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Post by The Captain on May 20, 2018 18:42:50 GMT -5
With Jane fosters death , that makes 2 comic books characters that have died by cancer( Captain Marvel ). Are there any others ? Are you limiting the question to corporate owned characters? Because there are a whole lot of memoir comics dealing with cancer deaths, dealing with cancer and other aspects of it, from Harvey Pekar's autobiographical stuff (Our Cancer Year) to stuff like Cancer Vixen. But more often it deals with the battle with cancer rather than just the death. Other big 2 characters have dealt with cancer, but not died from it including: Vic Sage (the reason he trained Rene Montoya to replace him as the Question was that he was dying form lung cancer but the new52 undid that Foggy Nelson-he was diagnosed with Ewings sacoma in Waid's run but I am not sure what happened after that Superman in All Star Superman John Constantine during Ennis' Hellblazer run (Dangerous Habits was the arc iirc) you can see some listicles on the topic here and here and probably a lot more with a little google fu. -M Appropriate to the recent question about Squadron Supreme, Tom Thumb, the diminutive scientist and inventor for the team, died from cancer after spending too much time around his teammate Nuke (although one would think that Thumb, who was the brains of the outfit, might have wondered at some point if it was smart to hang around a guy whose name was short for "nuclear").
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Post by codystarbuck on May 20, 2018 23:14:53 GMT -5
On a related note, Jim Wilson, a supporting character in the Hulk, in the 70s (under Roy and Herb Trimpe) was revealed to be HIV Positive in later Peter David Hulk stories and died of AIDS.
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Post by kirby101 on May 21, 2018 8:02:58 GMT -5
What!! They killed Jane Foster? Gave her cancer? You bastards!!
Glad I don't read Marvel any more.
Actually, it was a great story arc. She had cancer and was doing the radiation/chemo treatments, but every time she transformed into Thor, it undid all of the work that those treatments had done, as the transformation purged the chemicals from her body. It was her selfless sacrifice to protect others, proving her "worthy" of holding Mjolnir, that killed her just as much as the cancer that ravaged her human body; this was nice symmetry to the Silver Age stories where Odin would not accept her as being worthy of Thor's affection, making Thor choose between Asgard and his heritage and Midgard and the woman he loved. Marvel has been a dog's dinner in many ways for years, to be certain, but this story is definitely worthy to be included among some of the best they've done, not only in the past couple of decades but possibly ever. Jason Aaron just "gets" the character of Thor and the world of Asgard, and he spun a tale for the ages with Jane Foster wielding the uru hammer. I forgot about the whole Jane Foster/Thor thing (like I said, I don't read marvel anymore). So that is a better story. I thought it was another dead girlfriend, like Gwen or Karen or Betty.......
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 7, 2018 5:59:35 GMT -5
I picked up DC nation #0 and saw that Lex Luthor is now a member of the JLA. I was vaguely aware that he had joined but what were the reasons and circumstances surrounding his joining?
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 7, 2018 13:33:10 GMT -5
I picked up DC nation #0 and saw that Lex Luthor is now a member of the JLA. I was vaguely aware that he had joined but what were the reasons and circumstances surrounding his joining? Cure for male-pattern baldness?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2018 17:20:04 GMT -5
I picked up DC nation #0 and saw that Lex Luthor is now a member of the JLA. I was vaguely aware that he had joined but what were the reasons and circumstances surrounding his joining? It was something due to the Forever Evil Storyline of which the JLA was battling the Crime Syndicate and all that and with that alone -- they even brought in Captain Cold too and that's why I didn't care for it at all. This link that I'm sharing here really pinpoint the reasons that Lex joined the Justice League and the formation of Justice League Canada/United team of which I didn't care for at all. This is all I know for now. I really can't give you the best answer but -- I feel this is the best that I can do for a moment.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 10, 2018 5:39:59 GMT -5
I didn't watch Star Wars the Last Jedi so I'm out of the loop, Why do people hate Kelly Marie Tran ?
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Post by rberman on Jun 10, 2018 8:28:36 GMT -5
I didn't watch Star Wars the Last Jedi so I'm out of the loop, Why do people hate Kelly Marie Tran ? I don't know why anyone would hate the actress just because she agreed to play a character whose storyline turned out to be extremely poorly written.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 10, 2018 8:49:23 GMT -5
She was getting trashed online so much that she cancelled her accounts. What was her character like in the movie?
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Post by rberman on Jun 10, 2018 9:14:08 GMT -5
She was getting trashed online so much that she cancelled her accounts. What was her character like in the movie? Nothing special. She was a rebel technician who got pulled into a failed scheme to try to stop the Imperial fleet from tracking the rebel fleet. She was also a love interest for Finn. Notice that this is more a description of her plot function. They didn't give her much character.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 10, 2018 10:11:24 GMT -5
I thought she was as good as anyone else in there. It's not a particularly well written film and most of the characters are little more than cyphers. I never got the big deal for Phasma, when the character does very little in either film and ends up on the losing end both times. Boba Fett was at least kept mysterious and menacing, until he was quickly disposed of, in Jedi. Phasma doesn't even get that. Really not impressed with these films, in any fashion. Harrison Ford elevates the first one; but, that was about it. Rogue One and Solo were far more engaging, to me.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jun 10, 2018 17:03:10 GMT -5
I didn't watch Star Wars the Last Jedi so I'm out of the loop, Why do people hate Kelly Marie Tran ? I hadn't heard of her - whenever I try to watch new Star Wars I end up giving up and watching the Empire Strikes Back instead - but it seems like "Oh No, Girls are Existing?!" HOW DARE THEY!?" This happens a lot. Remind me to tell you about Marvel and "milkshakes" sometime. Fandom has turned really, really, really stupid in the last couple years.
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Jun 10, 2018 20:14:30 GMT -5
Has anyone ever done an in depth analysis of all of the Marvel moments mentioned throughout the issues of the Marvels series? I am currently reading through it and there are so many moments that it references, I am sure I am missing many as I have not read as much Silver/Bronze Age stuff as others on here. In book two, the Sentinels make an appearance (I am assuming around the time of X-Men #14?). There is also the wedding of Sue and Reed (FF Annual #3). On another page, we see a snapshot taken by someone of Daredevil fighting Stiltman which I believe is issue #8. I found this link, which points out some other unique references from the story but does not really go into much detail about references to Marvel chronology. www.cbr.com/comic-book-easter-eggs-a-look-at-alex-ross-and-kurt-busieks-marvels-2/
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 10, 2018 21:30:25 GMT -5
Has anyone ever done an in depth analysis of all of the Marvel moments mentioned throughout the issues of the Marvels series? I am currently reading through it and there are so many moments that it references, I am sure I am missing many as I have not read as much Silver/Bronze Age stuff as others on here. In book two, the Sentinels make an appearance (I am assuming around the time of X-Men #14?). There is also the wedding of Sue and Reed (FF Annual #3). On another page, we see a snapshot taken by someone of Daredevil fighting Stiltman which I believe is issue #8. I found this link, which points out some other unique references from the story but does not really go into much detail about references to Marvel chronology. www.cbr.com/comic-book-easter-eggs-a-look-at-alex-ross-and-kurt-busieks-marvels-2/ There was a special issue of Wizard, devoted to Alex Ross that covered a lot of references in his work; though I don't recall enough detail about what was mentioned in Marvels. This site has some annotations; but, some of them are rather vague and it hasn't been updated since 2002. It's better on the Silver Age references than the Golden Age ones, from the first issue.
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Post by rberman on Jun 10, 2018 21:33:35 GMT -5
Here's a question based on this:
I had always read that Cockrum's favorite character was Nightcrawler, whom he considered an atheist like himself, so he was mad when Chris Claremont decided that Kurt was a Christian (and later, a Roman Catholic in particular). I've never heard that either of them was particularly drawn to Colossus, who over the years has mainly been known for his relationship with his sister Illyana and various women including Kitty Pryde, and apparently Callisto.
So... is Cronin correct or not?
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