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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 6299317" data-attributes="member: 2525">Lots and lots of people.You are mistaken.&nbsp; Yes, he was lesser known.&nbsp; He consistently didn't rank in the top ten characters of Marvel, in poll after poll, for decades.&nbsp; Sales of his comics were mediocre, back issues of his comics were relatively cheap, the best writers and authors were often uninterested in his book.&nbsp; The general population either didn't know him at all. or didn't think much of him if they did know him.&nbsp; All the audience testing showed he was &quot;best of the rest&quot; and not a first tier character (he ranked below Daredevil I seem to recall).&nbsp; That's why some characters and teams were sold to begin with - if they were first tier, they got sold, and it's why companies wanted to buy them. He was chosen because he was one of the best known of the IP they still had the rights to, as the ones who were well known had all been sold during the bankruptcy reorganization.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 6299317, member: 2525"] Lots and lots of people. You are mistaken. Yes, he was lesser known. He consistently didn't rank in the top ten characters of Marvel, in poll after poll, for decades. Sales of his comics were mediocre, back issues of his comics were relatively cheap, the best writers and authors were often uninterested in his book. The general population either didn't know him at all. or didn't think much of him if they did know him. All the audience testing showed he was "best of the rest" and not a first tier character (he ranked below Daredevil I seem to recall). That's why some characters and teams were sold to begin with - if they were first tier, they got sold, and it's why companies wanted to buy them. He was chosen because he was one of the best known of the IP they still had the rights to, as the ones who were well known had all been sold during the bankruptcy reorganization. [/QUOTE]

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