2011-01-25

One Fantastic Four Will Meet Death

"Well now, everything dies, baby, that's a fact. But maybe everything that dies someday comes back."

Atlantic City, Bruce Springsteen.

Another Superhero is about to bite the dust. This time a member of the legendary Fantastic Four is expected to be killed by Marvel Comics.

DC started the death trend (well, technically Ben Parker and Bucky Barnes (Cap. America's sidekick) died first. But Superman was the first truly iconic hero to be cut down) with Superman back in the early 1990s and since then Bat-Man, Robin and Captain America have all died. Not only that, Spider-Man is also scheduled to be executed sometime in the future.

When you think of it, purging is good once in a while. It very much mirrors the cycles of history when movements, ideas, eras and empires die and resurrect. Some come back in different forms; some better than ever, some less so. It's no different with our mythical legends. How many stories can one drum up indefinitely with the same old arc and plot with the same character?

Killing and starting new, if done right, can be invigorating.

None of these guys stay dead anyway.

Ask Superman.
Posted by T.C.

2 comments:

  1. Nick1/25/2011

    No, not the Four! The greatest superhero team of all time! Oh, well, if it must be one of them, let it be that cocky bastard, the Human Torch, though I think maybe it will be either Reed Richards or the Invisible Girl (now known as the more politically correct Invisible Woman).

    I once had stacks of Fantastic Four comics. I think they all got thrown out during one of my many moves.

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  2. T.C.1/25/2011

    Yeah, HT was pretty cocky.

    The Thing was funny.

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