5 Things You Didn't Know About Marvel

Hey it's me again, your friendly neighborhood guy staying miles away from you. Today we gonna talk about the M in MDG. Today i am gonna talk about how Marvel came to be and how they Stayed this awesome. So stay with me as i take you on an adventure of a lifetime(well till this blog end).

• First of all Marvel is older than you and I ( I assume anyone reading this can still see). Marvel started out in 1939 as Timely publications founded by Martin Goodman(i know right,thought Stan Lee started Marvel too. )And later in the 50's ,they re-branded themselves as Atlas Comics. For some reason that name wasn't just good enough for them and they decided to try again one more time,after all third time is always the charm. And from their trial again the name Marvel was born in 1961 launching our beloved superhero comic book that included The Fantastic Four  and works from our beloved Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditto.

• Secondly our Marvel comic  almost went out business, that was when it was still know as Atlas Comics(guess that is why they  change their name) The post-war American Comic market saw superheroes fall out of fashion. Martin Goodman due to no sales from superheroes comic decided to drop them and expand into a wider variety of genres than even Timely had published,featuring horror,western,humor,giant monster, crime, war comics,bible stories, sport and even medieval adventures. It was a really rough period for the company. According to Stan Lee, Atlas survived because it produced work quickly,cheaply, and at a passable quality.

• Thirdly Marvel was born( I mean the name of course). And with the birth of the name came the first modern comic books under the brand which was the science fiction anthology Journey into mystery #69 and the teen-humor title Pasty Walker #95( both comics I don't know about, a cinematic movie might help me remember) . Thanks to the D in MDG which is DC comics that brought about the revival of superheroes in the late 50's and early 60's particularly  with The Flash,Green Lantern and other members of the Justice League of America. This helped Marvel in bringing back their superheroes that was once abandoned in the early 50's to the world (Thanks DC)

• Fourthly It is not today Marvel has been kicking DC in the nut with the whole cinematic universe . Apparently they have been doing that for a long time. In 1961 writer-editor Stan Lee revolutionized superhero comics by introducing superheroes designed to appeal to older readers. Modern Marvel first superhero team, the stars of The Fantastic Four #1(Nov. 1961),broke convention with other comic book archetypes of that time where the characters were holding grudges both deep and petty, and eschewing anonymity or secret identities in favor of celebrity status. Subsequently, Marvel comics developed a reputation for focusing on characterization and adult issues to a greater extent than most superhero comics before them, a quality which the new generation of older readers appreciated.

What am trying to say is that ,I love how humane marvel characters are, how simple they are and yet so powerful in their own way. Spiderman just a regular kid bitten by a radioactive spider ,and even when battling with enemies you can still see that kid in him unlike our DC counterpart where everyone somehow seems to be perfect. Additionally Marvel uses  real world scenarios to make it more interesting, realistic and enticing to read and watch. DC only started listing flaws of their characters just to fit in (again my opinion and opinion of comic historian Mike Benton ) This is what he said about DC "In the world of [rival DC Comics '] Superman comic books, communism did not exist. Superman rarely crossed national borders or involved himself in political disputes.From 1962 to 1965, there were more communists [in Marvel Comics] than on the subscription list of Pravda. Communist agents attack Ant-Man in his laboratory, red henchmen jump the Fantastic Four on the moon, and Viet Cong guerrillas take potshots at Iron Man."  This was before DC decided to tone down their character ability because it was now getting boring to see that JLA always won every battle especially with superman on their side. But am happy they learned from Marvel, I find myself liking Batman more than I should, so it is a  big improvement to the DC of the past.

• Finally Marvel lunched a number of syndicates comic strips such as Conan the barbarian, Howard the duck ,and my favorite Captain Britain (that's right, your country can also have it's own Captain America if it wants). Marvel has been one of the most successful comic book to be ever created. As of 2017 they had a market share of 38.30% compared with it is Sasuke of comic books DC that had 33.93% (and it is still impressive). 

Marvel has come a long way from being Timely Comics,they had their ups and down but they still kept doing what they do best and I hope they continue to do so till the end of days 

Thanks for reading, next week is about the Sasuke of comic books, the dark sides of Comic books. Next week will be all about The History of DC 

Till next week, Stay Marvel. 

SPIDERMAN-DEADPOOL

  Hey it me , hope you having a nice day and no one is using your house as a battle zone. This time i wanna talk about the weird relationship between SPIDERMAN and DEADPOOL. To begin with, how many of us reading this would forgive a guy who killed you for no sensible reason ,and send your soul to a tormented place that's  specially made for you and that is not even hell ? This two guys have gone at each other a lot. After reading the Spiderman-Deadpool comic i just had to write this,i want to say more but i don't wanna give any Spidey fans (like me )spoilers or the Deadpool fans that is growing at a vast rate(like me) spoilers too. After reading the comic i finally respected Spiderman the more ,truly Spiderman is someone of pure heart ,he never takes a life even to people who deserve it. He is more worthy than Thor if i may say. Issue 6 of the comics was more like the Deadpool normal fourth wall breaking but with mystery inc added to it and the villain would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for --------(shh no spoilers for now). But all good am loving the two as they work together fighting side by side while making their silly jokes. In a way Deadpool does look up to Spiderman as his role model , as someone who look for the good in people ,someone who takes the 1% chance in saving a soul and that is what Deadpool likes about him. Spiderman is even on Deadpool free pass, ranking no 5 in the list.  His respect for the web crawler is absolute and genuine.
And here comes the SPOILERS,i tried i kept it in for like 120 seconds that is a lot of seconds to me . Am just gonna give a brief summary of the comic from issue 1-6,though i will still recommend you still getting the comic to read for yourself . I won't say everything just some few places,  you have to read the comic if you wanna understand the story between this two, plus it's really GOOD.

Issue 1 shows how much Spiderman hates deadpool as i hate the fact that i am not always  online 24/7. Spiderman is disgusted by the ways of Deadpool which is Deadpool always killing and yet never feeling bad about taking a life ,the hate for Deadpool lead to Spiderman leaving the avengers which he loves so much all because Deadpool took the extra seat in the avengers tower. Issue 1 started with Spiderman and Deadpool being tied together with pelvis touching(leave that to your imagination) caused by the explosion of Spiderman web as they fight Dormammu with a brief recap of an encounter with Hydro man. They came out victorious after the fight but that just only made him (Spiderman) hate Deadpool more and this was all before Deadpool got an alert of $100million to off Peter Parker who according to Deadpool is Spiderman boss.

Issue 2 deals with Deadpool trying his best to make Spiderman accept him as a friend and also make inquiry about Peter Parker. To Deadpool, Peter Parker is Spiderman boss, not knowing they are both same person. Why trying to find out or look for a suitable reason to kill Peter (cause since he joined the avengers ,he is bound to never kill unless for a good reason) they were attacked by what seems to be hundreds of green goblin ,only to be discovered that it was just an illusion that was being transmitted by Mysterio through an app that Peter Parker developed . Now Deadpool now thinks for real Peter is a bad guy, to convince him more ,he saw what looks like Peter Parker undergoing some kind of surgery that look like an android of some sort. Not only was Deadpool furious, he was angry that he picked up his phone to call his contractor to tell him yes to killing Peter.

Issue 3 is about Spidey now giving Deadpool a chance to air views and prove to him why he should trust him(Deadpool) to have his back and accept him as a friend . They both go on a ride in Deadpool dune buggy,in which Spiderman was trying to see if Deadpool was worth it. At first Deadpool was kinda not serious because he is Deadpool naturally, being his usual stupid and sarcastic self . Then he got all real and took Spidey to a place in Bolivia in which Spidey actually met Deadpool Mercs For Money ,though there was no killing but  Spidey saw that in his own twisted way Deadpool was also trying to make a difference in the world by protecting the weak.  After fighting with some weirdos and winning the fight, Spidey finally accepted Deadpool  as his friend.

Issue 4 they are both growing their relationship as Spiderman -Deadpool. This particular issue i like very much ,this issue shows how stupid and funny Deadpool can be as a hero,villain,anti-hero and a human being as whole. In this issue they both go on a date in which Deadpool set Spiderman up with his wife cousin and while he himself summons female thor to be his own date claiming there was an emergency. Only for Spiderman date to attack Thor because of a rivalry over a decade ago (that part i didn't get ,what concerns the female Thor with the rivalry, and why is she named Thor ,isn't Thor like the name of Thor himself ,it's not like the rest who have double name like Captain America is Steve Rogers,Iron Man is Tony Stark and Deadpool is Wade Wilson ,so why should the female Thor be Thor and not her name,, before i digress back to the main point. ). And as punishment for Deadpool ,who actually planned for it to happen for his amusement , he was made to dance in his boxer briefs. His punishment was befitting and funny the issue was nice with a ending full of suspense.

Issue 5 saw the death of Spiderman as Peter Parker when Deadpool pulled the trigger on Peter. The issue also involved a showdown between Spiderman and Mysterio as Spiderman battle for his soul against Mysterio. Deadpool on the other hand feeling guilty for what he did and finally knowing about Spiderman identity as Peter Parker decided to bring him back from the dead with help from his sexy demonic goddess wife Shekilah.

 



Issue 6 was not the continuation of the story(which was sad) but about Deadpool making it in Hollywood with a movie franchise and who better to call than the guy whose movie has always surpassed the budget and always has been successful ;Spiderman . They both roam around New York looking for a producer and a firm to make his movie dream become a reality.
    And that's all from issue 1-6 but i stress i didn't cover everything so to fully understand the story ,i  recommend you buy or read the comic online to follow the adventures of this two and find out what happen to the Spiderman and Deadpool after "the little mishap of death"

         
   

       Till next time ,it's your friendly neighborhood guy SPIDERPOOL