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17 Dec 2009

Marvel Comics Blows Up Soldier Field

Marvel Comics opens its latest big comic book crossover spectacle, "The Seige," with a bunch of supervillains blowing up Soldier Field during a Bears game. Even worse, Jay Cutler gets picked off by Batroc the Leaper five times before the explosion. That just adds insult to injury. And where is NFL SuperPro when the world needs him most?

Posted by: Aaron Schatz on 17 Dec 2009

19 comments, Last at 20 Dec 2009, 8:24pm by TomKelso

Comments

1
by BroncosGuy (not verified) :: Thu, 12/17/2009 - 6:26pm

Well, now that they've landed a space ship on the place, they should blow it up.

13
by Ben :: Fri, 12/18/2009 - 7:34am

Yeah, when I read the headline, I wondered if the spaceship had taken back off...

2
by Dice :: Thu, 12/17/2009 - 6:31pm

I thought SuperPro was in Hell or something lately(something about Kickers, Inc). And Batroc? That's just low.

3
by Evan D. (not verified) :: Thu, 12/17/2009 - 6:39pm

Obligatory ROBO-PUNTER comment.

6
by Hari-Kiri Bengals Fan (not verified) :: Thu, 12/17/2009 - 8:13pm

I always wondered if he had Stilt-Man-like legs.

4
by Harris :: Thu, 12/17/2009 - 7:06pm

They couldn't have gone to Dallas to blow up Jerruhsalem?

Hail Hydra!

8
by Temo :: Thu, 12/17/2009 - 10:08pm

I would say the same of the Linc, but I guess they have to pick a team with some cultural significance.

16
by Harris :: Fri, 12/18/2009 - 10:59am

Ooh, zing! I hope you enjoy all those football-free Sundays next month. No point in blowing up the stadium while the team is collapsing.

Hail Hydra!

5
by mshray (not verified) :: Thu, 12/17/2009 - 7:11pm

agreed, but thanks for namedropping my all-time favorite silly villain. God how I wish I never sold off my comic book collection.

7
by dmb :: Thu, 12/17/2009 - 8:38pm

NFL SuperPro? Bah. This sounds like a situation for Riley Covington!

9
by PerlStalker :: Thu, 12/17/2009 - 10:40pm

Dang. I think I had the entire run of SuperPro comics when I was a kid. They were not the greatest comics on earth but I've read worse.

10
by Tim Wilson :: Thu, 12/17/2009 - 11:19pm

Maybe the Bears could sign Bullseye as part of the rebuilding effort. Trade one jerk of a QB for another, except this one would be accurate.

11
by Will Allen (not verified) :: Fri, 12/18/2009 - 3:08am

Lemme guess......Orlando Pace's assignment is to thwart the supervillains....

12
by BigCheese :: Fri, 12/18/2009 - 3:33am

Just one more blow to us Bears fans who also love comics...

Oh, and what's a 'Seige'? :P

- Alvaro

14
by Sophandros :: Fri, 12/18/2009 - 10:16am

Was Riley Covington involved in any way, shape, or form?

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15
by Scott de B (not verified) :: Fri, 12/18/2009 - 10:48am

Jason Elam saw this coming.

17
by MilkmanDanimal :: Fri, 12/18/2009 - 1:26pm

Ah, Marvel. You make me so glad I stopped reading comics years ago.

18
by zlionsfan :: Sat, 12/19/2009 - 1:46pm

Silly villains. Their quest is hopeless. QB Vikings will simply rise again with a new name and new powers.

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by TomKelso :: Sun, 12/20/2009 - 8:24pm

Good thing it isn't DC -- the only thing worse than Pace's play would be Pace as an intergalactic zombie...

Then, again, he kind of blocks like one anyway....

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