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Posted on 07/11/2003 8:45:44 AM PDT by mhking
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. comic book publisher has decided to let Princess Diana rest in peace, dropping plans to reincarnate her as a mutant comic superhero this fall, the company said on Thursday.
Marvel Enterprises Inc. said in a statement that "upon reflection" it will remove Diana and all references to the royal family in its upcoming "X-Statix" monthly comics.
The about-face follows a recent announcement by Marvel Comics that it planned to introduce Diana as one of a team of super-powered mutants in a five-series storyline called "Di Another Day."
Company spokespeople were not immediately available to elaborate on the decision.
Diana was to have been a character in a satirical look at fame and pop culture, Marvel said earlier this week.
Buckingham Palace called the idea "utterly appalling" and a "cheap attempt to cash in on Diana's fame and the tragic circumstances surrounding her death."
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Look for it to be a series on the WB or FOX this fall,
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I dunno...NBC hasn't been half-stepping in that department - they've got a reality special (at least I hope it's just a special and not a series) coming on next week called "Who Wants To Marry My Dad."
The premise? The kids get to pick a new wife for their widowed/divorced dad.
At this rate, I figure "The Running Man" will be on Fox by early 2005.
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