Here, for the first time, the full truth behind the House of M crossover.
M stands for “Mode.” Yes, in a daring Marvel/Incredibles crossover event, fashionista Edna Mode will be redesigning the costumes for every single Marvel character.
This, of course, will mean banishment of capes from the Marvel U. But at least everyone will look fabulous. No more hobo suits.
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Finally! Mighty Wretched Marvel can come out of the four-color closet and into something fabulous! I’m thinking garbardine for Wolverine, something understated, something that shows the power without pushing the product. And the shorts on the outside? First thing to go, I swear to God, if I have to get a crowbar!
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Hmmmm. The statistical usage of “mode” certainly explains the seemingly endless repetition of overused story plots that have seemed to be pervasive at the House of Marvel over the past few years.
Dang, she’s a great character. I’d be open to seeing a spinoff movie with just her. The Pixar-equivalent of the Legion of Doom (or something like that) break into her house, and Edna manages to single-handedly defeat them with her great wit and various pieces of costume equipment… Wait a minute, this is sounding more and more like an animated Home Alone. Never mind.
So at the end her dress catches fire and she commits suicide, right?
Does this mean a nice outfit that fits the Hulk?
So at the end her dress catches fire and she commits suicide, right?
EDNA: “Not like dis, dahrling. LIKE DIS!”
*boom*
SPIDEY: “Uhhhhh, why did she do that, again?”
X23: “HIIIYAAAAA!!! Look at me!! I’m hip!”
SPIDEY: “Nevermind. . .”
Best crossever in history.
When you think about it, Edna Mode might be one of the most powerful non-Super people around. She has to have intimate knowledge of the powers of all the Supers she works with. She also has to have great scientific knowledge to put together costumes that operate with those powers.
Sure, Reed Richards could whip up “unstable molecules” out of his hat. But could he handle the scientific disciplines – plus the grounding in the arts – that Mode must have?
And she could do it while sipping Constant Comment tea and observing the behavior of the heroes with a self-satisfied smirk. Why self-satisfied? With the knowledge and equipment she has, she could turn them into li’l hero meatballs if she needed to.
The only problem with turning Edna Mode into an inked character is you lose half the fun–Brad Bird voicing her. *shrug*
Dahlink, we must do somethink about that Spidey suit! I looks FABulous! But we simply can’t have it itching or riding up in the crotch!
To be picky, there aren’t many capes in Marvel comics, so banning them there wouldn’t do much. The Justice league, though.
Actually, maybe that explains the Batman Beyond suit…
Sigh. If only.
Capes on major Marvel characters: Thor, Scarlet Witch, Vision… um… Storm… Quasar…
Ðámņ, you’re right. Not many. I’m sure I’m forgetting some, but still…
Storm is the most prominent caped character I can think of, and even she’s gone without from time to time (most notably the mohawk period).
I would buy “House of M” if this were the plot.
Capes on major Marvel characters
Just for fun, I pulled out my Marvel cards – I have Series I-IV in 9-sheet sleeves, so that makes this easy. 🙂
So, beyond the ones Julio mentioned, capes and/or cloaks…
Moon Knight, Doctor Strange, Cloak (duh! :)), Warlock, Beta Ray Bill, Sleepwalker, Morbius has something resembling a cape, so does Starhawk. And then there’s half your celestial beings like Watcher and Collector.
Doctor Doom, Magneto, Mole Man, Dormammu, Mephisto, Mandarin, Grim Reaper, Mysterio, Kang, Hobgoblin and Demogoblin both have cloaks.
I’m sure I missed a few.
Sorry, I was bored. 🙂
No ones going to remember it, but Daredevil had a cloak for about 3 seconds in an old Spidey “What If” where Peter stopped the wrestling thief and become famous.
IMO Strange can keep the cape. His cape and amulet alone are more powerful than most B-List superhero teams.
I’ll betcha when nobody else is looking, his cape and amulet go off and have adventures of their own. (BTW, anyone who uses this story idea has nothing to worry about from me. It’s kinda silly, though.)
“I’d be open to seeing a spinoff movie with just her. The Pixar-equivalent of the Legion of Doom (or something like that) break into her house, and Edna manages to single-handedly defeat them with her great wit and various pieces of costume equipment…”
Fighting, dahling? That’s so gauche!
No, no, a proper Edna Mode cartoon should be a “day in the life of” affair. She’d be resting at home, sipping some designer tea while relaxing in her garden (for inspiration, of course), periodically interrupted by an assortment of super-visitors — world-cracking villians with their maniacal laughs, hyperbolic heroes with chins the size of Buicks, maybe a super-costume-designer wanna-be as well. Of course, they’d all be coming with hat in hand, needing anything from emergency costume repairs (what, you think Dura-Cloth can be patched up with just a needle and thread?) to a full-blown “redesign”.
And none of her visitors would dare to give E a hard time, for fear that she’d end up making them look like unfashionable laughingstocks (case in point: Havoc, still falling down on hiw own after all these years) — or, worse, not bothering to give them an appointment at all. The horror…
–R.J.
A great idea, but Edna really needs to drop into the DC Universe and do something about all those capes… or at least get Bart Allen out of that Yellow and Red silver-age eyesore.