History of the Marvel Universe #2: No sir, They're saying Siancong!

[Woozie]

This continues to be a fun romp through marvel's history, though the siancong war retcon is silly, I can't hate it.

Still remains the most beautiful book Marvel is putting out.

[Tycon]

I can’t believe they were able to bring up Isaiah Bradley!

[j9ac9k]

I only read the article, not the comic but they didn't Mention Tony Stark's accident - are they putting that (back) in Vietnam/Siancong or are they keeping that in the Middle East?

[Snoop Dogg]

Sin-Cong is big brain. Bless the Waid. Bless the Rodriguez. So many of these panels just give me new life.

I only read the article, not the comic but they didn't Mention Tony Stark's accident - are they putting that (back) in Vietnam/Siancong or are they keeping that in the Middle East?

It has to be in Sin-Cong because he has to meet Rhodey. And the issue ends at FF #1, so they'll go over Tony in the next issue.

[Rosebunse]

Whatever helps your mangled timeline, Marvel.

[Prof. Warren]

Whatever helps your mangled timeline, Marvel.

"Mangled timeline?" Well, gee, sure. You've got many decades worth of stories that are, according to the sliding timeline, only supposed to have taken place in a fraction of that time. There's no possible way to have it all make perfect sense. No reasonable person would possibly expect it to. When the FF originally took their stolen rocket flight in the midst of the Cold War and now they did it post 9/11, you have to just accept that there's a lot of leeway that must be given.

Trying to put a Marvel timeline together and see it as one continuity should be, above all, fun and the inevitable imperfection of it should be accepted as part of the enjoyment of the endeavor rather than be angrily pointed to.

[PlatinumThorns]

Not a huge fan of this general time period of Marvel and the art wasn't all the great this time, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

[Snoop Dogg]

rodriguez needs to calm down

[XPac]

Sin-Cong is big brain. Bless the Waid. Bless the Rodriguez. So many of these panels just give me new life.



It has to be in Sin-Cong because he has to meet Rhodey. And the issue ends at FF #1, so they'll go over Tony in the next issue.

That's a smart movie. Easier to retcon these characters histories into a single fictional war rather than constantly retconning it into a real life war every couple decades. I think WW2 is one of the few fixed points in time you absolutely cannot change.

[Electricmastro]

I recall that Namor was born in 1920, so wouldn't that mean he's about the same age as Steve Rogers and Blade?

[Loki]

Easier to retcon these characters histories into a single fictional war rather than constantly retconning it into a real life war every couple decades.

We have always been at war with Eastasia.

[Digifiend]

I can’t believe they were able to bring up Isaiah Bradley!

Whatever legal issues they had with the Bradleys, it's been resolved. Eli's about to come back too, in Marvel Comics #1000.

[XPac]

Whatever legal issues they had with the Bradleys, it's been resolved. Eli's about to come back too, in Marvel Comics #1000.

Hopefully that means some Young Avengers love down the line.

[H-E-D]

Whatever legal issues they had with the Bradleys, it's been resolved. Eli's about to come back too, in Marvel Comics #1000.

Is there any solid source on the "legal issues with the Bradleys" stuff? I see commenters mention it all the time, but it's never really added up to me. If there was an issue with the character, wouldn't that have impacted their ability to reprint older material featuring the characters?

[kilderkin]

The art of issue one seemed to be applauded but to me it felt all over the place,this didn't change my mind really