Tuesday, 19 May 2015

Changes I Want in Marvel Comics

If you aren't aware, Marvel is currently going through an event called Secret Wars which is going to change the Marvel Universe entirely. To put it simply, Marvel Comics has multiple universes, the two main ones being the Marvel Universe (Earth 616) and the Ultimate Universe (Earth 1610) and in this storyline, all of the universes are colliding together and in the end we are going to have just one universe, an entire reboot of continuity. They're doing this for several reasons, one: to help entice new fans, new continuity means you don't have to worry about prior stories and events in the comics making it the perfect point to come onboard. Two: A fresh start for writers, because even they have hard times keeping up with all the continuous storylines going in in the Marvel Universe and Three: to resemble the movie universe even more, so if someone loves the films and decides to read the comics, they don't have to worry about the characters and stories being too different.

Really i am all for this because Marvel really needs this, they've already been messing with the status quo over the past few years that is just makes more sense to start a new...quo. And it means that we can see characters get fresh starts and maybe even do something different with them, because I am sick to death of characters repeating certain trends and cliches, so here are some changes that I want to see made in the new Marvel continuity.

Get Rid of the Mutant Prejudice
Humans having a prejudice against Mutants is one of their most defining themes and is often a social commentary on our society, whether it be blacks, gays or whatever culture is being repressed of the time. The problem is, this view doesn't make any sense from a story perspective; superheroes are (for the most part) beloved amongst the general population and they have a lot of trust and respect for them. The idea of the one quality that changes a person's perspective on them is whether they were born with their powers or received them through an external source doesn't make any sense, they've even made fun of this in the comics, two characters who have the exact same powers, but because one of them is a mutant, that person is hated, it makes no sense. Some would say that this is the element that makes the X-Men unique in comparison to The Avengers and other heroes, but I feel that after this long, the X-Men can be used for a different purpose by now.

Sort Out Captain America & Iron Man's Relationship
Cap and Stark have always sort of been rivals, they very rarely see eye to eye with one another, at best they tolerate each other, at worst they start a civil war. Recently, what with the end of the world and all, Rogers and Stark decide "fuck it, gonna die anyway, might as well do what i've always wanted to do" and they go full out on each other, not fighting to wound, but kill, no real victory or purpose, just fighting. This feels like the pinnacle of where their relationship can go in this direction, so in the new continuity, maybe give them something else to do?

Keep Peter Parker an Adult
We've seen everything we can with Peter Parker as a teenager and frankly, that story is kind of boring nowadays, seeing Peter as an adult with his own company to run made him much more interesting and put him in a light we haven't really seen, keep it like that and let us actually see this character grow up into a man.

Kill off Namor
I don't like Namor...that's it, get rid of him.

-Danny

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