Comments on: Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #46!

By: ParanoidObsessive

ParanoidObsessive — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:40:14 +0000

If you have to be a fanboy to find it incredibly disrespectful and scummy to reprint someone's personal and private correspondance in a public setting, then call me Captain Fanboy. I'd find it offensive if someone took a letter of resignation I wrote to an employer and published it on the Internet, especially if it was possible to figure out precisely whose it was through inferrence alone (which it was, in this case). In the same vein, it's offensive that someone felt the need to do so in this case, motivated solely by what appears to be childish and immature motives. I'd say there was no intent behind it other than to be anything other than hurtful to an ex-employee, and ironically enough, the "prank" clearly seems to underline precisely the sort of unfair, malicious, and vindictive treatment that led Cockrum to resign in the first place. It's not awesome, amusing, or hilarious - all it really is is clear evidence that someone at Marvel in 1979 was a complete asshat.

By: DiRT

DiRT — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:08:38 +0000

It was an awesome prank foiled by fanboys who take things waaaaay too seriously.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:04:58 +0000

Oh yeah, it wasn't good for Michelinie either, which is just another reason why I think it was a crummy prank to pull.

By: Mister Goodman

Mister Goodman — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:05:15 +0000

Mostly the prank stuck it to David Michelinie and Marvel's readers, sabotaging the key moment of a storyline that had been building for months. (A story that has generally been seen as the most popular Iron Man storyline ever.)

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:45:00 +0000

But they weren't sticking it to the man, really. It was more like sticking it to Cockrum, by making his private correspondence public.

By: Adam W

Adam W — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 07:23:18 +0000

> Agreed. That is a pretty crummy prank to pull.

Personally I found that to be quite amusing. Stick it to The Man!