It seems that Ruse, Sigil, and Mystic didn't sell as much as Marvel liked so Route 666 and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang got shelved. I had high hopes for the revival and did enjoy the new Ruse mini series but I think Marvel dropped the ball all together with Crossgen. They changed stuff too much for older readers to get into the series and probably didn't do well attracting new ones.
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Disappointing but at this point I'd rather see them shelved then have them "rethink" the other series. Ruse was good because it stayed true to the original and had Mark Waid on it. The news is a shame though because I would have loved to see more titles come back but only if Marvel would have done what they did with Ruse.
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference." Reinhold Niebuhr
Sadly, it's rather rare for revivals of comics to work. Chaos!'s characters, whether re-invented or continued, failed hopelessly to attract new readers whilst alienating many old ones. It's no surprise to see Crossgen going the same way...
Sworn, bloody!
Xetal
The Old Peculier perpetrator of warm English beer
The "rethinking" was nothing more then putting Crossgen titles on completely unrecognizable concepts... I can't believe they tried that. It was never going to work doing that...
Well I think Marvel never heard of the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" saying.
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