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This isn’t tentacle rape, it’s reproduction by means of forcible tentacle infection

Joe Quesada once again touches upon the controversy surrounding the cover of HEROES FOR HIRE #13. Will this be a weekly thing until he admits that it’s wrong and pulls the cover from publication? This from Newsarama:

So once again, no tentacle rape was intended, implied, or even in our thought processes as we were doing this cover nor was it in the thought process of the artist who created the cover. If some have chosen to see it that way there is nothing I can do except to say that I’m sorry.

And yes, if that was indeed what we intended the imagery to be, then shame on us, but that is not what happened and certainly not the case.

What did they intend the imagery to be? Remember, this is a book intended for ages 9 and up. I would love to see what written instructions the cover artist was given when she was assigned the job of painting the cover. That certainly would go a long way in establishing the actual original intent of Marvel Comics. Not that the intent is really all that important. At the end of the day, they still have a cover showing tentacle rape.

Joe Quesada can tell Newsarama each and every week that the cover was never intended to show rape. The problem is that he told Newsarama last week that the creature molesting the women was the Brood. I’ll be honest. I didn’t know what the Brood was. I do know how to use Wikipedia. This is what it says about the Brood:

The Brood possess wings, fanged teeth and a stinging tail. They have a hive mentality and mindlessly follow a queen. To reproduce, they must infect other races with their eggs.

So there you have it. This isn’t rape. This is forcible reproduction by means of tentacle infection.

Joe Quesada weighs in on Marvel’s tentacle rape porn for 9-year olds

Heidi MacDonald from The Beat has been kind enough to post a portion of the weekly question and answer session between comic book website Newsarama and Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada.

She saved me from having to go and read the sickening love fest passing as comics journalism over at Newsarama.

Quesada weighs (no pun intended) in on the recent controversy over the creepy HEROES FOR HIRE #13 cover that I wrote about here.

When I refer to “controversy”, I am referring to why Marvel Comics would stoop to putting porn on the cover of a comic book intended for 9 year olds.

I don’t care all that much for Joe Quesada. This is a prime example of why:

This one I can answer to. First, I think people are reading way too much into that cover than was ever intended. I heard terms such as “tentacle rape” being thrown around when that in no way is what’s happening, nor does it happen in the book. Those tentacles are the arms of the Brood who appears in the issue and is a major story point, the Brood have tentacles, sorry about that.

Secondly, the concept for that cover, soup to nuts came from a female artist. Thirdly, not being a deep follower of manga, I have no idea what recurring theme people are referring to or concerned with. While I appreciate the sentiment and the feelings that some may have about this, I honestly feel that there is way too much being read into this cover.

Also, HFH is a book that features two strong, lead female protagonist who kick major ass; somehow folks have forgotten to focus on that.

Reading too much into it, huh Joe? Why is the tentacle — you call it an arm — secreting some kind of mystery white goo on the woman’s breasts? The woman with her hands chained above her head to a stone pillar. What is that white goo supposed to be?

Also, just how old is Joe Quesada? When was the last time you heard someone use the phrase, “Soup to Nuts”? Talk about old-man speak.

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