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Edited by MacronNotes on Jul 10th 2023 at 10:58:13 AM
You mean besides her alternate universe spider self?
But I do agree it's nice to see something done with classic Gwen.
One Strip! One Strip!So I'm re-watching a bit of Spider-Man 2.
Is Mr. Ditkovitch some kind of stereotype? Cause he sure feels like one, and as usual, I may have missed it.
One Strip! One Strip!Reading an interesting article
about Harry Osborn's time as the Green Goblin and how nowadays while Norman is thought of as the long-term sadistic planner, back then it was Harry's shtick.
I wish we had a thousand J.M De Matties typing at a thousand keyboards at Marvel.
Edited by Zarius on Mar 23rd 2024 at 4:21:50 AM
I also learned that Spectacular Spider-Man #200's last 2 pages
were originally scripted, but when they saw the art they left them silent.
Which isn't a good thing for a dude wanting to take over the underworld.
You kinda need to be a good schemer for that.
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I mean, the whole fake movie STILL fooled Peter.
But even classic Norman still made plans, and is the first villain to unmask Spider-Man.
So he has cred when it comes to being a schemer.
Don’t forget, Norman did take over the criminal underworld in Superior.
Edited by RedHunter543 on Mar 23rd 2024 at 8:13:48 PM
"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"Nowadays Norman is kinda like Spidey's Reverse-Flash, as this parody shows.
It makes sense tho. People might call it motive decay but to a guy like Norman, wanting to make Spider-Man as miserable as possible has internal logic.
For one, just how many times can you have your plans foiled by some dude in a onesie before things start getting personal?
Two, Spider-Man was responsible for Norman Osborn staying amnesiac, and giving him one hell of an identity crisis. To a guy like Norman, being forced to remain an upstanding member of society, plagued with headaches due to not remembering the Green Goblin, and having to spend time with Harry, must be one of the worst things that can happen to him. That's when I think things got REALLY personal.
Which also neatly explained why Norman would enact the Clone Saga. Just to give Spider-Man a taste of what losing your identity would feel like.
"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"I mean, speaking of Clone Saga, that's the point where Norman started pouring millions and years of his life into schemes just to fuck with specifically Spider-Man.
Forever liveblogging the Avengers

Issue 6's solicit teases that MJ "holds her own", indicating she's involved in the battle or some kind of conflict...what if it's the Ultimate cat fight with Gwen?