Shadowman wrote:Wait wait wait wait...wait...
Where's Doctor Strange when all this is happening? I really haven't been keeping up with comic news. But I really think Strange would get the job done easier, and without screwing over Marvel's credibility.
Spidey went to him after Tony but they failed and couldn't try again without disasterous consequences.
And of course thanks to Joe Q's agenda, Marvel has mucked up Spidey's continuity. If it were me as CEO I would've fired him for even considering most of the crap he's pulled. Yes he helped get Marvel out of the rut but what he did then does not reflect on what he's done now. I think Marvel's execs will see the effects of Joe's mucking around in the comming months and roder a retcon. Harry shouldn't be alive. he died a meaningful death. He saved Peter from Carnage depsite his deteriorating condition and was able to die burying the hatchet.
Many who were considering BND, are now reconsidering with Harry Osborn back in the picture.Joe Q claims all this stuff about the fandom holding the comic back the the marriage being the problem, yet he approves it like he never picked up or read a spidey comic before Clone Saga.
He wrote it like Peter never learned the consequences of GG discovering his identity, yet that was a lesson hard learned. Or what Harry did just before he died, or the lessons Uncle Ben preached to peter about doing the right thing. He turned Peter into a brainless coward all on his personal notion the marriage was the center of everything thatw as wrong with the comic. It wasn't. Spidey became the victim of bad writting, countless attempts to "reinvent" Spidey, movie additions such as Sandman being the real killer of Uncle Ben, unnecessary new powers, and constant "life changing" stories just to get a quick buck at the sacrifice of quality. I know spidey was lagging in the 90's but had they not gone the "over the top" route, which started with Clone Saga, we probably would've had a much better comic.
Spidey would've easily been able to keep his smart-mouthed, clever features even when married because in one life he's Spider-man and in another he's Peter parker.
As a matter of fact, it was one of the best things to happen to him in a long time. MJ took him from this nerdy guy and helped him become an adult many of us grew up with in the past decade Peter had someone waiting for him at home who's shoulder he could lean on, when down, that could handle the pressures of being married to a superhero depsite many lame attempts to sever them.
Anyone want to bet Joe Q won't be at Comic-con this year?