Hip-Hop Superheros

[jamcat]

First video games get "ghetto-ized", now Marvel comics is jumping on the trend with hip-hop urban superheros.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/entertainment/cst-ftr-panther02.html

Anyway, best comic books I've ever read with a african-american superhero was DC's Hardware series.

Never read the comic, but I do like the movie versions of Marvel's Blade. Wesley Snipes is a bad ass in that character.

[Spin]

Sad to say this is not new in comics.
I personally hate the abandonment of history but it proves to revitalize comics.
Many times over comics turn stale.
Think of when Superman comics were actually worth less the month after publication.
Look at the collection value prior to the “death of Superman”
Once they killed him it changed everything.

Also they re-did his history as a boy making him cool and playing sports as opposed to the nerd who got beat up.
Check out “WB’s” Smallville Clarke is so cool there he even went bad boy and rode a motorcycle.

So don’t get bent out of shape about this. It has been happening for years.
I just have a problem they characters I know and longer do because the writer changed everything to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

Just a thought create a new superhero.
Or to relate it to our plight here at RGR stop NameWhoring!
That is what really has happened.

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[jamcat]

Man, I remember jumping on the "Death Of Superman" hype when I was into comics. Then again with the Batman "Nightfall" thing. But I've long since got out of comics. They were getting too expensive, and there were too many titles coming out that I was interested in and couldn't keep up with. So I said the hell with it. I'll pick up a comic book once in a blue moon, but that's about it.

When I was collecting comics, I was a big Dark Horse fan. Loved the Alien, Predator, Terminator, Robocop, Star Wars, James Bond, and Indiana Jones stuff they did. As well as original stuff like Virus, Propeller Man, Terminal Point, DHP, and their "Comic's Greatest World" superhero universe.

As for Marvel, I was a big fan of their 2099 series of books. And some Marvel UK stuff with Death's Head.

If anyone is interested in seeing my entire comic book collection, you can check out the cover scans of all my 659 books at:

http://jimscomics.tripod.com

[Darksol]

Oh I loved comics in the day. I should go price up my collection some time. At one point I remember spending around $50 every two weeks on comics.

[jamcat]

Don't know how much my collection is. I'm sure the "Death Of Superman" saga isn't worth much. Though my prized comics are the original 6 first printing issues of Dark Horse's Star Wars: Dark Empire series. From what I've heard, they didn't think the series would be popular, so they only printed a limited number of issues. But then the series took off. Last time I remember those books went for quite a lot.

[Spin]

Thinking the quick Buzz Bunny comment goes here.

http://www.postgazette.com/pg/05048/458932.stm

Got link from:
http://www.armchairarcade.com/aamain/forum_viewtopic.php?9.15749

Thought it would help.
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[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

Thinking the quick Buzz Bunny comment goes here.

http://www.postgazette.com/pg/05048/458932.stm


Im actually offended by this. Stop trying to cater for the stupid little idiots who are going to throw this away when the next fad cartoon comes around.

I grew up with old looney tunes cartoons as im sure alot of other people did.

I wish they would treat looney tunes with the respect that the voice actors and animators deserve. Please keep showing the old ones so that children can experience the same magic i did, but dont do this you corporate money grabing arseholes.

[Piconjo]

Theres nothing that business wont rape. Im p*ssed off with all this X-TREME!!!11 Sh*t

This is what it might be like ;)

Buzz Bunny (http://www.csh.rit.edu/~rage/TLGmedia/anim_pages/anewbunny.htm) lol.

[Spin]

This does not bother me.
It is set in the distant future and is to be decadents.
They are not the same characters.
All that is OK with me.
Now changing the main character to be cool.
That just sucks.

In the future decadents who knows it could have life.
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Marvel did the 2099 books and had some good stuff.
Changed the look and all that it was fun.
Never claimed to be the main character.

[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

Theres nothing that business wont rape. Im p*ssed off with all this X-TREME!!!11 Sh*t

This is what it might be like ;)

Buzz Bunny (http://www.csh.rit.edu/~rage/TLGmedia/anim_pages/anewbunny.htm) lol.

They've changed buzz to ACE, the same guys who did that flash made this
ACE Bunny (http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/243842) its exactly how marketing guys think, funny :D

[Turbo2Xs]

Hmmmm... Seemed that the guy was following the South Park format, esp with the first kid (dialog and pacing)

Weird stuff