"Today, Marvel Comics Kills One Of Its Oldest Characters. Permanently."

**Buried Alien** · 08-20-2014, 03:21 PM

I didn't know a Life Model Decoy could be so upset by the King of Monsters.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)

**FanboyStranger** · 08-20-2014, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by Michael P

I was thinking it would be Willie Lumpkin.

That would completely spoil Remender's upcoming Lumpkin: Going Postal mini.

**THANOSRULES** · 08-20-2014, 03:29 PM

Its pretty lame twist...

I mean DUggan is a step up from Wyatt WIngfoot..its just so unneeded

**Qwathings** · 08-20-2014, 03:48 PM

I have not yet read the issue (and according to internet law that means my opinions on it are entirely valid), but it sounds like the character had his entire history, post WWII stories, invalidated. That seems strange. Why would he need to be a robot during his fifty or sixty year publishing history? What's gained by this revelation?

This entire event just leaves me confused. Everything that happens in it leaves me wondering: "Why? What's the point of this?"

**Guy1** · 08-20-2014, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by vaf2675

So, according to Bleeding Cool today in Original Sins 5 (a spin-off miniseries!):

"Marvel Comics kills off one of the oldest and much loved characters in the Marvel Universe.

And it kills the characters off in a stone dead way that means that they just can’t come back. And even if they did you’d expect that they hadn’t really.

It’s cruel, it’s harsh, it’s demeaning and dammit if you aren’t going to want to rip it to shreds. Especially if you’ve been reading Marvel comics for a long time."

Anyone read this puppy yet?

Permanent.
Suuuuure.

**Sighphi** · 08-20-2014, 04:24 PM

The only thing Marvel killed here is some continuity.
BTW, what was the point? Is there some one angry about this or something?

**Park Slope Pixie** · 08-20-2014, 04:45 PM

I was hoping they'd resurrect Happy Hogan, just so they could kill him once more, WITH FEELING!

**Park Slope Pixie** · 08-20-2014, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by Guy1

Permanent.
Suuuuure.

No need for some midcentury irish stereotype to clog up modern narrative. Bring on another plucky shorthaired female and no one will bat an eye.

**emac1790** · 08-20-2014, 04:53 PM

Originally Posted by pixie_solanas

I was hoping they'd resurrect Happy Hogan, just so they could kill him once more, WITH FEELING!

Happy ain't dead. That was a LMD. Happy is plotting Tony's death in his secret hideout.

**Loner** · 08-20-2014, 05:07 PM

Did anyone notice that they didn't censor the word a**hole? Printing error or have standards relaxed for the T+ rating?

**Xalfrea** · 08-20-2014, 05:19 PM

While this is up, I might as well ask.

In the story that involved "Everybody Else", who was in it?

**Rich Johnston** · 08-21-2014, 02:03 AM

Originally Posted by Guy1

Permanent.
Suuuuure.

Did you read it? Is there any re-emergence of the character that you could now believe is the real character?

**Carabas** · 08-21-2014, 02:26 AM

Originally Posted by Rich Johnston

Did you read it? Is there any re-emergence of the character that you could now believe is the real character?

It's easy. Just undo this one story that is now being published and you're good to go.

I have no intention of reading it. Where is the information coming from in-story?

**LittlePriest** · 08-21-2014, 04:14 AM

It was nice to have a character acknowledge how offensive the whole "man on the wall" thing is. Shame it had to be a robot. A robot who then committed robocide.

**John Ossie** · 08-21-2014, 04:26 AM

Not exactly the big twist that Rich is making out. I'm kinda ''meh'' about Dum Dum Dugan.

Not that it matters anyway as it'll probably be retconned within the year

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