Comments on: Top 50 Marvel Characters #45-41

By: Mary Warner

Mary Warner — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:53:58 +0000

I know I’m joining this discussion a couple of years late, but I’ve only been reading ‘Comics Should Be Good’ since the Spring.

I just wanted to point out the DeFalco wasn’t the one who brought Mary Jane back in the ’80s either. Roger Stern did, close to a year before DeFalco took over. But DeFalco made her a much more prominent character, and as you said, he revealed her knowledge of Spidey’s identity AND gave the first account of her past. (Although Stern had already hinted as to troubles with her sister Gail.)

By: cindercatz

cindercatz — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:18:11 +0000

Yay MJ and Vision! I know I voted MJ but I can’t remember if I voted Vision in the top ten. If not, he’d've been at least top twenty. I also used to like Jessica Jones, but that pretty much stops at the cancellation of Alias. Gambit’s had his ups and downs for me, but I like the character very much just for the nuts and bolts of it.

By: Rob Tevis

Rob Tevis — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:43:17 +0000

I never said that Gambit wasn’t white – I said that when you look at him, you don’t at first know that he is actually part of a minority group.

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:16:34 +0000

Rob never said they weren’t white. He’s saying because he’s white he doesn’t immediately to be part of a minority

By: Phill

Phill — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:57:59 +0000

I know no one’ll read this, but Rob Tevis, what would give you the idea that Cajuns weren’t white? Acadia is in Nova Scotia, fer crissakes.

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Continuity Error! › Link Pull List: 9/19/07 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:02:53 +0000

[...] Comics Should Be Good has the top 50 DC characters (#50-#46, #45-#41, #40-#36, #35-#31, #30-#26) and the top Marvel characters (#50-#46, #45-#41, #40-#36, #35-#31, #30-#26). Plus comic book urban legends, why you should own a copy of From Hell, an appreciation of Kelly Jones, and a few thoughts on what there is to love (or hate) about Scott Pilgrim. [...]

By: SplitInfinity

SplitInfinity — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:37:09 +0000

The presence of Gambit on any kind of Top 50 list invalidates the whole thing.

By: T.

T. — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:26:18 +0000

I’m sorry, last sentence should have read “I always thought saying he preferred MJ was just Conway’s cover story.”

By: mrjayberry

mrjayberry — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:16:47 +0000

Gambit was awesome though in the Marvel vs. Capacom games mainly because he doesn’t talk though.

By: T.

T. — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:09:03 +0000

Conway is on the record as saying he preferred MJ to Gwen.

I know he has gone on the record as saying this. I just never believed it. After all, what’s he going to say, “I killed Gwen because I had no idea how to write myself out of the story predicament I inherited from Stan?” I think the fact that even Stan left such a big problem unresolved when leaving the book showed that even he was stumped by how to solve this problem he created for himself. I always thought that saying he preferred Gwen was Conway’s cover story.

By: Pickle

Pickle — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:41:47 +0000

I guess you could call me a Gambit fan-boy. Ever since I started reading comics in the early 90′s, he’s been my favorite character just because he’s such a “Robin Hood” character, essentially a hero, but he’s a romantic, fearless, dirty character. Nicieza’s Gambit has been my favorite but there have been writers that have caused me to be ashamed of my Gambit love… I like the way Carey is writing him now. We’ll see how it turns out…

By: Alex D

Alex D — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:51:37 +0000

What we really need to worry about is, if Gambit’s already on the list, how far up is the God-awful, cringe-worthy creation known as Cable?

By: Danny Wind

Danny Wind — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:45:38 +0000

One of my best friends was such a big fan of a certain character on this list when he was about 12 years old that his baby sister’s first word was actually, yes, “Gambit.”

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:01:47 +0000

I will admit that a lot of people hate Gambit. But I can almost guarantee that he is the newest X-character who will appear on this list as he may be the last new X-Man to really catch on with the public.

He was a lot of fun in his first few years as a character and on the first cartoon. I only wish that a lot of his terrible backstory could be erased and a talented writer could take this character under his/her wing.

By: The Mutt

The Mutt — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:24:13 +0000

Unless it was some big crossover, I don’t know that I’ve ever read a comic with Gambit in it.

Doesn’t feel like Avengers without the Vision, but he was never a favorite.

Mary Jane never felt like much of a character to me, but I stopped reading Spidey before they got married.

Black Panther is way cool, but I like him better as a guest star.

Jessica Cage is one of the most interesting characters to come along in a good, long while.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:11:51 +0000

Claremont & Jim Lee were always given creator credits during the run of Gambit’s series. While Lee didn’t draw UXM #266 (Gambit’s first appearance) he did do #267, so I would assume the designs and creation were partly his.
Gambit is the reason I even started reading X-Men books – I loved him on the show, and I’m probably more obsessed with him than any hetero male really should be comfortable with. Turning him into a legimate villain was the shot in the arm he needed – even I though the last few stories with him were a bit stale (Pete Milligan, I’m looking at you…)

By: SwanShadow

SwanShadow — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:07:26 +0000

Darn it! I should have put the Panther at #1 on my list (he was #2, but only by a hairsbreadth) just to pull him higher on the list.

I loves me some T’Challa.

By: Vincent Paul Bartilucci

Vincent Paul Bartilucci — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:32:09 +0000

Just a quick thank you to Brian for letting me share my feelings on my #1 Marvel character, Black Panther.

Especially since I doubt my #1 DC character will even make that list …

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:05:58 +0000

Slight correction. DeFalco only established that Mary Jane knew he was Spider-Man and knew for a while. He never established exactly when she found out. Gerry Conway in the Parallel Lives graphic novel was the one who established that she found out before they even met.

Sorry, T, it was just a bit confusing as I tried to make the piece as short as possible.

I knew the two things weren’t both by DeFalco, I was just saying that

A. He brought her back

and then

B. We learned two new things about her.

I didn’t mean to imply that DeFalco told us the two new things, but I can see that does seem to be the implication.

Also, Iâ€™m not really sure Gerry Conway â€œpreferredâ€ MJ over Gwen.

Conway is on the record as saying he preferred MJ to Gwen.

By: Ted Watson

Ted Watson — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:24:07 +0000

So that’s two comics named ALIAS that had nothing to do with the Jennifer Garner espionage TV series (NOW had one that didn’t return after their most-of-cover-date-1991 hiatus). Didn’t somebody (Topps, I’m thinking) do a comic of that? The GCD doesn’t list one, but they don’t list Mike Baron’s six-issue BRUCE LEE mini for Malibu, either, and while I’ve already forgotten what it was, just the other day I found that another title I know for a fact was published isn’t in there.