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Marvel's Possible Cancellations By Stealth For February And March 2017?

Published Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:30:02 -0600

Last updated Wed, 21 Dec 2016 06:00:55 -0600

Marvel Comics doesn't like to tell you when it's cancelled a comic book. You have to read between the lines. Or watch for it just to stop.

Yesterday we said it looked like Black Widow was ending with #12.

BLACK WIDOW #12
MARK WAID & CHRIS SAMNEE (W) • CHRIS SAMNEE (A/C)
IT ALL LEADS TO THIS! All the secrets… All the lies… All the vengeance… It all ends here.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

You tell us.

In other listings, Solo is gone. Looks like Scarlet Witch was cancelled for February 2017 too. Foolkiller's solicit looks also a little… final.

FOOLKILLER #5
MAXIM BEMIS (W) • DALIBOR TALAJIC (A)
Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
Foolkiller vs Foolkiller! What will Greg Salinger's final fate be?
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

The trade paperback ends with issue 5 after all. Great Lakes Avengers has #6 solicited and also goes up to 6 on the TPB.

And with ResurreXion coming in April for the Xbooks, these all look final…

EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #20
JEFF LEMIRE (W) • VICTOR IBANEZ (A)
Cover by DAVID YARDIN
Storm once referred to JEAN GREY as the heart of the X-Men, and she was ultimately the catalyst for bringing this team of X-Men together. But in the aftermath of their war with the Inhumans, the X-Men's resolve is faltering…and Jean Grey is doubting her place with them. The X-MEN may have survived the war…but at what cost?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

ALL-NEW X-MEN #19
DENNIS HOPELESS (W) • PACO DIAZ (A)
Cover by MARK BAGLEY
Together at last! In the aftermath of the X-Men's war with the Inhumans, the original five X-Men are reunited once more…but will they walk into an uncertain future together or apart?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

While there is no listing for Uncanny X-Men – was their final listings for February? And Uncanny Inhumans looks like its time for a relaunch as Charles Soule leaves…

UNCANNY INHUMANS #20
CHARLES SOULE (W) • KIM JACINTO (A)
Cover by FRAZER IRVING & SCOTT WILSON
IVX VARIANT COVER BY DECLAN SHALVEY & JORDIE BELLAIRE
INHUMANS VS. X-MEN TIE-IN!
Maximus the Mad has recreated the recipe for Terrigen Crystals, and can end the mutant-Inhuman war with a single stroke. He can finally be a hero! Or maybe he won't do anything like that at all.
Everything changes for the Inhumans as Charles Soule brings his landmark three-year run on Inhumans titles to an end with this extra-sized story.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Spider-Man 2099's last solicited trade paperback also ends with March's issue – could this see the cancellation, for writer Peter David to start Scarlet Spider with Mark Bagley in April?

And could that launch be part of Clone Conspiracy: Omega?

THE CLONE CONSPIRACY: OMEGA
DAN SLOTT & CHRISTOS GAGE, PETER DAVID (W)
CORY SMITH, MARK BAGLEY, STUART IMMONEN (A)
Cover by JAMES HARREN
Variant Cover by ADI GRANOV
THE CLONE CONSPIRACY is finished, but the impacts on Spider-Man's life is HUGE.
The Rhino comes at Spider-Man with an intense fury and aims to pin the spider to the wall… Permanently. What was the final fate of Ben Reilly? Or the Lizard?
Witness the first chapter of the next big Spider-Book by Peter David & Mark Bagley!
40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99

Same for Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat #16 – does this look like a finale cover to you?

If you are totally guessing and looking at sales rankings, Thunderbolts probably has one issue left at a guess as does Moon Girl. Then there's Mosaic which will probably get a reprieve. But there are many other factors than just sales that factor into those decisions.

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