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   Wednesday, August 02, 2006

   MORE COLBERT...

...this time interviewing the head of Marvel Comics, Joe Quesada. Most of Marvel's books this summer are revolving around one storyline, "Civil War," in which the American government's decision to register and control all super-powered people splits that population down the middle:

Peter Parker submits and reveals his identity as Spider-Man, Captain America goes rogue and starts a resistance, Iron Man hunts down his fellow superheroes, and the already-hated X-Men try to stay out of the entire situation, with no luck. It's all very over-the-top enjoyable yet the most politically-intriguing stuff Marvel's done.

"At its core," says Quesada here, "it’s about one very simple idea which is, what’s more important to you -- your civil liberties or your personal safety? I think that’s something that everyone in America is thinking about, especially in this post 9/11 world."

"I’m not thinking about it," Colbert says, "It sounds mentally painful." I just love that guy. Here's the whole clip:

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