
Post a comment
Comments are moderated, and will not appear until the author has approved them.
Your Information
(Name is required. Email address will not be displayed with the comment.)
« Sunday Comics....on Wednesday! | Main | Volstagg's Tales of Valor: Battle Etiquette »
As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.
Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.
Comments are moderated, and will not appear until the author has approved them.
Your Information
(Name is required. Email address will not be displayed with the comment.)
How great would it be if Marvel still only published 21 comics in a month instead of 21-or-more mutant books and 40 or so others?
Posted by: JJ | March 26, 2009 at 12:25 AM
Back in Uncanny's 80s heyday, I was always very proud of one of my favourite comics characters, Logan/Wolverine, who -- let's face it -- had a mug only a mother could love... and the personality to go with it!
Posted by: Aldous | March 26, 2009 at 01:01 AM
The Thing had a cute nose? Actually Ben as Ben and not Thing was still a pretty homely guy.
If you watch TV shows, you'll notice that the villains always have some sort of deformity--scars, receding hairlines, pock marks, broken noses, etc.
In fact, some major Marvel villains had that trait as well--the Mole Man and Dr Doom.
Posted by: Pat Curley | March 26, 2009 at 12:18 PM
... Of course, this was all before the debuts of Deadpool (rotting), Rorschach (homely, smelly), and Hellboy (demonically craggy).
Posted by: Mr. Shiny | March 26, 2009 at 02:47 PM
Originally, Peter Parker was kind of a gawky, nerdy, high-forehead skinny guy/pencil neck geek before he got turned into Rob Lowe.
Posted by: zubzwank | March 26, 2009 at 05:05 PM
Kirby was great at drawing normal-to-ugly villains. And the best ones weren't really villains, just misunderstood. And they were OLD as well. I love old, ugly misunderstood characters. Some examples: http://enterthestory.com/images/ff_old2.jpg http://enterthestory.com/images/ff_old3.jpg
http://enterthestory.com/images/ff_old4.jpg http://enterthestory.com/images/ff_old5.jpg
Posted by: Chris Tolworthy | March 26, 2009 at 06:15 PM
Of course, you can't forget the KING of ugly himself: MODOK
Posted by: Mark Engblom | March 26, 2009 at 08:13 PM