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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
With a hilarious name like Judson Jakes, he damn well better.
EDIT: Okay so Judson Jakes is apparently a giant mole from outer space, which makes him better than Generic Nazi #352 on principle.
edited 5th May '15 6:47:51 AM by Wackd
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.@ swanpride
And Big Hero 6 has been steadily climbing the ladder, too. It is too bad that Disney messed up the promotion and release of the movie so badly, but it is still the second highest grossing movie they made in the current era after Frozen.
Speaking of Big Hero 6, any reason why Disney made it themselves?
Apparently it's because the comic it's based on is terrible so they didn't wanna play up the Marvel thing too much.
Meh.
Strucker is just another super soldier for the pile.
Oh except he's a Nazi! Like Zemo and Red Skull and probably several others I can't remember.
But he does have a monocle.
Because german. Got to get that mad kraut bling in there. Maybe we can put a pointy hat on him too.
Captain America has more relevant things to be fighting. Like the youtube.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersI love the dumb alliterative names in comics.
Like Superman and all of his LL love interests.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersI think my favorite thing about the L alliteration is that apparently Siegal and Shuster were big into Supes/Lex being a thing.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.The thing is
If Lex's villainy and stealing cakes and such is just an attempt to get Superman's attention
He's not that much worse than golden (silver?) age Lois.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersSilver. Golden Age Lois, best I can remember, was far less...obsessive, I guess? Like, proving Clark was Supes was still a thing, but she was still a journalist first and foremost.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.I think my favorite thing about Lex Luthor is that he took 40 cakes. FORTY! That's as many as four tens! And That's Terrible.
edited 5th May '15 7:17:18 AM by higherbrainpattern
I have heard it said by many that it's actually kinda racist. So.
I am totally there for a Filipino Spider-Man. Or Filipina. Whichever.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.
That.
The Guardians get to have their own ongoing title, and have for a long time. They've more or less become the face of Marvel Cosmic.
Big Hero 6 was exiled to the realm of being supporting characters who only show up for a story or two in other people's comics long ago.
edited 5th May '15 7:26:13 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Let's say it like this:
Guardians of the Galaxy got to be the main force going into the Cancerverse with Thanos to fight Lord Mar-Vell in a cosmic event that had been building up for years with heroic sacrifices, betrayals and Galactus helping. They're part of a period of Marvel history that's usually considered some of the best stories they've ever done(Cosmic Marvel, all the way from Annihilation to Annihilators).
Big Hero 6 got to help Spider-Man fight Doc Ock once.
edited 5th May '15 7:35:04 AM by LordofLore
Cancerverse? What, like some kind of Funky Winkerbean crossover?
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.

I will bet you 10 dollars and my left testicle that if they decide to introduce Judson Jakes into the MCU, he will get better treatment as a villain than Von Strucker just did.