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See AllMarvel's Thunderbolts* Box Office Officially es The MCU's Second Biggest Bomb's Entire Gross In Just 2 Weeks
Does the 2008 Hulk movie really count as an MCU movie for these purposes? Unlike Iron Man that same year, I don’t think it was made by Marvel Studios themselves. In fact, I’m pretty sure having another party involved is why a movie that was clearly an adaptation of Planet Hulk was technically the third Thor movie.
So, if it counts, we may as well drag in everything: the first Hulk movie, the Maguire and Garfield Spider-Men, Datedevil, Elektra, X-Men and the FF. Heck, I bet they’ve trounced the Roger Corman FF movie!
Doctor Who Once More Redefines What It Means When The Doctor Regenerates
Kind of surprised the first, and possibly greatest, example of the Doctor's selves bickering wasn't mentioned. In The Three Doctors, the shows celebration of its 10th anniversary, the then-current Third Doctor (whose first outfit in his new body was a fancy suit with a frilly shirt, intended for someone to go to the opera while almost fitting in with the cast, and whose attitude was generally on the pompous and judgmental side, finding much to criticize in humanity, particularly in the bureaucrats that made his time trapped on Earth as UNIT's scientific advisor so painful) found himself working closely with the Second Doctor (whose outfit, even though being seen in color for the first time, still was basically black and white and tended to look a little worn and bedraggled; and whose personality was much looser and funner the his successor's). And the two came off as polar opposites superficially ź while, as noted above, having the same drives to stop anyone, local or alien, out to oppress or destroy others.
I think the writers at the time saw that the two characters were pretty much set up as polar opposites. Patrick Troughton had a prankster's sense of humor, a trait he shared with Frazier Hines (Jamie, his companion from his second story on). Jon Pertwee (Third Doctor) loved vehicles and taking on his opponents physically as well as mentally, and seemed well suited to play a Doctor who was far less frivolous-seeming. The only one who could get Second and Third to stop quibbling was the First Doctor (whose screen presence was minimized, as William Hartnell was ill at the time). The Fourth Doctor was generally a bit distracted and oddly silly; the Fifth earnest as all get-out, the Sixth a bit too full of himself, the Seventh a surface clown who was actually frequently executing his own deeply-laid plans.
X-Men Gives Its Founding Heroes a Major Redesign as They're Reborn as the New X-Force
Actually that makes sense. As I recall, it was damage taken by their fall from an airplane as kids that left Scott unable to control his powers effectively, requiring the visor, or his ruby quartz eyeglasses. Similar to how Stryfe was more powerful than Cable because he didn't have to deal with the techno-organic virus.
X-Men Gives Its Founding Heroes a Major Redesign as They're Reborn as the New X-Force
And it could be written by a Chris Claremont clone!
X-Men Gives Its Founding Heroes a Major Redesign as They're Reborn as the New X-Force
The first X-Men comic I bought off the stands was #98. In 1975 (or 1976, been a while). I've been a comic book fan since 1975.
I have *never* heard the original team of X-Men referred to as O5. Ever.
Next you'll be telling me there was a comic where they were headquartered in Hawaii, that was titled HAWAII O5.
10 Underrated Avengers Who Need a Total Redesign and a Second Chance
Ditto Nighthawk, of course. Not that either of them have been Avengers to the best of my recollection. Which should have made Stingray stand out, as he had been an Avenger, if not one of much particular note.