Secret Invasion #8: Brian Bendis trods on the Wasp
Oh, I'm sure he didn't actually kill Janet VanDyne. After all, Marvel's strategy for avoiding a real backlash seems to be that as long as they only subject their cast of characters to a fate worse than death, they'll be able to get away with plenty. But for now, that's what the finale to the time-wasting Secret Invasion seems to advertise, that Janet has perished, all for the sake of motivating other heroes to fight back.
Regardless of whether she's dead or alive, a Skrull or a human, the steps taken here have no point, are insulting, and are no better than when Bendis beat up on Scarlet Witch 4 years ago.
Predictably, this crossover was just a lead in to yet another - Dark Reign. I won't be wasting my time on that either, and now that I think of it, if Jan's been slighted even without being killed, no need to provide any readership to Mighty Avengers.
And Tony Stark is still depicted badly.
Regardless of whether she's dead or alive, a Skrull or a human, the steps taken here have no point, are insulting, and are no better than when Bendis beat up on Scarlet Witch 4 years ago.
Predictably, this crossover was just a lead in to yet another - Dark Reign. I won't be wasting my time on that either, and now that I think of it, if Jan's been slighted even without being killed, no need to provide any readership to Mighty Avengers.
And Tony Stark is still depicted badly.
Labels: Avengers, crossoverloading, dreadful writers, golden calf of death, marvel comics, misogyny and racism, women of marvel
