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    Formerly known by names including "Atlas" and "Timely", Marvel Entertainment is the publisher of comic books featuring iconic characters and teams such as the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the Avengers, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Captain America and Daredevil. Currently owned by the Walt Disney Company, Marvel is one of the "Big Two" comic publishers along with DC Comics.

    Marvel's killing spree

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    Edited By mavfan626

    Does anyone else think that lately marvels been a bit trigger happy and killing off a lot of character eg. Headsman, Nightcrawler, Cable and now Bullseye. I'm sure their are others that I know about, do you think their doing this to bring out new characters? is it just for sales? or did it really help with the story?       
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    #1  Edited By Airstrike

    They did a few years back with the Avengers (Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, Captain America, Ant-man, Vision) to sell books and then brought them back to sell more books.  The new characters that they have created have no staying power, the just can't create characters like the classics.  I don't think they have the talent.  Plus, I don't think they have the talent for great stories, so they kill a few characters to help sell the story.

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