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Post by The Doctor on Apr 12, 2021 20:53:09 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 13, 2021 17:27:34 GMT
Aye that first arc was damned good.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 15, 2021 13:58:41 GMT
My old CE's sub apparently switched to X-Men as #1 of the new one came through the letterbox today.
It looks and feels in-hand exactly like a trade. Same type of cover and interior stock. Nice design. It's not just a comic with a spine as they had a while ago. At £8 for what it is the title could do very well if distributed properly. It's the right price-point.
Alas, Panini are still sending their comics in paper envelopes with no backing. Somehow, this copy arrived intact! But on past form, the CE's always turned up bent/torn. That was fine as they were so cheap and were just 'reading copy' periodicals. But if folk subscribe to what is effectively a series of trades they'll lose subs rapidly when they turn up buggered.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 17, 2021 12:08:36 GMT
Picked it up along with the YA Bookazine.
Good wee package.
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Post by The Doctor on May 7, 2021 9:27:50 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 8, 2021 12:10:25 GMT
Picked up the Batman title and the 2nd issue of the Spider-Man book.
Nick Spencer's Spider-Man is so absolutely unengaging. Batman book was meh, not feeling either tale, but Derington's art was really good in the 2nd tale written by Bendis.
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Post by The Doctor on May 8, 2021 20:16:44 GMT
I like Panini's new mix of formats. There are £3 titles aimed at newsstand. Chunky trade-style titles at £8 for newsstand, subs and online store sales. Focussing on Spider-Man, X-Men and big Marvel events is more likely to catch the attention of general folk.
The £10 bookazines have become a more regular thing to tie in to a relevant movie or TV show.
Pre-pandemic, Panini's approach really did need a shake-up. If the new approach flounders and dies at least they tried. I do wonder if the market is still there. We shall see over the course of the year, I imagine.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 13, 2021 9:35:31 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 14, 2021 22:39:27 GMT
Might pick them up tomorrow.
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Post by The Doctor on May 20, 2021 17:23:00 GMT
Spidery-Man #3 is out today. Jupiter's Legacy Bookazine 2 is on the Panini site. I thought it might be in error as it was not due until next month but I got a shipping notice for it!
The last of their relaunch titles is Marvel Universe #1 on May 27th.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 21, 2021 22:23:56 GMT
I'm not getting Spider-Man 3 - Nick Spencer's Spider-Man is fucking tedious.
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Post by The Doctor on May 21, 2021 23:08:26 GMT
It's ok but I don't give a shit about Kraven the bloody hunter.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 27, 2021 13:15:50 GMT
Marvel Essentials has launched ie MWOM with a different name. First issue is half Empyre, half Venom.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 8, 2021 10:26:48 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 9, 2021 11:27:25 GMT
Panini keep sending me free comics!!!
X-Men issue 4 turned up today. Finishes the awful HoxPox but starts the regular 'X-Men' title, which I haven't read before.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 14, 2021 21:36:52 GMT
As I read through Paninivision...why are current Marvel comics coloured so darkly? It's ridiculous! Remember bright colours, Marvel!
There are panels in Empyre and Venom coloured so darkly it's hard to see what is going on!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 13, 2021 8:53:46 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 13, 2021 10:10:39 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 13, 2021 11:42:01 GMT
This is very confusing!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 13, 2021 20:28:58 GMT
That's just annoying. Doing a UK edition of a book that is already outdated. You'd feel a right nana if you paid £65 for that then found a better version was imminent.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 13, 2021 21:30:06 GMT
So is there a listing for the non-Panini one? And what Omnibus has Mys-Tech Wars?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 13, 2021 21:52:09 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 14, 2021 7:51:10 GMT
Pendragon safety order placed.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 9, 2021 14:16:53 GMT
Catching up on 6 months of Paninivision. Great reprint formats but they're polishing turds. Why has colouring become so murky in modern DC/Marvel? Why is so much of the art genric and lacking individual flair? Why can't most of the artists not know how to lay out a page?
When did Hickman jump the shark? What happened to Al Ewing when he went to Marvel?
This lot is going straight in the charity shop box.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 9, 2021 14:26:24 GMT
Immortal Hulk is Al Ewing's Marvel's masterpiece.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 9, 2021 14:38:18 GMT
Everything I have read so far by Ewing for Marvel has been dull, boring, insipid shite of the highest order. It's impossible to believe it's the same writer who was on Tooth.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 22, 2021 17:02:52 GMT
Email from Panini:
'Dear Mr Burns
Thanks so much for your loyalty and support for Marvel Essentials.
We would like to inform you that Marvel Essentials magazine published by Panini will be ceasing publication with the last issue being Issue 12, on sale 31st March 2022.
We will automatically be transferring your remaining issues over to our Marvel Select Bookazines and applying a 20% DISCOUNT to the equivalent cover price of £9.99 per issue. Marvel Select Bookazines feature the very best Marvel comic strip stories of the moment – whether they are the inspirational source materials for the Disney+ Marvel shows, or the perfect accompaniment to the latest Marvel movies, Marvel Select have it covered! Up to 160 pages in perfect bound format every month!
If you have any questions, please contact us here.
Best wishes,
The Panini Magazines Team'
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 22, 2021 17:39:46 GMT
Elsewhere on the internet it is reported that Essential X-Men is canned with #10, on sale tomorrow.
We now wait to see if the £3 Batman and Spidey titles are long for this world.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 22, 2021 18:06:52 GMT
Shame. It surprises me still that there isn't a large enough market in the UK to support a regular marvel title or two but Panini seem to have tried a variety of formats. I do think the current arrangement is confusing, I looked through the racks in Smith's only this morning pondering a Christmas read, but gave up when I couldn't work out whether the titles were individual issues, graphic novels or part of ongoing series.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 22, 2021 18:20:42 GMT
I wonder if the Marvel Selects Bookazines killed off the Essentials format when they went monthly. A tenner for a trade that has a complete story and sometimes some archive reprints, tied in with whatever Marvel show or movie is out that month.
Suddenly the £8 similar format Essentials didn't seem as good value when they contained bits of stories/different series.
Very curious to see if the floppy £3 titles survive.
At least the Selects monthly bookazines keep some Marvel material on the stands. We may have reached the end of the road for continuing periodical Marvel titles for the UK newsstand market though.
Oh well.
-Ralph
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