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  4. A Thin Moral Line...?

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    Re: A Thin Moral Line...?

     

    I still wonder sometimes if in the CU there isn't a secret undercurrent of people who want to *praise* Dr. Destroyer for doing something nobody else seemed to be able to do-- turn Detroit into a world-class city.

  9. WWYCD: Merchandising Hell

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    The New York Public Libary's lions are trademarked by the Library and used as logos (and there's some concern over whether Irving's activities constitute trademark dilution, though he does not call himself by the library's name, Fortitude-- the courts are still hashing this out as trademark law did not previously cover living beings). Any Irving toys made are probably unlicensed approximations with names like 'Stone Lion Hero' or suchlike, and while not very well done, are probably not flat-out insulting (Irving's pretty hard to insult, anyway).

  11. Creepiest/Sickest superhero concept ever?

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    It's easier to come up with nasty super*villains*, of course, but:

     

    Penance (the ex-Speedball one) is pretty icky when it comes right down to it.

     

    Garth Ennis' Section 8 is a whole team of creepy loonball "heroes", with Phlegm-Gem and Bueno Excelente being the standouts (and Dogwelder not far behind).

  12. Cap is dead!!!!

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    Those that didn't adopt it (EC) didn't survive.

     

    EC was pretty much killed by having to adopt it. From http://www.goldenagebatman.com/ccatest.htm:

     

    General Standards

    Part B

    1) No comics magazine shall use the word horror or terror in its title.

    2) All scenes of horror, excessive bloodshed, gory or gruesome crimes, depravity, lust, sadism, and masochism shall not be permitted.

    3) All lurid, unsavory, gruesome illustrations shall be eliminated.

    4) Inclusion of stories dealing with evil shall be used or shall be published only where the intent is to illustrate a moral issue and in no case shall evil be presented alluringly nor as to injure the sensibilities of the reader.

    5) Scenes dealing with, or instruments associated with walking dead, torture, vampires and vampirism, ghouls, cannibalism and werewolfism are prohibited.

     

    or, in otherwords, FOAD EC.

  14. Cap is dead!!!!

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    Re: Cap is dead!!!!

     

    My only fear is that they will pull a Death of Superman. Think of all the guys that could try to take up the mantle:

     

    Patriot

    US Agent (probably not since he's in Omega Flight right now)

    The Winter Soldier/Bucky

    Punisher (he has Cap's mask...)

    Iron Man

     

    Indeed, we even have the breakdown of

    Young Super Soldier

    Cyborg Super Soldier

    Anti-hero willing to kill (I'm not sure if USAgent qualifies for this as well)

    Guy in homebuilt power suit...

  16. Rainbow Squad

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    Things have really changed since the mid-1970s' date=' haven't they?[/quote']

     

    Interestingly, according to Wikipedia, the rainbow flag's been around since the early 70s (it really does have the look of something from that era). I suspect the AIDS protests in the 80s were what really brought it to the attention of the general public.

     

    There's also other rainbow flags, including a peace movement one (in fact, there's one of the peace flags hanging in an apartment across the street and down a ways from my own apartment). A team based on the peace movement, the Andean Indian rights movement, or the Druze might make an interesting switchup to throw at players...

  20. The downsides of the Iron Age

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    Right' date=' because it's well established that Peter Parker eats the brains of his defeated enemies, and that the anti-cannibalism stance of the establishment is just another way that the man keeps the people down. :rolleyes:[/quote']

     

    Well, if the text in this scan is to be believed, it is because Peter was getting waaaaay too in touch with his inner spider. (That the writer forgot that spiders prefer to suck out the liquified insides of their prey may or may not be a good thing.)

  22. The downsides of the Iron Age

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    While it gives me the uncomfortable feeling of being pro-censorship, I wonder if the restraints placed on US TV animation (these shows are ostensibly aimed at kids, after all) keeps the writers from taking the easy 3DGY solution.

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