Why did comic book covers stop being so bad-ass?

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I was browsing through my usual spot for downloading comics and I've been noticing that whenever these uploaders post some old classic comic books, the covers are way more awesome than the stuff we get nowadays. Just look at this stuff:

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Not only do they throw this broad in the water with her hands tied, the other guy unloads a machinegun on her at the same time as if drowning the surely treacherous bytch ain't punishment enough. And it's a true story too, so today somewhere in the ocean there still drifts the bullet-riddled drowned corpse of this slore. :lupe:

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The kid headbutts Aladin over there in the fukking ballsack while Sinbad pimp smacks the other guy with a bag of money that he just stole from them. And they were unarmed while those guys were carrying swords! And look at what the text says. This is only the beginning of their adventures! What manner of piffery awaits them next that would outdo this? :lupe:

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So purple shirt over there is being chased by deranged bulls only to get shot mid-air (!) by a gun so powerful the shockwave of the bullet leaving the chamber blows the guy's hat off. Once again a true story, so surely that hat still flows in the wild desert winds today. :lupe:

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Okay, so Sgt. Rock over there has his hands tied and is outmanned two to one. In a fit of explosive "White-Hot Fury!" he pimp smacks the co-passenger so hard the impact of the blow pops the wheel right of its axle, causing the nazi jeep to veer off the what seems to be a snowy cliff. And that's not even the story, because we ain't even know yet what the deal is with that building crushing "TNT LETTER!" that Sgt. Rock is surely gonna deliver with a vengeance. :lupe:



So what do we get nowadays?

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Oh, it's Red Sonja! Just... you know... sitting in a tree. :camby:

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Hell yeah! The Hulk! Setting his watch... to... uhm.... to smash time? :camby:

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SEX CRIMINALS! SEX AND CRIMINALS. THIS MUST BE GOOD! But it's two silhouettes... and they're kissing... all passionately like. :camby:

Where the hell is my greatness!? Where the hell is my awesomeness!? Where the hell is my...

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... did that guy just cut the sun itself to shreds with a sword he stole from the mean-looking hell-bent samurai in the right botttom, while cruising his boat through shark infested waters? :lupe:

Thank you comics. :blessed:
 

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I like that Sex Crim cover

It's artistic and shyt but the book is called Sex Criminals. It should be a cover of a guy guns blazing his way through some cops with a bag full of gold bullion, while his sexy redhead getaway driver shouts from her Pontiac Firebird: "I'll bring one of my girlfriends over tonight for every copper you kill!".

Just look at this:

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"The captive!"? We all know who that is. That bytch-ass Rhino that Tarzan wrestles to the ground and will keep as his pet. And he does it while having his leg entangled in vines, implying that wrestling rhinos without some form of handicap is something we shouldn't even be impressed by. :lupe:

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Do I even need to explain this one? Can words even explain the epicness that falls before us here? Do such words even exist? :lupe:
 

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Where the hell is my greatness!? Where the hell is my awesomeness!? Where the hell is my...

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... did that guy just cut the sun itself to shreds with a sword he stole from the mean-looking hell-bent samurai in the right botttom, while cruising his boat through shark infested waters? :lupe:


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