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@kgb725: Maybe, I havn't bought a comic book in years. Perhaps if they had online subscriptions, that might be viable. Doesn't address the issue of the fact that casual fans won't commit to subsciptions, therefore the ones who do are thus the committed fans who will continue to pay out of loyalty. They know that, and as such, they can continue to pump out stories that have no respect for character histories or development. If in one story Wolverine gets knocked out by Daredevil, and then time later, he regenerates from being incinerated down to the skeleton, that's a PIS. Wolverine dying, and then coming back with that "hot claws" gimmick is something I can't help but scoff at. Hot claws? Really? Maybe it looks cool on print. Why not respect the fact that a beloved character has passed on, been mourned and their memory kept on? If they can't commit to that due to sales, then don't kill characters off in the first place. Figure out other ways to create compelling story lines. I just can't swallow any of that stuff. If you follow the HALO game series, they did this as well with the highly emotional death of Cortana in HALO 4. And then immediately brought her back as a villain in the 5th installment. Now I recognize that HALO writers tend to create amazing works of plot. But it's still a damn good example of how cheap this industry has become when they know they can get away with it.

@ghostodoofus2: I can see reading trade paperbacks, if that's what you mean. But reading monthly comics, imo, is a waste of money. Esp. with how much Marvel loves to create multiple title complex arcs where you need to read multiple titles simultaneously just to understand all the context in a story, as a way to maximize revenue, because monthly titles seem to be a dying art. It's turned into a racket, and they're taking advantage of the loyalty and nostalgia of fans by doing it. And often with poorly thought out stories based on terrible premises. I can't count how many comics I used to read that were actually interesting and didn't feel like "work" to follow, with not very compelling characters. Or cheap character redesigns as a gimmick. Let's not forget character deaths, which we all know are laughable cash grabs that always get reversed. Maybe character deaths actually meant something back in comic book history, but we know that's not the case today. There's just no respect for the characters and their histories among many writers.

Spending hundreds of dollars on all of that seems like a waste, imo. The X-men titles were especially guilty of this. But you see this all over. I've said this before: comic book writers are not novelists. They are payed to market the lowest quality stories, often lacking in character or plot consistency, ignoring years of history, because they know some people will always buy anything that has their favorite characters in them, and flashy art will always make up for bad story telling. It's a trap. You are forced to keep buying, or you lose continuity. You've already invested so much time and money into following them. Stopping doing so would feel like wasting all that previous time invested. So you are forced to continue buying monthly comics or give up entirely. Because gaps in collections and continuity make it virtually impossible to pick them up later and still understand what's going on, with their way stories are planned out.

@vishop_: I'm not claiming that it's not getting copied and such, or whatever you are insinuating. All I'm saying is seeing IM's suit working and in action live is something that can't be replicated well through still art alone. It requires motion.

Tony with prep can do some pretty genius things, such as luring Superman away from any solar energy, or using some sort of fancy tech that absorbs solar radiation, or who knows what. He might even find a way to create some sort of synthetic kryptonite, or atleast recreate it elementally or something. I would ideally like to see Tony given a month to make this a fair fight. But I think Tony could pull this off if he poured all his mental energy and resources into it. After all, he did manage to go toe-to-toe with Thanos with literally no prep. Was romancing Pepper before getting dragged into the mess, and then sucked into space.

By the way, not to go off topic. But in that fight, IM was using some sort of nano-tech suit that was lining his clothes. It started off as tiny bits, and then got larger when it took shape over him. If you think about it, his total suit when fully compressed down probably could fit into an iphone or a deck of playing cards. If he had multiples of this like on a belt or pouch or something, he could theoretically have like 10 entire suits ready to go in case one gets far too damaged in battle, or runs out of juice/ammo, like when he was fighting Thanos.

I've read neither. Then again, I don't think that Ironman could ever translate as well on page as he did in the movies. Part of his mainstream appeal is RDJ's amazing acting, and in movies you can see all the little metal panels and gears whirring and moving, seeing the mechanics of how the suit comes on and off so seamlessly. You just can't replicate that on paper in the same way. Who reads comic books anymore anyway? I get all my marvel fix from the films.

@sirkaboom15: Spiderman should win 100% of the time without breaking a sweat. The only reason he would lose in character is due to the fact that writers don't want to anger fanboys by making highly popular characters lose. Comicbook writers are not novelists; they are not held to very high standards. It's the same reason Ironman, Cap, and Thor faced off in Avengers, and they all came out of it on equal footing. Or why Ironman and Cap's fight ended basically in a stalemate in the Civil War movie. We all know Thor would demolish Cap, and probably Ironman too. And we all know Ironman should be able to easily stomp Cap, with no issue. Cap isn't a powerful guy. Ironman can literally "Tank" actual tank shells, as well as destroy tanks. Writers don't want to piss off a bunch of fanboys who will only bury them in hate mail and hurt their sales. In reality, Spiderman vs. Wolverine is a gigantic mismatch.

Yeah, THIS IS A MONUMENTAL MISMATCH. Wolverine has NO chance.

I don't know how anyone can think that Wolverine would beat Spiderman. Spiderman is many many times faster, stronger, more agile, can launch attacks from the air. He is literally a rubber bouncy ball that dances around bullets. Wolverine is impressively strong for human standards. Spiderman can toss buses. Spiderman could swing high in the sky and launch heavy steel beams or girders at Wolverine all day. He could swing 30 foot tall street lamps or telephone poles with one arm like a child swinging a stick. What could Wolverine POSSIBLY do against someone he can't hit, touch, is way stronger than him, can web him up, and can attack him from over 50 meters away and from every direction around him? If Spiderman fought Wolverine seriously, it would be a huge stomp. If Spiderman was an actual psychopath, he could flay Wolverine open like a fish. He could literally pull Wolverine's arms out of their sockets and slice him up with his own claws. He could use his own claws to sever Wolverine's head. He could hold wolverine's head in a deep puddle of water and drown him while pinning Wolverine's wrists together. This would be out of character as Spiderman is the opposite of a psychopath. But he is easily physically capable of doing this with almost no effort, and there wouldn't be a single thing Wolverine could do to stop it.

Really? Even if he blinds Wolverine by shooting small slivers into his eyes? Even if he shot several small spikes into Wolverine's heart? Your heart can't pump if it's full of metal. Bullseye is easily accurate enough to pull that off.

With a gun, he could put bullets into Wolverine's eye sockets, thus ricocheting around within his metal skull turning his brain into slurry.