Anonymous asked: As a fan of the Runaways, I'm not buying Arena/Undercover, but I'm still very interested in the characters. I know Marvel takes sales as a gauge for interest in characters/concepts, but what about when a title aimed at specific audiences just misses and it's not the characters themselves? What kind of feedback can we, as fans, give to show that we just don't like the current direction and aren't buying for that reason?
The honest answer is that it’s really impossible to fine-tune the message to that degree. Given the number of readers (or non-readers) that we’re talking about, our ability to pick up feedback—from retailers, through sales, from letters and message boards and in person—is relatively limited. If there’s something that’s strongly in the zeitgeist, then that will show up. But a more fine-tuned message from a smaller number of fans isn’t going to easily make its way through the white noise.
Just felt I should throw my thoughts in here. I am a HUGE Runaways fan. I was prepared to hate Avengers Arena. And after the first issue, I did hate it. But I wanted to read more with Nico and Chase, so I kept reading. And it turns out, Avengers Arena was an extremely well written series; I was pleasantly surprised, so much so that I started picking up Undercover as well (though I’m behind on it.)
What I’m trying to say is, it’s worth giving a story a try even if you think it’s an awful idea *coughSuperiorSpider-Mancough*
