PLEASE DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU WANT SPOILERS.
AGAIN, SPOILER ALERT.
ALSO, TURTLE DOES NOT RESPECT ANYTHING. I JUST THOUGHT YOU SHOULD BE FOREWARNED.
Comics Reader: Turtle, there seems to be some controversy surrounding the decision to reveal in Captain America: Steve Rogers #1 that Steve was an agent of Hydra all along.
Turtle: True, that absolutely just happened!
Comics Reader: Do you feel that this was nothing but a shameless publicity stunt?
Turtle: Absolutely not! Wacky things happening in comics have been happening from the very start! For instance, did you know that none of these characters, technically, actually exist?
Comics Reader: Come on, Turtle, please try to take this seriously.
Turtle: As seriously as rabid comic book fans? Why in the world would I do that?
Comics Reader: Because, well, rabid comic book fans do take this stuff seriously. They'll read this news like it's the end of the world.
Turtle: And that's my problem, why?
Comics Reader: Because.
Turtle: What an argument!
Comics Reader: You know as well as I do that rabid comic book fans take this sort of thing like it's a matter of life and death.
Turtle: That's their problem, man, not mine.
Comics Reader: Remind me again why I interview you for these things?
Turtle: Actually, I'm just flattered that you remembered I exist! We haven't done one of these since the first one.
Comics Reader: Remind me again about the topic?
Turtle: Two words: Doctor Spider-Man.
Comics Reader: Ah. Right.
Turtle: We should have done one of these for Commissioner Batman. And yet we didn't. What's up with that?
Comics Reader: My bad.
Turtle: Of course it is!
Comics Reader: I see what you did there.
Turtle: Sure you did. This interview's over, jerk.
This seems like it's destined to be a future Remember to Forget on Comic Book Resources. I guess the idea is to make people hate Steve Rogers enough that they'll buy into Sam Wilson. But inevitably it will be revealed Steve is mind controlled by science or magic or it's not the real Steve or whatever other bullshit. Instead of these stunts can't they actually find some decent stories for the characters?
ReplyDeleteThey've already insisted it's the real Steve Rogers. Theoretically, the resolution will involve him taking the darn thing down from the inside. That would be the clever solution.
DeleteNot that clever.
DeleteConsidering the alternatives available? Probably is.
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