybody's backs. Even the people on that team don't like it very much. It will certainly alienate almost all of the older members.
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Date: 2011-06-09 07:01 pm (UTC)That just leaves Bobby and Hank, of the original members, to register opinions. I think Hank's a no, but even so, that's at least 50% in favour, of the original X-Men.
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Date: 2011-06-09 07:24 pm (UTC)But just by having this team, the people who rigth off the bat would say no: Iceman, Storm, Professor X, and Hank. Those people carry a lot of weight in the X Men, and thats just the tip of the iceberg. I honestly don't see how Wolverine comes out on top for Schism.
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Date: 2011-06-09 07:26 pm (UTC)How many times has she killed on-panel?
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Date: 2011-06-09 07:30 pm (UTC)Magneto found out about it too.
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Date: 2011-06-10 07:27 pm (UTC)So this? Not really mourning it. The X-Men have been over for me for over a decade anyway.
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Date: 2011-06-10 08:31 pm (UTC)Land ran out of porn to trace?
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Date: 2011-06-11 04:16 pm (UTC)Uncanny cancellation aside, here's hoping that Kieron Gillen and Namor will both be staying with the X-Men in some capacity. Awesome writer and severely underused character.