I have to first give Marvel credit for getting me into comic books. It's been a great an amazing ride as i've been introduced to so many great comic books over the years. But Marvel was the first and gets full credit for opening my world to comics.

With that said, I'm really excited for the possibilities of Marvel NOW!. I'm not against change. I was excited for the New 52 and welcomed it. Every time Facebook changed it's look, I'm all for it. I really like change. I think comic books universes need to get a fresh take every decade or so. I get annoyed how angry people get when there reboot or universe changing event. What's so wrong about change? You always have those awesome stories you love to fall back on. But now you get a fresh take on an awesome character?

So with Marvel NOW!, I say bring it. Marvel has stated that this isn't a reboot, but is a shake up of the Marvel Universe after the affects of AvX. Which is awesome, because I don't feel Marvel needed a reboot.

AVX was something I was looking forward to, but was very disappointed in the execution of it. It started off with a bang, but then quickly fizzled out. Of course I stuck with it and I have to say Avengers Vs. X-Men #9 and Avengers Vs. X-Men #10 got me excited agan. I think where Marvel failed with AvX was with the tie ins and how poorly they fit in to the AvX event. To me it will be hard to beat the Civil War event and how nicely the tie ins seem to flow with that event. With Marvel NOW!, I'd like to see them cut back on the "Big Events" and focus on building up the fresh take of these characters. I like how the NEW 52 has held off a year so far with out a major event. (I'm not counting "The Night of the Owls " because it was contained in the Batman titles and wasn't as big as "Blackest Night ") I understand that these big events are cash cows, but I'd want them cut back on them for the sake of a good story and a well planned event.

I also want new villains from Marvel NOW!. Spider-Man is my favorite character, but if he isn't battling one of is more known villains like Lizard, any of the Goblins, Doc Oct, ect. his villains seem to lack. These villains got popular because of awesome stories. So instead of going back to them over and over, come up with a new threat and give the readers someone new to love.

Ok I know Wolverine and Spider-Man are the most popular characters at Marvel and they seem to be EVERYWHERE in the universe. I don't like it, but I've come to accept it. If you are going to used them at least make it all make sense and tie the books in better. I mean Spider-Man gets destroyed in AvX, yet in the other Spider-Man books there is no reference or anything. How does such a big event not carry over into other books? I don't think it needs be tied in or anything, but it gives off the idea that they are not connected and apart of the same universe. Where does The Amazing Spider-Man : Ends of the Earth play into the AvX event? How does The Invincible Iron Man and his dealing with the Mandarin affect AvX? All I want is a bit of a connection. They don't need to tie in, but having some form of a continuity would help keep the huge universe together.

I love the idea of this new direction and I hope Marvel can take this opportunity to improve their vast universe.

What do you think of Marvel NOW! and what do you want from it?

@cjbostick81: I LOVE your post.

I just want a Black Panther book. But I think they unveiled all of the NOW stuff. Shame.

I want more X-Men titles!! But in all seriousness, I want Marvel to start telling good stories again and focus more time on the characters and their situations rather than have a brief character arc and then drop that arc when a huge event comes along.  I also would like more character miniseries books for the characters who don't have a lot of character development or need something else to do.  I'm glad that Gambit has his own series so far since he hasn't done much over the past few years and I definitely would love for Colossus and Storm to get their own miniseries so more could be done with their characters.

@Rabbitearsblog: I agree. I would like to see a few more solo series. I've been enjoying Hawkeye and Captain Marvel and would like to see a few members of the X-Men get a solo run. I think a Colossus series would be awesome. I mean coming off of having the Phoenix Powers and still the new Juggernaut. Where will he fit in after AvX?

@Twentyfive: A Black Panther book would be awesome. He is such a cool character, but very under rated. They could do a lot more with him. I could see a solo run done with him and Storm if AvX didn't mess up their marriage.

I'm also very tired of Wolverine being in every x-men book...but I don't see that changing.

@cjbostick81 said:

@Rabbitearsblog: I agree. I would like to see a few more solo series. I've been enjoying Hawkeye and Captain Marvel and would like to see a few members of the X-Men get a solo run. I think a Colossus series would be awesome. I mean coming off of having the Phoenix Powers and still the new Juggernaut. Where will he fit in after AvX?

@Twentyfive: A Black Panther book would be awesome. He is such a cool character, but very under rated. They could do a lot more with him. I could see a solo run done with him and Storm if AvX didn't mess up their marriage.

I'm also very tired of Wolverine being in every x-men book...but I don't see that changing.

I agree with all this! Let's hope Marvel takes advantage of this! There's a lot of characters that really need to be developed!