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I require more costumes! Go Slott!
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And seeing the Iron Spider suit in that pic reminds me... has anything been done with the last MVP Scarlet Spider clone since Initiative? I really liked those guys, and that costume.
Also, Spider-Man needs to become Captain Universe again and then go off and have adventures in space with Carol after she becomes Captain Marvel. That could be so much fun.
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Also we need the Slingers costume!
and yes, we need Slingers
(and Spidercide)
(I like all the different costumes, keep em coming)
And my all-time favorite Spidey costume, even if it was only in one issue that I know of:
I don't recognize the one in the back either (never seen that Negative Zone story). I thought it was Venom at first - they have the same eyepieces now.
Same here. He showed up in Venom a couple of issues ago, I'm hoping they wind up fighting again since Kingpin is starting to take an interest in him.
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It was also really funny for an issue that was all about trying to keep Houston from being nuked
Also Bunn is doing that Captain America and ____ book, though maybe that'll disappear when he takes over the main title.
Yeah, that Nick Spencer comparison is the scariest (I mean I love his Ultimate X-Men, but other than that Spencer's marvel stuff is really ehhhh).
I am not that mad
the character hadn't been touched in years and Remender was right, there are way too many heroic symbiotes running around
I'd rather have an entertaining Venom story that uses the Toxin symbiote than the potential story using the symbiote and Pat that probably would never happen
Steaaaaaaam
Venom is the hero symbiote for me
man I love Flash Thompson Venom so much
so it began to take after its' host and they became a begrudging team, with Pat teaching the symbiote how to be a hero and the symbiote trying not to kill anyone.
It was a really fun mini but no one ever touched it again.
I mean the dude's last appearance before Venom was on the cover of the first issue of the Initiative
Steaaaaaaam
but yeah, I agree. Better to make a good story for a character that is actually doing something that with a character who will in all liklihood never be touched again
fuck off, Remender.
he could've left Toxin in limbo
i would prefer someone be left unused for a long time and wait for the right person to use a character versus breaking them so no one can use them again
Isn't half the point of the stuff going down in Venom that there is a limited number of symbiotes left? Inventing a random one wouldn't work too well in that case.
I am just VERY irritated by this.
I always think it's kind of harmful, when writers cavalierly kill off characters. Part of buying into a shared universe, is lending your trust to writers. You're not just investing in the creators, but their creations, too. You're trusting not just them, but the other creators and editorial staff at the company, to shepherd those characters, be it to a satisfying end, or along a continued journey
I remember reading a creator, in responding to fan outrage over a character they'd killed, saying something like, "Look, don't worry. It's just a fictional character."
That's true, but man, it seems so wrong-headed. If that's your attitude as a creator, that this character you didn't care for didn't matter and could be so easily disposed of, why should we care about your characters, and your stories? Why should we believe that, once you've moved on to something else, or the book's been cancelled, another writer won't just cheaply kill off the character we've spent time and money following, or undo the consequences of your run?
Really, if you want to wonder why nobody bothers trying new characters or new series anymore, I think you can partially blame poor follow-through, on the part of creators. I bought every appearance of Doctor Voodoo, because I was excited about the stuff Remender talked about in interviews, and I wanted to follow that character's journey. Even when the series was cancelled, I was hopeful that the character would find a home someplace else in the universe, where his new role could be further explored.
And then another Brian Bendis killed him off in an Avengers story, the repercussions of which have never really been dealt with, and likely never will, given that Bendis is moving on from the Avengers, shortly.
When you look at all the Avengers: Initiative characters, Toxin, Sentry, Ares, the Hood, the Runaways, the Young Avengers, Doctor Voodoo, and every other new or refurbished character that Marvel either killed off or otherwise mishandled in some way, it's hard to see why anyone would take a chance on something new and different.
But, I also think there's something to be said, for just taking the work as it is, and judging it on its own merits. Sure, I was mad when the only follow-up that DC's Son of Vulcan received, was when he was blasted into a coma, in a really shitty Judd Winick book. That sucked, but I still got six issues of a really awesome Son of Vulcan series.
Winick was under no obligation to me as a reader, to use Son of Vulcan in a way that was respectful of him, or his fans. But, it would have been nice.
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Holy shit, I thought I was the only person who loved Son of Vulcan.
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and i agree that breaking another kids toys and throwing them in the dumpster is really mean and stupid
It turned out to be a virus, and Iron Man cured it, turning everyone back to normal.
I am also bummed about Toxin - they could have used the symbiote off of literally any other damned symbiote character and I would not have cared in the slightest. Like Carnage - I could have done without Casady ever coming back. Blackheart could've grabbed the Carnage symbiote from space with magic.
We'll probably lose out on all the character progression Toxin has undergone too. Darn it. At least everything else about Venom and this storyline is great so far.
What?? REALLY?
Are they bringing them back, or just as a one time deal for the 50th anniversary?
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Peter and MJ is the only thing that could really be a genuine big thing. Aunt May dying or something, we've done that before, someone else dying, already done on a yearly basis with JJJ's wife and Johnny, identity revealed, seen it, city destroyed or something like that, happens every week it seems.
From the article it sounds more personal to the individual spider-man/ Peter Parker character than simply a new spouse. Either something like a new superhero identity, complete new outlook / mantra, new powers(again), but it's probably none of those and something different.
so I am pretty sure 700 will be something way bigger than that since he is comparing it the fallout of AvX
Steaaaaaaam
A dog.
Spider-dog. You heard it here first.
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Peter finally gets his driver's license, and has a new spidermobile!
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