So this is my first post after a month of silence in honor of the rule of law in Dubai.
Marvel Comics is one of the most innovative media companies in the world. I say this not because of the wonderful cast of characters they have come up with over the years though they are indeed wonderful. I don’t say it because of the fact that they have emerged from bankruptcy with a vengeance, finally marrying that great set of characters to the vastly more profitable medium of film though that too was a great innovation. No, I think Marvel deserves an innovation award for it’s invention of the “No-Prize.”
Occasionally there would be “continuity errors” in Marvel Comic books. A continuity error is when there is an inconsistency between several frames such as a character having a blue shirt in one frame and a green one in the next without having changed the shirt. Many comic book readers are a bit pedantic and would write in to Marvel to point out these errors. The staff at Marvel found this kind of annoying so they invented a fictional prize which they would award to people who found these inconsistencies. They called it the “No-Prize” as kind of a joke on the recipients in order to get them to lighten up. It’s just a comic book after all...
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