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Back S.H.I.E.L.D

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19:20 / 18.03.04

I've noticed around town that someone is chalking "Back S.H.I.E.L.D" on lots of walls. Is this some sort of obsessive comic fan, or something else?

eddie thirteen

20:25 / 18.03.04

Been an awfully long time, but isn't Stan the Man's full phrase something like, "Don't yield -- back S.H.I.E.L.D.!"? Sounds like either a strange post-modern commentary on the American military industrial complex, or that someone swiped it for a band name.

Mister Six, whom all the girls

00:39 / 19.03.04

Dude, get a pic of that, I'd love to see it.

Imaginary Mongoose Solutions

04:06 / 19.03.04

Ditto. That's awesome.

Solitaire Rose as Tom Servo

04:37 / 19.03.04

I love comics graffitti, and have been known to write some of my own on sidewalks with chalk.

Mostly because I am a wimp.

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05:49 / 19.03.04

At laast, a reason to finish that roll of film. Shame its now pissing with rain.

FinderWolf

19:11 / 22.03.04

>> "Don't yield -- back S.H.I.E.L.D.!"?

That was exactly the phrase.

FinderWolf

19:12 / 22.03.04

I mean, that's exactly how Stan worded it in his wonderful "Marvel is the greatest, true believers" sermons, which were rivaled only by Hitler's propaganda machine in their charm and effectiveness (and I mean that in a fun, lighthearted way).

Haus, Heart, Home, Hearth

12:23 / 24.03.04

Ahh, National Socialism

Wasn't that GRAND?

Colonel Kadmon

23:14 / 29.03.04

Being in the same town as you, Cube, I've noticed them too - but the thing is, they don't all say "Back S.H.I.E.L.D", some of them say "S.H.I.E.L.D x2" and "get ready for S.H.I.E.L.D" and stuff like that. I'll try to find some actual examples when I'm uptown tomorrow. We figured that it was something structured, as there were so many and they appeared very suddenly. Perhaps a live-action RPG?

I do know that at least one Edinburgh uni student chalked "who is something?" messages all over the town to try and start a buzz for his marketing project. So it could be that. Could be a band, too, but I've no seen any gigs by S.H.I.E.L.D advertised.

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