Comments on: More About Gonzo Frank Miller Written, Other Person Drawn Comics- This Just Blew My Mind

By: Simo

Simo — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:26:39 +0000

If you don't understand continuity then you lack faith, it is just Marvel testing you.
Avengers63 is that your personal journey?

By: Redmond

Redmond — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:04:10 +0000

Don't forget that every message board posting has become canon as well since Joe Quesada authorised it in 2001.

By: JimZipCode

JimZipCode — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:05:52 +0000

Remember the Garth Ennis Punisher issue, in the Marvel Knight's run (the pre-MAX series), where he asks Elektra out on a date? Ennis sort of puts Elektra in Marvel continuity here, by having Frank read about those events in Elektra's file. I vaguely remember his thought balloon or caption, it went something like: "Most interesting of all is a badly compromised SHIELD operation from the 80s... It mentions (and this is Fury's people talking) telepathy, mind control..." Great caption, however it went. Also a neat meta-moment, since from a creative standpoint that graphic novel really is the "most interesting" work she's been in; and by mentioning when it came out, it forms a commentary on comics and Frank himself.

By: stealthwise

stealthwise — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:13:45 +0000

I haven't read any of this stuff, so my reaction is Yes?

By: Jordan D. White

Jordan D. White — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:19:03 +0000

Well... from what I have gathered, regarding this comic's place in continuity, is that it IS a sort of fever dream. It's got an unreliable narrator, mostly being seen through Garrett's eyes, so, while the comic is incontinuity, you can't necessarily say that any of the particulars "really" happened. Like, in Kraven's Last Hunt, Spidey's hallucinations were in continuity, but the events he saw did not happen. Except here, because of ninja magic, it's hard to tell what was real and what was not.

Besides, if Daredevil: Love and War happened, with its zeppelin sized Kingpin, why not this?

Also, here is where I tried to explain this comic to Nate Cosby:
http://www.marvel.com/blogs//entry/1048

By: avengers63

avengers63 — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:02:22 +0000

I think chastity was killed during the 60's with the free love movement, then buried with the 70's sexcapades.

Oh wait a second... were you asking about a comic book character?

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:04:05 +0000

Brad I agree there's no reason to shoe horn the story into continuity. If it must be, then I want Fury to use that enormous gun in every book he appears in.

Question: has Chastity shown up anywhere?

By: John Trumbull

John Trumbull — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:58:43 +0000

Wait a minute... didn't part of that plot involve Ken Wind becoming President? So how does THAT fit into Marvel continuity? Unless he was the guy running the Secret Empire who blew his brains out in front of Captain America...

Oh God. Now you've got ME doing it.

By: Omar Karindu

Omar Karindu — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:57:48 +0000

Garrett, the cyborg from the mini, showed up in some fo the really lousy "Fall from Grace"-era DD books, which retconned his fate slightly. (The "becoming President Wind" thing was apparently just a hallucinatory "gift" from Elektra.)