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

  • Apart from the main Marvel Universe titles, Ultimate Spider-Man, Spider-Man "What If?" stories, crossovers, guest appearances in other books, Alternate Universe tales and things like Marvel's manga adaptations are all on-topic here.
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  • Characters and comics that originated in Spider-Man but are no longer directly connected to the spider-franchise (e.g. Punisher, Silver Sable) are not on-topic, unless you're discussing historical connections and crossovers. If in doubt, check before you write a long post. If this isn't the right place, there's a more general Marvel Comics thread which covers them.

Technically, Marvel's Infinity Comics (and their predecessors, Infinite Comics) are webcomics, not comic books, but it's fine to talk about their Spider-Man stories here.

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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

FKJ10 Since: Mar, 2012
#30651: Sep 25th 2023 at 1:05:10 AM

You should as I've always said the easiest way to understand comics is to understand wrestling.

They are cut from the same cloth as what inspired wrestling

Legit circus strong men and grapplers performing for worked fights for crowds with fake rivalries to generate interest.

Heck Spider-Man literally started off as a masked wrestler and stage performer with the Raimi movies brining in Macho Man Randy Savage for the wrestling origin.

Mrph1 he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#30652: Sep 25th 2023 at 1:12:45 AM

Slott had fun with the wrestling comparisons in his "Learning to Crawl" flashback arc, which was largely about wrestling fan turned costumed heel Clash making a bunch of dangerously wrong assumptions about the level of kayfabe in Spider-Man's early battles.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#30653: Sep 25th 2023 at 1:15:09 AM

People like Spider-Man, so they like seeing him succeed.

Mind you, not as a tech bro.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
FKJ10 Since: Mar, 2012
#30654: Sep 25th 2023 at 1:49:10 AM

Ever since Musk and Zuckerberg the tech bro has become the easiest way to make someone a despicable I wanna slap a cross the face heel.

So Parker Industries Peter was doomed to fail.

Edited by FKJ10 on Sep 25th 2023 at 1:49:50 AM

Joshbones Since: May, 2015
#30655: Sep 25th 2023 at 6:01:40 AM

I think the issue with Parker Industries is that it was too big, honestly.

Peter working in a science-y field isn't that absurd, and I was fine with him at Horizon, but becoming literally Tony Stark is a step too far.

I think if Peter was a struggling businessman with a tiny startup, it'd be way better.

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#30656: Sep 25th 2023 at 6:10:36 AM

Plus Parker Industries was actually working with Beijing.

Like, I do now want my Spider-Man to be in bed with the same government that does all sorts of human rights abuses.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#30657: Sep 25th 2023 at 6:23:44 AM

Yes, Parker Industries being a billion dollar industry? No.

A startup?

Basically Silicon Valley's idiots? Love it.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#30658: Sep 25th 2023 at 6:28:11 AM

Spider-Man and wrestling do have an interesting history cause he started as a masked wrestler fighting Crusher Hogan.

The Protomen enhanced my life.
RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#30659: Sep 25th 2023 at 10:07:02 AM

Was Parker Industries ever meant to be a permanent thing? I assumed it was planned as a "let's try this weird shakeup to the status quo, get some different stories out of it, then when it runs its course, revert everything back to normal" situation.

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#30660: Sep 25th 2023 at 11:19:40 AM

The 2018 game got something similar in a far more palatable way.

Mrph1 he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#30661: Sep 25th 2023 at 11:33:57 AM

Spider-Man and wrestling do have an interesting history cause he started as a masked wrestler fighting Crusher Hogan.

Yeah, that's the bit Slott plays with - Clash is a wrestling fan who sees that and thinks the costumed battles are at least partly scripted and/or staged, so creates his own masked identity to join in. Probably just as well his first big fight is with Spider-Man, not the Vulture, who he sees in the distance...

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#30662: Sep 25th 2023 at 12:28:12 PM

Wells and Lowe can try all they want...but as far as Paul's death goes...the more painful and humiliating...the better!

Just realized something. What if they're in "auto-we don't give a f*ck" mode and they literally don't care about our reactions? I mean, if it were me, I absolutely would care about reactions, but...

Anyway!

Textless previews for ASM #36.

Erm. Anybody here care about Rek-Rap? Like, at all?

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Sep 25th 2023 at 3:31:52 PM

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#30663: Sep 25th 2023 at 12:33:15 PM

Is that Mary Jane in an evil demoness outfit or Pryor?

Edited by RedHunter543 on Sep 26th 2023 at 3:41:09 AM

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#30664: Sep 25th 2023 at 12:35:54 PM

fan service ahoy!

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#30665: Sep 25th 2023 at 12:41:57 PM

I guess she absorbed Norman's sins then, bringing how Norman has been more MJ than the actual MJ full circle.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#30666: Sep 25th 2023 at 12:55:10 PM

Rek-Rap was one of the only two things I enjoyed about Inferno 2: It’s Just Inferno It Is Literally Just Inferno Again

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#30667: Sep 25th 2023 at 2:18:50 PM

Inferno 2 would have had Peter getting bitten in the ribs by more stone gargoyle statues.

One Strip! One Strip!
Antiyonder (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#30668: Sep 25th 2023 at 4:43:35 PM

Just realized something. What if they're in "auto-we don't give a f*ck" mode and they literally don't care about our reactions? I mean, if it were me, I absolutely would care about reactions, but...

Because to some degree there is truth to people still paying for the book for say bile fascination and the like.

Need to deny them heavy attention and aim to books that hold appeal without outrage attention.😁

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#30669: Sep 25th 2023 at 6:40:20 PM

MJ, Wanda, and Misty should start a club for people with fake magical children.

Misty? As in Misty Knight? When did she get fake magical children?

@Charles Phipps If it makes you feel any better, Roy, Donna and Dinah's kids are back. In fact, the current Birds of Prey run is about the team joining together to rescue Sin.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#30670: Sep 25th 2023 at 6:52:04 PM

Ya know while I never did have much interest for Jessica Drew but I gotta commend how she's able to hold her own series pretty.

Especially when you compare her to Spider-Gwen who despite being far more well more known, can't seem to hold an ongoing anywhere. Meanwhile Jess's last Spider-Woman ongoing went up to the 20s.

Edited by slimcoder on Sep 25th 2023 at 6:52:11 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#30671: Sep 25th 2023 at 7:11:39 PM

[up][up] Tempest's kid is back too!

The Protomen enhanced my life.
Sircray Since: Apr, 2018
#30672: Sep 26th 2023 at 12:50:13 AM

Misty? As in Misty Knight? When did she get fake magical children?
Was pregnant at the end of The Immortal Iron Fist, but then it was revealed to just be pregnancy-mimicking "chi buildup" or something dumb like that a year or two later in an Avengers anthology miniseries. AU versions of the would-be daughter (Lucy Rand) showed up in Secret Wars and Captain Marvel: The End.

FKJ10 Since: Mar, 2012
#30673: Sep 26th 2023 at 1:14:50 AM

Wait Iron Fist knocked up Misty Knight!?

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#30674: Sep 26th 2023 at 1:20:09 AM

Yeah they used to be in a serious romantic relationship.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#30675: Sep 26th 2023 at 3:59:19 AM

There's even a great little Secret Wars (2015) story showing them married.


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