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Edited by MacronNotes on Jul 10th 2023 at 10:58:13 AM
Spider-Island was the one where I noticed it most. Like, Peter's big speech is in the background of a small panel before the issue where he actually does it, it's just incredibly jarring.
Damn it, I got the trades because I thought that'd be the best way to read it. It's jumpy as fuck and I kind of regret buying these if I could do better with Marvel Unlimited (currently subbed) and a reading guide.
The "special artist" 1:1000 variant cover for the new Venom series has turned out to just be a recolor of Venom's first appearance at the end of ASM #299.
On one hand, I'm glad the drive to Starr's country estate didn't take a week, on the other hand, I'm kind of bummed at them wasting a potentially awesome notion like Peter and Scott Lang stuck in a car for ages
Does anyone else hate how Marvel over exaggerates high school Spider-man?
Peter was only in high school for 28 issues.
I hate how it's treated as a magic golden era for the character.
Queen of Good Things, Honest
I think the fact that he was only there for 28 issues is why it's treated as a magic golden era for the character. It's a period of his history that hasn't been thoroughly covered by the source material already, which is surprising given that what really made his name was being a Kid Hero instead of a Kid Sidekick to an existing superhero.
So there's this double whammy of "iconic" Spider-Man being a Robin or Bucky who doesn't play second-fiddle to a pre-established hero mixed with the fact that there aren't fifty million comics already set in that point of the character's history.
edited 27th Sep '16 1:15:23 PM by TobiasDrake
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Absolutely. Abso-fucking-lutely. The fact that adaptations try to stick way more into high school just drives me nuts.
I get the argument that the source material didn't cover it that thoroughly, but I would only buy that if it meant adaptations just spent longer in high school before moving on. But many of them just leave him there.
I do wonder if Ultimate Pete would have ever graduated if he hadn't been killed off. What Could Have Been.
Personally for me what made Spider-man interesting was that the character evolved. He went from high school to college. He got married.
The more that Marvel tries to make him young the less interesting the character and the stories become.
It always bugs me that they go for high school Spider-Man, but go for his college love interests.
In all fairness, the nineties' animated series made a point of always using a college aged Peter, and the Raimi films had him graduating high school before the first movie was halfway over.
Which is even more telling - college wasn't just the real "golden era" that so many writers are supposedly chasing, it was the setting for two of the most successful Spider-Man adaptations.
Hey, Web Warriors ended!
....
What, nothing?
Hey, I got something! It shows that Ultimate Jess is alive! That's like the most relevant thing to come from it.
edited 29th Sep '16 3:25:16 PM by Akirakan
You know what would have kept Web Warriors alive longer? Peni Parker.
Marvel should give her a mini-series. Because man, that one-shot with her was amazing.
I also want an ongoing set in Lady Spider's reality. Marvel Steampunk! Come on!
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neither of those are gwen stacy. or a cartoon pig so it's a no go
Takat Empress
surely you aren't saying Marvel used Gwen and Pig too much. :V
I'm saying they didn't use them enough. they should just have the team be spider-gwen, spider-ham and a cartoon pig version of gwen
So in the newspapers, we're getting another "totally tiny adventure". Egghead has gotten his hands on Pymtech here (what a coincidence, as he's done the same in the main continuity recently) and subjects Peter and Scott to a gas which shrinks them down. The gas also somehow prevents Scott from controlling his size. Starr then sets upon the two of them with a vacuum cleaner.
We've already seen Spider-Ham's version of Gwen, and she's something completely different.
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Speaking of Gwen... I'm starting to consider paring her with Matt Murderdock.
Mileena Madness Ew. Ew ew ew ew ew. No. No, don't do that. She's a teenager. He's gotta be at least 30. It's a big age difference. Ew.
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I agree with Tiamatty, but it also makes me curious: how old is she, anyway? I have her mentally pegged at 16 or 17 but isn't she moved out of her dad's house and living with roomies? That would put her around college-age.
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Yeah I think she's college age, just outta high-school I believe.
I mean it doesn't make it any less gross but hey its technically legal though.
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She's got to be at least 19 at the youngest by now.
She's older than Miles.
Takat Empress
Yeah she is but that didn't stop someone drawing a kiss between them.
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I've gotten the Spider-Island and Spider-Verse bundles from comixology. The former had the core storyline and most tie-ins in release order, which resulted in some events being revealed in tie insurance before they happened in the main series. Verse just had the main story followed by each tie-in.
Not sure which is more common but I haven't gotten anything out of order through them.