Both Destroyers and the Victor Von Doom miniseries have been cancelled before their release.
It can come as no surprise that amid the atmosphere of cuts at Marvel two more title have been cut, but these were two highly anticipated titles, so that makes this news a little more of a shock.
The Victor Von Doom miniseries was announced back in August and had the creative team of writer Nick Spencer and artist Becky Cloonan behind it, the team that also brought us Secret Avengers. The miniseries was to feature a teenage Doom and would tell his origin story. The reaction to the announcement from writer Nick Spencer on Twitter is below:
I see word is out about VICTOR VON DOOM. Trust me, no one is more bummed about this than I am.
Really proud of the scripts and hope to get to work with@beckycloonan sooner rather than later. #teendoomforevs#teamdoom#DOOM
How ironic the caption 'Doomed to Hell' looks now.
Destroyers a planned five-issue miniseries starring She-Hulk, The Thing, the Beast, Devil Dinosaur and other “monstrous” heroes has also been confirmed to be cancelled - although this was never solicited. Writer Fred Van Lente, who was due to work with artist Kyle Hotz, announced via his Twitter account in response to a question about
Destroyers from a fan:
There was no announcement, the book hadn’t been solicited yet, and just wouldn’t have. … The biggest bummer about Destroyers was Kyle Hotz had #1-2 pencilled, and it looked grrrrreat. Ah, well. That’s showbiz for you.
So, these cuts keep coming thick and fast from Marvel, obviously we have to keep this in perspective - they haven't cut anything that's established itself already. But they do seem to be less keen on investing in new ideas; could this affect Marvel in the future.
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