I’ve known about it for a couple months but didn’t say anything because I’m not big on making with the bad news.
I have to admit, I’m shocked. Shocked. The market has always been so supportive of books with female leads, and She-Hulk has never had a title canceled out from under her before, so I could never have seen this coming.
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But there’s nothing stopping you from buying just the ones you like the most. I mean, there’s always been lots of titles, and lots of popular creators in competition. And during the 90’s, there was probably a lot more titles than there are now. I don’t see why the ubiquity of titles means you have to drop all of them, but hey, to each their own. 🙂
And Peter has three ongoing titles. Four titles if you count the Apropos mini, though it will be three again (and eventually two) when She-Hulk ceases publication.
Peter, when will be the last Shulkie issue?
I didn’t know that the Apropos sereis was a mini. The problem still lies in that the #’s needed to keep a series alive are still difficult because PAD is still competing with all these also equally talented writers and all these events still take away from people giving their dollars to try out She-Hulk or other PAD titles. I only bought the titles I wanted, but unfortunatly, more and more cool stuff kept coming and I eventually just said no more to any of them and waited til all the story arcs i was currently on ended and walked away. it was difficult but these are difficult times and i feel that $4 is going to be the new price range. all image titles are @ $3.50 and marvel and dc started some titles at $3.99
Joe V.
Most of the DC titles that cost $3.99 have 30 pages of new story. That is 13.3 cents per story page. At $2.99 with 22 pages, it is 13.6 cents per story page. So the cost per story page is essentially the same.
Yes, comics used to be 12 cents, but then again, a shave and a haircut used to be two bits (25 cents).
Lying in the Gutters had a bit on comic book price inflation a few weeks ago. By Rich Johnston’s calculations, looking at the price of a 30 cent Spiderman comic from 1977 and adjusting for inflation, the price today should be about $1.09.
Even figuring in higher page counts and better printing and paper, it’s hard to see how comics having doubled in price since 2000 can’t be cause for concern. 4 bucks a pop means that a kid might easily spend enough on a single trip to the comic book store to equal a video game or DVD. Comics used to be a cheap alternative form of entertainment.
This is worrisome. Can the medium survive? I used to think that if the companies could just get their act together, hire only those writers at PAD levels of talent, focus on good stories over crossovers, yadda yadda (insert old timer fan bìŧçhìņg of your choice here) then everything would be fine again but if the economics make it no longer feasible to make it work then what future do they have?
One bad sign–it’s been a long time since I saw a kid reading a comic in school (with the exception of the Watchmen paperback).
Of course, people have been predicting the death of the industry for a long time and been wrong.
On a happier note–Happy Thanksgiving to all and safe travel to those who will be visiting family.
Didn’t fans of Supergirl also want the simple, non-detailed undeveloped Supergirl of old? Why is it that male heroes must be developed, but females must be simple? Heck of a double standard.
Perhaps the primarily male readers cannot relate to female characters well.
Perhaps society still has some way to go for gender equality
Excuse me. Ebonstone, but Supergirl was always developed. She was in high school and going to dances.
Perhaps male readers are primarily idiots.
I really don’t understand why it is so difficult for a female lead to obtain longevity. Wonder Woman is the only one. Why will people buy endless spinoffs of X-Men or other such characters but won’t think to give a well written book like She-Hulk a chance ?
I’m asking my retailer to order some more copies of the remaining issues for me. If everyone gives that a shot, maybe a spike in sales on the last few issues will make Marvel think about allowing the book some more time ?
Let me just say that when I started thinking of books to drop, Hulk was high on that list, due to my extreme dissatisfaction with the way it’s been handled since issue 1. The art, the tone, the plot, that whole Rulk and A-Bomb thing… If something has to go, it’ll be Hulk, which is a shame because I stuck it out through the Bruce Jone issues of Incredible. (Obviously, I ain’t dropping Incredible -Hercules- but that’s not a Hulk title…)
I never even considered dropping She-Hulk. :Let me just say that when I started thinking of books to drop, Hulk was high on that list, due to my extreme dissatisfaction with the way it’s been handled since issue 1. The art, the tone, the plot, that whole Rulk and A-Bomb thing… If something has to go, it’ll be Hulk, which is a shame because I stuck it out through the Bruce Jone issues of Incredible. (Obviously, I ain’t dropping Incredible -Hercules- but that’s not a Hulk title…)
I never even considered dropping She-Hulk. :
I am very sorry to see this title go. It’s been one of the most consistently good books on my pull list. I really liked the direction it was going in and, to some earlier points, that this version was so different from Slott’s.
I do think the letter writing campaign is a good idea and I will definitely do that…I also think that maybe getting a non-She-Hulk reader to cough up $2.99 to buy an issue or two might send a good message as well.
You did a great job on the book Mr. D and I look forward to seeing what title fills the She-Hulk sized space on your schedule next.
Best
I loved your work since the first issue of incredible hulk I read…327, with “Piece of Mind”. This is a dying medium PAD. I love comic books, but the cost of buying them is outweighing the joy of reading them.
A lot of good comics are getting cancelled while the each major companies are making even more questionable moves–along with delays with artists/writers/imaginary girlfriends.
I’m sorry Pete for the cancellation. I’m glad X-Factor’s still around…for now.
For what it’s worth, I started and kept buying She Hulk partly because you wrote it and partly because it did seem to logically follow through on Civil War. And my least favorite moment was Jen keeping the I’m Sorry note from Stark. That seemed too simple for a massive betrayal.
The new Hulk has been pretty bad with none of the caharcters being ones I recognize. I assume you won’t really use that as the model of your future work. I realize overall sales won’t back me up, but I wouldn’t have been back for a second issue if She Hulk had been pals with Iron Man in your new version.
Thanks for all the enjoyable moments over the years. I’ll be there for your next project.