Guest MrRant Posted July 8, 2003 Report Posted July 8, 2003 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's Princess Diana will be reincarnated as a mutant comic book superhero this fall, according to publisher Marvel Comics. The character will appear in a five-series storyline called "Di Another Day" in Marvel's "X-Statix" monthly comic, a spinoff from its popular X-Men, Marvel spokesman Brian Reinert said on Monday. The first of the comic books will go on sale on Sept. 10. Di appears as one of the team of super-powered mutants in a satirical look at fame and pop culture, Reinert said. "They're more concerned about their bank accounts than saving people from injuries and saving the world," he said. "X-Statix" writer Peter Milligan said the late princess was "tailor-made" for the series because she is "someone famous for being famous." "At a glance, Diana may not resemble the flying, teleporting, lethally oscillating characters that populate my comic, but the strange power she exerts from beyond the grave certainly makes her a valid subject to explore," Milligan said in a statement issued by Marvel. "And, of course, she looks great in Spandex!" A Buckingham Palace spokesman has called the idea "utterly appalling" and a "cheap attempt to cash in on Diana's fame and the tragic circumstances surrounding her death."
Guest Vyce Posted July 8, 2003 Report Posted July 8, 2003 Saw this on the news. After digging themselves out of their creative hole a few years back, they're sinking back down into a new one. This is, of course, a colossally BAD idea, but I suppose there is no such thing as "bad publicity".
Guest Smell the ratings!!! Posted July 20, 2003 Report Posted July 20, 2003 Marvel eventually cancelled this due to the bad publicity. Thank god.
Guest SP-1 Posted July 20, 2003 Report Posted July 20, 2003 Yeah this has come and gone. I watched it unfold at newsarama. Glad they ditched it.
Guest J*ingus Posted July 20, 2003 Report Posted July 20, 2003 Ya know, Marvel doesn't exactly hold a trophy case full of Pulitzers for its works, but this was a god-damned bad idea even by their low low standards. If I met Peter Milligan on the street, I'd punch him in his fucking mouth for, as far as I can tell, wanting to use Diana just because he thought it'd be funny and hip.
Guest Edwin MacPhisto Posted July 20, 2003 Report Posted July 20, 2003 Oh, I would have read it and so would have you guys. You know this is true.
Guest Smell the ratings!!! Posted July 20, 2003 Report Posted July 20, 2003 yeah but I also just downloaded a clip of a guy shooting himself in the throat. and like the clip, I sure as hell wouldn't have paid for it.
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