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Old 02-24-14 | 11:05 AM
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Re: Comic books that have made you cry

Originally Posted by JasonF
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!)
Did not know this existed. Must... pick... up....
Old 02-27-14 | 12:30 AM
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Re: Comic books that have made you cry

Originally Posted by JasonF
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!)
It was that graphic novel I was thinking about when I brought it up.
Old 03-23-14 | 10:28 PM
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Re: Comic books that have made you cry

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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.
Quite. With all the angst and self-doubt that is part and parcel of the character predicated on his keeping his identity secret to protect his friends and family... removing (essentially) his only family member is too important to the character not to undo.

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...

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