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This thread's for the Spider-Man comics and spin-offs, whether they're decades old or brand new.

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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

Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#26601: Apr 26th 2023 at 8:01:39 AM

[up] She's been killed off in the MCU and the Insomniac games, both of which have sold more and are notably more mainstream than the comics have arguably been in decades. Killing her would be synergy

Not to mention by all accounts she would have died if Peter and MJ had said no to Mephisto anyway.

Edited by Zarius on Apr 26th 2023 at 8:06:23 AM

Mrph1 he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#26602: Apr 26th 2023 at 8:06:08 AM

[up] Spoilers for Aaron's Avengers finale

Well, Mephisto's out of the picture for a while - so it's probably the safest time to make it stick.

Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#26603: Apr 27th 2023 at 3:09:01 AM

JMS got bitten by a Spider in real life recently. God telling him something maybe?

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#26604: Apr 27th 2023 at 3:10:59 AM

He should hide from Morlun.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#26605: Apr 27th 2023 at 4:37:24 AM

Free Comic Book Day spoilers for Venom

Reintroducing Flexo the rubber man from 1940s Timely Comics

So, reimagining a rubber robot man from the 1940s into a symbiote animating an inanimate rubber suit? Or whatever is actually going on because it's actually kinda unclear? That's actually pretty bananas.

RE: MJ/BC:

Oh, thank Christ for Jed MacKay trying his hardest to make the best possible lemonade with the really bad lemons he was dealt with. I thought it was a matter of time for someone to lecture MJ about pushing Peter away. Even if Felicia doesn't have all the details. (And neither do we, but...)

And rather curious how Paul still doesn't have any space in MJ's train of thought. MacKay is probably more privy about the deeper workings of Wells' plot than we are.

I still think it's a fake-out though, or the kids were conceived through other means. Given what she says here, I have my own theories about Amazing Spider-Man#26, in that The big death probably isn't MJ, likely Aunt May or something, but Peter's actions will separate MJ from her children

Yeah, 99.9% of these "big deaths" are a fake-outs and I don't think we haven't seen anything that makes this particular "big death" an exception so far...

I don't know, They've killed Aunt May before, would they really do it again?

She's been killed off in the MCU and the Insomniac games, both of which have sold more and are notably more mainstream than the comics have arguably been in decades. Killing her would be synergy

Not to mention by all accounts she would have died if Peter and MJ had said no to Mephisto anyway.

Mmmmm. Not sure if Marvel really would pull the trigger. Because wouldn't killing Aunt May mean Peter has to acknowledge being an actual adult, which contradicts what Marvel Comics wants out of him?

Spoilers for Aaron's Avengers finale

Well, Mephisto's out of the picture for a while - so it's probably the safest time to make it stick.

Ohhhhh man, don't give us hope. (Keep giving us hope.)

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Apr 27th 2023 at 7:38:52 AM

Mrph1 he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#26606: Apr 27th 2023 at 4:59:57 AM

[up] Well, the MCU has been steering the comics in various ways for a while now.

Spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home: And Aunt May was killed off there, and will presumably stay dead, so...

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#26607: Apr 27th 2023 at 5:03:33 AM

Wait if you know who bites it, does it mean that Peter sold his marriage for nothing?

It would be on brand for Mephisto but not Marvel editorial.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
Mizerous Pet Owner from Hell Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: Brewing the love potion
Pet Owner
#26608: Apr 27th 2023 at 6:44:39 AM

Fucking Paul has replaced Mephisto as the devil for fans.

Just Makima.
lbssb The sleepiest good boi Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
The sleepiest good boi
#26609: Apr 27th 2023 at 7:33:59 AM

JMS got bitten by a Spider in real life recently. God telling him something maybe?

I guess JMS is the new Spider-Totem of Earth-1218. Whoda thunk it?

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#26610: Apr 27th 2023 at 7:51:26 AM

It wouldn’t be weirder than Superboy-Prime

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TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#26611: Apr 27th 2023 at 8:05:16 AM

[up] We don't talk about Superboy-Prime. (No, no, no.)

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#26612: Apr 27th 2023 at 8:21:51 AM

I meant in his original Crisis appearance where he’s some kid from the real earth who gets Superman powers when THE REAL EARTH is destroyed in the crisis

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lbssb The sleepiest good boi Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
The sleepiest good boi
#26613: Apr 27th 2023 at 8:29:08 AM

To Marvel's credit, they've never directly touched 1218 in a story to help preserve the illusion that it's literally our world. DC's insisting that Earth-Prime was that kinda fell flat as soon as it was introduced with its own Superboy.

Edited by lbssb on Apr 27th 2023 at 11:29:29 AM

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Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#26614: Apr 27th 2023 at 9:11:41 AM

Free Comic Book Day spoiler

Looks like set up for the Spider-Man's Last Hunt storyline, and Peter ticks off the Harambe faithful knocking out a drugged gorilla

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#26615: Apr 27th 2023 at 9:47:23 AM

[up] The art's a lot better, but being a Spider-Fan still hurts. FFS. sad

Thanks for being an ass like usual, Kraven.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Apr 27th 2023 at 12:48:10 PM

Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#26616: Apr 27th 2023 at 10:22:21 AM

Interview with Dan Slott about Peter's status quo going forward under his pen, plus artwork from the upcoming arc and more on Bailey

Peter will retain the memories of his 'normal' life from End of Spider-Verse, which compels him to build towards being a better Spider-Man and experiments on himself to boost his powers

Plus more stories with Aunt May, Jameson, and Norman, so yeah, that says it right there the big death isn't any of those three

Edited by Zarius on Apr 27th 2023 at 10:23:06 AM

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#26617: Apr 27th 2023 at 10:24:09 AM

Christ, just kill off Mary Jane at this point.

With how this run is going, it's either her, the kids, or Paul.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#26618: Apr 27th 2023 at 10:34:32 AM

[up] They'd be burned to the ground and they know it.

One Strip! One Strip!
RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#26619: Apr 27th 2023 at 10:36:33 AM

Exactly, might as well go all out.

Heck, I'm predicting that they'll kill MJ and do some sort of time thing so she'll be revived and retroactively never met Paul or had his kids.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
knightstorm Since: Feb, 2022
#26620: Apr 27th 2023 at 10:47:04 AM

I'm just going with the idea that "MJ",Paul What's-His-Name,and the brats are all magical creations. Peter will learn they're all fake...and go off to fund the real MJ.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#26621: Apr 27th 2023 at 11:07:07 AM

Isn’t that what happened in the 90s cartoon?

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RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#26622: Apr 27th 2023 at 11:07:47 AM

When Spidey's 90s actor makes his over acting sound genuinely heartbreaking.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#26623: Apr 27th 2023 at 11:15:19 AM

SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCKEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRR

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#26624: Apr 27th 2023 at 11:17:46 AM

SHOCKEEEERRR!!!!! YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME!!!!

I'LL CHASE YOU TO THE ENDS OF THE EEEEEEEEARTH!!!!!!!!!

Seriously though, I watched that episode on youtube late at night, and man did it spook the shit out of 9 year old me.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder

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