The artist John Jomita jr once said in an interview how much he was keen on working with writer Chuck Dixon on the Punisher because Frank Castle is the only Marvel hero of Italian American descent. He was kinda wrong, because he forgot about Nick Fury, but nevertheless both of these characters are now, effectively, dead. Marvel has a whole bunch of Irish/Scotish, Hindu, Jewish, black and/or whatever protagonists, but the Italians are only fit to be in the Maggia. Marvel has NEVER catered to their actual reading audience. It's always been activist propaganda from some of the biggest losers the west has seen.
Following Hydra's sudden takeover of the United States of America under the leadership of an evil doppelganger of Captain America, Blue Shield joined the Underground, a contingent of America's remaining super heroes that fought against the new regime. Under the assumption that Captain America could have been mind-controlled, the Underground raided Doctor Faustus' institute. The mission failed, and among the assault's one hundred and sixteen casualties was Blue Shield.
Hm, interesting. There's a character called Blue Shield in the City of Heroes game and that had to change a character previously named Bastion to Citadel due to Marvel complaining about copyright.
The artist John Jomita jr once said in an interview how much he was keen on working with writer Chuck Dixon on the Punisher because Frank Castle is the only Marvel hero of Italian American descent. He was kinda wrong, because he forgot about Nick Fury
Was about to say that MCU Nick Fury was a special case--when Marvel launched the Ultimate line of comics, they approached Jackson for the rights to use his likeness, and he agreed, on the condition that from that point forward, he would have exclusive rights to portray the character in movies.
In other words, he bet on himself, and hit the jackpot.
they approached Jackson for the rights to use his likeness
No they didn't, which was the original problem. SLJ had Marvel over a barrel for using his likeness without originally asking so getting the MCU role was both easy for him and probably one of the few ways Marvel could get out of it without being sued.
The artist John Jomita jr once said in an interview how much he was keen on working with writer Chuck Dixon on the Punisher because Frank Castle is the only Marvel hero of Italian American descent. He was kinda wrong, because he forgot about Nick Fury, but nevertheless both of these characters are now, effectively, dead. Marvel has a whole bunch of Irish/Scotish, Hindu, Jewish, black and/or whatever protagonists, but the Italians are only fit to be in the Maggia. Marvel has NEVER catered to their actual reading audience. It's always been activist propaganda from some of the biggest losers the west has seen.
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RIP Joey.
Hm, interesting. There's a character called Blue Shield in the City of Heroes game and that had to change a character previously named Bastion to Citadel due to Marvel complaining about copyright.
That explains Samual L. Jackson as Nick Fury...
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jk lol.
Was about to say that MCU Nick Fury was a special case--when Marvel launched the Ultimate line of comics, they approached Jackson for the rights to use his likeness, and he agreed, on the condition that from that point forward, he would have exclusive rights to portray the character in movies.
In other words, he bet on himself, and hit the jackpot.
No they didn't, which was the original problem. SLJ had Marvel over a barrel for using his likeness without originally asking so getting the MCU role was both easy for him and probably one of the few ways Marvel could get out of it without being sued.
Huh. Well then.