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True Stories of the 'Core Marvel Universe'
True Stories of the 'Core Marvel Universe'
When ComicsAlliance contributor Chris Sims wrote a glowing review of "The Punisher" #11 -- in which the title character's dismembered body is stolen by a swamp monster and stitched up by Morbius the Living Vampire so that he can defend Monster Island ... Read more   Permalink ...
The 'Core Marvel Universe' Roundup: Revisiting The Funniest Responses
The 'Core Marvel Universe' Roundup: Revisiting The Funniest Responses
comicsalliance.com — Last week ComicsAlliance's Chris Sims sparked a Twitter trending topic that blossomed into a full-on Internet meme... by asking the question, "What is the 'core' Marvel universe? His basic argument for embracing the weird and wonderful precedents of the ... Read more   Permalink ... (more) The 'Core Marvel Universe' Roundup: Revisiting The ...
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In the Core Marvel Universe…
Blog@Newsarama — ... Comics Alliance has a great post up discussing “the Core Marvel Universe.” What do I mean? It all stems from the new Rick Remender/Tony Moore arc for the Punisher called FrankenCastle. I’ve already written my thoughts of it over at ...

True Tales of the 31st Century
The Legion Omnicom — Stealing yet another idea (like yesterday's), here's one inspired by Chris Sims' (of the ISB) post on "True Tales of the Core Marvel Universe". That's a series of entries on just how bizarre and absurd the Marvel Universe can really be if you stop to think about it. I read that and thought that surely the Legion's time (all of their timelines) must have some wackiness that we normally take for granted with our suspension of disbelief, but "when you put it that way...." ...

Linkblogging for Black Friday
Funnybook Babylon — ... (1) True Stories of the Core Marvel Universe , in which Chris Sims points out that the Marvel Universe is wacky! I really like most of Sims’ work, but I don’t see the big deal here. I like the Frankenstein version of the Punisher too, but I think it’s okay if other people don’t. There’s nothing wrong with the fact that a segment of the superhero comics reading audience is obsessed with continuity. I’m not in that crowd, but I don’t begrudge people their preferences. ...

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“In the Core Marvel Universe, a “gritty crime story” is one where a blind lawyer ninja dressed as the Devil fights a massive Sumo wrestler with a cane that shoots lasers…” – Chris Sims on what is and isn’t acceptable to the ...