There’s been a definite lack of Marvel toy news over the last several days, which I imagine has something to do with this “Star Wars” thing that every toy company seems to be all excited about right now. And so, while there’s nothing new to talk about, per se, I think I will take this opportunity to go back and talk about something I skipped discussing in my San Diego Comic-Con 2015 coverage: the first twelve Marvel Infinite Series 2016 figures comprising Comic Packs Series 1 and Series 2… including Lady Thor and Falcon Captain America!
Although the Comic Packs came to an end before the transformation of the Marvel Universe brand into the Marvel Infinite Series, in 2016 the line will live again–as the Marvel Infinite Series Comic Packs Series!
The headliner set of this first Comic Pack wave is definitely the duo of modern Thor figures. The former Thor, Odinson, appears with his legendary axe–Jarnbjorn–and is accompanied by the mysterious Lady Thor, Jane Foster!
Funko beat Hasbro to the punch by releasing a female Thor POP Vinyls figure in their Secret Wars Marvel Collector Corps box, but it looks like Hasbro will be producing their own Lady Thor figures soon enough to fill in the more traditional action figure lines!
With a Marvel Infinite Series Lady Thor scheduled for this winter, can a Marvel Legends Lady Thor be far behind…?
Second up, we’ve got the first Hasbro action figure of Sam Wilson Captain America! LEGO (of all companies) released a LEGO Falcon Captain America minifigure toy first at Comic-Con 2015, but the first mass-release Cap Falcon will be as part of the 2016 Marvel Infinite Series. Sam doesn’t appear to be getting wings for this release (?!), but I’d like to think the eventual Marvel Legends version will.
Packaged with Captain America Sam Wilson is a Major Victory Vance Astro 4″ figure! I have both Bowen Designs Major Victory mini-busts, and I honestly thought those would be the only merch Vance Astro ever got. I guess not! This is definitely a must-buy pack for me for both characters.
The last set in Marvel Infinite Series Comic Packs Wave 1 is Superior Iron Man and Machine Man. While the Superior Iron Man armor was rather short-lived in the Iron Man comic books, it’ll be nice to get the all-silver armor permutation to go with the other Axis-era Marvel heroes.
In addition, while I don’t like the modern look of the 4″ Machine Man as much as his Marvel Legends 6″ counterpart, his facial expression and blaster arm give him some definite personality.
The second wave will include a retro Kree Captain Marvel and Carol Danvers Captain Marvel two-pack, a Scarlet Spider (Kaine) and Spider-Man Comic Pack, and a pack containing two iterations of Hyperion!
I’m a little lukewarm on this second comic set, as I’m not a big Hyperion fan and Carol Danvers is getting a single release soon, but I am psyched about a Kaine Scarlet Spider 4″ figure!
We’ve still got a bit of a wait before the Marvel Infinite Series 2016 Comic Packs start hitting stores (likely this winter–possibly before the holidays), but how do you feel about the first two series of the resurrected line, Marvel collectors? What packs from this series–if any–have you set your eyes upon?
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I swore off Marvel Universe / Marvel Infinite / Avengers Infinate (???) when the line eliminated waist articulation, but I’ll come back for “Thor” (sigh, the comics made such an ado about her being “Thor” and how we mustn’t call her “Lady Thor” that I don’t know how to identify her… “Jane Thor”? “Thoughtful Thor”? )
Anyway… money is tighter for me now than it was last year (when I would have hands down bought everything), but Jane Foster is a definite “Yes”!!! I like Carol getting an update, too, though the Marvel Legends version is so good that a 3.75 with the sculpting deficiencies that usually come with the figures leaves me guessing whether I’ll grab her too.
Marvel Universe (whatever!) is a varying feast–many of its figures are utterly fantastic (Scarlet Witch, the “cat” Beast, Deadhead, Ares, Beta Ray Bill, Rogue, several Hulks, Thanos, X-23, Jubilee, et al.) while other figures are total fails (like the generic Black Widow, several figs with tiny, tiny heads).
The first batch of unarticulated waists were weak–I inspected Black Cat at the store and couldn’t justify buying her. I concede that not all Marvel Universe articulated waists are entirely effective–the old style hip-swivel of the Ms. Marvel’s don’t look so great and have become loose on my two.
On the other hand, the waist articulation is like the calling card of a serious action figure. I don’t care if each toe knuckle articulates and you get poseable eyeballs like with the Japanese figs–if the torso is all one piece, it’s a toy for the kids…
Nice to see that “Jane Thor” looks to have an articulated upper chest. The accompanying Thor looks a bit too much like “Days of Thunder”, but who’s buying it for him, anyway?
Superior Iron Man is a must buy for me, although he should have come with an alternate head with the faceplate off. The rest look nice as well so we will see if I will pick them up. The Captain Marvel pack should have had Kamala Khan Ms. Marvel.
YES! I will be saving sooo much money by NOT buying needlessly PC Marvel characters! Thank you, Hasbro!
Marvel comics really started to suck the last few years and I’ll be saving my money as well by not buying these horrible renditions of the characters just so they can be PC. I’ve said it in other places too, if people want more/new black, hispanic, gay, lesbien characters, create them from scratch and give them their own origin story, quit messing with our favorities/heroes. No one in charge has any creativity anymore, they are ruining the legacy of Marvel. Rant done.
I’m very much agree with you on this. I don’t know if it’s just me but ever since Disney took over, Marvel really started to get sucked!!! >_<
Over 7000 characters in the MARVEL library and they decide to make figures of a Black American Capt.America, and,
2 White American women.
(Lady Thor,Capt.Marvel 7)?
Why bother with counting the other 9 NON-minority figure characters? Right.
Yeah the “political correctness” is REALLY getting WAY out of hand here!?°°{sardonic}
Guess that MARVEL does not understand Anglo-whites are the hero and only acceptable standards that define what a hero is. The qualities of a hero are noble, just, pure, virtue, honesty, kindness, wisdom, bravery, loyalty, grace, mercy, selflessness, equality, power, liberty,honor,integrity,prudence,temperance and courage.
Only the male white majority Tonys, Thors, Steves, Petes, Logans, Dannys, Bruces, Reeds, Xaviers, Namors, Stephens, Pyms, Langs, Summers, McCoys, Drakes, Worthingtons, Blackagars, Nicks, Phils, Mar-vells, could actually portray any of these qualities believably.?
I seem to recall a dark haired dude who knew this to be truth about a superior class of blonde blue-eyed supermen.
?
Seriously,you’re upset about a few minor ephemeral superficial changes to a few fictional beings that have existed for decades in a segregated fallacy?
Are comics “ruined” when the white guy’s white friend acts as a proxy? Or just when it’s his dark skinned or female friend?
I’m thinking you don’t really like comics much. Taking up the mantle for a friend or mentor is a comic book tradition and an ancient standard in storytelling. James Rhodes became IronMan when Tony fell into a drunken stupor back in the(good ol’)days.
The current White Tiger is the 5th individual to use the mantle. Carol Danvers is the 7th Capt.Marvel. And quite a few guys have been the Antman,Yellowjacket,and Goliath. Don’t even get me started on Capt.America (I’ve lost count!)?
Same goes for DC; Batmen, Supermen,GreenLanterns, Green Arrows, Wonderwomen, Supergirls, Robins, Batgirls,and women galore!?
My point is:
1. It’s NOT new.
2.comics have ever been filled and overflowing with the successor to the mantle trope.?
I love when they do this just because watching people whine and cry about Marvel being PC is one my favorite things.
That’s right. Women, minorities, gay people. We’re getting our fingers all over your precious stuff! Hahahaha!
Way to re-enforce negative stereotypes.
pls Magik for 3.75 figures 🙁
Seconded!! Add a Marvel Now Cyclops and Emma Frost (dead easy repaints, both) and a Magneto and I’d stop craving the 6″ scale so bad.
Must admit, I’m finding it odd that some people are judging these figures on perceived ‘PC’ness’ rather than how good the figures are. I can only think that some posters would veto buying Northstar, because he’s been gay since the 1980s, Nick Fury, James Rhodes and Black Goliath because they are black versions of established white characters. Yep, back in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and noughties, Marvel just went PC crazy…sigh. I’m looking forward to female Thor and Sam Wilson Captain America figures (more 6″ than 3.75″) not because they’re ‘politically correct’, but because they look interesting, and they will work well as figures.
Nice that Lady Thor has an articulated waist.
Carol Danvers has always been my favorite female superhero although i liked her best in her Ms. Marvel/Warbird costume. But i blame comic book companies for making uninteresting black superheroes, a lot of which, like Falcon succeed their white mentors. Let’s be real…the only really good black superheroes in Marvel are Black Panther, Night Thrasher (who died pre-Civil War) and Blue Marvel. Bishop would be too (at least the 90’s Bishop) but he was revealed to be a native Austrailian. Luke Cage:lame (but can be entertaining). Patriot:lame. War Machine:lame (but kinda nessesary). Falcon:lame (but kinda classic). Rage:super lame. Some of these commentors who may seem racist actually do have a point. Nobody wants a bunch of weak, lame, 2nd and 3rd rate Marvel characters as figures wheather they’re white or black…trouble is, most black ssuperheroes are lame 2nd rate nobodys
Carol Danvers is one of my favorite female superheroes too. I like that she is Marvel’s counterpart to DC’s Wonderwoman:a feminist icon.
A couple of powerhouse “Rosie the riveter” class women.
I like all of Carol’s costumes including her current uniform as the 7th Capt.Marvel.(I’m actually working on making that figure into a 70’s Wonderwoman scuba suit)
Although,I’ve always been partial to Carol’s Binary costume.
?Hey!Hasbro! How about making a figure of that costume. Huh?!
I somewhat agree that weak characters,regardless of ethnicity,are the blame of the comic publishers.
However,the definition of weak or “lame” is debatable.
I’ve recently discussed with several different fans online and in person if Dr.Reed Richards was a lame character.
Some fans can’t get past the stretchy guy powers. That aspect seems silly to them and over the top. Opinions will vary.
I respect your analysis of Marvel’s black characters,and can even empathize with your conclusions. I just don’t agree with them.
“There are no bad characters only bad writers.”
Again and again,imo I’ve found this idea to be true.
Even if I do not like,or consider a character to be horrible,when in the hands of an exceptionally gifted writer,that outcome can change for the better.
Come on,I’m sure you’ve seen examples here and there.
???….
Like…
Black Panther,Night Thrasher ,Blue Marvel,and Bishop?☺
Black Panther has ever been a strong character,and to me,Reginald Hudlin’s take on him much improved the overall personality of the African king.
Of course,there were those who opposed the politics of the writer. Can’t please everyone.
I love NightThrasher,but he didn’t last long.(Thanks,Marvel)There’s not enough of a variety of writers to give him a rich and diverse personality to study in depth like say his inspiration DC’s Nightwing.?
Luke Cage: NOT lame.(you knew I was gonna say this because of my username,right?) LOL!? Actually,I like Cage because he started as a 70’s black power cinema or “blaxsploitation” inspired character. It’s so bad it’s good type of thing.
Now he’s modern and the marvel writers do a good job of it. I look forward to seeing how well the Netflix show writers do.
Patriot: are all of them lame?
War Machine: the Black IronMan,and back-up for Tony Stark same as John Stewart is the African-American Green Lantern and back-up for Hal Jordan.
Falcon: a strong classic,a Black Capt.America and back-up for Steve Rogers. Marvel’s 1st non stereotypical African-American superhero.
(Black Panther is African and therefore the 1st non stereotypical Black superhero)
Rage: he’s NightThrasher’s buddy give him a break,dude.
New Warriors are awesome.
No, it’s not always a matter of race,but some people have a very difficult time adjusting to even the most minute changes.
Most sci-fi superhero human characters are indeed white males. ONE person of dark color takes up the mantle of a white man and it’s too much to handle. ONE person of female gender takes up the mantle of a white male and its intolerable. Nevermind that it is a temporary change. If Batman,Cap,Flash,Superman etc get killed,they will resurrect them. Fictional beings are immortal. They don’t stay dead! They don’t stay Black, Indian, aborigines,Latino,Asian ,female or Pakistani forever either. Carol Danvers is the 7th Capt.Marvel. That means six others had the name too. Among your list of best black heroes you forgot one;the 2nd Captain Marvel:Monica Rambeau aka Photon aka Spectrum! A black female.
Very very rare thing in superhero comics. Monica gave up the capt marvel name, and one day Thor will get his hammer back.
Steve Rogers will get his shield back. Nothing to get alarmed about.
The original will ALWAYS be the original. Period.
Well i respect your opinion and i admit that i’m not too familiar with Monica to properly critique her character. Luke Cage was only interesting to me when he was teamed with Iron Fist. But you gotta admit that Luke is an obvious black sterotype and an attempt to capitialize on Blaxploitation just as Shang-Chi capitialized from kung fu movies at the time. I highly disagree about the “no bad characters, only bad writers” comment though…Rage is an obvious example and also a negative black sterotype (a boy in a man’s body who lives with his grandma) that’s lame and uninteresting no matter who his teammates are. Isiah Bradley was pretty interesting but i agree with the commenter who said that black heroes need to have their own origins, powers and identities. And i know Reed Richards is a classic superhero but i think that the Fantastic 4 are even more cornier then the Legion of Superheroes and i just can’t take them seriously. All four of them are outdated and much too lame and corny for the 21st century. Night Thrasher isn’t much like Nightwing…if anything his character’s more inspired by Batman (born rich, parents killed, wanted revenge, trained exstensively, uses gagets/weapons/armor, tactial genius, great leader but has a solo mindset) which people never admit. Marvel has plenty of characters who suck no matter who their writer is. My favorite Marvel hero of all time is Cable. He has probably the best origin and established back story in comics history. I also like the Richard Rider version of Nova and Hyperion (My favorite superhero of all time is the 90’s Superboy and Superman and Mister Majestic were also in my top 10 before that New 52 crap, so Hype’s my stand in until they return) but you notice that none of my favorite heroes whether DC or Marvel are black. I can’t just like a character because he’s black…i tried twice with Icon and the comic version of John Stewart (he was a great character in the Justice League cartoon though) and it just didn’t work. I’m looking forward to Marvel exspanding on Blue Marvel’s character in the new Ultimates comic which is unique for featuring a team of 2 black males, 1 black female, 1 Latina and 1 white female. I’m very critical of comics because i’m a writer myself who grew up in probably the most diverse area on Earth and i’m tired of seeing black, Asian and Latino heroes being low powered, lax story development having, 2nd rate sidekicks or local heroes that’re mostly confined to protecting their own neighborhoods.
Excellent,capt! First let me say that I like your username.
The moniker has a straight forward simplicity as well as an element of veiled power. It reflects your love of (omega(class)100)comic book supermen,and the mystery of the unkown mathematical property “X”.
Monica is an excellent character;regardless of the classification of race.
She is to the Avengers what Storm is to the X-Men.
How she has not gotten a MARVEL LEGENDS figure is a glaring oversight. (Imo,after the recent character choices like White Tiger,Anya Corazon,and Misty Knight,and all the fan polls showing much love for Monica I think Hasbro may finally immortalize Monica in Marvel Legends plastic.) If you want to read up on her further than the marvel wiki,I recommend the “Nextwave” trade payback.? Monica makes a good showing in the series. There’s a good contrast between the styles out that story and the mainstream Avengers arcs where she’s featured.
Luke Cage IS a type–I admit it,and his partnership with a White hero (from another realm) is also a type,and very interesting because the type works. Think police procedural or Buddy-Cop movie,eg;Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys,Enos,Hawaii 5-O,NCIS;LA, CHips, Alien Nation,Training Day, Cagney&Lacey, Miami Vice, Rush Hour etc…
Blaxploitation also capitalized on the kung fu craze. “Black Belt Jones”,”Three the Hard Way”,and “Enter the Dragon”are 3of my favorite films from the period starring action film actor Jim Kelly.
According to comedian Paul Mooney the Blaxsploitation era came to an end due to the- powers-that-be in Hollywood learning how to use the style,and elements to create successful Action movies with majority non-black casts.?
I like that you disagree with “no bad characters” thesis.
Good or bad art is subjective.
Rage is not as obvious a racial stereotype as you think. DC’s Capt.Marvel(SHAZAM!) is a boy in a man’s body who lives with a family elder. If there is any ethnic cliches to his character[Rage] it’s “the angry black man” However,if it works for the green Jeckle&Hyde id rage monster of a White scientist,
I think a teenage African-American is credible.?
“The Game” television show writers also made an interesting point about the racial,societal taboos of a “mama’s boy” in the story a successful Black football player with his mom as a manger/roommate has problems when the close relationship with his mom becomes an issue for his serious girlfriend. His character makes the point that Prince Charles stays with his mother and no-one has anything to say about that!
Isiah Bradley:…
(?black heroes need to have their own origins,powers and identities???)
Do whites need to have their own…? Yes And No…
It’s a double edged double standard sword; white characters ALREADY have independent various identities,and black heroes HAVE their own identities. This discussion started on the basis of your thesis that the existing original independent black characters are “lame”.
(Your two exceptions being T’challa and Night Thrasher)
The double standard comes in the form of the mantle motif.
Why is it acceptable for Richard Grayson to be Batman? Or Guy Gardner to be Green Lantern, or Artemis to be WonderWoman,or John Walker,and James Buchanan to be Cap,or Johnny Storm to be the Human Torch,or Beta Ray Bill to be Thor, or Scott Lang to be Antman?.. The cry for original identity is suddenly moot, although it IS a completely different individual in the suit?
Sam Wilson, John Stewart, Isaiah Bradley Need not apply because of a remotely different aesthetic in their integument?
If an alien can be Thor, anybody should be able to be Thor. It does not diminish any other human or alien original independent character black,white,gold or green if one of them wears the mantle of an established A-list hero.
Fantastic 4 IS corny.
The Legion of Superheroes AND Superman: corny.
seriously corny! But,”Why so serious?”?
This is fantasy! Imo the escapism is lost when writers and readers try to suck all the fun out of sci-fi fantasy for the 21st century in the name of “neo-realism”.
?Night Thrasher is inspired by Batman! Now that you mention it,so This Guy ADMITS IT.? THANKS, HYPE-X!
I love tropes and motifs. Often I discuss which hero is like this hero or that hero. I’m also an adherent to the maxim that,”all has been seen and done before.” or “there is nothing new under the sun.” next time I have a discussion about superhero tropes I can say,”Marvel’s Batman is Night Thrasher!”? The responses will probably be,”Who?” lol,but that’s ok. I notice fans usually say that the Marvel counterpart to Batman is Black Panther or Moonknight.(I think it’s IronMan) However,they all fit and Night Thrasher is a pretty good fit. Only Nighthawk comes closer because the Marvel writers admit he and the rest of the Squadron Supreme were JLA inspired.
Hyperion= Superman
Power princess= Wonderwoman
Nighthawk= Batman
Which reminds me DC’s Superboy &the LSH are paid homage in Marvel’s Gladiator & the Imperial Guard.
Another writer put it this way on his blog;
“So what if your idea shares a setup with something else? Movies are pitched like that all the time. Under Siege is just Die Hard on a boat, Passenger 57 is just Die Hard on a plane, and Home Alone is just Die Hard with a kid. Isn’t it time you stopped worrying about being so fiercely original and wrote a Die Hard of your own?”
Drew Chial
And with that idea in mind…
Cable,
Richard Rider,
Hyperion,
90’s Superboy,
Superman,
Mister Majestic do not suck.
New 52 is an anomaly…
it both sucks and blows.?lol.. IMHO lol
John Stewart was a great character in the Justice League cartoon ,but not in the books you read? ?
Ah-HA! Bruce Timm’s writing on the show made the character better! You see? That is an example of “NO BAD characters just bad writing”,my friend.☺
Another great example imo is the Blackest Night story arc. Geoff Johns took an obscure “lame” character like William Hand/Black Hand and turned him into a most formidable and fearsome foe of the Green Lantern Corp. I loved what he did with creating an “emotional spectrum” for the GL mythos. Every emotion has a color and in turn is the inspirational power for each respective Corp of Lanterns. Genius!?
Corny as GL having a weakness to yellow is,that is resolved with this bit of writing. It’s fear that is the yellow imperfection in the green Ring, remember,yellow and blue = green in color theory.?
We are both looking forward to Blue Marvel in new Ultimates ? I thought the previous team he was on was ground breaking. Mighty Avengers infinity had a roster of color I had not seen since the Milestone comics days.?
Which leads me to…
Icon &Rocket… I like not because they are black, but do to the unique relationships and qualities of a new twist on old standard. It’s a Superman and Robin story in an urban/suburban backdrop. While I’ve love for the man of steel as any other fanboy, objectively, I’ve always had an issue with Kal El being extraterrestrial, but Caucasian in appearance.
When Icon’s ship approaches earth,during the period of African slaves laboring on plantations,Icon’s initial appearance isn’t remotely human. His ship scans earth for the dominant lifeforms and finds a slave woman in the fields. Knowing nothing of earth’s racial practices the ship traces the woman’s DNA and creates a matrix for Icon to assume as a male African-American baby. Many years later an urban teen black girl and friends attempt to rob Icon’s suburban home. In a turn of events,he reveals his abilities to the teens, whom flee,but the girl returns and inspires the aloof alien into being a hero,an ICON!
She accompanies him as an ethnic moral compass while wearing alien tech to give her powers.
GOOD STORY!☺
Problem is DC does not know what to do with him(since folding his universe into the DCU.) He’s friends with Superman, and his crew The Shadow Cabinet has faced off against the JLA, but his appearances are far and few in between.?
I write too,but I am more of a philosopher/poet/artist.?✒?
I get how you feel,but the
protecting their own neighborhoods trope works for Daredevil,Night Thrasher, Batman, Green Arrow, and even Flash. ?
I don’t really have A favorite. I like teams. Call me corny,but everyone is important. It’s a symphony of life.
In no particular order my list includes JLA’s:WW,Martian Manhunter, GLs Stewart, Gardener, and Rayner; Avengers’:Spiderman, Cage, Ms.Marvel, Black Panther, Spectrum, Ronin(Echo), Blue Marvel, Spiderwoman, She-hulk, Wasp, Black Knight, Sentry, Namor, Dr.Druid, MoonDragon, Falcon, Protector, Jessica Jones, Sersi, Hellcat, Kaluu, Silver Sable, Hyperion, Kamala Khan, Firebird, Jim Hammond, Sandman, Ares, Stature, Ronin(Blade), FireStar, DarkHawk,and Dr.Voodoo..
Excuse me. Sorry,but I said I’m a TEAM guy.?
X-Men:Nightcrawler, Angel(Archangel), Storm, Rogue, Bishop, Shard, Polaris, Darwin, Armor, Thunderbird, Sunfire, Mimic, Forge, Beast, Cecilia Reyes, and everybody else!…?
Here’s really something weird.
I do have a plain old ordinary favorite MARVEL supervillain: Dr.Victor von Doom!?
…And Marvel X-Men supervillain:Apocalypse!
?Shalom!
Apocalypse is my favorite Marvel villian of all time. The best feature about En Sabah Nur that makes him so great of a character and an A-Class enemy is his will to survive and adapt. His natural power level isn’t really that massive but coupled with his ambition, inquisiteness and ingenuity he’s nearly unstoppable.
Icon is interesting only because he’s black…a fact that i didn’t realize until i really got into reading Mr. Majestic. Majestic is a FAR more complex, interesting, logical and entertaining character than Icon although their pretty similar and both Superman “alternates”. Icon and Blue Marvel are both powerful black men who did nearly nothing to help black people who were suffering at the time of slavery and Jim Crow. The excuses of why they did nothing are pretty lame but at least Blue Marvel admitted to falling off the superhero radar out of fear and later saw how wrong he was. Not to mention that other black heroes also emerged not even a decade later in the late 60s and early 70s while in Icon’s case no other black heroes would appear for another 140 years. Icon was like the Lois and Clark tv series to me: it focused way too much on the man instead of the superman. Granted that it touched on some interesting and relevent political and black issues like racism, being white washed and teen pregnacy, but it was almost like reading a Batman or Spiderman book because it was too “down to a man” leveled. Mr. Majestic is like a demigod and had various Star Trek like adventures while Icon mostly fought regular street criminals and low powered bang babies.
John Stewart was a mess in the comics…he lost his wife, he lost his Guardianhood, he lost his ability to walk, he was responsible for the accidental death of his little sister and the entire planet of Xanshi. He was plagued with tragedy, even more so then Hal Jordan was…and look what Hal did. John Stewart was only interesting because he was a surviver…other then that he was a pretty average character.
Hal Jordan in the 80s and 90s was and probably still is my favorite character ever. When Coast City got destroyed and he became Parallax that was the realest thing i ever saw in a comic book and it still is. People act like he’s the only superhero who’s snapped and had an emotional breakdown after failing the people that he’d sworn to protect. If you understand human nature and the pysiclogical effects of tramadic experiences then what Hal did was consistant with that kind of emotional trama, even when he killed Kilowog. Look at movies like New Jack City when Nino Brown killed his best friend G-Money all while he was crying the whole time. Emerald Twilight was a masterpiece to my opinion, especially when i 1st read it as a 13 year old boy. Hal just figured out a way to get the power he needed to erase all evil on a massive scale by rewriting the entire universe and he actually had the balls to do it. Alexander Luthor and Superboy-Prime essentually tried to do the same thing during Infinite Crisis on a even lower and less effective level. When Hal was retconned to have been controlled by the “yellow fear enity” that whole time it was a slap in the face to me and made no sense. So the whole new 21st century explaination for the GL’s weakness to yellow is pretty horrible to me.
Superman’s not really that corny to my opinon besides his morals of not killing. Superman has had some great writing over the years and he’s easily my 5 or 6th favorite superhero ever. His character is saint-like and retro i’ll admit, but not really corny. The alternate Superman of Earth-23 who’s a black man and also the U.S. president in his secret identity is also a great character as well as Overman, the Superman of Earth-X in a post Nazi America. Superman is the prototype for all superheroes so his greatness can’t be denied.
You can probably tell that i’m far more of a DC fan then a Marvel fan…i like beings with power (my favorite Marvel character for years was Nate Grey, the ultimate mutant and version of Cable) and Marvel heroes are too human for me most of the time. My all time favorite heroes….
1) 1993-2003 Superboy and 80’s &90’s Hal Jordan (90’s classics)
2)Cable and Nate Grey(Mr. Sinister’s dream of the ultimate mutant)
3)Jean Paul Valley version of Azrael(greatest underdog hero ever)
4)Mister Majestic(If Superman were a 3000 year old warrior with vast intelligence and wisdom)
5)Superman(Blueprint to all superheroes with nearly biblical morals)
6)Captain Atom(most powerful man in the universe as Monarch)
7)Black Adam(whupped the JLA, JSA and Teen Titans all at once)
8)Ms. Marvel/Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers(A surviver and great hero)
9)Powergirl(Great female character))
10)Richard Rider: Nova(Loved him in New Warriors and Annihilation)
My favorite teams of all time are the 21st century version of the Justice Society of America and the 90’s X-Men and New Warriors.
Some of my fellow fanboys act like nobody has ever stood in for major heroes like Batman,or Captain America.
I read comics back in the 70’s 80’s,90’s and remember Cap being replaced by John Walker aka USAgent,as well as that Sam Wilson has worn the Star spangled sentinel’s tights before NOW.?
So why are some acting as if this is brand new business??
Characters that have been Cap:
Steve Rogers
William Nasland
Jeffrey Mace
William Burnside
Bob Russo, “Scar” Turpin and Roscoe
John Walker
Sam Wilson
Isaiah Bradley
James Buchanan Barnes
Isaiah Bradley:
As depicted in the 2003 limited seriesTruth: Red, White & Black, the World War II Super Soldier program of 1942, which used African American test subjects to re-create the formula that had been used to turn Steve Rogers into Captain America. The clandestine experimentation that empowered Isaiah held similarities with the Tuskegee Syphilis Study.
Considered to be the “Black Captain America”, Isaiah Bradley became an underground legend among much of the African-American community in the Marvel Universe. Isaiah is also the grandfather of Elijah Bradley (aka Patriot).
See also
Alternative UNIVERSE versions of Cap;
Scott Summers
In an alternate future of the Ultimate Universe, Scott Summers assumes the mantle of Captain America.
Danielle Cage
Danielle Cage is the daughter of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones who is shown in the role of Captain America in Ultron Forever.
Kiyoshi Morales
In the Captain America Corps limited series, a future incarnation of Captain America His real name is Kiyoshi morales, and he is stated to be of mixed Japanese, African-American, Latino, and Native American ancestry, and he is also implied to be a descendant of Luke Cage.
Roberta Mendez….
THE LOGICAL CONCLUSION BY TOY NUMBERS?
This is a list of the new 3.75″ML figures slated for release next year;23 total–
Out of 18 Human characters 15 are white.
5 of fictional races
4 are female.
2 are black males.
1Captain Marvel -white female
2Spider-Man Noir -white male
3Triton- green Inhuman male
4Ulik- Asgardian troll
5Yondu- zotoan centurian male
6Iron Man Mark I -white male
7Thor(Jane Foster)- white female
8Odinson- white male
9Captain America- black male
10Major Victory- white male
11Machine Man- white male construct
12Superior IronMan- white male
13Scarlet Spider- white male
14Spider-Man- white male
15Supreme Hyperion- white male
16Marvel nowHyperion- white male
17Capt.Mar-vell- white male Kree
18Capt.Marvel- white female
19Gamora- zenwhoberi female
20LivingLaser- white male
21Rage- black male
22Armored Spider-Man- white male
23Lockjaw- Inhuman k-9
https://ebonstorm.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/928/
This is a link to a profound post well worth reading on the subject of blacks/dark skin persons representations in American super hero comic books.
While I don’t agree with every aspect of the author’s opinions,his relating of the facts are indisputable.
Given the age of the piece it is still quite relevant to the current (very slowly evolving) fanboy climate in comics.
Shalom?
3.75 inch Marvel Figures that should be made ASAP: Terrax, Night Thrasher (Dwayne Taylor version), Stryfe, Captain Marvel (Genis-Vell version), Songbird, Mimic (Exiles version), Selene, Blue Marvel, Annihilus, Daken, Black Panther (Marvel Knights version), Spiral, Cable (mid 90s blue and yellow costume version), Citizen V (Baron Zemo version), Nick Fury Jr, Vulcan, Quasar (Phyla-Vell version), Rachel Grey, Heroes Reborn versions of Captain America, Ironman and Thor