>What if... the X-Men were vampires?>What if... Spider-Man was Man-Spider?>What if... Reed Richards was a dick?By all rights this lineup should be DOA, but sales will start good and drop off too late for anyone involved in the initiative to catch flak over greenlighting a bunch of stale ideas.
>>153702216>>What if... the X-Men were vampires?What?
it's really funny how they just announced the branding before the solicits and so many people were excited for horror themed marvel characters getting focus and nope, just the big names once again
>>153702216>What if... the X-Men were vampires?>What if... Spider-Man was Man-Spider?>What if... Reed Richards was a dick?Third times the charm eh?
>>153702811I don't get how people expected that, I mean it's not like DC was ever going to start Absolute with anyone other than the A listers
>>153702216Yeah this isn't going to work. It might sell well at first. But this shit isn't lasting one year.It's a blatant attempt at copying the Absolute Universe, but missing the point entirely.The Absolute Universe works because the title heroes are still the same at heart, just with changed surroundings.Them dealing with a darker version of the world, a more depressing one were things are stacked against the heroes also makes it more relatable and compelling to many readers, since real life seems crooked, unfair, and terrible most of the time.The only one of these which looks like it could be decent and could have legs is Fantastic Four. Even then, I don't think evil Read Richards and body horror is going to be what FF fans want to see.
>What if...Marvel Comics actually died for good?DC fans would be so happy no doubt>>153702856Not really your comment reminds me of a ending to a pc game named darkseed II the end hinted a third game could happen and the main character Mike Dawson who died at the end may be resurrected. Guess what the third game was never made or rather it was never finished since production of it begin at some point and then it got cancelled midway. And here is another fun fact the OG Gwen Stacy has never been for good revived for not has the orginal Captain Marvel.
>>153703003It came from how the line is called "Midnight", which makes people think of the Midnight Sons Had DC called the Absolute line Vertigo, people's first thoughts would be about Swamp Thing and Constantine and Sandman and all that before assuming it's about Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman
>>153702261>The clock strikes midnight, and it’s the dark dawn of a new era, beginning with MIDNIGHT X-MEN! The shadows of New York City are stalked by vampires and the mutant empyres. The sword of Damocles hangs over the peace between these two species and the factions within them. An outright war is brewing and the unturned will be caught in the crossfire.>On returning to the X-Men to deliver another visionary reinvention of mutantkind, Hickman said, “I’m so enthusiastic about this project—it’s the most excited I’ve been in years. The conceit of MIDNIGHT X-MEN aligns perfectly with the kind of stories I like to tell. It has a rich, open-ended mythology that equally mixes old and new ideas into something that feels both familiar and original.”Dunno if "empyre" in this case is meant to hint at mutants being extraterrestrial or demonic in this universe, considering how the word is used in 616, but the initial conflict nonetheless seems to be about a battle between mutants and vampires. Maybe Hickman is trying to do his race war storyline from Krakoa again, but with vampires instead mutants and X-Men instead of alien robots.
>>153703066>Even then, I don't think evil Read Richards and body horror is going to be what FF fans want to see.Might as well think of it as a stealth U-Foes story.
>>153703756Is there someone powered by gamma rays that is a regular FF enemy?
What if thing you recognize, but a little spooky
>>153703852The Hulk, I suppose.
>>153703852Yeah, the Hulk.>>153703735Sexy X-Men + Sexy Vampires = Sexy Sales.
>>153702216Seeing none of the characters associated with the classic Midnight Sons in the launch of the new label named after the Midnight Sons is kinda weird.
>>153704024Probably for the best given the creative teams.
>>153704024It's all about brand power. It's why the Midnight Suns game included dudes like Iron Man, Spider-Man and Wolverine on the roster.
>>153704635The difference is the Midnight Sons game has Ghost Rider and Blade on itThat said, Marvel has a problem with brand dilution and has been having this problem for decades now.
