Oh look, Marvel is marginalizing the X-Men/FF again...

Marvel has asked XM Studios Premium Collectibles to put a stop to all X-Men/FF products. I guess it's not enough to put a trash writer on the flagship books, exclude them from merchandising, and cancel their series. Now we can't even have collectible figures.

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Not surprised.

K

Eh xmen and ff are the worst

Geez.

Beata

Honestly I believe its a power play. Until they get all the movie rights back I expect to see more of this.

Because they have to share with Fox, and they don't want to do that anymore. Especially since Fox has bombed out everything but a few X-Men movies so far, and won't give Doom or the Skrulls back.

Inhumans and GOTG will become the next F4 and X-men

@kfabz-23: That sounds like a nightmare.

Fox:No it's cool Disney, it's not like we made Marvel a name among film while you guys had you're thumb up butts or anything.

I honestly don't care about the fact I can't but a $100 figure of Hugh Jackman now, but the hell Marvel, you petty fools who don't know how to business.

@sprior93: Your forgetting the F4 have been losing popularity even before marvel did things like this to them. And what's wrong with the Inhumans and the Guardians ?

@skit: I don't have the money nor the desire to buy any of the figures, but they're still pretty cool.

@sprior93: They're cool no doubt, the cable one especially.

@kgb725: Nothing, I like both of them. However, I don't want to see them 'replace' two properties that have more clout and much larger fanbases. Do people actually want the comics to mirror the MCU? That's the way it's going at this point.

@kgb725: inhumans and guardians vs Xmen and f4?

............Hahahahahaha

one day one day we shall get the rights back and infinity war will be the best movie till the marvel v DC film comes out.

And yet, Dr. Doom and the FF are central to the current Secret Wars event. And Scott Summers is once again the Phoenix.

I also only know, even on this site, about 6 people who still even like the FF. X-Men are fine, but it seems no one cares about them since Logan died.

@wrglfan2814: It does make sense from a business standpoint: they don't have full control over the properties.

"Theirs just as many xmen comics now, as their ever was"

That's actually false. There could be 50 X-books out right now, but it doesn't mean shite if they're all garbage.

Where are the TV shows, toys, collectible figures, t-shirts? Why are they omitted from promotional art? Why are dozens of credible sites putting out articles about this topic? I think we're way past 'conspiracy theories' at this point.

Marvel doesn't have to make smart business moves. They're playing with Mouse Money now. They can pretty much do whatever they want.

@JetiiMitra: ha...toys.

@wrglfan2814 The evidence is there. Fox owns the "live-action" rights when it comes to the X-Men, and that's it. Marvel has everything else: merchandise, toys, cartoons, comics, and video games. Yet, out of all of those, we're only getting 7 crappy books.

It's plain as day that Marvel is denigrating their own properties. Anyone who says otherwise is fooling themselves.

hhhhmmmm

Stahp. Plz stahp bein c*nt Mahvel. It not noice.

I don't know if I believe Marvel is petty enough to do all of this just cause they can't have movie rights, but if they are, i'm on Fox's side. Marvel GAVE them the rights, know why? Cause they went bankrupt and Fox/Sony saved them. But now that they have Disney bucks, they want them back? Pfft. Why would Fox give up a franchise that literally makes more money with each installment??

Disney has ruined MARVEL COMICS. Fact.

Marvel sold those rights to Fox. Now they want to force them back. That's not cool. And the thought that everything that Marvel studios dishes out in theaters is gold, is pure bs.

It would make no sense.

Merchandising is bigger that box office.

That kind of stuff will be back on the shelves again in no time.

Not reading it but I'm betting when you say central it's central as in plot device and the main focus as point of view characters are not from the X-Men franchise.

-_-

@dextersinister: I'd *SPOILER* block the following but I'm on my phone:

Well, Doom is the 'God' of Battleworld. He has an army of Thors at his beck and call. He somehow stopped the multiverse from being erased by the Beyonders and created this Battlworld (at least, that's what we are led to believe thus far). He took Sue as his wife, and her and Reed's kids believe they are Sue and Doom's kids.

Reed on the other hand saved a small group of Marvel heroes (Star Lord, Black Panther, Spider-Man, Captain Marvel) from the destruction of the 616/1610 universes and although they haven't yet arrived on Battleworld are likely to be integral to the story that is going to play out there. Oh, and Thanos is angry it seems. Very angry. Ult Reed Richards looks like he'll be a big part of this too.

So it doesn't seem like Marvel has given up on it's First Family despite not having the movie rights. X-Men I can't comment on, but the title that was simply 'X-Men' with the all-female team was really good. I had to cut it and a few other titles due to budget constraints though, and I haven't followed the X-Men since. I only like a handful of X-Characters like Psylocke.

Yes the books that have some of the greatest runs at Marvel are the worst ever.

I'm not overly invested into F4/X-Men toys or even comics. There is only a few X-Men I like and most of them are side characters who rarely are in the spotlight. I have little to no interest in F4 comics (I've been trying to read Lee's run at some point but I'm too busy lately).

All that being said, it is getting a little pathetic

That's what you'd think, right? But Marvel's been ackin' cray cray for a minute now, and I don't know what else to think.

Thank goodness. Now if Marvel would just cancel the rest of their line. Except Spider-Gwen. She's cool. She's the only Marvel Comic I read.

read Hickmans run, if anything. I've read every F4 issue, and that run is most likely to resonate with someone who isn't already attached to the property.

They took yer toys.

@poeticwarrior: our toys wer took

@joeagentofhand1: what are these so called greatest runs

@rpgesus:

There are many, but you only need to know Claremont's Uncanny X-Men -- the best superhero run of all time(fact).

The best X and F4 comics put other super hero properties to shame.

Thanks for the suggestion but I'll have to pass. I don't like Hickman's writing at all.

Marvel is going to be releasing a comicbook called "The Quirky Quartet" I called it! When it happens I get bragging rights!

@rpgesus:

For FF: the Lee/Kirby run, Byrne's run, and Hickman's run.

X-Men: Claremont's run