|
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2022 16:50:41 GMT -5
storyHypno-Hustler? Hypno-Hustler? Of all the Spidey-villains to get a solo Sony feature. I mean why not Rocket Racer?  -M
|
|
|
|
Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 16, 2022 17:02:32 GMT -5
I thought Morbius was an odd choice but I've literally never even heard of this villain.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2022 17:26:31 GMT -5
I thought Morbius was an odd choice but I've literally never even heard of this villain.  wouldn't surprise me if this book is going nuts on ebay! -M |
|
|
|
Post by Cei-U! on Dec 17, 2022 13:53:44 GMT -5
This is a joke, right?
...
In that case, the powers that be at Sony have lost their damned minds.
Cei-U!
I summon the farce in the making!
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2022 15:22:47 GMT -5
Hadn’t heard of him until today.
Obviously, Sony and WB are different entities, but what a world, where Superman hasn’t had a solo film since 2013, yet this character is gonna get a movie. I don’t get it at all.
|
|
|
|
Post by Batflunkie on Dec 17, 2022 20:45:38 GMT -5
You know, not to be a debbie downer but it literally just feels like Sony is doing everything it can to hold onto the Spider-Man license to prevent Marvel from getting it back
|
|
|
|
Post by codystarbuck on Dec 18, 2022 0:00:28 GMT -5
You know, not to be a debbie downer but it literally just feels like Sony is doing everything it can to hold onto the Spider-Man license to prevent Marvel from getting it back Yup. |
|
|
|
Post by berkley on Dec 18, 2022 2:17:15 GMT -5
I was about to say that this character must have come along after I stopped following Marvel comics but then I saw that 35¢ price tag and realised that it came out in the late 1970s, when I was still going strong as a Marvel reader. Looking at the cover gallery for the Spectacular Spider-Man, I must have given up on the series after the first issue - I assume because the creative team(s) didn't appeal to me. Bad distribution might have played a part as well, because I'm sure I would have bought the Moon Knight issues if I had seen them on the stands at the time. Anyway, yes, seems like a weird choice, but I imagine that to the film-makers a lot of these more obscure characters might feel to them much the same as the Guardians, who weren't well-known either outside a certain audience of 1970s Marvel Comics fans. Maybe they think they have the next Luke Cage on their hands or something.
have they done the dazzler yet? Another obscure pop-music-based character.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2022 2:26:33 GMT -5
My gut tells me they didn't put out a call for Hypno-Hustler pitches or green light and look for a creator to attach to a Hypno-Hustler project, but rather reached out to people like Glover, who is a hot commodity in Tinseltown, and invited them to pitch concepts from the Spider-Man catalog they owned. I would guess the impetus for Hypno-Hustler came from Glover and not Sony. Maybe there is some nostalgia connection to the character or the disco era for Glover, and the chance to develop a villain of color in either a period piece or a contemporary setting where Glover can explore some thematic ground with the cover of a super-hero movie. But that's pure speculation on my part.
-M
|
|
|
|
Post by Icctrombone on Dec 18, 2022 4:00:26 GMT -5
My gut tells me they didn't put out a call for Hypno-Hustler pitches or green light and look for a creator to attach to a Hypno-Hustler project, but rather reached out to people like Glover, who is a hot commodity in Tinseltown, and invited them to pitch concepts from the Spider-Man catalog they owned. I would guess the impetus for Hypno-Hustler came from Glover and not Sony. Maybe there is some nostalgia connection to the character or the disco era for Glover, and the chance to develop a villain of color in either a period piece or a contemporary setting where Glover can explore some thematic ground with the cover of a super-hero movie. But that's pure speculation on my part. -M Similar to the Rock pushing for a Black Adam movie that no one asked for. |
|
|
|
Post by Icctrombone on Dec 18, 2022 4:01:01 GMT -5
Watch the price of that comic shoot up.
|
|
|
|
Post by Prince Hal on Dec 18, 2022 5:16:38 GMT -5
I hope this means that there could be a co-starring shot for Dazzler.
|
|
|
|
Post by The Captain on Dec 18, 2022 5:37:36 GMT -5
I thought Morbius was an odd choice but I've literally never even heard of this villain. wouldn't surprise me if this book is going nuts on ebay! -M A copy of this issue sold for over $200 yesterday on eBay. At least three or four others sold for at least $75, and a bunch of them sold for at least $45. What frightens me even more is that there were actually TWO slabbed 8.5 versions that sold. Who the heck slabbed the first appearance of Hypno-Hustler without any prior knowledge that this announcement was coming? We are truly living in the darkest timeline. |
|
|
|
Post by Icctrombone on Dec 18, 2022 7:19:47 GMT -5
wouldn't surprise me if this book is going nuts on ebay! -M A copy of this issue sold for over $200 yesterday on eBay. At least three or four others sold for at least $75, and a bunch of them sold for at least $45. What frightens me even more is that there were actually TWO slabbed 8.5 versions that sold. Who the heck slabbed the first appearance of Hypno-Hustler without any prior knowledge that this announcement was coming? We are truly living in the darkest timeline. We have to face the possibility that there are some that are slabbing every book that they own. |
|
|
|
Post by Prince Hal on Dec 18, 2022 8:31:22 GMT -5
Icctrombone , remember the words of the O’Jays. “They smile in your face, All the time they wanna just encase, The book-slabbers .”
|
|
