Dan Eats Crow

Well, usually my predictions are pretty spot on, but lately I haven't been doing too well.

I honestly thought they would retire Bruce Wayne and Dick would take over as Batman. I did predict Jason Todd would be Nightwing, but not that there would be two Nightwings. Though this would not be first time for that.

The one that is really sticking in my craw this week is Spider-man. Only a week or so ago I said that it would be months before we saw the "Iron Spidey" suit in the rest of the Marvel books, but low and behold they did it already! So maybe Marvel is actually working to put together a cohesive and structured universe. You know, I hope they do. It's weird, but nothing would make me happier then if Marvel books were set in a continuous universe like the DC books are. Take Vigilante for example; this book has no real ties to the DCU, but I have no problem believing that it takes place in the DCU, there's just this feel about it.

And that's what the Marvel books need more of as well I think. Runaways is a really good example of this. I easily believed it was in the Marvel U, even before they started getting all the guest stars. I also like the fact that they aren't based out of New York. But it does seem a little weird that Marvel doesn't use more locations then it does. Maybe it works the same way for super-heroes as it does for actors, actors go to Hollywood, super-heroes go to New York. Apparently places like Chicago, Portland, Miami, Houston and the like don't really have any problems with alien invasions or the like. I think that was one of the brilliant concepts behind Runaways, a cabal of smart super-villains in a town without any heroes. Yes, that sounds like a much better idea then robbing a bank in Manhattan half a mile away from Avengers Tower.

So good job Marvel! Now keep it up for six months and I might believe it.