Comments on: When in doubt, steal an idea and pretend it is new

By: Vicky

Vicky — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:36:39 +0000

Indiana Jones: Serial Killer.

That should be a movie.

By: UnSub

UnSub — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:43:36 +0000

The fun in this could be that in order to recharge Earth’s protective wards in a hurry, it is necessary to target certain specially-powered humans for the ceremonies. So you end up with a hero- and villain-killer, offing some C- and D-listers to try to keep under the radar. Marvel never runs short of C- and D-list characters they could pop in the ground (and you know they won’t stay there).

The way I envision this is that the man doing this could be Strange in another life, but instead of gifts and power, he has to debase his values, his life and reputation in order to save the world.

By: Christian

Christian — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:35:42 +0000

reminds me of a script i was working on where Charles Manson’s murder spree was necessary to dampen the magical energy released by the 60s

By: marvinmartian

marvinmartian — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:28:00 +0000

Um….From Hell? (Ok Masonic magick is not quite the same, still…)

By: Lister Sage

Lister Sage — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:41:31 +0000

So, I went to my usual comic book store yesterday and there was a brief article in Comic Shop News were they announced that Mark Waid (at least I assume it was Mark Waid, they only provided a last name) is going to write a new Dr. Strange book (I think it’s supposed to be an ongoing).

And if Bendis was right about “we don’t published characters that don’t sell” that would mean that books like Immortal Iron Fist, Incredible Hercules and even New Avengers, which has at different points had Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Spider-Woman AND Dr. Strange in them, who have all had multiple titles most of which didn’t last more then a few issues. Except Strange at one point sustained two books at once, Doctor Strange and The Defenders, both of which reached over a hundred issues (which is a bit inflated because he wasn’t always in Defenders and his own title was probably inflated by the Strange Tales series, but if Marvel can bullshit the issue numbers of Cap and Thor I should get the same luxury). So, the Doc can sell comics, it’s just finding a writer good enough to make him work. And it’s certainly not Brian “My magic can’t work under these conditions!” Bendis.

By: Peztopiary

Peztopiary — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:03:15 +0000

It isn’t just Earth though. By the time Strange notices him, he has already killed up and down the timeline of the Universe. Exactly how many innocents will Strange put up with, versus the people who would be saved accidentally when the killer offs Apocalypse in his cradle for so many “babies offed born at this exact second quota”?

By: Dayv

Dayv — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:37:12 +0000

I just imagine a denouement where Dr. Strange and this unwiling (and totally morose) serial killer get epically drunk together after the standard amount of conflict between them is resolved.

By: Kelberon

Kelberon — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:36:53 +0000

I like how this brings up multiple questions about the morality of the act, at least to me. For example, there’s the question of whether or not Strange takes on this role himself (almost certainly not)….but also the question of if he lets the person doing it get away to continue. And what can he say to the superhero community? They don’t understand most of what he does right now, and not trying to stop a serial killer is going to make that much worse. Plus, if he just leaves the killer alone, that opens them up to being caught/killed by someone like Wolverine sniffing them out at the crime scene and finding them by scent.

Then there’s the question of whether or not this could inspire someone to commit similar murders that serve no purpose other than their own sick pleasures….or if someone who wants the world to be eaten might take notice of the media attention these bizarre murders are getting, and try to erase the blood wards the killer is making.

By: Ambrael

Ambrael — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:00:51 +0000

Galactus is local, but there is really only one way to find out if it would repel him too. Think what that would save the Fantastic Four in clean up bills every five years or so.

By: Bret

Bret — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:51:03 +0000

Nope.

He’s from the dimension before ours. Last survivor of a dead universe.

By: S_Holmes

S_Holmes — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:47:14 +0000

I thought Galactus was from our dimension?

By: Skemono

Skemono — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:24:28 +0000

Life magic, using the energy of expiring souls to create runes that, if not capable of destroying those horrors, at least made planets rich with life taste like moldy Limburger to them.

So if we put the wards back up, we’ll keep Galactus away?

By: Pat!

Pat! — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:35:25 +0000

hell yeah man!

By: Jaap!

Jaap! — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:29:12 +0000

I see everybody is pitching in ideas, trying to round it out so it won’t seem arrogant of me to try the same. Goodie!

I would like to advice you putting this story somewhere late in your imaginary run, but every time you have a television or radio on screen it’s reporting on one of the murders. If you dose the televisions and radios and internets and newspapers out it will look just like world building instead of foreshadowing.

By: Klytus

Klytus — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:28:33 +0000

Oh. Snap.