Marvel E-I-C Axel Alonso Talks More About The Relationship Between The Comics And Movies

Biggest bullshit I've ever heard in my life.

Just look at iron man's armor for [frick]'s sake!

Josh, when are you going to get over this constant and annoying repetition of 'hit the jump' and 'make the jump' to lead readers into your story? It's lazy, it's hackneyed and it's wearing thin.

i couldn't give a f*ck what they do,its up to them they own the characters.if you don't like what they do don't read their comics,its that simple.

with all the bad shit marvel think up they release some quality comics as well that can rival anything dc comics put out.

thor god of thunder
journey into mystery
indestructible hulk
new avengers
avengers
all new x-men
uncanny x-men
x-men legacy
uncanny x-force
daredevil
hawkeye
venom
scarlet spider
winter soldier
captain marvel
fantastic four

@CaptainAustralia

"Josh, when are you going to get over this constant and annoying repetition of 'hit the jump' and 'make the jump' to lead readers into your story? It's lazy, it's hackneyed and it's wearing thin. "


Dude... I think you care a little too much about something that's pretty irrelevant.

marvel does hype and marketing well. that's how they make that money, son!!

Avengers assemble? Everyone's costumes? Infinity crossover? Thanos in general? Would anyone have been royaly ticked if he had said yes? We emphasize certain things here to keep our cash cow relevant and therefore strike while the iron is hot and keep the readers wanting to see what is on film... And why not capitalize in the pages too? Duh. I get it. I enjoy it. I like that one effects the other. We all for more of that with the shield series. Don't lie. We are not stupid and you now look a bit arrogant,sir.

was it too much for him to tell the truth and say; "yeah, we make our comics like our movie universe because the movie universe was successful and we also use our comics to hype up the movies?" man up, sir

i personally believe the change in thor's look to the armor in the comics was because they knew they were going to use him in a movie and his classic look would look silly and the general audience might think it cheesy

Marvel72: That's because Superior No.1 was a first issue and was coming off the hype that Amazing 700 generated. It having massive sales was to be expected. We'll see how it's sales really play out in the coming months.

Also to add to the list, Thanos getting his mini series and event later this year, along with Guardians of the Galaxy suddenly getting put on the same pedestal as the rest of their heroes. And the numerous relaunches of titles when a character gets their own movie...

Anyone remember how Blade suddenly became half-vampire after the popularity of the films when before he had been merely immune to their powers?

@ Alex909

fair point on superior spider-man,as for thanos getting his own limited series & event this summer,with guardians of the galaxy getting a new series as well.

the last time the guardians of the galaxy had a series was in 2008-2010,marvel since then has announced a movie is coming in 2014.

so between 2010 & now marvel may of gained new readers that know nothing of thanos & the guardians of the galaxy,so if these launches make marvel money,introduce new readers to characters they may know nothing about as well as get people interested in an upcoming movie.

its all good it helps the comic industry & we get to see more comic book movies made of the characters we love,so be it.

Notice there's not alot of Ghost Rider in the Marvel Now? Sony's doing a fine job screwing him up all on their own.

I just might hate you Marvel... and even more sadly, I'm starting to hate The Avengers (2012) because of what its done to comics, as opposed to the flipside (how it should be). I cannot express my sorrow and disdain enough for these capitalist movements.

You all lost your right to complain, when you knew EXACTLY what ASM#700 was gonna be about, and still bought it.


And yeah, this guy's a bullshitter. But what else do you expect him to say when the lead in sentence is:
"what if the big screen version of Doctor Strange is portrayed as "a teenager with heavy eyeliner and a lot of tattoos, and it makes money"

You're predetermining the answer when you put things like that.

it's almost like a bastardization of comics

LEVITIKUZ You make a very good point. Marvel doesn't own the movie rights to either of these popular characters. By taking them out of the picture they effectively control how the younger/newer moviegoers will feel about them. I would not underestimate how this could affect these characters popularity. Let's face it, if they don't reach certain profit expectations they could end up back in marvels stables that much quicker. Makes you wonder, could this be a conspiracy?

Nah, it influences them a LOT. Although with some of the Marvel things at least the movies are going closer to the comics instead of the other way around. Hope they continue that.

What Yoss said.

it took the movies to make the avengers widely popular, so make the avengers in the comics like the movies? how 'bout they just have their normal marvel u, an ultimate u, and a comic u based on the movie u? keep the comics true to the comics :)

Yoss, Harley was introduce in the DC universe something like six years after her cartoon debut. The show wasn't even on anymore. That was more popular demand than anything else. Every five years a DC Movie? Ummm ok
2005-batman Begins, Constantine, v for vendetta
2006- superman Returns
2007-stardust
2008- dark knight
2009-Jonah hex
2010-Watchmen
2011-Green Lantern
2012- the Dark knight Rises

9 movies since 2005, marvel studios has release only 6 in that time

Alonso said this with a gun to his head.

Lord Loki has spoken

@arashini

beat me to it.

...yes, but if the same thing were to be happening with dc comics instead of marvel, you kin bet yer sweet booty that there would be dozens of the usual jackals ready to tear into dc how they like to do so much. there would be much laughter and encouragement and way worse things going on. fans would also be insulted as well. you're surprised that fans are reacting a certain way to this? this is the kind of things fans do

if fans want their comics to stay true to the comics, it's their right if they want to think that

i would not be entirely down with this if it was marvel or dc or whoever. it just seems like a bastardization through capitalizing on current popularity. more of using comics as a tool

How are they gonna kill off Wolverine? Savage Wolverine is out now and he's got a new solo title coming out in, what, march or something? I've got it preordered...

"it just seems like a bastardization through capitalizing on current popularity. more of using comics as a tool"

...And? Trivial, irrelevant details. To get bent out of shape over this, in and of itself, is making a mountain out of a mole hill. Again, this is exactly like hating your favorite band or singer, who makes the same music, targets the same audience, and has the same signature sounds, but only because they became popular and made some friends. Big whoop.

Besides that, tell me, when have comics NOT been tools, when have they NOT taken huge influences from...I don't know...EVERYTHING? Look at Thor for crying out loud, his entire characterization, setting, and rogues gallery are a rip on the Norse myths of the same name. To this day I've never heard a Thor fan cry foul, but apparently, that's the popular thing to do these days.

As much as people like to harp on Marvel for jumping ona bandwagon, all of these bitter fans are themselves jumping on the "let's hate Marvel because of their success" bandwagon. Happens all over the place.


This is at the heart of my beef with fans and their incessant spazzing, in that some of you would rather throw a fit about the circumstances surrounding a creative decision rather than the actual impact said decision has on the characters and narratives themselves. Let's all say F U MARVEL because Coulson is in 616 now. Don't question whether it's a good decision, don't keep an open mind to the potential for future stories, and nevermind stopping to check if the character is, *gasp*, well written, let's bitch about him just because he came from the movies. And heaven forbid that Marvel took away Captain America's god awful swashbuckler boots because of the MCU. The sky is indeed falling.

As I said before, people like to act as if these comic books are ancient, sacred tomes of unparalleled creativity, when the truth is that these books have begged, borrowed, and blatantly stolen from every other creative medium under the sun since their inception. Like or dislike comics because of the content of the stories and characters, not because of superfluous bullcrap like the decisions made behind the scenes.