Comments on: Cute Promotion

By: MacQuarrie

MacQuarrie — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:31:41 +0000

This was a fun little project. The interesting part was figuring out what to do with the playing card suits. Jonah said they wanted to incorporate something that would make them uniquely "Marvel", and eventually I stumbled upon the fact that the SHIELD and X-Men logos are primarily black while Captain America's shield and Spider-Man's mask are mostly red. Once I had those iconic images, the rest was just mechanics. I'm glad people like them. I hear they were a hit at Marvel's offices, too.

By: BDaly

BDaly — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:31:44 +0000

I think they improved their power duplication skills (along with other stuff they've been doing, like evading Strange's magic and Logan's senses - provided they aren't skrulls) when they were holding the Illuminati hostage.

By: Doug Atkinson

Doug Atkinson — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:33:19 +0000

The Super-Skrull has been duplicating the FF's powers (due to artificial augmentation) for almost 45 years now, so I don't think they need to justify the idea by now.

By: Thenodrin

Thenodrin — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:30:44 +0000

Actually, most powers are either physical, or can be reproduced physically, which means that a shapechanger can duplicate it.

The skrull can't produce flame, or create force fields. But, it can become an insect and let people assume it became invisible. Two of them can duplicate a teleporter. They might not be able to reach the strength levels of the Thing or the Hulk, but unless fighting someone of that level, no one would really notice.

Theno

By: Jonah Weiland

Jonah Weiland — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:50:28 +0000

No plans to offer these for sale, but it's certainly a good idea.

By: Jon H

Jon H — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:20:37 +0000

So wait, how are the skrulls duplicating the powers of the heros? If they can duplicate the powers of Black Bolt or, potentially, the Hulk, how could Black Bolt or the Hulk be threats?

"I think Al Blaire (Dazzler) from New Excalibur should be a 2 of hearts. ;"

'Al Blaire' sounds like a heavyset man in a wifebeater t-shirt.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:35:53 +0000

Awesome, Jonah!

Good work, Dave and Jim!

By: Krod

Krod — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:00:42 +0000

Whoa, whoa, whoa! When did REED RICHARDS become a TERRORIST? That's terrible!

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:46:56 +0000

Maybe they can give them away with the comics to encourage buying the entire crossover.

By: Novaya Havoc

Novaya Havoc — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:37:56 +0000

Follow up, BC/Jonah -- any idea if Marvel will actually print/sell these when the set is completed? Or is it just online promo?

By: Novaya Havoc

Novaya Havoc — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:13:46 +0000

That's awesome! Very cool -- and great work, guys! Fantastic-promo tie-in idea!

I think Al Blaire (Dazzler) from New Excalibur should be a 2 of hearts. ;P

Can't wait for more to be revealed!

By: Jonah Weiland

Jonah Weiland — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:04:09 +0000

Actually, the idea didn't come from Marvel, but came from CBR's own Dave Richards. He sent me a proposal, which I loved and forwarded on to Marvel. The embraced it immediately. I then approached my good friend and the designer of the CBR logo, Jim MacQuarrie, to create some card mock-ups. He created the template and NAILED it the first time out. Marvel equally loved the designs and now all we do each week is create a new set. Really, CBR is doing all the heavy lifting on this one. I just like the idea of offering up "Secret Invasion" coverage in a more unique way than as the more obvious weekly updates or interviews.