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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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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

Joshbones Since: May, 2015
#34101: Apr 6th 2024 at 9:52:17 AM

I don't think Liz even showed up in the spencer run until after Harry died. Because despite being the heart of the Kindred stuff, Harry didn't actually matter to this.

Deadpoolrocks Since: Sep, 2010
#34102: Apr 6th 2024 at 7:13:56 PM

[up][up][up]right now liz has a symbiote that a mix of carnage and anti-venom called misery.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#34103: Apr 6th 2024 at 7:14:42 PM

[up]

Sounds a little on the nose.

One Strip! One Strip!
Spirit Pretty flower from America Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Pretty flower
#34104: Apr 6th 2024 at 8:04:10 PM

[up] Well, she named them.

#IceBearForPresident
lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#34105: Apr 6th 2024 at 8:26:24 PM

Are Symbiotes ever named after happy things like... I dunno, butterflies?

The Protomen enhanced my life.
RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#34106: Apr 6th 2024 at 8:27:02 PM

Not edgy enough. [lol]

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
Deadpoolrocks Since: Sep, 2010
#34107: Apr 6th 2024 at 8:31:06 PM

[up][up]deadpool's carnage piece in the shape of a giant dog is named princess

reppuzan Since: Dec, 2014
#34108: Apr 6th 2024 at 8:48:11 PM

Normie's symbiote is named the comparatively tame "Rascal" because it's an impulsive, but violent baby.

Spirit Pretty flower from America Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Pretty flower
#34109: Apr 6th 2024 at 9:18:13 PM

Sleeper is a fairly tame name. And Flexo.

Not many left though.

#IceBearForPresident
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#34111: Apr 6th 2024 at 11:38:05 PM

Symbiote names are such shit tier.

I give Venom a pass but the rest of them really are like the writer flipped through the dictionary and picked an edgy noun. They often have very little to do with anything. They say nothing about the specific symbiote or the host. Just an edgy word chosen at random.

And Chasm is very much a symbiote tier name so Ben should be ashamed of himself. Of all people, he should know better.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#34112: Apr 7th 2024 at 12:07:01 AM

Carnage I think is appropriate enough

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#34113: Apr 7th 2024 at 12:07:53 AM

Okay, he can have a pass too.

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#34114: Apr 7th 2024 at 1:11:27 AM

Liz did show up in Spencer's run, if only to spend most of her pages weeping and generally feeling helpless over Kindred's imprisonment or Norman bonding with Normie. Wasn't the best look for her prior to the Misery symbiote.

Spirit Pretty flower from America Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Pretty flower
#34115: Apr 7th 2024 at 8:16:01 AM

Most symbiotes are actually pretty aptly named, or at least was given a reason for their name. Venom, Carnage, Toxin, Anti Venom, Madness, Misery, etc.

The other half, not really. Or at least you kinda have to finagle too much to make them fit. The Life Foundation 5 (I mean, even one of the games mocks how a symbiote is named "Scream"), Sleeper, Raze, Big Mother, Grendal, All-Black, etc.

#IceBearForPresident
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#34116: Apr 7th 2024 at 8:17:41 AM

Sleeper could make drugs and was piloting around a brain dead host. It's less bad than Scream.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#34117: Apr 8th 2024 at 8:34:10 PM

A post showing some of the times JJ stuck up for Mutants

JJ going into the colonial white supremacist history of America and how they fucked shit up for everyone is incredibly based.

Edited by slimcoder on Apr 8th 2024 at 8:34:51 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
immortaleditor Since: Aug, 2023
#34118: Apr 8th 2024 at 8:42:47 PM

JJ is at his best when writers portray him as a genuinely competent and even noble newsman who just happens to have a stick up his ass about Spider-Man.

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#34119: Apr 8th 2024 at 8:43:31 PM

There's a reason why Jameson is now Spider-Man's best friend.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#34120: Apr 9th 2024 at 12:38:54 AM

For however long that will last.

RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#34121: Apr 9th 2024 at 12:40:50 AM

It's lasted since at least 2018.

This is the one win Spider-Man gets to keep.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#34122: Apr 9th 2024 at 1:29:40 AM

Amazing Spider-Man spoiler

So not only does Aunt Anna blame her niece for ruining the relationship with Peter, she's trying to make it up to Peter by setting him up on dates with one of the nurses who took care of her in Ravencroft.

Tiamatty X-Men X-Pert from Now on Twitter Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: Brony
#34123: Apr 9th 2024 at 1:53:07 AM

[up] Huh. Weird for Anna to assume MJ was the one who screwed up the relationship. It would be more typical to assume the guy screwed up, especially when that guy is Peter.

X-Men X-Pert, my blog where I talk about X-Men comics.
RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#34124: Apr 9th 2024 at 2:15:34 AM

Anna knows her niece.

That's why she's trying to cuck her by setting Peter up with a nurse who will be the new Carlie Cooper.

"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"
Mrph1 he/him from Mercia (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: This is not my beautiful wife!
he/him
#34125: Apr 9th 2024 at 3:20:21 AM

So, this week's Spidet-Man Unlimited is basically just Peter, in costume, working in honest-it-ain't-Starbucks. Which none of the customers consider odd.

And trying to work up the nerve to flirt with a cute customer. It may be a hallucination, or a Mysterio style mindgame... who knows...

I don't know where it's going, but it's weird enough to hold my attention.


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