>Why did nothing but Spider-Girl catch on?
Because the Clone Saga spent 2 years building up on MJ's pregnancy, then you had two other extra years of build up where May was constantly teased as maybe possibly alive in De Falco's book.
People wanted to see these things they were keeping up with coming to fruition. Just coming out with Wolverine and Elektra's kid not only was a much weaker concept than the daughter of Spider-Man, it also had no build up in the slightest and was just padding out a line.
I'm not familiar with comics from that era. Were there any other relationships at the time that you think could have produced a successful MC2 character?
Eh, who knows. I also believe MC2 began when things were already changing up a little in the mainline books, so DeFalco's hook as Lyja and Johnny Storm being married would really work only for his faithful and his F4 run isn't regarded very highly. It was really just letting a bunch of the guys in the process of phasing out from the mainline titles like DeFalco, Larry Hama and so on play with the things they used during their runs, I think.
>Why did nothing but Spider-Girl catch on?
Because the Clone Saga spent 2 years building up on MJ's pregnancy, then you had two other extra years of build up where May was constantly teased as maybe possibly alive in De Falco's book.
People wanted to see these things they were keeping up with coming to fruition. Just coming out with Wolverine and Elektra's kid not only was a much weaker concept than the daughter of Spider-Man, it also had no build up in the slightest and was just padding out a line.
>Why did nothing but Spider-Girl catch on?
I think it needed more than one guy writing everything. DeFalco should've wrote Spider-Girl as the flagship and overseen everything, maybe even had a writer/editor role for it. Other books should have gone to younger/newer writers to offer their own voices while still keeping with the general idea and theme of a new generation back to basics approach. It would have been a good spot for people like Sean McKeever.
American Dream is a great character and I think better embodies the idea of the MC2 than even Mayday does.
She's the niece of Peggy and Sharon Carter. Her whole story is that when she was a teenager, her family was in a car accident that killed her parents and left her in a wheelchair where she was brought into Peggy's care. Peggy gave her books on the Avengers and Sharon and she grew to idolize them and, deciding she wanted to be a hero as well, bring herself from having to relearn to walk to the whole "peak human, Olympic level athlete" thing. She started off as a tour guide at Avengers Mansion before eventually taking up the American Dream name and costume and eventually worked her way up to being the leader of the Avengers. All out of pretty much pure willpower and determination despite having no powers, no super soldiers serum, or anything like that.
Samegayging but basically the MC2 should have been what Marvel Adventures eventually became and maybe used a lot of the same people (McKeever, Tobin, Parker, etc.) who would have eventually written for it, bringing them into Marvel a little earlier.
What if it the MC2 line was two books: Spider-Girl and MC2 Team-Up (starring Mayday)? And that's how Wild Thing, J2, Dream etc are introduced that way?
There were books besides Spider-Girl?
>Was it a good idea?
Yes
>Why did nothing but Spider-Girl catch on?
Mayday was like the only good offspring combo and mantle.
I'm not familiar with comics from that era. Were there any other relationships at the time that you think could have produced a successful MC2 character?
Eh, who knows. I also believe MC2 began when things were already changing up a little in the mainline books, so DeFalco's hook as Lyja and Johnny Storm being married would really work only for his faithful and his F4 run isn't regarded very highly. It was really just letting a bunch of the guys in the process of phasing out from the mainline titles like DeFalco, Larry Hama and so on play with the things they used during their runs, I think.
A lot of the stuff like said was following on what they previously did in comics
So like DeFalco was following off not only his Spider-Man, but also his Thor and Fantastic Four, which weren't as popular
>Why did nothing but Spider-Girl catch on?
Because the Clone Saga spent 2 years building up on MJ's pregnancy, then you had two other extra years of build up where May was constantly teased as maybe possibly alive in De Falco's book.
People wanted to see these things they were keeping up with coming to fruition. Just coming out with Wolverine and Elektra's kid not only was a much weaker concept than the daughter of Spider-Man, it also had no build up in the slightest and was just padding out a line.
Because everything else in that timeline sucked lol.
Why does everything in alternate universes suck besides Spider-Man, but the opposite is true in 616?
Because writers only care about writing Spider-Man au's and everything else in those world's are just backdrops.
AUs are a way for writers to do all the ideas they're not allowed to do in the main continuity, like write a good Spider-Man story.
I liked Reilly Tyne/Darkdevil.
>Why did nothing but Spider-Girl catch on?
Because Spidey sells
>Marvel 2099 that catch on is Miguel O'Hara
>Marvel Noir that catch on Spider-Man Noir
same with both ultimate universes heh
I think that mini about Elektra and Wolverine's daughter was the only thing that wasn't written by DeFalco.
Yeah that was Hama, but DeFalco did introduce Wild Thing in J2
>Elektra and Wolverine's daughter
Where’d this come from? Were they a thing in the 90s?
For me,it's the blonde.
>Was it a good idea?
Yeah
>Why did nothing but Spider-Girl catch on?
I think it needed more than one guy writing everything. DeFalco should've wrote Spider-Girl as the flagship and overseen everything, maybe even had a writer/editor role for it. Other books should have gone to younger/newer writers to offer their own voices while still keeping with the general idea and theme of a new generation back to basics approach. It would have been a good spot for people like Sean McKeever.
American Dream is a great character and I think better embodies the idea of the MC2 than even Mayday does.
Who’s kid is she?
She's the niece of Peggy and Sharon Carter. Her whole story is that when she was a teenager, her family was in a car accident that killed her parents and left her in a wheelchair where she was brought into Peggy's care. Peggy gave her books on the Avengers and Sharon and she grew to idolize them and, deciding she wanted to be a hero as well, bring herself from having to relearn to walk to the whole "peak human, Olympic level athlete" thing. She started off as a tour guide at Avengers Mansion before eventually taking up the American Dream name and costume and eventually worked her way up to being the leader of the Avengers. All out of pretty much pure willpower and determination despite having no powers, no super soldiers serum, or anything like that.
It's weird to think that Marvel used to be splintered into like half a dozen different universes or whatever the actual number was.
Samegayging but basically the MC2 should have been what Marvel Adventures eventually became and maybe used a lot of the same people (McKeever, Tobin, Parker, etc.) who would have eventually written for it, bringing them into Marvel a little earlier.
What if it the MC2 line was two books: Spider-Girl and MC2 Team-Up (starring Mayday)? And that's how Wild Thing, J2, Dream etc are introduced that way?
Couldn’t you say the same thing about ultimate or 2099 lines?
Was this just Rule 63 Marvel or what?
No it's more like "Boruto: Marvel Edition"
Except not written by hacks (mostlly)
Wild Thing or X-23?
Wild Thing is hotter.
X-23
>mainline Wolverine will never be allowed to have a nice relationship with his kids
He's on good terms with Laura.