UPDATE: We now have confirmation from Paul Tobin that the issue is being reformatted to a single story that acts as the Avengers Academy annual, as seen on Twitter (thanks to @Max_Barnard for the heads up!).
Basically, exactly what happened to Brian Clevinger’s Cap ongoing has happened here – and that’s kinda sorta really disappointing.
Original article
It appears that Paul Tobin’s “Arcade: Death Game” is going under some changes, for better or for worse.
Apparently, the three-issue mini that WAS Arcade: Death Game has now been cancelled. According to the latest Previews cancellation list, the title has been marked as cancelled by publisher for every issue. There is no word as to if there will be a re-solicitation for the title or if this is just truly gone as of now, but this is certainly an odd development for a story that could have bene pre-ordered in it’s entirety now. Granted, if pre-orders were incredibly low, Marvel could’ve made the decision to pull the plug on it, but that’s certainly not a great vote of confidence to it’s own content.
Paul Tobin is one of the biggest All Ages writers Marvel still has left, considering he is the man behind both their all ages Spidey book and the general Super-Hero title. As the writer of a three-issue mini, you’d think that this would be a good way to bridge the gap between all ages stories and the Marvel U. However, with Young Allies cancelled, and Brian Clevinger’s Cap ongoing brought down to a one-shot from an ongoing, things aren’t looking great for the title. Marvel promises “an exciting announcement soon,” so we’ll see what happens with this, but it isn’t looking too sunny from where we sit.
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