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Skriven 2007-04-06 03:57:51 av Vorlonagent (16811.babylon5)
     Kommentar till en text av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Ärende: Re: Attn JMS: The five stages of grief and  "FALLEN SON: THE     DEATH 
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"Carl" <cengman7@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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>> I fully expect Cap to be dead for years to come.  Last I heard, Marvel 
>> runs on the 7-year plan.  To wit: The majority of their reader-base turns 
>> over every 7 years or so.  That means once something's 7 years in the 
>> past, it may as well have not happened.
>
> Interesting.  Since my friends have been collecting for a lot longer than
> 7 years and tell me that comics are more for adults than kids now that
> seems strange.

Comics explore more adult themes and have a more adult outlook.  But Marvel 
still thinks they're core audience is 14-college.

We don't count.


>> At that point, they can bring Cap back as if he never went away.  Have a 
>> set of "He's back!" issues with 5 different foil covers to drive the 
>> collectors nuts, then treat him as if he's always been there.
>
> John, with those two sentences you've completely convinced me that I'm too
> old for comics.  Something of a pity too, the recent attention to Cap made 
> me
> remember how much I looked forward to reading about my favorite 
> characters.
> Now I think I'd be very disappointed if I renewed my interest.

At most, you're too old for mainstream comics.  You can find some good indy 
stuff.

There are ways to try before you buy.


>>> On the other hand, I heard that Thor was given a better way to rest for 
>>> a while and JMS is writing his return.   I trust that JMS will keep 
>>> Thor's nobility intact (they didn't kill that off over the years did 
>>> they?).  I hope that's very successful.
>>
>> They tried.
>>
>> Eric Masterson.
>
> I have no idea who that is but I don't like the sound of it.

From what little I know Masterson was an attempt to give Thor a modern 
street-tough angle.  Keep the butt-kicking and lose all that 
shakespere-sounding morality.


> I heard that now Iron Man has become an egomaniacal control freak?

I'm hoping it will turn out to be the alternate-universe Tony Stark but yes. 
He was the driving force behind the registration law that triggered the 
civil war.

Pity too.  I liked Iron Man too.


> Are there any good guys left?

I'm afraid you'll have to define that.


> <Sigh/>
>
> My 11 year old son was asking about comics recently. I think I will 
> discourage this;
> the Marvel universe is too depressing a place and apparently not written 
> for kids anyway.

Not 12-year olds, no

There's some good stuff left but you have to dig for it

Comics have gotten exessively real and cynical I'm afraid.

-- 
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