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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

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#30351: Sep 8th 2023 at 12:17:38 PM

Someone on a post of mine, pointed this out:

Norman has been taking the MJ role this entire run. Being the only person not blaming Peter for something that legitimately isn’t his fault. Knowing his secret and trying to be of help. Having shared grief about Gwen’s death. I am genuinely disturbed how none of us realized this sooner.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#30352: Sep 8th 2023 at 1:04:32 PM

On a better note, I found a series of Spider-Man fan films called Peters Web that look really good!

I'd love to learn the history of Spider-Man fan films—there have been some since the 60s!

EDIT: ooh, The Green Goblin's Last Stand is officially on YouTube posted by the creators!

Edited by lalalei2001 on Sep 8th 2023 at 12:12:23 PM

The Protomen enhanced my life.
windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#30354: Sep 9th 2023 at 11:51:11 PM

[up][up][up]I follow an MJ fan who's made jokes about this volume pushing Peter and Norman as a couple.

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#30355: Sep 10th 2023 at 12:25:49 AM

Zeb Wells has opened up the possibility for a Peter Norman sex scene. Finally. Just what the fans were asking for.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
Tiamatty X-Men X-Pert from Now on Twitter Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: Brony
#30356: Sep 10th 2023 at 4:22:25 AM

[up][up][up] Over 400 variants in 33 issues? That's absolutely ridiculous. That averages to well over 10 variant covers per issue. That is just silly. It is a nonsensical number of variants. Why is Marvel putting such an obscene number of variants for ASM? Holy shit, tone it the fuck down, Marvel.

X-Men X-Pert, my blog where I talk about X-Men comics.
Nofix from Over there Since: Jan, 2015
#30357: Sep 10th 2023 at 4:59:27 AM

You can't have your premier comic selling badly, so they'll make it sell well, by whatever means necessary.

Outside of good writing of course.

Mrph1 he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#30358: Sep 10th 2023 at 5:29:09 AM

Worth noting it's not just ASM. Pretty much everything Marvel publishes gets lots of variants these days.

(First issue of Kieron Gillen's Eternals reboot got 76 covers back in 2021).

Aside from first issues, ASM gets more than any other series, but whether that's because it's the top seller or whether that's because they need to keep it the top seller is debatable.

Either way, someone must be buying them, and at least some are retailer-specific variants for particular comic shops.

knightstorm Since: Feb, 2022
#30359: Sep 10th 2023 at 8:45:20 PM

All these variants is why it's impossible to know how well ASM is actually selling. In fact...it can be viewed as evidence that Marvel isn't all that confident in the book to put out this endless number of variants.

FKJ10 Since: Mar, 2012
#30360: Sep 10th 2023 at 10:34:07 PM

This is why I roll my eyes whenever they say comic sales are up.

I just ask "how many of them are because you pushed out hundreds of variants the crazy collectors are hoarding"

Mrph1 he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#30362: Sep 11th 2023 at 4:15:45 AM

[up]

  • Rule #276: Do not let Norman Osborn steal your children.
  • Rule #277: If Norman Osborn does steal your children, do something about it and do not get distracted by rescuing aged aunts.
  • Rule #278: Bonding small children to alien symbiotes is not ethical. And makes parenting much harder if it does happen.

Edited by Mrph1 on Sep 11th 2023 at 12:16:11 PM

TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#30363: Sep 11th 2023 at 4:24:04 AM

[up] Rule 279: Never under any circumstances bargain with a demon lord for the life of an elderly relative, even if the danger they're currently in is your own fault. It will erase the existence of your child (or your possible child) as yet another way to screw you over with the "deal".

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#30364: Sep 11th 2023 at 4:41:12 AM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/parenting.png

Artist is here:https://old.reddit.com/r/Spiderman/comments/16e9jeg/this_is_why_its_okay_for_peter_b_parker_to_bring/

"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
#30365: Sep 11th 2023 at 5:18:20 AM

"Great Responsibility" that title is so ironic as Marvel is steadfastly against Marvel letting Peter take on the greatest responsibility of fatherhood.

They'd let Peter's daughter be kidnapped by Osborn then erased by Satan before accepting Spider-Dad

Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#30366: Sep 12th 2023 at 4:44:31 AM

Man, I wish we were getting the Unlimited comic as ASM

Blue Marvel team-up, and we learn The Spot is killing his own variants

Mrph1 he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#30367: Sep 12th 2023 at 5:47:02 AM

[up] I'm really enjoying it so far. Much more than I did the Venom series, or most of the Spider-Verse Unlimited webcomic stuff (although that had some gems).

And "Cleanup on aisle 616" cracked me up.

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#30368: Sep 12th 2023 at 8:57:58 PM

For those who read it, what did you think of Felicia being a member of Heroes for Hire? Both the idea on paper and the execution of it?

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#30369: Sep 12th 2023 at 9:05:43 PM

I mean if she'd work anywhere she'd work there.

However, she didn't really have a relationship with Misty or Colleen before. Nor did we see one develop.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#30370: Sep 12th 2023 at 10:02:13 PM

[up]I don't think she needed an established relationship with Misty and Colleen to be part of the roster. The concept is basically just recruiting any hero who is willing to work for money. I suppose it would have been nice if she developed an interesting rapport with Misty and Colleen but she didn't really have a dynamic with anyone else on the team. Which is a shame given her history.

Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#30372: Sep 12th 2023 at 11:58:25 PM

Doctor Octopus might be the only Spider-Man to actually get one over Mephisto.

"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
#30373: Sep 13th 2023 at 8:24:49 AM

[up][up]

This will probably be explained in the book itself, but wait. How did Otto get himself a Peter body already? Like, does he have a Peter clone body just lying around?

TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#30374: Sep 13th 2023 at 10:13:53 AM

[up] At this point, I wouldn't doubt it. Maybe Otto had the clone body ready to go with a full upload of a copy of his mind just in case something happened to him during his superhero adventures, and its activation rigged to a dead-man's-switch that his Deal with the Devil ended up making him forget all about, causing there to be two Otto Octavii running around at once?

Edited by TrashJack on Sep 13th 2023 at 1:17:03 PM

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#30375: Sep 13th 2023 at 10:34:48 AM

Oh wow. I just found out that Zeb Wells is gonna be at my local Fan Convention this weekend.

Not that it matters. I won't be going due to a number of issues (money, how I'm getting there, etc), but it's nuts to think the guy most of us have been mouthing off will be in my city. I wonder if anyone will ask him about his choices during this run?

One Strip! One Strip!

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