steed
Reservist Avenger
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Post by steed on Feb 1, 2007 16:46:34 GMT -5
Just read the lastest Westfield orderform and according to the listings for Spider books, Spidey is dressed in black and after the sniper that appears in the last ASM. It also mentions Spidey "lost the most " in CW.
So, did he loose Aunt May or Mary Jane? According to a friend of mine who works for Marvel, Spidey editors would love to get rid of Mary Jane,
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Post by Doctor Doom on Feb 2, 2007 18:23:21 GMT -5
Joe Q wants nothing more than to kill off MJ but he's lost no-one...
...yet...
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Post by dlw66 on Feb 2, 2007 22:44:59 GMT -5
Interesting thought -- if they kill off MJ in the 616, then it will be Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man that will seem to be the classic version of Spidey on the stands. Sort of ironic given Bendis' general stature among Avengers fans on this board.
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Post by The Night Phantom on Feb 2, 2007 23:44:37 GMT -5
Interesting thought -- if they kill off MJ in the 616, then it will be Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man that will seem to be the classic version of Spidey on the stands. Sort of ironic given Bendis' general stature among Avengers fans on this board. Heh. Not that I read them regularly, but arguably comics like Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, and Amazing Spider-Girl might fit the bill.
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Post by sharkar on Feb 26, 2007 12:23:05 GMT -5
Steed, title of this thread = lol! Instant karma for you...
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Post by balok on Feb 26, 2007 16:31:51 GMT -5
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In the most recent ASM, we learn who hired the sniper and who his target(s) were. And, someone does get seriously hurt, although we must wait to learn that person's fate. Quesada has said in the past that he does not like the marriage between Spider-Man and Mary Jane, but also believes that the peasants would unlimber the torches and pitchforks if he killed her, so I'd guess that as long as he's EIC, she's living dangerously. By which I mean that if he can figure out a way to kill or, or permanently remove her from Peter's life that WON'T require him to leave the Marvel offices only in the company of heavily armed men, then she's toast.
Cheer up! Tom DeFalco wasn't EIC forever, and Joe Q won't be, either!
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shandon
New Avenger
With great power comes great responsibility
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Post by shandon on Mar 1, 2007 9:52:55 GMT -5
I hope the individual is just seriously hurt and not out for the count, but Spidey wearing black in the other titles this month, this individual not appearing in either of those titles, and this issue of ASM being a month out-of-sync, suggests bad news.
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Post by Shiryu on Mar 8, 2007 17:34:58 GMT -5
Since that individual has now been shot 2 weeks ago, we can name her ^^ I was somewhat surprised to see that the victim was May. To an extent, I thought something had to happen to her ever since she learned Peter's ID, but I also remembered that, when she was last thought dead, sales dropped quite a lot (or so I was told, I wasn't reading Spidey at the time). Wonder how things will develop
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Post by Doctor Bong on Mar 8, 2007 19:52:34 GMT -5
But... is she dead...?
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Post by balok on Mar 8, 2007 20:58:40 GMT -5
The last panel of the book is a full page panel that shows her with a wound somewhere on her torso. It's unclear how serious the wound is, and those who follow the book will presumably learn her fate in two weeks.
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Post by The Night Phantom on Mar 17, 2007 14:41:24 GMT -5
The last panel of the book is a full page panel that shows her with a wound somewhere on her torso. It's unclear how serious the wound is, and those who follow the book will presumably learn her fate in two weeks. As I tried to point out in another thread, Captain America’s alleged death augurs well for May’s survival, since it could easily be Steve Rogers that Spider-Man wears his black costume to mourn.
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Post by balok on Mar 17, 2007 15:00:36 GMT -5
May's shooting causes him problems either way. He can't visit her without risking arrest, and judging by the little stunt Carol pulled, it's certain the pro-reg forces would station some kind of law-enforcement near her room to grab Spidey when he showed up. They might even grab Mary Jane if she shows up to force Spider-Man to turn himself in to secure her release.
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Post by The Night Phantom on Mar 19, 2007 16:43:57 GMT -5
Silver Bullet Comic Books has posted its “Sunday Slugfest” (a collection of different reviewers’ comments on a single work) for this week’s ASM #539. a.k.a. “Back in Black” part I. The reviews may get your spoiler-sense tingling.
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Post by Doctor Doom on Mar 19, 2007 18:10:53 GMT -5
Evidently 539 is "The Set-Up Issue."
I do have one concern with BiB (Which I'm otherwise jazzed up for), while he has been much more angsty out of costume in Friendly Neighbourhood, Spidey is just as banterful and witty as ever in costume in that same title.
Seems VERY odd for someone who
has just sworn to kill a man and is seeking him.
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Post by balok on Mar 19, 2007 19:06:12 GMT -5
JMS has earned a certain level of trust from me. We will have to see whether he blows it by mishandling what, on initial inspection, appears to be a fairly cliched Spider-plot.
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Post by balok on Mar 22, 2007 18:35:20 GMT -5
I can't comment on characterization conflicts with Friendly, since I don't read that title. But ASM #539 was certainly a huge improvement over recent issues. JMS' particular plotting style less plot dense than some other books, but not less so than his normal approach.
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A early, nice scene makes it clear just how dangerous Spider-Man could be if he set his mind to it. But I can see why some critics have compared his approach to that of The Batman, whose strength lies in his effective ability to make people fear him. Prior to this, Spider-Man has never done that - but he's never really been driven to it, either. We will see in coming months if this is a permanent change or simply bad characterization. But if Spider-Man has been driven to viciousness, or will be, that's another of Iron Man's Civil War victims, albeit an indirect one.
The "Aunt May is hovering at death's door" has been done to death in Spider-Man, so I'm leery of it. Even if she actually dies, well, they did that before, too. No one stays dead in comics. The set up was nice, with Peter listening to the doctors unseen, and her final condition is probably worse than she has ever been. I like Aunt May as a character, a lot, especially the way JMS has written her over the last several years. But I fear that if she recovers from this, it will take away from the impact of this storyline, the first to deal in a significant way with the fallout of Spider-Man's decision to unmask.
The story was fast paced, generally well told, and Garney's art contributed to the story, especially in the darker scenes. Overall, I liked it as the opening chapter of a new arc.
I'd give this one a 4/5.
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Post by Shiryu on Mar 26, 2007 4:45:24 GMT -5
Moving this topic to the "other events" section, where we are also discussing "back to black".
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