Blue Marvel Appreciation

[SilverZeal]

Here r sum qns, specul8ns & suggestns we/SZ had regrding BM past & future...as well as 4 d crea8r of BM, writer/actor KEVIN GREVIOUX.

(re-postd frm Blue Marvel: Mighty Avenger Appreciation frm dis pg: http://oldforums.comicbookresources....ciation/page43, loc8d in d old forums)

1) Ask abt BM's influence on Cold War tensions which were only hintd in d mini which primarily focusd on BM's influence on US's domestic racial struggles & if we/BM fans wud get a story (anothr BM mini or in MA or even SA or whrevr) dat explores d details of dis story. We/SZ beliv dis wud expand d scope of BM's circumstances in d 1960's as well as diversifies d complexities surrounding BM's & his acceptance 2 retire but we/SZ wud luv 2 hear wat KG says abt dat.

(a)--- It wud also b brilliant & we/SZ beliv mo credible if Nick Fury, Jimmy Woo & Blak widw(both d gd avngr & d supavillainess....bcuz der r actually 2 BW's) as well as Russian & Korean xcters frm North & South Koreans (use pre-establishd xcters dat hv appeard elsewhr in & acrss d MU whr possible 2 build d credibility of BM's stry in MU's history) involved in such a story with Dum Dum Dugan bn d entry point/ lead-in due 2 him featuring in BM's mini & his close very long history with Nick Fury & SHIELD.

(b)--- And it wud b a brilliant & credible manner 2 align BM's story with continuity in terms of whethr BM has/had any history with SHIELD frm Steranko's "Nick Fury- Agnt of Shield" series in d 60's & Avngrs 1959 both of which featurd NICK FURY prominently as well as JIMMY WOO & Dum Dum Dogan? Lets not 4get d "GODZILLA SQUAD" which comprisd of Dum Dum Dugan, Jimmy Woo & Gabe Jones prominently.

BM hving a history with Jimmy Woo it also provides a credible link 2 d AGENTS OF ATLAS.

(c)--- Of course such story can also gv insyt in2 Candace's past b4 she married BM & watevr activities she was up2 after BM retired after all she was a govt agnt & "spy".

(d)--- Den der is also an opprtunity here 2 explore BM's military past b4 he got supapwrs in terms of whethr BM did or didnt do special-ops mission 4 SHIELD or NSA or watevr othr govt security divisn/deprtmnt as well as if der were othr evnts dat BM was involved with during d Korean war.

(e)--- It wud also b particularly interesting 2 c hw d Communists react 2 BM esp if dey found-out dat BM was a US soldier in d Korean war who fawt against d Communists.

2) Watevr happnd 2 KG's story abt an adventure btwn BM, BP(Tchalla's dad) & Isaiah Bradley? And if der is a chance dat we/readrs will get 2 c it?

3) Wat happnd 2 Antiman's fmly & his descendnts? And wats their relnship lyk with BM & his fmly after BM who hd 2 kill Antiman? Is d a chance of seeing dem again?

4) Ask abt BM's extnded famly(bros, sistaz, cuzins, aunts, nefews, nieces, etc). Cud BM b directly or indirectly rel8d 2 othr pre-establishd MU xcters?

(a) --- Cud BM's grand-aunt(his grandpa's sis) hv bn married 2 Isaiah Bradley's grandpa?

(b)--- Cud Candace hv bn a latent descndant of an ETERNAL or Gabriel Sherprd or a relatv 2 Nick Fury which he/Fury didnt knw?

(c) --- Perhps BM's dad or grandpa was amongst d Harlem Hellfytrs in WW1?

--- etc.

5) Has KG establishd d proprties of NEUTROMIUM & whethr he/KG has relayd dat info 2 Marvel? We/SZ wanda wat dey may b & whethr those properties includes sum mystikal elemnts as well?

6) Hw much influence & contributn does KG hv on d progression of BM & if/whethr he/KG is consulted regrding d suggestd stories& use of BM?

7) Wat does he/KG think abt Ewing's MA so far & if KG is aware of any othr appearances he/BM mayhv in d MU outside MA?

8) Wat projects(comix, movies, tv series, etc) r KG working on & whn will deyb publishd or releasd? Any chance of KG retrning 2 writing comix 4 Marvl or DC anytym soon(2014)?

9) Gvn dat BM is & has bn a scientist since d 60's, is it plausible dat Brashear probably workd with, studied with or perhps was tutord by Noah Blak/Centurius & Hi Evolutionry/ Herbert Wyndham?

10) Will we/SZ evr get 2 c d story of wat inspired Brashear 2 bcum a supahero & hw he designd his 1st costume?

11) Did BM hv any cosmic adventurs whn he was a supahero in d 60's b4 he/BM retired &/or if he/BM did go on such adventurs after he retired esp gvn dt Uatu was his closest friend @ d tym? And if BM did hv cosmic adventurs which pre-establishd cosmic beings, cosmic heros, aliens, alien empires, gods, etc did he/BM meet along d way?

12) R der in secrets beynd wat will b revealld in d originl sin evnt regrding y Uatu chose 2 acquaint himself so closely 2 BM? Cud Uatu hv bn planning sumthing 4 BM or perhps Uatu was mentoring or preparing BM 4 sumthing....or 2 bcum sumthing(probably Uatu's chosen cosmic champion) or 2 achieve sumthing?

Gvn d mystery regrding BM's activities in retiremnt it wud b nice 2 find-out wat d BM/Uatu relnship was lyk thru-out dat tym peroid.

13) Gvn all d evnts dat hv occurrd ovr d last 50yrs, has KG establishd hw BM directly or indirectly contributd 2 saving d wrld &/or assisting othr heroes covertly, behind-d-scenes &/or conspicously without eithr drawing attentn 2 himself or 2 his abilities/pwrs &/or 2 his past as an earlier supahero uptil d retrn of Antiman in d BM mini?

14) Hw diverse r BM's pwrs beynd flyt, supa-strength & firing enrgy beams?

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[SilverZeal]

...CONTINUED FRM LAST POST

15)Hw does BM's origin story line-up with Roger Stern's 1st Line team dat features in Marvel: The Lost Generation (March 2000 – February 2001)? Did BM hv any history with d team of any membr/s of d team?

Marvel: The Lost Generation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel:...ost_Generation

Plot synopsis:

The Lost Generation starred the First Line, a loose confederation of superheroes, which lasted from the years shortly after World War II up to the early 1980s. Members of the First Line included The Yankee Clipper (time traveller), Oxbow (super-strong archer), Pixie and Major Mercury (both Eternals), Captain Hip and Sunshine (hippie heroes mutated by a government experiment), Kid Justice (younger brother and former sidekick of Yankee Clipper who later became Mr. Justice), and the Black Fox (non-superpowered vigilante), as well as other, less prominent heroes during their "decades-long" adventures. Members of the First Line encountered a number of established Marvel characters, including the Skrulls, Doctor Strange, Diablo, Namor, Thor, Havok, Polaris, the Monster Hunters of Ulysses Bloodstone, and Nick Fury.

During their final mission against a Skrull invasion force, almost the entire cast of characters is killed, and this, along with a government conspiracy to cover up the attempted alien invasion, was given as the in-story reason why the First Line and its exploits had gone unmentioned.

FIRST LINE
http://marvel.com/universe/First_Line#ixzz2xGBCvZa8

First Appearance - Marvel: The Lost Generation #12 (2000)

For decades the First Line defended the world from threats both home-grown and alien. The group formed in 1958 when Yankee Clipper, Liberty Girl, and Black Fox were brought together by Agent Scott of the NSA to investigate security breaches at a Long Island research center, where scientists were secretly studying a downed UFO. There the heroes encountered both the Monster Hunters and a couple of super-villains hired by Zuhn, the Skrull whose ship was being examined. Ironically Agent Scott was really Velmax, Zuhn's shipmate, though neither alien recognized the other. Zuhn shot Velmax with a bio-moleculizer, causing him to lose control of his form, but the heroes assumed he had been mutated. Velmax became the metamorph Effigy, joining with Nightingale, a healer, and the three heroes he had gathered to form the First Line at the Clipper's suggestion.

Over the years the group gained and lost members, and fought threats such as the Red Front, the Yellow Claw, the amnesiac Sub-Mariner, the Nazi Rumor, the mind-controlled Venus, the lunatic therianthrope Howler, the criminal Typhoon, Axis, the Scythe, the vampiric Nocturne, Kang, Warlord Kro and the Deviants, Blackjack and Positron; the latter two later reformed and joined the Line themselves. Among their allies were Hipster (later Captain Hip), Sunshine, Thor, Nick Fury and Dr. Strange, and several of their adventures were covertly witnessed by 22nd century time-traveler Cassandra Locke.

The team faced both triumphs and tragedies. In November 1963 Liberty Girl was slain by Chimera (Zuhn in a new identity), and Yankee Clipper was lost to them, sent hurtling decades into the future. In 1969 they stopped a Skrull plan to destroy the Apollo 11 mission to land on the Moon; Mr. Justice placed evidence there proving Skrull plots which would thwart the shape-shifters again in Locke's era. Around 1973 the group disbanded rather than let Nixon use them to suppress Watergate, and Effigy became reporter Bob Woodward's "Deep Throat."

A new incarnation of the team formed in the early 1980's to rescue Mr. Justice, who had been shot down over Halwan, but their mission proved to be a decoy; Blackjack was killed, and Black Fox quit in disgust. Effigy, however, decided to keep the Line together as a loose-knit grouping lasting several years. Another member, the Inhuman Yeti, lost control in an unspecified conflict involving Rapunzel, after which he exiled himself in shame; Yeti was later seduced by a Skrull spy, Korya, who turned him into a sympathizer in their subsequent invasion of Earth. Another Skrull spy, Zankor, was captured and revealed the imminent massive fleet on its way.

The First Line assembled many of Earth's superhumans and met the incoming warships above the surface of the Moon. Most of these champions died, but Effigy and Pixie managed to set off a chain reaction which blew up the armada. Yeti made it to an escape pod prior to the end, and Pixie and Makkari both survived the explosions to eventually be reunited with Yankee Clipper. The First Line, however, was finished; Earth was saved, but it had lost an entire generation of heroes.

Der r alot of plausible connexions dt seem 2 b btwn BM & 1st line...

(a)-- In terms of tym period b4 & after BM retired as well as during his d early yrs of his retiremnt bcuz 1st line was apparently oper8g ovr 30 yrs (1958 - early 1980's) occurring during d period of b4, during & after BM retiremnt so kronologically & continuity-wide its very plausible(if nt sumwat inevitable) 4 BM 2 hv met 1st line.

(b)--Namor who also encounterd 1st line & so happns 2 b a buddy of BM who met each othr in d 60's.

(c)-- Der is a similarity of a govt cover-up btwn BM & 1st line...

During their final mission against a Skrull invasion force, almost the entire cast of characters is killed, and this, along with a government conspiracy to cover up the attempted alien invasion, was given as the in-story reason why the First Line and its exploits had gone unmentioned.

... dat is also d same manner in which d govt faked BM's death whn he went 2 fyt off an alien invadr & BM also fawt-off an armada of alien ships just as d team of 1st line did.

Although it ws clearly stated dat 1st line fawt d Skrulls but cud it b dat d aliens BM fawt were in alliance with or working 4 d Skrulls?

(d)-- Amongst d US security council dat investigatd BM in d mini after his/BM's mask got torn included d NSA & BM's wife Candace was probably recruitd by dem (hwevr she/Candace may hv bn a SHIELD agent prior 2 being recruitd by d NSA)....

For decades the First Line defended the world from threats both home-grown and alien. The group formed in 1958 when Yankee Clipper, Liberty Girl, and Black Fox were brought together by Agent Scott of the NSA .... so der is probably a link dat can b md here as well.

(e)-- Der was a xcter calld "Positron" in d 60's prior 2 BM's son calling himself "Dr. Positron"....hmmmm.

(f)-- Hmmm...cud BM hv bn amongst those scientists?

The group formed in 1958 when Yankee Clipper, Liberty Girl, and Black Fox were brought together by Agent Scott of the NSA to investigate security breaches at a Long Island research center, where scientists were secretly studying a downed UFO.

(g)-- BM was also on d moon in convrstn with Uatu who infrmd BM of an incming armada of alien invadrs which BM battled & destryd d alien ships in d 60's.

The First Line assembled many of Earth's superhumans and met the incoming warships above the surface of the Moon.

1st Line's battle with d invasion was in d 80's, prhps d earlier invasion dat was stoppd by BM myt b relatd.

(h)-- Cud BM hv bn part of d 1st line team b4 it's demise?

Over the years the group gained and lost members,

(i)-- Apparntly der was an earlier villain calld "Positron" who fought against 1st line & latr refrmd joining d team...d villain titles adopted by BM's 2nd son is "Dr.Positron". Cud der also b a link?

and fought threats such as the Red Front, the Yellow Claw, the amnesiac Sub-Mariner, the Nazi Rumor, the mind-controlled Venus, the lunatic therianthrope Howler, the criminal Typhoon, Axis, the Scythe, the vampiric Nocturne, Kang, Warlord Kro and the Deviants, Blackjack and Positron; the latter two later reformed and joined the Line themselves.

[SilverZeal]

Meet the Mighty Avengers - Part Two

Al Ewing discusses She-Hulk, Spider-Man and the Blue Marvel before they assemble for Infinity!
Published Aug 29, 2013
http://marvel.com/news/comics/2013/8...ers_-_part_two

Adam the Blue Marvel

Though old enough to have served in the Korean War, Adam Brashear has not enjoyed as lengthy a career in avenging as his age might suggest; a living, breathing antimatter reactor, he donned the helm of the Blue Marvel and fought for America until 1962 when President Kennedy awarded him a medal and asked that he hang up his cape. In the tumult of civil rights riots, the country, he argued, was not yet ready for an African American super-hero. Like Captain America before him, the Marvel went on ice, only to reappear decades later as a champion for the entire globe.

EWING: “He's not spent very much time in America since he came out of retirement,” explains Ewing of the cult favorite creation of writer and actor Kevin Grevioux. “He only really comes stateside to visit with his daughter. Why not his son? We'll get to that. His reasoning is that the United States is already very well protected, and there's more than enough in the rest of the world to keep him busy. He's also not keen on joining up with S.H.I.E.L.D. or Tony [Stark]; he's very wary of organizations that seem to set themselves up above the will of the people. Tony's Avengers make too many decisions that affect humanity while cloistered away from them, something Adam's just not comfortable with. So Luke's Mighty Avengers is a breath of fresh air, and a group he feels much happier to affiliate himself with.”

MARVEL:As for Adam’s lengthy hiatus from super-heroics, Ewing hopes to shed some light on that period of supposed inactivity.

EWING: “He was by no means idle, he just wasn't the Blue Marvel,” the writer says, “Dr. Adam Brashear got up to a lot of business out of costume, and we'll be hearing about some of it. How, for instance, could he possibly know the mystery man calling himself Spider Hero? And how could he have been an Avenger before now? Have faith, true believer, all will be revealed, and then some...”

This Week in Marvel Podcast:

Discover the Mighty Avengers' Original Sin with Al Ewing on This Week in Marvel NOW!
Preview the Original Sin hidden history between Blue Marvel, Blade and more!
By Ben Morse
Published Apr 30, 2014, Updated Apr 30, 2014
http://marvel.com/news/comics/2014/4...#ixzz30g41MtoT

[SilverZeal]

[JudicatorPrime]

This makes me wonder whether the 1960s US government tried on more than one occasion to "kill two birds with one stone" when it came to Brashear. I'm still not completely convinced that the nuclear missile detonation -- which went off literally in Brashear's hands -- was an accident.

[Customizer]

This makes me wonder whether the 1960s US government tried on more than one occasion to "kill two birds with one stone" when it came to Brashear. I'm still not completely convinced that the nuclear missile detonation -- which went off literally in Brashear's hands -- was an accident.

Looks like i'll be rereading the Blue Marvel Mini Series

[Ikonic]

The Blue Marvel card has been introduced on the mobile game Marvel War of Heroes! We movin' on up!

[Customizer]

The Blue Marvel card has been introduced on the mobile game Marvel War of Heroes! We movin' on up!

Indeed. I've never heard of this mobile game but i'll take a look now.

[Hypestyle]

I hope he eventually gets included in the Marvel Heroes MMORPG game.. it would be cool..

[Customizer]

Can someone provide a picture of the Blue Marvel Card please?

[Joe Acro]

Quick mod check: I know images are important in sharing appreciation for characters and to make observations. However, to keep load times speedy, I request that you please limit image sizes where possible. (For example, a cover image probably doesn't need to be big in order for people to see it/remember it/understand it; a page where you're trying to showcase dialogue would likely need to be larger than a cover.)

Thank you.

[SilverZeal]

The Blue Marvel card has been introduced on the mobile game Marvel War of Heroes! We movin' on up!

Hmmm...we/SZ hadnt hrd of it b4. Thnx 4 dat.

I hope he eventually gets included in the Marvel Heroes MMORPG game.. it would be cool..

Agrd post-haste!

[SilverZeal]

By d way fellas...whr is d nu MA apprctn thrd since CBR rebootd?

[SilverZeal]

Nvr mind, found it!

[SilverZeal]

L8st intrvw frm Al Ewing in Newsrama.



MIGHTY AVENGERS Finds Its ORIGINAL SIN in Secret 1970s Avengers Squad
by Chris Arrant, Newsarama Contributor
Date: 06 May 2014 Time: 03:58 PM ET
http://www.newsarama.com/21047-might...ers-squad.html

Nrama: For me at least, the Blue Marvel’s been the standout character in the series – can you talk about developing him and his past?

Ewing: The Blue Marvel is a wonderful character, very complex and nuanced, and a very tragic hero, which I like. There's something quintessentially Marvel about him - he has all this power, and yet it couldn't save his family. He bears the weight of the decisions of his past, of the people he's lost - weight that threatens to crush him, but he keeps on fighting. There's a quiet sadness to him.

Read mo in d article.

Nw pg prvw: Seems BM will b interacting with Reed in #10.