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This thread serves to explain why I don't really feel anything at all when a DC character dies or is brought back to life at least 90% of the time.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: This thread serves to explain why I don't really feel anything at all when a DC character dies or is brought back to life at least 90% of the time.
Thing is...Marvel is not any better really. Not trying to start something, but Marvel has been on a role lately as well.
And let's not forget the Scourge saga in Cap all those years ago.
From: Turn around... | Registered: Jul 2003
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^Absolutely, I'm not saying Marvel is better or worse. Marvel for a long period of time was certainly the worst offender among the Big 2. But that has changed in recent years it seems, as since Didio has come on board for DC, the company's integrity in this regard (gratuitous killing of heroes) has declined sharply.
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: ^Absolutely, I'm not saying Marvel is better or worse. Marvel for a long period of time was certainly the worst offender among the Big 2. But that has changed in recent years it seems, as since Didio has come on board for DC, the company's integrity in this regard (gratuitous killing of heroes) has declined sharply.
Thinking back, can you pin it down (for Marvel) to getting worse when Marvel Knights started?
From: Turn around... | Registered: Jul 2003
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That was a long time ago...there was someone (or mulltiple someones) running around killing e-level villians.
From: Turn around... | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Cobalt Kid: ^Absolutely, I'm not saying Marvel is better or worse. Marvel for a long period of time was certainly the worst offender among the Big 2. But that has changed in recent years it seems, as since Didio has come on board for DC, the company's integrity in this regard (gratuitous killing of heroes) has declined sharply.
Thinking back, can you pin it down (for Marvel) to getting worse when Marvel Knights started?
What I mean for Marvel is it goes back to the mid-90's, specifically when the Image guys left and Marvel felt the need to 'up its game'.
I don't think Joe Q & Marvel Knights are to blame for Marvel's woes in the same way Didio is. I feel Marvel has been that way for a long time. If anything, I'm surprised at how much restraint Marvel shows now that DC has surpassed them in this kind of gratuitous storytelling, because I would have figured years ago they'd just one-up DC some more and go even more gratuitous.
Of course, that didn't stop Jeph Loeb from trying to go that route in the Ultimate Universe but I dropped all of that so I'm not 100% knowledgeable about what is going on.
I guess I just always expected better from DC. I feel let down. Like the good one turned bad and not just bad, but *really* bad.
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