UN joins forces with Marvel Comics

The Financial Times ^ | 12/26/07 | Deborah Brewster

[imd102]

He has fought against foes ranging from the Green Goblin to Doctor Octopus, but Spider-Man now faces an even more formidable challenge: improving the battered image of the United Nations.

In a move reminiscent of storylines developed during the second world war, the UN is joining forces with Marvel Comics, creators of Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk, to create a comic book showing the international body working with superheroes to solve bloody conflicts and rid the world of disease.

The comic, initially to be distributed free to 1m US schoolchildren, will be set in a war-torn fictional country and feature superheroes such as Spider-Man working with UN agencies such as Unicef and the “blue hats”, the UN peacekeepers.

[imd102]

Be on the lookout for your kids bringing this propaganda home from school with them.

[Slapshot68]

And the emasculation of our favorite superheroes begins.

[Londo Molari]

I wonder if Spiderman will rescue the poor little Smurfs that were bombed by the US in another UN propoganda campaign.

[mewzilla]

Meanwhile....

US slams "massive" UN budget rise, urges cost cuts

The budget was approved, BTW.

[Slapshot68]

“The comic, initially to be distributed free to 1m US schoolchildren, will be set in a war-torn fictional country and feature superheroes such as Spider-Man working with UN agencies such as Unicef and the “blue hats”, the UN peacekeepers.”

You can almost see the comic book based on this...

Spiderman: So the US is responsible for all the trouble in the world?

UN Rep: That’s correct.

Spiderman: I’m so ashamed to be an American. I think I’ll go fight crime in Toronto.

[G-Bear]

The UN has more tentacles than Doc Ock!

[AU72]

Whatever happened to Ted Turner’s cartoon super hero Captain Planet or something like that?

[KarlInOhio]

Pimpman will run a child prostitution ring for UN peacekeepers at a UN refugee camp.

[wastedyears]

Major propaganda

[weegee]

The UN engages in sexual slavery and prostitution of young people.

The UN should not have access to your kids to persuade popular opinion.

[swatbuznik]

This is why I don’t buy comics anymore. How depressing.

[imd102]

JohnBoltonMan will surely be the greatest enemy of the blue hats.

[wastedyears]

Better:

[Berosus]

I’ve always liked Marvel Comics, but give me the Justice League of America over this.

[Badeye]

Hmmm. The bar scene from Star Wars joins Marvel Comics?

Yawn.

[weegee]

that’s okay, Marvel did some retro continuity to make Captain America the lily white “test subject” for the super soldier formula after a series of racist experiments on black people.

Stan Lee and Ron Pearlman were both Clintonistas who had their own blowback scandals.

So long Marvel, it was good to know you once upon a time.

[ECM]

They also had Captain America suffering a crisis in conscience by having him make the bombing of Dresden and 9-11 morally equivalent (before they killed Cap off, of course.)

[Grimmy]

First they came for our G.I. Joes. Now they take our Spiderman!

There’s gotta be a bonafide casus belli in there somewhere.

[Slings and Arrows]

I may have to make a new NAPL banner.

[SengirV]

And Marvel wonders why subscriptions have been declining year after year. I guess stories that say god doesn’t exist, and your country is evil don’t sell very well. But that doesn’t stop marvel from continuing down their self destructive path.

[Dr. Sivana]

I prefer the good ol' days ... something like this:

[yuleeyahoo]

Best:

The cure for the UN

Best:

The cure for the UN

[Slings and Arrows]

P.S. for my pingees: This is completely irrelevant to this thread (and two days late), but is a must-see:

Achmed the Dead Terrorist sings "Jingle Bombs" (some strong language)

[Callahan]

Back in the 60s, the mainstream comic book industry was taken over by college Marxists who continue to inject liberal themes into everything from Captain America to Iron Man. Since fantasy land is the only place where socialism works on a large scale, it’s a natural fit.

[bannie]

Isn’t this “Spiderman” author guy currently battling clintons?

[NeoCaveman]

JohnBoltonMan will surely be the greatest enemy of the blue hats.

Only Mustache Man^TM can save us from the corrupt, child raping, evil Blue Helmets.

[imd102]

ping!

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Natural move for the UN...which has been comical for as long as I can remember.

[Vanbasten]

Great U.N. propaganda!!!

If you want an improved image, I’ve got a novel idea. Do something useful!

[max americana]

By coincidence;

The last 8 comics I bought were ALL DC COMICS. Now I know.

My last comics were Action comics 670 and 671, teen Titans 54, 53, Green lantern 25, 26, Green lantern Corps 18, 19 and Batman and Batman Confidential.

At least Green Lantern always “nods” to our guys @ the U.S. armed forces.

[Sybeck1]

Next you will be telling the GI Joe movie in the works won’t be about “Real American Heroes” But the Blue Helmets!

[mainerforglobalwarming]

On the old superman tv series wasn’t it ‘truth, justice and the American way’? It will be a sad day if D.C. comics allows this illegal immigrant to spit on the country that took him in, gave him a chance to live a great life, by making him a UN representative.

[montag813]

The comic, initially to be distributed free to 1m US schoolchildren, will be set in a war-torn fictional country and feature superheroes such as Spider-Man working with UN agencies such as Unicef and the “blue hats”, the UN peacekeepers.

Aren't there enough non-fictional Muslim and "Animist" war-torn countries? Why do they need to make one up? How about sending Spiderman to covert everyone to Christianity. That seems a lot more effective than any aid or "peacekeeping" force.

[Allegra]

LOL - I love Achmed the Dead Terrorist. Hadn't seen that one.

What's funny is that we've turned the Iraqis on to that and they love it.

[Dr. Sivana]

At least Green Lantern always “nods” to our guys @ the U.S. armed forces.

Yeah, but in the '70s he did way too much self-indulgent soul-searching and hanging out with that pinko Oliver Queen (a k a Green Arrow), who was also a VERY bad influence on Black Canary.

[longtermmemmory]

!

So much for truth, justice, and the American way...

[Titan Magroyne]

Hilarious, hadn’t seen that one before!

[TASMANIANRED]

Bump

[KarinG1]

ping

[doug from upland]

Thanks for the heads up.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Berosus. I wonder if SpiderMan will be getting his cut from Kofi Annan’s family members?

[Bat_Chemist]

MOST excellent...my daughter will love it. Her favorite joke is:

Knock-knock.
Who’s there?
Me. I KILL YOU!

[Billthedrill]

The comic, initially to be distributed free to 1m US schoolchildren, will be set in a war-torn fictional country and feature superheroes such as Spider-Man working with UN agencies such as Unicef and the “blue hats”, the UN peacekeepers.

Now why would the most affluent children in history need to be given free comic books? Why not poor children who can't afford them? I suspect the answer is that the former need to be propagandized and the latter know better, especially the ones who ended up getting raped by their UN saviors.

I wonder too who the villains will be? Rampaging Muslim extremists who slaughter children in Darfur, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Lebanon, the Netherlands, London, Madrid, and Paris? Let me go way out on a limb here and predict probably not.

On the upside, it might be worth the trouble to snag a couple of these. Twenty years from now they'll make hysterically funny reading if by then we're still allowed to read them.

[Slings and Arrows]

Achmed’s the best kind of terrorist - dead.

[Slings and Arrows]

Poor Guitar Guy!

[Slings and Arrows]

What's funny is that we've turned the Iraqis on to that and they love it.

LOL!!! If you know a friendly reporter (I know, I know) you should tell him - that would be a GREAT story!

[Calpernia]

The comics had to catch up to the children’s text books.

[endthematrix]

Monday, 21 October 1996: United States First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton launched Superman: Deadly Legacy at a White House ceremony today featuring the Man of Steel promoting landmine awareness in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

www.unicef.org/newsline/super.htm

http://www.psywarrior.com/MineawarenessHerb.html

[pcottraux]

I expect the global persecution against DC fans such as myself to begin soon.

I knew this day would come!

[markomalley]

WTF???