Many people know that Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card was my favorite book as a kid, and it has held up over time. Recently, I’ve gotten back into comic books. That is why I was delighted to hear that Marvel would be turning Ender’s Game into a comic. According to the Marvel release, Card will be overseeing the project. So far, so good, right? The problem came for me when I was at my local comic shop and saw the advertising poster that Marvel has released (see to the right. Image from marvel.com via majorspoilers.com).

To launch into a bit more nerdiness than normal, I’m going to explain why this poster dampened my hopes for the comic. It obviously shows a bugger (the bad guys in the book) and Ender in a flash suit. The bugger is one of those things that would be hard to mess up. It is just supposed to be a giant bug, and they don’t get much ‘screen time’ so to speak, in the book.

The flash suit is an integral part of the book. The characters wear flash suits when playing the game in the battle room, a primary part of the story. In this picture, it looks like Ender is wearing some sort of armor. In the book, the flash suit is described as a heavily padded jumpsuit. I’m hoping that this is just a preliminary drawing meant to entice fans and force us to hold our breath until the comic is published. For me, it raises all sorts of doubts and concerns about Marvel taking one of my favorite franchises, and shitting all over it. Only time will tell.