The real reasons for Marvel Comics' woes

MSN / The Atlantic ^ | May 24, 2017

[Chode]

[dfwgator]

Plasticman? Gumby Rules!

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I remember watching Gumby as a little kid and being freaked out! It was the Claymation. I knew that real things didn’t move like that! I preferred Kukla, Fran ans Allie!

[dfwgator]

Or “Davey and Goliath”.

[jjotto]

Jose and Manuel, Two Crows from Tacos

[pepsi_junkie]

With all of that, it would be hard to build reader loyalty anyway, especially if the reader demographic is young males looking for a hero who always gets the girl. That doesn't sound like what the producers are producing....

No, lately they are mostly about heroes who are transitioning into a girl. And other PC baloney.

[Oztrich Boy]

It's things like let's make little orphan Annie… but black! and a New Deal FDR fan.

Harold Gray is rotating in his grave.

[Rebelbase]

“Whatever happened to Tom & Jerry, Heckle & Jeckle, Nancy and Sluggo, Donald Duck???”

They died.

[JBW1949]

Yeah...Evidently....

[TheNext]

The exception is Jennifer Lawrence of Hunger Games movies. She broke the glass ceiling as nearly the only successful female action hero.

[jmacusa]

Yeah. I was a definite Sgt. Rock fan. "The Haunted Tank''' also. Do they even print those comics anymore?

[TheNext]

Also people are keeping a list of Gay Movies that contain explicit gay scenes.

The latest Alien movie Covenant is a gay flick on the black list.

Need a comprehensive black list of gay scene movies to avoid.

[RetiredTexasVet]

I’m not so sure .... some have a natural aptitude and bypass the hard work to arrive at stupid .... look at Schummer, Pelosi, Bill Maher, Colbert, Letterman, etc.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Stop giving money to people that hate you.

[PAR35]

So the root of his surname is a French cheese? “gai-BRIE-l”?

[PAR35]

It would take several hours to deconstruct all the subliminal sexual cues in that picture. Some are blatant, others more subtitle.

[odawg]

I could have told them that prior to their fulsome embrace of political correctness, if they would have asked. Teenage boys prefer action, not squishy social commentary about relationships.

[Lee Enfield]

I was more a fan of Sgt. Fury and his “Howling Commandos”.

[outofsalt]

Yeah! Gumby, Dammit!

[jmacusa]

*Meh* I was never impressed with them. Thought they were a little ridiculous. Besides I think Joe Kubert and Russ Heath were excellent artists. Heath was a superb comic book artist.