To all things an End.

[sherkahn]

3 months in, and my how the tables have turned.

With DCnU relaunch and the domination of most of their titles across the comic book distrubutors, the mighty House of Ideas is feeling the blows. Here is a list of the titles that will be cancelled and/or will never see the light of day after February 2012.

ComicBookResources has the article discussing the latest on the growing line of titles to fall.





Daken, Dark Wolverine will end.

From the article:
"In a just-published interview with Comic Book Resources, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso revealed Daken: Dark Wolverine will be coming to an end, following a wave of cancellations that includes X-23 and Ghost Rider.

Although he didn’t indicate when the series will conclude, February’s Issue 21 is billed as “Issue one of the story the series has been leading up to,” suggesting the beginning of the final arc...."

it continues....

"... The Daken: Dark Wolverine news follows word of the conclusions of PunisherMAX and Black Panther: The Most Dangerous Man Alive, and the cancellations of Ghost Rider, X-23, Alpha Flight, Victor Von Doom, Destroyers, Iron Man 2.0 and All-Winners Squad."

Daken is joining the ranks of these other titles,

Comments

[shadowpsykie]

wait destroy is canceled? it hasnt even started yet....

[shanejayell]

Add in x-23 too. *sigh* I really wonder what the HECK is going on behind the scenes at Marvel. Running scared? Planning a DCnU like relaunch? What?

[pyrotwilight]

Eh. I somewhat doubt the titles are being canned just because of DC's sale wins. But it does suck (wasn't reading any of them but X-23 did look like it was nice).

I do wonder if Marvel's going to be trying to overflood the market though and is cancelling the books so as to get the teams to work on a bunch of other stuff.

[stolisomancer]

Word on the street is that Marvel's current financial director is an incredible tightwad who's doing his best to maximize profits at the expense of everything else; the rumor is that he's gone so far as to only provide two bathrooms for the central Marvel office in order to save cash. That's what's currently being blamed for the Destroyers and Doom titles being preemptively axed.

It's apparently an irritating time to work at Marvel, but it has nothing to do with their current editorial department. It's entirely word from above.

[big_daddy_d]

They cancelled Ghost Rider? I was loving that book dammit! >_

[ian_karkull]

TRo be fair I was constantly wondering why Dark Wolverine was still coming out anyway.
It's a bit of a shame about the Doom mini though. All that lovely Becky Cloonan art that could have been.

[nomadicwriter]

The Victor Von Doom mini was apparently actually cancelled due to production problems, not sales/financial reasons like the others. (Although that itself may have had a lot to do with the original editor being let go very shortly before it was due to come out.)

But yeah, there seems to be a general impression floating around that the budget slashing has little to do with Marvel being under actual financial pressure and everything to do with this guy trying to squeeze it till it bleeds more profits.

[thanekos]

Preemptive termination always stings when you remember promotional material talking up the book's future.

Oh well, at least Panther's next status quo shift might be in good hands..

(I'm kind of hoping Alejandra stays Ghost Rider and we don't get hit with a "Spirit of Vengeance is out soon.. here's your Zarathos, Johnny! See ya later, warrior-lady.")

[curlyjo1]

Eh, Alpha Flight was only a limited series to begin with. They extended it, and now they've cancelled it.

At least the team's back.

[northstarfan]

And yet Defenders is still a go? We'll see how long that lasts.

[stolisomancer]

Also, Punisher MAX is coming to an end, according to Jason Aaron, because that's when his current storyline ends. It's likely to relaunch with a new creative team.

[cleome45]

Well, since reading this on the sister board last week, my considered opinion is that Marvel can go piss up a rope.

It didn't help that I read it just after getting home from buying groceries and realizing that I was too broke to even buy a single comic because, y'know, I blew all my money on stupid shit like food.

[greenmask]

NOOOOOOOOOOO

Aw, pissballs.

I can relocate the money for monthly Daken to the X-23 Trades Fund, I guess.

[rainspirit]

NOT ALPHA FLIGHT. :(

[schala_kid]

They cancelled so many interesting stuff, I am even pissed because I started buying All-Winner Squad and I was getting into the story and then BAM! it gets cancelled and now I don

Also one of the important characters along one other old Marvel character were gay and.... It was good! also it had Loki and Steve! Why Marvel?! I was buying it >:(

Also I never got Bucky vs Daken fight, please someone resolve this! They teased it and Fear Itself got in the way and Bucky's "death" and FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.

[likeaminx]

Daken, X-23, AND PunisherMAX?

I... I need a moment.

[arbre_rieur]

Was X-23 the only Marvel title starring a female character?