Your 2018 Predictions, Part Three: The Lost Warrior.
WHAT WE’RE DOING: going over your 2018 comic industry predictions.
WHAT HAVE WE ALREADY ONE: the first two parts are here and here.
HOW LONG IS ALL THIS GOING TO TAKE: probably forever, so let’s get started with today’s batch!
demoncat4 uses up his remaining 5 lives with
“after the disney fox deal is complete marvels first chance of using the ff and x-men characers will have the silver surfer pop up to help the guardians of the galaxy against galactus. with rocket trying to shove a bomb up the big purple guys butt.”
Alas, not yet…look, I want an actual big-helmet Galactus in a live action movie more than anything, and it that means he has to get a bomb in his butt, I am A-OK with that.
“tired of the delays with jl dark getting made warners will decide to just do a new swamp thing film that will lead to a new tv series and animated cartoon.”
As I’ve noted previously, we are getting a Swamp Thing TV show on DC’s streaming service, costarring Blue Devil, so all those crazy predictions that everyone laughed at about new Swampy media…TAKE THAT, HATERS.
“ragman will return to arrow and get his own tv spin off and comic at last with a guest apperance by swamp thing.”
Did Ragman come back? I Googled about and saw a lot of articles along the lines of “RAGMAN WILL BE BACK IN SEASON 6” but I can’t seem to pin down any episodes he may have been in. I even watched that season…I don’t recall him popping up. Could be wrong, and will allow correction…this time.
But no new Ragman series guest-starring Swamp Thing. Well, the last series ended mid-2018, but my Swamp Sense didn’t tingle when those latter issues came out, so I guess our favorite swamp monster wasn’t in there. …NO, NOT THE HEAP.
Brian blessed us with
“Marvel streamlines its books after the late-2017 wave of cancellations, returning to a model of sublines of a few titles anchored by a single core title (Avengers, Uncanny X-Men, Amazing Spider-Man. Sales go up as readers are able to buy entire lines (even at $3.99) instead of books cannibalizing each other.”
Sounds like a completely reasonable and rational response to an overburdened marketplace…so of course that didn’t happen. Ah well.
“AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR’s postcredit teaser will suggest the entry of the Fantastic Four into the fight in AVENGERS/4 (turns out that the discussions over regaining that license was what launched the Disney-Fox discussions). As plans for the Disney-Fox merger coalesce, it becomes clear that the Avengers etc. will remain in a separate universe from the X-Men etc., but the FF will showcase their exploratory nature by traveling between the characters’ different Earths in their new films.”
I saw the suggestion that a “4” would have been on Nick Fury’s little thingie at the end of Infinity War, and I would have been all for (get it, “for,” “four“) that. I do like that concept for the FF, though I think we don’t need to make the Marvel Cinematic Universe more complicated that it is! They could probably figure out ways to retrofit the newly-reacquired characters into their milieu. (Still think the FF should be from the ’60s, lost in space after their accident, returning to Earth with their powers in the modern day. HEY, I’M A FAN, I THINK ABOUT THIS STUFF TOO.)
“With the Arrowverse now so we’ll established and ARROW reaching the end of Stephen Amell’s seven year contract, the nature of the shows involved are going to start changing, beginning to crossover more, have multiple shorter-run shows sharing slots within the year, and having characters move between programs with greater frequency, as the ever-changing slate of programs becomes more and more like a live action version of a comic book universe.”
They certainly do emphasize the crossovers, as they’re big ratings grabbers, but I do wish they would shorten the seasons. I haven’t even started on the shows for this season yet, beyond the openings for Flash and Black Lightning. There’s just too much…I mean, Legends of Tomorrow has a shorter season tham the rest, but I suspect that show’s not long for this world anyway.
Jovian Jason Sandberg draws in the following
“DC will launch a “BAT-MAN and the OUTSIDERS” series featuring Firestorm, Gotham Girl, and a New Gods character.”
Almost! A revival of the series was planned to launch last December, but the project was returned for regrooving as DC continuity hijinks necessitated story changes, apparently.
“Marvel will announce a SPIDER-WOMAN OGN or Mini-Series written by Dennis Hopeless and pencilled by Steve Rude.”
Not that I’ve noticed, but I would totally read a Spider-book drawn by Steve Rude.
“HBO will acquire the rights to Jim Starlin’s dormant “DREADSTAR” film project. The resulting series will replace and eclipse ‘GAME of THRONES’ as a critical and pop culture phenomenon.”
Man, just imagine the Syzygy cosplay. But unfortunately, no Dreadstar on the TV horizon. C’mon, Netflix, while shooting money out of that firehose, aim a little in Jim Starlin’s way so we can get this show!
DavidG drops some large with
“DC will relaunch Legion of Superheroes, trying the ‘Lets make them all teenagers’ ploy again. It will be awful.”
Still waiting in the wings, unless you count Saturn Girl’s appearances in Doomsday Clock, about which I’ll let you decide if it’s awful or not!
“The new Avengers movie will outgross the Han Solo movie, despite it being incomprehensible unless you have seen all 18 previous Marvel movies. This will make Marvel the most favoured child at Disney, who will therefore start meddling more.”
Well, yeah, sure did outgross Solo, fairly famously. Don’t know if Marvel is “meddling more,” but Infinity War was surprisingly easy to follow and flowed well, all things considering. I’m as shocked as you are!
“No matter how good Jodie Whittaker is as the new Doctor, there will be a bunch of dicks complaining about her incessantly on the internet all year.”
We will never be rid of guys like that.
Michael Grabowski grasps at these
“The Thing will join the Avengers and Wolverine will take his place in the FF.”
Negatory, though I would have absolutely plotzed if Wolvie was a primary part of the FF relaunch. ..I mean, either comics or movies, whichever.
“DC will attempt the ‘villain secretly takes over the hero’s body/role for several months’ storyline with Dick Grayson.”
No “Superior Nightwing” from DC last year, far as I’ve noticed.
“Either Brian Michael Bendis or Tom King will write a new Jimmy Olsen series.”
Well, Bendis is writing the Superman books, sooo…maybe sort of, I guess? But I’m all for a “Superman’s Pal” standalone series.
Yestin doesn’t say no to
“The new movie helps Marvel realize the star power of Black Panther, causing him to guest star in a Wolverine/Deadpool degree.”
Oh boy, let’s hope not…let them be judicious with their use of Black Panther, not burning everybody out on him like Marvel did with, oh, say, Wolverine and Deadpool. …But on the other hand, Marvel’s gotta Marvel.
“A new Legion of Superheroes reboot is announced, possibly featuring a Supergirl TV inspired version of Mon-El.”
No new LSH, yet, but when they do, let us hope the creators were all conked on the heads just enough so that they forget the TV Mon-El ever existed.
“Frank Miller’s the Spirit is reappraised, taking its rightful place in the pantheon of movies. Egg will be on the face of its critics.”
This absolutely 100% happened. Good call!
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Some ‘alt-right’ book is going to come out, and be utter crap, yet everyone who points that out will be a ‘SJW.'”
I don’t think any of them have made it to stores yet, unless there’s a Kickstarter-distributed one I don’t recall…but the sample pages that are out there don’t appear to have been well-received, no.
“Marvel’s gonna…keep being Marvel. Launch a bunch of books, cancel ’em, repeat. The returns have more than diminished, but they don’t have another trick.”
Why, it’s as if you’ve been watching the comics industry for some years now!
“I don’t think Disney’s going to take Alien or Predator away from Dark Horse yet, but I suspect DH is going to back out of the licensed comics entirely. (Wait, did Disney get Buffy and Angel too? Well, whatever.)”
Still hanging in there with the licenses, though losing some big ones (Star Wars, Conan, and as you mention, Buffy) has got to hurt. Boom! is the company that got the Buffy books, however…those should be out soon, but Whedon’s Firefly did very well for me, so I’m hoping Buffy does, too. Been a long time sine Buffy comics sold good numbers for me.
And finally, not a prediction as such, but some Miracleman info from Damien, who puts the dog down long enough to say
“I know we’re meant to wait till the end of 2018 before we respond to the predictions but I think we can guarantee new Miracleman in 2018. I chatted to Mark Buckingham at London Super Comicon back in August and he said he was already drawing it. Apparently Neil Gaiman had scripted the whole of the Silver Age but Mark took 6 months off as he and his wife have a new baby and he made enough money off Fables to take an extended paternity leave.”
Uh…hate to tell you this, Damien….
However, that is interesting information about the much speculated-upon comic, and I appreciate you leaving it here!
Okay, enough for today…back next week with more predicticatin’! And I know we’re over halfway through January…but there’s still over 11 months of 2019 to come, I hope, so place your predictions for the rest of the year right here!
I do not share the general assumption that, once the deal is done, of course Marvel will rush into making a Fantastic Four movie. We have reached the point of getting three movies a year, and I do not expect Marvel to accelerate beyond that anytime soon. This means that they could get along for several years with just the characters who have already been established. If they want more (and of course they do), well, they have a large number from whom to pick, and do not need to make do with a team whose last appearance bombed terribly. The stink of that movie probably put the FF at the bottom of the “to do” list.
Also, remember that if Marvel gets the Fantastic Four back, it will also get the X-Men back. Which of those properties do you think will be made the priority?
As for Galactus, if he appears anytime soon, the general public will see him as a Thanos knock-off.
Silver Surfer in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3? We all assume that Adam Warlock will be in that, and this will probably leave no room for the Surfer. Maybe an Easter egg, but not a major role.
I have to agree. I think there’s definitely an audience for a decent FF movie, but it apparently eludes Hollywood how to create one.
While Marvel might be the FF savior that fans are hoping for, they could be equally as stumped about how to bring those characters to life.
I mean, Mister Fantastic alone poses so many challenges: goofy power set, pseudo-scientific techno babble dialogue, deus ex machina “brilliant ideas,” terrible code name…
The FF might be such a comic book idea that it just can’t make the transition to the big screen. It’s balance of corny and creative are really difficult to bring to life.
My prediction, given that Thor has hit his trilogy and the whole Sean Gunn thing, is that Guardians 3 will be a Thor and the Guardians story since they weaved together well in Infinity War. The morons must band together!