That’s not solidarity. They’re trying to kill each other.
Quantum & Woody #1
Acclaim Comics/Valiant Heroes (June, 1997)
“Klang”
SCRIPT/PLOTS/PENCILS/CO-CREATORS: Christopher Priest & M.D. Bright
INKER: Greg Adams
COLORING: Atomic Paintbrush
LETTERER: Dave Lanphear
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Omar Banmally
EDITOR: Lynaire Thompson
Doctor Doom holds court.
Back in February I noticed a rising trend among critics who used to be fans of the MCU before the current direction it took post-Perlmutter. They were calling for a reboot of the universe in light of actors dying or just getting too old to continue the roles. I said back then, and I maintain this perspective, that this will not save Marvel movies. There are a lot of other factors to be considered, and unless those are addressed it’s just going to be another gimmick. Rebooting the DC movieverse hasn’t done them any favors. If anything, Gunn’s DC Universe is rather confusing. The first two productions, Creature Commandos and James Gunn’s Superman By James Gunn, haven’t exactly made a huge impact, the Superman and friends movie only hanging on because Superman.
Plus Marvel Comics has managed to go without rebooting their universe this whole time. While DC has huge and minor reboots going as far back as Crisis On Infinite Earths, Marvel has taken the sliding timeline approach, moving up when Tony Stark got his armor pacemaker and when Captain America was awakened through the power of retcons. Neither is really a perfect systems if you absolutely have to keep the same characters close to the same positions or resetting them for the next generation of readers (which is not what they target anymore, but that’s another conversation) but it seems to work for the former House Of Ideas before being absorbed into the nearly-former House Of Mouse.
Well, it seems Kevin Feige has confirmed that after the big multiversal event of the next two Avengers movies, a reboot is exactly what’s about to happen for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The baseball-capped head of Marvel Studios provided this update as to the MCU’s future casting plans during a recent sit down with the press, as hosted by at Marvel’s headquarters in Burbank, CA.
Per a recap of the event provided by Deadline‘s Anthony D’Alessandro and Justin Kroll, after an opening assurance that the studio currently has “a seven-year plan” for its films and television shows – “I think it goes to 2032,” he added. “It’s on magnets, it can move around.” – Feige was eventually pressed as to whether or not said plan included recasting any of the canonically dead or ‘oldhead’ Avengers like Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, T’Challa, and Thor.
In turn, the producer offered an answer that essentially boiled down to ‘Yes for everyone except the God of Thunder’:
This is not going to go well. Not on its own, anyway.
Remember when comics celebrated numbers this high as an achievement?
Sonic The Hedgehog #100
Archie Comic Publications (October, 2001)
EDITOR: Justin “J.F.” Gabrie
“Reunion”
WRITER: Karl Bollers
PENCILER: Rom Lim
INKERS: Andrew Pepoy & Pam Eklund
COLORIST: Stephanie Vozzo
LETTERER: Jeff Powell
Knuckles: “Welcome To The Dark Side!”
WRITER/ARTIST: Ken Penders
COLORIST: Frank Gagliardo
LETTERER: Vickie Williams
I’m curious how many knee-jerk reactions even a minor site like mine is going to get saying things like that before I’m heard out. Yes, Gunn is more upbeat than Snyder when it comes to Superman. Yes, he might even be a better director. I have yet to see James Gunn’s Superman By James Gunn but going by reviews by people whose opinion I trust until I just got done listening to reviews, the movie sound kind of mid, with Mister Terrific doing more rescuing than Superman. Superman saves a little girl and a squirrel, but Michael Holt is the one who saves Lois and saves more people. Again, that’s from what I hear from people I trust to give an honest assessment from haters and…kind of likers alike. We aren’t talking about the movie directly, but some of the decisions made, and how Gunn defends them.
Zack “if you think heroes won’t kill you live in a fantasy world so shut up and watch my fantasy world where heroes kill” Snyder keeps trying to defend his poorly received story decisions in Man Of Steel, and the more he does the more I turn against it. I still stand by my initial review: Man Of Steel was a decent superhero movie but a bad Superman adaptation. Many of his story ideas were controversial, but he would come out and tell you it was actually really good and you’re just a hater for not liking his superior takes on Batman, Superman, and the rest of the Justice League.
Well, Gunn made a few adaptation errors of his own. I don’t mean the ones necessary between media types, I mean things that break multiversal continuity, including one he could have easily rolled back but doubled down on. So if somehow you haven’t heard spoilers for the former Superman: Legacy, there will be some here as I look into some of Gunn’s comments while I was on break and yesterday, and how, like Snyder, it shows more interest in his vision than happy fans.
I’ve already reviewed #s 83-86 when I was looking into the pre-DC history of Ted Kord as Blue Beetle. We rejoin the series already in progress.
Wait, wouldn’t that make him his own weakness?
Captain Atom #87
Charlton Comics Group (August, 1967)
“The Menace of The Fiery-Icer”
WRITER: Dave Kaler
PENCILER: Steve Ditko
INKER: Rocke Mastroserio
COLORIST: unlisted
LETTERER: A. Machine
Nightshade: “The Image’s Idyl!”
CREATOR/WRITER: Dave Kaler
ARTIST: Jim Aparo
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on July 24, 2025 in Marvel Spotlight, Movie Spotlight, Streaming Spotlight and tagged commentary, Kevin Feige, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios, MCU.
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