NOKIA MOBILES: Marvel Superhero Comics

Wednesday 25 July 2012

Marvel Superhero Comics

I have the strangest relationship with Marvel Comics. I’m a fan! Don’t get me wrong, but I don’t think I’m a fan of the characters and concepts that I’m supposed to like. I discovered Marvel shortly after I’d begun reading DC Comics. With DC, I was a huge Wonder Woman and Aquaman fan, thanks to ‘The Super Friends,’ and I loved watching reruns of ‘Batman.’ And I loved the ‘Super Friends’/'Justice League of America,’ all the biggest guns in one place! Why pay 60 cents for a comic with just Green Lantern in it, when you could pay the same price and get Green Arrow, Black Canary, The Atom, Zatanna and Elongated Man, too?!When I discovered Marvel Comics, things… changed.

With Marvel, they didn’t put all their biggest names on the same team. Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk, their two biggest stars, were both strictly solo at the time. Captain America was in The Avengers, one of my first Marvel discoveries, which I instantly adored, but he starred alongside heroes like The Vision, Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye and The Wasp.