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by **LOLtron** » Wed May 16, 2012 3:22 pm

Marvel Editor in Chief Axel Alonso states officially, for the record, that there will be no reboot for the Marvel Universe.

Like jilted lovers, comic book fans have been weary of attachment since last year's DC Universe reboot turned the DCU they knew and loved into an angst-and-Liefeld-ridden tribute to the nineties, and rumors have been circulating that, following Marvel's Avengers vs. X-Men event, the Marvel Universe suffer the same fate. However, in an interview with Albert Ching at Newsarama, Axel Alonso has set the record straight:

We have some moves planned. The Marvel Universe is changed by AvX. It is not a reboot or a retcon. It is the Marvel Universe that you grew up in. But this story in many ways sort of serves as an endcap to a decade's worth of stories that we've been telling, and I think it begins a great first chapter for the next decade's worth of stories we're going to tell.

Well, there you have it. Avengers vs. X-Men will not lead to a reboot of the Marvel Universe.

This of course begs the question: will Avengers vs. X-Men lead to a reboot of the Marvel Universe?! The suspense is killing us!

Source: Newsarama
Written or Contributed by: Jude Terror

http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/news/comics-news/19430-avengers-vs-x-men-not-a-reboot.html/

by **GHERU** » Wed May 16, 2012 3:24 pm

This of course begs the question: will Avengers vs. X-Men lead to a reboot of the Marvel Universe?! The suspense is killing us!

by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Wed May 16, 2012 3:25 pm

GHERU wrote:

We're not easily convinced, us comic book fans.

by **avengingtitan** » Wed May 16, 2012 4:44 pm

I never once thought thats what was gonna happen.

by **holtom2000** » Wed May 16, 2012 4:53 pm

This lifelong DC fan is pretty much buying Marvel trades are this point. I enjoy history. I enjoy reading something, and then going back and reading something that led to that. History isn't bad.
DC... I got nothing. I enjoy the GL books since they didn't really reboot. Not really.
The rest? Why should I care about Firestorm? I wasn't a huge fan of Jason but even I bought a lot of that run as there were ties to the original. Now they turned it into the Firestorm Corps, and I look at it and think "no wonder sales are tanking"
And that goes for most DC books
I think Marvel would do well to not reboot. I think they can see what's happening to DC. And with their Ultimate universe, they already have a place to scratch that new itch.

by **Benderbrau** » Wed May 16, 2012 5:04 pm

That's a shame. I for one was looking forward to MnU where everyone gets suits covered in armor plating and Man-Thing finally gets the respect he deserves.

by **Amoebas** » Wed May 16, 2012 5:35 pm

But this story in many ways sort of serves as an endcap to a decade's worth of stories that we've been telling

Closing the door on the last 10 years? :smt023

by **Lord Ice** » Wed May 16, 2012 11:09 pm

I thought the Season 1 books was supposed to be their idea of a reboot. :smt017

by **holtom2000** » Wed May 16, 2012 11:58 pm

Benderbrau wrote:That's a shame. I for one was looking forward to MnU where everyone gets suits covered in armor plating and Man-Thing finally gets the respect he deserves.

Lol nice one

by **The Shadow** » Thu May 17, 2012 12:30 pm

holtom2000 wrote:This lifelong DC fan is pretty much buying Marvel trades are this point. I enjoy history. I enjoy reading something, and then going back and reading something that led to that. History isn't bad.
DC... I got nothing. I enjoy the GL books since they didn't really reboot. Not really.
The rest? Why should I care about Firestorm? I wasn't a huge fan of Jason but even I bought a lot of that run as there were ties to the original. Now they turned it into the Firestorm Corps, and I look at it and think "no wonder sales are tanking"
And that goes for most DC books
I think Marvel would do well to not reboot. I think they can see what's happening to DC. And with their Ultimate universe, they already have a place to scratch that new itch.

While never a one or the other guy (I was actually pretty evenly split in my Marvel and DC books) I've been dropping DC books like flies. I'm down to 8 monthlies from 21. Marvel and a few indie books have been the primary beneficiaries of this change.

by **The Shadow** » Thu May 17, 2012 12:39 pm

Benderbrau wrote:That's a shame. I for one was looking forward to MnU where everyone gets suits covered in armor plating and Man-Thing finally gets the respect he deserves.

Marvel has to wait for Lobdell, Liefeld, Mackie and a few other 90's era writers and artists to become free again.

THEN watch the mad love Man-Thing gets!!

by **Grayson** » Thu May 17, 2012 12:46 pm

The Shadow wrote:While never a one or the other guy (I was actually pretty evenly split in my Marvel and DC books) I've been dropping DC books like flies. I'm down to 8 monthlies from 21. Marvel and a few indie books have been the primary beneficiaries of this change.

Primarily, I have always been a little bit more of a DC fan than a Marvel one, however, like you I have been dropping DC titles left and right. At the start of the DCnU reboot I was getting 23 monthly DC books. I have cut that number down to 9. 7 of those books are all books that could have existed without the relaunch.

I am glad to hear that Marvel will not be rebooting or relaunching their universe. Sure, DC was successful in temporarily increasing their sales but they ruined their universe and the characters that inhabit it. I would hate to see Marvel make the same mistake, especially since I am now reading more Marvel books than I have in years.

by **holtom2000** » Thu May 17, 2012 3:34 pm

Sakie wrote:
Primarily, I have always been a little bit more of a DC fan than a Marvel one, however, like you I have been dropping DC titles left and right. At the start of the DCnU reboot I was getting 23 monthly DC books. I have cut that number down to 9. 7 of those books are all books that could have existed without the relaunch.

I am glad to hear that Marvel will not be rebooting or relaunching their universe. Sure, DC was successful in temporarily increasing their sales but they ruined their universe and the characters that inhabit it. I would hate to see Marvel make the same mistake, especially since I am now reading more Marvel books than I have in years.

This is also the case with me

by **aeroblast** » Thu May 17, 2012 4:38 pm

Marvel needs a reboot because of all the complicated confusing continuity of Spider-Man, X-Men and the Avengers and also because the new customers prefer a precise entry point which require them not to read any previous comics to get the sense of continuity.

by **e_galston** » Thu May 17, 2012 5:49 pm

aeroblast wrote:Marvel needs a reboot because of all the complicated confusing continuity of Spider-Man, X-Men and the Avengers and also because the new customers prefer a precise entry point which require them not to read any previous comics to get the sense of continuity.

isn't this the exact reason DC rebooted? yet they never did really get the "new" customers after the initial first few books... all they did was get lapsed or marvel readers...