To be honest I don't think any Captain Marvel or casual readers will search out back issues.
The only way there'll be interest/prices will go up, is if we see them in Film, ala the BH6 issue of Vol.2
To be honest I don't think any Captain Marvel or casual readers will search out back issues.
The only way there'll be interest/prices will go up, is if we see them in Film, ala the BH6 issue of Vol.2
It doesn't always have to be a film. Sometimes characters just take off. If a character suddenly becomes trendy - whether film (Rocket Raccoon, Groot) or sometimes just popularity (Deadpool's "worth" came MANY years after his initial appearance, without movie, cartoon, etc). People just really liked the character and sought out his first appearance.Originally Posted by Phil
It doesn't have to be, no, but I still think AF have passed that point.
Deadpool's first appearance was 1991 and he came to "cult-hood" around 2008, 17 years later, after 2 minis and 2 ongoings.
AF's first appearance was 1979 and 35 years later have had 3 ongoings and 2 minis and still haven't found that niche; Vol.1 issues can still be picked up in 50c bins.
Short of a film, or a major, major creative team taking on the team, I don't think back issues will become a priority.
I think they just need some cool story telling... (which the last "volume" of Alpha Flight, thought could have done just that, because we got a clean Alpha Flight, with a little edge)... Because it's typically Fabian N. who writes Deadpool (and I believe the one who successfully be credited for making him as popular as he is now)... and Fabian also wrote New Warriors and a segment of the original Alpha Flight... I think Alpha Flight was too much of a mess by the time Fabian was writing it... which is why I think the latest volume had the potential to make Alpha Flight popular had it been given a chance to continue as a series.
I thought it was someone else? (Can't remember who, but wrote part of the Deadpool ongoing.)
He's definitely why I like New Warriors, but I didn't like his Alpha Flight. I've developed a theory about him:
He'll take pretty much any job they give him. When he cares about that job, he's one of the greatest writers out there; when he doesn't, he's... not.
That's why Linkara has to keep saying 'Fabian, you're a good writer! Stop appearing on my show!' (he only reviews bad comics). That's why New Warriors was great, his Alpha Flight wasn't. etc...
~ Le Messor
"Believe me, every heart has its secret sorrows, which the world knows not; and oftentimes we call a man cold when he is only sad."
~ Robert C. Savage
I think he just does better with clean slate characters.
You have to admit by the time he got his hands on Alpha Flight, they were a horrible mess.
Joe Kelly.
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