RANTUS MAXIMUS: E-mail, you verbose coworkers. USE IT.

[kali921]

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[thehefner]

Wow, Marvel, way to be on the cutting edge of 1999!

[kali921]

I assume you mean the Eminem/Frank team up, not the tarot deck, which IS TIMELESS.

It's just such a freakishly odd pairing. Methinks that Eminem's PR people approached Marvel and begged for this happen.

[thehefner]

Oh, but of course! Should have specified.

Yeah, I'm guessing that's exactly what happened.

[box_in_the_box]

Methinks that Eminem's PR people Marvel approached Marvel Eminem's PR people and begged for this happen.

Fixed that for you.

I mean, come on; the only GENUINE breakout sales hit that Marvel has had in the past YEAR has been THE OBAMA ISSUE of Amazing Spider-Man, which even MARVEL didn't anticipate.

So, since Marvel has consistently been 5-10 years behind, in all of the pop culture trends that it chooses to try and latch onto, it makes perfect sense that they'd glom onto Eminem NOW.

[gillan]

What is up with the Punisher's limp hold on that pistol in his right hand?

[kali921]

That was the first thing I noticed on that cover image. I wonder who Larocca traced to get that image. Frank holding his gun like that? No.

[gillan]

I just noticed that both guns are being held by the spout portion of the "I'm a little teapot" pose.

[beverly_mcintyr]

Those tarot look nifty. If that got put out, it would be the second deck of Marvel tarot cards I'd have. I tracked down the Italian tarot deck put out ages ago. Mostly because Dazzler and Longshot are on cards in it.

[kali921]

Really? You should post the Italian Marvel deck, as I've never seen it! Where did you get it?

[beverly_mcintyr]

Well, I learned about it during my hunt for Longshot merchandise. I finally managed to track them down at a specialty tarot shop in Des Moines, Iowa.

I do have them up in a gallery on Photobucket. Here.

[kali921]

Oh, those are nice, but not nearly as nice as the art in the new Tarot issue. The Italian deck looks like someone took some stock images and captioned them with Photoshop. It's fun, but I think the stuff I'm posting from Marvel Tarot is much more coherent overall, because it explains why each person appears as they do in the First Tarot (that's the tarot deck that Ian McNee is using).

[oakenguy]

Unless its actual title is "Eminem/Punisher: Frank Gets a Meat Shield", I'm not buyin' it.

...on the other hand, what if Marvel's doing a huge mindfuck and this is going to be a miniseries full of sudsy dating fun with Frank and Slim commiserating about disastrous online Match.com mishaps they've had, while meanwhile over in Marvel Divas our quartet start our on page 1 dropping a grenade down the back of Modok's hoverchair and spend the next six issues kicking the crap out of everyone?

[kali921]

I believe you're speaking of Earth-123519205, dear, which is spelled "AWESOME."

[oakenguy]

Ohhhh, -123519205! Riiight, I've been collecting the Spider-Man run from that Earth. I've got to say, they dropped enough hints that the Xanatos gambit between May, Peter, Mary Jane and Dr. Strange wasn't a total shock, but still, that look on Loki's face when he struts his way through the Limbo palace gates and finds MJ perched on Mephisto's throne waiting for him? PRICELESS.

[philippos42]

This is a great post, & I also want these cards.

Seth (Set? They're different gods in Marvel, I know.) & Doom are both the Emperor? Is that Adam Warlock as the Hierophant? And, er, Drax as the Chariot? No, that's not Drax, is it?

The art on the Hermit & Strength is vague. I think Strength is the Hulk, I don't get the Hermit.