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Seriously?

October 17th, 2008 by | Tags: , , , ,

I just started to like Cable. The first arc was way too slow (which is why I picked it back up with the newest issue), and I’m still not 100% convinced on the Bishop turn, but I’m interested enough to keep reading. I want to say something, though.

Now, I like Richard Corben. I’m coming around on Cable. But, and don’t read this the wrong way, I hate dead babies. I can’t think of a good usage of them in comics and I honestly think it’s kind of dumb and needlessly shocking. Ohh, look how bad that guy is, he’s gonna kill a baby.

This is actually the second dead baby I’ve seen in comics this week, with Rogue’s Revenge featuring a baby getting disintegrated or time travelled or zapped out of existence or whatever– it was still dumb.

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12 comments to “Seriously?”

  1. I pulled this comic off the shelf because of the dead baby. I hear many other retailers have done the same.

         by Ryan White October 17th, 2008 at 12:24 --replyReply to this comment

  2. I guess someone won’t be getting any Alice Cooper albums for Secret Santa this year!

         by Aaron Poehler October 17th, 2008 at 13:25 --replyReply to this comment

  3. I gave zombie cover variants a pass because it’s October, but we really really need to see the end of them. No one gets mad at gorilla babies, I assume.

         by HitTheTargets October 17th, 2008 at 14:58 --replyReply to this comment

  4. But, and don’t read this the wrong way, I hate dead babies.

    Damn it. Now I no longer know what to get you for Christmas.

    …You know, I just read that the wrong way even though you insisted that I don’t.

         by Gavok October 17th, 2008 at 16:42 --replyReply to this comment

  5. This joke was always one of the laziest things Marvel’s done. I might actually be able to enjoy the ape covers if they weren’t still running the x-treme 1990s equivalent into the ground.

         by Jbird October 17th, 2008 at 16:48 --replyReply to this comment

  6. Man I know what you mean, I love babies.

    I just can’t ever finish a whole one.

         by Bill Nuttycombe October 17th, 2008 at 16:58 --replyReply to this comment

  7. I’m willing to give the artists the benefit of the doubt, here. It’s a zombified cover. That baby is always with Cable. It’s hard to explain but I don’t look at it as a “killed” baby as much as I see it as “Halloween Symmetry.” Maybe if Cable was alive on the cover, or it really was about killing the baby I might have a different opinion, but as of right now, I’m okay with it.

         by Dane October 18th, 2008 at 09:30 --replyReply to this comment

  8. Are the zombie alt covers selling extremely well or something? Because I can’t think of any other reason to still have them at this point. I mean, I guess it is October, but they’ve been running for a looooot longer than that.

         by OnimaruXLR October 18th, 2008 at 12:35 --replyReply to this comment

  9. I have to agree with Dane here, it is just a gimmick cover, and I think unfair to lump it in with Rogues’ Revenge, considering Cable 7 shipped two weeks ago.

         by burt October 18th, 2008 at 20:21 --replyReply to this comment

  10. Er, what I meant with the Rogues’ Revenge is that I think it is a coincidence, not any kind of trend.

         by burt October 19th, 2008 at 00:31 --replyReply to this comment

  11. Gotta agree with you here. Zombie covers seem to be the rage.. even to this day? October or not, can we just stop them already. The dead baby just seems.. so… yeah. unneeded.

         by [Z?]NNY October 19th, 2008 at 05:12 --replyReply to this comment

  12. ENTIRE COMIC IS BABIES

         by A.o.D. October 19th, 2008 at 13:20 --replyReply to this comment