The Comic Book Origins of Marvel's TITANIA

[@MerryMarvelite]

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[@matthewschwartz6607]

Is that the video game that Dan Slott wrote?

[@MerryMarvelite]

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[@matthewschwartz6607]

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[@stevebourgeault8340]

This is just one of my favourite merry marvelsite origin stories

[@robertrowley4929]

The best part I love about Titania is her fear of Spider-Man in general. Not Venom, not man-spider; just regular Spider-Man. To me, that’s freaking hilarious! I can just imagine Spider-Man going up to her and yelling, “Ooga Booga Booga!” Titania would flip out and scream like Courage the Cowardly Dog. Sounds hilarious doesn’t it?

[@jonathanathor117]

Who would have guessed spider man could make a perfect horror movie monster.

[@markmagician2471]

I mean Spidey kicked her ass easily

[@Regenmacher175]

Mary wanted to be a bully all her life but until she became Titania she could only ever dream of doing that because she is in some ways a coward. Of course a guy who constantly cracks jokes and does not seem to be intimidated by anyone or anything would throw her off her game. She realised that she couldn't bully him and that made her lose ALL determination she had at the time because she ultimately has no self-confidence.

[@antonissa8345]

My favorite aspect of the character is her relationship with Absorbing Man

[@goredongoredon]

Me too - although I also like her personality :)

[@pettybee3860]

Looking at her origins, she could've EASILY become a hero too. Wow

[@astrostar49]

Remarkable spotlight. I didn't know Titania had that much history in the pages of Marvel. I'm really excited to see what Jameela Jamil brings to the role, and what direction the show takes the character. It's cute that as of now She Hulk and Titania have become friendemies.

[@Zeitgeist997]

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[@KingNazaru]

She brought nothing to table. She’s virtually nothing like her comic counterpart. And Jameela Jamil doesn’t care that the show sucks or is unfaithful to the comics. It’s disgraceful.

[@MS7000_]

Jameela’s “Titania” wasn’t Titania, more like a knock off Kardashian

[@Joseph_Drew_III]

Alas, the series got overlooked and overhated.

[@christopherulichney]

I always think of her as She-Hulk's arch nemesis. She is a great cannon fodder villain anytime some muscle is needed. I never realized just how many appearances she has made across the Marvel Universe. Now you have piqued my curiosity for a Julia Carpenter Spidet-Woman video. She has had a lot of changes since she first appeared. And don't forget RED NORVELL the red headed Thor stand in. I'm still campaigning for him to get a video.

[@matthewschwartz6607]

I think that she's really She-Hulk's ONLY enemy!

[@matthewschwartz6607]

Didn’t Norvell just get killed off?

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@matthewschwartz6607 Hey! There's also uh.. Armadillo sometimes. And that Warthog guy!

[@samwill7259]

They're the bad eggs, the bad seeds, the fruit of the poisoned tree. The entire world kicked them down but they refused to not be happy, even if they've got to be the bad guys. They've got each other, and that's all that will ever matter.

[@Johnny_Bea_Good]

Out of all the videos I've watched of yours so far, this one was the most sad. Titania needs a win.

[@Supremmo]

I wish both Titanias would team up in story together!

[@pwezidan]

I think a good idea moving forward would be putting the series and issue number in front of the panels on screen; or even timestamping each panel in the description would be helpful.

[@yungntoxicnetwork94]

Do that on your own page

[@fabioriccardo9290]

You are right.. The issues are listed in pubblication order, while the narratiin Is in chronological.. so Is quite hard to read the arc you are interested in..

[@albertosalazar7968]

I think you should mind your business

[@RottenPopReviews]

Agreed, I would love this

[@pwezidan]

@@yungntoxicnetwork94 He literally provides sources for these comics in the description of all of his video, so it's pretty obvious he wants his viewers to actually find them. So why not make it easier for said viewers he's already trying to help by giving them direct reference to these sources.

[@cadeevans4623]

Awesome never heard of her before cool origins love the story

[@matthewschwartz6607]

The relationship between her and The Absorbing Man is actually pretty cool. They’re one of the few villain couples who have actually stayed together (And are still married .).

[@matthewschwartz6607]

How many Scourges are/were there anyway?

[@MerryMarvelite]

As of 1993 there were at least seven, not all of which have been identified. Scourge is more of an organization than an individual.

[@ahwayzcool4630]

I have the original secret wars series from the 80's where Spiderman whooped her ass.

[@matthewschwartz6607]

@@ahwayzcool4630 - Yeah, strangely Titania had more of a grudge against the She-Hulk for her beating her than she did against Peter. Peter basically humiliated her when he beat her .

[@Regenmacher175]

Let's note that Mary from a very young age had wished to become someone else. The fantasies she had of herself gaining superpowers as she was reading the comics, as depicted here, show her ABUSING those powers to make the people she's very clearly envious of suffer...while it's understandable why she'd feel this way after years of neglect, isolation, bullying and poverty, it's also no excuse for how she behaves later. A minor example is that she lied to her best and only friend at the time because it was a way for her to feel better about herself but it's also clear that Marsha would have cared for her even if she didn't think that Mary was Spider-Woman. By the time Mary's become Titania, when she gets back at Vanessa Ashwood she's not even registering that it's Vanessa because by that point she's clearly envious of Jennifer Walters and has shifted her entire attention towards her.

[@jalenikezeue4114]

I fully feel Sympathetic Too Marry I know exactly how It Feels to be Stepped On By everyone And Feeling Powerless

[@pgaven9396]

I always thought the creators of the character really got their irony out with the name...and the character design ableit with a certain spin on the pronunciation of her moniker.

[@jwrush]

Incredible episode. I've never had interest in this character and now I do

[@alisonsmith4436]

I always love your videos they’re so well put together thank you 😊

[@chengfu7063]

How very lovely indeed now I can't characters like this be at the forefront without being tainted by any goofball agendas this is excellent work

[@johnpittsii7524]

Thanks for the origin

[@quentinfogger5755]

What happened to her best friend Volcana, How come we didn't see Titania team up with her instead of the Absorbing_Man against She-Hulk since they both got their powers from Dr_Doom?

[@pkj2148]

Her story is linked with the Molecule Man. Watch his video on the Molecule Man.

[@DIEGhostfish]

She's busy being a god's girlfriend.

[@michaelrocha8504]

Thanks for the awesome origin story! I’ve always been curious about Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter). Any chance we’ll see an origin story for her?

[@HepCatJack]

It might be interesting to cover all the Spider Women: The Spider-Queen from WWII, Jessica Jones, Julia Carpenter, May Day Parker, Anya Sofia Corazon, Spider-Gwen, Anya Sofia Corazon, Claire Parker. There are enough to have a female "into the Spiderverse".

[@juanmata9814]

Titania has an awesome Origin she's an awesome Supervillain

[@bloodharrier3333]

I’ve watched so many of your videos now. You do a great job. I hope you always keep it going. 👍

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Greatest channel on KZbin!!

[@trexadvent4726]

Can you do history of the Elementals(Hellfire, Magnum, Hydron and Zephyr), Bastion, Master Mold, Nimrod, Inferno, Victorious, Night Nurse, Moondragon, Phyla_Vell and Genis-Vell along with the Supreme Intelligence, Mole_Man and Angel/Archangel along with Exodus and Ex-Nhilo?

[@Artisan1979]

It's always the bad choices that lead someone down the path of super baloney. Marie didn't have to lie to even her best friend. And she's lucky that she forgave her for that. I can't help but wonder if dooms machines also brought the dark side in Mary's personality. How does one go from worshiping superheroes to becoming a super villain?

[@thehulkster17smash34]

My favorite She-Hulk villain.

[@franklinboyd123]

Nice, fun video.

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

I'm thinking of a DC villain, Titana and there's also a villain called Volcana. Marvel and DC are tow sides of the same coin.

[@GothicXlightning]

is funny to me that in Spanish version X-MEN/GIRL ROGUE was called TITANIA for some odd reason which honestly sounded cool, but they should have leave her alone as ROGUE

[@moonprincesst.s.h.4ever115]

Yeah, because accepting powers from Dr. Doom or any supervillain is always a good idea and always ends well! 😏

[@Regenmacher175]

I mean, she gained superstrength and a lot of self-confidence and as far as we can tell Dr. Doom didn't treat her badly (he did put a device on her at one point that turned her fear of Spider-Man into rage though) or demanded her to do things she'd be unwilling to do. He never bothered to make her life miserable. She did that on her own.

[@trexadvent4726]

Can you do history of Master Pandemonium, Sleepwalker, D'Spayre, Chthon, Mephisto, Black heart, Dormammu, Clea, Nightmare and Pkzkrfmknna along with Firestar and Vance_Astrovik AKA Justice?

[@quentinfogger5755]

What would happen if we saw Titania getting her powers from Samuel Stern the Leader in the MCU? What do you think she's going to be like in the MCU? If Titania made her MCU debut in the She-Hulk Disney Plus show, Do you think we will see the Absorbing_Man in that show as well? Can you do history of the Absorbing_Man?

[@JennySparkz]

She be known as "Glass jaw Titania" moving forward

[@Supremmo]

Absorbing Man already appeared in Agents of Shield.

[@julianlopez2286]

You always teach me so much, love your content 🙏

[@Frank-Voight-Kampff]

Incredible video. Thank you so much. It would be truely amazing if you could make a video about Captain Universe and the Enigma Force.

[@jwrush]

It's interesting that Shooter used Secret Wars one and two try to introduce new female characters - Titania and Volcania here and Boom-Boom in SW2

[@quentinfogger5755]

Just like Titania, can you do history of Marvel's She-Hulk villains like Nicholas Trask, The Grappler, Robert Doom, Clockwise, Ultima, The Living Eraser, The American Purity Foundation, Adrenazon, Spragg the Living Hell, Behemoth and Volcana?

[@ryanhorton9594]

The two titania both have that wrestling vibe

[@maureencora1]

Sgt. Nick Fury & Howling Commandos "Wa-Hoo!

[@stormybro4u701]

Would love you to do Vulcana

[@damaniqphillip2756]

Awesome

[@feridradoncic2237]

Cool character

[@jackieanderson9408]

Sweet 👍

[@KingKong-fj4dk]

I don't understand how she-hulk was able to slap Titania around so easily. At the time, Titania could lift 85 tons and She-hulk could lift 75 tons. I can see Shulkie beating Titania, but not just one punching her out of the zip code.

[@feridradoncic2237]

Cool group

[@brianspeigel1714]

Hey really great content. I was wondering if you could do the Spiderman identity crisis series. The alternate identities Spiderman used we're the interesting.

[@i-yell-a-lot4906]

POUND CAKES!? 😅

[@chibilutionaudios]

Took a short break and i’m back. just 44 to go

[@eliechaya9690]

I wish she had her own comics

[@aaronwilder2775]

could you please make a video covering Machine Teen or any of the other Marvel Next characters, I find the imprint really interesting and want to know more about it

[@arthurgriffeth410]

The she hulk show brought me here

[@stormybro4u701]

Can you please do Vulcana

[@canis2020]

Must feed the algorithm gods

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

Thumb nail suggests the name came after the sketch.

[@raym1477]

While Mary is much stronger, Peter had the advantage of speed, agility, reflexes, spider-sense, and fighting experience against bigger and stronger foes like Juggernaut and Hulk.

[@marconotonfacebook3480]

Oh, @21:49 accepting them as nothing else [then criminals] - yeah, if you're committing that many crimes and attempts of murder, property damage - that's not very strange and hardly something you can complain about. Also: so she was smaller and with Doom's super-power-on-demand (stupid...) so just turned into an evil b!tch - what kind of message is that?

[@trexadvent4726]

Can you do history of the characters mentioned in this video?

[@jalenikezeue4114]

Can we please have The both The origins of The Molecule Man And Absorbing MAN

[@sweepyourspeech8350]

I enjoyed she hulk on Disney Plus

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of Ironheart, Amatsu-Mikaboshi, Arno_Stark Iron Man, Eric Masterson_AKA_Thunderstrike, Amadeus_Cho, the Griever, Pepper Potts AKA Rescue and the Agents of Atlas along with Crescent, Morgan_Le_Fey, White Fox and Luna Snow?

[@johnf.tashjian6326]

I'd like to learn about the origins of the Zodiac Cartel.

[@quentinfogger5755]

When are you going to do history of America-Chavez in honour of the release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness?

[@trexadvent4726]

What do you think is the best thing about Titania in the Comics and what do you think she's going to be like in the MCU? Which one of her powers and abilities do you think is the best?

[@KingNazaru]

It’s rather depressing how cool Titania is (Btw I thought it was pronounced Titania like the wife of Oberon and Queen of the Fairies) and seeing how virtually nothing alike her MCU counterpart. She’s not even a well developed character in her own right in the She Hulk show. That show is worse than Batwoman.

[@presenceaboveall7882]

Let me run something by the comment section isn’t the fact that titania is in she hulk that proves that Dr. doom is already in the MCU because he created her if they’re going by the lore.

[@megaultradamn]

Dumb. By that logic, Pym created Ultron, Wasp was a founding Avenger, and Hawkeye fought Daredevil for Black Widow's affection... if we're going by the lore.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Is it really Ty-tane-i-a? I have been pronouncing it Tih-tahn-ya. Hmm.

[@thegeek4145]

I think it's supposed to be a pun on titanium so would be ty-tane-ee-a whereas the latter is the pronounciation of Shakespeare's Faerie Queen in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

[@michaelpfeiffer2787]

IKR! It's spelled like Titania but I always thought it was Titana. Weird.

[@lonew2657]

And now marvel makes her look like Peg Bundy on the She-hulk show. So much for female empowerment.

[@trexadvent4726]

Are you going to do history of lesser known characters like Rom_the_Spaceknight, Stingray, Ultimo, Inferno, Victorious, Flerken, Blacklash, Deathlok, Elematrix, Vertigo, Titanium_Man, Crimson Dynamo, Dreadknight, Hypnotia, Blizzard, Quasar, Starbrand, Nightmask, Bastion, Master Mold, Nimrod, Starhawk, Fixer, Whirlwind, Chemistro, Whiplash, the Controller, Madam_Masque, Count_Nefaria, Ava Ayala the White Tiger, Century, Lore and Technovore?

[@quentinfogger5755]

What would happen if Battleworld never happened and Titania continued to lie to everyone about her being Spider Woman? Can you do history of every Spider Woman in the comics just like how you did Jessica Drew Spider Woman? What do you think makes Titania as good as or better than She-Hulk? Who do you think would win between the two of them?

[@Supremmo]

More than likely Lie and maybe get a job at a factory and get married.

[@marconotonfacebook3480]

@9:47 really 85 tons? That seems excessive for a second tier super hero/villain.

[@Dynamo001]

Thor shrugged off one of her best punches and swatted her away with one arm, after she attacked him and bragged about being able to kill him. An 85 tonner is nothing to him. She was highly overrated.

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of the Living_Brain, the Elementals, Cyclone, Hydro Man, Molten Man, the Spot, Sandman, Rom_the_Spaceknight, Stingray, Quasar, Starbrand, Nightmask, Ava Ayala the White Tiger, Century, Lore and Technovore?

[@jammbbs1688]

DO ONE ON AHHNIULUS

[@wrlord]

What the fuck? Titania was around long before Secret Wars and the second Spiderwoman.

[@ubett86]

Huh? That's correcr. Are you confusing her with the original Titania, the Grapppler who was killed by Scourge just after the current one debuted? It's all in the videol.

[@Regenmacher175]

The video mentons the OTHER character named Titania at the very beginning and explains how that character is NOT Mary MacPherran.

[@marconotonfacebook3480]

@20:53 whoah - what happened with the drawing quality? It turned to utter crap...

[@trexadvent4726]

What do you think Titania would be like if she and her best friend Volcana was part of the Thunderbolts team in the Comics? Do you think we will see her and Volcana as members of the Thunderbolts team in the MCU? Can you do history of the Thunderbolts team?

[@Howlabunga]

Anyone else hate what we got in the show?

[@c.h.5510]

Her app on She-Hulk was horrid

[@tammydj9941]

Can I get a 4ish miniseries for titania and absorbing man a la Bonnie&Clyde with a talented writer and artist. They can reform and have a detective/bounty agency as independent agents. Be no woke shitshow please. Be safe. Mabuhay!

[@majinsole8554]

Titanic video. ~_~

[@jonathanrayne]

Wow, that artwork from the pawnshop era was complete crap.

[@DetroitAlan01]

Marvel simply has better villains than DC. With the exception of a handful, their’s aren’t as powerful or nearly as iconic as the “Distinguished Competition’s.” No, where Marvel’s villains excel is in their humanity. There’s almost always something there to make them at least vaguely sympathetic. Would say Marvel could do a series, on +Disney, about the low rent villains who’re just trying to make a dishonest buck in the MCU. They pretty much showed how that can work, with the Vulture, in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Imagine a series from the POV of a character/characters like that. Where it’s not about domination or revenge. It’s about highly flawed characters just trying to get paid.

[@megaultradamn]

Shows how many DC comics you've read...

[@Regenmacher175]

I'm sorry but Batman's rogue's gallery alone blows any villain characters that Marvel could come up with out of the water. They're simply more psychologically complex than most Marvel villains.

[@patrickhughes4914]

Who did the art work for the Iron fist , Luke cage story. Omg, it's awful. How did that ever make it to print?

[@smithryansmith]

What the hell? Titania kicked the sh*te out of She-hulk in secret wars #7. She even told the other villians to stay out of the fight so she could beat She-hulk herself. Whatever piece of cr#p writer retconedthat. I call bs. Titania's first loss was to Spider-man. That is documented by her creator. Anything else is wrong.

[@ezzekieldirks8542]

So Titania is not black?

[@robquin1525]

Disney blackwashed her

[@stephanieerin9613]

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[@purpledragon1945]

Pov: your here to see just how much the mcu butchered her

[@ericw8478]

Still hoping you do the Serpent Society.

[@ericw8478]

Another villain w/ the cliched sad tragic abusive/bullied background. Doom's machine must have included some kind of empathic component to endow Skeeter w/ the exact kind of power she wanted. Also while reading one of her issues it just seemed weird and kinda inappropriate (though not unique I guess) to have She-Hulk and Titania calling each other by their real names while fighting.

[@GeneratedHalo]

Tit-ania

[@PSIONICKID]

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