Het verhaal gaat over 'de geheime' geschiedenis van Isaac Newton. De natuurkundige komt terecht in de stad Ashomia. Daar komt hij het ras The Deviants tegen en heeft seks met één van hen. Tenminste in het originele verhaal. Tekenaar Dustin Weaver heeft op zijn blog dustinweaver.livejournal.com commentaar gegeven.
"There. Do you feel scandalized, offended, disturbed? Well you should. He’s having sex with a monster. It should be disturbing, gross, a little sexy, and then that much more disturbing. I wanted it to be perfectly clear what was going on. I think Marvel wanted it to be vague. Regardless of a choice to be more or less explicit for story telling reasons, I find this censorship depressing. Sex is a part of life and I think we need to just grow up about it. On top of that sex is all over comics. Many super hero comics are down right pornographic. The shot that I’ve drawn is tame in comparison to the tits, asses, and crouches that are being thrust directly in your face on a regular bases in comics. If they had a problem with the fact that it’s not sexy sex with sexy people, that it’s Isaac Newton fucking a monster well then they shouldn’t have asked me to draw it."
"I actually did the censoring myself, at their request. I thought it would be better to do it myself than leave it up to someone ells. I’m not trying to rock the boat or make some kind of stand against censorship. I can make compromises and be a team player. That doesn’t mean that I don’t think it’s silly. Even after I added the blanket and got rid of the monster’s leg they still asked Christina, the colorist, to bring the blanket up a little bit more. Arbitrary censorship for censorship’s sake or did that tiny bit of boob make a difference."
Het gaat allemaal om dit plaatje. Wat je er ook van denkt dit hoort natuurlijk niet thuis in een stripserie die weliswaar voor volwassen is bedoelt, maar die ook door kids opgepikt kan worden.
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