How have comic books changed peoples lives?
Comic books are an interesting scenario for people's lives per say, but how have they changed everyone's lives? For one thing people try to transform themselves into the mind of a hero, they think “what would spiderman or black widow do in this situation?” Many childrens look up to many heroes in general that help them overcome their circumstances. On top of that they have many role models to look up to that are similar to them such as Black Panther, Wonder Woman, Daredevil, and even the anti-hero Deadpool. It doesn’t even limit to superheroes, many people look up to Archie, Charlie Brown, or even Garfeild for some comedic relief in some situations. Throughout people's lives comics have been used so much, it's almost like it's become a lifestyle. It's so hard to not see someone talking about a comic book counterpart such as Marvels: The Guardians of the Galaxy or Dcs: Batman.
Why are comic books so much different from their movie counterparts in some ways but not in others?
Comic books could be different for a variety of ways, maybe because of how they're written, or their movie counterparts could be because of legal issues. In China the government censors or removes certain parts of movies, so much as they could ruin the whole reason for a film. Disney does important work to make sure that China does not need to censor any of their movies or shows to confuse their viewers. In order to do this Marvel changes around many upon many storylines in marvel movies and tv shows. One major one is Wandavision. In the comic books (House of M) Wanda Maximoff creates her own family using her magic. It was soon revealed that behind the creation of her children was actually Mephisto, Marvel's part normal depiction of the devil. China bans films with any promotion of cultists and superstitious type characters, like the devil. With a major part of money making production coming from China, I don’t think they would like that. Many people themselves had theories that the villain of Wandavision would be Mephisto, however they came across this situation that then kinda shot down that idea. Nonetheless they still had other comic ideas to involve and change the storyline in some way.
In all of the religious portrayals in comic books, are there any changes they make in them?
There are many different religious portrayals, an example being between the two Marvel and Norse Mythology. With Marvel's Thor, he is a noble hero that any of us would feel safe around; the Thor of Norse mythology however is a fierce warrior with a violent yet short temper, who seems to revel in the slaughter of any who would challenge him. Yes, Loki is both mischievous in marvel and mythology, however it is very different for both cases. In the movies, Ragnarok is the end of Asgard itself (Asgard being where Loki and Thor are from), Loki helps in aid to try and stop Ragnorok. In Norse mythology, Ragnarok is the destruction of worlds rather than just Asgard. Loki betrays Asgairdians and ends up aiding the enemies.
Are there any similarities and differences to inspire comic book events from real life?
There are tons of similarities and differences to inspire comic book events from real life. A good example of this is when Iron man was abducted. When Iron Man was first abducted in Vietnam, he ended up having to build weapons for them. However in the movies he was abducted by Afghanistan rather than Vietnam. This was most likely changed due to the relations with Americans already in a long lasting war (which just now ending) and battle with Afghanistan. It would likely change due to the fact that we are most likely on good terms with Vietnam, so if we were to have a movie based upon them being the villains, would not be a good move on our part. Another good example would be Captain America and the Red Skull. In Captain America, he is portrayed as the U.S. vs what seems like the Nazis. However it's not blatantly put out there as being Nazis, but there are many verifying variables as their portail of them, as such why they’re called The Red Skull Group.
What makes franchises like marvel so popular?
This summary will require a mixture of all four summaries put together. Marvel is one of the most popular franchises as of right now, why is that though? Stan Lee, the creator of the Marvel Comic books, created the foundations that it lives by. It made the whole foundation that it is now, the multiverse. The multiverse is a theory that says our universe, with all its hundreds of billions of galaxies and almost countless stars, spanning tens of billions of light-years, may not be the only one. One universe could be slightly different or similar to another universe that sometimes doesn’t impact anything in the slightest, or impacts everything in it along with the universe itself. Marvel is so intertwined in itself and everything in it that everything is canon with each other. It makes it all that and so much more interesting. There was a major event in the comic books called “The Multiversal War”, it had major collisions between other universes that collided with other ones, it made one of the most impactful stories in history. What makes it even better is the movies. When it started with the original six avengers, you have to think “how can they make this better?” or “who will they introduce next?” Just to get to witness this build up through all these movies, it's great. It's like a dream come true. We could in fact have a major build up similar to the comics that everyone would truly love, that all the fans have studied and hyped and hung on for. All for this one big bad, super awesome event, the build up will be perfect. All this from Stan Lee, when you are invested in these movies you feel a part of a group of people. It makes you start to think about how it will pay off, and you’ll start to preserve your love for the franchise. That is what makes the marvel franchise so popular.
Google Document for my summary -> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YwXOyS3mW-XgF1Wx5Vk5E_AwOL6y-Wiw-8S6FuBArPI/edit