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Snowflakian · 08-23-2011, 10:05 PM

I like marvel's characters because in many regards they are so universal in the notes they hit.

They are humanized heroes not on some kind of pedestal from being an icon or otherwise overtly 'better than you in some way' type story that DC tends to do. Marvel is more towards everyday problems, and everyday people rising to the occasion.

I go back and forth on that, DC had it's time in the 90s where it humanized their characters moreso, but that has since fallen away.

Marvel on the otherhand is starting to have the opposite problem. They are trying to dehumanize these characters that made them so great and hoist them up on pedestals, and basicly all around starting to make the same mistakes DC did that led to their relaunch.

So classic marvel I love, 90s DC I love, modern Marvel I vary on. Some of it I love, some of it feels half-assed and spur of the moment changes to story plans.
So I love marvel because of the wealth and diversity of the characters and personalities, but the marvel current writing staff I'm all over the board on thoughts. There are some amazing titles coming out of marvel right now, but none of them seem to really get the push they deserve. Uncanny X-Force, X-23, Hulk, among some others. Yet all they seem to push is wolverine, X-Men, and the Avengers which by far are the ones that feel directionless, or like the writers wait until the last minute and try to bang something out without fully thinking through how it reads. (The Sex in the city avengers issues for the FI lead in, and the comic book death commentary in secret avengers for example though I'm sure there are many others too.)

I'm also not fond of Marvel's (and DC's) tendency to leave plot threads sit for decades at a time. (Ahem, Darkhawk, Nova Corps and the list goes on. The DC relaunch effectively deletes theirs for now.)

So I like Marvel's characters. The current staff varies talent to talent, but the history and nostalgia from when I was a kid will always keep me coming back. Well that and a handful of other things that will always keep me coming back.

08-23-2011, 10:05 PM	#6
Snowflakian Illyria's New Qwa'ha Xahn Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: In the clouds. Posts: 4,120	I like marvel's characters because in many regards they are so universal in the notes they hit. They are humanized heroes not on some kind of pedestal from being an icon or otherwise overtly 'better than you in some way' type story that DC tends to do. Marvel is more towards everyday problems, and everyday people rising to the occasion. I go back and forth on that, DC had it's time in the 90s where it humanized their characters moreso, but that has since fallen away. Marvel on the otherhand is starting to have the opposite problem. They are trying to dehumanize these characters that made them so great and hoist them up on pedestals, and basicly all around starting to make the same mistakes DC did that led to their relaunch. So classic marvel I love, 90s DC I love, modern Marvel I vary on. Some of it I love, some of it feels half-assed and spur of the moment changes to story plans. So I love marvel because of the wealth and diversity of the characters and personalities, but the marvel current writing staff I'm all over the board on thoughts. There are some amazing titles coming out of marvel right now, but none of them seem to really get the push they deserve. Uncanny X-Force, X-23, Hulk, among some others. Yet all they seem to push is wolverine, X-Men, and the Avengers which by far are the ones that feel directionless, or like the writers wait until the last minute and try to bang something out without fully thinking through how it reads. (The Sex in the city avengers issues for the FI lead in, and the comic book death commentary in secret avengers for example though I'm sure there are many others too.) I'm also not fond of Marvel's (and DC's) tendency to leave plot threads sit for decades at a time. (Ahem, Darkhawk, Nova Corps and the list goes on. The DC relaunch effectively deletes theirs for now.) So I like Marvel's characters. The current staff varies talent to talent, but the history and nostalgia from when I was a kid will always keep me coming back. Well that and a handful of other things that will always keep me coming back. __________________