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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 13m

D'oh!

Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 42m

I think it's both - readers will naturally choose humping-off points, but I do think that thematically there's a time when certain conceptions of characters just reach a natural end point.

Which doesn't mean you can't start something brand new with them - Hulk is a good example.

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 44m

I get that - for me, NXM is such a Claremont riff (charitably), Claremont himself is still around at the time, and Mike Carey & others do have something to say in in '10s, keeps it going.

But I wouldn't blame anyone who thinks that, eg, bringing back to o5 was the sign of a long-dead franchise.

Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 59m

If he starts wearing the miniskirt / thigh-highs, we know we're in trouble.

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1h

Demogoblin shows up I believe and that's always a fun name/look combo.

My main thing w/ the Clone Saga now is that at the time everyone complained that it dragged on for an impossibly long time and by modern standards it would be pretty trim for an Event.

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1h

This also reminds me of that thing a year or two ago where many brands of ground cinnamon were full of lead.

And the brands that weren't abnormally high were a) very expensive and b) STILL CONTAINED SOME LEAD

Though in this case I don't care I'll keep sprinkling that garbage.

Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 2h

I keep thinking about how many gay fitness influencers I've followed from one time or another who for years have been starting their day with a big scoop of lead 👍

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1h

For me it's when Aunt May dies, which I believe is almost the exact same time?

Either way - Peter's story is done at that point! Figure out something new!

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1d

I think a lot about when long-running comics are basically "finished" even though they can run for decades afterward. They can be revived if someone comes along with a new twist, but the comic as conceived originally is over (I'd argue that Spider-Man ended decades ago).

X-Men ended with HoXPoX

X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 1d

What's an opinion about X-Men that'll get you sent to jail? Is Jean really interesting or really boring? Should Logan have stayed dead? Do you think a certain x-mens outfit is positively horrendous even though people seem to love it?

The Brood Saga is better than Dark Phoenix imo 🤷

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 2h

I keep thinking about how many gay fitness influencers I've followed from one time or another who for years have been starting their day with a big scoop of lead 👍

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 19h

I don’t have a lot of spicy music takes I don’t think but one time someone got mad at me for saying Janet’s discography is much stronger than Michael’s and I don’t even think it’s that close.

Idk man have you listened to The Velvet Rope lately?? I call em like I see em.

“What About” by Janet Jackson from The Velvet Rope.

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 16h

Talk about a heavy diet!

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 19h

I don’t have a lot of spicy music takes I don’t think but one time someone got mad at me for saying Janet’s discography is much stronger than Michael’s and I don’t even think it’s that close.

Idk man have you listened to The Velvet Rope lately?? I call em like I see em.

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 20h

So my Orgain shakes would I think be on the safer side of things (though this only rates the powder, so I dunno), but I didn't expect to have to worry about how much LEAD I'm drinking 🥴

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 22h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 20h

Hickman definitely thought that.

I don't know that they ever figured out how to thread the needle of all the readers and creatives working on the title who thought Krakoa was great.

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 20h

The end of Peter David's first run, right after Betty dies, is also an ending for Hulk.

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 20h

I'm honestly not familiar enough w/ post-Immortal Hulk to say, but with Hulk I do think his story has "ended" a few times and brand new ones have arisen.

Another way of saying that is that X-Men could really use a Peter David right about now.

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 22h

I think it's because if DC writes themselves into a corner, they just shake the proverbial Etch A Sketch and reboot to a more desirable state.

With Marvel everything's supposed to stick, which is why "divorced Spider-Man" was a non-starter. DC will just retcon away your kids and keep it moving.

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 22h

Sent that kid blasting off like Team Rocket lol

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One Big Multiverse @onebigmultiverse.bsky.social · 22h

Lmao

From ABSOLUTE BATMAN #6. Bats punting a child into the atmosphere

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 23h

Yeah, Spidey is the king of having clunky and widely-disliked reset buttons hit to stop his story from progressing to where it clearly should be.

BND was literally "Make it 1975 again by science AND magic."

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 23h

In fairness, my understanding is that this is a flashback mini.

I still think it's in incredibly poor taste, but I do believe the status quo going forward is still that Betsy has her old body back and Kwannon is around.

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1d

And in fairness we might wonder what Tony thinks it means on his end - just a few movies ago he balked at the US government having anything to do with weapons he literally used to fly to a foreign country and kill people because he felt like it.

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, SHIELD kind of complicates everything, and further muddies Cap's stance.

Tony wants the UN to have oversight. Cap rejects that and wants to go solo, but what does he think that means? Because all of his resources are dependent on the US Government and/or SHIELD.

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1d

Well unfortunately...

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Ian @comicbookian.bsky.social · 1d

It's embarrassing enough that it took them so long to correct the obviously racist error to begin with!

Why on EARTH go back to that well??

It's like if they started making new comics about that time the Punisher was black.

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