"Jarvis Is Just Tony Stark's Butler" and More Abandoned Comic Book Storylines!

[CBR News]

Every week, CSBG examines comic book stories and ideas abandoned and explained away by later writers, including how the relationship between Jarvis and Tony Stark abruptly changed from employer to practically father/son.


Full article here.

[StoneGold]

"This all changed with Terry Kavanagh."


Nothing good ever started with that phrase.


Mother fucking Terry Kavanagh. And yes, I do have something personal against him, and no, it had nothing to do with anything that happened in a comic book. Well, not story content.

[Froggy]

"This all changed with Terry Kavanagh."


Nothing good ever started with that phrase.


Mother fucking Terry Kavanagh. And yes, I do have something personal against him, and no, it had nothing to do with anything that happened in a comic book. Well, not story content.

did he kill your dog/

and I remember those teen tony issues cause my cousin got me one and i'm like "Iron man looks mad young"


"he's a teenager"

"but I thought tony stark was a grown ass man"

"he was but he died and this is him from the past"

".....come again?"

[StoneGold]

did he kill your dog/

I was an intern at Malibu Comics. He did Exiles #1, this was back in the day when companies would sell signed copies. So he had signed a ton of them, but then apparently proceeded to let a dog urinate all over them or something. Anyways, I had to number them all, then try to shove the half-mangled books into bags.

[Froggy]

I was an intern at Malibu Comics. He did Exiles #1, this was back in the day when companies would sell signed copies. So he had signed a ton of them, but then apparently proceeded to let a dog urinate all over them or something. Anyways, I had to number them all, then try to shove the half-mangled books into bags.

hahahaahwtf?

I'm sorry that sounds awful but it just seems so random, like did he not like working there or something?

Malibu was cool though, I remember Ultraforce!

[StoneGold]

hahahaahwtf?

I'm sorry that sounds awful but it just seems so random, like did he not like working there or something?

Malibu was cool though, I remember Ultraforce!

More like they just sat in a box with a bunch of random crap on top of them or something. I doubt it was high on his priority list.

[Froggy]

More like they just sat in a box with a bunch of random crap on top of them or something. I doubt it was high on his priority list.

that's so messed up though, sucks you had to go through that

[worstblogever]

I was an intern at Malibu Comics. He did Exiles #1, this was back in the day when companies would sell signed copies. So he had signed a ton of them, but then apparently proceeded to let a dog urinate all over them or something. Anyways, I had to number them all, then try to shove the half-mangled books into bags.

Worst. Collector's. Issue. Ever.

I mean, it's one thing to have a collector sign an issue, but to, in effect, have his dog sign it, as only a canine can... terrible.

[StoneGold]

Worst. Collector's. Issue. Ever.

I mean, it's one thing to have a collector sign an issue, but to, in effect, have his dog sign it, as only a canine can... terrible.

I'm joking about the dog pee. Basically, the books were just way, way, way below near-mint.


Really, I'm joking about the anger too. Although I do remember being irritated at the time, because the crappy condition of the books made them that much harder to shove in bags.

[worstblogever]

I'm joking about the dog pee. Basically, the books were just way, way, way below near-mint.


Really, I'm joking about the anger too. Although I do remember being irritated at the time, because the crappy condition of the books made them that much harder to shove in bags.

Hm. I'm just wondering if there would be a dog out there famous enough to increase a comic's value that way. Lassie?

And I suppose that it could be spun by whatever company did it as, "What? Kiss mixed their blood in the ink of a comic once, after all. This is hardly shocking."

[SUPERECWFAN1]

It really makes you wonder how and why Marvel allowed themselves to do that with Teen Tony . I think Ron Marz answered a question for me here on CBR a few years back when I asked if they modeled it after his Green Lantern. From what he said , they wanted to model it after Spider-Man. So that is pretty wild. Since Rayner was modeled after Peter Parker as well.

This wasn't the worst thing to do. I mean if anyone was gonna be a supporting character at that point that could work around Tony Stark then ...would be Jarvis. Happy Hogam/Pepper Potts were older and either married or divorced at this point.