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Since everyone likes talking about him. I know little about him(Ironically,I got nearly all I know about him from a Batman thread),but he's apparently important so I made this thread. Enjoy.

Edited by MacronNotes on Jul 10th 2023 at 10:58:13 AM

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#25001: Sep 25th 2022 at 3:51:20 PM

Is Pete Spiderman (no hyphen) a reference to anyone in particular? It feels like one but I'm not up on home improvement type stuff.

I love his villains too.

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Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#25002: Sep 25th 2022 at 4:02:29 PM

Sounds like a sitcom Peter, but I can't put my finger on it.

Edited by Blueace on Sep 25th 2022 at 8:07:50 AM

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#25004: Sep 25th 2022 at 4:08:10 PM

Kinda reminds of that Friends bit where Chandler and Phoebe discuss the distinction of Spiderman and Spider-Man

Edited by slimcoder on Sep 25th 2022 at 4:17:56 AM

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#25005: Sep 25th 2022 at 4:13:14 PM

[up]

I had teh exact same thought.

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lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#25006: Sep 25th 2022 at 4:13:40 PM

[up][up][up] He's from Edge of Spider-Verse #4 (2022), as a side character in Spider-Ham's story. Peter Porker is in a bit of a grim and gritty slump due to his fourth wall-breaking powers, and Pete helps him regain the fun in the job by telling jokes to comfort a little girl who's scared being rescued in a fire. The entire issue is really fun and sweet.

Edited by lalalei2001 on Sep 25th 2022 at 7:14:01 AM

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#25007: Sep 26th 2022 at 3:25:48 AM

kraven the home-flipper is the best thing i've ever seen

Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#25008: Sep 28th 2022 at 8:19:49 AM

A little more on the overall mystery of ASM in today's issue

Peter reveals he lost a loved one and tried to bring them back with Norman's help, everyone he talked to didn't agree with what he wanted to do, and ultimately what Norman did for him didn't work

Lowe in the letters page also makes reference to Kindred and tells readers to expect more of Mysterio and MJ

TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#25010: Sep 28th 2022 at 2:20:49 PM

Actually, Peter's tie-in to Judgment Day implies that he tried to bring back Gwen.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#25012: Sep 28th 2022 at 2:44:44 PM

[up]

To be fair, they never say who he tried to bring back. Gwen is up there in terms of choices, but it could be anyone.

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#25013: Sep 28th 2022 at 2:54:50 PM

I know. Honestly, my mind went straight to Uncle Ben.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#25014: Sep 28th 2022 at 2:57:25 PM

He better not had tried to revive Ben. It's bad enough Bucky and Jason came back. The phrase used to be Only Bucky, Jason Todd and Uncle Ben stayed dead until those first two idiots messed things up. If Ben comes back, there who really does stay dead?

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lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#25015: Sep 28th 2022 at 3:32:54 PM

He did meet the real Gwen but it seems to be at a later point in her personal timeline, as she doesn't freak out over him being Spider-Man.

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Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#25016: Sep 28th 2022 at 11:43:47 PM

Peter said he tried everything to 'get HER back' so definitely not Harry or Uncle Ben, although I actually think it would have made sense to ask Norman for help in Bringing back Harry seeing as Zeb started his current stint on Spidey with Peter grieving Harry's recent death from Spencer's climax.

[up] Peter getting a chance to meet Gwen again at the end of this issue totally invalidates the conversation in 'Clone Conspiracy' as Gwen clearly doesn't remember what happened back then and notes that Peter looks older, but she would have known this from her last resurrection under Slott, which was supposed to be legit due to having the same soul

Edited by Zarius on Sep 28th 2022 at 11:46:42 AM

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#25017: Sep 29th 2022 at 1:22:10 AM

I don't think it's Gwen, frankly, cause that doesn't make a lot of sense for him to be talking about this person as "someone" and "her" right after he's talking about Gwen by name.

Like it's got to be MJ right? Given the whole mysteries surrounding her?

Digitalhero93 Since: Jun, 2017
#25018: Sep 29th 2022 at 5:59:42 AM

I know this might sound stupid, but one possibility could be the child Peter and MJ were suppose to have during the clone saga. I don't think that is the right answer, but it is a possibility.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#25019: Sep 29th 2022 at 7:14:00 AM

Lately I've been dancing around the possibility that MJ has become some kind of agent or avatar of sorts for Mephisto, which could explain why she keeps pushing Peter away, but that would clash with the Nick Spencer run, wouldn't it?

Actually, if by some twist of fate, Cebulski be damned, we get a proper sequel to One More Day, I would not be opposed to an arc welding scenario in which Mephisto, having become bored with the Avengers and taking advantage of Doctor Strange's death, has resorted to come back to his favorite toy: Peter. And on the even slimmer chance the Spider-Marriage comes back, Mephisto being defeated by Peter ends up getting kicked out of his Council of Red by his other variants.

Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#25020: Sep 29th 2022 at 7:42:32 AM

[up][up] That would explain why they're publishing The Lost Hunt in November, as it's set during the Clone Saga and MJ is not only married to Peter, but pregnant, that could be brand synergy. Not quite as far fetched as you'd think really, good catch

Edited by Zarius on Sep 29th 2022 at 7:46:04 AM

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#25021: Sep 29th 2022 at 7:45:29 AM

[up] Wait, wasn't The Lost Hunt established as a one-off or something that would be inconsequential to the current story?

(*eyes widen*)

...Is the plot thickening more than we think? surprised

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Sep 29th 2022 at 10:46:11 AM

Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#25022: Sep 29th 2022 at 7:54:49 AM

[up] It's supposed to be billed as Kraven's origin story, but I was always found it very suspect that Marvel were publishing a story that was firmly pro-marriage after all the years they spent avoiding any and all reference to it. Explaining whatever Peter did as being connected to his daughter wouldn't be expected, but a lot of restrictions Marvel imposed upon themselves are being loosened

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#25023: Sep 30th 2022 at 4:15:12 PM

Random curiosity: Peter’s had a lot of love interests. How many alternate universes are there where he ends up with a different one, and how many AU kids does he have? Anybody know?

Edited by HamburgerTime on Sep 30th 2022 at 6:15:23 AM

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#25024: Sep 30th 2022 at 4:54:13 PM

I think for the most part, it's either Gwen or MJ for alternate wives where Peter is concerned.

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lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#25025: Sep 30th 2022 at 4:54:41 PM

One time it was Felicia or Silver Sable, if I remember right.

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