I’m sure they’ll find more work soon, but it’s a shame that a book like this can’t rack up a good two-to-ten year run in the current comics market. I don’t think it’s surprising that middle-of-the-road work by relatively unknown creators on one-of-dozens of books featuring the same property didn’t sell well. Two of the mightiest superheroes on Earth, their fights often lead to the destruction of entire towns and cities. I’m a Marvel bottom feeder. She cohosts Publishers Weekly’s graphic novel podcast More to Come. Odin intervenes and gifts Thor with armor imbued with the power of the Odinforce entrusted to the Kings of Asgard. For the record, I don’t make those decisions. Unable to watch his son be killed, Odin intervenes and does the impossible by killing the Goddess of Death. They’re not aimed at the mainstream. Now, if that square footage can generate greater profits selling something else, the store will probably replace that spinner rack. Those pieces splintered off and possessed five X-Men: Cyclops, Colossus, Emma Frost, Namor and Magick. Comic book shops are the next to last place I would ever look for a kid’s comic. In “Infinity Revelation,” Adam Warlock is sent to various points in history, some of which are his own. poor kitten. I nominate Thor the Mighty Avenger as a lead title for a new all-digital initiative that puts good comics on the web/iApp for people to buy. You have to get them where kids and people that buy things for kids can buy them.”, I handed out comic books (all age books, Archie Digests) along with candy at Halloween this year. It’s all messed up right now because every publisher pretty much has to serialize the graphic novel before collecting it as a trade before they can get it out of the Direct Sales Market into B&N or Borders or Amazon. (http://www.theblabbingbaboon.com/?m=20101101) Nearly EVERY kid who got one asked me the same thing (and a few of their parents as well) “Wow! Or, alternately, Marvel unknowingly killed it by having so many Thor comics all out at once that no one but the most dedicated could remember (or figure out) which one was which. It would be fantastic. Oprah, Rachel Ray, Martha Stewart, People, Us and even Archie… they chose the world. Email. Even though they clownishly half-ass it whenever they try to gain new readers, Marvel does try it occasionally. I heard no positive or negative word of mouth about it. What can I say? He played the pet store clerk in the 2011 blockbuster movie "Thor." The first arc of the reimagining shows how the team, made up of Thor, Captain America, Giant Man, the Wasp, Iron Man, and the Hulk come together as they face off against an alien invasion. Funny enough, I didn’t even know it was an ongoing title until it was canceled. Well, yeah. Not to the consumer, which is what Heidi and I were both talking about. Given the title, I thought this was going to be about getting to the bottom of Quesada saying that the cancelling wasn’t his call. He was said to burst forth from his great hall in his chariot, drawn by two male goats – Tanngnjóstr (Tooth Gnasher) and Tanngrísnir (Snarl Tooth) – who could be killed and eaten by the god and then brought b… (That’s why you see so much soda and beer advertising when you enter a deli or bar.). No? #200, it’s explained that killing Ares on the field of battle tired the Sentry to the point where he could be hurt. I’m mean, it’s not rocket surgery. The flood of “important event” comics certainly had an impact on TMA’s sales, but I think the primary culprit was Marvel’s glut of Thor titles. In response to Shannon’s comment re: comics in Wal-Mart, around 2004 / 2005 Marvel did have a line of oversized comics specifically produced for Target (I believe the content was repurposed from Ultimate Spider-Man and similar. When the Roman calander was adopted by the Anglo Saxans they named the fifth day of the week "Thursday" after Thor. This is basically the comics I grew up with. While everyone is concerned about Ultimate Spidey dying and Superman dying and Batman died but now he’s incorporated, and who will die next, here is a very real, very tragic death amongst us: Thor: The Mighty Avenger has been cancelled: Created by Roger Langridge and Chris Samnee, the critically acclaimed all-ages series was announced during April’s Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo as a timeless, accessible take on the classic character. And I’ll take issue with Synsidar that there aren’t “multiple levels” to the writing. In a highly controversial fight among fans, the Red Hulk easily defeats Thor, taking the thunder god’s best shots and laughing. In Rick Remender’s “Uncanny Avengers,” the Red Skull has stolen Charles Xavier’s brain and put it in his own head. RELATED: When Thor Fought Thanos, Who Actually Won? Not in this universe, though. You have to get them where kids and people that buy things for kids can buy them. Insanely powerful and downright dangerous on account of his unhinged mental state, the Sentry is often said to wield the power of a million exploding suns. Thing is, when kids want something, they find a way to get it. After a while, it seemed like Walt Simonson’s storyline was running out of steam and I stopped buying it. Acclaimed though the series was, I’ve never felt an obligation to buy something because of critical acclaim. We have TV shows. From there, while Thor holds his own, he’s eventually left beaten, and with little strength left, calls his hammer back to him. How many ringtones are sold each year? The Red Hulk maintained a keen intellect, allowing him to strategize and make optimal use of his combat training from his human counterpart. Do they give it an extra marketing push and promote it twice as much? And the snake continues to swallow its tail and the same arguments happen over and over again. He’s immortal, impervious to most earthly weapons and has trained for millennia in combat. As the battle ends, Angela appears and is quick to defeat Thor in hand-to-hand combat, knocking him out and leaving him chained up. I want more “Fred the Clown,” but I also want Mr. Landridge to earn that huge Marvel paycheck. I’d be at the comic store and go “Oh hey, one of the Thor comics is supposed to be good. Now… does anyone have the Publishers Statement of Ownership for this title? Now it’s canceled again? I agree with Shannon, and have held the same opinion for some time, that this industry needs to replace those missing racks someway and somehow. Major bummer. We have the full and terrible power of Disney. Reed Richards a.k.a. Later in “The Mighty Thor” #338, Odin pits Thor and Beta Ray Bill against one another to determine who should wield the hammer. Now with the strength of the Hulk and Spider-Man, Thor does his best, but can barely hold his own. About midway through the fight, the Hulk realizes the edge Mjonir gives Thor and tricks the God of Thunder into throwing his hammer away. I don’t get it. The real Thor was a bit dead at the time, and when he returned and found out about Ragnarok's crimes, he was not at all happy. Maybe not in your neighborhood they don’t but there’s 3 supermarkets in mine that do and one local drug store. The current comics readership is too small to support the market. Thor was killed two days before her 16th birthday. He battled the serpent Jörmungandr during Ragnarok. The god of thunder immediately goes on the warpath, taking down Wolverine in an instant and then moving on to face Havok, the brother of Cyclops, and the Scarlet Witch. In the second arc, the team, with newcomers Hawkeye, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch now a part the team, must contend with Thor’s half-brother Loki. I saw Roger Landridge’s name on the cover and said “Ooo. Nobody believed in the show except Dish Network. They always want to monetize the comic book first. How many millions of comics will be sold then? Ghost Rider, otherwise known as the Spirit of Vengeance, is a being of frightening might. And now fans are suggesting that a character who was killed by Thanos in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War could make a reappearance here. We have several sizes to fit every budget. Battered into insensibility. I’ve bought them for my daughter. Thor and Beta Ray Bill would go on to become blood brothers. I read the issue pretty quickly, decided that it was aimed primarily at kids — and that was that. Harry Potter, Naruto etc. Frigga later gave birth to her and Odin's son Thor who would eventually become the God of Thunder. Heimdall: Thanos and his children murder Thor’s best friend Heimdall (Idris Elba) when they invade Thor’s ship. Sometimes you have to publish books a little longer to get the right traction. As this sounds like the type of thing that would do great in trades in bookstores after the Thor movie came out. I didn’t buy this series. “Except spinner racks don’t have a $50-$500 entry fee”, They do to most stores. Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up: MOURNING FRANKIE, MIXED and 3 more projects we... Jeremy Adams & Brandon Peterson to take on THE FLASH following... Review: ANYTHING FOR JACKSON is as close to hell as you’ll... INTERVIEW: Jack Thorne on writing Season Two of HIS DARK MATERIALS,... Everybody is kung-fu fighting in new stills from BATMAN: SOUL OF THE DRAGON animated film. Ghost Rider departs the field of battle, leaving Thor with the wind knocked out of him. But you have to get them where I can buy them. Then, in 2010’s "Hulk: Let the Battle Begin,” the Hulk defeats Thor by taking hold of Thor’s hammer arm and beats the thunder god in the face repeatedly with his own hammer. One of the most eye-opening revelations at the [email protected] digital conference was most all of the distributors — graphic.ly, iVerse, etc — find their books skew younger than print sales. Make a deal with Scholastic and feature it in the book club. Also, Roger Langridge has been a consistently good storyteller since his “Knnuckles the Maelvolent Nun” days. The Thor that killed Goliath was a clone of the original Thor. In 1966’s Thor #190, Thor faces certain death at the hands of Hela. Hell, I cannot even tell you where to go to find a non-DM shop with comics within 20 blocks of my office here in Soho. Execs want to sell the comics straight to the mainstream, BUT they haven’t read them. One of the mightiest being in the Marvel Universe, at least when the writing and situation deems it so, Adam Warlock is crazy powerful, even when he's not rocking an infinity gem or in his role as the new Living Tribunal. I have never heard of Roger Langridge. New stories, new format, possible trade collection. Since the sales are at the bottom of the charts, release the digital copy the same day as the paper copy. I can’t wait to buy the trade though, it looks like fun. Where can I find (buy) these at.”. Granted, they don’t sell 20 different Batman comics but there are a few. Still, the Odinson refused to surrender, and while Hercules acknowledged his rival’s bravery, claimed victory. I HATE that gif. It’s bases in part on sales, part on returns and in part on which magazine sales reps bust their humps to get the rack space. I know spinner racks aren’t the solution; they’re a naive callback to a model that hasn’t worked in two decades, and more importantly, publishers are no longer publishing for the spinner rack, in the ways you indicated. The problem lies clearly in the format and particularly in marketing, or lack of it. I really liked Chris Samnee’s art on this book. It’s great to make kids comics. I want them. (Heck, “license” it to Disney Publishing, and let them market the book like they’re marketing the Tron prequel!). It’s perfectly normal to have no fewer than 5 or 6 “events” launching the same month, all promising NEW DIRECTIONS, BOLD STORYTELLING, taking you PLACES YOU’D NEVER BEEN, showing THINGS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN!!!! (errrrr…jk) I’ll look out for their future work for sure. The heroes square off, with some of Ghost Rider’s attacks proving ineffective. The original Thor died. From July 2009 to February 2010, the iTunes store sold two billion songs. It wasn’t Samnee’s art, it was the fact that he wasn’t drawing Thor at all. With four, five, or more distinct Thor titles, all with different takes and settings, all diluting the renewed interest in Thor, it’s no wonder that gems like TMA have such lousy sales. Except spinner racks don’t have a $50-$500 entry fee or incomplete, hodge-podge release schedules and pricing, do they? That bookshelf costs money, and you can fill it with free content, or buy titles. The book’s editor, Nate Cosby, weighs in on the state of selling comics: This is the way it’s been; this is why the mainstream has been flooded by “important events” and why the events have become less memorable. (Marvel also linked the series to the Marvel Adventures titles, so it showed up on the “next issue” page of those comics.). An editor at Disney and DC Comics, she edited such titles as The Lion King, Scooby Doo, Swamp Thing, and Y: The Last Man. The drug store magazine rack. Back in 2012, Marvel’s event “Avengers vs. X-Men” featured the Phoenix, one of the mightiest cosmic forces in the universe, heading to Earth. 07/10 Mighty Avenger #2 – 14,315 (-28.7%) Every issue on the stands had the same price, unless it was an anniversary issue. That’s where we’ve gotten, folks. That means it has to survive the DSM first and to stand a chance, has to try and appeal to that market first. Thanos also advised the God of Thunder to have gone for his head. What follows features the totality of the Ultimates, along with a bunch of European heroes like Captain Britain and his forces, against the might of Thor. ... Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Captain America, Jeremy Renner as … The two beings are nearly matched, with Thor’s hammer giving him the ability to go toe-to-toe against the somewhat stronger Superman. All-Father Thor's life closely parallels and is tied to that of the Thor of Earth-616, who he refers to as being his past self; to the extent that if the Earth-616 Thor were to die he would cease to exist. Your best blog post this year, especially your answer to that rhetorical question those of us who fell in love with TTMA asked after hearing the news. It’s utterly expected. I’m clean! Cell phones, tablets, computers, televisions… they all have the same cost. I knew Roger Langridge from his excellent work on The Muppet Show comic, so when I saw it on the shelf, I picked it up. Hie’s a Kiwi, but don’t hold that against him. As many people here have already stated, push the good books like you believe in them. That new Lightning Thief graphic novel was on the best sellers list. I’d be down for that. Reading The Beat’s and Torsten’s comments… yeah, a same day digital version would be pimp. Enlisting the help of the Avengers, Reed Richards pursues the symbiote-controlled Spider-Man. Poor marketing. Don’t point the finger at me, copper! The problem is Marvel thought by putting this book out new readers would find it even if they didn’t bother to put the book where any of those new readers are. If you haven’t ordered it, order it! Which one was that again?”. Bummer. My point is that as publishers of periodicals, Marvel and DC have been having their asses handed to them by sales reps that have done the work to get their magazines on the stands. We have proven largely unwilling to support anything too outside an ever aging target demographic. Despite her attention to protocol, she was a loving and tender mother to both her sons. Later, they have a rematch, with Thor explaining that while it’s true Angela beat him, she was only able to because he was exhausted from fighting and didn’t have his heart in the battle. The Sentry, who quickly adopts his personality of the Void, easily lays waste to all the heroes who have assembled, including Thor. The comics readership didn’t kill this book, the Marvel PTB drowned it via oversaturation. Allegedly, Marvel (and DC etc.) From that day onward, and for years to come, Wonder Man would constantly brag about the time he beat Thor, ridiculously proud of the achievement. Nor should they be, if you have any interest in reaching a wide audience. With this armor, Thor is more than a match for the Mad Titan, and by … Decent sales by the standards of Marvel’s all-ages books. There’s plenty more kids looking for comics but this industry can’t find them. It’s great to make kids comics. The thunder god falls quickly, leaving the Void to continue his rampage around the Earth, killing every hero and villain he comes across. With that many Thor books on the market simultaneously, the series (other than the the ‘main’ ongoing) that survive will do so on the basis on random happenstance as opposed to merit. Thor takes on the god one-on-one, wins, and once again dies as a result. I think the cancellation of Thor: TMA has much less to do with event-based marketing or an inability to recognize quality on the part of the readership as it does with the glut of Thor titles currently being released by Marvel. Supermarkets and drug stores don’t carry the kids latest video games either. But they sell to the direct market fanboys and direct market fanboys are pretty limited in taste. Make it accessible. That is, until Thor throws his hammer. ), XBox or whatever other gaming system they use. This guy murdered Thor's mother "killed" Loki broke Asgard's defenses and almost kicked Thor's ass into a coma and he's not even the main villain A glut of books enough to choke a whale (remember when Perelman forced Marvel to crank out that s##t just before he floated the company? It’s a battle for the ages as both heroes give it everything they got, with Thor launching storms and magic lightning and Superman going all out with his heat vision. • If they could find them 2) Even if those things are a given, they are a long way from cheap or free. I can almost always get behind hitting British people. Having defeated everyone from the Hulk to huge cosmic beings, it should come as no surprise that he’s also beaten Thor. What’s interesting is, from my point of view, that this title got a lot of buzz online from several comic book reviewers, and let it didn’t encourage more people to buy it. If you live in Allegany county you have to travel over to the next county, Cattaraugus, in order to find a comic book, and then only in a DM shop (Grand Slam Cards and comics – I love the place but its dank, certainly no Rocketship). At least until I ran out of books. Harsh! Despite giving it his all and being aided buy other heroes, having Thor defeated so utterly speaks volumes to the power of the Phoenix, despite being divided in five different hosts. Long story short, Loki tricks the two heroes into doing battle. Maybe they could even have their own merchandise stand. As hard as this is to accept, there isn’t anything currently published that’s drawing them into the few shops that do have them available. Thor protests, telling Odin that killing Hela will have disastrous consequences for humanity. The two have clashed multiple times; sometimes in friendly sport, while other instances have been more serious. Then the unthinkable happens, Beta Ray Bill picks up the hammer. People who order – stores and customers – Marvel product are fed up with the volume of material Marvel dumps on the direct market each month. How was it that “Spider-Girl” limped along for most of the past decade, yet TMA gets yanked off stage after less than a year of publication? At one point there seemed to be a Spider-Man series and an X-Men series but the keep starting the numbering over every few months. The failed attempt stayed with Thor for … Maybe it could spin around like those little picture book display racks they have at Wal-Mart and grocery stores. I’ll buy them. There’s enormous pressure on the creative teams, editors, and marketing departments to make every new story seem like a reinvention of the wheel. I live in Pennsylvania (suburbs of Philadelphia) and comics are NOT sold in local supermarkets or drug stores. 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