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Wolverine set to die - and stay dead
« on: September 03, 2014, 04:34:23 pm »
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/03/x-man-wolverine-die-dead-marvel-comic

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His skeleton may be coated with an indestructible substance and claws may shoot from his hands, but Wolverine, most famous of Marvel's X-Men, is preparing to meet his maker.

A new four-part comic series, whose title, Death of Wolverine, leaves little room for manoeuvre, has been published. The mutant character, who first appeared on the page in 1974, isn't dead by the end of the first issue, but he has lost the healing ability which has helped to keep him alive for more than a century. And the Grim Reaper doesn't seem far away – a lifeless Wolverine is depicted being borne away in a Christ-like pose by a skeleton Death on the cover of the final comic in the series.

Responding to scepticism about how long the death will last – the demise of characters in comics is generally less than permanent – writer Charles Soule told USA Today  that this time, the death of Wolverine would be "an event that's designed to stick". The mutant, he said, would definitely perish, but "it's really the manner of his death that matters".

Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso added: "He's Gary Cooper in High Noon knowing he's going down, only he doesn't know if he's going to go to heaven or hell when it's over."

Marvel advised fans to "grab a box of tissues", because "nothing will ever be the same for the clawed Canadian ever again – mostly because it's hard to change things for a dead guy".
Sorry, but I'm not convinced.  The only Marvel Comics character to stay dead is Uncle Ben.  This is almost certainly just a publicity stunt, like The Death of Superman.

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Re: Wolverine set to die - and stay dead
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2014, 04:43:11 pm »
Yeah, I'm not buying it either.  Wolvie's one of their biggest money makers.
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Re: Wolverine set to die - and stay dead
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2014, 04:52:39 pm »
The comic news site theouthouse has dubbed it "The Temporary Hiatus of Wolverine".  I agree with them.

I mean, I'd love it if I thought it was really what they're billing it as--I've thought Wolverine was way overrated, overused, and overexposed for the last twenty years, but I'm in a minority.  He's just too big a money maker for Marvel and Disney to stay dead.
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Re: Wolverine set to die - and stay dead
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2014, 05:19:03 pm »
About time.
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Re: Wolverine set to die - and stay dead
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2014, 05:32:11 pm »
Yeah, bullshit. how many interesting X-Men characters are there? why would you kill the best one?

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Re: Wolverine set to die - and stay dead
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2014, 07:05:13 pm »
They could kill off Iceman.  Nobody likes Iceman.
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Re: Wolverine set to die - and stay dead
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2014, 07:26:00 pm »
They did.  He came back.

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Re: Wolverine set to die - and stay dead
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2014, 09:03:01 pm »
Ha ha, good one Marvel, now shut up and make my goddamn Black Widow movie.
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Re: Wolverine set to die - and stay dead
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2014, 09:09:09 pm »
Nobody stays dead except for superhero's wives, stuffed into fridges off screen, so that said superhero can angst and get some character development.
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Re: Wolverine set to die - and stay dead
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2014, 09:46:38 pm »
On a side topic I think Wolverines healing ability is OP.

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Re: Wolverine set to die - and stay dead
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2014, 09:58:30 pm »
Nobody stays dead in comics except Batman's parents, and Uncle Ben. I give wolverine 3-5 months.
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Re: Wolverine set to die - and stay dead
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2014, 10:07:27 pm »
Nobody stays dead in comics except Batman's parents and Uncle Ben.
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Re: Wolverine set to die - and stay dead
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2014, 10:27:50 pm »
Nobody stays dead in comics except Batman's parents, and Uncle Ben. I give wolverine 3-5 months.

Even the first's in a state of flux.
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Re: Wolverine set to die - and stay dead
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2014, 03:19:10 pm »
Not Wolverine, but still applies.

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Re: Wolverine set to die - and stay dead
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2014, 12:16:57 am »
Not really that on topic, but how many of you have heard about the time Spiderman killed Mary Jane with his radioactive spider jizz? No, seriously, it happened.
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