Do we really need to dredge that up again?
It wasn't the only the end that wasn't well written, most of the whole event wasn't well written. I think we've all said that enough to let it really sink in.
Yeah, the Call of Duty comics were very serious. From what I can see, they didn't really seem to do much with the larger Marvel U, and could've just as easily taken place in an alternate reality without superheroes. Though I haven't read much of any of them, so I could be wrong.
But a Marvel series about various people - cops, lawyers, maybe doctors, even other professions - dealing with the bizarre shit that goes on in Marvel's New York would probably be a lot of fun. While also having the potential for intense drama, and some really interesting insights into how the common man views superheroes.
Idea. An issue opens with a couple cops subduing and arresting the Walrus. Later in the issue, the cops are trying to handle a hostage situation from another lame supervillain. A superhero - someone fairly lame, who hasn't had too many appearances - shows up. I'm thinking someone like the Blue Shield (the first name that came to mind, because I just read his first appearance). He goes in, and bungles the whole thing, resulting in some of the hostages dying. The cops try to arrest him and he runs away. A later issue could have him finally caught and arrested, and then we get some bits and pieces of the court case.
That would be amazing. Get on it, Marvel.
X-Men X-Pert, my blog where I talk about X-Men comics.DC had a cop book for a while that was actually pretty successful from what I can gather. But its protagonist became the new host for The Spectre and it ended.
A fourth volume of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen that takes place in the 21st century. And actually pays homage to contemporary fiction (the same way the original did to 19th century fiction) instead of bashing it with immature caricatures. And isn't just 50 pages of gratuitous sex and gorn and drug trips and obscure pop culture references.
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An ongoing JLA/Avengers series, featuring the two groups teaming up to battle threats ranging from natural disasters to Eldritch Abominations.
Fear is a superpower.You're thinking of the Silver Age. Golden Age superheroes were (by modern standards) at best moderately powerful, and villains were primarily mundane bank robbers, gangsters, and Nazis.
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Nah, there were plenty of mad scientists in the Golden Age, although the science they practised was much less bizzare. And the heroes may have been less powerful in relation to there Silver Age counterparts but they were unstoppable in their own stories.
That is if we're using the same definitions of Golden and Silver Age.
Am I a good man or a bad man?Golden Age: 1938 - 1954.
Silver Age: 1959 - 1971.
Bronze Age: 1971 - 1986.
Iron Age: 1986 onwards.
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