>So Jimmy, I thought you would enjoy this shield more than me because of your tireless dedication towards orange man bad rhetoric instead of actual meaningful change against Trump just like Joe Quesada's tireless dedication towards meaningless self-congratulation>Uh...thanks Stephen. Hey, did you have to burn thousands of copies of that...Squadron Supreme TPB as part of the deal? Joey Q said I had to. I actually think I would have liked it since it dealt with fascist dictator superheroes slowly realizing that they're bad.>Oh my god...Jimmy...tell me you did not do that....>What?...Was that bad?>Jimmy...those books had Mark Gruenwalds ashes mixed with the inks...Yo late night is getting crazy now that these guys are losing their jobs. Anyway, post any late night talkshow appearances in comics or what you're reading late at night.
>>156256250I like that Ant-Man’s first media appearance ever was on a SNL sketch
Dave got a lot of appearances.
Dave was not amused when he pulled out this one.
>>156256464I like that T’Challa is that much of a grouch
For those who don't know.
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>Despite what Colbert says in the episode, the shield was created and owned by the late Marvel editor, and 1985-95 Captain America writer Mark Gruenwald. Colbert, who explains he was given the shield as part of a sketch to promote the death of Steve Rogers storyline, recalls the letter he received from then Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada described the shield as having hung in Marvel’s offices since 1960. Fabian Nicieza said on Facebook, Gruenwald made it “on his own time with his own money and was in his office until his passing [in 1996].”>He adds, “Unless he willed it to Marvel, it should have been returned to his wife. I think Mark would appreciate the journey his shield has taken but I also think Marvel should work harder to get the story right.” However, Gruenwald’s widow, Catherine Schuller, commented last year, “I am so glad Stephen Colbert is the one in possession of [his] Captain America shield. Marvel Comics bequeathed it to him sometime after Mark’s passing and I am so PROUD. Hope it helps him fight the good fight!!”Yeah but did he bequeath it to Marvel? Uhhhhh....
>>156256591Brevoort said:>YOINK!>Basically, as I’ve mentioned, anything goes in this era of Marvel Comics. If someone had an idea Jemas and/or Quesada thought was interesting, or one of them had an idea they liked, it would get printed. Enter: Ron Zimmerman. >He came to Marvel via Hollywood. He wrote for various TV shows, worked on some Friday the 13ths, acted a little, did standup comedy. He may not have been a famous writer, but as we’ve seen, even the slightest connection to Hollywood was enough to get Jemas excited, fitting the pattern. Zimmerman would be most known in comics for one of Jemas/Quesada’s bolder stunts, relaunching Golden Age Western hero the Rawhide Kid in a book where the whole conceit was he’s gay. In the early 2000s, this was a firestorm, even though the material was extremely tame (And drawn by comics legend John Severin, even). But to me, he’s the guy who made some dreadful Spider-Man comics, such as Get Kraven, a miniseries where our old pal Alexei Kravinoff, Kraven’s 2nd random adult son, is a completely different character than he used to be trying to get into Hollywood.>The title is an obvious reference to Get Shorty. “Does it make sense that Alexei Kravinoff is this guy or would do this? Who cares?” It’s dumb and bad. Prior to the release of Get Kraven, a prequel ran through various comics, serialized. ASM 41 contained part 2, but I didn’t immediately know where to find a part 1. They weren’t in every book, is the frustrating thing. But that’s not the only weird serialized supplement leading into a larger project starring Spider-Man Ron Zimmerman did at this time. Really! There is also this, a 3-part series of shorts teaming Spider-Man with late night’s worst and most popular host (Pre-James Corden, anyway), Jay Leno. And I just happened to come across part one in the back of Deadline #2 and part three in Daredevil #33, so I just had to figure out where a part 2 was, and found it in Black Panther #44.
Yup.
