What If Marvel 52!

[Admiral_Young]

Okay in response to to a post in the DC Reboot thread...here is a partial listing of my Marvel 52. There are 42 books. Still thinking of others, not including kid or the Ultimate Universe in this. Mine isn't a reboot or relaunch but more like a colossal renumbering and restructuring of books. Everything before this still happened. Mary Jane and Peter's marriage has been restored. Still thinking of creative teams for books. Feel free to post your own! Also additionally...you can only use creative teams if you think of them that actually work at Marvel.

Marvel 52

1. Amazing Spider-Man Written By Christos Cage Art By Humbertos Ramos
2. Spider-Man Written By Dan Slott Art By Marcos Martin
3. Uncanny X-Men Written by Matt Fraction
4. X-Men: Utopia Written By Kieron Gillen
5. New X-Men (would feature all the young X-Men)
6. Deadpool Chronicles (rotating creative teams)
7. Deadpool: Mutant Assassin
8. The Wolverine (Yes, that’s right. One damn Logan book. I’m even pushing it with the two Deadpool books)
9. Captain America Written By Ed Brubaker Art By Steve Epting
10. Winter Soldier (yah I know Bucky is dead, they can bring him back again)
11. Avengers
12. Invincible Iron Man
13. Iron Man
14. S.H.I.E.L.D. Written by Jonathon Hickman
15. Thunderbolts
16. Daredevil Written By Brian Bendis Art By Alex Maleev
17. Black Panther
18. Frank Castle: The Punisher Max
19. The Incredible Hulk
20. Hercules
21. The Savage Land
22. Nova
23. Thor
24. Heroes For Hire (Rotating Creative Teams)
25. Black Widow
26. The Daily Bugle (rotating creative teams. Much like The Pulse or Alias. Starring Norah Winters. Covers various events going on in the Marvel Universe. Like Front Line, only better)
27. Ms . Marvel
28. Spider-Woman Written By Brian Bendis Art By Alex Maleev
29. From the Files of S.W.O.R.D (all kinds of extra dimensional, whacky stuff)
30. Namor: King of Atlantis
31. Future Foundation Written By Jonathon Hickman Art By Steve Epting
32. Black Widow
33. Hail Hydra!! (a counterpart to the S.H.I.E.L.D. series)
34. What If? (different creative teams each issue)
35. The Spectacular Spider-Girl!
36. Blade: Vampire Hunter Max Written By Warren Ellis
37. Venom Written by Rick Remeander
38. Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme
39. Black Cat
40. Doom
41. Ghost Rider
42. X-Men: First Class

 

[Saga]

1. Amazing Spider-Man
2. Spider-Man
3. Spider-Man 2099
4. Uncanny X-Men
5. Uncanny X-Force
6. New Mutants
7. X-Factor
8. X-Men: The Hidden Years
9. Wolverine
10. Avengers
11. Young Avengers
12. Secret Avengers
13. Captain America
14. Invaders (WWII era stories)
15. Thor
16. Mighty Thor
17. Iron Man
18. Invincible Iron Man
19. War Machine
20. Venom (Flash Thompson)
21. Black Panther
22. Ms Marvel
23. Punisher
24. Thunderbolts
25. SHIELD
26. Tales of the Savage Land
27. Captain Marvel (Genis)
28. Silver Surfer
29. Guardians of the Galaxy
30. Annihilators
31. Inhumans
32. Starjammers
33. FF
34. She Hulk
35. Agents of Atlas
36. Alpha Flight
37. Defenders
38. Deadpool
39. What If?
40. Incredible Hulk
41. Hulk (Red Hulk)
42. Marvel Team-Up
43. Moon Knight
44. Spider-Girl
45. Shang-Chi
46. Dr. Strange
47. Death's Head
48. Ghost Rider
49. Hercules
50. Daredevil
51. Nextwave
52. Namor

 

[Nerys Myk]

My list from the other thread:

1. Fantastic Four (Reed, Sue Ben and Johnny!!!!)
2. Amazing Spider-Man (Peter Parker the hard luck hero. No marriage...no super models)
3. Marvel Team Up (Spider-Man and...)
4. The Incredible Hulk (Smash versiom)
5. Sensational She-Hulk (funny fourth wall breaking version)
6. The Mighty Thor (Adventures on Midgard)
7. Thor: Tales of Asgard (Adapting the myths)
8. Iron Man (Rich, clean and sober)
9. Yellowjacket and The Wasp (YJ is my Pym ID of choice)
10. Captain America and The Falcon (I like them as a team)
11. The Mighty Avengers (The big three and a rotating membership of others)
12. West Coast Avengers (Hawkeye takes the lead)
13. Avengers Academy: Tomorrows Mightiest Heroes (The Young Avengers, Young Allies and Avenger Academy combined)
14. X-Men: The Hidden Years (The years between the last Thomas issues and Giant Size #1)
15. The Uncanny X-Men ( A paired down team and an EVIL Magento on the loose)
16. X-Men: The New Mutants (The original team teaches the next genration)
17. Marvels (starring Carol Danvers, Monica Rambeau and Rick Jones)
18. Daredevil (Fun loving Matt Murdock)
19. Defenders (Dr Strange, Nighthawk, Valkyrie and the Hulk at the edge of weirdness)
20. Doctor Strange (Master of the Mystic Arts)
21. Sub-Mariner (The original anti-hero
22. Power Man and Iron Fist (Cage and Rand)
23. Black Widow (Super heroics mixed with espionage)
24. Marvel: The Lost Generation ( the years between WWII and the Fantastic Four)
25. Invaders (WWII superhero action)
26. Marvel Two In One (super hero team ups)
27. Marvel Tales (Classic reprints)
28. Nick Fury and the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D (Espionage action)
29. Master of Kung Fu (martial arts action)
30. Tomb of Dracula (Horror)
31. Ghost Rider (Superhero horror)
32. Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos (WWII action)
33. Killraven: Worlds At War (SF action)
34. Deathlock (Original version set in the "future")
35. Guardians of the Galaxy (Superhero SF)
36. Starjammers (Space Opera)
37. Tales To Astonish (SF Anthology)
38. Journey In To Mystery (Horror Anthology)
39. Tales of Suspense (Crime & Espionage Anthology)
40. Marvel Triple Action (War, Action & Adventure Anthology)
41. Marvel Western ( Western Anthology)
42. Marvel Spotlight (Superhero Anthology)
43. Marvel Premire (New character try outs)
44. Crazy (Humor Anthology)
45. Howard the Duck (anything goes)
46. Patsy and Millie (teen comedy)
47. Spider-Ham and Friends ( you know, for kids)
48. The Worlds of Disney (Disney characters anthology)*
49. Mickey Mouse*
50. Duckburg Chronicles*
51. Disney Tales (classic Disney reprints)*
52. Open slot for cartoon tie in series

*I figure it will happen eventually.

 

[Starbreaker]

Captain America
Thor
Iron Man
The Incredible Hulk
Uncanny X-Men
X-Force
S.H.I.E.L.D.
S.W.O.R.D.
Spider-Man
Avengers
Fantastic Four
Cable
Wolverine
Sub-Mariner
Dark Tower
Doctor Strange

I'm drawing a blank

 

[Chaos Descending]

I think part of the sad state of comic-dom these days is the depressingly large number of titles put out by Marvel and DC each month.

52 is wayyyy too damn many.

I'd say between 12 and 24 ongoing series at one time is enough, with another 8 to 12 mini-series going on at any one time.

 

[Admiral_Young]

^ You're ruining the fun of the thread This is purely theoretical. Of course 52 is way too many. If I tightened the criteria of my restructuring then I'd round it out to about 25 books.

 

[elaithin]

1. Amazing Spider-Man
2. Spectacular Spider-Man
3. Uncanny X-Men
4. Astonishing X-Men
5. X-Factor
6. X-Force
7. New Mutants
8. Wolverine
9. Cyclops & Phoenix
10. Deadpool
11. Black Panther & Storm
12. Mighty Avengers
13. West Coast Avengers
14. Young Avengers
15. Captain America
16. Invincible Iron Man
17. Thor
18. Black Widow & The Winter Soldier
19. Doctor Pym & The Wasp
20. G.I.Ant-Man
21. Captain Marvel
22. Ms. Marvel
23. The Defenders
24. The Incredible Hulk
25. Silver Surfer
26. Doctor Strange
27. Namor, King of Atlantis
28. Heroes For Hire
29. Alpha Flight
30. MI-13
31. Excalibur
32. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
33. Agents of Atlas
34. Agents of S.W.O.R.D.
35. Guardians of the Galaxy
36. Nova
37. The Inhumans
38. Marvel Knights
39. Marvel Team-Up
40. Daredevil
41. Punisher
42. Moon Knight
43. Gambit
44. Ghost Rider
45. Shiang-Chi
46. Runaways
47. Exiles
48. Spider-Girl
49. Hercules
50. Blade: Vampire Hunter
51. Spider-Woman
52. Fantastic Four

 

[Myasishchev]

I might read the Hydra series. Of course, I'm imagining a Marvel Universe version of Henchmen 21 and 24.

Fun fact: when you look them up on google to get their numbers right, the third auto-complete suggestion down is 21 and 24 slash. Who wants to see that?!

 

[Chaos Descending]

^ You're ruining the fun of the thread This is purely theoretical. Of course 52 is way too many. If I tightened the criteria of my restructuring then I'd round it out to about 25 books.

Eh, you're right. Sorry, I didn't meant to be an insufferable buzzkill!

 

[Broccoli]

This is probably the most realistic list for Marvel:

1. X-Men
2. Uncanny X-Men
3. Astonishing X-Men
4. X-Factor
5. X-Force
6. Wolverine
7. New Mutants
8. Wolverine and the X-Men
9. The Wild Wolverine
10. West Coast X-Men
11. Wolverine and the West Coast X-Men
12. X-Men: First Class
13. Wolverine and the X-Men: First Class
14. X-Women
15. X-Men: Next Generation
16. X-Men in Space
17. Wolverine & Deadpool
18. Brian Singer Ignores X-Men: The Last Stand
19. Wolverine and the New Mutants
20. Wolverine Punches Cyclops
21. Future X-Men
22. X-Man
23. Secret X-Men
24. Dark X-Men
25. Dark Wolverine
26. Dark Wolverine and the Dark X-Men
27. Existential X-Men
28. British X-Men
29. X-calibur
30. Earth X: Returns!
31. Agents of the X
32. Wolverine Loves Jean Grey
33. Fuckin' Magneto: How Does He Work?
34. X-iles
35. The X-Men Files
36. X-Men Team-Up
37. X-Knights
38. X-Men Movie Comics
39. Kid X-Man
40. X-Bub
41. Super X-Men
42. Shadow X-Men
43. Weapon X
44. X-Treme X-Men
45. X-Men Legacy
46. Ultimately, the X-Men
47. United States of X
48. X-static X-Men
49. New X-Men, Starring Wolverine
50. Old X-Men, Starring Wolverine
51. X-Men of a Certain Age
52. Y-Men, Y-Not

 

[Admiral_Young]

^ Heheheheh. That's not even realistic enough Broc because where are all the Deadpool books I see only one that he shares with Logan! Unless he makes cameos in all of them?

 

[Broccoli]

The cameos were assumed. However, the 52 Deadpool titles come in October's second wave.

 

[Saga]

i know i'd read 'Fuckin' Magneto: How Does He Work?'

 

[Turtletrekker]

Fantastic Four/FF
The Thing
Marvel Two-in -One (Human Torch team-up book)
Avengers
New Avengers
Avengers Academy
Young Avengers
Captain America
Captain America and Bucky (WW2)
Invaders
Thor
Journey Into Mystery (Loki)
Warriors Three
Iron Man
War Machine
Hawkeye and Mockingbird
Incredible Hulk (Banner)
Hulk (Ross)
Dr. Strange
SHIELD (Fury centric)
Secret Warriors (Catapiller centric)
Silver Surfer
Defenders
She-Hulk
Amazing Spider-Man
Marvel Team-Up (Spider-Man team-up)
Spider-Girl (May-Day)
Uncanny X-Men
X-Men Legacy
New Mutants
Generation Hope
X-Force
X-Factor
Excalibur
X-Men First Class (The O5, not the movie)
Wolverine (only one--no Deadpool!)
Hercules
Alpha Flight
Power Man (Luke Cage) and Iron Fist
Alias
Punisher
Daredevil
Runaways
Thunderbolts
Black Panther
Ms. Marvel
Black Widow
Nova
Guardians of the Galaxy
Inhumans
Rom Spaceknight
What If?

 

[The Lensman]

This is probably the most realistic list for Marvel:

1. X-Men
2. Uncanny X-Men
3. Astonishing X-Men
4. X-Factor
5. X-Force
6. Wolverine
7. New Mutants
8. Wolverine and the X-Men
9. The Wild Wolverine
10. West Coast X-Men
11. Wolverine and the West Coast X-Men
12. X-Men: First Class
13. Wolverine and the X-Men: First Class
14. X-Women
15. X-Men: Next Generation
16. X-Men in Space
17. Wolverine & Deadpool
18. Brian Singer Ignores X-Men: The Last Stand
19. Wolverine and the New Mutants
20. Wolverine Punches Cyclops
21. Future X-Men
22. X-Man
23. Secret X-Men
24. Dark X-Men
25. Dark Wolverine
26. Dark Wolverine and the Dark X-Men
27. Existential X-Men
28. British X-Men
29. X-calibur
30. Earth X: Returns!
31. Agents of the X
32. Wolverine Loves Jean Grey
33. Fuckin' Magneto: How Does He Work?
34. X-iles
35. The X-Men Files
36. X-Men Team-Up
37. X-Knights
38. X-Men Movie Comics
39. Kid X-Man
40. X-Bub
41. Super X-Men
42. Shadow X-Men
43. Weapon X
44. X-Treme X-Men
45. X-Men Legacy
46. Ultimately, the X-Men
47. United States of X
48. X-static X-Men
49. New X-Men, Starring Wolverine
50. Old X-Men, Starring Wolverine
51. X-Men of a Certain Age
52. Y-Men, Y-Not

But WTF people!? No Eternals on anyone's list!?

 

[Saga]

But WTF people!? No Eternals on anyone's list!?

thats one of those things that works best as a mini IMO. i'd like another Hawkeye mini too.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Since I can't continue to edit my original post anymore for some reason here are additional books.

43. The Silver Surfer Written By Greg Pak
44. Ghost Rider
45. Spider-Man Team-Up (Rotating creative teams)
46. All New Marvel Handbook (one a month each spotlighting a new hero or family of books)
47. Nick Fury: Agent of Shield Written By Nick Spencer
48.Osborn Written By Dan Slott Art by Macros Martin



I should mention that the X-Men: First Class book in my original post like others that might have been mentioned in previous lists in this thread does not have anything to do with the movie continuity. In fact it would have nothing to do with Jeff Parker's continuity either. It'd be yet another entirely new retelling of the origin of the X-Men. No idea who the creative team would be. It'd be a mature book though, not youth oriented like Parker's book was.