{"id":260,"date":"2007-06-12T14:45:38","date_gmt":"2007-06-12T19:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/2007\/06\/12\/no-seriously-why-do-you-put-up-with-this-shit\/"},"modified":"2007-06-13T00:06:13","modified_gmt":"2007-06-13T05:06:13","slug":"no-seriously-why-do-you-put-up-with-this-shit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/?p=260","title":{"rendered":"No, Seriously, Why Do You Put Up With This Shit?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sexy girl as rotting corpse: Did you ever see the movie about the blood diamonds? This is what you’re really paying for when you buy any Marvel comic.<\/p>\n

\"Well,<\/p>\n

So just to reitterate: Children’s character from book for children (the kid\/teen girl-oriented\u00c2\u00a0Mary Jane #1<\/em>) used as sex symbol? Check. Sex symbol met with incredible violence, still portrayed as sexy? Check. Deliberately done to provoke fan reaction? Check.<\/p>\n

Congratulations! Up until yesterday I was kind of excited about World War Hulk, and was going to recommend it to my customers? Today: Not so much. I feel kind of… gross.. about recommending any Marvel titles at this point.<\/p>\n

– Christopher
\nEdit:<\/strong> Just for those not as well-versed as me in the comics<\/em>, this is the cover to the fifth printing of the Marvel Zombies HC, released today by Marvel, art by Arthur Suydam. It’s a take on a cover to a children’s series featuring Mary Jane from the Spider-Man books, in high school, at about 15 I think? The original art was by Takeshi Miyazawa and you can find it here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sexy girl as rotting corpse: Did you ever see the movie about the blood diamonds? This is what you’re really paying for when you buy any Marvel comic. So just to reitterate: Children’s character from book for children (the kid\/teen girl-oriented\u00c2\u00a0Mary Jane #1) used as sex symbol? Check. Sex symbol met with incredible violence, still … <\/p>\n

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