Marvel's Civil War II in 2016: "Does anybody have a better idea?"

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Wrong thread, this one's for the comic book crossover.

Tuomas, Saturday, 9 April 2016 14:33 (eight years ago) link

Rats!

My Whole Existence Is Flan (Old Lunch), Saturday, 9 April 2016 14:36 (eight years ago) link

three months pass...

Infamous Iron Man with Dr Doom in an Iron Man suit seems kind of dumb but could have potential if it was really weird

but it's going to be written by Bendis :(

mh, Monday, 18 July 2016 21:47 (seven years ago) link

So it's basically the same idea as Superior Spider-Man?

Tuomas, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 07:41 (seven years ago) link

No, this one is infamous and Iron Man, while the other was superior and Spider-Man.

mh, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 13:50 (seven years ago) link

Also it presumably won't involve Dr. Doom inside Iron Man's body. Unless it does and then I imagine it will have to be a MAX title.

Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 July 2016 13:52 (seven years ago) link

Wait, so Doctor Doom got married to Pepper Potts?

Horizontal Superman is invulnerable (aldo), Tuesday, 19 July 2016 13:57 (seven years ago) link

Don't be silly, Pepper Potts isn't going to get married again in this lifetime. Any romantic interest for her has to be unattainable or dead.

mh, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 14:21 (seven years ago) link

I was riffing on Otto Octavius getting married to and having rampant (well, as rampant as pensioners get) sex with Aunt May, which Peter experienced and totally lived through when they did the mind swap/meld thing.

suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Tuesday, 19 July 2016 21:03 (seven years ago) link

Marvel sold more than 381,000 copies of Civil War II #1 to retailers in June, well ahead of Civil War #1 back in May 2006, which sold more than 260,000 copies in its first month. Granted, the scope of that hit was a surprise back then — the third issue outsold the first — and Marvel's summer event last year, Secret Wars, launched with 527,000 copies. On the other hand, that issue last year was a dollar cheaper. At $5.99, Civil War II #1 brought in more than $2.28 million at full retail, more than double what the second place title made.

get emotionally ready for "Civil War IX: It's Not Civil Anymore"

thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Tuesday, 19 July 2016 21:08 (seven years ago) link

Wait what, single issues can cost $5.99 now? Why does anyone buy those anymore, instead of just opting for the trade? (Or the digital option.)

Tuomas, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 07:28 (seven years ago) link

Because some of us are stupid idiots, okay, Tuomas? I can't help who I am, but I at least hope that my existence can serve as a warning to others.

Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 11:09 (seven years ago) link

I don't buy floppies any more, but I do miss that weekly comic shop visit to pick up the new books, and I guess there are still some readers who can't let go of that experience.

Foster Twelvetrees (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 11:16 (seven years ago) link

I buy them monthly (well, when WicDiv comes out) - it's nice to do so but always eye-widening at the till (I'll have also picked up trades, because I'm like that).

Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 11:19 (seven years ago) link

Eye-widening, wallet shrinking

Foster Twelvetrees (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 11:21 (seven years ago) link


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