Comic book deaths have become a crutch for untalented (or lazy) writers. Can't figure out how to make a story seem important? Kill a bunch of civilians. Can't figure out how to make a villain seem dangerous and menacing? Kill a B-level hero.
That's probably why we have so many characters return from the dead. Some hack writer creates a new villain/re-design an old one, and in order to show off what a bad*** he is kills off a character with potential. So they have to bring them back later.
I don't miss her at all. But the Phoenix is one character that it actually makes sense to kill and resurect over and over again. That's the myth of the Phoenix after all.
What I really hate is when they bring back people who have had meaningful or really epic deaths. Like when they brought back Osborne. His death was a huge moment in the Spider-man comic. Or Bucky for that matter. Those event helped shape the heroes.
Superheroes fight Super-villains, because nobody else can. It's not like "oh, the NYPD would have stopped Juggernaut's rampage through the city, but then Spider-man swooped in and destroyed several blocks in a super-powered fight. What a jerk". And no, forcing super-heroes to work for the government is not a solution. Slavery is abolished, and I for one do not want it back. Everyone has a right to chose their profession. So what I'm saying is, if you want to put superheroes on trial for friggin' property damage when they risk their lives to save us from super-villains...go ahead. But don't expect them to stick their necks out for you then. Expect the Fantastic Four family to spend the night in front of the TV with a big bowl of popcorn while Dr.Doom takes over the world. Expect Batman to spend the evening hanging out with a supermodel in his big mansion while the Joker poisons the water supply of Gotham.
My interpretation of the trailer is a bit different: I think Thor came looking for his hammer to regain his powers. He fights his way through the Shield guards, but then finds that he can't lift the Hammer. He's not worthy (yet). In this depressed state of mind he probably let's the agents capture him without resistance. Not having his powers explains the injuries. It's a way to get the origin story without confusing non-comic book readers by adding Donald Blake to the mix. But the whole banishment and de-powering due to his arrogance, and locking the power to his hammer is right out of the comic book.
Nuclear power, baby! Because if comics have ever taught us anything, it's that rolling around in radioactive waste gives you superpowers.
(on a more serious note, they had heroes in the past. They just didn't all them "super". But I think guys like Hercules, Beowulf, Gilgamesh qualify. And then there was costumed ones like Spring Heeled Jack.)
I think of it as doing us all a favor. Have you ever seen a guy wearing skin tight spandex pants? (don't google it.) Just be glad they're wearing something over it.
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