tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post341102436623884863..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: The Victory and the VanquishedComicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-13930969674098039812013-05-24T16:06:46.557-04:002013-05-24T16:06:46.557-04:00I like Satan's depictions here. I especially l...I like Satan's depictions here. I especially like his use of the royal "we". <br /><br />Yes, Satan is a villain best used very sparingly.dbutler16https://www.blogger.com/profile/00046066729353639991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-52335101554318189382013-05-12T10:42:06.306-04:002013-05-12T10:42:06.306-04:00Satan really is too big of a gun to pull out in al...Satan really is too big of a gun to pull out in all but the most limited circumstances. The closest I'd ever want to see him interacting with super-heroes in a mainstream sense would be a story like <a href="http://peerlesspower.blogspot.com/2012/09/family-feud.html" rel="nofollow">Defenders #100</a>, where his presence is key to the focus of the story (in this case, Daimon Hellstrom). I'm slightly intrigued at the thought of a Satan/Punisher meeting, though I see Mephisto having more reason to interact with Castle. Satan (and probably Mephisto, as well) perhaps see the acquisition of Castle's soul as inevitable, which would make for one hell of a challenge to the writer to demonstrate why it's <i>not</i>.Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-31793766964929978332013-05-12T01:12:42.842-04:002013-05-12T01:12:42.842-04:00Another thought occurred to me about this topic, a...Another thought occurred to me about this topic, and I would welcome some others' opinions: Do Satan and Hell and similar concepts belong in comics, and if so, when? Does it work as well for, say, Spiderman or Daredevil as it does for Dr. Strange or Thor?<br />I think that while these concepts can be compelling, there is a danger of overusing them, or using them in a title where they simply have no place? Any thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-22816163243456660282013-05-11T19:50:06.446-04:002013-05-11T19:50:06.446-04:00I gotta disagree with Matt, but then again I am on...I gotta disagree with Matt, but then again I am one of those people who do find Judeo-Christian mythology fascinating, even though I myself am not particularly religious. (I mean no disrespect to those who are.) I think Satan and Hell are fair game in comics, and we've seen some pretty far-out stories both in Marvel and D.C. using these elements. I do think they should be used sparingly, however, because when employed too much (I'm thinking of Demon and Swamp Thing), they kinda lose their impact. I think that's why Wolfman placed it near the end of the title's run, the penultimate arc, I guess. This wasn't my favorite period of TofD, but it was still pretty cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-41288375359132926142013-05-11T15:06:24.393-04:002013-05-11T15:06:24.393-04:00I find super heroes vs. "Satan" is just ...I find super heroes vs. "Satan" is just silly and wish they wouldn't delve into it. It either makes Satan look like just another super villain or the heroes utterly ineffectual, plus I'm not interested much in Judeo-Christian mythology to begin with.Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.com