Marvel Reimagined-Or Why I Probably Shouldn't be Allowed to Write for Marvel Comics

 Those of you that follow this blog might recall a few posts some time ago when I did a different take on DC's New 52 relaunch. So, what would I do if Marvel hired me?

For the licensed books, nothing. So, STAR WARS, ALIENS, PREDATOR, ULTRAMAN, and CONAN (to an extent) would be left as they are.

Rather than group all the books by character or theme, I figured I'd go by decade.

Pre-1930's

Much like DC, I'd have some diversity in my titles. Superheroes are fine, but there's Black Knights aplenty and gunfighters galore, so some historical books would be on the plate. Almost forgot the Black Panther; I know DC is better known for their legacy characters but Marvel has a few. With the Black Panther, we could have a masked hero working across time in any situation you can think of. 

MARVEL TALES, TWO-GUN KID, KID COLT, WILD WESTERN, MEN'S ADVENTURES

Major characters: Two-Gun Kid, Apache Kid, the Black Knight, Caleb Hammer, Gunhawks, Arizona Annie

1930's and the 1940's

Here I'd used the Timely characters, more or less unchanged. Overall theme would be a changing world (more super humans, mutants, etc.). 

DARING MYSTERY COMICS, NAMOR, THE HUMAN TORCH, CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS, THE INVADERS, MISS AMERICA, USA COMICS and YOUNG ALLIES

Major characters: Captain America (Steve Rogers), Namor the Sub-Mariner, Human Torch (Jim Hammond), Miss America, the Whizzer, Bucky, Toro.

One major change: Steve Rogers still gets frozen in 1945 and the mantle passed on, first to the Spirit of '76 then the Patriot in 1947. The Howling Commandoes are still here, but lead by Jake Fury, who is active until the 1960's. Always had a problem with the 'Infinity Formula' so we'd be cutting back on that. 

1950's

Atlas characters run amuck. Giant monsters, horror, and teen romance.

TILLIE THE TYPIST, MILLIE THE MODEL, WEIRD TALES, MARVEL FEATURES

Major characters: Captain America (William Burnside, Cap of the 50's), Bucky (James Monroe), Captain John Battle, Marvel Boy, Jimmy Woo, Venus, Gorilla Man, 3-D Man, Human Robot, Namora, Sun Girl

More next week when we get into the swinging 60's.