Comments on: This is Not an Exit - Marvel’s Whammy of a What If?

By: Bully

Bully — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:01:01 +0000

I fear this is the way they are going to undo Civil War and the revelation of Spider-Man’s secret identity. “It was all just an alternate timeline! And you were there! And you were there! And you were there, too, Thor!”

“Verily?”

By: Fortress Keeper

Fortress Keeper — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:39:06 +0000

I like both this and Calvin’s theory, but continuity altering events still seems more of a DC thing to me than Marvel.

I liken Marvel’s current continuity to a comment made by Silver Age Superman editor Mort Weisinger when a letter-writer asked why there were three different versions of Atlantis in three different books.

His answer? Wouldn’t it be boring to have each writer in each book write about the SAME Atlantis?

So, basically each Marvel book has its own separate continuity these days, united only by Joe Quesada’s apparent hatred of New Warriors.

By: Ragnell

Ragnell — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:22:52 +0000

Maybe the continuity-loving thing is only set to what you naturally fit. Would the same brain crash that a Marvel fan gets from Donna Troy happen to a Days of Our Lives fan trying to watch General Hospital for the first time?

By: admin

admin — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:18:38 +0000

Ragnell: Wow. My brain’s wired for Marvel, so I crash even thinking about Donna Troy. I think I might have to invest in some quickie paint diagrams on this.

CalvinPitt: And you, sir, got me thinking about this. It’s a lot better than thinking that the editorial staff are complete morons. And yes, I would buy a a full 28 page one-shot of Jarvis v. Uncle Ben in a gentleman’s disagreement, but the shooting thing was just kind of ‘OK, now we’re off the deep end. REALLY.’

By: CalvinPitt

CalvinPitt — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:22:47 +0000

Well, I believe you’ve provided an actual explanation for all that weird stuff I noted a couple of months ago. I figured Wanda had messed something up, but the idea that rather than damaging the barriers of her own universe, she’d actually just dumped them in another one is pretty intriguing.

That being said, Uncle Ben shooting people is not cool. Uncle Ben and Jarvis engaing in the manly art of fisticuffs is. But shooting people, no?

By: Ragnell

Ragnell — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:26:52 +0000

Umm.. Huh?

I followed Rebirth and I’m confused by this. I can tell you Donna Troy’s history, and I’m still confused by this. I can explain Post-Crisis Pre-IC Wonder Woman and Flash, and I’m still confused by this.