Marvel ain’t never had a friend like Disney, and the news of the House that the Mouse (and a Hitler-loving Walt) built acquiring the House of Ideas has the rumor mill and peoples’ imaginations going wild with speculation over what sorts of changes are in store.
Personally, I have some theories, specifically about some characters who are going to be phased out of the Marvel U., or who are conveniently stuck in plot threads, which can remain unresolved - and ultimately forgotten - as the new Disneyverse comes into its own.
I suspect that, much like Norman Osborrn, Disney’s got themselves a s**t list. Let’s see, who’s first… ah! The obvious choice - young, female, Jewish, and already lost in space - all that’s left is to find Colossus a nice Shiksa to settle down with.
“Congratulations, Kitty! Our new management are such big fans of yours, they’re sending you on an all-expenses paid trip to Disneyworld! In a giant bullet! Buh-bye now!”
I’m kidding of course, I doubt that anti-Semitism will number among the many problems that will arise from the merger, but it is odd, and worth noting, that the company Martin Goodman and Stan Lee Built, which created so many of characters we that have had such an impact on our lives, is being acquired by a company which - although things have changed dramatically in the intervening decades - was at its conception the brainchild of a prominent Nazi sympathizer (that would be Walt).
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