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Edited by MacronNotes on Jul 10th 2023 at 10:58:13 AM
I was under the impression Spidey's rogues were pretty powerful and had the potential to be much bigger threats.
Dudes like Electro and (hilariously enough) the Spot could do a lot more if they were a bit smarter.
Rhino was fighting Hulk for a bit, and Sandman spent a few years as a Fantastic Four villain.
They could be more if they weren't so focused on Spidey.
One Strip! One Strip!....Has Pete ever fought the Wrecking Crew?
Like, if we're going for wrestling allusions, I have called him the mid carder of the Marvel Universe, able to go up against almost anyone.
One Strip! One Strip!I mean even the Runaways have fought the Wrecking Crew.
And I feel the WC should have won that one.
However, I do recall Spiderman, Wolverine, and Spiderwoman (secretly Skrull Queen) fighting the Wrecker and all of them getting their ass handed to them. It was one of the funniest moments of the Wrecker because he didn't actually have to fight to win (being as he had the power of Thor versus three mid-carders) but was too dumb to realize it. It was in one of the early New Avengers.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Jul 8th 2023 at 6:08:03 AM
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.The Wrecking Crew have a tendency to fight everybody at some point or another. They work fairly well as all-purpose supervillains you can just throw the hero against for an issue to have some fun.
Disney100 Marathon | DreamWorks MarathonThat is, if Vulture's arsenal was primarily about attacking from afar and actually using his flight.
The fact that he has to fly into close combat to attack anyone should immediately negate his advantage against someone with spider-sense and insane reflexes.
So changing subjects anyone remember the original What if Spidey kept the Venom Symbiote.
This Venom was just straight up an evil body swapping parasite.
Drained Peter of all his youth despite the avengers best efforts to save him then goes after Hulk.
Peter dies to Felicia's heartbreak
Venom!Hulk and Thor have a knock out drag out fight with Thor saving Banner only to get attacked by the Symbiote.
Black Bolt steps in and scream the creature off the Asgardian and Felicia kills Venom with a sonic rat gun avenging her love.
Really shows how time has changed Marvel's stance on Venom from "cool high tech suit" to John Carpenter esque monster to tragic misfit alien that just wants companionship.
Preview of ASM #29 popped up the other day.
So, how many people had to sweep in and save Peter in this run? Because having J. Jonah Jameson bailing him out feels like it's hitting a new all-time low.
On the flip side, it seems there's actually a reason why Otto suddenly remembers the stuff from his tenure as the Superior Spider-Man.
Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Jul 9th 2023 at 7:21:00 AM
Has Aunt May had to save Peter yet?
She did take out Chameleon one time, after all.
X-Men X-Pert, my blog where I talk about X-Men comics.Yeah! I spoke about it here when I read it a while ago. It's a neat story, I like several parts - Black Cat's part in it, and Peter finding a way to stop it before he died... but like a lot of what ifs, I can't help but feel baited by the premise because Spidey doesn't keep the symbiote for very long.
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Edited by Zarius on Jul 9th 2023 at 5:10:34 AM
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Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Jul 9th 2023 at 7:43:58 AM
I'm still waiting for a What If where he used the actual costume machine and the symbiote stayed there. (Or someone else found it if he didn't.)
The Protomen enhanced my life.I have the what if the suit possessed Spiderman comic.
Yeah, the thoughts on the Symbiote have really changed.
One Strip! One Strip!Because of all the jokes that funny people make about Peter’s commitment issues being the reason he got rid of the symbiote, I’m waiting for the take where he ditches it because it kept asking to hang out in non superhero situations
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They do update the costumes, it's just that a lot of the updated costumes don't sit well with the writers or artists and they go back to the original.
The only costume update that kinda stuck around was Doc Ock's white suit, but he'll still more often than not be wearing the jumpsuit.
With Rhino in particular, their way of updating his outfit is to give him what basically amounts to a mech suit, which is heavily missing the point.
Edited by Joshbones on Jul 8th 2023 at 4:30:01 AM