This thread's for the Spider-Man comics and spin-offs, whether they're decades old or brand new.
- Apart from the main Marvel Universe titles, Ultimate Spider-Man, Spider-Man "What If?" stories, crossovers, guest appearances in other books, Alternate Universe tales and things like Marvel's manga adaptations are all on-topic here.
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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
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What happened in it?
The power going to his head and the lack of Spidey to inspire him to be better means that Flash is a complete tool
◊ who brutalizes villains, and antagonizes everyone to the extent that the police hate him and civilians are wary if not outright afraid of him. His life is complete shit outside of being Spider-Man, so it pisses him off that no one besides Jameson
◊ sees him as a true hero. He irrationally blames Pete (who became a Daily Bugle photographer In Spite of a Nail) for his bad publicity, and ends up beating him to death during a tantrum
◊ after Pete discovers his secret identity and tries to get him to help him recover a stolen isotope that can save Aunt May. Flash freaks the Hell out afterward, but manages to beat the Master Planner, get the isotope and pull off the "If This Be My Destiny!
◊" bit. The story ends with him turning himself in while Ben is shown telling May about Peter's death.
Jesus. Well, I'm glad that Marvel is keeping the tradition of What If?s being completely goddamn depressing.
Wait, wasn't Aunt May's blood cancer caused by the blood transfusion Peter gave her?
The Protomen enhanced my life.
The universe loves endangering May's health but never actually killing her.
Aside from that time it actually killed her.
The Head of the Hydra
Heh. 
And then it turned out she wasn't actually dead.
The woman's like a cockroach. She'll outlive the entire Marvel universe.
Magical Girl in Training
And then wind up being the Galactus of the next Marvel Universe. 
She was already a Herald of Galactus.
And thus Insomniac Spidey gets another point.
Now gimme Venom Eddie Brock and we are set.
The Head of the Hydra
Well actually we may get Harry Osborn as Venom next game.
Funny but not helpful
Caught up on the issues of Renew Your Vows that were available on unlimited
I was really enjoying family Spider adventures but I'm not so sure about the time skip
It is cool that the setting was allowed to move forward but it felt like there was more that could be done with small child spider and intermediate ages and teenager spider is going to be a hard sell because, well, I already enjoyed 100 issues of spider girl
It felt too soon.
And it's a bit sad that Peter was still working as a freelance photographer for the Bugle after sixteen years
Forever liveblogging the Avengers
Surrounded by weirdoes
Too bad they don't show him growing up, and work in what he wants out of his life.
Wake me up at your own risk.
The Merry Monarch of Darkness
I mean, maybe he likes photography. Lots of people do.
The pig of Hufflepuff pulsed like a large bullfrog. Dumbledore smiled at it, and placed his hand on its head: "You are Hagrid now."
Funny but not helpful
He’s not even taking the pictures himself! He sets up an auto camera on a drone
Edited by Bocaj on Oct 7th 2018 at 10:58:25 AM
Forever liveblogging the Avengers
What Ifs REALLY seem to have a thing for killing Spider-Man/Peter Parker. It's weird!
https://www.cbr.com/top-five-spider-man-what-if-deaths/
This blog's top 100 What Ifs list even has "Spider-Man death" as a regular feature cause it happens so often.
Edited by lalalei2001 on Oct 7th 2018 at 3:41:54 PM
The Protomen enhanced my life.
Surrounded by weirdoes
Peter was the first solo kid hero, and they have him on the role of one of the most moral heroes. So, an easy way to show how bad things are going is to kill him.
Wake me up at your own risk.
Ah, so like with Optimus Prime and Jean Grey.
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
I guess.
That first site gave me a lot of trouble. It kept rescrolling back up a few pages and made it impossible for me to move down. It was a real fight to read the entire thing.
One Strip! One Strip!
CBR was bought out and redesigned a year or two ago, and the results weren't pretty.
But now he's also teaching... a photography class.
The Merry Monarch of Darkness
CBR was a Wretched Hive anyway.
The pig of Hufflepuff pulsed like a large bullfrog. Dumbledore smiled at it, and placed his hand on its head: "You are Hagrid now."
Man I'm digging Miles redesign and name for the weird world arc in chamions. shadow spider is a good fit for the one with invisibility powers
The Head of the Hydra
Question are there any Symbiote’s that aren’t Venom’s progeny?
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
What If? Flash Thompson Became Spider-Man 3? was surprisingly screwed up and dark and it'd be interesting to see if he'll be in Spider-Geddon.