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Friday, September 06, 2024 

It's far too late for a Marvel vs Capcom comic-based crossover

Popverse says Marvel and Capcom have a special comic in store to accompany the new release of their past video game adaptations:
When the physical edition Capcom’s Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is released later this year, fans will get more than they might have expected, with Capcom announcing at PAX West 2024 that the package will be accompanied by a brand-new comic book created by Marvel — with the cover revealed for the first time at the show.

Announced during the Capcom Presents main stage panel in the Seattle Convention Center during the Sunday afternoon panel, a Marvel vs. Capcom one-shot comic will be part of a special package to promote the game's release.

"We've been working with Marvel for a brand-new 32-page comic where Marvel and Capcom's universe collide," it was announced, with cover artwork from Todd Nauck shared onscreen. "This has been such an honor to put together this comic." The comic will only be available as a special edition day-one purchase for the physical edition, it was revealed.

This is the third-ever Marvel vs. Capcom comic book, following an extremely rare minicomic released in 2011 as part of Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3, and a full comic book with 2017's Marvel vs Capcom Infinite.
Well unfortunately, it was too late even 13 years before, when Marvel had long become a shambles under former EIC Joe Quesada, and Axel Alonso continued the damage he began. Note that this comic appears to be all conceived by Marvel, and likely has nothing to do with the Street Fighter comics published by Udon Entertainment for many years. And it sounds like Marvel only produced a limited sum of printed copies for the new comic, yet unclear if it'll also be available online.

And of course, if this new minicomic's produced by Marvel, how do we know it won't be plagued with political correctness, something Capcom themselves, regrettably, has been performing of recent by turning out special dumbed down remakes of games like Resident Evil?

The Marvel vs. Capcom games were significant 3 decades ago, but more recently, even that began to give way to political correctness as seen in the 4th official game, so while the older entries up to 2000 are okay for play, and have impressive 2-D graphics, whatever came [over a decade] afterwards was very weak, and not because 3-D wasn't working anymore, but because PC was becoming too influential, and comic adaptations to video games have probably been some of the biggest victims of this process.

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