This guy is typical of the 'fans' that have a 'problem' with Marvel Comics

[Relayer1]

it turned out to be a rant about how girls are shit, girls don't read comics so that is why Marvel is losing because they are making comics for a gender who does not read comics.

I work in a comic shop. I'll ask the two girls who work there (and know a damned sight more about comics than I do) if they, you know....exist.

 

[crookeddy]

Is Captain America still a nazi? I thought that was reverted in the very next issue.

 

[Snaploud]

Is Captain America still a nazi? I thought that was reverted in the very next issue.

No, he is still a nazi. It's part of a long-running crossover event that should be wrapped up soon. Right now the nazis (or, rather, "Hydra") controls the United States with Captain America as the Supreme Leader.

 

[Snaploud]

One of Marvel Comics' primary problems is that they got rid of or fundamentally changed for the worse the majority of their beloved old guard within the period of two or three years. Fantastic Four? Missing in action. Captain America? Literal Nazi. Hulk? Dead, killed by Hawkeye. Tony Stark? Dead. Wolverine? Dead. Thor? Lost his arm and hammer. That honked off the majority of the few loyal "Marvel zombies" that remained. So sales plummeted. The May 2017 sales figures came out recently, and they're terrible.

That about covers it, though the details are a bit more complicated. The fantastic four aren't entirely missing. Reed, Susan, and the two kids are mostly out exploring the new universes they created, though we haven't gotten to see it. The Thing is working for Shield, and the Human Torch still seems to be acting as a superhero, though those plotlines haven't progressed to the Hydra era from what I can tell. Hulk is apparently not fully dead, and Captain America plans to use the last of Banner's life for something nefarious. Tony Stark isn't technically dead, but he is incapacitated and has an AI version of himself acting in his stead. The normal Wolverine is dead, but the Old Man Logan version is now part of this universe. Also, for some reason, evil Captain America is considered "worthy" to hold mjolinar (Thor's hammer).

 

[JD]

One of Marvel Comics' primary problems is that they got rid of or fundamentally changed for the worse the majority of their beloved old guard within the period of two or three years. Fantastic Four? Missing in action. Captain America? Literal Nazi. Hulk? Dead, killed by Hawkeye. Tony Stark? Dead. Wolverine? Dead. Thor? Lost his arm and hammer. That honked off the majority of the few loyal "Marvel zombies" that remained. So sales plummeted. The May 2017 sales figures came out recently, and they're terrible.

I know I've mentioned it in other threads, but these decisions really baffle me. I don't think there's a problem with doing these things in general, but to do them all at once and as the main versions of those characters was a mistake. I'm curious to see how they're going to bringing back the original characters without getting rid of the new ones in Legacy.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

A Møøse once bit my sister...
No realli! She was karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink"...

We apologize for the fault in Marvel Comics. Those responsible have been sacked.

 

[E-DUB]

Aren't all comic book heroes Social Justice Warriors (strictly defined)?

 

[Nerys Myk]

Aren't all comic book heroes Social Justice Warriors (strictly defined)?

They used to be.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

So this is why when the action figures came out there was hardly any mention of Black Widow or any figures of her for that matter. That's the only one I can't seem to find anywhere except for crappy 6 inch figures.

Hot Toys do make her but the asking price is a bit rich. $300 upwards over here, if you can get one.

It would be nice to have Widow along side Thor or Iron man they feel lonely on my shelf..

 

[Snaploud]

So this is why when the action figures came out there was hardly any mention of Black Widow or any figures of her for that matter. That's the only one I can't seem to find anywhere except for crappy 6 inch figures.

Hot Toys do make her but the asking price is a bit rich. $300 upwards over here, if you can get one.

It would be nice to have Widow along side Thor or Iron man they feel lonely on my shelf..

"...when Avengers: Age of Ultron released in theaters, the film prominently featured Black Widow, but the heroine was missing from Hasbro’s toy line. Consumers took to social media to express their concern and desire for more female representation in Marvel superhero toys. Hasbro corrected the issue a year later when the Captain America: Civil War toy line hit shelves, which featured multiple Black Widow figures."

http://www.thetoyinsider.com/the-changing-role-of-women-in-action-figures/

https://www.hasbro.com/en-us/produc...ck-widow:63BD033C-5056-9047-F558-DE8381D9F7BB

https://www.hasbro.com/en-us/produc...ck-widow:388219ED-5056-9047-F597-B4B8CF915B4D

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

"...when Avengers: Age of Ultron released in theaters, the film prominently featured Black Widow, but the heroine was missing from Hasbro’s toy line. Consumers took to social media to express their concern and desire for more female representation in Marvel superhero toys. Hasbro corrected the issue a year later when the Captain America: Civil War toy line hit shelves, which featured multiple Black Widow figures."

http://www.thetoyinsider.com/the-changing-role-of-women-in-action-figures/

https://www.hasbro.com/en-us/produc...ck-widow:63BD033C-5056-9047-F558-DE8381D9F7BB

https://www.hasbro.com/en-us/produc...ck-widow:388219ED-5056-9047-F597-B4B8CF915B4D

Couldn't find any of those here in Australia......