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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 22:40:29 GMT -5
They are, and Walmart has those shelves and brings in the company to stock them because they are items that bring people though the door at Walmart that might not otherwise shop there. For example, Walmart carries there Magic: The Gathering cards there (or more accurately, the company that they rent the space to and get a portion of the proceeds from stocks the Magic cards there), and because of it, Walmart is the #1 seller of Magic cards in the US. Many of those customers go to Walmart specifically to buy Magic cards, but once through the door will likely buy lots of other things form snacks and drinks to bring to their games, to movies and other pop culture toys and tchotchkes (though not likely soap and deodorant sales goes the old joke) to whatever, which is the entire point of Walmart having that aisle. So yes, it was Walmart looking to get people through the door with the exclusive contracts, and DC negotiated with Walmart not the vendors who rent the space.
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Post by chadwilliam on Mar 13, 2019 1:59:37 GMT -5
Inspired by all the recent "How Todd McFarlane Created Venom" articles over the web with the recent movie, here's one.
"David Michelinie came up with Venom when I told Marvel I wanted to get Spider-Man back into his red and blue costume" doesn't make Todd McFarlane the co-creator of Venom. Simply drawing Venom exactly as Michelinie's script called for him to look ("like Arnold Schwarzenneger on a good day; giant teeth which almost extend to the back of his head; Spider-Man alien costume") doesn't make him the co-creator either. Erik Larsen's moronic justification for withholding Michelinie's credit ("Michelinie's story was DUMB") doesn't make McFarlane co-creator either".
I'm not even a fan of Venom, but seeing the guy who created such a successful character robbed of credit for his work by a guy who pretends to be champion of creator's rights (along with his lapdog Larsen) really rankles me.
There. I said it.
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Post by Duragizer on Mar 14, 2019 22:31:10 GMT -5
One of the top 5 best alterations made to the Superman mythos post-Crisis was changing Lois' hair from black to auburn. Of course it couldn't last, because certain pre-Crisis fanboys need every last element of their favoured status quo restored, even the most generic ones.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Mar 14, 2019 22:57:30 GMT -5
One of the top 5 best alterations made to the Superman mythos post-Crisis was changing Lois' hair from black to auburn. Of course it couldn't last, because certain pre- Crisis fanboys need every last element of their favoured status quo restored, even the most generic ones. Huh. I never noticed. I mean, okay, this is never going to make my list of the top 700,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 comic book related things I might care about but I guess I'd agree? I liked the post-Crisis Lois in general.
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Post by Duragizer on Mar 15, 2019 1:41:51 GMT -5
One of the top 5 best alterations made to the Superman mythos post-Crisis was changing Lois' hair from black to auburn. Of course it couldn't last, because certain pre- Crisis fanboys need every last element of their favoured status quo restored, even the most generic ones. Huh. I never noticed. I mean, okay, this is never going to make my list of the top 700,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 comic book related things I might care about but I guess I'd agree? I liked the post-Crisis Lois in general. I probably just like redheads way too much.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 15, 2019 5:31:22 GMT -5
Nothing wrong with that. Comics are visual.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Mar 16, 2019 1:37:03 GMT -5
It's also really, really good that the Silver Age Lois Lane was removed from continuity. It reads like a combination of "product of it's time" "adults trying to write adults as children see adults" and Mort Weissinger's very real, very toxic issues with women or probably humanity as a whole.
Much love to Schaffenberger, but the whole enterprise was skeevy.
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Post by chadwilliam on Mar 17, 2019 23:06:37 GMT -5
It's also really, really good that the Silver Age Lois Lane was removed from continuity. It reads like a combination of "product of it's time" "adults trying to write adults as children see adults" and Mort Weissinger's very real, very toxic issues with women or probably humanity as a whole. Much love to Schaffenberger, but the whole enterprise was skeevy. Much as I love the Silver Age Superman, I have to completely agree with this. The Silver Age Lois Lane was a complete bastardization of Siegel and Shuster's strong, fearless defender of the weak original concept.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2019 12:17:25 GMT -5
If Spider-Man hasn't fought either Cobra or Mister Hyde, then that's a "contest" I'd pay good money to see!
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Post by Confessor on Mar 25, 2019 16:36:06 GMT -5
If Spider-Man hasn't fought either Cobra or Mister Hyde, then that's a "contest" I'd pay good money to see! He's fought both multiple times.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2019 17:02:55 GMT -5
I guess I've missed those. I'll do a Google search.
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Post by Confessor on Mar 25, 2019 17:33:35 GMT -5
I guess I've missed those. I'll do a Google search. Off the top of my head, there was a confrontation with both Cobra and Mister Hyde in mid-80s Amazing Spider-Man (roughly issue #230-something). Spidey also faced off against Cobra in Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man (roughly issue #40-something). More recently, Spidey went up against Hyde again in the mid-2000s, prior to Civil War. I'm sure Spidey must've had other encounters with Cobra and Mister Hyde too.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 25, 2019 17:45:25 GMT -5
I guess I've missed those. I'll do a Google search. Off the top of my head, there was a confrontation with both Cobra and Mister Hyde in mid-80s Amazing Spider-Man (roughly issue #230-something). Spidey also faced off against Cobra in Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man (roughly issue #40-something). More recently, Spidey went up against Hyde again in the mid-2000s, prior to Civil War. I'm sure Spidey must've had other encounters with Cobra and Mister Hyde too. ASM #231. PPTSS # 46 Spider-man vs. Hyde ASM # 232
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2019 17:57:27 GMT -5
Cheers, guys.
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Post by berkley on Mar 25, 2019 19:26:22 GMT -5
It always seemed a bit weird and out of character to me that Mr. Hyde would want a partner. But then Marvel's Mr. Hyde always felt kind of pointless to me since in many ways the Hulk, a much more prominent MU character, seemed to be their version of RLS's famous creation.
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