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and remember, a comic may not be very good, but it sure can be ridiculously funny, intentionally or not

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So, in my art history class today, my professor was talking about something that is so fuckin awesome.

These are warrior shields from the Wahgi people of Papua New Guinea. The warriors paint them with imagery meant to symbolize animals who have traits they wish to embody in battle. These depictions are intended to give the person using it the powers of what they’re depicting.

Now. Look at this Wahgi shield:

Hmm. That looks a bit different from the others.

That looks VERY different. Why, it looks like

The Phantom… American comic book character by Lee Falk. And that’s because it is.

The Wahgi people were isolated from the rest of the “modern” world until 1933. They came into contact with WWII service men who shared some aspects of western culture with the tribesmen. In particular, they showed them the comic books they read while shipped out. The Wahgi loved them. In particular, the Wahgi adored the stories of the Phantom, who wasn’t even particularly popular in its home of America.

He is so popular that the few Wahgi who can read english will read the comics out loud in the village center and hold out the pages for everyone to see, so the whole tripe can enjoy them and marvel at the Phantom’s might in battle.

They identify with the Phantom because he came from a jungle territory, like them, wore a mask to fight, like them, and came from a long line of warriors, which the Wahgi, who worshiped their ancestors, deeply respected. Further, despite not really having superpowers, the Phantom is strong, clever, and incredibly fast. He was so fast that his enemies began to believe that he was impervious to bullets and could not be killed.

Therefore, the Wahgi began painting HIM on their shields to invoke HIS abilities in battle. There are TONS of Phantom-Wahgi shields out there.

So, you might think that you’re huge comic book fan, but the Wahgi have taken their Phantom fandom to the next level and have made the Phantom a fucking talisman to carry into battle for strength.

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calmest peter parker evening (he dealt with everything before this dw)

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MANGO OFFENCE

Sppon

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I fucking love John Romita Jr and Scott Hanna's take on Venom.

The leaner silhouette, the smile, the little tendrils, the elongated claws.. He kind of feels like a living shadow, which is kind of approprate when he's written as foil to Peter.

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4 eyes kaien beloved

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I’ve secured a redbull sponsorship with my special talent

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Awesome! Do Bill Foster and Jonathan Hart join in like it was originally intended?

were the champions of Los Angeles a thing in the destroyerverse?

Yes, and while it had a similarly short lifespan as the canon Champions, Herc was inspired by his time with the team to put his energy into training young heroes like Amadeus Cho and future generations of the Champions (the canon!2016 team, basically)

Also Bobby introduced Herc to Piotr, who was a member of the team and had a brief romance with Herc

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REBLOG if you have amazing talented artist friends!

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Hey have you listened to "Ring capacity" by Kirby Krackle 👀

HOLY SHIT. NO I HAD NOT BUT I GAVE IT A LISTEN FOR THIS ASK AND. OH MY GOD TYSM FOR TELLIG ME ABOUT THIS?????

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jack frost is back!!!!!

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SOMEBODY GIVE ME YOUR CHARACTER BREAK DOWNS

I NEED TO LEARNNNN

SOMEONE GIVE ME THEIR ANALYSIS ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WARREN PLEASE

I WANNA LEARN HOW DEEP CHARACTERS GO

If you’ve been desperate to tell someone about a character you’ve dug into

TELL ME

as long as it’s a Marvel Character I’ll listen

And I’ll even take select DC characters but don’t push it.

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So, let me guess– you just started a new book, right? And you’re stumped. You have no idea how much an AK47 goes for nowadays. I get ya, cousin. Tough world we live in. A writer’s gotta know, but them NSA hounds are after ya 24/7. I know, cousin, I know. If there was only a way to find out all of this rather edgy information without getting yourself in trouble…

You’re in luck, cousin. I have just the thing for ya.

It’s called Havocscope. It’s got information and prices for all sorts of edgy information. Ever wondered how much cocaine costs by the gram, or how much a kidney sells for, or (worst of all) how much it costs to hire an assassin?

I got your back, cousin. Just head over to Havocscope.

((PS: In case you’re wondering, Havocscope is a database full of information regarding the criminal underworld. The information you will find there has been taken from newspapers and police reports. It’s perfectly legal, no need to worry about the NSA hounds, cousin ;p))

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Anytime I see art of Peter getting beat up, thrown out a window, bloodied, bruised, tied up, tarred and feathered, and in a big cartoonish hole in the ground after falling

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Marvel knights: Spider-Man #4

Amazing Spider-Man #526

Spine-Tingling Spider-Man #0

Amazing Spider-Man #700.3

Amazing Spider-Man #636

Anytime I see art of Peter getting beat up, thrown out a window, bloodied, bruised, tied up, tarred and feathered, and in a big cartoonish hole in the ground after falling

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Anytime I see art of Peter getting beat up, thrown out a window, bloodied, bruised, tied up, tarred and feathered, and in a big cartoonish hole in the ground after falling

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champions of Los Angeles... Young allies... Young X-Men... Excelsior/loners... That one team from fear itself... You guys will always be famous to me...