Sunday, October 8, 2017

After A Huge Pushback From Fans, Marvel Ends Its Relationship With Defense Contractor

Marvel had already canceled its New York Comic Con "activation" event with bombmaker/dronemaker/etc. Northrup Grumman, and now the partnership is over entirely. "Fans immediately called out Marvel for seemingly promoting the military-industrial complex to children, and cited the fact that Tony Stark (aka Iron Man) eventually gave up manufacturing war materials, pointing out that a partnership with a military contractor was antithetical to Stark’s character development."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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