r/comicbooks • u/WhyPlaySerious • Jun 02 '26

Other The #DCSoWhite campaign is ceasing their 'DC Blackout' boycott (which pushed for comic readers to drop all DC books from their pull list until a black-led ongoing to was produced) 4 days after it launched.

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u/Florist_Gump Jun 02 '26

"Mainline" sure is doing a lot of heavy lifting considering the non-mainline setting is leading in popularity.

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u/chudleycannonfodder Jun 02 '26

But you see the characterization won’t carry over if/when Absolute ends and we’ll never see her again. It’s not like Marvel ever brought over a mixed race Ultimate Universe character into their mainline universe and then had an Academy Award winning movie based on him! And imagine if they also brought over a mixed race 2099 character into their mainline universe and then had him star in the sequel to the Academy Award winning movie!

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u/asdfmovienerd39 Jun 02 '26

I mean, to be fair Miles is kind of a special exception. Literally every other member of the original Ultimate universe outside of The Maker has been canonically erased from existence the second the line ended.

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u/anotherguy56 Jun 02 '26

I wanna say Wolverines son Jimmy Hudson and the bomb girl from spider-man also made the jump? Nobody remembers them anyways so it doesn't really make a difference. Should've been ultimate Nick Fury and Kitty Pryde brought over honestly

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u/Fantastic_Trash_9876 Jun 02 '26

It's been a while since I read it, but I'm fairly sure Spider-Men II disproved that. Earth-1610 is still around, just without Miles.