The Disney Effect: Marvel announces they are leaving grim superhero stories behind - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 01-28-2010, 10:30 AM

Marvel superheroes are leaving the dark side.
After seven years of grim and grimmer story lines, including a superhero "civil war" that pitted Iron Man against Spider-Man and the death of Captain America, Marvel Comics will usher in a more optimistic "Heroic Age" approach in May.

"Heroes will be heroes again," says Marvel editor in chief Joe Quesada. "They've gone through hell and they're back to being good guys — a throwback to the early days of the Marvel Universe, with more of a swashbuckling feel."

The change begins with a relaunch of Avengers #1, which will reunite Iron Man, a reborn Captain America and Thor as comrades rather than foes.

All this would be of interest only to comic fans except it comes just months after Disney purchased Marvel for $4 billion and as Iron Man 2 and other Marvel films are on the way.

It also could mark a major shift in comic book storytelling, which took a turn to grittier stories after the success of DC's The Dark Knight Returns and Marvel's more adult take on Daredevilin the 1980s.

Quesada says that Marvel's return to "good guys" was in the works for two years, was finalized eight months ago and that the Disney takeover had no role.

"There is no sanitizing of the Marvel books at all," he says, promising stories will remain "edgy" and contemporary. "Our philosophy here is to just keep telling good stories."

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Quesada pushed a complete makeover for Spider-Man two years ago in a "Brand New Day" story line, which wiped out Peter Parker's marriage to Mary Jane and repositioned the hero as the teenage loner he was in the 1960s.

In the upcoming Avengers' story line, however, the changes will remain in continuity and will not be a "reboot" of the franchises involved.

Likely to give the "Heroic Age" considerable fanboy cred will be the participation of writer Brian Michael Bendis, who was chief architect of the "disassembly" of the Marvel Universe in the first place. Most recently, he has overseen the "Dark Reign" story line where villain Norman Osborn (the Green Goblin) has taken charge of the superhero community. That approach ends with the "Heroic Age."

"The 'brand new day' of the Heroic Age presents a tonal shift to optimism, a world filled with hope but quite hellish villains," Bendis says. "The heroes realize it's a blue-sky world worth protecting."

Bendis says the story line was approved long before the sale to Disney. "This was always the plan, and I have the memos to prove it," he says with a laugh.

"This was always the whole point — the reunion, the Avengers getting back together, because this is what the world needs right now," Bendis says. "Now we get to the good stuff."

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Doodyville10019 · 01-28-2010, 05:27 PM

Brian...

#1 - I LOVE your avatar - I am a HUGE fan of yoooooooo gabba gabbbbbaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

#2 - Let's see how far Marvel gets with their new concept - I'm not sure if fanboys (and fangirls) will swallow Marvel's new "disneyfied" approach.

Brian Damage · 01-28-2010, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Doodyville10019

Brian...

#1 - I LOVE your avatar - I am a HUGE fan of yoooooooo gabba gabbbbbaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

#2 - Let's see how far Marvel gets with their new concept - I'm not sure if fanboys (and fangirls) will swallow Marvel's new "disneyfied" approach.

Really? Me too, it is soooooooooo dang addictive

As for the movies, I think it all depends on the superhero, but I think the thing that makes them so entertaining is the human side to these characters. IMHO

Doodyville10019 · 01-28-2010, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Really? Me too, it is soooooooooo dang addictive

As for the movies, I think it all depends on the superhero, but I think the thing that makes them so entertaining is the human side to these characters. IMHO

Brian:

#1 - I'm sure (being the YGG fan that you are) you are aware that "Don't Bite Your Friends" is the Number One Axiom in the Tao of Plex (a magic robot).

#2 - I agree with your thoughts on the human side to these characters being the best part of the story (which, IMHO, is why the first two "Spider-Man" movies were so darn good). However, I know a lot of fanfolk (my husband included) whose stomachs are now doing double somersaults knowing that Disney is basically running Marvel at this point. Let's hope there is NEVER a Hanna Montana-Wolverine team up EVER!

Schmoopie · 01-30-2010, 05:45 AM

Ha ha, love that picture of Mickey as Spiderman! Or should that be Spidermouse?

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