Comic books that have made you cry
02-24-14, 11:05 AM
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Re: Comic books that have made you cry
They've done the Dr. Doom's mother thing a few times. It shows up first in the early 70s in Astonishing Tales #8, and then it gets returned to from time to time -- in Fantastic Four Annual #20, for example, and most notably in the Dr. Strange/Dr. Doom graphic novel Triumph & Torment (by ROger STern and Mike Mignola -- recently reprinted!)
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02-27-14, 12:30 AM
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Re: Comic books that have made you cry
They've done the Dr. Doom's mother thing a few times. It shows up first in the early 70s in Astonishing Tales #8, and then it gets returned to from time to time -- in Fantastic Four Annual #20, for example, and most notably in the Dr. Strange/Dr. Doom graphic novel Triumph & Torment (by ROger STern and Mike Mignola -- recently reprinted!)
03-23-14, 10:28 PM
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Re: Comic books that have made you cry
To the mainstream public at the time, she was clearly the second biggest character in the Spider-Man mythos. She was more well-known than any of Spidey's girlfriends or his villains. Killing her off permanently alters the character of Peter Parker in a way that killing another secondary character off doesn't change.
It's the same 'problem'* as having him marry MJ. He is no longer the same loner, loser and full of self-doubt if he's married to a supermodel!
*Where the problem is basically created by companies and people wanting characters not to evolve or change...
