Disney purchases Marvel

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Superman \S/

Joe Q has made no bones about his thoughts on the marriage between Peter Parker and Mary Jane for years now. So it wasnt too surprising to see it being retconned out, but it's quite unfortunate that it was done in such a shoddy way (deal with the devil? eh). Stan Lee, to his credit, is very much aware of the dissatisfaction a good number of fans have had with this decision, and he's basically giving Spider-Man fans the best of both worlds. If they prefer Joe Q's version, there you go. If you prefer the Ultimate line, there you go.

Quesada is the same. In one of his interviews, he admited one of the other reasons for BND was to boost sales of Spider-Girl and eventually give her some leverage with a wider audience since Peter and MJ have grown as parents in that continuity, plus it's outlasted EVERY attempt at rebooting continuity to the point it's practically definitive.

I don't mind if Marvel want to reboot the franchise, it's obvious they think they have no choice, but they could have just made the Ultimate Universe the mainstream timeline and boosted it's popularity, instead of slowly depriving it of it's dignity and relevancy.

They not only went about rebooting Spider-Man the wrong way, they have not been true to the characters at all since BND began. Combine that with the writers throwing temper tantrums at the fans online, and there's the reason why the title is slowly failing to sell.

And if you prefer the marriage intact, apparently the newspaper strip is .. well .. the way to go. Even if the strip plays no role in Marvel 616 continuity, making it .. I'm sure ... bittersweet to some fans who enjoy it for what it is.

Bittersweet? Hardly. It actually fits so well into continuity and even gives readers a chance to plug gaps with fresh continuty (not to mention seems to be bringing back long-discarded characterisation like Sandman going straight), that it makes BND look even more incompetant and dated. Reallisticly, it's not contributing to the sales decline of ASM, but it's still TRUE Spider-Man. That's something BND can barely lay claim to.

Yeah, you kinda lost me here. Pretty much the last thing that needs to happen is a big brother type program stepping in to essenti\ally regulate in terms of what has been presented in comics (especially in this decade). I mean, really. To actually ask for something of along the lines of a Comics Code Authority is a little short-sighted as well, and could very well be the equivalent of opening a can of worms.

I don't want a repeat of the "Comics Code" fiasco (which we all know Stan Lee gave the finger too, leading to comics striking back and doing whatever they wanted again). What I meant was for more "quality control" for titles that are capable of demonstrating taboo issues and those that do not based on character and format.