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Mainstream publishers Marvel and DC may feel the impact most of all. They are both located in New York, but that's not the reason why. They both specialize in a kind of entertainment, superhero books, that suddenly seems off-key. Who can now abide the fantasy of an evil madman's nefarious plot to kill thousands of people being foiled by a muscle-bound troglodyte? This question compelled Warner Brothers to indefinitely postpone the release of the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie "Collateral Damage." Superhero publishers don't really have that option since nearly all of their product follows this premise...
...Marvel is in a particularly sticky situation since its editorial style has been founded on the premise of mixing real life with superheroes. This means that many of its characters "live" in New York and recently Marvel has used anti-terrorism as a major theme. "To some extent we are sitting on a powder keg and people could say, 'look at all this violence and terrorism,' and we could have run from it," notes Jemas. "But I think in the long haul a lot of the reason why this form of expression that we do at Marvel is popular...
Immediate editorial changes have been minimal. Marvel gave its creators the option to alter content they deemed inappropriate, resulting in the Twin Towers being removed from a scene in a Spiderman book. DC comics also offered retailers the option of returning copies of an already-shipped Superman book which featured aliens destroying buildings...
...Salvador Larroca from Marvel comics' "Heroes...
...industry has hardly curled up into a ball. Like many other entertainment companies, comicbooks are rushing to provide special benefit issues. Marvel will likely be the first when it publishes "Heroes," on October 17. Sub-titled "The World's Greatest Superhero Creators Honoring the World's Greatest Heroes," it will be a 64-page posterbook of art depicting the heroics of firemen, EMS rescuers and ordinary citizens. Then later in December Marvel will release "Moment of Silence," a wordless comic based on actual stories from the disaster. DC, Darkhorse, Image and Oni will collaborate on a benefit book titled "September...