This exhibits itself in a reduction in X-Men comics being published and their prominence in promotion – their absence even. That licensing is banned or severely restricted, and no cartoons are being produced. And while not as restrictive as the impositions made upon Fantastic Four-related, they have been reported as being imposed by above.
Fox does not receive a cut of Marvel’s comics-based or animation-based X-Men or FF licensing, it’s more about personal politics.
It was explained to me by a senior Marvel executive as more Marvel concentrating on Marvel Studios properties than actively not promoting the others. But it has led to the ridiculous state of X-Men and Fantastic Four characters – even the mention of them – being removed from collections, games, T-shirts and calendars. or statues being halted in mid-production.
Of late , however, relations between Marvel Comics and Marvel Studios have become far frostier. An relations with Fox, certainly regarding the TV series, has suddenly become something verging on the cordial.
And suddenly the leading pop vinyl brand of toys, Funko, has a whole line of X-Men related toys focused on the very nineties iterations that next years ResurreXion titles seem to be clustering around. Their first X-Men figures since… 2014?
Is this the end of the CompleX? At least as far as nineties X-Men go?
Do Funko X-Men Figures Signal The End Of The CompleX?
via http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/10/27/do-funko-x-men-figures-mean-the-end-of-the-complex/
Rich Johnston
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