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I remember reading the first few appearances of Scourge (probably in Amazing Spider-Man #277) and thinking he was a cool villain. That seems against everything I wrote yesterday, since Scourge could easily be an early version of the dark/extreme hero/villain trend of the 1990's.
Here was a villain (hero?) that went around killing C and [...]

Backwards ball-cap: check! Long Hair and Braids: check! Unnecessary Spikes/Blades: check!
It's an extreme 1990's character, so much so, his name is X-Treme.
What a fitting name it is. Not only does this character convey the "extreme" feeling of comics in the 1990's, he also serves as an example of the trend that killed (thematically, anyway) Marvel's [...]

The New York Comic-com was this past weekend and I couldn’t be happier about one surprise announcement made by DC Comics.
Jann Jones announced a new project: Captain Carrot and the Final Ark, a three-issue limited series. "It's a very important year for Captain Carrot," Jones said. The project will be written by Bill Morrison [...]

Comic book heroes were "extreme" in the 90's. Superman had long hair, Batman was replaced, Spider-Man was a clone, but the easiest way to make a standard hero "extreme" was to accessorize.
Cable (created by Rob Liefeld) from the New Mutants started this trend with his big shoulder pads, many pockets, and numerous ammo belts. Almost [...]

I had no idea it was such a problem. Now I understand why they told Carter he couldn’t play superheroes at preschool anymore.
Although the exact number of child fatalities connected to an active imagination is unknown, experts say the danger is very real. According to a 2006 estimate, children who regularly engage in imagination are [...]