Manhunter ends at issue #38

I was talking about this with William this week but is this a sign of things to come given the whole economic crisis the world is said to be heading into? I hope not but I am not surprised to hear this – Manhunter will end at issue #38. Confirmations here on Newsarama:

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/100817-Manhunter-ends.html

It makes me think that perhaps the selling count for books just moved up the bar quite a bit and this is one of many books ending announcements that we will likely be hearing. This is good and bad, the bad is books like Manhunter end while books like New Avengers will keep being published without actually having the Avengers in them (not I won’t give up on that bone). I worry for some books like Young Liars, Simon Dark, Birds of Prey and perhaps even Guardians of the Galaxy. The good side to this would mean that both Marvel and DC won’t be filling the shelves with crap and perhaps trimming down books and putting out good stories than all the junk that is on the stands right now. Now as much as I would like to see more good story books and less bad tasting popcorn crap, I am NEVER a fan of a book being canceled. Ever!

I was hoping that the current story Manhunter would end and I could get into the next story, which seemed to be slowly being seeded in the backstory of the latest issues but sadly no. I am surprised that the book did not return with a full hero line-up of guest stars to help push the book more. I think that was great but sadly I could not get into the return story. I hope Marc Andreyko gets/has another gig soon!