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Robservations with Rob Liefeld

Ebony & Ivory! Power Man/Iron Fist! Diversity In Comics pt.2!

Robservations with Rob Liefeld

Robservations with Rob Liefeld

Comic Book Industry, Comic Books, Rob Liefeld, Visual Arts, Arts, Comics, Comic Artists, Books

4.8743 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Two comic books representing two separate factions of fans, each struggling to sell enough copies to stave off cancelation, combined to achieve success neither comic had experienced before! Marvel’s Power Man & Iron Fist checks all the boxes! It’s like Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder with lots of martial arts! 

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Today we examine a classic that literally checks all the boxes.

0:15.8

It's like Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder, ebony and ivory if you threw in copious amounts of martial arts,

0:24.7

karate, and kung fu.

0:26.9

Power Man and Ironfish broke through.

0:29.3

It defied the odds.

0:30.5

Two books that were headed towards cancellation were combined and added an extra seven years, 75 issues.

0:39.5

All new, amazing talent was introduced on this book during this time.

0:43.7

It was a diverse book.

0:46.4

It had representation.

0:48.1

It literally had it all.

0:49.3

We're going to discuss it on a fresh new episode of Robeservations.

0:58.0

Hey. it on a fresh new episode of Rob'servations. Hey everybody, welcome to another edition of Rob Observations. I am your host, Rob Lightfeld. The purpose

1:04.9

of each and every Robeservations is to put the target squarely on the comic books, the comic book stories,

1:11.8

the comic book superheroes, the comic book characters, the comic book creators.

1:16.5

Because without them, you don't get the latest comic book show streaming on Netflix,

1:21.5

Disney Plus, HBO Max, Amazon Prime.

1:25.8

Without all of those comic book elements, you don't get the giant billion

1:29.9

dollar movies. I value and have always valued comic books, comic book creators, and by chance,

1:38.1

in case this is your first time listening, I make comic books as well. For 37 years, I have made

1:42.9

comic books my profession. I have created

1:46.1

characters like Deadpool and cable and X-Force and Domino. I helped start and launch was the

1:52.6

flagship book from Image Comics, the third largest comic book publisher. I sold X-Force. We broke

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