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Fanboy Rampage: Nick Spencer Vs. Critics, Nerdist, And Occasionally DC Comics For Some Reason

Nick Spencer is arguing on Twitter today, and you know what that means. That's right, it means today is a day ending in "Y." Look, we're not judging. It's just that the guy argues on Twitter a lot.

But context is important. What is Nick Spencer arguing about? First, it's people criticizing Axel Alonso for saying artists don't move the needle:

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849061183428501504

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849062331573297153

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849062998765383681

And what would a defense of Marvel be, without a criticism of DC?

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849064767360729089

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849065519797981185

Next, it was time to move on to an article on Nerdist refuting Marvel Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing's David Gabriel's assertion that Marvel is hearing that fans don't want diversity anymore. In the article, Spencer is brought up as one of the problems with Marvel that aren't diversity:

When Brian Michael Bendis writes Miles Morales as being upset with a fan who mentions his black heritage, or when Nick Spencer has Sam Wilson apologize to Steve Rogers for any activism-fueled anger he may have displayed in the past, it comes off as tone-deaf and leaves readers understandably less than thrilled. The same comic features multiethnic villains who are parodies of the "Social Justice Warrior" stereotype, who shout phrases like "You should be an ally, not helping to defend oppression culture!" and "Consider this your trigger warning!" as they throw grenades at Sam. (Spencer later jumped into a critical Twitter thread by Blerds Online to explain why he was in the right, which didn't help.)

Spencer took to Twitter to respond, of course:

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849125206459203584

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849131106410536960

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849132698769608705

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849133469984735232

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849133276723675136

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849135390502010880

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849135748506726400

Spencer retweeted a tweet from Mark Waid, who has noted how hard it is for Marvel executives not to punch journalists in the face, to help make his case:

https://twitter.com/MarkWaid/status/849136564898680834

And continued:

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849136966872350721

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849145210202226688

The argument got really deep.

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849145354305945600

And Spencer described his view:

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849146072140103680

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849146607434047488

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849146910715674624

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849147671390453760

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849148140032675840

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849148438465789952

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849148641772056576

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849149103204204546

Someone points out:

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849149355147706368

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849150046658482177

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849151959990796288

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849152345879437312

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849152755138650113

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849153250393702400

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849154227075112960

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849154466951581696

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849156006349127680

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849156149005885441

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849157630299848704

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849158739324051456

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849159284126437376

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849160931137298432

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849161281093353472

A million dollars says he's not done.

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849161636116025344

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849162561417125888

And then he was done. Four four hours at least. We assume he took a nap. It was 3AM, after all.

Refreshed, Spencer returned:

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849225667606532096

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849226689104166912

And then he was really done… with that argument.

As to Spencer's issue with cropping panels, that's easily solved. We'll just post the full pages.

Both the apology and the Bombshells appear in Captain America Sam Wilson #17. Here's the apology:

And here's the pages from later in the issue, featuring the Bombshells:

But Spencer had already moved on from that. Now, it was time to argue about super-mega-crossover events, and whether DC does as many of them as Marvel.

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849230434676252672

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849231368064122880

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849232058664706049

The digs will come soon though.

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849237784816635904

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849237956862787585

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849243933704036353

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849244696882720768

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849244887765573633

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849257294948835328

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849259712705044480

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849263675273658368

https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/849264739255369729

God bless you, Nick Spencer. People may say a lot of things about you, but they can never say you don't have stamina. Now get some sleep, man.

Fanboy Rampage was a blog by Graeme "Graham" McMillan dedicated to the funniest, most ludicrous and most inappropriate comic book back-and-forths online. McMillan has moved on now, becoming a proper journalist for the likes of The Hollywood Reporter and Wired but he gave permission to Bleeding Cool to revive his great creation.

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