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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 2824245" data-attributes="member: 8158">It's not hate for Cage, just pining for the days when there was some superhero in the Marvel Universe who hasn't actually been an Avenger. Have they recruited Captain Ultra and Stuntmaster yet?Part of Spidey's image was that he wasn't one of the glamorous heroes. He may be one of the most popular to us in the real world, but in the MU he's considered a second-tier crimefighter--a bit of a loser. He's the underdog. Cage and Iron Fist were much the same; sort of the grubby low-rent gumshoes of the spandex crowd. They're nobody's first choice to go tackle cosmic menaces.Every decade or so we get some writer for the JLA or Avengers that think they're revolutionizing the elite superteam by ditching the A-list heroes and bringing in the second-stringers. That goes all the way back to Avengers #16. It starts off novel, then sales dip until eventually somebody gets the genius idea to bring the dream team back. Personally, I long for the day when they decide to just keep the dream team.</blockquote>