Marvel Snap has one huge problem: No one asks me about Devil Dinosaur

It’s been a little over two weeks since the release of Marvel Snap, and it’s safe to say that it’s taken over the lives of Polygon staff. Each day I wake up at the start of work and find out that my topic of conversation is Leech, Enchantress or Devil Dinosaur. It’s great that it’s making everyone I know interested in the most absurdly minor facets of comic book lore.

There’s just one problem with this: None of them want to ask me about it!

They are interested in discussing the effectiveness of Swarm when it is used with a discard card.

Image by Bill Mantlo and John Byrne/Marvel Comics

They don’t want to talk about how he’s a Nazi made of bees.

They wanna talk about the best cards to take advantage of Bar Sinister’s multiplicative abilities.

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These are don’tWe would like to discuss how Bar Sinister was a castle full of nobles that were all genetic copies of Mister Sinister wearing different glamrock outfits.

They are interested in discussing the most impressive Devil Dinosaur decks.

Image: Jack Kirby/Marvel Comics

They don’t want to know about how Devil Dinosaur was created by Jack “The King” Kirby for an never-materialized animated series about a hominid boy and his dinosaur pal, how one time he and Captain America became gladiator friends, and that he’s got a new animated series coming out in February.

Every day I sit, and I wait, for someone to say, “Hey, Susana, who is Blue Marvel?” so that I can tell them This is exactlyWhat Blue Marvel is, and how he got there Assists with whipping. For someone to say, “Who the hell is Ka-Zar and why is he just Tarzan?” “What’s the difference between Monster Island and Monster Metropolis?” “Why does Onslaught look like he’s wearing Magneto’s helmet?”

But no one does. I’m being infodump cockblocked by a trading card game — and I still haven’t drawn a Devil Dinosaur!

I am serious about this. Marvel Snap is that the cards don’t have artistic credits. My second problem is convincing coworkers to ask me questions about comics at any time, anywhere, and I will be happy to answer.

Unless they’re asking about Adam Warlock. I know my boundaries.