Whatever Happened to Mary?

[commonboy]

Oh, Mary Marvel...what have they done to you?

The link - for those too lazy to read it - talks about how for ladies, evil equates to sexy (smexy, actually). *I* want to see Mary Marvel saying things like, "Gosh, Superman...I know I just -oof!- twisted Mrs. Lane's head off...but wilikers! Why are you so mad? -crack!-"

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[coyotessmile]

Must...stop...frothing...fanboy...bile...rising!

Anyway. My deep and abiding worries about Mary Marvel seem to be coming more and more true.

It's the fan boy in me talking, but golly I'll be put out if anything too untoward happens to Mary!

Unless it's pummelling Captain Atom into the dirt in a frothing, obscenity-ridden rage of her own. Something like that is fine.

[redfreadom]

Someone explain when DC comics became relevant again to me please!

Havent read comics since just after the venom series came out (venom was my fav for some strange reason)

The last thing I remember about DC was they were riding one rediculously powered superhero and 1 guy who doesnt even deserve the title SUPERhero cause he is really just a guy who works out alot and shops and the sharper image into the ground.

Yes, yes they had a whole bunch of other characters as well including about 10 guys whose sole power was to either get really big or get really small or both, a huge crew of rejects that hadnt been updated since well ever. Oh they had the guy who ran really fast (I actually like him). The green lantern has waivered between cool and "huh?".

Dont get me wrong, I love what they did with teen titans and Im not trying to be a smartass. Just the last time I read comics DC had batman, superman and a bunch of kiddie stuff. Have they turned it around?

[coyotessmile]

DC never became "irrelevant," at least insofar as comic books go. At least no more than any other comic company had. When DC was fucking around, so was Marvel, during the early to mid-90's when Superman died, covers came with four different foil versions and Image was the bee's knees

[redfreadom]

"Batman's a super-hero in the same way Luthor is a super-villain"

I think we agree on premise but disagree on outcome. I agree with that statement wholeheartedly which is to say neither are super. Luthor is a mastermind and sometimes hires supervillains but is not super in my eyes (unless he is wearing some form of robot exoskeliton cause robots count!)

As a side note on Luthor the Superman cartoon had the best Luthor ever. I ALWAYS hated "Im a rediculously good businessman but CRAZY" Luthor from the movies. I loved the "Im a sane yet powerhungry guy who doesnt want world domination so much as outright control over everything" Luthor from the cartoon. Plus his voice rocked.

I think the sad part about all those comics and stuff you mentioned was that I didnt recognize any of them. Somehow, Marvel has managed to keep thier characters more in the forefront of everyday non comic readers (at least in my case). I dont know how they do it (although they are better at creating videogames and this may be why)

In brightest day, in blackest night, no geekdom shall escape my sight!

[coyotessmile]

Marvel has had the slew of movies, is what it comes down to. X-Men, Spider-Man and even such films as Daredevil, Elektra and Ghost Rider

[kieran001]

I really hope that they don't fuck up Mary Marvel. I am really sick of the slutty super herioine look (thats right Supergirl, you is a ho!)

As for the getting seduced by evil and shit, you'd think that the wisdom of solomen would actually count for something in preventing that. Or the fact that she is a pure, innocent girl. How many times are we going to see the cliche seduce the innocent bullshit ruin good characters?

I have a feeling that this is just going to end up being a cheap gimmick to pull in some money with a shitty story arc, while allowing 40 year old geeks to live out their Mary Marvel fantasies. (I keep mine on the inside ::spank-bank::)

[commonboy]

"As for the getting seduced by evil and shit, you'd think that the wisdom of solomen would actually count for something in preventing that."

::snort:: Come on! Anyone who's anyone knows that shes has the wisdom of MINERVA. And Minerva's just a girl, so you can't be as smart as Solomon. You don't see Billy going crazy and doing anything stupid, do you?

[coyotessmile]

Well, there was Kingdom Come.

And then the Alan Moore proposal that involved Captain Marvel turning into a sexual deviant and getting his neck snapped by Martian Manhunter, who had been disguised as a hooker.

That proposal never saw its way to publication, obviously.