What has/has not been cancelled/relaunched as a part of Marvel NOW!
This list will be frequently updated. And serve as a good guide since Marvel isn’t trashing every single book like DC did in the New 52. Or providing a decent list of what comics have been canned/relaunched.
KEY: Bold = confirmed/most definitely going to survive. Italics = CONFIRMED cancelled and/or relaunched
- Amazing Spider-Man: Issue 700 on Dec. 26 is final issue. Replaced by Superior Spider-Man in January. Same creative staff.
- Avenging Spider-Man: stays; will have the Superior Spider-Man.
- Scarlet Spider: They mentioned second year in the Dec. solicitations. Upgraded to survives.
- Venom: Made a big deal of Flash-Venom moving to Philly for December’s issue. Upgraded to surviving NOW!-pocalypse.
- Uncanny X-Men: DEAD AS OF OCTOBER 2012. It will be replaced by All-New X-Men, which Marvel did describe as the equivalent to when Avengers became New Avengers.
- Wolverine & the X-Men: surviving for “a second year” according to October’s solicitations.
- X-Men Legacy: ends in October 2012. Relaunchs. About Legion.
- X-Men: unknown.
- Astonishing X-Men: might survive after January.
- X-Treme X-Men: it launched in July 2012. It’s alternate-universe stuff. It will survive.
- Uncanny X-Force: December 2012 is the final issue. Relaunches in January while Cable & X-Force launches in December.
- New Mutants: ends in October 2012. Cannonball & Sunspot join Hickman’s Avengers. Still unknown about the rest of the team.
- X-Factor: Marvel said it is safe.
- Age of Apocalypse: Alternate universe book. Most likely survives.
- Wolverine: Final issue is December 2012.
- Gambit: Launched in August 2012. Will most likely survive.
- Deadpool: ends in October 2012. Relaunches in November.
- Avengers: ending in November 2012. Relaunches following month. Goes 2x a month, every month.
- New Avengers: ending in December 2012. Relaunches January 2013.
- Avengers Academy: Graduates/ends in November. Spiritual replacement: The Battle Royale/Hunger Games rip-off/cash-grab/inspired Avengers Arena.
- Secret Avengers: Relaunches in February as SHIELD-centric squad.
- Avengers Assemble: new arc begins in November; re-branded as a Marvel NOW! book.
- Dark Avengers: renamed from Thunderbolts in June 2012. Confirmed to stay.
- Captain America: ends in October 2012. Relaunches in November
- Captain America & …: ends in December.
- Winter Soldier: confirmed to survive. It may be missing from the December solicitations, but a new writer was revealed for it.
- Mighty Thor: ends in October 2012. Relaunches in November as Thor: God of Thunder.
- Journey Into Mystery:
ending in October?Joins Marvel NOW! in November w/ Kathryn Immonen & Schiti. - Invincible Iron Man: ending in October 2012. Relaunches in November as Iron Man.
- Fantastic Four: ends in October 2012. Relaunches in November.
- FF: ends in October 2012. Relaunches in November.
- Incredible Hulk: ends in October 2012. Relaunches in November as Indestructible Hulk.
- Hulk: transitions in October to Red She-Hulk. Will keep previous title’s number. Gets Marvel NOW!-branding
- Punisher: ends in September 2012; becomes 5-part miniseries Punisher: War Zone. Punisher will be a part of new Thunderbolts book in December.
- Daredevil: confirmed to stay post-NOW
- Defenders: ends in November 2012. Relaunch unknown.
- Captain Marvel: launched in July 2012. Most likely survives
- Hawkeye: launched in August 2012. Most likely survives.
Survivors: 15
Canned/Relaunching: 21
BTW, the only difference separating AoA/XtXM from the Ultimate books are their ties to the 616/main Marvel Universe
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