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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 10, 2022 16:24:03 GMT -5
A discussion is going on in another thread about the overuse of certain characters to boost sales. They can take a nice idea and make you tired of it. It's almost like a new song that you like that is played too many Times on the radio ; You could get sick of it. Who is the one that they overplayed their hand with?
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Post by dbutler69 on Feb 10, 2022 16:24:40 GMT -5
I used to love the guy, but I had to vote for Wolverine.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2022 16:28:09 GMT -5
Some might say it's Joker and Harley, but I want more...DC used to be mostly Superman and Batman for me, and the only other classic character I liked enough to collect was Jonah Hex. So more with these 2 are quite welcome on my end
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Post by Cei-U! on Feb 10, 2022 16:35:26 GMT -5
I voted for Batman, despite the fact that he's my favorite comic book character. I've just reached the saturation point on the guy, especially on film.
Cei-U! I summon the bat-burnout!
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 10, 2022 17:13:28 GMT -5
Wolverine. I was never much of a fan of the character, so seeing him in far too many books was grating to say the least.
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Post by Confessor on Feb 10, 2022 17:17:46 GMT -5
Wolverine. Massively over used. ...and he wasn't that great a character to begin with.
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Post by badwolf on Feb 10, 2022 17:31:21 GMT -5
Harley Quinn, who I never liked to begin with.
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Post by commond on Feb 10, 2022 17:33:32 GMT -5
I don't know about these days, but when I was collecting it was definitely Lobo.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Feb 10, 2022 17:56:23 GMT -5
My problem with the most potential characters for me to vote for; Batman, Deadpool, Harley, and Wolverine isn't so much the overexposure itself but how the popularity of the character changed the character. A lot of time because of the now, never before seen, exposure these characters get to non-comic readers through films/TV.
Deadpool was an actual interesting character that while came off when Liefield created him, as a violent and foul-mouth Spiderman, a lot writers did good stories with him and I enjoyed those early stories. Now my impression is they just started writing him as the obnoxious Ryan Reynolds movie version. Batman getting more brazen and violent like Nolan's films.
Harley use to be the sweet lady that was manipulated by the Joker and fell in love with him in Batman TAS. Not that I have read any new comics with her in it, but if films and video games are any indication, she's been way oversexualized. And this is from someone that is not shy about cheesecake and sexy things. But in the Arkham Batman games she looks like a literal fetish dominatrix.
Wolverine is just ridiculous at this point of his potential with his mutant powers to the point, that as I mentioned in the other thread, the last issue of his series I bought he foungt Galactus and won. At that point I wasn't sure what I was reading and looked back on the cover sure that was I was reading was a parody in an issue of MAD. I wasn't. It really was an issue of Wolverine I was suppose to take seriously.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2022 17:57:22 GMT -5
over exposed, you say?
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Post by commond on Feb 10, 2022 18:01:07 GMT -5
I don't know about these days, but when I was collecting it was definitely Lobo. Wait, I forgot about Cable.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2022 18:01:44 GMT -5
In the early to mid 80's, Wolverine was such a cool breakout character. He wasn't overexposed in X-Titles by that point, and his solo mini-series in 1982 and the Kitty Pryde and Wolverine mini-series in 1984 were great. I liked him still somewhat in the 90's, particularly in the X-Men cartoon, but yeah, the character really tanked in my mind which is sad. Deadpool and Harley Quinn were both great in 90's as well, I think they've both tanked from exposure as well. Out of those 3, I'm actually going to pick Harley, she's been the most disappointing to me considering how cool she was on the animated Batman series back in the day.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2022 18:04:42 GMT -5
Wolverine is just ridiculous at this point of his potential with his mutant powers to the point, that as I mentioned in the other thread, the last issue of his series I bought he foungt Galactus and won. At that point I wasn't sure what I was reading and looked back on the cover sure that was I was reading was a parody in an issue of MAD. I wasn't. It really was an issue of Wolverine I was suppose to take seriously. That was the last issue I bought of his series too, exact same reaction! Shark was way jumped, I bailed.
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Post by codystarbuck on Feb 10, 2022 18:43:57 GMT -5
I voted for Batman. He has been at 1970s Richie Rich proportions for the last 3 decades. Wolverine gets shoved then falls back; but, Batman is a constant deluge, on all fronts. Sure he is popular and sure he sells; but, it all blends together, after a short time.
Wolverine was a close second, as Marvel dropped him into everything. I am not down on the character so much as down on the lack of creativity by those who have used him. He's been at the center of some very good stories; but they are a fall smaller core and a larger body of work.
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Post by commond on Feb 10, 2022 18:47:09 GMT -5
This thread is making me want to read Wolverine stories.
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