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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
#32851: Dec 29th 2023 at 10:09:14 AM

See, when it comes to discussing Spider-Man villains, this is why I find Gobby to be more fun to talk about than Paul.

Paul is just some guy made up by Editorial to be an obstacle. It just overshadows everything else in the run.

I'd very much prefer to discuss cool ideas, like how Spider-Man lately has been adapting the tech of his villains, like Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus.

How neat is that idea? Spider-Man is at a low point in his civilian life and it's affecting his superhero work to the point that he's starting to use the tech of his two big villains to get by.

I feel like there's a lot you could have done with that premise.

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Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#32852: Dec 29th 2023 at 10:10:08 AM

[up][up][up] Possibly, but they really needed to sell the emotional side to make it look like an actual relationship.

Edited by Blueace on Dec 29th 2023 at 3:10:19 PM

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Kurus576 Since: Aug, 2015
#32853: Dec 29th 2023 at 10:21:16 AM

The wells run is so boring, that if the Paul and MJ stuff wasn’t in it, no one would talk about it.

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#32854: Dec 29th 2023 at 10:26:49 AM

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

So boring no one talks about how Spider-Man looks like he's going to shit on New York in this panel.

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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
#32855: Dec 29th 2023 at 10:29:53 AM

Yeah, I have no idea what's going on in that run from osmosis. I think Peter gobbled for a bit. There was a vulture? There's a wedding or a gang war or a gang wedding?

[up] He's wearing a mask but you can tell he's got poop face under it

Edited by Bocaj on Dec 29th 2023 at 1:30:36 PM

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Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#32856: Dec 29th 2023 at 10:30:10 AM

With his luck, that image looks like he is gonna end up accidentally mooning half of New York.

Wake me up at your own risk.
Joshbones Since: May, 2015
#32857: Dec 29th 2023 at 10:33:01 AM

Vulture shows up in an early issue because he's mad that Peter told his granddaughter he was evil and now she won't talk to him. I don't think he's shown up since.

Currently, the storyline is a Gang War between every street level criminal who's ever appeared in anything, and it's crossing over with multiple books.

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#32858: Dec 29th 2023 at 10:36:00 AM

Vulture beat the shit out of him so badly that Spidey went to Norman Osborn for help, and THAT"S why they are working together.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#32859: Dec 29th 2023 at 10:37:34 AM

I'm actually kind of interested in the Gang War tbh.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#32860: Dec 29th 2023 at 10:38:24 AM

It's the only book Luke Cage has been appearing in in recent memory

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#32861: Dec 29th 2023 at 10:38:57 AM

re: the picture

I am convinced that the artist really wanted to slip in a nod to one of the Spider-Man (1967) memes (specifically, the one where Spidey's squatting over a chimney and which is captioned "You're getting shit for Christmas"), and you cannot make me believe otherwise.

EDIT: [nja]

Edited by TrashJack on Dec 29th 2023 at 1:39:36 PM

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#32862: Dec 29th 2023 at 10:41:27 AM

Luke's arc about wrestling with the fact that as Mayor he has to uphold a clearly unjust law that's actively hindering his ability to deal with the crisis is pretty fascinating.

I'm kind of predicting it'll end with him getting the law repealed but having to leave office to satisfy its supporters. Whereupon a total asshole will probably replace him because Marvel Civilians.

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#32863: Dec 29th 2023 at 10:44:07 AM

I hear Arcade is running for mayor, we should vote for a successful live streamer.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
Joshbones Since: May, 2015
#32864: Dec 29th 2023 at 10:46:14 AM

[up][up]I mean, it's gonna be hard to get worse then Kingpin or Jameson.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#32865: Dec 29th 2023 at 10:51:46 AM

Mayor Cage has been oddly underutilized considering it was the big fallout from Devil's Reign.

I won't be surprised if Cage is a one term mayor since he can't even fulfill his campaign promise to repeal the anti-superhero law and couldn't even get a legal alternative off the ground for more than five issues.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#32866: Dec 29th 2023 at 1:53:22 PM

I wish the x books hadn’t validated Logan’s creeper obsession with Jean

Yeah woo poly hinting but if only they’d chosen a different love triangle

Oh, one thousand times this

Wolverine is such a difficult character to me because he has good moments and then has so much baggage attached to him like constantly being a creep but while also treating him as the most amazing special guy

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#32867: Dec 29th 2023 at 2:04:50 PM

[up]

There’s also the murder.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#32868: Dec 29th 2023 at 2:09:04 PM

In fairness the murder is condonable. tongue

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#32869: Dec 29th 2023 at 2:13:15 PM

But there’s so much of it!

That’s a lot of people getting Snkt’ed!

And I like Logan.

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raykoda16 Volunteer Vexilologist from Between here and there Since: Apr, 2019
Volunteer Vexilologist
#32870: Dec 29th 2023 at 4:14:44 PM

The difference (obviously I would say, but it bears mentioning) is that the story has never really condoned the murder. "What I do isn't very nice".

Him getting his own room in the Summers house on the moon? After being a creep to Jean and intruding with her romance with Scott? Yeah, that's not cool at all.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#32871: Dec 29th 2023 at 4:16:18 PM

Arguably you could interpret him as more just the sex toy that the swinging married couple keep around.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#32872: Dec 29th 2023 at 4:26:24 PM

That's a very pointy sex toy.

Like, you gotta be careful when you swing that, or you might cut something you don't want cut.[lol]

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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
#32873: Dec 29th 2023 at 4:53:06 PM

There are lower maintenance sex toys that are more pleasant to have at the breakfast table after

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#32874: Dec 29th 2023 at 6:07:16 PM

Don't use those things on your food after using them as Sex-Toys!

....Right. Back to Spiderman.

...um....who's involved in Gang War besides Luke Spidey and She Hulk?

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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
#32875: Dec 29th 2023 at 6:13:38 PM

Gangs, probably

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