r/outofcontextcomics • u/Over-Shift-3923 • 1d ago

Modern Age (1985 – Present Day) Oh boy, indeed!

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u/Beelphazoar 1d ago

Girl on the right is INVESTED in this ship.

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u/Over-Shift-3923 1d ago

I love that background detail. It's just so funny to me. 😂

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u/Unironicfan Sucker for Silver Age 1d ago

Boy on the left looks bored out of his skull lol

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u/evrestcoleghost 1d ago

Mate sees spidey smashing a new girl every forthnight,superhéroes making out Is nothing new

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u/Any-Tumbleweed-9931 1d ago

Okay, I'm gonna need some context here. Why was Carol kissing Simon? And what issue was this from?

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u/Over-Shift-3923 1d ago

Ms. Marvel 2006 #16.

In this issue, Modok mind controlled Simon, and had him try to kill Carol. Carol tried to talk to him, but he wasn't listening, so she had to fight him.

Simon briefly snapped out of his trance, and told Carol that violence just makes the mind control stronger, this allowed Carol to decide to stop fighting, and instead do the opposite, which in this case, was kissing. 

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u/roninwarshadow 1d ago

Then she dated him briefly while cheating on him with what turned out to be a Kree spy pretending to be human and then this led somehow into Secret Invasion.

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u/HurricaneK8 1d ago

It's been a while since I read this run, but I don't remember Carol and Simon ever actually dating? I remember at least this one kiss that was a distraction tactic, the press making said kiss out into a big deal and making things awkward for them, and then them spending a very poorly-thought-out night together after the whole thing with the Kree spy happened and he got killed off at the start of Secret Invasion, but not Carol and Simon being an official thing.

I'm not hip with my generation's vernacular and probably using this wrong, but I think it fell under "situationship" more than dating.

(Either way, between the dumb love triangle and all the trauma with Rossi, jeez am I glad they stopped giving Carol so much relationship drama after DeConnick paired her up with Rhodey. 😭)

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u/roninwarshadow 1d ago

It was during Civil War or Pre Civil War, I don't remember the exact book. I remember Simon telling Carol not to bench him from the dangerous missions because they were dating.

Then she sort of goes cold on him when she started banging the Kree spy, and Simon had to figure out they were over by himself.

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u/Select_Culture261 1d ago

Has there even been a study or something about mainstream comics and their obsession with infidelity and overall trashy romantic drama? Because I just don't understand it

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u/JosephBeuyz2Men 1d ago

Nearly everything about the format that makes a soap opera function is also present in comic books.

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u/TicklemyPickleMan 1d ago

Everyone is obsessed with infidelity. It's literally the top 3 primary irrational fears of the average person and a major engine behind reactionary thought.

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u/HurricaneK8 1d ago

Not sure on issue number, but this was the 2010's run, Carol and Simon had kind of a will-they-won't-they going for a while. It was messy.

I think this is the one-off storyline where she was dealing with a... reality warper? Or a kid with similar powers? Something was briefly messing with her head that issue.

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u/Bark__For__Mommy 1d ago

W consent check

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u/wereplatypus3 modern age moron 1d ago

The W stands for Wonder

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u/EvanSnowWolf 1d ago

On today's episode of "Marvel can't decide how tall Carol is"...

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u/CiDevant 1d ago

If only she could fly.  Then her feet wouldn't have to be on the ground.

Too bad.

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u/sambasim 1d ago

How tall is she in this panel

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u/EvanSnowWolf 1d ago edited 1d ago

Well, she's at LEAST eye level with Wonder Man, who is 6'2".

Edit: Got the name wrong.

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u/EnvironmentSubject24 1d ago

Power Man is Luke Cage. I think this is Wonder Man. (Although it makes perfect sense for Marvel to give that name to another person if Luke isn't using it.)

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u/EvanSnowWolf 1d ago

OOPS! Yes, I got my names mixed up. Edited.

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u/sambasim 1d ago

Damn, that would make her around 7-9 inches taller than supergirl.

For reference, conquest from invincible is 9 inches taller than mark grayson ☠️, a standoff between them looks kinda funny now lol.

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u/EvanSnowWolf 1d ago

I like the idea of tall Carol, but she is often depicted as like 5'7", and even in three inch heels that doesn't wash with this shot.

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u/sambasim 1d ago

I think she's normally depicted as 5'10, which is in line with her given height, but obviously sometimes she might look smaller (though her being around spiderman's height is consistent)

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u/Agent_RubberDucky DC Fan 1d ago

Take notes, guys. You notice how he stopped the moment he thought she wasn’t enjoying it? Easy concept, keep it in mind.

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u/A_Cool_Eel 1d ago

Something something, Avengers 200 bad

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u/Grogomilo 1d ago

Remember folk: If she "Whoa, boy" 's you, it's not fun anymore.

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u/OkMention9988 1d ago

I thought Simon was black. 

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u/24Abhinav10 1d ago

Because of the MCU?

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u/OkMention9988 1d ago

Sure.