07-08-2004, 12:12 PM
Wow Beyonder, I'm in love!
I agree with you on the age issue. But the fact of the matter is... these companies know they have a money making machine in these characters, they aren't going to allow them to grow old and die when they aren't sure how a new character will be recieved.
Poor Franklin is just a good example of that. Now he's got a little sister, who will probably be a toddler for life.
And the ideas you posed for Batman, Superman and Spider-Man are all valid, intriguing points. I'd LOVE to see stories like that happen. The closest thing I think we've ever seen to it was when Bane broke Batman's back.
As for the FF fighting Doom in twenty years. Yeah, I want to see it, because I want to see Doom become Emperor of the World and the FF be powerless to stop him. Because twenty years down the road...if you build the story right (which they wouldn't) it would be awesome.
I agree with you on the age issue. But the fact of the matter is... these companies know they have a money making machine in these characters, they aren't going to allow them to grow old and die when they aren't sure how a new character will be recieved.
Poor Franklin is just a good example of that. Now he's got a little sister, who will probably be a toddler for life.
And the ideas you posed for Batman, Superman and Spider-Man are all valid, intriguing points. I'd LOVE to see stories like that happen. The closest thing I think we've ever seen to it was when Bane broke Batman's back.
As for the FF fighting Doom in twenty years. Yeah, I want to see it, because I want to see Doom become Emperor of the World and the FF be powerless to stop him. Because twenty years down the road...if you build the story right (which they wouldn't) it would be awesome.
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