Tsunami (Marvel Comics)

Tsunami was an imprint of Marvel Comics founded in January 1, 2003.

Overview

Marvel's goal was to create comic books that would appeal to manga readers. Other than in the art, the titles shared little in common, with, for example, ''Runaways'' and ''Sentinel'' being aimed at children and younger teenagers and '' Mystique'' touching on espionage and darker themes better suited for an older audience.

''New Mutants'', ''Mystique'', ''Runaways'' and ''Sentinel'' earned critical acclaim and a devoted fan following, ''Human Torch'', ''Namor'' and ''Venom'' failed to generate interest, with the last surviving eighteen issues on the back of exceptionally high initial sales.

The imprint was discontinued in late December 2003. ''Mystique'' was the longest running title – lasting twenty-four issues, although it was absorbed into the mainstream Marvel Comics imprint and had a change of writer as part of the X-Men: ReLoad event after the thirteenth issue, while ''New Mutants'', also part of ReLoad, was relaunched from with a new first issue as '' New X-Men: Academy X'' at the same time.''Venom'' and ''Runaways'' carried the imprint branding for the longest period, lasting until their eighteenth issues, after which ''Runaways'' was briefly cancelled before being relaunched as part of the Marvel Next initiative, while ''Venom'' was canceled outright. The other series were canceled after twelve issues.

Since then, ''Runaways'' has received a boost from high digest-sized trade paperback (TPB) sales, which was one of the reasons for its relaunch, while ''Sentinel'' was also revived, as a five-issue miniseries, for the same reason. ''Human Torch'' received a single digest, without signs of revival.

''New Mutants'' received a single standard-size trade paperback compiling its first six issues, as well as complete collections in the same format of its successor series, ''New X-Men: Academy X'', which was revamped shortly after ''House of M'' as simply '' New X-Men''. ''Mystique'' and ''Venom'' were fully collected as standard-size trade paperbacks.

Titles

* ''Human Torch'' (2003–2004) #1–12
* ''Inhumans'' (2003–2004) #1–12
* '' Mystique'' (2003–2005) #1–13 only
* ''Namor'' (2003–2004) #1–12
* ''Sentinel'' (2003–2004) #1–12
* ''Venom'' (2003–2004) #1–18
* ''New Mutants'' (2003–2004) #1–12 only
* ''Runaways'' (2003–2004) #1–18
* '' Wolverine: Snikt!'' (2003 5-issue limited series)
* ''Emma Frost'' (2003–2005) #1 only

References

Marvel Comics imprints
2003 in comics

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