New hope for the THING?...

[Dan Slott]

Here's what Joe Quesada said this week in his JOE'S FRIDAYS column over at Newsarama:

”DBHughes” - Volume 1 of Dan Slott's Thing trade paperback is solicited in the July orders; those orders are not due until May 30 (a full two weeks from now). Why was the Thing announced as cancelled before Marvel even saw what the orders were for the first Thing trade paperback? Sales are allegedly the key factor in whether a title survives; Spider-Girl has in fact survived largely in part due to its trade paperback sales?

JQ: DB, our sales people have some pretty accurate ways of measuring how a title will do in the after market based on its current monthly sales and books of its kind historically. It’s black magic to me, but I’m always freaked out at how accurate they are. Sure, once in a blue moon a title over exceeds our expectations in the trade market, we love those kinds of surprises, so here’s the good news. If Thing does well as a trade, I’ll bet you dollars to donuts that we come back atcha with a new Thing series. It’s that simple.

[Patrick King]

Hooray! Maybe not all hope is lost!

[Matthew]

I'll definately be picking up one. Perhaps I'll buy one for my ONE friend who also likes comics....

[Melike]

Jeez they keep us hangin dont they. Its an emotional rollercoaster. FIngers crossed eh?

[Lord Jermaine Retail]

Hey, what did I say? I'm not just making things up around here.

I know what to do for the Thing tpb, but we need other retailers behind it too. Hey Dan, how would you feel about calling the top few Diamond accounts plus a couple random comic shops to make sure they support the Thing tpb? We like it when we get phone calls.

[Bedlam66]

I'll pick one up. maybe two one ofr my Friends Kids.

[John Drake]

I'll make sure to tell people about this. It's actually easier to get people to buy a TPB than singles sometimes, so they might give this a shot.

[tom daylight]

Call me crazy but I just hope that Kieron Dwyer can stay on the book; #6 was my favourite issue yet, I feel it really brought the series off the ground.

Not to knock DiVito, just that lightheartedness isn't really his strongpoint and he's so much better with grand dramatic pieces, which the Thing by its nature doesn't really offer.

I think they ought to relaunch the book as Marvel Two-In-One with the book split between Thing stories and a serial about another character.

[Kevinroc]

Yup, that's what I thought.

Here's hoping.

[Bervda]

As I've said, I'm ordering this as my first Dan Slott comic.