Marvel Super Hero Squad

Look out world here they come. Marvel Super Hero Squad, an animated series for the young ones based on the toy line. Marvel squad will spawn into many platforms as a way to introduce the characters to kids. There was a time when it was understood that comics were for kids. Seems the times have changed. We are lead to believe and the proof is in the pudding when you go to a comic shop, the clientele are mostly adult and not a kid is to be seen. Well Marvel needs the help of the kids to help the bottom line for the future. There is a notion that the survival of the company is to appeal to the young kids to sustain the industry. The actual numbers of kid readers is not clear. A gambling man would tell you they are not that big. This dumbing down of characters to kids is the wrong approach. Stumpy and cute is not the way to go.

There was a time in the natural course where it was understood that comics were for kids, but it became an industry that had to make amends with creators in using them as slave workers for many years and the companies raised the prices of books to compensate their staff. More elaborate stories laced with adult themes just chased away the kids from the shops. These are still your dad’s comics, and the torch was never passed.

Marvel seems to be gaining on DC Comics in the movie industry and promise great things with new movies. How much Super Hero movies can the general audience tolerate. Will the flood gates over flow with characters to the big screen and just kill the whole thing.  Word has it that either HHH or even Brad Pitt will play the role of Thor in the distant future, this sector seems to be taking flight. Marvel just wants to seed future generations with this new line of characters. With many spin-offs of the same characters, it will affect the continuity of stories and characters. The formula is working right now, this is a Super Hero boom of sorts. Let’s hope they steer it the right direction, the industry will all benefit at the end of the day.