Post: #76

Damn.

Post: #77

Marvel cancels Black Lives Matter-themed comic book written by Ta-Nehisi Coates due to poor sales

Quote:Marvel has cancelled its Black Lives Matter-themed comic book due to poor sales.

Black Panther & The Crew, written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and poet Yona Harvey, is just two issues into its run.

In an interview with The Verge, Coates said that the comic book had been cut because it wasn't selling well but that he would get the chance to wrap up the current story. The sixth issue will be the final installment.

Coates also writes for the main Black Panther comic, which will continue to publish.

Black Panther's character was debuted in Captain America: Civil War, and first had a spin-off with The Crew in 2003.

But that comic book was also cancelled after just seven issues.

This iteration of the comic book saw Black Panther and other black superheroes in the Marvel universe such as Luke Cage, Misty Knight, Storm and the former Avenger Manifold, trying to solve the death of a black woman named Ezra Keith who dies in police custody.

Keith's death is reminiscent of the real life death of Sandra Bland.

The comic book takes place in near-future New York, where Harlem is placed under martial law.

Robot cops controlled by a private security contractor police the neighborhood.

While solving the mystery they all learn about Civil Rights figures.

At the end of March, David Gabriel, Marvel's senior vice president of sales and marketing, told icv2.com that the publisher's core fan base didn't seem interested in the new comics aimed at diversity.

'What we heard was that people didn't want any more diversity…that's what we saw in sales,' Gabriel said. 'We saw the sales of any character that was diverse, any character that was new, our female characters, anything that was not a core Marvel character, people were turning their nose up against.'

Post: #78

Again, where is the money coming from?

DC tried a movie about Catwoman with Halle berry and not only did the movie flop bigly, it ended her movie career.

I suspect Disney is getting subsidized by the government to double down on this diversity narrative. Even marvel executives have voiced their concern about how unprofitable this is before they were silenced. I just cannot believe Disney is willing to lose their marketshare of Marvel to DC after a decade of successful movies.

To be fair DC is doing the same but in small tolerable doses. In the new justice league, Berry Allen/Flash is hapa, aqua man is Jason Momoa (hapa), wonder woman is a Jew. Batman is the only white male

Post: #79

The main Green Laterns now are a woman with anxiety and an Arab American. There's a Chinese Superman. The new Robin is black.

Too much politics in everything nowadays, especially sports. I want to ignore those aspects, but a country's government should mean more than fictional super heros and professional athletes.

Post: #80

(05-22-2017 05:54 AM)Jones Wrote:  There's a Chinese Superman.

Wait, wait, wait. *Googles* You weren't taking the piss.

I'm way out of the loop.

I get the Asian-American Hulk Marvel did because they've explored a lot over the years about who Bruce Banner is and who the Hulk is and there's been multiple mutations of the Hulk as well as separations and Amadeus Cho had history with the Hulk. So it was consistent with the narrative established over the years.

This just seems copying and pandering. As bad as suddenly making Iceman gay.

Marvel have had to cancel something like 30 titles as the SJW pandering got out of hand. DC had avoided most of the nonsense but it looks like they're heading more towards that direction.

Post: #81

Well I for one don't feel that any of these franchises are really catering to a particularly glaring hole in the tapestry of diversity.

I for one have been saving my pennies for a subscription to a reboot of The Flash that features a differently-abled woman in a wheelchair as the featured hero.

Post: #82

I remember as a young child having adults show me super heros like Spiderman, Superman, and Batman.

And I distinctly remember thinking, "Wow this is stupid." Never to watch them again.

Today, I still feel the same way. Superheros are flat out stupid and I hate watching their movies. The only comics I cared for were Foxtrot and Garfield.

Post: #83

Must admit I'm somewhat surprised Marvel would acknowledge that their SJW tinged conduct is hindering sales.

I wonder if Chuck C. Johnson is shorting Marvel stocks?

Post: #84

(05-22-2017 12:43 AM)WalterBlack Wrote:  The comic book takes place in near-future New York, where Harlem is placed under martial law...While solving the mystery they all learn about Civil Rights figures.