Wolverine #304 (2012) - Return of an Alpha Flight member

[Flightpath07]

My point is that they'd make more off their comics if they weren't destroying the MU, that is all.

I hear ya. i used to think that way, as well. But, Marvel doesn't. They clearly either, (a) don't care that they may be destroying the MU, or, more likely, (b) don't care what you (the reader) thinks up until such point as it dramatically negatively affects what they make. And since Marvel is a mega-conglomeration, who sells comics, movies, characters, advertising, towels, sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, t-shirts, socks, underwear, etc etc etc...I doubt that merely a few people refusing to buy their comics will cause any of them to get a less-than-perfect sleep tonight, or any other night. In their mattresses stuffed full of money, I might add.

If the readers don't like it, then they should go elsewhere. That won't fix Marvel, but at least it'll make the readers go somewhere else and hopefully find happiness there.

Sorry if I sound bitter; just calling it like i see it, tho.

There are a million comic book characters in the sea, and Marvel only owns a fraction. Find another character(s) you like, elsewhere, and then you won't have to deal with Marvel. And, yes, I am taking my own advice, and am inching toward that time in my own reading; one day soon i'll get there.

[Le Messor]

The point is, Marvel doesn't care about you, or me; they're too big for that. All they care about is, how many bajillions of dollars did we make this month, and how can we make even more bajillions next month?

My point is that they'd make more off their comics if they weren't destroying the MU, that is all.

Thinking about it, I think I never thought they cared about us, the readers (well, not so much) - but I did used to think they cared about their characters and their universe. And their stories.
Now, I'm not so sure.

There are a million comic book characters in the sea, and Marvel only owns a fraction.

Marvel owns Matt now? I wish they'd put him away, then, he's not that great.

Find another character(s) you like, elsewhere, and then you won't have to deal with Marvel. And, yes, I am taking my own advice, and am inching toward that time in my own reading; one day soon i'll get there.

Semi-good advice; the down side is, I like their characters best.
Or, at least, I used to. And I'm having trouble forgetting that. (Don't worry - stuff like v4 is a huge help in that area.)

~ Le Messor
"Information wants to be free. The people who have it want it to be expensive."

[Flightpath07]

Note to LeMessor (with Subliminal Message attached):

You made some really good ('read more AF Volume 4') points here. All in all, I enjoy your posts ('send Marvel more of your hard-earned money; forgot about buying comic books, just endorse your paycheque on the back and send it straight to Marvel HQ!') almost every time i read them (except when I am in the bathroom?). You should get a job as a ('anesthesiologist') comedian. Next time you are in N.A., come and ('buy more records by Sonny and Cher') visit me!

[Le Messor]

Thank you, FP.
Now, how do I set up my paychecque to go straight to Marvel... and where is that urge coming from?

~ Le Messor
"I got you to hold my hand, I got you to understand."
~ Sonny And Cher... how did that get stuck in my head?

[EccentricSage]

I say we steal from Marvel.

[Le Messor]

I say we steal from Marvel.

Bad idea... they're like banks. They rob you blind, day after day, making promises then breaking them.
But then you rob one of them once, and they make a federal case out of it and excuse me I have to run...

[Flightpath07]

I say we steal from Marvel.

Well, a lot of their ideas were stolen to begin with. Usually, characters stolen from the hard-working people who created them.

Yes, i know, i know, they signed contracts giving all their creations to Marvel. And it happens at DC and most everywhere else, too. Doesn't make it 'right'.

[Le Messor]

signed contracts giving all their creations to Marvel.

Doesn't that remind you of that episode of The Twilight Zone where they made this guy a contract, and then they took his tongue, and it just kept growing and making bigger tongues...

Cool, huh?

[EccentricSage]

The internet, my friends, the internet. I'm not saying we gather in Marvel Headquarters' lobby and say 'this is a stick up'.

And then after reading something for free, if we actually liked it, we go buy it.

[Flightpath07]

Vhat is this 'inter-nyet' that you speak of, comrade?

[Le Messor]

The internet, my friends, the internet. I'm not saying we gather in Marvel Headquarters' lobby and say 'this is a stick up'.

I like that plan. Tell me more...
eg: where do we get the sticks? Where's Marvel's lobbby? (Wait, I know that one.)

~ Le Messor
"Institutions are only as good as the people who are committed to them."

[Phil]

Cannnnnnnn we please steer this thread away from illegal activities before the nice people at Marvel who allow us this site name and to use their images shut us down.
Thank you

[Le Messor]

This thread just loves to steer into dangerous waters, doesn't it?

Hmm... politics, anyone?

[Flightpath07]

I'd like to vote for Phil as King.

[Le Messor]

You don't vote for kings!