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It occurred to us that what we do
is we create our own mythology, and we create our own universes. One thing I think that we've innovated
that has been pretty successful is overlapping characters and books. It's like a repertory theatre,
where you've got your actors and you know what they can do,
and you can use them as needed. Once we have our cast of characters,
whether heroes or villains, it makes it easier for us to base stories, but we do it because it seems to me that you enjoy things you're familiar with, and the readers eventually
get to know these characters, and they're interested in these characters
and why just get rid of them? If we have a villain
who fought the Fantastic Four, why shouldn't he eventually meet
another one of our heroes? Or why shouldn't our heroes meet,
as they often do, and guest star in each other's book? Because, according to the gospel
as preached by Marvel, they all live in the same world
is we create our own mythology, and we create our own universes. One thing I think that we've innovated
that has been pretty successful is overlapping characters and books. It's like a repertory theatre,
where you've got your actors and you know what they can do,
and you can use them as needed. Once we have our cast of characters,
whether heroes or villains, it makes it easier for us to base stories, but we do it because it seems to me that you enjoy things you're familiar with, and the readers eventually
get to know these characters, and they're interested in these characters
and why just get rid of them? If we have a villain
who fought the Fantastic Four, why shouldn't he eventually meet
another one of our heroes? Or why shouldn't our heroes meet,
as they often do, and guest star in each other's book? Because, according to the gospel
as preached by Marvel, they all live in the same world
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It occurred to us that what we do
is we create our own mythology,
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and we create our own universes.
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One thing I think that we've innovated
that has been pretty successful
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is overlapping characters and books.
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It's like a repertory theatre,
where you've got your actors
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and you know what they can do,
and you can use them as needed.
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Once we have our cast of characters,
whether heroes or villains,
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it makes it easier for us to base stories,
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but we do it because it seems to me that
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you enjoy things you're familiar with,
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and the readers eventually
get to know these characters,
00:00:38.537 --> 00:00:42.541
and they're interested in these characters
and why just get rid of them?
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If we have a villain
who fought the Fantastic Four,
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why shouldn't he eventually meet
another one of our heroes?
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Or why shouldn't our heroes meet,
as they often do,
00:00:52.176 --> 00:00:53.927
and guest star in each other's book?
00:00:53.927 --> 00:00:58.001
Because, according to the gospel
as preached by Marvel,
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they all live in the same world.
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Movie Summary
100 years of dreaming. 100 years of creating. 100 years of Stan Lee.
