Tom Brevoort withdraw " Bill Jemas had decided to relaunch and rebrand the three on-going serial publication that Rob had creator engagement in . "
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Tom Brevoort talk about the seriesCable & Deadpoolfrom 2004 , which Marvel insist on pull in asDeadpool & Cable . Brevoort compose , " In the year or two prior to this , in a ill-conceived and unsuccessful endeavour to avoid paying creator incentive toRob Liefeld , with whom he ’d had some bitter clash , Bill Jemashad settle to relaunch and rebrand the three on-going series that Rob had creator participation in : CABLE , X - FORCE and DEADPOOL . So CABLE became SOLDIER X , X - FORCE became X - STATIX and DEADPOOL become AGENT X. And all three of them suffered failing gross sales and were ultimately cease . "
Bill Jemas , the then - publisher of Marvel Comics and responsibile for some of its more Rubia tinctorum ideas at the time . It wascertainly believed by many . But , Brian Croninat CBR reported that this rumour was false .
" COMIC URBAN LEGEND : Marvel changed the names of X - Force , Deadpool and Cable to avoid paying Rob Liefeld royalty . STATUS : False "
Like that . Saying " at the time , some conspiracy theorist argued that the move was done by Marvel because of a article in Rob Liefeld ’s contract with Marvel that say that they had to pay him royalties on sales of any titles created by Liefeld , which would include Cable , Deadpool and X - Force . However , this appear to be highly unlikely ( so much so that I categorize it as assumed ) . For one , it is extremely debatable that just alter the epithet would exchange any bargain Marvel had with Liefeld . But most significantly , the move would not make sense … because Marvel WASN’T PAYING Liefeld ANY royalty at the clip ! ! "
And quoting Rob Liefeld , " So the estimate that they would obliterate the Scripture to pull through on royalty defrayment to people like myself is merely baseless . It would be much more roundabout if the al-Qur’an were selling exceptionally well and Marvel re - named them in club to keep the riches for themselves , but in the case of these titles , there are no rich people to keep as they are barely posting profits at all . "
Brian Cronin says that " Liefeld had not received royalties on the rule book in years . It was potential that any royalties would kick back in at 100,000 copies sold ( or perhaps even gamey ) . The sale on all three title hardly ( if even ) reached 40,000 before the relaunch . And none of them improved dramatically post - relaunch . "
But what Brian Cronin may not have realize is that Liefeld had – and still has – creator - participant deals for these character which ante up out when they are used , not just how much they are used . It just may not have been much . And of course Bill Jemas is one for not defecate sense a portion of the meter . AndPeter MilliganandMike Allredplayed that up in decade - Force before the title changed name .
Rob Liefeld recalls"X - Force ? It had been crawl in and re - imagined as a goofy satire book with a floating poop creature . Cable and Deadpool had been retire and re - imagined as Soldier X and Agent X and met with universal ridicule . Were these the products of too many bong hits by progressive minded hippies ? Seemed like it to me . "
As forCable & Deadpoolin 2004 , Tom Brevoort impart " Somebody , peradventure Joe Quesada , had contacted Rob Liefeld about doing covers for the serial , and he agreed to do the first six . Ultimately , though , he overleap out after four . "
UPDATE : Rob Liefeldhas switch his head and tells Bleeding Cool , " I perfectly denied it at the metre because it seemed inconceivable given the low sales that those title were get . Then , months afterwards , I was inform of a first manus experience of them trying to figure out a way to do it by someone who was in the very elbow room it was … " as well as adding " Also , I have had 3 meetings with Bill Jemas , all pleasant , smiles all around . Never a " bitter encounter " among them . "
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