- Spider-Man confesses that he murdered Uncle Ben for the insurance money.
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- Spider-man sold his marriage to Mephisto because he was too afraid of getting a divorce.
- Spider-Man let Gwen Stacy die because he couldn't afford to pay for the abortion.
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To be fair, they're Norman's kids.
Did you know they were originally MEANT to be Peter's kids before someone nixed it?
I did, but the kids father would only make the story slightly less terrible.
- Superman destroyed Krypton....wait...
I thought Deadpool really didn't like chimichangas, he just likes saying the word.
Let's run with this. Jor-El is actually the bad guy. Maybe Krypton is going to explode, maybe not - but he makes sure it does (so he can "I told you so!" the others) and to that end creates a superbaby, even by kryptonian standards, to do the deed. Superman remembers none of this, but it all comes back to him in flashbacks after some weird interaction with a spare piece of krypton he accidentally ingests.
Not news, just speculation:
Civil War II starts proper in June, and probably ends in September or October, but it seems Marvel is already laying the groundwork for a future big event conflict. Right now it seems the same Terrigen mist that activates Inhumans is also deadly to mutants. During Civil War II, Magneto seems to believe Inhumans are a danger to mutants (meta!) and wants the future-seeing Inhuman for himself.
I have a feeling the next big event is going to be X-Men vs Inhumans. It'd be a way for Marvel to clear the slate of mutants since that seems to be what they want to do anyway since they're never getting the movie rights back from Fox. Hard to believe they'd really cross off the X-Men entirely, but just from the seeds they seem to be planting, I could see that being a future big thing in a year or two.
Civil War II starts proper in June, and probably ends in September or October, but it seems Marvel is already laying the groundwork for a future big event conflict. Right now it seems the same Terrigen mist that activates Inhumans is also deadly to mutants. During Civil War II, Magneto seems to believe Inhumans are a danger to mutants (meta!) and wants the future-seeing Inhuman for himself.
I have a feeling the next big event is going to be X-Men vs Inhumans. It'd be a way for Marvel to clear the slate of mutants since that seems to be what they want to do anyway since they're never getting the movie rights back from Fox. Hard to believe they'd really cross off the X-Men entirely, but just from the seeds they seem to be planting, I could see that being a future big thing in a year or two.
That's going to be an interesting court case in the future: Fox is going to complain that Marvel basically got rid of the concept of mutants because they wanted to deny Fox the material for future movies.
The Inhumans are willfully and unapologetically allowing mutant genocide to take place, so screw 'em
While I could see Fox trying that, I have a hard time seeing it hold up in court, even though it'd be true. Marvel is under no obligation to continue soliciting material for their own series.
I still don't see them getting rid of mutants entirely, but maybe getting rid of X-Men titles. That way certain surviving mutants can still pop up in other Marvel stories, the way the Fantastic Four have no series right now but are still around the comics universe. I think the Human Torch is with one Avengers group, while the Thing is out with the Guardians of the Galaxy.
That said, Fox isn't waiting to start using even the newest material considering the likelihood of X-23 being in future movies since Hugh Jackman is finishing up as Wolverine. So I can't blame Marvel for wanting to cut their ties. But even then, there are many X-Men stories that haven't been used (or done properly) that Fox could make movies out of. If they're smart about it, they still have many movies' worth of material.[DOUBLEPOST=1464529735,1464529634][/DOUBLEPOST]
Ms Marvel is innocent!
Though seriously, I hadn't heard about that. Did they release the Terrigen mists wit that goal in mind? Because in A-Force, Medusa and Dazzler are allies, so it doesn't seem like Medusa wants to wipe out the mutants.
The X-family books are still a significant portion of Marvel's lineup and sales. We're talking 30%+ not one title that had been underperforming for a couple of years.
Fox is the only reason Ms. Marvel isn't a mutant. When I say Inhumans I'm referring to Medusa and co. who lived on the moon. Not the non-Union Mexican equivelant mutants.
Fox is the only reason Ms. Marvel isn't a mutant. When I say Inhumans I'm referring to Medusa and co. who lived on the moon. Not the non-Union Mexican equivelant mutants.
Welp, now I've educated myself via Wikipedia and I agree with human. The Inhumans society is fucking wretched. Between the mists making de-powered mutants explode, rendering the X-gene inert in the offspring of mutants, a friggin slave race of devolved Inhumans, their relationship with the Kree, and their goal to spread the mists through the universe to homogenize all sentient lifeform ... yeah, all that can fuck right off. Hopefully the MCU will fix a bunch of that whenever the Inhumans movie comes around.
If it comes around at all, now. It was removed from the Marvel schedule entirely. At least as far as until the end of Phase 3. Some think there won't be one at all.
I think they are going to do a future "Inhumans" tv series once Agents of SHIELD has run it's course. I mean, they haven't SAID it, but it's clear that the Inhumans are the forefront of the TV stuff right now.
Actually, Jor-El is the head of a speculative mining company, the kind where they try new and untested technologies to try and get the most out of their rapidly-depleted planet. While conducting high-level experiments in super-fracking, they accidentally stumble onto the technology of Planetary Destruction I, setting in motion the chain reaction that will destroy their planet. Jor-El, being the head of the research division of a multinational corporation and privileged member of the upper class, is the only person with both the resources and the know-how to send his only son into space. While his private security guards fend off the protestors surrounding his gated community, he throws his son to the stars and then goes back downstairs to confront the protesters. The irate townsfolk go to rip him to shreds, but he puts on his best Shkreli face and quips something smarmy just as the planet explodes. When Kal-El grows up and realizes the truth, he spends the rest of his comic book existence in a constant blubber of self-loathing about how he is the son of someone so awful. He discovers his powers because he repeatedly tries to kill himself but every attempt fails due to being invulnerable, etc., and all he ever ends up doing is hurting other people in the process (derailing a train by lying on the tracks, burning down the Kent farm after trying to immolate himself). Tragedy after tragedy lead him to move to Metropolis where he tries to start his life over, hiding his pathos and past under a secret identity, but he keeps looking for opportunities to suicide which cause disasters in the city. Also the ghost of his father keeps nagging him that with his powers he could become King Of The World if he wanted to bend the planet to his will, but he's all "Shut up, Dad! I'm not like that! I'm not like you!" etc.
I'll bet it would sell dozens.
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The internet assumed it was cancelled, so Kevin Feige issued a statement that it's definitely still happening. Seems like it was going to begin Phase 4, now will be sometime in the middle of it.
https://www.amazon.ca/Dark-Night-True-Batman-Story/dp/1401241433
Paul Dini writing an autobiographical comic about the time he was mugged and how it affected his writing of Batman.
Why am I only hearing about this now?!!?
Paul Dini writing an autobiographical comic about the time he was mugged and how it affected his writing of Batman.
Why am I only hearing about this now?!!?
Marvel's revealed the end result of their pre-Marvel Now 2016 teasers:
I deeply wish Gwenpool wasn't getting dragged into this shit; leave my irreverent shit alone!
That said, I'm interested in where this is going for certain characters, such as the younger Avengers ditching the older, America Chavez being more prominent, and Dr. Doom possibly becoming Iron Man.
I deeply wish Gwenpool wasn't getting dragged into this shit; leave my irreverent shit alone!
That said, I'm interested in where this is going for certain characters, such as the younger Avengers ditching the older, America Chavez being more prominent, and Dr. Doom possibly becoming Iron Man.
How the hell do they manage to make Squirrel Girl look worse and worse with every redesign? It's almost impressive.
Keep in mind these are renditions by one artist when usually there are different artists on different books, so I wouldn't take this as indicative of anything going forward visually. I get annoyed when some artists try to draw Ms. Marvel and they essentially just draw a white girl and then darken her skin instead of actually looking at Kamala Khan, but it's just that artist, not officially a change.
This seems very much about the new guard rather than the old. I don't know if that means those books are being cancelled, or it could be that those characters don't have a stake in whatever this divide is about. We'll probably know more on July 13 when Marvel releases their big Marvel Now 2016 preview. I have a hard time seeing them spontaneously cancel titles that are doing well such as Amazing Spider-man.
I'm also noticing that that's Cho Hulk, not Banner, which to me lends more credence to the really fucking dark theory that Captain Marvel is just going to kill Bruce in cold blood while he's currently incapable of becoming the Hulk. That probably won't happen, but the way she's being characterized for Civil War II, I could see things going that route.