I am so rushed for time lately, I don't normally arrive home until later from whatever I'm doing and these posts always seem to get up late!
A thousand apologies!
The Mast's 30 Days of Comicdom (Day 22): What Is Your Favourite Universe?
This question is often asked to me by many people, more of a WHY than a WHAT, but it should be fun to answer I think.
My favourite comic universe is...
The Marvel Universe.
Now, you probably thought this was just too obvious. It is, I suppose.
I love many comics and many characters across MANY different companies, but Marvel was the first company to introduce real world locations in any sense of community. Stan Lee humanised his characters, unlike Superman, and placed them in a real world setting with unreal inhabitants.
Most of the Marvel Universe dwell in the States, so why wouldn't they run into each other? Stan Lee addressed all these issues. If Reed Richards needed a lawyer? Well, he'd go to Matt Murdock. If anyone needed scientific advice, they'd go to Reed Richards. There was someone everywhere, and it felt very believable.
For example, in Civil War we see the heroes split down the middle by their respective beliefs, with neither side truly right nor wrong. In other companies, I feel as if there is right and wrong, and maybe some in between, but nowhere near the sense that Marvel has.
It really does feel like you're watching the lives of these people unfold.
Superman has emotions, lots of them. I never got why someone who is as powerful as him would ever be upset by his issues with Lois, or things that humans are bothered by. He's Superman. Obviously, love can affect us all, but Superman doesn't have to be careful in battle. If he is distracted by emotions or things in his personal life, say, during his attempt to stop a robbery? It doesn't matter if he slips attention and gets shot.
If that happened to Spidey, he could get killed.
They're just very realistically unrealistic, I love it and I love what they do with it (Most of the time).
I guess I love the fact that they seem to match up, too. Luke Cage didn't marry some civilian damsel-in-distress. He married Jessica Jones, a superhero bodyguard. It's not a case of Superman falling for a woman he has to keep saving every five minutes.
What do YOU like in your comics? Why do YOU prefer one universe or another? Let me know!
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I've been considering actually doing a post on my comic collection! Taking pics and actually showing you all why this blog exists. Good idea? Bad idea? Self-indulgent for better or worse?
Anyway, all of you scumbags take care. I'm off to watch The Simpsons.
Until next time, peace.
-The Mast
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