core marvel universe

Last week ComicsAlliance's Chris Sims sparked a Twitter trending topic that blossomed into a full-on Internet meme by asking the question, "What is the 'core' Marvel universe? His basic argument for embracing the weird and wonderful precedents of the publisher's past in light of the Punisher's polarizing "FrankenCastle" storyline opened more than a few eyes and called attention to t

When ComicsAlliance contributor Chris Sims wrote a glowing review of "The Punisher" #11 -- in which the title character's dismembered body is stolen by a swamp monster and stitched up by Morbius the Living Vampire so that he can defend Monster Island from a renegade team of Japanese monster-hunting super-samurai -- a reader responded by saying that he didn't see the appeal of this concep