Bendis on Cancelling X-Men Titles

[Tawmis]

That's the thing.
Take when Northstar & Aurora became elves rather than mutants.
How stupid was that?
How annoyed were we all?
Imagine that times hundreds of thousands.
That's what would happen if Marvel made every mutant an Inhuman.
Sales would drop.
Let's flip it:-
Sasquatch, Shaman, Snowbird are suddenly Inhumans or Mutants.
How would you all feel about that?

I don't think it's any crazier than DC rebooting their entire Universe (to the New 52). Sure there are plenty of upset fans, but they're in no danger financially, by any stretch of the imagination.

[Phil]

I don't think it's any crazier than DC rebooting their entire Universe (to the New 52). Sure there are plenty of upset fans, but they're in no danger financially, by any stretch of the imagination.

DC's reboot added titles though, it didn't cancel them...
Not having titles loses money...

[Tawmis]

DC's reboot added titles though, it didn't cancel them...
Not having titles loses money...

Oh! I am not arguing they'd ever cancel X-Men. (I thought that was clear from my previous posts?)

I am arguing that they could make a drastic change, like change them all to Inhumans.

Or something other than "mutants"...

Rest assured, I'd argue against anyone and everyone, if they said Marvel plans to cancel X-Men. That in itself, is a silly notion.

But I foresee a big change coming to the mutant world.

(And it's not because I am holding the Watcher's eye in my hand, I promise!)

[MistressMerr]

I am arguing that they could make a drastic change, like change them all to Inhumans.

Or something other than "mutants"...

But WHY?

Change is the only constant in comics, things radically change constantly. A few years ago, the X-Men were based in San Francisco, then they were a pair of dueling schools, there is absolutely bound to be a new status quo coming on down the line, but completely changing the entire premise of the series in a way that wouldn't even really result in new/different stories... why? What would be the purpose? The Inhumans already exist, they are a different thing, they are a separate thing, and most importantly, they are a far less popular thing.

The only connection the two have is that Inhumans may be taking the place of mutants in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, solely because they don't have the rights to mutants. It would be to fill an important gap in the makeup of the world, but it still would have nothing to do with the X-Men, and no such contradictions exist in the comics. They don't have a reason to change mutants to something less recognizable in the comics, so why the heck would they do it?