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Old July 8, 2003, 02:15   #1
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Princess Diana is back...as a mutant superhero!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s896977.htm

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Marvel to unveil mutant Di

Marvel Comics says Princess Diana will be reincarnated as a mutant comic book superhero this September.

The character will appear in a five-series storyline called Di Another Day in Marvel's X-Statix monthly comic, a spinoff from its popular X-Men.

Marvel spokesman Brian Reinert says the first of the comic books will go on sale on September 10.

He says Di appears as one of the team of super-powered mutants in a satirical look at fame and pop culture.

"They're more concerned about their bank accounts than saving people from injuries and saving the world," he said. X-Statix writer Peter Milligan said the late princess was "tailor-made" for the series because she is "someone famous for being famous".

"At a glance, Diana may not resemble the flying, teleporting, lethally oscillating characters that populate my comic, but the strange power she exerts from beyond the grave certainly makes her a valid subject to explore," Mr Milligan said in a statement issued by Marvel.

"And, of course, she looks great in Spandex!"

A Buckingham Palace spokesman has called the idea "utterly appalling" and a "cheap attempt to cash in on Diana's fame and the tragic circumstances surrounding her death".

I find this very amusing. I haven't read this comic series, but from what people have said, it's supposedly very good and this idea would fit in well with it.
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Old July 8, 2003, 04:20   #2
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Re: Princess Diana is back...as a mutant superhero!
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Marvel to unveil mutant Di

Marvel Comics says Princess Diana will be reincarnated as a mutant comic book superhero this September.

The character will appear in a five-series storyline called Di Another Day in Marvel's X-Statix monthly comic, a spinoff from its popular X-Men.

Marvel spokesman Brian Reinert says the first of the comic books will go on sale on September 10.

He says Di appears as one of the team of super-powered mutants in a satirical look at fame and pop culture.

"They're more concerned about their bank accounts than saving people from injuries and saving the world," he said. X-Statix writer Peter Milligan said the late princess was "tailor-made" for the series because she is "someone famous for being famous".

"At a glance, Diana may not resemble the flying, teleporting, lethally oscillating characters that populate my comic, but the strange power she exerts from beyond the grave certainly makes her a valid subject to explore," Mr Milligan said in a statement issued by Marvel.

"And, of course, she looks great in Spandex!"

A Buckingham Palace spokesman has called the idea "utterly appalling" and a "cheap attempt to cash in on Diana's fame and the tragic circumstances surrounding her death".

I find this very amusing. I haven't read this comic series, but from what people have said, it's supposedly very good and this idea would fit in well with it.
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Old July 8, 2003, 04:43   #3
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I wonder if her archnemesis is the nefarious Paparazzi Man.
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Old July 8, 2003, 04:48   #4
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There's going to be a lot of people in Britain who'll hate this.

Thankfully, I'm not one of them.
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/me can't wait until the royalist press in the UK hear about this.
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Old July 8, 2003, 04:59   #6
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I do feel kinda sorry for her kids though. I know that if my mum died I wouldn't appreciate some ******* comic book geeks taking the piss out of her for thier own profit.
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Old July 8, 2003, 05:40   #7
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Saw this a few weeks ago in the Guardian.
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Re: Re: Princess Diana is back...as a mutant superhero!
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Marvel to unveil mutant Di

Marvel Comics says Princess Diana will be reincarnated as a mutant comic book superhero this September.

The character will appear in a five-series storyline called Di Another Day in Marvel's X-Statix monthly comic, a spinoff from its popular X-Men.

Marvel spokesman Brian Reinert says the first of the comic books will go on sale on September 10.

He says Di appears as one of the team of super-powered mutants in a satirical look at fame and pop culture.

"They're more concerned about their bank accounts than saving people from injuries and saving the world," he said. X-Statix writer Peter Milligan said the late princess was "tailor-made" for the series because she is "someone famous for being famous".

"At a glance, Diana may not resemble the flying, teleporting, lethally oscillating characters that populate my comic, but the strange power she exerts from beyond the grave certainly makes her a valid subject to explore," Mr Milligan said in a statement issued by Marvel.

"And, of course, she looks great in Spandex!"

A Buckingham Palace spokesman has called the idea "utterly appalling" and a "cheap attempt to cash in on Diana's fame and the tragic circumstances surrounding her death".
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I find this very amusing. I haven't read this comic series, but from what people have said, it's supposedly very good and this idea would fit in well with it.
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He says Di appears as one of the team of super-powered mutants in a satirical look at fame and pop culture.

"They're more concerned about their bank accounts than saving people from injuries and saving the world," he said. X-Statix writer Peter Milligan said the late princess was "tailor-made" for the series because she is "someone famous for being famous".
This reminds me of Petri Nygård...
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I wonder if the action figure will be as anatomically correct as that Hulk doll....
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Old July 8, 2003, 08:23   #11
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I totally agree with this.


I won't lose any sleep over it though.
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I wonder if the action figure will be as anatomically correct as that Hulk doll....
You want it to look as it has spent 6 years decomposing?
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And I agree with B. Palace - this is pretty crass.
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Why? The comic itself is just a bit of art aimed at investigating the cult of fame in modern society. No-one embodies that more than Diana.

Why shouldn't real dead people be represented in fiction?
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I wonder if the action figure will be as anatomically correct as that Hulk doll....
Don't worry, I'm sure her enormous penis will be accurately rendered.
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I didn't think she had one.
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She was married to him.
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Why? The comic itself is just a bit of art aimed at investigating the cult of fame in modern society. No-one embodies that more than Diana.

Why shouldn't real dead people be represented in fiction?
Those are unrelated points.

There is no reason why they can't use Diana, or any dead person, but that doesn't stop it being cheap humour at their expense.

I didn't like Diana, I thought she was fake, and I'm sure the comic will probably give me a wry smile if I read it. I would probably still think it little more than tat though.
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I put them in seperate paragraphs to indicate their unrelatedness.
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If I were the late, great LPrDi, I'd probably think it was pretty cool that I was getting immortalised in a comic book, and not be remembered as the cute blonde English girl with puppy fat who 'married' into 'royalty'.

I mean, what if they'd made her the T3? Oh look, a blond bombshell cyborg with big tits - I bet NOBODY saw that one coming!!!
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They showed a picture of it on TV, it's a shame they didn't have one for that article.
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Princess Di's mortal enemy - The Mutant Paparazzis.





did I cross the line yet?
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Will the Di character be as hot as the real person was? If so, I'd do her...
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She'll be very loose y now, Sava




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What, are you hanging around with Dissident again?
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