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vintagegeekculture · 2 days

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Marvel's 1992 Darkhold Redeemers

“Darkhold Redeemers” was a comic created in 1992 about a group of supernatural investigators in possession of the Darkhold, an evil book of dark sorcery that has evil pages scattered over the world. In Marvel lore, the Darkhold is the book that created the first vampires. The comic was created by 90s Marvel journeyman Chris Cooper (also known for creating Starfleet Academy, a comic about the adventures of Cadet Nog that tied in to the events of Deep Space 9).

The book is notable for three reasons.

The first is that the premise is shockingly and coincidentally similar to the later Buffy the Vampire Slayer, with occult investigations carried out by a group that is led by a beautiful, tight outfit wearing vampire killer from a lineage of vampire hunters (Victoria Montesi, the Montesi Formula being the way vampires are destroyed in Marvel Comics), and also includes a mouthy scrappy everyman, an occult expert and archeologist who’s knowledge of the supernatural and collection of books leads to the secret of beating the creature of the week, a tough as nails government agent out of his depth when fighting the supernatural, and finally, a tremendously powerful and immortal dark antihero who joins the side of good despite his dark past (Mordred the Mystic is both Willow and Angel together, I suppose).

The second detail is that it was the first Marvel Comic with an openly gay lead character. You might have heard it was Northstar, but this is not true. Chris Cooper is openly gay himself and always fought for inclusion of this nature. Victoria Montesi’s debut predates Northstar coming out of the closet (a comic, incidentally, that Chris Cooper wrote as associate editor on Alpha Flight, so he worked on both).

There are, likewise, many candidates for who the first gay character in Star Trek is, but one of the characters with the strongest claim to this title is Chris Cooper’s Yoshi Mishima in his Starfleet Academy series.

Chris Cooper eventually left Marvel Comics after the 90s. Nothing happened. Most people in a freelance job like comic editing and writing are not Chris Claremont, who are there for decades. Careers in the arts don’t last forever, and they have to come to an end sometime, where you go and get a real job.

But Chris Cooper came up again decades later in the news, was the subject of an incident in 2020 when birdwatching in Central Park (he’d been a member of a birdwatching society at Harvard), where he was threatened by a female jogger, who said she would call the police as he threatened her, when we can see he did no such thing. The incident was known as either “the Central Park Birdwatching Incident” or the “Central Park Karen.”

Looking at the footage now, it’s easy to see why it was national news and viral on the internet. Apart from the obvious racial angle, it is a chilling reminder of how a woman’s vulnerability can become a weapon, and how man’s strength can turn into a vulnerability.

All the while watching the incident, I was like "...the Darkhold Redeemers guy? No, it couldn't be...it's probably a coincidence, Chris Cooper is a very common name." But nope, it really was the Starfleet Academy guy from the 90s.

Chris Cooper received a birdwatching show on National Geographic, and inspired many black people to go into birdwatching, but I could care less about birdwatching. I would like to see what happened next with Darkhold Redeemers and Starfleet Academy, which ended at a cliffhanger with a lot of unresolved plot points.

#darkhold redeemers #90s marvel #starfleet academy

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arcadebroke · 3 months

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#Marvel Comics #Marvel #90s Marvel #Cover art #character design #typography

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wwprice1 · 5 months

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Marvel house ads circa 1996.

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 3 months

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SQUAD STATEMENTS IN THE RAIN -- RAINY DAY PANELS FOR RAINY DAY WEATHER.

NOTE: SoCal has been getting pummeled by rain for nearly two days straight now.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 736x1259 -- Spotlight on a panel of Nightcrawler, Colossus, Jean Grey, Cyclops, & Wolverine, from "UNCANNY X-MEN" Vol. 1 #300 ("Legacies"). May, 1993. Marvel Comics.

Story/script by Scott Lobdell

Pencils by John Romita, Jr.

Inks by Dan Green

Colors by Steve Buccellato

Source: www.pinterest.com/pin/584905070330594331.

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andrecomics · 8 months

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Namorita market doodle

#namorita #namor #the sub mariner #submariner #new warriors #90s marvel #marvel fanart #marvel #marvel comics #avengers #marvel superheroes #new warriors fanart

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moonbear-from-space · 9 months

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🕷🕸WEB-CRAWLER 🕸🕷

#spider man #90s spider man #venom #doc ock #green goblin #MJ #mary jane watson #norman osborn #otto octavius #Peter Parker #90s spider man comics #marvel comics #90s marvel #traditional art #sketch book drawings #sketch book art #my art

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the-bar-sinister · 10 months

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This is what I was talking about, so you know.

#90s marvel #generation x #marvel comics #sean cassidy #victor creed #x factor #😼🔪#sabretooth

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that90ssmshow · 2 years

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What If... The Amazing Spider-Man Had Not Married Mary Jane? (1990)

#what if #what if...?#Danny Fingeroth #Jim Valentino #90s comics #black cat #mary jane watson #felicia hardy #felicia hardy-parker #should i say #peter parker #90s marvel #marvel comics #smcomics #what if comics #comics are wild sometimes

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domwho11 · 11 days

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90s kids! Please help bring back this awesome cartoon. Thanks ❤️

#petition #spider man #spider man tas #bring back spider man tas #bring back spider man #christopher daniel barnes #jennifer hale #90s cartoons #90s marvel #the 90s

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kult-of-tol-in-gaurhoth · 1 year

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HALF ENERGY-VAMPIRE/HALF HUMANOID-PTERANODON -- TOTAL SAURIAN TERROR!

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1044x1600 -- Spotlight on original artwork for the "fearsome flying fiend" known as Sauron (of the Savage Land), artwork by Jim Lee for the critically-acclaimed "X-MEN" Series 1 collection of trading cards, c. 1991.

Source: https://1ojodemelkart.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-marvel-x-men-collection-n1-children.html.

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texaschainsawmascara · 1 year

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Letterman, ‘94

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arcadebroke · 1 year

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#Wolverine #1993 #X-Men #Sentinel #cover art #art #design #comic book #comic books #character design #Marvel Comics #Marvel #Comic Book Art #90s #1990s #90s Marvel #Dwayne Turner

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wwprice1 · 2 years

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The Ben Reilly: Spider-Man mini-series was excellent! Recommended for all fans of the character!

#marvel #Spider-Man #ben reilly #Ben Reilly Spider-Man #scarlet spider #spider clone #clone saga #90s marvel #90s Spider-Man #jm dematteis #david baldeon #israel silva #joe caramagna

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 16 days

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ONE MEGA SERVING OF BLOOD AND METAL COMING RIGHT UP -- '90s STYLE!

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a Cable poster design by John Romita Jr. and Tom Smith, from an issue of "Marvel Press," c. 1992.

EXTRA INFO: Variant Cable costume design frontispiece for the "Cable Classic" Vol. 1 trade paperback (published by Marvel Comics in 2008). "Hidden Gem" Variant cover art to "CABLE" Vol. 5 #1. March, 2024. Artwork by John Romita Jr. Marvel Comics.

Sources: Reddit, Pinterest, & https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Cable_Vol_5_1.

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dial-p-for-placey · 1 month

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Back to back with my recent Storm piece and the older piece. Nearly 11 years difference!!

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cinematicwasteland · 3 months

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#spider man #marvel comics #1990s #90s

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