Earth's Mightiest Heroes

A sporadic guide into the 50-ish years of canon.

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Even though you don't update, I still love your blog.

I've been sitting on this ask for a day now and I still don't have a real reply so I guess I'll just wing it.

First of all, thank you.  You are lovely and this ask made my day.

Secondly, I'm sorry I don't update.  I wish I had a real excuse but it's mainly that I suck.  It got to the point where I realized I had actual followers and I didn't know what to do with that and I started worrying that I could disappoint people and I got super anxious.  So I just stopped and ran away.  I'm sorry.

Thanks for the nice message, and sorry for the rambling.  I'm glad you like the ridic things I posted <3

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A WARNING TO ALL THINKING ABOUT GETTING INTO COMICS

I make this post not to dissuade you, but just so you might understand.

You will fall in love with side characters that no one cares about. It is highly likely no one will even know that they exist.

You will love pairings that no one else does. It is highly likely that you will be the only shipper.

There will be characters who will send you into near constant fits of rage. It is highly likely that they will be important characters.

The writers allow no one to remain happy for any substantial length of time. This includes you. It is highly likely that you will sit, fully clothed, under the spray of your shower while dramatic music plays.

You don’t yet understand true pain.

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So this is pretty much Phil's first appearance in Battle Scars

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Reasons Why You Should All Read Battle Scars and Fan With Me:

First of all, and most importantly,

Phil Coulson is in it.  In a 616, main Marvel continuity series.  He exists in the comics now.  He is alive and well.  I don't need to tell you that that is AWESOME.

More reasons below:

Reason #2:

Phil and the story's main character, Marcus Johnson, are totally in love with each other.

At the beginning of the series Marcus goes home from the war to his mother's funeral.  Her death, which was blamed on the riots in Fear Itself (which doesn't need to be read to understand Battle Scars) turns out to have been committed by mercenaries and supervillains to draw Marcus out.  He ends up stumbling though a dangerous world with no idea why or how.

So, he calls Phil (nicknamed 'Cheese' because you aren't supposed to know who he is until the end whoops).

Throughout the twists and turns and chaos that Marcus goes into, Phil stays right by his side.  He doesn't have to, there's no reason given besides 'best friends and war buddies'.  They just care about each other so much, and Phil does everything that he can to keep Marcus safe, and I just really need other people to ship this with me come on guys please?

Reason #3:

Marcus Johnson is actually pretty awesome and it looks like he's going to be pretty important to the comics.

Marcus' back story remains a secret for most of the series, even to him.  But if the people in charge choose to keep the ending of Battle Scars intact then Marcus is going to be a character you should know about.  It's pretty influenced by the Avengers movie (one of those 'catering to the new fans' thing that I personally dislike) and the ending kind of made me sigh and shake my head.

BUT, Marcus himself?  I like him!  He has a tendency to rush into danger head first, and luckily has the skill to take care of himself.  When that fails he has Phil to catch him.  He spends the series desperately trying to find his mother's killer, and when it comes down to the wire he puts other people ahead of himself.  If he gets the screentime I'd love to see his rashness dealt with, and also him dealing with the events of this series, but hey, these are comics.  If people maybe wanted to do that in fanfiction...

So there are three reasons to read this series.  Here, I'll even put download links again!

1  2  3  4  5  6

I think it's worth reading, but if you disagree it's only six issues!  It's quick, it's important, it's got an awesome relationship, and it has Phil Coulson!  What more could you ask for?

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So I am going to spoil a secret from a series called 'Battle Scars'.

It's a really awesome comic and you should probably read it.

Here are downloads for the six issues: 1  2  3  4  5  6

So are you ready for the spoiler?  It's AWESOME

PHIL

COULSON

EXISTS

IN

616 VERSE

HE IS ALIVE AND WELL AND SUCH A FUCKING BADASS AND HE IS TOTALLY MARRIED TO THIS DUDE NAMED MARCUS AND THIS SHIP NEEDS THE BIGGEST FANDOM BECAUSE THEY ARE PERFECT AND AND AND

FDJSKAF;JDA;DJFS

COULSON LIVES

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It's okay to be overwhelmed by how cool Natasha is

we all go through it

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Just your friendly reminder that Carol Danvers is amazing

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So I'm not totally sure you all realize just how bad-ass Natasha is, so here's a glimpse:

Natasha got attacked, drugged, and had her stomach split open.  She gets rushed into surgery, and

she can feel everything.

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For anyone interested, the new Captain Marvel with Carol Danvers is out!  For those who can't afford it, find it, or want to try before you buy, here's a download.

(I feel kind of cheesy writing this, but try to buy it if you can!  It's really good and, well, female superheroes could really use the sales.)

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Baby Loki and Sif adventures

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Thor...Do you think you can try lifting Mjolnir without looking like you're modeling?

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Sassy Gay Iron Man to the rescue!

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Okay so Cap goes and hires a bunch of male wrestlers for a workout

and

these things

keep happening?

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We found love in a Silver Age...

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There was talk, at one point, of Tom Cruise playing Iron Man...

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So in one Iron Man issue Natasha suddenly shows up!

and I'm completely distracted from the plot because Natasha, what are you wearing?

Then it suddenly cuts from Tony in his Iron Man suit to this:

and I officially can't handle this comic

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Tony being Tony