Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Masked Marvel backup

Masked Marvel
Oh my god, why didn't anybody come up with this idea sooner? Oh, wait, Alan Moore did, in Supreme. Still, even if the idea is a bit unoriginal, the execution is EXCELLENT. An abundance of fantastic dialogue and veiled references to DC characters - for example:
"Could be they cross paths with an internet mystic called the I-Mage"
"there's, like, this super-powered horse, kind of dark-colored?"
"Neither rain nor sleet nor... darkest night...?"/"No evil shall escape his sight."
"Bendis wrote that. He's a god!"
Although the characterization of Marvel Comics as part of the Marvel Universe is a bit at odds with its portrayal in She-Hulk, if Kesel can keep up the wit that makes this feature so good, he could easily turn it into a monthly backup, or even a series of specials like Franklin Richards. I'm not sure that he could parlay this idea into a monthly yet, but if he's got a real killer story, he might be able to pull it off. I've got an idea - bring Kesel back to Fantastic Four, fire JMS (that's the important part), and let Kesel put in eight pages of Masked Marvel at the end of every FF issue. Whatever...anyways, this feature was EXCELLENT. Can't wait to see more of it.

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