He's Sensational, he's Spectacular, he's the Amazing Spider-Man!

Blankzilla

Yeah I think you are reading way too much into a throwaway line

there is no way they are getting rid of 616 Peter

Arivia

axel has done many silly things in that column

including hiding a lot of cancellations behind throwaway lines like that.

Caveman Paws

Robos A Go Go wrote:

Antimatter wrote:

Turambar wrote:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=36675

Spoiler:

No plans for anything like that as we want to keep the focus on Peter Parker, the guy at the center of the Marvel Universe. 2012 is looking to be a big one for Spider-Man with a lot of big things happening -- the 50th Anniversary as you, mention, a big movie in July, and issue #700 on Broadway. Seems like a pretty good final year for ol' Pete, doesn't it?

What the hell

WHAT THE FLYING FUCK

You have to expect that

Spoiler:

all the improvements in his life, from the job at Horizon to his membership in the FF, wouldn't last forever.

When the dust settles, though, I do hope that he still has some kind of tech job. In my mind, he should never go back to working at the Bugle.

Spider-Man is never not in danger of returning to square one.

Blankzilla

Arivia wrote:

axel has done many silly things in that column

including hiding a lot of cancellations behind throwaway lines like that.

It is Peter Parker

he is one of the most iconic characters in comics

ASM is both a critical and commercial smash hit right now and has been for about two years straight

he isn't going anywhere

this isn't like the Ultimate Universe where Peter dying was a possibility due to the rest of the line being shitty and also not being bound by decades of continuity

UltimateInferno

Clearly they're cancelling ASM, why can't you see this!

Antimatter

killing peter, replacing him with Kaine.

Antimatter

guys

why didn't you tell me that Kaine has almost all of Peter's powers post-The Other in Scarlet Spider

that is incredible

Furu

You should have been reading Scarlet Spider already!

Antimatter

it's 4 dollars!

UltimateInferno

or it's only 4 dollars!

Antimatter

when three fifths of my books are 3, i'm wary of picking up another 4 dollar book

i'll pick up the trade for it and venom though!

Golden Yak

I thought it was silly how Kaine

Spoiler:

discovers he no longer has spider-sense by a pigeon flying close to his head.

After he leaps through a literal cloud of gunfire in a waterfront shoot-out and fights a dozen armed smugglers.

You'd think he would have noticed then.

Turambar

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=36723



This is gonna be fuuuun

Antimatter

i like electro's new costume but i still don't like what's happened to Doc Ock

not the brain damage part, but the whole physical redesign

plus, where's his glasses?

TexiKen

He looks too much like Darth Vader unmasked.

Antimatter

i get the need for a life support suit, it actually makes sense for him

but i don't like how the entirety of his head has been reshaped

i wouldn't even know that was Doc Ock without being told

Turambar

I prefer his classic look, as well
But I can accept the fact that he's deteriorating towards death
The old Doc Ock is already dead

Antimatter

goggles, at least

why doesn't he have bulbous eye goggles

throw me a bone

TexiKen

Little snip from Venom #13, about Toxin:

Spoiler:

I guess the original host is dead?

Antimatter

TexiKen wrote:

Little snip from Venom #13, about Toxin:

Spoiler:

I guess the original host is dead?

god
fucking
dammit

UltimateInferno

Venom 13 was a really good start to this event though!

TexiKen

This new Ghost Rider chick is kind of generic though. More Blaze instead.

Everyone else felt fine, and Moore draws a really good Hulk.

CorporateLogo

Spoiler:

Oh no, a character nobody besides anti and wiggin cared about is dead

Antimatter

you are just a massive jackass, CL

Munch

I firmly believe that every character's someone's favorite, and pains should be taken not to carelessly toss that character into the trash. I haven't read the issue, so I don't know that's what happens.

But it seems like the kind of situation where Remender could have easily done a, "Oh hey, check out this symbiote I got off the black market," with nothing really changed as a result.

Antimatter

Munch wrote:

I firmly believe that every character's someone's favorite, and pains should be taken not to carelessly toss that character into the trash.

i
love
you

this is my opinion to the letter.

CorporateLogo

Antimatter wrote:

you are just a massive jackass, CL

Antimatter

1
you should have spoilertagged a thing for the sake of other people

2
you just have the most condescending, awful attitude

CorporateLogo

1. I will give you and have corrected

2. Errm?

Turambar

Blankzilla

Munch wrote:

I firmly believe that every character's someone's favorite, and pains should be taken not to carelessly toss that character into the trash. I haven't read the issue, so I don't know that's what happens.

But it seems like the kind of situation where Remender could have easily done a, "Oh hey, check out this symbiote I got off the black market," with nothing really changed as a result.

I agree with this to a degree. I think things should be handled well, but a lot of fans get mad when anything negative happens to a character they like which leads to a world where nothing bad can happen to anyone.

On this instance specifically:

Spoiler:

I really doubt Toxin is just killed. Remender isn't a "kill your favorites" kind of writer and we never straight up see a dead body or even Toxin's host. He will be back for the summer symbiote event thing I am sure.

TexiKen

Spider-Men in June

eh, probably some mini with Kaine or the comic equivalent of that recent Spider-Man game.

Antimatter

i can dig it

Antimatter

though i wish you could find non-bleeding cool sources, all things considering

TexiKen

It was up before CBR or Newsarama, and Comics Alliance was too busy with a TMNT action figure post.

Antimatter

i know, just saying

UltimateInferno

sigh

Antimatter

hey, @Blankzilla pointed something out

that isn't the Scarlet Spider symbol

Spoiler:

that's miles'

UltimateInferno

I hope it is not a crossover between UCSM/ASM, but if it is I'm sure it'll be well done.

Turambar

Bendis' Ultimate project that's supposed to blow us all away?

I am intrigued