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Marvel is killing off a major character (Wolverine)
Entertainment Weekly ^
| April 25, 2014
| Darren Franich
Posted on 04/29/2014 3:13:30 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
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Marvel killing off its golden Wolverine. I guess they didn't learn anything from DC's ill-fated "Death of Superman."
To: Timber Rattler
At least he's not gay.
Yet.
To: ClearCase_guy
They actually dabbled a bit with it back in the 1990s with the “feral Wolverine” story arc (that went no where). In the last issue I ever bought, they actually had him licking Cyclops.
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posted on
04/29/2014 3:17:36 AM PDT
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: Timber Rattler
DC made (not lost) a fortune first killing Sup, then bringing him back. Like the New Coke which spotlighted the Classic, Superman did, and now Wolverine will be back with a fiscal vengeance.
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posted on
04/29/2014 3:20:29 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Vaquero
Yup. It wasn’t DC that lost on the death of Superman. It was all the idiots who bought multiple copies—and I mean MANY, some people bought hundreds of copies, hoping to sell them later for big bucks. Problem is that they sold so many the Death of Superman comics are virtually worthless.
Wolverine is already established in Marvel storylines set in the future. So any death is going to be temporary. Or figurative.
To: Timber Rattler
Comic book super-heroes never stay dead. Does anyone know if Marvel has resurrected Johnny Storm yet?
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:12:37 AM PDT
by
be-baw
(still seeking)
To: Timber Rattler
he’s too masculine of a character with a no nonsense, get it done, independent attitude.
they need to kill him off and promote more metro sexual/ homo friendly ‘heroes’ that are more aligned with fierce dependence on big govt
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:15:05 AM PDT
by
sten
(fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
To: be-baw
yes. he was resurrected a couple of years ago as capt america
;)
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:15:57 AM PDT
by
sten
(fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
To: Timber Rattler
About every 2-3 years, every superhero gets “killed” off in the comic books. It’s an age old dodge to temporarily boost sales. Somehow, the superhero is always miraculously resurrected in the next issue.
Somehow, this ploy always reminds me of when one whole season of “Dallas” was supposedly just a dream “Bobby” had.
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:48:49 AM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: Timber Rattler
You’d think in this pro-sodomite culture we unfortunately live in, they’d write him coming out as gay or something.
To: Timber Rattler
To: Timber Rattler
Can’t have heros who fight for “Truth, Justice, and The American Way”.....
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posted on
04/29/2014 5:25:04 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(In the beginning there was "Right" and "Wrong" and we've been compromising in the "Wrong" direction)
To: Timber Rattler
Hugh Jackman was demanding too much movie money. Something had to be done.
To: Timber Rattler
I imagine they’re going to kill off all of their non-homosexual characters as well as those who are in the country legally.
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posted on
04/29/2014 5:39:40 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
To: Timber Rattler
I remember when my best toy soldier Sam was killed in whatever war. But he must have been PTSD’d cause he had a lot of flashbacks.
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posted on
04/29/2014 5:41:59 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Vaquero
Any characters that are killed back are eventually brought back (at least in name) to avoid forfeiting the character name to another creator/publisher.
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posted on
04/29/2014 6:07:56 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: Velvet_Jones
Bill Clinton's pal almost bankrupted the entire comic book industry in the 1990s when he (A)bought the leading distributor for all publishers, and (B)flooded the channel with "variant" covers and required stores to buy the full Marvel line of titles in order to be eligible to order to limited speculator variant covers, etc.
Stores were stuck with a glut of "high priced" but worthless shiny books that no one was reading ("these are for resaale later!"). Quite a few doors closed up in the wake of that monopoly.
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posted on
04/29/2014 6:11:33 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: FlingWingFlyer
I don’t recall, was Wolverine Canadian? And was he in the country legally?
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posted on
04/29/2014 6:12:28 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: a fool in paradise
He was in the U.S. Army so he was probably a naturalized citizen.
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posted on
04/29/2014 6:13:53 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
To: catnipman; Revolting cat!; JoeProBono
Back in the day, the publishers knew that the way to goose sales was to put gorillas on the cover.
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posted on
04/29/2014 6:15:41 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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