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WWE Payback Arena (courtesy WWE)
For now, we vive la lucha – but if they start stepping into socialist territory, I reassured comrade Putin in our last wrestling match that El Presidente has his wrestling spandex ready for any Cold War revival in the squared circle! Till the next bulletin, comrades, keep those luchador masks on, and remember to rip[...]
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Capitalism 101 But for some reason, this concept is lost on the brain trust at Hasbro, who make the predatory practices of the comic book industry look like amateur hour, and take it from a person who has spent over a decade complaining about those practices: that's really saying something. Hasbro recently launched a new branch[...]
Black Cat Has a Threesome for Marvel's Voices: Pride Variant Cover
Or better yet… send her an invite? Marvel's press release provides more details on this skillful blend of LGBTQI+ support and unadulterated capitalism. Marvel Comics is proud to celebrate Pride Month this year with another giant-sized one-shot showcasing some of comics' most iconic LGBTQ+ heroes in an incredible range of stories by LGBTQI+ superstars and emerging talent![...]
Marvel Unveils Russell Dauterman Designs for X-Men Hellfire Gala
IT's one of Joe Quesada's 22 Cheap Sales Posting Gimmicks that Always Work! It's pure, unadulterated capitalism, Marvel style! Excelsior, motherf—ers! Or, as the latest press release from Marvel puts it: This June, mutantkind is hosting another night of captivating drama, high stakes action, and exposed secrets in X-MEN: HELLFIRE GALA #1 Making sure your favorite characters[...]
WWE Chairman Vince McMahon loves money.
Do you smell that stench? It's the rotting corpse of American exceptionalism swiftly decomposing into a pile of maggots hatched from the eggs of unfettered capitalism Back in April, WWE laid off or furloughed dozens of employees and independent contractors, right during the worst part of a global pandemic, and at the start of an[...]
This Preview of Jimmy Olsen #9 Dismantles Capitalism
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #9 is in stores from DC Comics next week, and as the world descends into chaos from coronavirus pandemic, this preview takes the opportunity to skewer the capitalist system that may have left us all without adequate resources to combat the threat. As Jimmy Olsen and his family do a Peanuts pastiche. In[...]
Capitalism and Nepotism Collide in Tomorrow's Ducktales #20
Gyro Gearloose! Making matters worse, this intern, Fethry, appears to be totally incompetent! But since he's related to the boss, he gets this coveted (but unpaid position), regardless of merit! Does it matter if this will wreak havoc for Gyro's science? Do capitalists care about science anyway? Perhaps Scrooge is hoping Fethry will sabotage Gyro's important climate[...]