Let's say that DC gets historical success with their september reboot and makes Marvel look at their list of titles and say "You know what? We need more diversity in our line too." and use the exact same program as DC. 
 
What would be your 52 titles that came from that? You don't have to come up with creative teams but you can do so if you please. 
 
Here are mine: 

1. Captain America (Ed Brubaker) 
2. Captain America and Bucky (Ed Brubaker)
3. Invincible Ironman (Matt Fraction)
4. Warmachine (Nick Spencer)
5. Thor (Matt Fraction)
6. Journey into mystery featuring Loki (Kieron Gillen)
7. Amazing Spider-man as a monthly (Matt Fraction)
8. Spectacular Spider-man as a monthly (Dan Slott)
9. Wolverine (Jason Aaron)
10. X-23 (Marjorie Liu)
11. Black Panther (David Liss)
12. Storm (Greg Rucka)
13. Avengers (Dan Slott)
14. Avengers Academy (Christos Gage)
15. Young Avengers (Sean Mckeever)
16. Doctor Strange (Jonathan Hickman)
17. Luke Cage (Brian Bendis)
18. Namor (Jason Aaron)
19. Ironfist (Jason Aaron)
20. Nick Fury (Nick Spencer)
21. Alpha Flight (Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente)
22. Hercules (Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente)
23. Hulk (Jeff Parker)
24. She-Hulk (Peter David)
25. Ms. Marvel (Brian Bendis)
26. Blue Marvel
27. Lady Sif
28. Uncanny X-men (Kieron Gillen)
29. Heroes for Hire (Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning)
30. Moon Knight (Brian Bendis)
31. Punisher (Greg Rucka)
32. Deadpool (Daniel Way)
33. The Inhumans (Jonathan Hickman)
34. Nova (Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning)
35. X-Factor (Peter David)
36. X-force (Rick Remender)
37. Captain Mar-vel
38. Falcon (Fred van Lente)
39. Black Widow (Marjorie Liu)
40. Silver Surfer (Mike Carey)
41. Fantastic Four/FF (Jonathan Hickman)
42. Captain Britain (Paul Cornell)
43. Runaways (Brian Wood)
44. Dracula: King of the Vampires (Marv Wolfman)
45. Daredevil (Mark Waid)
46. Blade (Mark Millar)
47. The Howling commandos (based on world war II) (Roger Stern)
48. Astonishing tales featuring Giant-man (Dan Slott)
49. Ka-Zar (Paul Jenkins)
50. Thunderbolts (Jeff Parker)
51. Ghost Rider (Daniel Way)
52. Agents of Atlas (Jeff Parker)

1. Ghost Rider (Daniel Way)

Nice list

@Nighthunter said:

1. Runaways (Brian Wood)

are you sure you don't mean Brian Vaughan? he's the one who's got all the acclaimed Runaways stories, the only Marvel Brian Wood has ever done was some Generation X for a year

Nice list

It wouldn't hurt for Wood to learn a few more tricks. He is easily one of the best writers right now, he only needs to extend his reach a little bit more

I love that you mentioned Runaways and The Inhumans :D

I had to think about it for a couple of days, but I finally got a list (The writers could change) 
 

52 Marvel Titles

1.        Avengers (Slott) – Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Ms. Marvel, Hawkeye, Spider-Woman, and Red Hulk take on the biggest threats as Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.

2.        Avengers: Black Ops (Brubaker) - USAgent, War Machine, Moon Knight, Noh-Varr, Mockingbird, Ant-Man, and Black Widow take on potential threats as a secret team that takes no prisoners.

3.        Young Avengers (Heinberg)- Patriot, Vision, Wikkan, Hulkling, Stature, Speed, and Hawkeye make up this teen super-group.

4.        Avengers Academy- (Gage) Hank Pym, Justice, Firestar, Tigra, and Jocasta are the instructors of tomorrow’s superheroes.

5.        Captain America (Brubaker)

6.        Invincible Iron Man (Fraction)

7.        The Mighty Thor (JMS)

8.        The Incredible Hulk (Pak)

9.        The First Family (Hickman)

10.    The Amazing Spider-Man (Slott)- Mainstream Spider-Man

11.    The Spectacular Spider-Man (Bendis)- Peter’s high school years

12.    Daredevil: Man Without Fear (Bendis)

13.    Dr. Strange: Sorcerer Supreme (Waid)

14.    Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (Williams)

15.    Moon Knight (Bendis)

16.    Elektra (Diggle)

17.    Cage and Jewel (Benids)

18.    The Immortal Iron Fist (Brubaker)

19.    Heroes 4 Hire (Brubaker)- Power Man, Shang-Chi, Dan Ketch, Misty Knight, Black Cat, and Echo at your service.

20.    Marvel Knights (Waid)- Daredevil, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Cage, Iron Fist, Black Widow, and Mockingbird fight crime on the mean streets of downtown Manhattan.

21.    X-Men (Morrison)- Cyclops, Wolverine, Emma Frost, Beast, and Namor deal with mutant-human relations

22.    Uncanny X-Men (Jenkins) Magneto, Iceman, Rogue, Gambit, and Sunfire protect and serve mutantkind

23.    Astonishing X-Men (Whedon) Storm, Angel, Colossus, Shadowcat, and Psylocke deal with non-mutant threats to humanity

24.    Class of X (Gage) Prof. X, Darwin, Havok, and Polaris coach the next generation of X-Men.

25.    Uncanny X-Force (Remender) Wolverine, Angel, Psylocke, Deadpool, and Phantomex seek and destroy all threats to mutantkind.

26.    X-Factor Inc. (David) Madrox, Layla Miller, M, Strong Guy, Longshot, Sirin and Wolfsbane are criminal investigators.

27.    X-23 (Liu)

28.    Thunderbolts (Ellis)

29.    The Punisher (Ennis)

30.    Namor the Submariner (Cherniss)

31.    The Silver Surfer (JMS)

32.    Annihiliators (Lanning)

33.    Nova (Abnett)

34.    USAgent (Brubaker)- Bucky Barnes's new ongoing series as the USAgent

35.    War Machine (Fraction)

36.    Red Hulk (Parker)

37.    Black Panther (Hudlin)

38.    Wolverine (Millar)

39.    Deadpool (Way)

40.    The Inhumans (Hickman)

41.    The Raft (Ellis)- A look into SHIELD's high security super-prison and it's deadliest inmates.

42.    Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Brubaker)

43.    Power Pack (Heinberg)

44.    The New Invaders (Waid)- Captain America, USAgent, Namor, Human Torch, and Union Jack are together again since the 1940's

45.    S.W.O.R.D. (Whedon)- Abigail Brand and the rest of SWORD deal with alien threats

46.    Doom (Brubaker)- Books of Doom's Ed Brubaker takes Dr. Doom in the spotlight once more in his new monthly ongoing!

47.    Venom (Remender)

48.    Ms. Marvel (Waid)

49.    Captain Marvel (Ellis)

50.    Alpha Flight (Van Lente)

51.    Marvel Comics (Various)- This title looks into the many superheroes Marvel has to offer (like the ones who don't have ongoings)

52.    Journey Into Mystery (Various)- This title tells some stories about past adventures of or famous Marvel characters (Like how did Magneto meet Prof. X? What did Thor do before Mjolnir?)

Eh... a total redo would suck.  Even if you knew Marvel wasn't going to retcon-palooza like DC.  However, I could definately see a new "wave" of ongoing comics: 
 
1.  Midnight Sons - Marvel's introduced a lot of supernatural mumbo jumbo recently that is kind of cool.  And then there's Marvel Zombies as a possible selling point someplace along the way.  Seems A+. 
 
2.  Runaways - WTF have they been up to? 
 
3.  Young Avengers - WTF have they been doing?  You know, besides... uh... a 7 part miniseries that doesn't feature the title "young" in it?  I mean, seriously, we've had THE INITIATIVE.... WTF can't these guys be trained/on a serious team? 
 
4.  The Initiative - Give me a book that features "random" teams of 5-6 characters in different states, and them working together.  How could this not be good?  Young Blood and all.  You just need to make sure not to retread all the tired old plots.
 
5.  Morlocks - I'm sorry, but there's got to be a few of these guys out there, hiding, in secret.  Yeah, yeah, apparently the Fantastic Four randomly adopted two morlocks recently... but I'm talking about a team of badass Morlocks who are fightning for Survival. 
 
6.  Secret X-men - Basically a new team of young x-men who are a "secret" from everyone else.  IE, X-men without a cast of 200 stuck on an island somewhere. 
 
7.  Marvel Zombies - Okay, so I'm sort of advocating an ongoing, different universe, Marvel Zombies, where the Zombie plague is big, but not "world ends in 24 hours" big.  Basically feature a 616-esque universe that slowly gets torn to pieces when an Infected Scarlet Spider or somebody finds himself in the Florida swamp. 
* A world where the Punisher hates zombies. 
* A world where the "marvels" are often created as a response to Zombies.  Ironman Corps; wtc. 
* A world where Shield nukes american cities.  With good reason. 
 
8.  ARMOR - Reverse Exiles FTW. 
 
9.  eXiles - FTW.  NEW new new NEW new team?  Well, the last exiles book wasn't terrible.... although the idea of an exiles book that used heroes other than just mutants would be pretty cool.
 
10.  Annihilators - Big threats require ongoing supervision. 
 
11.  Guardians of the Galaxy - because 1 space book just isn't enough.  And yeah, I think I'd try to fold the Starjammers in here at some point. 
 
12.  NOVA - 3 ongoing space books might be a bit much, but they'd provide a stable base for another cosmic event.  Which we'd all like to see. 

Good list but I would rather have JMS writing Thor.

(NOTE: Some of these were just randomly picked to fill in spaces... :P)

Team Books:

3.        Avengers Academy
5.        Young X-Men – basically the New-X-Men with just a different title
6.       X-Men: Legacy – Featuring the X-Students
8.        Future Foundation (Jonathan Hickman)
12.    Nova Corps

I'll post one: 
 

1. Captain America
2. Black Widow & Winter Soldier (or Secret Avengers)
3. Invincible Ironman
4. Warmachine
5. Thor
6. Amazing Spider-Man
7. Spectacular Spider-Man
8. Peter Parker: Spider-Man
9. Wolverine
10. X-23 
11. Black Panther (T'Challa)
12. Wakanda (Shuri/Storm)
13. Mighty Avengers
14. New Avengers
15. Young Avengers
16. Heroes for Hire
17. Ironfist 
18. Nick Fury/Secret Warriors
19. SWORD
20. Incredible Hercules
21. Hulk 
22. She-Hulk/Savage She-Hulk
23. Ms. Marvel
24. Uncanny X-men
25. X-Men
26. Moon Knight
27. Punisher 
28. Deadpool
29. Nova
30. X-Factor
31. X-Force 
32. X-Men Academy
33. Fantastic Four (or 4)
34. Future Foundation
35. Runaways
36. Daredevil
37. Thunderbolts
38. Ghost Rider
39. Agents of Atlas
40. Exiles
41. Spider-Man 2099
42. Doom 2099
43. Ultimates
44. Ultimate Spider-Man
45. Ultimate X-Men
46. Astonishing X-Men
47. Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine
48. (Lady) Liberators
49. Annihilators
50. Guardians of the Galaxy
51. Havok & the Starjammers
52. Marvel Team-Up

Nice 2099 titles thrown in. 
 
Why no love for ARMOR?

Nice List .  I hope you don't mind me making some comments/suggestions:
 
@War Killer said:

(NOTE: Some of these were just randomly picked to fill in spaces... :P)

Team Books:

3.        Avengers Academy
5.        Young X-Men – basically the New-X-Men with just a different title
6.       X-Men: Legacy – Featuring the X-Students
8.        Future Foundation (Jonathan Hickman)
12.    Nova Corps

 3.  Avengers Academy really annoys the heck out of me.  I'd much rather have a full-on Initiative variant, and we can keep the same students + add some more.  Preferably get rid of Quicksilver (although it seems that no one wants the character), and other "3rd tier" avengers, and replace them with more solid teachers.  
5.  and 6.  Seem like the same book to me, especially if you're ignoring Hope. 
8.  Well, Fantastic Four.  Although I'd be all for a Future Foundation ongoing alongside the F4, but I don't see that happening. 
12.  GOTG > this.  More to the point, Nova corps just sounds like a NOVA book with a bunch of teams thrown in.  
 
Oh, and no Thunderbolts?  ARMOR?  
 
Also, where's Midnight Sons?  Morbius needs some love. 
  
 @War Killer said: 

Single Titles:

13.    Captain America: The Sentinel of Liberty – Featuring Bucky Barnes (Ed Brubaker)
14.    Captain America: Super-Soldier – Featuring Steve Rogers (Ed Brubaker)
19.    Black Widow ( Marjorie Liu)
20.    Hawkeye and Mockingbird (Jim McCann)
22.    The Irredeemable Ant-Man - Featuring Eric O'Grady
26.    Heroes for Hire – Featuring Luke Cage and Iron Fist
29.    Nick Fury: Agent of Nothing
33.    Captain Britain
34.    Nova: The Human Rocket
35.    Silver Surfer
36.    Captain Marvel – Featuring Noh-Varr.
37.    War Machine
38.    The Scarlet Spider – Ben Reilly back from the dead.
39.    Marvelous– Series that would have a different creative team for every arc that would spotlight on different woman from Marvel; preferable a creative team true to whichever female character is being spotlighted that story arc
40.    Front Line – series that gives a glimpse of the Marvel Universe through the eyes of people who live in it every day.
41.    The Black Cat
42.    Doctor Strange: Master of the Mystic Arts
43.    Gravity
44.    The Amazing Spider-Girl – Featuring Araña
45.    NYC: Underworld – Focuses on the different super-villains and criminals who roam the streets of New York.

 13+14 - I'd rather have Bucky be on the "street"/New Avengers, to be honest.  2 Captain America books are too zealous for a character who has barely been able to hold one down. 
19.  Not a fan.  Although I could definately see a spy thriller working - I just think it'd work better as a Nick Furry team book.  Same for 29.  
20.  There's no way this would hold up.  I'd be interested, in theory, but not in practice 
22.  I want Scott Lang to return from the dead.  O'Grady shined for me on the Thunderbolts; I'd like to see him on a team book like that.  
26.  Yuck.  Avengers or bust.  Maybe a Cage + Immortal Iron Fist buddy book though... or a "Marvel 2 in 1" book for them. 
33.  & MI13.    Nuff said. 
34.  Gah!  Nova was a good book, but I don't like the idea of them having some other team book outside of his book - especially since he's trying to put it back together.   Or would be if he wasn't currently erased from existence.
35.  Boring; although with him kind of maybe still w/ Galactus, this could have some interesting plot points. 
36.  Noh-Varr is a no-go for me.  He should be stuck on a team book, and let his pet human girl hang around for fun.  Seems like a good fit for "New Avengers". 
37.  I have never found myself really liking this book over the past decade, so I'd opt out. 
38.  YES!  OH YES! YES YES!  He needs to have a major event return, then he needs to move and be out on his own.  And he can be a member of the westcoast Avengers.  Or whatever.  You know what I mean. 
39.  Insulting to women, I think.  I'd rather see an invisible woman ongoing series, as bizarre as that would be.  Spidergirl "sliding" over to 616 would be a nice touch. 
40.  What - and give up on all of those (mostly bad) tie-ins?  Nah, joking.  A Frontline book might be cool.  But we should probably throw a peter-parker-esque character in there. 
41.  Too much exposure, too little payoff. 
42.  "Strange" would work better, and would free it up to be sort of an anthology series, allowing you to star Dr. Strange most of the time, but deal with other occult stuff occasionally. 
43.  If they could figure out what to do with this character, I'd say YES.  Since they can't, I'd rather have a FIRESTAR book. 
44.  Boring. 
45.  Ugh.  I'd rather see SUPERVILLIAN TEAM UP.  Or Deadpool teamup.  Or Aunt May Team Up.  Hey - those dishes aren't gonna wash themselves mr.

  @War Killer said: 

One-Shots (possible on-goings):

46.    Moon Knight
47.    Alpha Flight - Team Book
48.    Taskmaster 
49.    Namor: The Sub-Mariner 
50.    Blue Marvel 
51.    Spider-Man: 2099 
52.    Cloak and Dagger

 46.  Sure.  Again, though, they need to make up their mind with this guy. 
47.  Canadian FTW!  Yes. 
48.  Sure. 
49.  His current book seems to be pretty cool. 
50.  No.  Just no. 
51.  How about "2099". 
52.  Sure.  Although I'd rather they join the X-men again.
 

Ongoing Titles:

1. Captain America
2. Captain America & Bucky (World War two stories featuring the Howling Commandos & The Invaders)
3. The Mighty Thor
4. The Invincible Ironman
5. The Incredible Hulk
6. The Spectacular Spiderman
7. The Amazing Spidergirl (Arana)
   
8. Black Panther & Storm
   
9. Daredevil: Man Without Fear
   
10. The Immortal Ironfist
11. Punisher
12. Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme
    
13. Namor: The Submariner
14. Sentry (Sentry gets his own series in which he's mostly sane & fights a restored Norman Osborn who has taken over Philadelphia's underworld & empowered/hired a team of goblins led by Jack O'Lantern, Jester, Menace, Cherry Blossom, Phil Urich)
15. Wolverine
16. X-23
17. Silver Surfer
18. Ghost Riders
19. Captain Marvel (Featuring Noh Varr but with the ability to communicate to previous or deceased captains)
20. Nova
21. Moon Knight
22. Deadpool
23. Nick Fury: Agent of Nothing
24. Blade: Trinity (Spitfire & Jubilee)
25. Taskmaster
26. Black Widow
    
27. Avengers: Black Ops (Black Widow, War Machine, Hawkeye, Mockingbird, Falcon, Elektra & Ant-Man)
    
28. Avengers: International (Black Panther leads a team of him, Bucky barnes as USAgent, Michael Pointer as Major Mapleleaf, Union Jack & Red Guardian)
29. Avengers (Ultimates - Captain America, Thor, Ironman, Namor, Spiderman, Ms. Marvel, Scarlet Witch & Hulk)
    
30. Avengers Academy
31. Kang & The New Avengers (The Young Avengers but as young adults)
32. Fantastic Four
33. Runaways
34. Thunderbolts (Daken, Black Tarantula, Shocker, Ghost, Moonstone, Songbird & Juggernaut)
    
35. Exiles (Blue Marvel, Scarlet Spider, Machine Man, Mimic, Nocturne, Morph & Blink)
    
36. Alpha Flight
37. Captain Britain & MI: 13
38. Darkstar & The Winter Guard
39. Darkhawk & The Raptors
40. Masters Of Evil (Count Nefaria, Doctor Octopus, Grey Gargoyle, Rose, The Contessa, Nightshade & Ana Kravinoff)
    
41. Future Foundation
42. X (Follows the Professor X & his students at the school for gifted youngsters)
43. Astonishing X Men (Follows Cyclops & his team)
44. X Force (Cable, Psylocke, Domino, Risque, Archangel, Warpath & Fantomex)
45. X Factor Investigations
    
46. Uncanny X Men (Wolverine & The X men)
    
47. Annihilators (Quasar, Gladiator, Ronan, Beta Ray Bill, Ikon, Ms. Marvel)
    
48. Blackbolt & The Inhumans (Ruling over the Kree empire)
49. Cage & Jewel (Probation Reinforcement Officers)
    
50. Cloak & Dagger
51. Skaar: Son Of Hulk (As Guardian and Ruler of the negative Zone)
52. Lady Liberators (She hulk, Spiderwoman, Elsa Bloodstone, Hellcat, Photon, Sersi, Shuri)

1.blade: supernatural forces 
2. blue marvel the legacy 
3. cloak & dagger - partners in crime 
4. black panther : the kingdom
5.x-men 
6. x-force- black ops  
7. wolverine : immortal mutant 
8. Cage and jewel - the agency 
9. taskmaster- world's dangerous mercenary 
10. hulk monster within man 
11. silver surfer 
12. Hybrid: birth of the new symbiote 
13. Gambit: cajun thief

@Nighthunter said:

1. Amazing Spider-man as a monthly (Matt Fraction)

Fraction? Writing Spider-Man? Where the heck did you get that idea? Dan Slott 's been doing great with writing Amazing Spider-Man since Big Time. The series is currently at a real high, why would you change something like that? Plus I really don't think Fraction's writing would suit Spider-Man. Sure he's great at Invincible Iron Man, I love him on that series. I really dig Fear Itself as well. But Dan Slott's the Spider-Man writer to me. I can, however, find peace in the suggestion that it ought to become a monthly again.

@Nighthunter said:

1. Deadpool (Daniel Way)

Please no more. Daniel Way is effectively slaughtering the character I used to love above all. I really loved the original ( now called Deadpool Classic ) Deadpool series. I loved Cable & Deadpool perhaps even a bit more. And while Daniel Way's Deadpool started out pretty good to me with Secret Invasion and the Bullseye arc, the series really isn't going anywhere anymore. Daniel Way seems to hate character development as there hasn't been any real development so far. All we are given is a long series of surreal gimmicks. Sure I want my Deadpool to be funny, but I want it to be like Cable & Deadpool, or like what Remender is giving us in Uncanny X-Force

On the side: no Venom series by Rick Remender? That 's currently one of the best Marvel books out there if you'd ask me. Remender quickly moved up as one of my favorite writers with his Uncanny X-Force and Venom runs.

Anyway, I really wouldn't enjoy a relaunch of Marvel's books as they did with DC Comics. It would also feel a bit unnecessary, since I feel that Marvel is more accessible than DC. If anything should be copied from their counterpart, it should be the 'Drawing the line'-strategy. Way too many of Marvel's books are being priced at 3.99 USD instead of 2.99 USD. I think a lot of people might be dropping some of the more average ( or even the good ) Marvel books and pick up DC books, simply because of the economical benefits.

Here are mine: 

1. Captain America (Bucky)
2. Steve Rogers: Super Solider
3. Invincible Ironman
4. War machine
5. Thor
6. Journey into mystery featuring Loki
7. Amazing Spider-man as a monthly
8. Web of The Scarlet Spider (set in LA with Ben)
9. Wolverine
10. X-23
11. Black Panther
12. Daken: Dark Wolverine
13. Avengers - (Captain America (Bucky), Valkyrie, Black Panther, Hulk, Ms. Marvel, Cyclops 
14. Avengers Academy
15. Young Avengers
16. S.H.I.E.L.D
17. Winter Guard - Darkstar, Ursa Major, Crimson Dynamo, Red Guardian  
18. Namor
19. Iron fist
20. Secret Warriors
21. Alpha Flight
22. Hercules
23. Hulk
24. She-Hulk
25. Ms. Marvel
26. Blue Marvel
27. Lady Sif
28. Uncanny X-men
29. Heroes for Hire - Misty Knight, Luke Cage, Black Cat, White Tiger (Casper), Coleen Wing, Shang Chi 
30. Moon Knight
31. Punisher
32. Deadpool
33. The Eternals
34. Nova
35. X-Factor
36. X-Force
37. Captain Marvel (Noh Varr)
38. Immortal Weapons
39. Taskmaster: Americas Most Wanted
40. Silver Surfer
41. Fantastic Four/FF
42. MI:13 & Captain Britain
43. Runaways
44. Werewolf by Night
45. Daredevil
46. Blade
47. Marvel Knights - Daredevil, Blade, Punisher, Ghost Rider, Moon Knight
48. Skarr King of The Negative Zone
49. Venom
50. Thunderbolts - Sabertooth, Steel Serpent, 
51. Ghost Rider
52. Generation X - Hope, Anole, Rockslide, Velocitad, Onya, Dust, 

Yeah, I tried really hard to get 52... made it to 34 and realized that was the end of my list. At least of the ones I'd buy. There are other obvious inclusions, but not ones I would partake in. So with that in mind:

1. Alpha Flight - Classic team

2. Amazing Spider-Man - Spidey faces his classic villains

3. Astonishing X-Men - Wolverine, Cyclops, rotating cast

4. Captain America

5. Doctor Strange

6. Excalibur - Captain Britain, Nocturne, New British Heroes

7. Generation X - Jubilee, Husk, Chamber, Skin, Stepford Cuckoos, Molly Hayes, Pixie, Dazzler

8. Hercules

9. Incredible Hulk

10. Ka-Zar

11. Magneto

12. Marvel Comics Presents - One shot stories only

13. Mystic Avengers - Doctor Strange, Brother Voodoo, Nico Minoru, Magik, Shaman

14. Mystique

15. Nick Fury

16. Pet Avengers - Ongoing children's title

17. Runaways - Original team returns, Vaughn writes

18. Solo Avengers - Hawkeye, Mockingbird

19. Spectacular Spider-Man - Spidey faces new villains

20. Spider-Man - General book, crossover access point

21. Sword and Shield - Shadowcat, Lockheed, Nick Fury, Beast

22. The Brotherhood of Mutants - Magneto, Toad, Juggernaut, Sabertooth, Blob and Mystique

23. The Savage Land - New characters, Sauron

24. The Secret Wars - Ongoing tales of D list heroes, permanently relegated to the reality of Secret Wars

25. The Thing - Independent

26. Thunderbolts - Dum Dum Dugan, Juggernaut, Taskmaster, Venom, Songbird, Moonstone

27. Uncanny X-Men - Cyclops, Angel, Iceman, Beast, Emma Frost, Colossus, Storm

28. Wolverine

29. X-23

30. X-Factor - Madrox, Layla Miller, Wolfsbane, Strong Guy, Rictor, Siryn

31. X-Force - Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Emma Frost, X-23, Shadowcat

32. X-Men - Wolverine, Jubilee, Gambit, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat

33. Young Avengers - Standard team

34. Young X - Adventures of young Xavier and Magneto

35. Fantastic Four

36. Iron Man

37. Thor

38. Daredevil

39. Deadpool

40. Elektra

41. Cloak and Dagger

42. Exiles

43. X-Men Presents

44. Punisher

45. Guardians of the Galaxy

46. Power Pack

47. Villains

48. Ghost Rider

49. Heroes for Hire

50. Nightcrawler

51. Gambit

52. Spider-Girl

I guess I might buy a few of them past #34. But some of those I threw in just to fill the numbers. Oh well. If I ran the Marvel Universe... the company would tank. Granted, you could take my 34 and apply the "New Marvel Method" and turn each of those titles into 2 titles and you'd be just fine meeting 52 of them. With the appropriate creative team though, I'd actually buy the first 34. And if they weren't marked up for limited pages.

Well, I dunno about creative teams but if I was involved with slimming down the Marvel books into 52 books that included the option to entice new readership, I'd do something like this:

1. Avengers - Cap, Thor and Iron Man with a rotatable roster with about five other heroes (two at a time); Ms Marvel, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Hank Pym (Giant Man/Ant Man on alternate) and Wasp. (storylines should be about them facing big threats against the world - the team should reflect diversity like the Ultimates, but without that same amount of darkness that title had)

2. Captain America (this might alternate between arcs set in the present with new villains and current missions, with single issues inbetween featuring an event from Cap's past in the form of a 'documentary' or some kind of historical source)

3. The Mighty Thor (should probably have a high fantasy vibe, with adventures throughout Asgard/remote places of Earth and facing off against sorcerers and gods and monsters either by himself or with allies. Perhaps single issues scattered about after every arc or two set on Earth with Thor just having a lighter time)

4. The Invincible Iron Man (probably something similar to the movies - those are what really helped push Iron Man into the limelight and if you're re-imagining the line why not take some pieces from what made him mainstream?)

5. Ms Marvel (try and do something with her that doesn't tie her into any other series - she should stand on her own)

6. Black Widow (this would be less of a superhero book and more a spy/action series along the lines of the new Bond films, but perhaps without the same amount of organisation behind her movements)

7. Fantastic Four (perhaps a little bit of Neo-Silver Age stuff with the FF going on adventures or finding themselves with family difficulties and fighting the bad guys as best they can. Not necessarily a kid-tier book, but something anyone can read and enjoy)

8. Amazing Spider-Man (just keep doing the same stuff Dan Slott's currently doing, or the same tone. Spidey's probably Marvel's best known hero, so just try and keep things as accessible as possible and un-caught up in massive events. Probably should have arcs of 3-4 issues)

9. Spectacular Spider-Man (if Amazing Spider-Man has story-arcs, this series should be about the webhead just fighting the bad guys in one-shot issues, maybe teaming up with fellow members of the spider-family as well)

10. Daredevil (a mix of gang and court case story arcs with romantic entanglements and Matt and Foggy just being pals as one-shots inbetween arcs)

11. Uncanny X-Men - Cyclops, Jean Grey, Wolverine, Kitty Pryde, Colossus, Storm as the main team and the option for Nightcrawler, Psylocke, Beast or Rogue to join them on missions (only two of them join at a time). (Story arcs should be about them involving themselves in tightly political situations and trying to promote tolerance for their people, with single issues slotted in between story arcs to just show the team being friends - playing baseball for instance)

12. New X-Men - Emma Frost, Beast, Xavier and Karma involved with the school, with the teenaged/young adult X-Men characters finding themselves involved in small missions or just hi-jinks at the school (more like Harry Potter-style hi-jinkses though, not Archie-Betty-Veronica hi-jinkses). Perfect way for Marvel to also test out possible replacement members for the main X-Men team. If Beast is involved with the X-Men in a story arc, he shouldn't be involved in the New X-Men series during that time.

13. Deadpool - just Deadpool being Deadpool really, should mostly be an action/comedy series that could partner him up with someone to banter with or just bounce off (like Cable). Stories should probably be short as well.

14. Power Pack - This one should be more kid-friendly, but again the sort of thing anyone can pick up. Should probably have the same tone as the Fantastic Four series, but on more of a kid-scale.

15. Punisher - Basically Frank doing what he does best, but aimed at a more mature audience and trying to get inside his head and understanding what would drive a man to do what he does. Flashbacks into his past could be included as solo issues to provide a bit of a brightness against what should probably be a dark series. By brightness I mean showing what he's lost (his family), not that it should be Frank going to the planet Mars to meet Tim Burton's Martians.

I've intentionally kept it short because I hope Marvel would take the opportunity with 52 new series trying to hook new readers that they'd try new genres and not just their superhero line. Maybe they could have a few more superhero series (no more than 20 I think), but they should also branch out into other genres in order to appeal to a wider variety of audiences. None of those other series should involve superheroes or be explicitly bound to the superhero series, but they'd probably be in the same universe. Just trying new ideas (if they want girls, throw them some series with girls as main characters that don't put them off comics, or throw out war comics or zombie comics in the vein of COD and Left 4 Dead in order to get some of the video gamer crowd of boys - with more meat than those games though). More fantasy titles and sci-fi titles wouldn't go amiss either, but those series should also try shying away from being superhero comics and branch out more into new realms that test the abilities of Marvel's writers to write something in a different genre. Comics aren't just about superheroes - it's an important genre, but nobody's going to have their mind changed unless a company as big as Marvel or DC promotes a large variety of non-superhero comics. These are just my suggestions, of course. *shrug*

Let's say that DC gets historical success with their september reboot and makes Marvel look at their list of titles and say "You know what? We need more diversity in our line too." and use the exact same program as DC. 
 
What would be your 52 titles that came from that? You don't have to come up with creative teams but you can do so if you please. 
 
Here are mine: 

1. Captain America (Ed Brubaker) 
2. Captain America and Bucky (Ed Brubaker)
3. Invincible Ironman (Matt Fraction)
4. Warmachine (Nick Spencer)
5. Thor (Matt Fraction)
6. Journey into mystery featuring Loki (Kieron Gillen)
7. Amazing Spider-man as a monthly (Matt Fraction)
8. Spectacular Spider-man as a monthly (Dan Slott)
9. Wolverine (Jason Aaron)
10. X-23 (Marjorie Liu)
11. Black Panther (David Liss)
12. Storm (Greg Rucka)
13. Avengers (Dan Slott)
14. Avengers Academy (Christos Gage)
15. Young Avengers (Sean Mckeever)
16. Doctor Strange (Jonathan Hickman)
17. Luke Cage (Brian Bendis)
18. Namor (Jason Aaron)
19. Ironfist (Jason Aaron)
20. Nick Fury (Nick Spencer)
21. Alpha Flight (Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente)
22. Hercules (Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente)
23. Hulk (Jeff Parker)
24. She-Hulk (Peter David)
25. Ms. Marvel (Brian Bendis)
26. Blue Marvel
27. Lady Sif
28. Uncanny X-men (Kieron Gillen)
29. Heroes for Hire (Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning)
30. Moon Knight (Brian Bendis)
31. Punisher (Greg Rucka)
32. Deadpool (Daniel Way)
33. The Inhumans (Jonathan Hickman)
34. Nova (Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning)
35. X-Factor (Peter David)
36. X-force (Rick Remender)
37. Captain Mar-vel
38. Falcon (Fred van Lente)
39. Black Widow (Marjorie Liu)
40. Silver Surfer (Mike Carey)
41. Fantastic Four/FF (Jonathan Hickman)
42. Captain Britain (Paul Cornell)
43. Runaways (Brian Wood)
44. Dracula: King of the Vampires (Marv Wolfman)
45. Daredevil (Mark Waid)
46. Blade (Mark Millar)
47. The Howling commandos (based on world war II) (Roger Stern)
48. Astonishing tales featuring Giant-man (Dan Slott)
49. Ka-Zar (Paul Jenkins)
50. Thunderbolts (Jeff Parker)
51. Ghost Rider (Daniel Way)
52. Agents of Atlas (Jeff Parker)

I would only start with 6 and work from there

1. Invaders (set during WW2)

2. Avengers (To reintroduce the Major players such as Cap, Iron Man and Thor)

3. X-Men ( To reintroduce mutants)

4. Fantastic 4 ( to reintroduce the cosmic aspects)

5. Spiderman (which would also act as a spring board for other solo heroes)

6. Midnight Sons (to Introduce the magic elements and monsters)

@Gambit1024 said:

Nice list

I'd like to see marvel make a few lesser known characters successful like DC did with Animal Man and Swamp Thing.

Johnny Storm or an Iceman comic would be good.

A Colossus and Magik comic would be great.

I had to think about this for quite a while, the reboot completely revamps the history which explains my current lack of many X and Avenger titles. I don't have 52 yet, but I'll keep adding to the list as I come up with ideas. Feel free to post comments or constructive criticism.

1. THE ASTONISHING X-MEN #1 (Writer: Jim McCann|Artist: Marc Silvestri) Team: Professor Xavier, Cyclops, Havok, Jean Grey, Angel, Scarlet Witch, Iceman. Professor Xavier and Magneto decide to protect the mutant population, Charles training new mutants at the Xavier Institute and Erik hunting down threats with his X-Force strike force. The first mission is rescuing Havok and Angel, who were eager to prove themselves by stopping an AIM laboratory heist but got kidnapped.

2. THE AVENGERS #1 (Writer: Zeb Wells|Artist: Steve McNiven) Team: Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Hulk, Nova, Hank Pym, Wasp. Nova arrives on Earth to warn the inhabitants about an incoming invasion fleet of Kree warriors and the World's Greatest Heroes assemble to combat the threat. This is set slightly before the other stories, giving them a chance to establish themselves.

3. S.T.E.E.D. (SUPERHUMAN THIEVERY, EXTORTION, AND ESPIONAGE DIRECTIVE) #1 (Writer: James Asmus|Artist: Carlos Pacheco) Team: Borin Stormbrow, Gambit, Chameleon, Black Cat, Glass Man, Ant-Man (O'Grady). Borin Stormbrow, the immortal thief and his bodyguard the Glass Man assemble a group of the world's best thieves but what happens when they get too deep in a mission? Borin Stormbrow and the Glass Man are new characters I created, both with unique powers and personalities.

4. THUNDERBOLTS: JUSTICE LIKE LIGHTNING #1 (Writer: Rick Remender|Artist: Neil Edwards) Team: Cobra, Bullseye, Ghost, Radioactive Man, Elektra, Equinox, Wonder Man. Wonder Man, an ex-villian makes a deal with the government that allows him a chance to give convicted criminals a chance to redeem themselves. Their first mission is protecting Cobra, who is being targeted by the Serpent Society for information he learned while he was a member of the group.

5. THE AVENGERS INITIATIVE #1 (Writer: Jason Aaron|Artist: Sara Pichelli) Teachers: Nick Fury, Captain America, Hank Pym, Wasp, Hawkeye, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Thing, various guest speakers. First Class: Amadeus Cho, Darkhawk, Justice, Speedball, Firestar, Beast, Butterball, Rage. After the success of the Avengers team, SHIELD decides to give young superhumans a chance to be like their heroes, but someone in the program is traitor and the students begin to turn against each other.

6. SPIDER-MAN #1 (Writer: Nick Spencer|Artist: Carlo Barberi) Peter Parker is a new hero eager to prove himself, but when a mercenary hired by someone involved in his creation comes after him will he know what to do? This skips the origin, but flashbacks to it throughout the series. The mercenary is Constrictor, a villian I always wanted to see Spider-Man face.

7. CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 (Writer: Warren Ellis|Artist: Luke Ross) Captain America, recently revived by SHIELD from his icy tomb is adjusting to his new life in the future but an old enemy named Arnim Zola isn't happy about his return. This is set after he escapes the ice, and Arnim is much more threatening and plans to assemble a team of his foes and resurrect the Red Skull.

8. UNSTOPPABLE HULK #1 (Writer: Kieron Gillen|Artist: Miguel Angel Sepulveda) Bruce Banner is on the run from SHIELD Agent General Ryker in Hong Kong, but when he gets in a situation stopping black market surgeon Red Scalpel, can he keep the beast contained? Meanwhile, the Redeemer Company is being prepared to take down the Hulk. Red Scalpel is a new villian, who is currently powerless but will be powered up later in the series.

9. IRON MAN #1 (Writer: Jonathan Hickman|Artist: Max Fiumara) After escaping his kidnapping in Afghanistan in his newly made Iron Man armor, Tony Stark must deal with corporate copycats and an enemy of his fathers, the terrorist known as the Steel Samurai! This takes place directly after his escape, and new armors are made and worn throughout the series.

10. THOR #1 (Writer: Ariel Olivetti|Artist: Julian Totino Tedesco) Thor is stranded on Earth, betrayed by his brother and headhunted by SHIELD Agents but his biggest threat he will be facing is another stranded being, the alien known as the Super-Skrull!

11. DAREDEVIL: MAN WITHOUT FEAR #1 (Writer: Jeph Loeb|Artist: Giuseppe Camuncoli) Daredevil is given great powers after his accident on the street, but when he trys to take down the Kingpin of Crime will that be enough?

12. FANTASTIC FOUR #1 (Writer: Tony Lee|Artist: Patrick Zircher) Team: Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Thing, Human Torch. Reed Richards inter-dimensional transporter is ready, but when they enter the Negative Zone they are struck by rays of energy giving them strange powers. They return to Earth, but with them comes two spores that quickly evolve into Annihilus and Destructus. Destructus is a being similar to Annihilus, but has a more grasshopper appearance with large spiked arms.

13. X-FORCE #1 (Writer: Jonathan Hickman&Brian Reed|Artist: Ron Garney) Team: Magneto, Mystique, Wolverine, Sunfire, Quicksilver. Magneto's team of warriors is ready to take down the threats to the mutant community, but can they handle William Stryker and his Purifier army?

14. WOLVERINE #1 (Writer: Daniel Way|Artist: Cullen Bunn) Found in the Canadian wilderness, Logan has no memory of his past. Joining the Alpha Flight group he seeks for answers, but when Garrison Kane comes for him he may find more than he is looking for. This is also set before the other series.

15. SIR PERCY, THE BLACK KNIGHT#1 (Writer: J. Michael Stracynski|Artist: Renato Guedes) Sir Percy is the greatest protector of Camelot, but when he discovers a the Cult of Fang and their monstrous leader Fin Fang Foom will he be strong enough to stop their invasion? This is a series set in medieval times, and has references to current characters and old ones.

16. CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 (Writer: Brian Michael Bendis|Artist: Fiona Staples) Captain Mar-Vell of the Kree Fleet was selected to be the universe's greatest protector after his massive bravery in battle. His first mission is stopping his races invasion of Earth, but will he be able to bring himself to fighting his own people to protect a planet full of strangers? This happens at the same time as the Avengers series, and ties in with it's events.

17. THE MIGHTY #1 (Writer: Matt Fraction|Artist: Terry/Rachel Dodson) Team: Hercules, Iron Fist, Captain Britain, Silver Samurai, Doctor Strange, Clea, Black Knight (Whitman). The world's greatest warriors and mystics have assembled to take down the world's greatest magical threats, starting with the group of sorcerers and assassins known as the Hand, but when the monstrous Beast's mental influence is too much for Captain Britain can his teammates stop him from killing them?