So comics trivia. Didn't CBR used to have a weekly type column with rumors and trivia? A fan would mail in a rumor, like Superman's dad was not shown for 10 years or whatever, and then the columnist would be all "FALSE Jor-El first appeared in 1943, although blah blah etc etc"
I'm not talking about the current rumor thing... lying in the gutters or whatever, but a different column.
...in late 1989, Rocket Racer started showing up again in the pages of Web of Spider-Man…and Night Thrasher had just debuted in the pages of Thor (along with the rest of the New Warriors)…
McDuffie (then an editor at Marvel), took slight issue with the fact that this was basically a quarter of the black superheroes appearing in Marvel Comics at the time, and they were a bit, well, similar.
This led to McDuffie’s hilarious parody pitch…Teenage Negro Ninja Thrashers.
Well the only thing I've ever seen him in is Civil War 1. And for some reason I remembered him being white but it turns out he's wearing a full-face mask. So yeah, my bad.
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So comics trivia. Didn't CBR used to have a weekly type column with rumors and trivia? A fan would mail in a rumor, like Superman's dad was not shown for 10 years or whatever, and then the columnist would be all "FALSE Jor-El first appeared in 1943, although blah blah etc etc"
I'm not talking about the current rumor thing... lying in the gutters or whatever, but a different column.
So comics trivia. Didn't CBR used to have a weekly type column with rumors and trivia? A fan would mail in a rumor, like Superman's dad was not shown for 10 years or whatever, and then the columnist would be all "FALSE Jor-El first appeared in 1943, although blah blah etc etc"
I'm not talking about the current rumor thing... lying in the gutters or whatever, but a different column.
in punisher MAX it said something like one or two thousand people, which seemed ridiculously low since he's been working for, what, 30 years in that?
well at one point you see a news broadcaster estimate that he's killed as many as two thousand people.
frank himself never gives a number, and given the numbers of people you see him kill that nobody would ever even tie to the punisher anyway, it's probably more than that. but also keep in mind that he doesn't necessarily kill people every day, either. he spends a lot of time on recon, traveling, preparations, that sort of thing.
in the regular marvel universe, at one point frank kills 2000 guys at the same time, so it's definitely more there.
in punisher MAX it said something like one or two thousand people, which seemed ridiculously low since he's been working for, what, 30 years in that?
well at one point you see a news broadcaster estimate that he's killed as many as two thousand people.
frank himself never gives a number, and given the numbers of people you see him kill that nobody would ever even tie to the punisher anyway, it's probably more than that. but also keep in mind that he doesn't necessarily kill people every day, either. he spends a lot of time on recon, traveling, preparations, that sort of thing.
in the regular marvel universe, at one point frank kills 2000 guys at the same time, so it's definitely more there.
Yeah, it's not like Punisher leaves a calling card, and a criminal can get shot in the head any number of ways,
I thought Punisher Max was a different animal entirely... or is it all the same Punisher?
unclear! nick fury, s.h.i.e.l.d, and microchip all exist in the max series, but no superheroes seem to. it's mostly just best to think of it as a different thing that has some characters in common with the regular marvel universe.
I thought Punisher Max was a different animal entirely... or is it all the same Punisher?
unclear! nick fury, s.h.i.e.l.d, and microchip all exist in the max series, but no superheroes seem to. it's mostly just best to think of it as a different thing that has some characters in common with the regular marvel universe.
The MAX series has never specifically said there aren't any other heroes, super or otherwise. They've just avoided it completely. However, if there's a S.H.I.E.L.D. you have to assume that there's the whole rest of the Marvel universe. The only thing they've done to debunk the normal Marvel universe is to have the Punisher be aged properly in some storylines. In other storylines, he looks thirty.
I thought Punisher Max was a different animal entirely... or is it all the same Punisher?
unclear! nick fury, s.h.i.e.l.d, and microchip all exist in the max series, but no superheroes seem to. it's mostly just best to think of it as a different thing that has some characters in common with the regular marvel universe.
The MAX series has never specifically said there aren't any other heroes, super or otherwise. They've just avoided it completely. However, if there's a S.H.I.E.L.D. you have to assume that there's the whole rest of the Marvel universe. The only thing they've done to debunk the normal Marvel universe is to have the Punisher be aged properly in some storylines. In other storylines, he looks thirty.
any impression that he might look thirty (i'm assuming you're thinking of goran parlov) is purely an artistic thing. he's absolutely meant to be like 60 years old the entire series.
incidentally, we don't have to assume that there's anything beyond shield, because they never show it.
Kevin Maguire, upon discovering that Max Lord would kill Blue Beetle in Countdown to Infinite Crisis, and becoming mildly perturbed by it, briefly toyed with the idea of giving him an unauthorized backdoor resurrection. In I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League, the Superbuddies visit a parallel universe where nefarious versions of themselves exist. Maguire planned to have Beetle, upon returning from the parallel universe, appear in a different costume, implying that the evil Beetle came back in the real Beetle's place. He ultimately decided not to do it.
Working with his good friend and frequent collaborate Fabian Nicieza, Maguire illustrated the Elseworlds JLA: Created Equal, where every man on Earth drops dead, save for Superman and Lex Luthor. Maguire pushed the idea of Blue Beetle appearing in Superman's place, reasoning that while a story featuring the greatest hero on Earth as one of the last surviving men alive would be good, a story featuring a bumbling, unattractive, dork of a hero might be better.
In 52, Booster Gold's death was plotted out in several different ways, before the writers ultimately settled on the final version. In one version, which I'm still disappointed I didn't get to see, Booster Gold would pull a Frank Grimes, performing numerous dangerous stunts in front of a crowd of onlookers while screaming, "Look at me! I'm Supernova!" before ultimately meeting his demise.
Edit: I think Jon Stewart, but I don't know for sure. There are a number of celebrities that are gamers, which one would assume means they might be more likely to read comics, but also I wouldn't say it with certainty. These would include Robin Williams and Vin Diesel.
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Bill Hader and Seth Rogen reportedly bonded while discussing their favorite comic books and movies, leading to Hader getting a role in Superbad. Michael Cera and Jonah Hill are apparently fans of Scott Pilgrim. Thomas Jane's something of a fan, having written a comic, and cited Will Eisner's writing as inspiration. Brian Posehn and Patton Oswalt are comic fans. And I think someone who works on King of the Hill is too, because I could swear I saw Bobby reading Invincible one time.
I always feel kind of goofy talking about famous people that read comics. Like it's implied that it's amazing they'd bother to. Kind of a self-deprecating attitude.
Anyhow, did you know John Rogers got the Blue Beetle writing gig because he wrote a long, ranting screed against DC comics?
After long hours of thought, this is the only scenario I could come up with which can possibly justify the current attitude towards comics of the DC Editorial Team when one takes both Identity Crisis and the Countdown books into account:
INT. DARK SUBURBAN HOME - MIDNIGHT - MANY YEARS AGO
The DC EDITORIAL TEAM, age 5, awakens from a restless slumber. Strange noises have disturbed him. Thumb in his mouth, he takes his blankie and wanders into the dark second-floor hallway of his home.
REVEAL
DC Ed's FATHER, pantless, bloody, sprawled on the landing . He thrashes, gurgling, a shard of the shattered, smiling FAMILY PORTRAIT jammed into his jugular. He would crawl for help, but he has been beaten with his own severed leg.
DC ED
Aaaaahhhhh!
FATHER
guuuuurrgglllllee!
His arterial spray splashes DC Ed right in the face.
DC ED
AHHHHHHHHHHH!
Father
guuurrgle-bubble-gurgle
The DC Editorial Team rushes downstairs.
INT. DINING ROOM
DC Ed enters to discover
HIS MOM
dressed as a French Maid, but wearing full clown make-up, having rough sex on the dining room table with
SILVER AGE COMICS,
who is in leather chaps and a Madonna bustier, both of them drunk and laughing maniacally.
DC ED'S MOM
Say it again!
SILVER AGE COMICS
There's no Santa Claus!
DC ED
AAGAGHHAHAGGGAGAAHHHHHHAAAGGGGGGAAAHHHH!
... later, sitting on the curb, a blanket wrapped around him by a kindly paramedic, the DC Editorial Team watches his house and his entire family destroyed in the inferno ignited when Silver Age Comics set his beloved Golden Retriever, Barky, on fire.
Bill Hader and Seth Rogen reportedly bonded while discussing their favorite comic books and movies, leading to Hader getting a role in Superbad.
Not sure about this particular anecdote, but Hader once interviewed Ed Brubaker about Criminal. Don't remember what website it was for, though; maybe CBR?
Bill Hader and Seth Rogen reportedly bonded while discussing their favorite comic books and movies, leading to Hader getting a role in Superbad.
Not sure about this particular anecdote, but Hader once interviewed Ed Brubaker about Criminal. Don't remember what website it was for, though; maybe CBR?
It's true - at this year's NYCC, Hader introduced Neil Gaiman. He said that he was reading Sandman when he got the job at SNL, and his discussing Sandman with Seth Rogen and someone else (don't remember, but I guess it'd have to be Evan Goldberg or something) led to the role in Superbad (they offered him the job based on his awesome taste in comics).
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Bill Hader and Seth Rogen reportedly bonded while discussing their favorite comic books and movies, leading to Hader getting a role in Superbad.
Not sure about this particular anecdote, but Hader once interviewed Ed Brubaker about Criminal. Don't remember what website it was for, though; maybe CBR?
It's true - at this year's NYCC, Hader introduced Neil Gaiman. He said that he was reading Sandman when he got the job at SNL, and his discussing Sandman with Seth Rogen and someone else (don't remember, but I guess it'd have to be Evan Goldberg or something) led to the role in Superbad (they offered him the job based on his awesome taste in comics).
Seth Meyers is the other SNL cast member who reads comics. There was an article about them in Wizard: The "Comics" Magazine a while back...
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Bill Hader and Seth Rogen reportedly bonded while discussing their favorite comic books and movies, leading to Hader getting a role in Superbad.
Not sure about this particular anecdote, but Hader once interviewed Ed Brubaker about Criminal. Don't remember what website it was for, though; maybe CBR?
You mean the one I posted three hours before you did, only TWO FUCKING POSTS prior?
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They do a weekly Urban Legends feature.
I would totally fucking read that
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Night Thrasher was a black dude named Duane
And now he's another black dude
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That sounds a lot like something that someone totally awesome already posted on the first page. Just saying :P
Not that it's unwarranted. I don't even want to know how that wonder dog shit ended up.
Ha! You did. didn't you? Now I feel like a jackass for also posting it on the second page.
i have always pondered this
it's upwards of 7000 at minimum
well at one point you see a news broadcaster estimate that he's killed as many as two thousand people.
frank himself never gives a number, and given the numbers of people you see him kill that nobody would ever even tie to the punisher anyway, it's probably more than that. but also keep in mind that he doesn't necessarily kill people every day, either. he spends a lot of time on recon, traveling, preparations, that sort of thing.
in the regular marvel universe, at one point frank kills 2000 guys at the same time, so it's definitely more there.
Yeah, it's not like Punisher leaves a calling card, and a criminal can get shot in the head any number of ways,
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haha what
is that really shocking?
he drops a nuke on an island filled with evil mercenaries.
unclear! nick fury, s.h.i.e.l.d, and microchip all exist in the max series, but no superheroes seem to. it's mostly just best to think of it as a different thing that has some characters in common with the regular marvel universe.
i'm pretty sure there's only one.
Samson killed a thousand fleeing Philistines with a donkey's jaw. He could have doubled that easily using Frank Castle's heavy weapons.
The MAX series has never specifically said there aren't any other heroes, super or otherwise. They've just avoided it completely. However, if there's a S.H.I.E.L.D. you have to assume that there's the whole rest of the Marvel universe. The only thing they've done to debunk the normal Marvel universe is to have the Punisher be aged properly in some storylines. In other storylines, he looks thirty.
incidentally, we don't have to assume that there's anything beyond shield, because they never show it.
Kevin Maguire, upon discovering that Max Lord would kill Blue Beetle in Countdown to Infinite Crisis, and becoming mildly perturbed by it, briefly toyed with the idea of giving him an unauthorized backdoor resurrection. In I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League, the Superbuddies visit a parallel universe where nefarious versions of themselves exist. Maguire planned to have Beetle, upon returning from the parallel universe, appear in a different costume, implying that the evil Beetle came back in the real Beetle's place. He ultimately decided not to do it.
Working with his good friend and frequent collaborate Fabian Nicieza, Maguire illustrated the Elseworlds JLA: Created Equal, where every man on Earth drops dead, save for Superman and Lex Luthor. Maguire pushed the idea of Blue Beetle appearing in Superman's place, reasoning that while a story featuring the greatest hero on Earth as one of the last surviving men alive would be good, a story featuring a bumbling, unattractive, dork of a hero might be better.
In 52, Booster Gold's death was plotted out in several different ways, before the writers ultimately settled on the final version. In one version, which I'm still disappointed I didn't get to see, Booster Gold would pull a Frank Grimes, performing numerous dangerous stunts in front of a crowd of onlookers while screaming, "Look at me! I'm Supernova!" before ultimately meeting his demise.
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Rachel Maddow (host of the Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC and Air America)
Nicolas Cage
Kobe Bryant
Feel free to add to the list.
Edit: I think Jon Stewart, but I don't know for sure. There are a number of celebrities that are gamers, which one would assume means they might be more likely to read comics, but also I wouldn't say it with certainty. These would include Robin Williams and Vin Diesel.
I'm pretty sure Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are comic readers. I forget the source though.
I always feel kind of goofy talking about famous people that read comics. Like it's implied that it's amazing they'd bother to. Kind of a self-deprecating attitude.
Anyhow, did you know John Rogers got the Blue Beetle writing gig because he wrote a long, ranting screed against DC comics?
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however, his favorite character is gambit and he loves rob liefeld so
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Not sure about this particular anecdote, but Hader once interviewed Ed Brubaker about Criminal. Don't remember what website it was for, though; maybe CBR?
It's true - at this year's NYCC, Hader introduced Neil Gaiman. He said that he was reading Sandman when he got the job at SNL, and his discussing Sandman with Seth Rogen and someone else (don't remember, but I guess it'd have to be Evan Goldberg or something) led to the role in Superbad (they offered him the job based on his awesome taste in comics).
Seth Meyers is the other SNL cast member who reads comics. There was an article about them in Wizard: The "Comics" Magazine a while back...
You mean the one I posted three hours before you did, only TWO FUCKING POSTS prior?
It was for MySpace Comic's "Criminal Week".