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Red posted:When I was a little kid (in the 80s), Marvel would reprint 3 issues of a classic title into a mini-trade paperback. I got to read a ton of Romita/Lee Spidey this way, and the stories they put together are still fantastic today. I wish they'd bring those back. Digests! I read the original Silvermane story this way, and it was great  They'd throw in a bunch of other stuff, too, like Hembeck cartoons.
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Marvel seems to really want to connect Spider-Woman with the rest of the Spider titles right now, even though the characters only barely share a name.
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Jul 7, 2014 18:22
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So the chat thread let me know about Axis, which is the next big Marvel event. Goddamn. Now, in addition to being BSS' biggest Slingers fan, I'm a Spider-Fan in general. Spidey was, is, and always will be my favourite of the Big Two's characters. He's also Marvel's flagship character. The FF might have kicked off the Marvel Age of Comics, but Spidey defined it. When Bendis redefined the Avengers to be more of Marvel's version of the JLA, he had me hooked. His reasoning was that "if the Avengers were supposed to be a team made up of Marvel's biggest characters, then where the hell are Wolverine and Spider-Man? Why hasn't anyone done this before, except very briefly in event comics?" So he did it. He made Spidey an Avenger. While you can certainly be critical of the fact that over the course of that storyline Spidey's usual cast got shafted, the interactions between him and the other Avengers were absolutely wonderful. Add in the fact that Bendis and the other writers (even JMS) started treating Spidey as a Big Gun was great. Honestly, Spidey has teamed up with everyone. He's wicked intelligent, if not exactly in the same league as Banner, Stark, and Reed, he can understand what they're driving towards, and even contribute. He's Been everywhere in the Marvel U. And so the writers called on those experiences to make Spider-Man a fully realized and contributing character. Spider-Man matured in those stories, and took on more power and more responsibility. It was great, and everything I wanted from the character. Of course, then everything went up poo poo creep=k with OMD and OMIT. Spidey had matured too much, someone decided, and the status quo needed to be reset. Reset all the way back to the 60's, because Geoff John's Disease is communicable and airborne, apparently. And so after that trainwreck Spidey was given to Slott, who had his own designs on the character that didn't involve him being an Avenger so much? Some of this can probably be traced back to the movies, honestly. Well, not so much the movies as the movie rights. Marvel has become more of a movie company than a comic book company now - as well as a story-and-character-IP warehouse, which is why Disney gobbled them up. Marvel has full rights to the Avengers, which is making them a lot of money. Sony has the Spider-Man movie rights, which Marvel probably earns much fewer dollars from. Therefore, why would you want to cross-contaminate the franchise you make a hell of a lot off of with what amounts to a competitor's franchise? Better to remove Spidey from the Avengers and give him his own corner of the Marvel universe, where he can't get in the way of your own movie juggernauts. (But not THE Juggernaut, because Fox has his rights for now.) So, one Brand New Day, Big Time, and Dock Ock Mind Swap later, we find ourselves in the present day, and looking at Axis. Why has this pissed me off? One of the great things about Spidey has always been his rogues gallery. When it comes to iconic enemies, only Batman's come second. (The Flash is third. I'll brook no arguments on this.) Spidey's villains are characters with character. This the problem. Marvel comic event writers want to start using them as Big Bads... but without doing more than just paying lip service to the hero they were created to fight. Long time BSS readers know how pissed off Dark Reign/Siege made me. Norman Osborn is a Spider-Man villain. Full stop. If you have anybody else but Spider-Man take him down in your summer event comic... why use Norman in the first place? If you're showing off how cool Tony Stark is again, Why not have Obadiah Stane head up HAMMER, or - and I can't believe I only just thought of this right now - Justin Hammer himself? Come on, it's his last name, for crying out loud! NOW we'll talk Axis. Two of Red Skull's lieutenants are Spider-villains: Carnage and In an AVENGERS/X-MEN event where a full third of the baddies are his own goddamn personal enemies. Peter's baddies are just too good to be wasted on Peter, I guess. drat it, Marvel. I just want everybody to love Spider-Man again  Thank you for reading this stupidly long bit of opinion.
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Edge & Christian posted:I mean, I liked Bendis's New Avengers too, but I still don't understand why this "Marvel's Version of the JLA" thing persists. That's never what the Avengers were, and it wasn't what they were when Bendis took over. Sure, he added Wolverine and Spider-Man who are two of Marvel's biggest properties. He also added Luke Cage, Spider-Woman, Echo, Sentry, and a bunch of other characters who aren't very big at all. But okay, I'm with you so far, Spider-Man joined the Avengers and that's cool. You're totally right. I wrote most of this right after waking up and learning about Axis for the first time, pre-coffee. I don't have any real supporting evidence for any of it... but dammit if it doesn't feel like I'm on to something. What I need to do is retire the rant until I can research my run-together decade better. That would take time and work, of course, and a much as I like Spidey...  E&C, why couldn't you let me continue thinking I was smart about comics?
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Aug 11, 2014 01:26
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Professor Dog posted:Is anyone else vaguely grossed out by a costume made out of webbing? Especially organic webbing. I mean, I only own two shirts that have buttons, so I can't really lecture anyone about fashion, but still. The Baxter Building is right around the corner. Get Reed Richards or any kid from the Future Foundation to whip up a proper costume between breakfast and nap-time. Or hit the gift shop even. Do you ever wear silk shirts?
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Aug 16, 2014 23:56
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Are they really still trying to shoehorn in Jessica Drew in with the Spider-family? It makes no sense!
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Aug 20, 2014 01:57
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WickedHate posted:Ultimate Jessica Drew, who is Ultimate Peter's clone. There's that one, but there's also this one: quote:SPIDER-WOMAN #1
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Aug 20, 2014 02:31
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Senor Candle posted:Edge of Spider-Verse #2 this weeek!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Starring Spider-Gwen!
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Sep 16, 2014 15:58
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The only Spider-Man to show up in Alex Ross' Secret Wars 2015 promo image is Miles Morales.
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Oct 10, 2014 19:23
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Skwirl posted:Is Amalgam comics Spider-Boy going to be in this? Funny as that would be, I think DC retained the rights to all the Amalgam characters.
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Nov 7, 2014 19:43
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ArmyOfMidgets posted:There better be a spider-verse team-up issue where every spider-prson with a mech team up and combine "Form feet and legs and legs and legs and legs..."
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Nov 9, 2014 18:19
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Castomira posted:So does anybody know what the deal is with Noob Saibot on the cover of Team-Up #3? That could be a Spidey who kept the Dusk costume, or it's a fakeout cover and they'll put the real character in when it actually prints.
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Dec 13, 2014 01:16
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Completely unrelated, but are we talking about Spider-Man and the X-Men in here, or in the X-thread?
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Dec 13, 2014 02:06
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I still don't know why we're treating her as a Spider-Man character, either. She and Pete share a codename and that's about it.
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Dec 19, 2014 01:54
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TwoPair posted:Seeing that Spider-Punk page with V.E.N.O.M reminded me, does anybody else find it weird that there's not been one Venom/Spider-Man who kept the symbiote in this whole thing yet? I mean, I don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of What Ifs, but I feel like there's gotta be at least a story where Peter keeps the symbiote, for better or for worse. JohnnyCanuck fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Jan 14, 2015 |
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Jan 14, 2015 03:35
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TheJoker138 posted:I think it was taking place in like, that episode of Angel where luchadors are also actual superheroes in addition to being wrestlers. El Diablo Robotico!
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Jan 16, 2015 06:02
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Yvonmukluk posted:Scarlet Spiders #3 Preview.
Hahahaha Ben Reilly can't stay alive in any universe, can he?
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Jan 17, 2015 05:27
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I just hope this means Spidey can be a Real Actual Avenger in the comics again.
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Feb 10, 2015 13:42
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Know who I'd love to have on Spider-Man? Mike Wieringo
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Feb 11, 2015 04:24
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Skwirl posted:If there's any Tangled Web of Spider-Man grab that. Agreed. It was an anthology series with some incredible stories in it. And one absolute dud, I think.
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Feb 18, 2015 15:26
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And hey, if you liked Last Hunt you should probably find The Soul of the Hunter OGN. I always thought it put Pete in a good place about all his trauma.
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Feb 27, 2015 03:27
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Codependent Poster posted:Hopeless has some things that really annoy me. Like last issue when he had an actual female character say they weren't going to be fridged. It was a terrible line and he's super clumsy with his 4th wall poo poo. I wish he would avoid that and just write. I really enjoyed his X-Men Season One graphic novel. I laughed at the line. It was clever.
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Mar 6, 2015 03:45
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Flameingblack posted:If he didn't have a twitter account most people would just say he's a bad writer and move on, but most of the time he's actively trying to troll certain groups of fans and get a reaction out of them which is why people hate him so much. So you're saying it's his fault because he's provocative
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Mar 16, 2015 18:03
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In Tales From Spider-Verse, "our" Peter met another Spidey during a lull in the battle, where they tried to figure out where their universes diverged. Only at the end do we see that the one he'd been talking to had a wedding ring on. That's the Spider-Man we're going to see in Renew Your Vows.
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Mar 17, 2015 21:46
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Dreqqus posted:Best Spidey moment of the day is in Mighty Avengers. You should all read Mighty Avengers. OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD NEXTWAVE IS CANON
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Mar 21, 2015 00:58
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Battle Beasts derail: I recognize the style of the two in the middle, but the ones on the ends... did they remake Battle Beasts and not tell me? Those are super detailed!
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Apr 3, 2015 22:18
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The last page of Spider-Man and the X-Men was wonderful. I'm sorry to see the book go, but they did end it at a really great point.
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Apr 30, 2015 01:22
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JohnnyCanuck posted:The last page of Spider-Man and the X-Men was wonderful. Quoting myself, but can someone find me all the times Peter has gotten to say "Avengers Assemble!"? Also all the times when it wasn't a joke? (I think there's only one of those)
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May 7, 2015 05:50
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I am enjoying the gangwar story in the Point Ones. It's nice that we're seeing real street-level stuff again.
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May 8, 2015 15:08
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Regent was going to be DC's Captain Atom, but too many people guessed it so they swapped in Kaine at the last minute and told readers the clues were always there.
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May 29, 2015 15:24
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Buncha outlets reporting that Miles will be THE ONLY SPIDER-MAN of the "new" Marvel U the past few days. Somehow I doubt that.
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Jun 24, 2015 00:46
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There's a Thing in Future Imperfect, too. It's just not Ben.
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Jul 19, 2015 13:11
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Pureauthor posted:Spider Man and the X-Men was sooooo goooood So agreed. Pete also needs a series where he teaches at Avengers Academy. ...If that's still a thing.
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Oct 10, 2015 04:14
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Lurdiak posted:Letting Aunt May find out was the best thing JMS ever did. I really wish they hadn't retconned that away. Counterpoint: Aunt May's death during the initial part of the Clone Saga was the best thing they've ever done with the character, even up 'til today.
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Oct 12, 2015 22:42
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Please remember: these aren't clones. We're told over and over that they're not clones. They are, in fact, a made up word that's a synonym for clones.
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Oct 24, 2016 16:51
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Lobok posted:Petercloner! You can do that with a kit ordered off the internet
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Nov 21, 2016 16:57
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Please don't drag that character through the mud, Slott. I actually liked him, way back in the long ago.
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Dec 8, 2016 14:15
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I'm not thrilled with the Poser-traced art in 2099. I know it makes it easier to crank out an issue, but drat it looks stiff.
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Dec 15, 2016 20:58
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Maybe you don't read the main Marvel thread but:Lobok posted:Yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo WHAT
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Vince MechMahon posted:Yeah he misread. I don't think they've revealed where Flash is yet. I do think Brock getting the symbiote back in its current state of being reformed would be interesting. Unlike the murderer who currently has it, Brock would probably listen to reason but still need guidance. It would be a cool new take on the Lethal Protector stuff. It looks like they're undoing all the reformation the symbiote went through in this bridge series.
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