Earlier today I was thinking about the ludicrous fact that Eddie Brock had gotten cancer and how that resulted in Mac Gargan becoming the new Venom. I would say that most people read comic books and really enjoy the stories about these fantasy characters because it is a temporary escape from the harsh reality that we live in. When you bring in one of the harsh elements of that reality and put it into comic books, in my opinion, it not only may touch a nerve and come too close to home, but it's a bit depressing and doesn't really fit in such a fantasy world. Especially when it's a superhuman being that's succumbing to such a disease. So I ask this: What's the point? Of all the ways that you could kill off a superhero or super villain, why choose
cancer?
In a world where one can have the most badass obituary stating that they were annihilated when the Hulk sneezed or was hit by a car that was thrown at them by Doctor Octopus, you really need to keep something like cancer out. Just a few names of characters that had or died of cancer are Captain Marvel, Quentin Beck (Mysterio), Judge Dredd, The Question (Charles Victor Szasz, Vic Sage), David Qin, Janey Slater, and for the love of God, Archie's Geraldine Grundy.
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| This is how I want to remember Eddie Brock. |
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Keep cancer out of my comic books, son.
Yeah I know. I'm with ya. Keep the human diseases out of teh comic book fantasy world. I go there to escape reality and somehow, they manage to sneak such a disatrous human disease like cancer in there. WTF? Come on, keep the comics the same as before, somewhere you can escape reality to. Pardon my French, but cancer is a major pain in the a--, sorry about that, it's the truth. Anyone who has had someone in their family pass from cancer does not want to see it in the comics.
ReplyDeleteCancer was used once effectively in comic books with the death of Captain Marvel in the 1980's. He was the first character that died from cancer and dealt with the issue. Much like adamantium once you start giving it to everyone it really loses its impact in the comic book form. It stops being this super special metal when everyone has it, just as it robs a hero/villain of a fitting death when everyone dies from cancer.
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