Give Marvel credit where it's due... Guardians of the Galaxy anti-bullying covers

[icon_uk]

Marvel have a LOT of publicity going for their Guardians of the Galaxy characters, and with the likes of Chris Pratt (who kept the Star Lord costume so he could make Hospital visits to sick kids in it), some very good PR, so I can only applaud them for this



From Comicosity, Marvel are teaming up with Stomp out Bullying in October, which is also National Bullying Prevention Month.







Well okay, this one's not Guardians of the Galaxy, but it's Captain America, who was bullied a lot as kid Steve Rogers, and who so he gets a pass.



This ones not Guardians of the Galaxy either, but Bruce Banner was also canonically a bullied child and the Hulk has little time for bullies either.

Comments

[crinos]

Yeah, keep pointing and laughing at the kid sitting next to THE INCREDIBLE HULK.

There about thirty seconds away from getting that helmet jammed in a very uncomfortable place.

[freezer]

It is my pet theory that in the Marvel Universe, the same genetic factor that makes superpowers possible causes suicidal stupidity those without them.

[michaelhealy]

The Celestials were serious about making sure natural selection favored their experiments.

[md84]

Grant Morrison's run on X-men implied that the sentient bacteria Sublime infected humanity with a hatred for superhumans like mutants because their existence was a threat to its survival.

[indyreloadx]

I dunno. I think they should count their blessing if the only thing Hulk does is jam their helmets up their woohaws. I imagine Hulk would dropkick one of those kids as an example

[burkeonthesly]

Right through the uprights. Field goal from the far end zone.

[silicondream]

Whatever advice Gamora might have for bullied kids, I somehow doubt it would be a good idea for them to follow it. But cute cover nonetheless!

[icon_uk]

Agreed, she's one of the few people for whom the phrase "I'm going to tell my dad on you" can literally cause bed-wetting terror.

[halloweenjack]

"The popular kids sure are assholes, aren't they? Let me tell you some exciting new uses for a paper clip."

[silverzeo]

Didn't Wonder Woman did the same thing in her animated movie, teaching a little girl how to "kill" the boys who didn't let her play pirate....

[burkeonthesly]

Loved that scene.

[starwolf_oakley]

Peter David once said Bruce Banner's childhood was "scorched earth depressing.". Maybe this cover is a flashback of Bruce on a high school football team with ghost future Hulk there.

I'm curious what kind of cover Spider-Man will get. To me, Ditko era Flash Thompson was more of a snarky wise-ass to Peter Parker than a full-on bully. Flash and Peter would never have become friends in the Romita era otherwise.

[obsidianwolf]

I don't think Peter is getting one. I think the only one that hasn't been shown is the Inhumans one.

[night4345]

That GotG cover is beautiful.

[randyripoff]

Cap looks...wrong.

[drtechnobabel]

To me, it looks like he's telling the bully, "Hey, remember that Super Soldier serum I have in my blood? Yeah, I could clench my hand right now and break every bone in yours. So LAY OFF."

[glprime]

Perspective issues. His legs versus his torso length, coupled with the ambiguous size of the kids he's next. Kinda makes him look like accurateheight!Wolverine or Puck.

Anti-Bullying is Bunk

[bencomicgraphics]

It's offensive, it's wrong, and it actually makes the situation worse.

Re: Anti-Bullying is Bunk

[icon_uk]

Those are some very sweeping statements, could you elaborate on what you mean?

Surely letting kids know that they aren't as alone as they feel they are is a GOOD thing?

[silverzeo]

I think they could have done Cap better by have him be a kid wearing a Captain America T-Shirt...

And Rocket for ANTI Bullying? I mean... I admit to being one of the millions of newbs who didn't know much about Rocket BEFORE MvC3, but isn't how he recently depicted being a gun totting thug who blows up anything that gets in his way? The closest thing I seen Rocket BEFORE that game was a flash parody of the game to show how drastic of a change they made Rocket...

[md84]

To be fair to Rocket, most of the things he blows up really had it coming.

[kurenai_tenka]

Aww, these are lovely! Particularly the Hulk one.

[shadowpsykie]

HULK WIBBLES :(

[seisachtheia]

The gamora one is gorgeous. And it's my favorite execution-wise. Is it by Stephanie Hans? She's just the best.

[raspberryrain]

Are the Rocket and Hulk ones by Pascal Campion? They look like his work.