The Superhero Cinematic Civil War: Quoth the Kraven, "Nevermore." - Part 61

[Snow Queen]

I mean, they are desperate. Feige is willing to bet on a $3billion movie to save his job.



I still do. Largely X books, though that can waver on how many it is depending on the era. Mixed with Ghost Rider, TMNT, Venom, and Godzilla.

Since I can't read twitter threads, anyone willing to confirm what guy #3 is?



Well, at least until the next Doctor Aphra series or Crimson Dawn event.

Star Wars doesn't count.

 

[Sithborg]

Star Wars doesn't count.

I mean, there is always a chance Dark Horse does it, I guess, avoiding Marvel's damn Star Wars tax. If Vader wasn't ending, I would have dropped it.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Snow: Cost is too high.

*Sees pretty cover with a character she likes*

Snow:

 

[flickchick85]

Since I can't read twitter threads, anyone willing to confirm what guy #3 is?

“The third is so wild. The third is someone who, if you're being generous, reads these stories because they have developed complex internal Lore about a fictional character (either/ both about the character's Power Levels and Personality) and needs to have that Lore validated.

They have decided to devote themselves to a character like one would a god, a band, or a sports team. They cheer for the character to triumph over other inferior characters, either through their power or virtue.

These readers tend to have an extremely bad time reading comics, because comics tell stories, and stories require tension, narrative movement, etc etc. Sometimes the protagonist cannot instantly defeat everyone, overcome every obstacle.

Sometimes the protagonist needs to be something other than saintly.

In these cases, the Third Reader becomes enraged.

How dare someone write Blorpa Megapunch losing a fight to The Entangler, they shout. Blorpa Megapunch handily defeated Cosmo D**khands, and Cosmo D**khands is half Proto-Elder, and the Proto-Elders control the fundamental forces of the universe!

How dare Blorpa Megapunch blow off her friend Kelsey, when Blorpa Megapunch has been in stressful situations before without harming her relationships. This is Character Assassination

Lore is not the only stated cause for outrage here; typically, a moral weight has to be given to the outrage. Blorpa Megapunch is not powerful enough to instantly defeat the Entangler because of Misogyny.

When Blorpa Megapunch doesn't text her friend back right away it's because the story is perpetuating a harmful stereotype about women and neurodivergent people being incapable of thinking of others during times of stress

and so on and so forth

As, again, the nature of storytelling itself necessitates the situations that outrage these people, the generous interpretation of them is a bit unlikely. More likely is that the outrage is the point; they enjoy being outraged about fictional characters & enjoy yelling at writers

For the Third Reader, the point of reading superhero comics is to find material for your next tweet/ email/ harassment campaign (all three of which are, of course, Activism).”


…it goes on for longer but that’s the gist.

 

[flickchick85]

Star Wars doesn't count.

Yes I was gonna say, my Marvel boycott did not include Star Wars.

 

[Snow Queen]

Snow: Cost is too high.

*Sees pretty cover with a character she likes*

Snow:

Yes, and also DC's delivering some fine options this fall.

Spoiler

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I don’t voraciously read comics like I did when I was a kid, but the art in that 90s era still has me in a chokehold.



Comic covers at newsstands and shops were truly the first examples of clickbait lol.

Having said that, I still need to buy some omnibuses for the Krakoa era.

 

[Lily Adler]

Lol, it's for Fantasy Football in the SHFFL. I took over as commission, so I am running with a heel trash talking Final Boss gimmick. Getting into character lol

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Yes, and also DC's delivering some fine options this fall.

Spoiler

That Canary cover is so beautiful.

 

[Nardz937]

When I went to the comic shops for the recent Ultimate Spider-Man reboot and Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood they were sold out

Guess I'm waiting for the Omnibuses now.

 

[Zarex]

The real question is who still reads comics lol. I know there's still a good amount of us here who still do but I'd be curious about any who fell off the wagon so to speak.

And if you do, contribute to my Ultimate Comics thread dang you

I’m more of a Number 2 (Phrasing!) and still enjoy reading comics. I collected comics for about 5 years as a kid, came back to read collected editions and Sandman after college and then came back a third time to collect comics in digital during the start of the MCU. This summer I have read Lemire’s Sweet Tooth, Morrison’s Animal Man, Ennis’s Hellblazer, Claremont’s XMen Inferno, a collection of pre COIE Crisis comics, Williamson’s Superman, King’s BATB, Riddler and Danger Street, Thompson’s Mr. & Mrs. X, and Waid’s World Finest.

They got the wrong guy from Oppenheimer! Speaking of which, in honor of another movie that comes out today, I assume this must have been what it was like to be a fanboy in 1988:

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Only in this case, Keaton was the right guy.

Though Keaton worked out great, I was DEFINITELY on team Baldwin back in the day.

 

[Drizzle]

I don’t voraciously read comics like I did when I was a kid, but the art in that 90s era still has me in a chokehold.

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Comic covers at newsstands and shops were truly the first examples of clickbait lol.

Having said that, I still need to buy some omnibuses for the Krakoa era.

All that mid-'90s art takes me back to a time when comics were sold at grocery stores and pharmacies.

 

[flickchick85]

Cost is another huge factor for me. Hence why I wait for graphic novels, and usually wait for a price drop even on those lol

If anyone else in the US likes to wait for collected editions and/or omnibuses like myself and has not yet discovered CheapGraphicNovels.Com or InStockTrades, I highly recommend checking those out to save a ton of cash. I lean toward CGN but both have great deals and are generally waaaay cheaper than you’ll find on Amazon.

 

[Spider-Fan]

If anyone else likes to wait for collected editions and/or omnibuses like myself and has not yet discovered CheapGraphicNovels.Com or InStockTrades, I highly recommend checking those out to save a ton of cash. I lean toward CGN but both have great deals and are generally waaaay cheaper than you’ll find on Amazon.

I will keep this in mind! There's a few things I have been eye balling, so maybe will check it out when I get some Birthday money!

 

[Sithborg]

I'm still pissed that they never did a Ms Marvel Omnibus 2.

Having read at least one X book since I got back into them in 2008, there is a reason why I am less than impressed with X-men 97.

 

[Nardz937]

All that mid-'90s art takes me back to a time when comics were sold at grocery stores and pharmacies.

Going to 7/11 for a slurpee & the new issue of Wizard magazine is a fond childhood memory.

 

[Drizzle]

Though Keaton worked out great, I was DEFINITELY on team Baldwin back in the day.

As much as I love Keaton and Batman '89, I do believe it's one of those movies where you could swap out the two leads and still got a great movie anyway. Baldwin could have worked as Batman just like Robin Williams or Willem Dafoe or Tim Curry could have worked as Joker.

 

[Venom 1988]

If anyone else in the US likes to wait for collected editions and/or omnibuses like myself and has not yet discovered CheapGraphicNovels.Com or InStockTrades, I highly recommend checking those out to save a ton of cash. I lean toward CGN but both have great deals and are generally waaaay cheaper than you’ll find on Amazon.

I will keep this in mind! There's a few things I have been eye balling, so maybe will check it out when I get some Birthday money!

Yeah definitely recommend instocktrades.com. In addition to the already big discounts they have free shipping over $50 and deals of the week for certain new releases. I got the recent Supergirl: Woman of Tommorow hardcover for 50% off the normal price.

 

[flickchick85]

I will keep this in mind! There's a few things I have been eye balling, so maybe will check it out when I get some Birthday money!

The one disclaimer I will add is that their shipping times are much slower than Amazon, so that’s the trade-off, but they package them up SO much more safely and securely than Amazon, with all the money I’m saving it’s very much worth it imo.

 

[Spider-Fan]

The one disclaimer I will add is that their shipping times are much slower than Amazon, so that’s the trade-off, but they package them up SO much more safely and securely than Amazon, with all the money I’m saving it’s very much worth it imo.

That doesn't matter as much to me unless I am liking buying something to read for a specific vacation or something lol

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

As much as I love Keaton and Batman '89, I do believe it's one of those movies where you could swap out the two leads and still got a great movie anyway. Baldwin could have worked as Batman just like Robin Williams or Willem Dafoe or Tim Curry could have worked as Joker.

Respectfully disagree about Joker bro. What made Jack so distinctive is that of all his roles (besides the Shining), he wasn’t acting when he played Mistah J.

 

[Drizzle]

Going to 7/11 for a slurpee & the new issue of Wizard magazine is a fond childhood memory.

Speaking of, the closest we ever got to any kind of Marvel movie crossover back in those days:

 

[Spider-Fan]

Speaking of, the closest we ever got to any kind of Marvel movie crossover back in those days:

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I had this issue lol

 

[Drizzle]

Respectfully disagree about Joker bro. What made Jack so distinctive is that of all his roles (besides the Shining), he wasn’t acting when he played Mistah J.

But Dafoe though...

 

[Lily Adler]

Speaking of, the closest we ever got to any kind of Marvel movie crossover back in those days:

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Ah yes back when we thought Marvel would be on top of the world. Then we got Bryan Singer forcing himself on underage actors, Venom forced on Raimi, Shrek Hulk vs Mutant Poodles, and Ben Affleck as Daredevil.