For those who haven’t heard MARVEL is doing something called LEGACY this fall which will supposedly fix all that they have broken with previous five reboots over the last five years. And before we go on to my point I want to say I am excited, that this seems to be a chance for Marvel to be getting back to the core of their characters and a fantastic opportunity to tell stories that the fans want are demanding to be written. Now I what your thinking was the title of this thread click bait?
NO, it wasn’t click bait. I honestly HOPE this reboot will do great things for great things for Marvel’s Comic Books. I am a lifelong fan of Marvel Comics Books and being a lifelong FAN means I voice my opinion when it comes to the Creations I love. And OH BOY do I have an opinion on REBOOTS! My Opinion is MARVEL no longer cares about telling stories because apparently, they have learned that once a year they can have an event come along and erase all their mistakes and keep what they liked. They have begun to treat their comics as menu items that can be combined with the ones they like and discontinue the ones they don’t like once a year and then add new conent to fill the menu.
Now I know that doesn’t sound so Bad right? It actually sounds like a solid business plan right? WRONG! For those who spend 2.99 plus every month reading these stories and investing themselves throughout a year of story telling to have it simply washed away out of nowhere is bullshit! You are cheating fans out of their money and more importantly their time. Your product needs to be finished and ready when you publish and than sell it to fans. Did the people running Marvel not learn no backses as kids. The way the media covering Marvel knows fall is coming and so is your reboot should clue you into why your sales sucks. Story telling cannot live by a business model. Maybe you can reboot a movie but a comic book you inherited from other creators needs to be treated as a living thing. Story telling needs to be committed to and is meant to be passionate and intice the reader not something you do with your fingers crossed. If you are so willing to reboot than writers get sloopy they dont bother giving their best to you and they might now even realize it.
Marvel you are treating comics like they are written in pencil and are easily erased but really what you’re doing is erasing is your fan base. You need to make a 5 year pedge to fans. That now matter what we promise no huge event will reshape the Marvel universe for at least 5 years. No huge summer crossover to earse nonsense you threw at the fans and hoped would stick. You need to stop planning for sales and start planning to make fans entertained and feel their money is well spent. YOU NEED TO STOP FUCKING REBOOTING YOUR WORLDS. How can nyone take you serious if your unwilling to live up to your own written Words?