Whether we admit it or not, I think a lot of us were worried how Marvel getting gobbled up by Disney would affect things. I think at this point we can admit it's been fairly negligible so far, other than, say, the quarterly deaths for sales thing. So I imagine some eyebrows were raised back in December when Spider-Man debuted this outfit the same week Disney's Tron Legacy opened:
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| Art by Humberto Ramos, colors by Edgar Delgado |
Now, even though that costume was discarded a couple of issues later, it's been said that this was a coincidence, and I'm willing to believe it, especially since Marvel was already openly promoting Tron with a series of variant covers around the same time. And this could just as easily be a coincidence like the Spider-Man thing, but seriously, this is the grand villain reveal you debut the day after Tron Legacy comes out on DVD?
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| Left: Fear Itself #1, Art by Stuart Immonen, colors by Laura Martin, Right: The Worthy concept art by Marko Djurdjevic |
Granted the Worthy concept art has been circulating for a while longer now but c'mon, that's just pushing it. However, for the time being I'll remain skeptical of any underhanded cross-promotion, at least until May brings us the X-Pirates.
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