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Rubiks Pubes: Dec 5, 2003; I wanted to be a neo deconstructivist, but Mom wouldn't let me.

When I say "appease the Internet" I more mean the people who complain about the characters being all men, all white, etc.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 02:38

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# ? May 22, 2024 15:38

Waffleman_: Jan 20, 2011; I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

This is a good funnybook.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 03:17

Gaz-L: Jan 28, 2009

Rubiks Pubes posted:

When I say "appease the Internet" I more mean the people who complain about the characters being all men, all white, etc.

Oh, so by 'the internet' you mean 'people who are not white men'.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 03:17

Aphrodite: Jun 27, 2006

It's still mostly white men.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 03:20

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Rubiks Pubes posted:

When I say "appease the Internet" I more mean the people who complain about the characters being all men, all white, etc.

im sorry you can't escape the clutches of cultural marxism

# ? Aug 23, 2016 03:27

HIJK: Nov 25, 2012; in the room where you sleep

So what's the event after Civil War 2: War Harder going to be?

# ? Aug 23, 2016 04:01

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

HIJK posted:

So what's the event after Civil War 2: War Harder going to be?

Even Secreter Invasion.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 04:02

Mover: Jun 30, 2008

They teased the Infinity War as something that happens in the near future during a time travel arc in New Avengers, but now that they've changed the name of the movie idk.

I predict even more Thanos at any rate.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 04:08

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Hey he's predicting the future! GET HIM

# ? Aug 23, 2016 04:10

X-O: Apr 28, 2002; Long Live The King!

Mover posted:

They teased the Infinity War as something that happens in the near future during a time travel arc in New Avengers, but now that they've changed the name of the movie idk.

I predict even more Thanos at any rate.

They didn't change the name of the movie. They changed it from both movies having the Same Name Part 1 and Same Name Part 2.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 04:13

Happy Noodle Boy: Jul 3, 2002

HIJK posted:

So what's the event after Civil War 2: War Harder going to be?

Marvel vs Cyclops.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 04:25

Waffleman_: Jan 20, 2011; I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

HIJK posted:

So what's the event after Civil War 2: War Harder going to be?

It's Mahvel 4, baybee!

# ? Aug 23, 2016 04:32

Trast: Oct 20, 2010; Three games, thousands of playthroughs. 90% of the players don't know I exist. Still a redhead saving the galaxy with a [Right Hook].

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

Marvel vs Cyclops.

Finally a villain we can all agree needs to go.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 04:48

Aphrodite: Jun 27, 2006

I don't know, Marvel has been doing alright.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 04:51

Open Marriage Night: Sep 18, 2009; "Do you want to talk to a spider, Peter?"

Rubiks Pubes posted:

When I say "appease the Internet" I more mean the people who complain about the characters being all men, all white, etc.

And when I say "appease the Internet" I more mean the people who complain about the characters being replaced by women, minorities, etc.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 05:36

SilverSupernova: Feb 1, 2013

HIJK posted:

So what's the event after Civil War 2: War Harder going to be?

Secreter Invasion, The Medium Amount of Carnage, and Brian Michael Bendis presents Annihilation 2 and a Half: Now with 500% more Earth.

SilverSupernova fucked around with this message at 06:09 on Aug 23, 2016

# ? Aug 23, 2016 06:07

Soonmot: Dec 19, 2002; Entrapta fucking loves robots; Grimey Drawer

Rubiks Pubes posted:

When I say "appease the Internet" I more mean the people who complain about the characters being all men, all white, etc.

We know what you loving meant, why don't you go out and make America great again, buddy?

# ? Aug 23, 2016 06:09

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

It's really rose colored glasses anyway, Thor, Captain America and Iron Man all have been replaced before over the years, in some cases multiple times. Although, yeah, the only negative is that if a replacement character is what draws you it can really suck when the writer eventually goes back to his version. I don't think I forgave Thor for not being Thunderstrike until like 5 years ago (and gently caress Hal Jordan forever).

# ? Aug 23, 2016 07:21

Maxwell Adams: Oct 21, 2000; T E E F S

Rick posted:

It's really rose colored glasses anyway, Thor, Captain America and Iron Man all have been replaced before over the years, in some cases multiple times.

True. I remember, though, when uptight liberal nerds used to complain when characters were replaced by teenage girls, because of sexism, and pandering to teenage boys, etc.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 13:57

twistedmentat: Nov 21, 2003; Its my party
and I'll die if
I want to

I am pretty sure the next big retro event is going to be Infinity Something.

Infinity Conflict/Brawl/Trip/Shoving Match/Verbal disagreement/Strongly worded facebook comment?

They're going to do that to tie it in with the movies, even if they're not called Infinity Wars now.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 15:13

Blockhouse: Sep 7, 2014; You Win!

We just did that like two years ago.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 15:14

Mr Hootington: Jul 24, 2008; I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

Are white men giving writing these minority characters? Burn down marvel if so.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 15:20

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

I'm not exaggerating when I say I'd triple the amount of Marvel books I buy if they just went a few years without any event books whatsoever.

Quintuple it if they forced writers to resolve story arcs in 2 issues maximum.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 15:21

Dario the Wop: Oct 11, 2007; Hell-Sent, Heaven-Bent

HIJK posted:

So what's the event after Civil War 2: War Harder going to be?

Inhumans vs. X-Men

# ? Aug 23, 2016 15:38

SilverSupernova: Feb 1, 2013

Lurdiak posted:

I'm not exaggerating when I say I'd triple the amount of Marvel books I buy if they just went a few years without any event books whatsoever.

Quintuple it if they forced writers to resolve story arcs in 2 issues maximum.

I too want a proper sequel to Nextwave.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 16:28

CAPT. Rainbowbeard: Apr 5, 2012; My incredible goodposting transcends time and space but still it cannot transform the xbone into a good console.; Lipstick Apathy

Trast posted:

Finally a villain we can all agree needs to go.

Cyclops Was Right. :colbert:

Aphrodite posted:

I don't know, Marvel has been doing alright.

Rubiks Pubes posted:

When I say "appease the Internet" I more mean the people who complain about the characters being all men, all white, etc.

Soonmot posted:

We know what you loving meant, why don't you go out and make America great again, buddy?

Mr Hootington posted:

Are white men giving writing these minority characters? Burn down marvel if so.

Empathy for all people, even the ones who are different from the one expressing empathy, is the mark of a person I want to hang out with. More empathy, less divisiveness, please!

It's what the 1% wants until the FEMA death camps are ready, though.

Anyway, I have Marvel Unlimited. How is Nazi Steve Rogers doing? Is he still a Nazi?

# ? Aug 23, 2016 16:56

ImpAtom: May 24, 2007

Toxxupation posted:

To be fair that's entirely DC because Marvel doesn't really have a history of legacy characters besides arguably Captain America, and even then that had extenuating circumstances of "Steve is dead or on the run from the government or something so I'll temporarily be Cap for now". This is really the first time characters like Spider-Man, Thor, Captain America, and Iron Man are or have had really for-reals legacy offshoots like DC has done for the past half-century.

Thor has had multiple replacement Thors. Beta Ray Bill alone exists. Captain America has had multiple Captain Americas and spinoffs. U.S Agent alone, plus Winter Soldier. Iron Man only needs the words "War Machine" to disprove that. Spider-Man has literally had multiple Peter Parkers running around.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 17:21

Aphrodite: Jun 27, 2006

To be fair his broader point is mostly right, he just chose bad examples.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 17:27

Onmi: Jul 12, 2013; If someone says it one more time I'm having Florina show up as a corpse. I'm not even kidding, I was pissed off with people doing that shit back in 2010, and I'm not dealing with it now in 2016.

Aphrodite posted:

To be fair his broader point is mostly right, he just chose bad examples.

I mean. Yeah. Part of what I used to like about DC is that the universe was this big legacy thing with very obvious structures. Young heroes go to the Teen Titans or Justice Society, adult heroes go solo and usually find membership with the league, the young adults more with the Titans, and yeah the JSA just being there in the background a literal example of legacy.

I dunno I just felt like it all flowed well, then of course Geoff Johns decided the ideas he had in the 90's before he was a writer just needed to be canon and thus DC's basically been a reversion that threw away all of its legacy.

But uh, not going to lie. I don't believe a single set of heroes currently replacing a hero beyond Carol taking on Captain Marvel and Kamala taking on Miss Marvel is going to stick. Ever. And honestly nothing they can do is going to convince me, because Wally West stopped being the Flash after 20 years of being in the role so Barry could take the mantle back. I just cannot believe there will be a change in comics that will be permanent so long as fans of the old stuff exist and will eventually become writers. That is the nature of the cape comic industry.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 19:34

Starsnostars: Jan 17, 2009; The Master of Magnetism

DivineCoffeeBinge posted:

She showed up and got to be kinda interesting in, IIRC, Captain Britain and MI-13.

Al Ewing would do great with her, but Paul Cornell got there first.

Did she? I honestly don't remember Lionheart appearing at all in Cap Britain and MI-13.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 19:53

Aphrodite: Jun 27, 2006

Onmi posted:

I mean. Yeah. Part of what I used to like about DC is that the universe was this big legacy thing with very obvious structures. Young heroes go to the Teen Titans or Justice Society, adult heroes go solo and usually find membership with the league, the young adults more with the Titans, and yeah the JSA just being there in the background a literal example of legacy.

I dunno I just felt like it all flowed well, then of course Geoff Johns decided the ideas he had in the 90's before he was a writer just needed to be canon and thus DC's basically been a reversion that threw away all of its legacy.

But uh, not going to lie. I don't believe a single set of heroes currently replacing a hero beyond Carol taking on Captain Marvel and Kamala taking on Miss Marvel is going to stick. Ever. And honestly nothing they can do is going to convince me, because Wally West stopped being the Flash after 20 years of being in the role so Barry could take the mantle back. I just cannot believe there will be a change in comics that will be permanent so long as fans of the old stuff exist and will eventually become writers. That is the nature of the cape comic industry.

The ideas Alan Moore had before Geoff Johns became a writer.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 19:55

DivineCoffeeBinge: Mar 3, 2011; Spider-Man's Amazing Construction Company

Starsnostars posted:

Did she? I honestly don't remember Lionheart appearing at all in Cap Britain and MI-13.

Upon doing some checking I can only find mention of her appearing in New Excalibur. I suppose it's possible I got my mental wires crossed but I don't see how considering that I didn't read New Excalibur. Huh.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 20:01

Onmi: Jul 12, 2013; If someone says it one more time I'm having Florina show up as a corpse. I'm not even kidding, I was pissed off with people doing that shit back in 2010, and I'm not dealing with it now in 2016.

Aphrodite posted:

The ideas Alan Moore had before Geoff Johns became a writer.

I was mainly referring to Superboy. See, in the comments section on Young Justice a young Geoff Johns wrote in saying that Superboys clone doner had to be Lex Luthor! To which the writers said "Nope, sorry" So when Geoff got a job writing for DC, he immediately wrote Superboy and then revealed his clone doner was Lex Luthor. He's like a microcosm of the Comic Book Writer problems. Fan becomes writer, immediately implements all fan theories as Canon.

# ? Aug 23, 2016 20:30