During the “Bends vs. Johns” panel at Wizard Word Chicago, writer Brian Reed explains what truly separates the DC Universe from the Marvel Universe:
“… Wonder Woman can come home and have gorillas in her living room and you go, ‘OK, cool.’ If Professor X comes into his room and there’s gorillas in there, that’s going to be weird.”
It always comes down to apes. Those damned dirty apes …
(Via Timothy Callahan, who wonders what that all means to Marvel Apes)
June 28th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Of course, in the Marvel Universe it’s okay to have super-apes, as long as they’re Communist.
Because Commies are freaky. Like DC.
June 29th, 2008 at 2:25 am
Does Hank McCoy hanging out in Prffesor X’s place count as some gorilla action ?
June 29th, 2008 at 9:27 am
What can I say? DC just really does Apes well for some reason. Which is why I’m a bit startled whenever I even SEE a talking gorilla in a Marvel book. It DOES seem oddly misplaced.
June 29th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Yes, Hank McCoy does count as gorilla action.
That why they had to change him to a cat.
June 30th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
I’m sorry, but all this tee-heeing gorilla stuff feels like fanboy wanking of the worst order.