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It took a lot of working out the context in my mind, but I’m finally ready to look at a very interesting species of comics villain.
Posted by Ron Edwards
It took a lot of working out the context in my mind, but I’m finally ready to look at a very interesting species of comics villain.
Posted in Lesser is still great, The great ultravillains
Tags: Alan Moore, Alpha One, beware the superman, Blue Marvel, Captain Ersatz, DC Comics, Eradicator, expy, George Perez, Hyperion, Maximortal, Miracleman, Mr. Majestic, Omni-Man, Oodles of titles, Plutonian, Public Spirit, Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema, Sentry, Steve Bissette, Steve Englehart, Strong Female Protagonist, Superior, Superman, Supreme, Titan
Posted by Ron Edwards
I’m realizing from the late 80s through the mid 90s, lots of people missed “the way they were” and tried to reboot Marvel, or more broadly, something about Marvel. Much the same way a lot of us were doing it through the role-playing medium too. And man did people keep trying.
Tags: cosmic zap, Hero Alliance, Impact Comics, Innovation, New Universe, Pie, Sentry, Swing, Victor
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