EDITORIAL: Marvel Animated Shorts

DC Nation will be coming out with all kinds of animated shorts to promote their characters, wouldn't you like to see Marvel do the same?

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By Blackreverend - 3/16/2012

DC Nation officially lauched on the cartoon network last saturday... I kept hearing about all the animated shorts they had planned and immediately wondered what Marvel shorts would I like to see?

So I made a list of my top ten. Keep in mind that it would mostly be for kids not adults and that many of our favorite characters are already in a tv show or will be making regular appearances soon. I also purposely left out iconic titles like the Fantastic Four and others so that lesser known heroes could get some exposure!

1. Marvel Knights Present: The Confederates
Black Panther leads a team of him, Bucky Barnes as USAgent, Michael Pointer as Major Mapleleaf, Captain Britain & Red Guardian. Together they tackle real global issues! Here's an unfinished sketch I did since this team doesn't actually exist in the Marvel U. Personally I think it swould look best in full CGI like the new Green Lantern show!

2. X-Babies
Must have an series of shorts featuring mutants... I went through all the teams and out of all of them the x-babies would be the funniest to watch... not to mention it's one of the few X teams that still haven't been animated yet!

3. Power Pack
Absolutely mandatory if making animated shorts for kids!

4. Daughters of the Dragon
Misty Knight and Colleen Wing prove themselves to Marvel's best detectives and bounty hunters. I know most people want to see the Heroes for hire but Luke Cage and Ironfist are both gonna be recurring characters on the new Spiderman show. A "Daughters of the Dragon" series of shorts could give DC's "Super Best Friends" some competition and really appeal to the girls!

5. Cloak & Dagger
I have no clue what direction I would like to see this take but I know that I would enjoy seeing it on tv and kids probably would too.

6. Rocket Raccoon & Groot How can you have Marvel shorts without space adventures. My first idea was the Annihilators but the name of the team didn't seem very child friendly... then my thoughts came accross The Guardians of the Galaxy, finally I decided just to go with Groot and his good ol pal Rocket Raccoon. This could prove quite entertaining if writen well and if done in stop motion!

7. Her-oes
We might have to change the Wasp for someone else but another full girl team really helps balance out the menu!

8. Journey Into Mystery
I was thinking if it's for kids we need at least one magic based series. So I thought of Doctor Strange but decided he was too old as a main character. He gained his powers as an adult so we couldn't make him younger. Then I thought of Journey into Mystery and figured it would work perfectly and could feature different characters from Asgard!

9. Captain Marvel
Featuring a teenage Noh Varr performing superman-like gestures all over the Marvel U but with the ability to communicate to previous or deceased captains kinda like Aang does in "the last airbender" but without having to change plane or like Firestorm used to be able to!

10. The Inhuman Blackbolt
I doubt him or his family will be making many appearances so it's perfect to raise awarness of the character... not to mention short adventures about a superhero who can't use his voice has the potential to be pretty epic!

So that's my top ten wish list for Marvel animated shorts. What's yours? Would you or your kids watch any of mine?

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8 Comments

	TonyChu - 3/16/2012, 1:58 PM Login to report abuse These are amazing ideas, man. Spectacular work my boy!
	OdinsBeard - 3/16/2012, 3:44 PM Login to report abuse they announced last week they are doing tons of animated shorts and marvel comic features during their disney XD block.
	ACira - 3/16/2012, 4:25 PM Login to report abuse i love pretty much all these ideas. The Confederates is a brilliant idea for a team, and the animation designs you've come up with are very cool and stylish. Not sure it'd need to be 3D animated (not a huge fan of 3D animation personally), the designs work really well in 2D, and they have sort of a Bruce Timm feel to them without looking like a DCAU rip off. It seriously looks cool, and the team dynamic would be great too. I've never heard of Rocket Raccoon & Groot, but I feel like I need to watch that show immediately. Black Bolt might be a good idea for the 3D animation, CGI animation tends to look better in shows with some kind of outer-body superpowers involved, plus the design would work well in 3D too.
	Blackreverend - 3/16/2012, 6:27 PM Login to report abuse @Gaston - Yeah I would pay to see any of these! @TonyChu - So glad u like! Please check out my Wonder Woman article... @OdinsBeard - I remember reading such but honestly Marvel's animation doesn't even compare to DC's! I can't stand how the new Spider Man looks and really don't have high expectations for Marvel's shorts... They need to hire better art directors lol @ACira - I'm kinda surprised u dig my art style so much to want to see it animated! I'm studying that right now so maybe you will one day lol... I've always wanted to see this team together. International Avengers instead of having two avengers titles, the Confederates would be kinda like the G5/UN's heroes. Captain Britain and Michael Pointer are both major power houses. T'Challa is the least powerful of the team but by far the smartest and deserves the spotlight IMO. There's still no team in the Marvel U that actually tackle child smuggling rings or other issues that affect our real world. About special effects looking better in 3d, you're absolutely right. It would definitely work for Black Bolt :)
	headlopper - 3/16/2012, 7:01 PM Login to report abuse As long as they're free. "I am Groot"! ( you Groot fans know what I'm talking about)
	Action - 3/17/2012, 6:13 AM Login to report abuse I think that is a great idea for marvel to have their own shorts, however, I think marvel should stick to their own ideas. Imagine DC coming out with a Justice league movie, right after The Avengers make a debut in theaters.
	darknlight - 3/17/2012, 8:01 AM Login to report abuse truly amazing ideas man, i'd love to see the x babies,journey into mystery,blackbolt and her-oes,hope marvel makes some deadpool shorts too. anyway why don't you do a editorial about dc characters like this. static shock and booster gold/blue beetle shorts will be awesome
	Blackreverend - 3/17/2012, 2:05 PM Login to report abuse @darknlight - U can find DC's roster ere http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Nation_Shorts

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