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- Characters and comics that originated in Spider-Man but are no longer directly connected to the spider-franchise (e.g. Punisher, Silver Sable) are not on-topic, unless you're discussing historical connections and crossovers. If in doubt, check before you write a long post. If this isn't the right place, there's a more general Marvel Comics thread
which covers them.
Technically, Marvel's Infinity Comics (and their predecessors, Infinite Comics) are webcomics, not comic books, but it's fine to talk about their Spider-Man stories here.
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Edited by MacronNotes on Jul 10th 2023 at 10:58:13 AM
Spider-Man and the X-Men #5: Ernst is The Mole.
Newspaper: Ah, so Norman never returned from the dead in this continuity. Black Widow seems bamboozled at the idea Norman was the Goblin though. Maybe we'll get flashbacks to the Night Ms. Stacy died (which hopefully does'nt last a week)
edited 17th Apr '15 2:43:11 AM by Zarius
I love how the last question is about Mayday and Gage is like "oh yeah, that too"
Damn, I managed to screw up my reading order and got myself really confused. It makes me think I couldn't just read these runs straight, though, because I'd feel too much like I'd accidentally glossed over something when it's brought up.
The way Ultimate Lizard was handled was kind of strange. Super brief appearance in team up, and it's apparently canon since it gets brought up in the comic. I accidentally read that before team up, and was trying to figure out where the hell that would have happened.
Can't say I'm really fond of that part of comics.
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Some events have the common courtesy of putting a Reading Order on the last page of each issue to let you know what order to read them in.
Some comics also do readers a solid and put big bold lettering on the recap page that says things like, "READ THIS AFTER IRON CAP VS FIN FANG DOOM #5: THE SPIDER-ING".
There needs to be more of that.
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Please tell me that's a real comic.
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No, I made it up.
I was originally going to have it be Iron Man v. Fin Fang Doom, but worried people would assume the latter was just a typo and correct it, so I made Iron Cap a Composite Character too.
edited 17th Apr '15 2:38:44 PM by TobiasDrake
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I think Fin Fang Doom is from Amalgam Comics, actually.
Maybe I should stop skipping the recaps, then.![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
Nope, sorry, that was Fin Fang Flame. Perhaps I was thinking about Doctor Doomsday?
Ah Amalgam. Never change.
Well, considering Marvel and DC are owned by major rival corporations, it's not likely they'll be allowed to work together again any time soon. So we're not going to get a new Amalgam, which means it can't ever change.
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I think Bendis actually had a huge April 1st joke last year about Amalgam happening again with a poster and everything.
Edit:Yep.
edited 18th Apr '15 1:38:53 AM by LordofLore
Ultimate Spider-man #45. So cute.
I mean, uh, the last few pages. Not the part where May reveals how distressed she is and all that.
Newspaper strip had a nicely illustrated flashback to Gwen's death today. Peter even opened up to Widow about his feels for Stacy.
edited 19th Apr '15 3:23:49 AM by Zarius
Only one issue of Renew Your Vows will come out in July. Spider-Island on the other hand will have two issues that month. Solits confirm that particular series will be five parts.
edited 21st Apr '15 12:21:02 AM by Zarius
Spider-Gwen to feature Black Cat, Ninjas, and an emotional moment with Peter
Interestingly, it seems Gwen's book is now a mini-series and not an ongoing.
Some info on ASM#18 and Renew Your Vows
Peter and MJ are keeping the secret of Spider-Man from their daughter (makes sense, they kept it from Mayday also until she was a teenager), and Peter's daughter is not what you expect
edited 26th Apr '15 12:02:58 PM by Zarius
So is Spider-Gwen's Peter Not Quite Dead? He's The Lizard of that Universe, so a revival wouldn't be out of the question.
- The Amazing Spider-Man #17.1: Phil Urich is still alive, and the Wraith continues to go down the Punisher route.
So according to Slott, in Renew Your Vows, Mary Jane instructs Peter to use the black costume
The irony in that cannot be coincidental.
Newspaper Strip Hilarity:
Harry: I'll never rest until you pay for killing my father
Spider-Man: Is that why you attacked me and MJ as the Hobgoblin?
Harry: I was asleep
And man, they love homaging this cover
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edited 28th Apr '15 6:00:45 AM by Zarius
Spidey and Spectacular Stan The Man grace a Dallas con SW variant
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