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While I certainly enjoy my comics, "most intricate fictional narrative in history"? I think not.

• mathattack 12y ago
  What's more intricate? Perhaps Lord of the Rings? This narrative spans 50+ years of writing across many (hundreds of?) titles. It combines comic books, regular books, TV and movies.
  • thaumasiotes 12y ago
    But 50 years is nothing at all. Consider Egyptian mythology, which evolved to reflect changing political realities across hundreds and hundreds of years. Consider the relatively minor knight of King Arthur, Sir Kay. Why did Arthur have a knight by that name? Because originally Cai was a great Welsh hero. That kind of thing is absolutely the norm for any mythology -- Marvel is a fairly piddling effort by comparison. Or if you want to go by number of official published works... consider any modern fanfiction website.
    • tlarkworthy 12y ago
      Or the more accessible Greek mythology.
      • thaumasiotes 12y ago
        Very true; I picked Egyptian mythology for its very long record and well-understood "character developments" over the period. But that's an artifact of features of Egypt that make its history comparatively easy to read; any traditional mythology or modern focus of fanfiction will dwarf the output of Marvel, for the simple reason that a publishing company is not able to devote the same level of effort to storymaking as the group "anyone interested" is.