Yeah, the problem is a lot of these static heroes go through the same motions forever, or through some massive OOC change up to 'freshen things up'.
Yes
No
Depends on the hero they're replacing
Yeah, the problem is a lot of these static heroes go through the same motions forever, or through some massive OOC change up to 'freshen things up'.
I would be willing to say that I'dd see based on the character, how it's done, and so on (just look at Jim Hammond and Johnny Storm, but, then again, I love Jim and mostly don't like much Johnny), however, thinking hard about it, and hoe it has been done in recent years, I'll have to go with no. Usaully the original is a much better crafted and intresting character then what we end up getting.
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Good points even if I don't agree with all you say. I went with a firm no and it does apply to mainstays and much as characters I don't care about or minor characters. I feel that one of the great strengths of Marvel from its start in the 60's was continuity and character so forever Matt Murdoch will be DD because DD isn't a job anymore than Iron Fist is a job or Spiderman is. Marvel has no doubt struggled with this over the decades as the corporate nature of the comics is selling Spiderman or DD and that has pressured them to tweak the brand if not out break it and produce an "All-New", "Fresh start" reimagining of the character or group even if they sought to retain a basic concept and heroism. I don't want or need a new Iron Man that isn't Tony Stark because that is what make Iron Man interesting not the legacy of the hero powers and presence. The only depends that I can see as having worked has been for dead characters like Mar-Vell or characters intended to be symbols beyond the suit like Cap and have died. Which goes to your point if that leg up is needed to get a character moving then what is it that they are trying to move here product or character posing as story.
Over on the other side DC has put much more into legacy but as much as I enjoyed Superman & Batman: Generations for example they are better as Elseworlds.
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Depends on the character.
Obviously, if I'm a fan of the main character I'm not gonna be happy about them being replaced. Personal bias definitely plays a role yknow? Like, if Sam Alexander had just been a new Nova, and not Richard's replacement, I'd have been a hell of a lot less salty about it.
Beyond that, I think a permanent legacy only works in select circumstances. Replacing someone who is popular and active, like Cap or Thor or Spidey or Logan, that's not gonna fly longterm. Even a short term replacement, that everyone knows is short term (Superior Spider for example) tends to piss readers off, and they already know it's temporary.
But if the character isn't popular, or has been out of commission for a long time? Like Captain Marvel or DC's Mister Terrific? A legacy is perfectly valid and can elevate an IP to new heights.
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Not as the mainline anyway. Something akin to MC2 would work, though not MC2 itself as more than two decades have passed since that started and most of the Young Avengers and Champions didn't exist yet (except of course, Cassie Lang, aka Stinger), so a new future Marvel universe nowadays would need updating to add folks like Kamala and Kate.
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I voted yes, as I generally prefer the newer Legacy Heroes over/compared to their original counterparts. Most Legacy Heroes are made with more contemporary sensibilities that allow for more robust and nuanced characters and stories. Often, there are many, many things you can do with Legacy Heroes that you can't really do with the old guard (either because it would be too much of a shift that'd make them functionally new character — typically displeasing more diehard nostalgia-driven fans while arguably wasting what could have gone to a newer hero anyway — or simply because it is something that really cannot be done except with a new Legacy Hero with the aforementioned contemporary sensibilities in character and story creation).
That all said, while I didn't vote on it, I do feel it depends on the Hero mantle in question. There are indeed a number them where having more than one Superhero of a given mantle makes complete sense.
I am in agreement with this part of this post, though. It's not unreasonable to conclude that many of those who voted "Depends on the hero they're replacing" did so disingenuously, using that option more to mean "Depends on whether I like or care about the hero they're replacing." In those case, it wouldn't matter that an older hero was being permanently replaced by a newer legacy hero, as the older hero wasn't cared for in the first place (and the newer legacy likely wouldn't be either).
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Sorry but "contemporary sensibilities" just sounds like code new market and only approaches story from a reset not a transition. Matt Fraction for example tried to revise Tony's NeoCon sensibilities post civil war but at the same time created Rescue and evidences both approaches but my reading was simply that this revision needed to happen faster to retain Iron Man's market following the movie. That obvious finger on the scale is what takes me out of a story.
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Just because a fictional character is old doesn't mean you can't tell modern day stories with them. How do you think James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Archie Andrews, Nancy Drew, etc. are still around? And their presence doesn't stop people from creating new characters and stories in the similar genres.
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It's possible to update those characters but it's also nice to see ones created with modern sensibilities in mind. And some concepts from back then don't necessarily work today
I've got this in my HBO Max list to watch, but haven't found the time, yet.
On a side-note, and keeping up with the spirit of the thread, I've always found Veronica Mars a more modern and better take on the Nancy Drew character, however, I'm glad they created her as a separate character, and not just as a Nancy drew with modern day sensibilities (or not so modern seeing that it's almos 20 years old).
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Last edited by Nomads1; 09-22-2021 at 11:49 AM.
That is something I was gonna say too. These are fictional characters and there is no real need to change them beyond publicitary stunts. Mostly, new legacy characters appears when the original had been absent from publication fro sometime already and can be used as basis for a new character. It happens all the time. It is more complicated when you try to change a character who is either still in publication or with a short absent from publication.
But even those characters can be published and adapted to a new context with more or least success and even then you can write an story set in his original background, but with a modern style.
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Aye, it causes way too many problems. People are upset when Peter is replaced with Ben for 20 issues, it will be a bigger backlash if Miles replaced him as the Amazing Spider-man forever. Plus, why would you want to bring in less People? Having a Miles and Peter in the Universe means there’s more to sell to more People. You’ll get Miles fans, Peter fans and Miles and Peter fans.