Thread:Duellante magic/@comment-27811555-20160331042555/@comment-27811555-20160402164514

Yeah that makes sense. Also we don't have to worry about The Squadron Supreme. I forgot that they are an Avengers affiliated book. Especially with Civil War II I just don't see Marvel cancelling Squadron Supreme anytime soon. As I stated earlier since solicitations have The Squad going to at least #9, I see Squadron Supreme going to at least 12 issues with maybe 3 arcs.

Out of the two derivative titles, I find that Nighthawk might be more successful. One Kyle Richmond (forgot his new alias) is a darker more complicated man (in some ways). It is interesting that Hyperion has become involved with a team like SS, and the potential conflict between him and Nighthawk over methods has me salivating. Furthermore having him travel across America to acquaint himself this country was a great premise my ruined by him staying and fighting a pretty boring villain(s) IMO. Seeing how Nighthawk handles the problems in Chicago and with real-world problems mirrored in the title makes it seem like more people might buy the title as opposed to Hyperion. And IMO Nighthawk has better covers.

If Hyperion gets cancelled it will be a shame because the cross-country travel was a great premise. A powerful superhero needs a great super-villain or at least interesting villains he fights along the way. While I like Hyperion's Hip-Hop cover better, the fact that the same artist isn't on it from is troubling. Unless I'm wrong and it's part of a Marvel trend? Squadron Supreme had Alex Ross for 4 issues and now we have Alex Gardener.

Also can I say blessed I feel to have two really good artists be the CA for the series? I had no problems with any of Alex Ross' covers, it's just apart from #3 I liked the variants more. While not as photo-realistic, #7 done by Alex Gardener looks pretty sweet.