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Post by Warmonger on Oct 10, 2015 16:53:41 GMT -5
So I just heard that Deadpool is going to be the newest addition to the team...WTF?
I can't even begin to put into words how out of place this seems.
I know Deadpool has been more on the straight and narrow in recent years (which is totally lame IMO, he was always at his best and most interesting as the smartass, psychotic anti-hero), but this is just ridiculous to me.
Guys like Punisher and Deadpool are two of my all-time favorites...but they just don't belong in The Avengers.
I know most of you guys read a helluva lot more modern age stuff than I do...thoughts?
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Post by Warmonger on Oct 10, 2015 16:55:45 GMT -5
PS
The saturation of Deadpool is starting to even eclipse the milking of the Punisher in the early 90's.
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Post by crazyoldhermit on Oct 10, 2015 18:38:07 GMT -5
It's really weird that they put Deadpool in such a prominent position when Marvel has previously tried to minimize characters who they don't have the movie rights to.
Maybe Ike finally figured out that a high tide raises all ships?
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Oct 10, 2015 19:51:14 GMT -5
Eh, this doesn't surprise me. The Avengers have been straight downhill since they let that criminal Hawkeye in. #NoHawkeyes #HawkeyeSucks #EveryTimeHawkeyeDiesAnAngelGetsHisWings
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Post by Nowhere Man on Oct 11, 2015 17:54:55 GMT -5
As much as I dislike it, I think Marvel is forced to do this given that fans don't support team books that's not Avengers or X-Men related any longer. Marvel, of course, is partially to blame for this given their marketing strategies.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 11, 2015 18:43:21 GMT -5
It's really weird that they put Deadpool in such a prominent position when Marvel has previously tried to minimize characters who they don't have the movie rights to. Maybe Ike finally figured out that a high tide raises all ships? That gets bandied about a lot on line but I haven't really seen it in practice. I mean, Wolverine and the X-Men aren't owned by Disney and yet they are still prominent in the comics, and even before Sony and Disney came together Spider-Man was still everywhere. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2015 18:45:47 GMT -5
Once they let D-Man in in the 90s they couldn't realistically say no to anyone else could they?
-M
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 11, 2015 19:01:30 GMT -5
Once they let D-Man in in the 90s they couldn't realistically say no to anyone else could they? -M I had never heard of him until I just looked him up...and wow that's bad. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 11, 2015 19:39:50 GMT -5
I'm not really sure how this is a strange thing. The precedent was set with Cap's Kooky Quartet.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Oct 11, 2015 19:53:48 GMT -5
I'm not really sure how this is a strange thing. The precedent was set with Cap's Kooky Quartet. Yeah, neither Deadpool nor D-Man spent the majority of their pre-Avengers career trying to shoot Iron Man with acid arrows. Therefore, they are not the Worst. #TheWorstWearsPurple #YesAllHawkeyes |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2015 20:08:21 GMT -5
I'm not really sure how this is a strange thing. The precedent was set with Cap's Kooky Quartet. Yeah, neither Deadpool nor D-Man spent the majority of their pre-Avengers career trying to shoot Iron Man with acid arrows. Therefore, they are not the Worst. #TheWorstWearsPurple #YesAllHawkeyes At least Hawkeye had his own clothes man, he didn't scrounge an old red and yellow Daredevil suit and Wolverine mask he found while living in the sewers, put it oun and call himself a super-hero. I'm surprised he didn't carry an array of stupid stuff that he scavenged out of dumpsters in a grocery cart when going into battle. but at least he could fold up his cardboard D-cave and take it with him so he always had an hq handy.... D-Man make sthe stick figure super-heroes I made up when I was 6 look good... -M |
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Post by earl on Oct 11, 2015 21:24:16 GMT -5
Deadpool sells comics. The trades sell very well. Deadpool is a pretty polarizing character but I think his actual comics have been pretty enjoyable and would say Cable & Deadpool is one of the better newer Marvel series I read since getting back into comics. I'd think the character works best when left in his own corner to get weird and just do his thing.
For the most part you are better off ignoring most Marvel comics post 1990 for any real continuity. That stuff is long out the window. Every now and then a creator finds a kernel of corn and does some stuff that jives with the older comics, but it's totally hit and miss now (mostly miss).
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Post by Randle-El on Oct 11, 2015 22:29:53 GMT -5
Isn't every character in the Marvel U either an X-Man or an Avenger?
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Post by The Captain on Oct 12, 2015 11:33:00 GMT -5
Deadpool sells comics. The trades sell very well. Deadpool is a pretty polarizing character but I think his actual comics have been pretty enjoyable and would say Cable & Deadpool is one of the better newer Marvel series I read since getting back into comics. I'd think the character works best when left in his own corner to get weird and just do his thing.For the most part you are better off ignoring most Marvel comics post 1990 for any real continuity. That stuff is long out the window. Every now and then a creator finds a kernel of corn and does some stuff that jives with the older comics, but it's totally hit and miss now (mostly miss). Agree with the bold part, if only because if they leave him in his own corner, he won't show up in the books that I read, which is for the best. When Deadpool was first introduced, I liked the concept and character, but once they turned him into "Bugs Bunny as an assassin", the shine came off that apple real quick. |
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Post by crazyoldhermit on Oct 12, 2015 15:51:59 GMT -5
It's really weird that they put Deadpool in such a prominent position when Marvel has previously tried to minimize characters who they don't have the movie rights to. Maybe Ike finally figured out that a high tide raises all ships? That gets bandied about a lot on line but I haven't really seen it in practice. I mean, Wolverine and the X-Men aren't owned by Disney and yet they are still prominent in the comics, and even before Sony and Disney came together Spider-Man was still everywhere. They can't really afford to shun Wolverine, the X-Men or Spider-Man because they form the backbone of the Marvel universe and of course they have events to coincide with their movie releases. Likewise, Deadpool is a huge seller as well. But it's very strange that they're sticking him in the Avengers, which is not only the most high profile position a Marvel character can get in the comics but is also something that is extremely unlikely to happen in the movies. |
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