Are DC and Marvel comics trying to be too much like the movies?

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

Gosh it's almost like...they're trying to do the two-fold cash in/strike while the iron is hot, while also being welcoming to new folks who've probably never read a comic book before.

HOW DARE THEY!
I mean, it's almost like they're a dying medium trying to resurrect itself with a new influx of fans.

You accomplish that with tie-ins, specials, or minis (kind of like DC did way back... B&R dropped, they put out specials for Mr. Freeze, Ivy, and Bane... no main books were affected).

What you don't do is drop a bomb/hijack whatever the current arc/the writer is doing on the main book and supplant it with whatever the latest movie is doing. All that's going to do is piss off your base and set a horrible precedent for any time a new movie drops. Why even bother reading the comics at all, at that point?