Entries Tagged as 'Marvel'

Marvel releases Q2 financials: profits are down

August 7th, 2007 · No Comments

Marvel released it’s Q2 financial reports today and saw profits and losses.  Publishing’s profits increased 31%:
Marvel’s Publishing Segment net sales increased $7.8 million or 31% to $32.9 million in Q2 2007 principally due to continued strength in Civil War and the Dark Tower publications in the Direct and Mass Market channels.
No doubt spurred on by […]

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Tom Brevoort talks about comics everyone hates

August 7th, 2007 · No Comments

But he still loves:
There are times in this business when you hit the ball wrong. There are times when something misfires, or a creator disappears, or events larger than you conspire to screw up a project. And then, there are projects on which everything goes more-or-less right, but still fail to click with an audience. […]

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Stan Lee returns to tell the Last Fantastic Four Story

July 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Say what you will about Stan Lee (he was pushy, bossy, and a douche to his artists) but his Fantastic Four scripts are still readable, and enjoyable, today.  So it is pretty cool to see him return to his roots to write the Last Fantastic Four Story… which I thought was Fantastic Four: The End… […]

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The lamest Wikipedia edit wars: comics!

July 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

I stumbled upon this Wikipedia page and ended up spending all day reading talk pages.  I know comic fans are a bristly bunch that will argue canon, names, etc for hours upon hours.  Example: did Spider-Man kill Gwen Stacy if TPBs that came out after the original comic don’t show the infamous “snap”?  WELL?
So I […]

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Why Captain America lost

June 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Captain America lost Civil War for a lot of reasons.  The biggest being he is too nice.  I think this Deadpool comic sums that up nicely:

Don’t you?

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