World Trade Center and 9/11
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:52 pm
Note that this thread is in no way intended to disrespect the events of 9/11 or the real life heroes from that day.
With regards to Marvel stories that occurred during the events of 9/11, such as Amazing Spider-Man v2 #36, are these considered canon? Have they been referred to since then in subsequent issues? Are they retconned to having occurred during an unnamed terrorist attack (such as how the Vietnam and Korean Wars are considered to have been simply retconned to being military conflicts in a Southeast Asian county)?
I read that in X-Force #2-4 and Spider-Man #16 (1991), the World Trade Center was destroyed or badly damaged in a battle with Juggernaut and Black Tom Cassidy. What was the extent of the damage in those issues and was it subsequently rebuilt? And I wonder how these stories will be viewed a few years down the road when the sliding timeline places them after 2001.
Are there any other stories that the World Trade Center plays a notable role in? It was the location of the X-Men's final confrontation with William Stryker in God Loves, man Kills.
With regards to Marvel stories that occurred during the events of 9/11, such as Amazing Spider-Man v2 #36, are these considered canon? Have they been referred to since then in subsequent issues? Are they retconned to having occurred during an unnamed terrorist attack (such as how the Vietnam and Korean Wars are considered to have been simply retconned to being military conflicts in a Southeast Asian county)?
I read that in X-Force #2-4 and Spider-Man #16 (1991), the World Trade Center was destroyed or badly damaged in a battle with Juggernaut and Black Tom Cassidy. What was the extent of the damage in those issues and was it subsequently rebuilt? And I wonder how these stories will be viewed a few years down the road when the sliding timeline places them after 2001.
Are there any other stories that the World Trade Center plays a notable role in? It was the location of the X-Men's final confrontation with William Stryker in God Loves, man Kills.