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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

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#27626: Jun 7th 2023 at 5:30:14 AM

I remember reading a comic that was set during Inferno where Harry had to don the Goblin gear and go up against Macendale Hobgoblin to protect his family.

Really good stuff.

I have that one. Macendale wanted the Hobgoblin formula, but Harry didn't have it. Harry basically rubbed it in his face that the entire fight was for nothing.

It also gave us a Green Goblin vs Hobgoblin fight that we've never fully gotten from Norman and Roderick.

One Strip! One Strip!
FKJ10 Since: Mar, 2012
#27627: Jun 7th 2023 at 5:46:21 AM

I'll take Spider-boy the annoying kid sidekick anyday of the week over Paul.

Like another Dan Slott creation, Silk, Spider-boy is harmless and more goofy in Slott's approach to expand Spidey's cast.

The secret sidekick erased because of a cosmic retcon

The secret girl bitten by the same spider hidden away in a bunker (that also wants to jump Peter's bones because pheromones)

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#27628: Jun 7th 2023 at 6:57:23 AM

So what you're saying is, there's an alternate universe where Paul is created by Dan Slott and then gets Rescued from the Scrappy Heap by a subsequent writer?tongue

Mrph1 he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#27629: Jun 7th 2023 at 7:49:25 AM

Are we sure that Earth-616 Paul wasn't adopted as a baby, then renamed Bailey?

Given that Paul's from a universe where Rabin had already tried and succeeded, his 616 equivalent is likely to be younger, right?

Humor Mode firmly engaged. I hope.

Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#27630: Jun 7th 2023 at 7:52:23 AM

A callback to ASM#800 in today's Spider-Man, with a confrontation between Jameson and Norman that references events from it. Jonah isn't as easily swayed by Norman's change of heart as Peter is and warns they'll be payback if he betrays or harms Peter

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#27631: Jun 7th 2023 at 8:21:45 AM

About Peter being an everyman... I do think somebody in their late 20s or earliest 30s who still hasn't managed to settle down the way the people who raised him did, but still manages to makedo, is relatable.

No need to force him into being an overgrown teen. Peter with a stable relationship, yet still no stability in life despite, well, being a decade past his teens, and more than half a decade out of Uni... is relatable. Because that's every fucking millennial.

FKJ10 Since: Mar, 2012
#27632: Jun 7th 2023 at 8:39:20 AM

There's a difference between relatable and just plain struggling for no reason.

Even NORMAN laid out flat that a guy with Peter's intelligence should at least be a successful inventor instead of a teacher. This was back in JMS' run mind you.

And Norman has a point. Peter is able to do stuff like make interdimentional portals with minimal tech. At the bare minimum he could at least be running a successful computer repair company or something with his genius.

Heck he wouldn't even need to go to college just patent half his tech he doesn't need for crime fighting.

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#27633: Jun 7th 2023 at 8:43:40 AM

I feel like this thread would really enjoy Across the Spider-Verse. Since a lot of it is basically an extended Take That! at the idea that superheroes in general and Spider-people in particular "need" trauma.

lbssb The sleepiest good boi Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
The sleepiest good boi
#27634: Jun 7th 2023 at 8:48:00 AM

Heck, in that movie, the Spider-Marriage is shown as a cornerstone event in the multiverse with the original wedding issue artwork in what feels like a deliberate jab at people like Quesada and Wells.

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FKJ10 Since: Mar, 2012
#27635: Jun 7th 2023 at 8:48:58 AM

Watched it and can confirm yeah ATSV is basically a summation of my problem with Marvel's addiction to making Spidey and other heroes suffer because "its the way things are supposed to be" especially with Miles' "Nah Imma do my own thing" before zapping Miguel

knightstorm Since: Feb, 2022
#27636: Jun 7th 2023 at 10:07:43 AM

Whether Marvel likes it or not(and they don't)...Peter has aged. He's been Spider-Man for 10-15 years in continuity. Writing him as a 15 year old in a 30 year old body doesn't make him "relatable"...it makes him pathetic.

Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#27637: Jun 7th 2023 at 10:51:16 AM

Oh, something interesting in Spider-Man#9

It doesn't appear as if Peter is dating Felicia any longer, Robbie wants to set him up with one of the bridesmaids at Randy's wedding and Aunt May encourages it

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#27638: Jun 7th 2023 at 10:53:22 AM

Sounds like another "meet Mary Jane" situation XD

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Mrph1 he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#27639: Jun 7th 2023 at 2:29:17 PM

The new feature on marvel.com:

Spider-Man's Spectacular Spider-Families - "Meet all of Peter Parker's kids from across the Multiverse!"

Just saying.

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#27640: Jun 7th 2023 at 2:54:00 PM

Feels like rubbing salt in the wound.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
Spirit Pretty flower from America Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Pretty flower
#27641: Jun 7th 2023 at 3:03:41 PM

Still can't tell if Rascal is supposed to be Carnage's 4th kid or his dozenth clone, but I still got a kick out of him inheriting Carnage's knack for cannibalizing other symbiotes.

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Deadpoolrocks Since: Sep, 2010
#27642: Jun 7th 2023 at 3:15:04 PM

Its a piece of him that Dylan disconnected from the carnage hive so both kinda?

reppuzan Since: Dec, 2014
#27643: Jun 7th 2023 at 9:21:32 PM

I've actually been liking Carnage Reigns way more than I thought I would.

The stupidity of the NYPD being willing to hire supervillains and assassins/mercenaries to slap handcuffs on superheroes aside, there are a lot of great little character moments like Normie looking up to Spider-Man and being excited to team up with Miles. Cletus' transformation into a Humanoid Abomination in his own right makes him appropriately menacing even if his plan is 90s-level goofy.

Edited by reppuzan on Jun 7th 2023 at 9:22:19 AM

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#27644: Jun 7th 2023 at 9:50:55 PM

I've actually been liking Carnage Reigns way more than I thought I would.

The stupidity of the NYPD being willing to hire supervillains and assassins/mercenaries to slap handcuffs on superheroes aside, there are a lot of great little character moments like Normie looking up to Spider-Man and being excited to team up with Miles. Cletus' transformation into a Humanoid Abomination in his own right makes him appropriately menacing even if his plan is 90s-level goofy.

It's consistent. The cops hate superheroes in Marvel.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#27645: Jun 7th 2023 at 9:52:11 PM

Or have gone Supervillain themselves.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
Nofix from Over there Since: Jan, 2015
#27646: Jun 7th 2023 at 10:33:00 PM

Or become murderous anti-heroes that are barely one step above serial killers.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#27647: Jun 7th 2023 at 10:51:27 PM

I actually really wish Spider-Man would spend half the time he tries redeeming the Osborne clan on redeeming Yuri.

I liked her character.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#27648: Jun 7th 2023 at 11:07:39 PM

The police captain that used confiscated villain gear?

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RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#27649: Jun 7th 2023 at 11:41:04 PM

Isn't Wraith more of an anti-hero in the comics?

Granted one continuity's anti hero is another continuity's villain.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
FKJ10 Since: Mar, 2012
#27650: Jun 8th 2023 at 12:54:11 AM

The Goblin IP brings in too much money to focus on redeeming fan favorites like Yuri and Ben who are stuck in terrible heel run hell.

At least ATSV kept Ben the Scarlet Spider if a 90s comics so bad edgy parody


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