Previous Post > > Can you imagine the negative publicity that would result from such a story, though? Marvel's under fire enough as it is thanks to retconing Spidey and killing Cap. If they wrote a story which had the president of the united states revealed as an alien from outer space(not a nameless invented one like in most of these types of stories, but the ACTUAL president), every newspaper in the country would be out for Joe and Bendis' heads. > > A better idea would be a high-up government agent who doesn't actually exist in real life. Image, specifically Jim Lee already did this, almost. When he first introduced Wildcats, the Damenoites had possessed the then VP Dan Quayle. Dan Quayle was one of the villains of the piece.

> > Can you imagine the negative publicity that would result from such
> > a story, though? Marvel's under fire enough as it is thanks to
> > retconing Spidey and killing Cap. If they wrote a story which had
> > the president of the united states revealed as an alien from outer
> > space(not a nameless invented one like in most of these types of
> > stories, but the ACTUAL president), every newspaper in the country
> > would be out for Joe and Bendis' heads.
> >
> > A better idea would be a high-up government agent who doesn't
> > actually exist in real life.
>
> Image, specifically Jim Lee already did this, almost. When he first
> introduced Wildcats, the Damenoites had possessed the then VP Dan
> Quayle. Dan Quayle was one of the villains of the piece.

Heck, just look at the Secret Empire and Black Lama stories of 1970s Marvel.

Frankly, I think comics should have the guts to do more stories like this.
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