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IUG posted:Did you read the first box that says "That I, Doctor Octopus, Am Now Spider-Man!"? My eyes just glazed over that. Sorry about the stupid question. The return of The Skrull Beatles Wisdom 6 I miss Skrull John Lennon ![]() ![]() bobkatt013 fucked around with this message at 12:31 on May 9, 2013 |
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Sockser posted:Who's the fourth dude in super heavyweights? e: beaten so bad it isn't funny--forgot to check for extra pages!
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Vandal Savage was in top form in Demon Knights #20. First, he discovers the Kama Sutra:![]() And then: ![]()
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I'm pretty certain Aunt May shot Spider-Man at one point with a gun. Later in that same issue (ASM 115)
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notthegoatseguy posted:I'm pretty certain Aunt May shot Spider-Man at one point with a gun. Later in that same issue (ASM 115) No, he stops her by going "Look, Mrs. Parker! The smoke! Your meatloaf -- it's on fire! Do you want to stop me or save dinner?!" and she runs off back to the kitchen.
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Lobok posted:No, he stops her by going "Look, Mrs. Parker! The smoke! Your meatloaf -- it's on fire! Do you want to stop me or save dinner?!" and she runs off back to the kitchen. Considering it's Amazing Spiderman I don't know whether you're joking or if that's what really happened
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Lobok posted:No, he stops her by going "Look, Mrs. Parker! The smoke! Your meatloaf -- it's on fire! Do you want to stop me or save dinner?!" and she runs off back to the kitchen. A brick comes loose and hits Spidey in the head.
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GorfZaplen posted:Considering it's Amazing Spiderman I don't know whether you're joking or if that's what really happened I'm just joking of course, but so is Spidey. His internal monologue is just for his own humour because obviously an old lady with a pistol wouldn't be a threat to a hero with superhuman agility and reflexes and an ability to web up guns. The next panel has him laughing it off until MJ hits him with a sack of door knobs! "IS THIS THE END OF SPIDER-MAN, TRUE BELIEVERS?!"
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Who was the first person to write Aunt May as anything but an idiotic burden?
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:Who was the first person to write Aunt May as anything but an idiotic burden? Stan Lee, if that Sig Sauer up there is any indication.
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Exit Strategy posted:Stan Lee, if that Sig Sauer up there is any indication. That whole plot line was just loving stupid.
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Alpha #4 - The best parts of the mini are any time Alpha's being a gigantic dork.![]()
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:Who was the first person to write Aunt May as anything but an idiotic burden? Stan Lee, although Ditko may have had some input as well. I'm thinking specifically of the scene in Amazing #18 where she verbally bitch-slaps Peter out of the funk he's been in for the whole issue. After that, though? JMS.
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Senior Woodchuck posted:Stan Lee, although Ditko may have had some input as well. I'm thinking specifically of the scene in Amazing #18 where she verbally bitch-slaps Peter out of the funk he's been in for the whole issue. JMS' characterization of May and MJ by far make up for his neglect of the rest of the supporting cast.
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I should say, DeMatteis wrote Aunt May really well in Amazing 400. So of course that was retconned.
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Has a single thing DeMatteis wrote not been retconned by now? I think he was probably the writer that did the most to make Peter Parker grow up, so all this rolling back the clock in the last 20 years basically wiped out everything he did.
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Lurdiak posted:JMS' characterization of May and MJ by far make up for his neglect of the rest of the supporting cast. I wouldn't say JMS neglected the supporting cast. There were 2-3 other Spider-Man titles at all times while JMS was writing the book, and other writers were using some of Spidey's characters as well (Urich and Jameson were showing up a lot in Daredevil, for example). After the shitstorm that was the reboot era, where some of the problem was because the HUGE SUPPORTING CAST GOT SO MUCH FOCUS, it was very fitting for JMS to say "gently caress this noise" and focus mostly on Peter, MJ, and May. But JMS isn't the first writer to give May some personality, though he probably did it the best. I think it was Roger Stern that had her turn her Queens' home into a boarding home for the elderly. She even staged protest to support senior citizens' rights and whatnot. Also, Amazing 400, where May "dies" at the end and she reveals she's always known Peter is Spider-Man, was a very touching issue as well.
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Suben posted:Alpha #4 - The best parts of the mini are any time Alpha's being a gigantic dork. The Spider-Man poochie character got a mini?
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Vincent posted:The Spider-Man poochie character got a mini? Joshua Hale Fialkov is redeeming him slowly but surely. I'm pretty sure at this point that if you stuck Fialkov and Jeff Parker on the same project, they could turn any character into something worthwhile. "I used to hate the Power Pachyderms, but man, after the Fialkov and Parker one-shot, I really want to see them again!"
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Weren't the Power Pachyderms just a one shot to begin with?
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Vincent posted:The Spider-Man poochie character got a mini? As I described him earlier, he's basically a doofy kid who's like the Sentry if he was too stupid to go insane.
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Alhazred posted:You better believe it: Welp this thread has reminded me of a wonderful treasure; I have ensured my copy of this treasure by paying what my roommate considers obscene amounts of money on amazon for what claims to be brand new hardcover copies of vol. 1 & 2. My roommate is a fool and if I could get away with it I would punch him, take his debit card and buy another two copies for him.
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Threep posted:Skottie Young cover for X-Men #1 This is adorable.
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Threep posted:Skottie Young cover for X-Men #1 edit: I showed her mom and she told me to buy it. WHERE CAN I BUY THIS AS A POSTER. CapnAndy fucked around with this message at 04:02 on May 10, 2013 |
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Matlock posted:I still can't help but read that in The Rock's voice. I just read the issue and it's kind of fascinating because you can tell that the artist is on a deadline. For the first half of the issue, the art is pretty decent. Not fantastic, but good enough that you forget that this is the same comic with BATFACE. Then about halfway into it, he starts rushing his art and we get pages like that. And panels like this. ![]()
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notthegoatseguy posted:I wouldn't say JMS neglected the supporting cast. There were 2-3 other Spider-Man titles at all times while JMS was writing the book, and other writers were using some of Spidey's characters as well (Urich and Jameson were showing up a lot in Daredevil, for example). After the shitstorm that was the reboot era, where some of the problem was because the HUGE SUPPORTING CAST GOT SO MUCH FOCUS, it was very fitting for JMS to say "gently caress this noise" and focus mostly on Peter, MJ, and May. 80s Aunt May was some of the best Aunt May, and really the whole triangle with her, Nathan, and Peter was some of the best interpersonal drama the stories have ever had, but Len Wein also had Aunt May out protesting in the late 70s.
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Oh my christ that's fantastic. DAHHH I AM THE NIIIGHT I NEED ANOTHER ROBIN HURR DE DURR DE DURRR
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Choco1980 posted:Weren't the Power Pachyderms just a one shot to begin with? Yeah, but I saw Linkara was taking a swing at it and so it was fresh in my mind. Substitute whatever deeply flawed idea that you'd prefer to use.
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Holy poo poo, Power Pachyderms was an actual thing?? ![]()
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CapnAndy posted:edit: I showed her mom and she told me to buy it. WHERE CAN I BUY THIS AS A POSTER. A few of the "baby" variants are up on Young's website. Hopefully he sells enough to justify printing the others (I'd love to have the Thanos that he drew). http://skottieyoungstore.bigcartel.com/ (If he's at a convention near you, he was selling them for $20 at C2E2.) ![]()
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What sound does a space shark make when it gets hit by a grizzled Thunder God?![]()
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I finally remembered what this panel reminded me of: ![]() Specifically, this bit: ![]()
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Congrats, guys, you got Injustice featured on the front page. http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/batman-catwoman-face.php
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redbackground posted:What sound does a space shark make when it gets hit by a grizzled Thunder God? This needs the followup ![]() Thor God of Thunder #8
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GorfZaplen posted:from Strange Adventures #101 Well, don't keep us in suspense. Why was the fish so danged important?
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I just assumed someone was going to have sex with it.
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Mike From Nowhere posted:Well, don't keep us in suspense. Why was the fish so danged important? The kid wants it to win a fishing contest. ![]() The alien needs it for Venusian justice. ![]() ![]() all Strange Adventures #101 BONUS Strange Adventures #138 ![]()
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Man I figured the kid's reason was probably really lovely in the face of whatever makes an alien travel to earth, but winning a fishing contest isn't worth "anything on earth" you idiot.
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