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** Captain Marvel, presumably in his Billy Batson appearance from ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', can be seen in the theater audience that's applauding the newsreel footage of Namor and Torch battling the Axis. If you look even closer, you can spot [[Radio/TheShadow Lamont Cranston]] and Franchise/DocSavage in the audience as well. Billy Batson also appears as a paperboy selling at a street corner.
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** Captain Marvel, presumably in his Billy Batson appearance from ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', can be seen in the theater audience that's applauding the newsreel footage of Namor and Torch battling the Axis. If you look even closer, you can spot [[Radio/TheShadow Lamont Cranston]] and Franchise/DocSavage Literature/DocSavage in the audience as well. Billy Batson also appears as a paperboy selling at a street corner.
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* EstrogenBrigade: In-universe, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica has an absolutely massive fan following of older women
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* EstrogenBrigade: In-universe, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica has an absolutely massive fan following of older womenwomen.
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** A big part of Phil's initial feelings regarding mutants was fear for the safety and future of his two young daughters. When he first sees Maggie in their basement, his first thought - which he would later be deeply ashamed of - was terror that the girls might have touched her and been "infected."
** And then, after Phil and Doris have come to care for Maggie, she runs away to protect them from danger by association with her, all alone on a night when merciless mutant-hunting robots are on the loose.
** A big part of Phil's initial feelings regarding mutants was fear for the safety and future of his two young daughters. When he first sees Maggie in their basement, his first thought - which he would later be deeply ashamed of - was terror that the girls might have touched her and been "infected."
** And then, after Phil and Doris have come to care for Maggie, she runs away to protect them from danger by association with her, all alone on a night when merciless mutant-hunting robots are on the loose.
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** A big part of Phil's initial feelings regarding mutants was fear for the safety and future of his two young daughters. When he first sees Maggie in their basement, his first thought - which he would later be deeply ashamed of - was terror that the girls might have touched her and been "infected."
** And then, after Phil and Doris have come to care for Maggie, she runs away to protect them from danger by association with her, all alone on a night when merciless mutant-hunting robots are on the loose.
** A big part of Phil's initial feelings regarding mutants was fear for the safety and future of his two young daughters. When he first sees Maggie in their basement, his first thought - which he would later be deeply ashamed of - was terror that the girls might have touched her and been "infected."
** And then, after Phil and Doris have come to care for Maggie, she runs away to protect them from danger by association with her, all alone on a night when merciless mutant-hunting robots are on the loose.
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* AdultFear:
** A big part of Phil's initial feelings regarding mutants was fear for the safety and future of his two young daughters. When he first sees Maggie in their basement, his first thought - which he would later be deeply ashamed of - was terror that the girls might have touched her and been "infected."
** And then, after Phil and Doris have come to care for Maggie, she runs away to protect them from danger by association with her, all alone on a night when merciless mutant-hunting robots are on the loose.
** A big part of Phil's initial feelings regarding mutants was fear for the safety and future of his two young daughters. When he first sees Maggie in their basement, his first thought - which he would later be deeply ashamed of - was terror that the girls might have touched her and been "infected."
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* GoodParents: A big part of Phil's initial feelings regarding mutants was fear for the safety and future of his two young daughters. When he first sees Maggie in their basement, his first thought - which he would later be deeply ashamed of - was terror that the girls might have touched her and been "infected."
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* AnAssKickingChristmas: The epilogue has Phil and his daughters personally witness the X-Men fighting a bunch of Sentinels and the debut of ComicBook/{{Nova}} on Christmas.
** The epilogue adds an extra sweet layer to it all, as Phil has his faith in the Marvels restored before his death by witnessing the arrival of Nova, while at the same time resisting giving in to his old MarriedToTheJob tendencies.
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* DawnOfAnEra: The beginning of UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, the beginning of UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks.
* DeconReconSwitch: It's a deconstruction in showing how scary it would really be if a bunch of masked men with godlike powers started showing up, but then reconstructs it to show how awesome and heroic it would be too, especially when they save the day. [[spoiler: And then it falls back into deconstruction at the end when it explores what happens when [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied these "Marvels" end up failing to save the day]].]]
* DeconReconSwitch: It's a deconstruction in showing how scary it would really be if a bunch of masked men with godlike powers started showing up, but then reconstructs it to show how awesome and heroic it would be too, especially when they save the day. [[spoiler: And then it falls back into deconstruction at the end when it explores what happens when [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied these "Marvels" end up failing to save the day]].]]
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* DawnOfAnEra: The beginning of UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks (symbolized by the birth of the first Human Torch), followed later by the beginning of UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks.
UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks (symbolized by the creation of the Fantastic Four).
* DeconReconSwitch: It's a deconstruction in showing how scary it would really be if a bunch of masked men with godlike powers started showing up, but then reconstructs it to show how awesome and heroic it would be too, especially when they save the day.[[spoiler: And then it falls back into deconstruction at the end when it explores what happens when [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied these "Marvels" end up failing to save the day]].]]day]]. Then it finishes by swinging back into reconstruction with ''Eyes Of The Camera'' and the epilogue, as events cause Phil to regain his faith in the Marvels in the twilight of his life.
* DeconReconSwitch: It's a deconstruction in showing how scary it would really be if a bunch of masked men with godlike powers started showing up, but then reconstructs it to show how awesome and heroic it would be too, especially when they save the day.
* HatesMySecretIdentity: Phil respects Spider-Man as a hero and hates how J. Jonah Jameson slanders the man in the Bugle. At the same time, he can't stand Peter Parker, seeing him as an opportunistic weasel who feeds into Jameson's anti-Spidey nonsense with his pictures for a quick buck.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: The anti-mutant crowd harasses the X-Men around the corner from a store selling clothing inspired by the Wasp, someone with powers but not born with them.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: {{Hypocrite}}:
** The anti-mutant crowd harasses the X-Men around the corner from a store selling clothing inspired by the Wasp, someone with powers but not born withthem.them.
** Phil himself is initially caught up in the anti-mutant fervor when it first begins, despite spending his whole life condemning that sort of bigotry (and having seen it's results firsthand in WWII). He is deeply ashamed when he realizes this.
** The anti-mutant crowd harasses the X-Men around the corner from a store selling clothing inspired by the Wasp, someone with powers but not born with
** Phil himself is initially caught up in the anti-mutant fervor when it first begins, despite spending his whole life condemning that sort of bigotry (and having seen it's results firsthand in WWII). He is deeply ashamed when he realizes this.
* ImStandingRightHere: A young Phil and J. Jonah Jameson have a discussion about Jim Hammond/the Human Torch in a diner, with Jonah rattling off a laundry list of criticisms and insults aimed at Hammond… at which point an enraged Hammond — who had been sitting, disguised, right next to them — stands up and snarls at Jonah to shut up before flaming on and flying out of the diner in a huff.
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** In ''Eye of the Camera'', Phil does a TV interview where he talks about the recent conspiracy against Captain America that had led him to quit super-heroing...then tries to build on his point by bringing up other heroes who had been unjustly prosecuted, like, say, "this new fellow Nomad."
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** In ''Eye of the Camera'', Phil does a TV interview where he talks about the recent conspiracy against Captain America that had led him to quit super-heroing... then tries to build on his point by bringing up other heroes who had been unjustly prosecuted, like, say, "this new fellow Nomad."
* KentBrockmanNews: Deconstructed, as Phil's retirement is prompted by him realizing that his own journalism is becoming this because he's gotten too personally involved in the story.
* MarriedToTheJob: Phil struggles with this as his career progresses, becoming immersed in his journalism at the expense of his family life.
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* ThereWasADoor: In a fit of rage after overhearing J. Jonah Jameson insulting him, the Human Torch flames on and exits a diner by spitefully blasting open a window with a fireball and flying out.
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* UngratefulTownsfolk: Deconstructed and criticized viciously. Phil comes to despise people that act like this as much as any reader would, and [[TallPoppySyndrome a very tragic reasoning for it]] is suggested.
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* AdultFear:
** A big part of Phil's initial feelings regarding mutants was fear for the safety and future of his two young daughters. When he first sees Maggie in their basement, his first thought - which he would later be deeply ashamed of - was terror that the girls might have touched her and been "infected."
** And then, after Phil and Doris have come to care for Maggie, she runs away to protect them from danger by association with her, all alone on a night when merciless mutant-hunting robots are on the loose.
** A big part of Phil's initial feelings regarding mutants was fear for the safety and future of his two young daughters. When he first sees Maggie in their basement, his first thought - which he would later be deeply ashamed of - was terror that the girls might have touched her and been "infected."
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* GoodParents: A big part of Phil's initial feelings regarding mutants was fear for the safety and future of his two young daughters. When he first sees Maggie in their basement, his first thought - which he would later be deeply ashamed of - was terror that the girls might have touched her and been "infected."
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* NighthawksShot: At one point, Jonah and Phil are eating in a diner along with the patrons from the actual painting...[[spoiler: and one of them is the Human Torch.]]
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* NighthawksShot: At one point, Jonah and Phil are eating in a diner along with the patrons from the actual painting...[[spoiler: and [[spoiler:And one of them is the Human Torch.]]
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* BadassCrew: ''ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvel'', and later, ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', the ''ComicBook/XMen'' and the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour''.
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* BadassCrew: ''ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvel'', ''ComicBook/{{The Invaders|MarvelComics}}'', and later, ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', the ''ComicBook/XMen'' and the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour''.
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** In ''Eye of the Camera'', when Maggie is telling Phil about where she went after leaving their house, she downplays the help she gave to the people of the New Guinea village who took her in, saying "''Anyone'' could've done it." Phil's not having it and responds, "But ''you're'' the one who did." A bit later, when his protegee Marcia comes on the news, Phil tells Maggie about how she got her start working for him, but insists she would have gotten it anyway due to her talent, to which Maggie responds, "But you're the one who did, right?" (Also, though not explicitly pointed out on-page, the exchange echoes an earlier moment where Phil, in a bout of despondency, angrily dismisses his entire life's work, saying that someone else would have taken all the photos if he hadn't.)
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** In ''Eye of the Camera'', when Maggie is telling Phil about where she went after leaving their house, she downplays the help she gave to the people of the New Guinea village who took her in, saying "''Anyone'' could've done it." Phil's not having it and responds, "But ''you're'' the one who did." A bit later, when his protegee Marcia comes on the news, Phil tells Maggie about how she got her start working for him, but insists she would have gotten it anyway due to her talent, to which Maggie responds, "But you're the one who did, right?" (Also, though not explicitly pointed out on-page, the exchange echoes it's implied that Phil also hears this as a response to an earlier moment where Phil, where, in a bout of despondency, he angrily dismisses dismissed his entire life's work, saying that someone else would have taken all the photos if he hadn't.)
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* IronicEcho: When Phil first encounters the X-Men, he dismisses eyewitness accounts that they had saved a man from a fall rather than tried to kill him, on account of, "They wanted us all ''dead''. ''Everybody'' knew that." Later, upon discovering Maggie and having all his preconceptions of mutants suddenly torn to shreds, he desperately thinks, with clearly failing conviction, "They were evil! The mutants - they wanted to ''kill us all!'' ''Everybody'' knew that!"
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* IronicEcho: IronicEcho:
** When Phil first encounters the X-Men, he dismisses eyewitness accounts that they had saved a man from a fall rather than tried to kill him, on account of, "They wanted us all ''dead''. ''Everybody'' knew that." Later, upon discovering Maggie and having all his preconceptions of mutants suddenly torn to shreds, he desperately thinks, with clearly failing conviction, "They were evil! The mutants - they wanted to ''kill us all!'' ''Everybody'' knewthat!"that!"
** In ''Eye of the Camera'', when Maggie is telling Phil about where she went after leaving their house, she downplays the help she gave to the people of the New Guinea village who took her in, saying "''Anyone'' could've done it." Phil's not having it and responds, "But ''you're'' the one who did." A bit later, when his protegee Marcia comes on the news, Phil tells Maggie about how she got her start working for him, but insists she would have gotten it anyway due to her talent, to which Maggie responds, "But you're the one who did, right?" (Also, though not explicitly pointed out on-page, the exchange echoes an earlier moment where Phil, in a bout of despondency, angrily dismisses his entire life's work, saying that someone else would have taken all the photos if he hadn't.)
** When Phil first encounters the X-Men, he dismisses eyewitness accounts that they had saved a man from a fall rather than tried to kill him, on account of, "They wanted us all ''dead''. ''Everybody'' knew that." Later, upon discovering Maggie and having all his preconceptions of mutants suddenly torn to shreds, he desperately thinks, with clearly failing conviction, "They were evil! The mutants - they wanted to ''kill us all!'' ''Everybody'' knew
** In ''Eye of the Camera'', when Maggie is telling Phil about where she went after leaving their house, she downplays the help she gave to the people of the New Guinea village who took her in, saying "''Anyone'' could've done it." Phil's not having it and responds, "But ''you're'' the one who did." A bit later, when his protegee Marcia comes on the news, Phil tells Maggie about how she got her start working for him, but insists she would have gotten it anyway due to her talent, to which Maggie responds, "But you're the one who did, right?" (Also, though not explicitly pointed out on-page, the exchange echoes an earlier moment where Phil, in a bout of despondency, angrily dismisses his entire life's work, saying that someone else would have taken all the photos if he hadn't.)
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* BerserkButton: ''Do not'' mock the Human Torch. [[spoiler: Phil and Jonah found this out the hard way.]]
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* BerserkButton: ''Do not'' mock the The Human Torch. [[spoiler: Phil and Torch angrily storms out of a diner (melting a hole in a window on his way) after overhearing J. Jonah found this out the hard way.]]Jameson ranting about wanting "freaks" like him to be indiscriminately locked up.
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* AiIsACrapshoot: The original Sentinels turn on Bolivar Trask basically the second they're activated, telling their creator that they have no intention of following anyone's orders and will wipe out all mutants. That is, ''all mutants''. Like, you know, humans?
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* AiIsACrapshoot: The original Sentinels turn on Bolivar Trask basically the second they're activated, telling their creator that they have no intention of following anyone's orders and will wipe out all mutants. That is, ''all mutants''. Like, you know, humans?orders.
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* RealityEnsues:
** The epic duel between Jim Hammond/the Android Torch and Namor is beautiful to look at, but it also causes insane amounts of property damage and injures thousands of people, as well as scaring the public, and Phil as well, who fears that his kids could be in danger if Namor goes on another rampage.
** Phil's reaction to losing an eye in the above counts as well. When his friends and loved ones come to visit him, he cracks a joke about planning to enact vengeance on all superheroes for his loss, before laughing it off and proposing to his girlfriend instead. Because outside of comic books, people tend not to react to personal injuries and setbacks by swearing creative revenge on people who were tangentially involved at best and becoming supervillains.
** Throughout ''Marvels'', Phil is shown to be a casual smoker, nothing uncommon for his time. The end of the first chapter of ''Eye of the Camera'' reveals that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer.
** Lampshaded when Phil, undergoing chemotherapy, muses that the process seems like the kind of thing that would give someone superpowers, but really just leaves him feeling exhausted and bored.
** The epic duel between Jim Hammond/the Android Torch and Namor is beautiful to look at, but it also causes insane amounts of property damage and injures thousands of people, as well as scaring the public, and Phil as well, who fears that his kids could be in danger if Namor goes on another rampage.
** Phil's reaction to losing an eye in the above counts as well. When his friends and loved ones come to visit him, he cracks a joke about planning to enact vengeance on all superheroes for his loss, before laughing it off and proposing to his girlfriend instead. Because outside of comic books, people tend not to react to personal injuries and setbacks by swearing creative revenge on people who were tangentially involved at best and becoming supervillains.
** Throughout ''Marvels'', Phil is shown to be a casual smoker, nothing uncommon for his time. The end of the first chapter of ''Eye of the Camera'' reveals that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer.
** Lampshaded when Phil, undergoing chemotherapy, muses that the process seems like the kind of thing that would give someone superpowers, but really just leaves him feeling exhausted and bored.
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** The epic duel between Jim Hammond/the Android Torch and Namor is beautiful to look at, but it also causes insane amounts of property damage and injures thousands of people, as well as scaring the public, and Phil as well, who fears that his kids could be in danger if Namor goes on another rampage.
** Phil's reaction to losing an eye in the above counts as well. When his friends and loved ones come to visit him, he cracks a joke about planning to enact vengeance on all superheroes for his loss, before laughing it off and proposing to his girlfriend instead. Because outside of comic books, people tend not to react to personal injuries and setbacks by swearing creative revenge on people who were tangentially involved at best and becoming supervillains.
** Throughout ''Marvels'', Phil is shown to be a casual smoker, nothing uncommon for his time. The end of the first chapter of ''Eye of the Camera'' reveals that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer.
** Lampshaded when Phil, undergoing chemotherapy, muses that the process seems like the kind of thing that would give someone superpowers, but really just leaves him feeling exhausted and bored.
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** The epic duel between Jim Hammond/the Android Torch and Namor is beautiful to look at, but it also causes insane amounts of property damage and injures thousands of people, as well as scaring the public, and Phil as well, who fears that his kids could be in danger if Namor goes on another rampage.
** Phil's reaction to losing an eye in the above counts as well. When his friends and loved ones come to visit him, he cracks a joke about planning to enact vengeance on all superheroes for his loss, before laughing it off and proposing to his girlfriend instead. Because outside of comic books, people tend not to react to personal injuries and setbacks by swearing creative revenge on people who were tangentially involved at best and becoming supervillains.
** Throughout ''Marvels'', Phil is shown to be a casual smoker, nothing uncommon for his time. The end of the first chapter of ''Eye of the Camera'' reveals that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer.
** Lampshaded when Phil, undergoing chemotherapy, muses that the process seems like the kind of thing that would give someone superpowers, but really just leaves him feeling exhausted and bored.
** The epic duel between Jim Hammond/the Android Torch and Namor is beautiful to look at, but it also causes insane amounts of property damage and injures thousands of people, as well as scaring the public, and Phil as well, who fears that his kids could be in danger if Namor goes on another rampage.
** Phil's reaction to losing an eye in the above counts as well. When his friends and loved ones come to visit him, he cracks a joke about planning to enact vengeance on all superheroes for his loss, before laughing it off and proposing to his girlfriend instead. Because outside of comic books, people tend not to react to personal injuries and setbacks by swearing creative revenge on people who were tangentially involved at best and becoming supervillains.
** Throughout ''Marvels'', Phil is shown to be a casual smoker, nothing uncommon for his time. The end of the first chapter of ''Eye of the Camera'' reveals that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer.
** Lampshaded when Phil, undergoing chemotherapy, muses that the process seems like the kind of thing that would give someone superpowers, but really just leaves him feeling exhausted and bored.
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** Lampshaded when Phil, undergoing chemotherapy, morbidly muses that the process seems like the kind of thing that would give someone superpowers, but really just leaves him feeling sick and weak.
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** Lampshaded when Phil, undergoing chemotherapy, morbidly muses that the process seems like the kind of thing that would give someone superpowers, but really just leaves him feeling sick exhausted and weak.bored.
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* BadassCrew: ''ComicBook/TheInvadersComicBook'', and later, ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', the ''ComicBook/XMen'' and the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour''.
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* BadassCrew: ''ComicBook/TheInvadersComicBook'', ''ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvel'', and later, ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', the ''ComicBook/XMen'' and the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour''.
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* BewareTheSuperman: When the Human Torch and Namor first appeared on the scene, this was most peoples reaction, even after the Torch began to operate as a hero. It mostly fell by the wayside with the introduction of Captain America, but flares up again during the anti-mutant hysteria in the 60's, which bleeds over onto other heroes as well.
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* BewareTheSuperman: When the Human Torch and Namor first appeared on the scene, this was most peoples people's reaction, even after the Torch began to operate as a hero. It mostly fell by the wayside with the introduction of Captain America, but flares up again during the anti-mutant hysteria in the 60's, which bleeds over onto other heroes as well.
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* CensorSteam: Namor's nudity is cleverly disguised by waves and careful placement. [[note]] Alex Ross drew him naked as a joke to see if anyone would notice[[/note]]
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* CensorSteam: Namor's nudity is cleverly disguised by waves and careful placement. [[note]] Alex Ross drew him naked as a joke to see if anyone would notice[[/note]]notice.[[/note]]
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* BadassCrew: ''ComicBook/TheInvaders'', and later, ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', the ''ComicBook/XMen'' and the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour''.
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* BadassCrew: ''ComicBook/TheInvaders'', ''ComicBook/TheInvadersComicBook'', and later, ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', the ''ComicBook/XMen'' and the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour''.
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Arikara is a language. Arisaka was a service rifle for the IJM.
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* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms: In the newsreel and the ending [=WW2=] scene, the Japanese and German soldiers are somehow almost all equipped with classic gangster [[CoolGuns/SubmachineGuns Tommy Guns]] instead of the MP-40 or Arikara rifle. Justified, though, as the Golden Age comics often depicted Mooks using the Thompson M1921/M1928, due to it being the typical "[[GoodGunsBadGuns bad guy gun]]" at the time.
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* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms: In the newsreel and the ending [=WW2=] scene, the Japanese and German soldiers are somehow almost all equipped with classic gangster [[CoolGuns/SubmachineGuns Tommy Guns]] instead of the MP-40 or Arikara Arisaka rifle. Justified, though, as the Golden Age comics often depicted Mooks using the Thompson M1921/M1928, due to it being the typical "[[GoodGunsBadGuns bad guy gun]]" at the time.
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* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Alex Ross used models for certain characters, such as Music/FreddieMercury for [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]], Creator/TimothyDalton for [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]], [[Series/GilligansIsland Russel Johnson]] for [[ComicBook/MisterFantastic Reed Richards]], and, most notably, Creator/PatrickStewart for [[ComicBook/ProfessorX Charles Xavier]], [[HilariousInHindsight years before the actor]] [[Film/XMenFilmSeries would be cast for that same character]]. Don Knotts also appears as Frederick Foswell, a reporter for the Daily Bugle.
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* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Alex Ross used models for certain characters, such as Music/FreddieMercury for [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]], Creator/TimothyDalton for [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]], [[Series/GilligansIsland Russel Johnson]] for [[ComicBook/MisterFantastic Reed Richards]], and, most notably, Creator/PatrickStewart for [[ComicBook/ProfessorX Charles Xavier]], [[HilariousInHindsight years before the actor]] [[Film/XMenFilmSeries would be cast for that same character]]. Don Knotts Creator/DonKnotts also appears as Frederick Foswell, a reporter for the Daily Bugle.
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Busiek would explore similar themes in ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', which started in 1995. The direct sequel to ''Marvels'', ''Marvels: Eye of the Camera'', also written by Busiek, came out as a six issue series [[ScheduleSlip from 2008 to 2010]]. And in 2020, Busiek curated a series of one-shots by different writers and artists called ''ComicBook/MarvelsSnapshots''. Also in 2020, Marvel and the podcast company Stitcher adapted ''Marvels'' into a podcast, which both adapts the 1960s chapters of the comic (centering the story around [[ComicBook/TheComingOfGalactus the Galactus incident]]) and continues the story. The podcast also [[AscendedExtra expands the roles]] of previously minor characters Ben Urich and Marcia Hardesty. promoting them to lead characters alongside Phil Sheldon.
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Busiek would explore similar themes in ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', which started in 1995. The direct sequel to ''Marvels'', ''Marvels: Eye of the Camera'', also written by Busiek, came out as a six issue series [[ScheduleSlip from 2008 to 2010]]. And in 2020, Busiek curated a series of one-shots by different writers and artists called ''ComicBook/MarvelsSnapshots''. Also in 2020, 2019, Marvel and the podcast company Stitcher adapted ''Marvels'' into [[Podcast/{{Marvels}} a podcast, podcast]], which both adapts the 1960s chapters of the comic (centering the story around [[ComicBook/TheComingOfGalactus the Galactus incident]]) and continues the story. The podcast also [[AscendedExtra expands the roles]] of previously minor characters Ben Urich and Marcia Hardesty. promoting them to lead characters alongside Phil Sheldon.
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Phil Sheldon himself has made cameo appearances in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelsAvengers''.
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Phil Sheldon himself has made cameo appearances in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'', ''VideoGame/MarvelsAvengers'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelsAvengers''.
''ComicBook/KingdomCome''.
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Busiek would explore similar themes in ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', which started in 1995. The direct sequel to ''Marvels'', ''Marvels: Eye of the Camera'', also written by Busiek, came out as a six issue series [[ScheduleSlip from 2008 to 2010]]. And in 2020, Busiek curated a series of one-shots by different writers and artists called ''ComicBook/MarvelsSnapshots''.
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Busiek would explore similar themes in ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', which started in 1995. The direct sequel to ''Marvels'', ''Marvels: Eye of the Camera'', also written by Busiek, came out as a six issue series [[ScheduleSlip from 2008 to 2010]]. And in 2020, Busiek curated a series of one-shots by different writers and artists called ''ComicBook/MarvelsSnapshots''.
''ComicBook/MarvelsSnapshots''. Also in 2020, Marvel and the podcast company Stitcher adapted ''Marvels'' into a podcast, which both adapts the 1960s chapters of the comic (centering the story around [[ComicBook/TheComingOfGalactus the Galactus incident]]) and continues the story. The podcast also [[AscendedExtra expands the roles]] of previously minor characters Ben Urich and Marcia Hardesty. promoting them to lead characters alongside Phil Sheldon.
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'''''Marvels''''' is a 4-issue mini-series, running from January to April, 1994. An exploration of the history of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse from the perspective of an [[TheEveryman Everyman]], written by Creator/KurtBusiek and beautifully illustrated by Creator/AlexRoss.
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* ConstructiveBodyDisposal: After the disastrous public response to his press conference unveiling the Human Torch, Horton drops the Human Torch, still in his vacuum-sealed glass tube, into the wet concrete at a nearby construction site.
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** Captain Marvel, presumably in his Billy Batson appearance from ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', can be seen in the theater audience that's applauding the newsreel footage of Namor and Torch battling the Axis. If you look even closer, You can spot [[Radio/TheShadow Lamont Cranston]] and Franchise/DocSavage in the audience as well. Billy Batson also appears as a paperboy selling at a street corner.
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** Captain Marvel, presumably in his Billy Batson appearance from ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', can be seen in the theater audience that's applauding the newsreel footage of Namor and Torch battling the Axis. If you look even closer, You you can spot [[Radio/TheShadow Lamont Cranston]] and Franchise/DocSavage in the audience as well. Billy Batson also appears as a paperboy selling at a street corner.
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* ''Marvels Epilogue'': (2019)
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* ''Marvels Epilogue'': (2019)
Epilogue'' (2019), a one-shot taking place during Christmas
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* ''Marvels Epilogue'': (2019)
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* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: Everyone ''loves'' ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, to the point that he never gets slandered the way other heroes do. It's kater subverted in ''Eye of the Camera''.
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* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: Everyone ''loves'' ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, to the point that he never gets slandered the way other heroes do. It's kater later subverted in ''Eye of the Camera''.
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* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: Everyone ''loves'' ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, to the point that he never gets slandered the way other heroes do.
** Later subverted in ''Eye of the Camera''.
* AdultFear: A big part of Phil's initial feelings regarding mutants was fear for the safety and future of his two young daughters. When he first sees Maggie in their basement, his first thought - which he would later be deeply ashamed of - was terror that the girls might have touched her and been "infected."
** Later subverted in ''Eye of the Camera''.
* AdultFear: A big part of Phil's initial feelings regarding mutants was fear for the safety and future of his two young daughters. When he first sees Maggie in their basement, his first thought - which he would later be deeply ashamed of - was terror that the girls might have touched her and been "infected."
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* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: Everyone ''loves'' ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, to the point that he never gets slandered the way other heroes do.
** Laterdo. It's kater subverted in ''Eye of the Camera''.
*AdultFear: AdultFear:
** A big part of Phil's initial feelings regarding mutants was fear for the safety and future of his two young daughters. When he first sees Maggie in their basement, his first thought - which he would later be deeply ashamed of - was terror that the girls might have touched her and been "infected."
** Later
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** A big part of Phil's initial feelings regarding mutants was fear for the safety and future of his two young daughters. When he first sees Maggie in their basement, his first thought - which he would later be deeply ashamed of - was terror that the girls might have touched her and been "infected."
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* AiIsACrapshoot: The original Sentinels turn on Bolivar Trask basically the second they're activated, telling their creator that they have no intention of following anyones orders and will wipe out all mutants. That is, ''all mutants''. Like, you know, humans?
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: ComicBook/SpiderMan and the ComicBook/XMen, especially in the second part where Phil speculates that the mutants are here to replace us and kick the dirt over our graves. A key theme of the story is Phil's increasing disgust at how much dirt and ingratitude the heroes constantly have to put up with despite selflessly saving the people, the city and even the entire world over and over again.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: ComicBook/SpiderMan and the ComicBook/XMen, especially in the second part where Phil speculates that the mutants are here to replace us and kick the dirt over our graves. A key theme of the story is Phil's increasing disgust at how much dirt and ingratitude the heroes constantly have to put up with despite selflessly saving the people, the city and even the entire world over and over again.
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* AiIsACrapshoot: The original Sentinels turn on Bolivar Trask basically the second they're activated, telling their creator that they have no intention of following anyones anyone's orders and will wipe out all mutants. That is, ''all mutants''. Like, you know, humans?
*AllOfTheOtherReindeer: AllOfTheOtherReindeer:
** ComicBook/SpiderMan and the ComicBook/XMen, especially in the second part where Phil speculates that the mutants are here to replace us and kick the dirt over our graves. A key theme of the story is Phil's increasing disgust at how much dirt and ingratitude the heroes constantly have to put up with despite selflessly saving the people, the city and even the entire world over and over again.
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** ComicBook/SpiderMan and the ComicBook/XMen, especially in the second part where Phil speculates that the mutants are here to replace us and kick the dirt over our graves. A key theme of the story is Phil's increasing disgust at how much dirt and ingratitude the heroes constantly have to put up with despite selflessly saving the people, the city and even the entire world over and over again.
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* ComicBookTime: Mostly averted; Busiek chose to set his story at the times when the characters involved were first published, before this trope was really an issue.
** Perhaps inevitably, played a bit more straight in the sequel, which covers events of comics published up to the late 80s, when the trope was already becoming evident. (For example, Phil's daughters are only teenagers by the final issue, despite their first appearances as young girls happening concurrently to stories published in the mid-60s.)
** Perhaps inevitably, played a bit more straight in the sequel, which covers events of comics published up to the late 80s, when the trope was already becoming evident. (For example, Phil's daughters are only teenagers by the final issue, despite their first appearances as young girls happening concurrently to stories published in the mid-60s.)
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* ComicBookTime: Mostly averted; Busiek chose to set his story at the times when the characters involved were first published, before this trope was really an issue.
** Perhaps inevitably, playedissue. Played a bit more straight in the sequel, which covers events of comics published up to the late 80s, when the trope was already becoming evident. (For example, Phil's daughters are only teenagers by the final issue, despite their first appearances as young girls happening concurrently to stories published in the mid-60s.)
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* EasilyForgiven: None of the bystanders outside the story were very happy with the Human Torch making peace with Namor at the conclusion of their first fight and allowing him to leave without making reparations for the damage he caused, seeing it as this.
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* EasilyForgiven: EasilyForgiven:
** None of the bystanders outside the story were very happy with the Human Torch making peace with Namor at the conclusion of their first fight and allowing him to leave without making reparations for the damage he caused, seeing it as this.
** None of the bystanders outside the story were very happy with the Human Torch making peace with Namor at the conclusion of their first fight and allowing him to leave without making reparations for the damage he caused, seeing it as this.
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* TheEndIsNigh: Phil and his family encounter a street preacher loudly announcing the end of the world when they visit a zoo, and claims that superbeings are heralds of the Apocalypse. Phil tells him off for scaring his daughters. Ironically, he's not entirerly wrong, as not long after, Galactus arrives on Earth.
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* TheEndIsNigh: Phil and his family encounter a street preacher loudly announcing the end of the world when they visit a zoo, and claims that superbeings are heralds of the Apocalypse. Phil tells him off for scaring his daughters. Ironically, he's not entirerly entirely wrong, as not long after, Galactus arrives on Earth.
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* TheEveryman: Phil SheldonSheldon is an ordinary person in a world of marvels, making him a viewpoint character for the reader.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Young Fury's left eye is always shown in shadow, to reference how he'll soon lose it in the war, and a lot of the dialogue during his appearance foreshadows the rise of the Howling Commandos.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Young Fury's left eye is always shown in shadow, to reference how he'll soon lose it in the war, and a lot of the dialogue during his appearance foreshadows the rise of the Howling Commandos.
** Young Fury's left eye is always shown in shadow, to reference how he'll soon lose it in the war, and a lot of the dialogue during his appearance foreshadows the rise of the Howling Commandos.
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: Even as the Human Torch saves more lives and begins to work with the NYPD, as well as battling Namor, many still think he's a threat simply because he's an android. However, once both of them unite and help Cap fight the Axis, the public immediately ''adores'' them.
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: HeroWithBadPublicity:
** Even as the Human Torch saves more lives and begins to work with the NYPD, as well as battling Namor, many still think he's a threat simply because he's an android. However, once both of them unite and help Cap fight the Axis, the public immediately ''adores'' them.
** Even as the Human Torch saves more lives and begins to work with the NYPD, as well as battling Namor, many still think he's a threat simply because he's an android. However, once both of them unite and help Cap fight the Axis, the public immediately ''adores'' them.
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* HopeSpot: Phil hopes to write a book exonerating Spider-Man of George Stacey's death and hopes to use writings that Gwen can provide, but then he sees the Green Goblin emerge from her window. Happens again soon afterwards, as he observes Spider-Man arriving at the bridge and is so certain he can save Gwen.
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* HopeSpot: HopeSpot:
** Phil hopes to write a book exonerating Spider-Man of George Stacey's death and hopes to use writings that Gwen can provide, but then he sees the Green Goblin emerge from her window. Happens again soon afterwards, as he observes Spider-Man arriving at the bridge and is so certain he can save Gwen.
** Phil hopes to write a book exonerating Spider-Man of George Stacey's death and hopes to use writings that Gwen can provide, but then he sees the Green Goblin emerge from her window. Happens again soon afterwards, as he observes Spider-Man arriving at the bridge and is so certain he can save Gwen.
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* {{Irony}}: Phil has nothing but disdain for Peter Parker, viewing him as a snot-nosed creep profiting from J. Jonah Jameson's obsessive vendetta against Spider-Man... whom Phil admires.
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* {{Irony}}: {{Irony}}:
** Phil has nothing but disdain for Peter Parker, viewing him as a snot-nosed creep profiting from J. Jonah Jameson's obsessive vendetta against Spider-Man... whom Phil admires.
** Phil has nothing but disdain for Peter Parker, viewing him as a snot-nosed creep profiting from J. Jonah Jameson's obsessive vendetta against Spider-Man... whom Phil admires.
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* MyGreatestFailure: In Phil's head (since there was realistically little he could have done), failing to keep Maggie safe.
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* MyGreatestFailure: MyGreatestFailure:
** In Phil's head (since there was realistically little he could have done), failing to keep Maggie safe.
** In Phil's head (since there was realistically little he could have done), failing to keep Maggie safe.
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** Captain Marvel, presumably in his Billy Batson appearance from ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', can be seen in the theater audience that's applauding the newsreel footage of Namor and Torch battling the Axis. If you look even closer, You can spot [[Radio/TheShadow Lamont Cranston]] and Franchise/DocSavage in the audience as well.
*** Billy Batson also appears as a paperboy selling at a street corner.
*** Billy Batson also appears as a paperboy selling at a street corner.
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** Captain Marvel, presumably in his Billy Batson appearance from ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', can be seen in the theater audience that's applauding the newsreel footage of Namor and Torch battling the Axis. If you look even closer, You can spot [[Radio/TheShadow Lamont Cranston]] and Franchise/DocSavage in the audience as well.
***well. Billy Batson also appears as a paperboy selling at a street corner.
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Busiek would explore similar themes in ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', which started in 1995. The direct sequel to ''Marvels'', ''Marvels: Eye of the Camera'', also written by Busiek, came out as a six issue series [[ScheduleSlip from 2008 to 2010]].
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Busiek would explore similar themes in ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', which started in 1995. The direct sequel to ''Marvels'', ''Marvels: Eye of the Camera'', also written by Busiek, came out as a six issue series [[ScheduleSlip from 2008 to 2010]].
2010]]. And in 2020, Busiek curated a series of one-shots by different writers and artists called ''ComicBook/MarvelsSnapshots''.
