Quote:Does Marvel Studios have to pay Marvel Comics royalties for the use of the characters? If they do, then going to the movies would indirectly fund the comics in a small part - and even a fraction of a cent of my money going to these yahoos is unpleasant to me.
Not sure actually, and yeah, that's more than fair.
Quote:In “What If?” Simmons confronts Coulson’s rebellious student who asks her flat-out “Are Hydra Nazis?” Simmons answers without hesitation: “Yes, they are. Every last one of them!”
Given the timing of that (It's a recent episode, set in an alternate reality where Hydra took over the world and are generally being Nazis about it), it's generally believed to be part of Marvel Studios general contempt for Comics.
Quote:Which comic made that claim? Because every single comic I've seen indicates that Hydra Cap is a result of the Red Skull using the Cosmic Cube, in the form of an omnipotent little girl named Kobik, to rewrite history a few months ago so that his greatest enemy became a sleeper agent who'd always been working for him.
Issue 0 of Secret Empire, which came out on the 19th. Now, in fairness, it was said by Nazi Steve, and never responded to by anyone else in the comic, so it might just be his Cube memories talking. But some of Mervel Comics statements this week regarding it, and a time travel storyline in Thunderbolts, really don't help there.
Quote:And why is everyone only complaining now, when the storyline has been going on for the last year?
The backlash has been going on, across social media, conventions and in general sales at Marvel, ever since the Captain Nazi storyline started and Marvel Comics started doubling down.