I remember reading somewhere that the Kingpin has only like 5% (I don't remember the actual number, but it's on par with this) fat in his body, and the rest of his bulk is muscle.
The point isn't that the Kingpin can bench press a lot of weight.
The point is that he's the criminal mastermind in charge of a massive crime organization, who allegedly gets a cut of the proceeds of every crime that occurs in New York City!
He does not need to out bench a guy like the Abomination. He can hire 10 guys to do it for him. Or just hire the Abomination outright.
I never really liked Vin, but he's getting some real quality face time in this arc aside from the usual "I hate Spider-Man!" schtick and he's starting to grow on me.
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While he hasn't ever been credited with any specific powers that I'm aware of, the Kingpin is hardly "just a dude". He is enormous for a start and is usually portrayed as being extremely fast and very strong.
In the Marvel Universe anyone can be like Captain America by reaching this undefined "peak physical condition", it becomes basically a super power. Kingpin is, in my mind at least, one of these people to some extent.
I have to admit that I'm wondering something. Back in Spider-Man:Black didn't he fight the Kingpin in Ryker's or something and royally smack him around? I'm just wondering if that would have happened if Pete hadn't gone all Spider-totem or if maybe it was just that he wasn't holding back anymore because of May's state and Fisk being responsible for it.
While he hasn't ever been credited with any specific powers that I'm aware of, the Kingpin is hardly "just a dude". He is enormous for a start and is usually portrayed as being extremely fast and very strong.
In the Marvel Universe anyone can be like Captain America by reaching this undefined "peak physical condition", it becomes basically a super power. Kingpin is, in my mind at least, one of these people to some extent.
I have to admit that I'm wondering something. Back in Spider-Man:Black didn't he fight the Kingpin in Ryker's or something and royally smack him around? I'm just wondering if that would have happened if Pete hadn't gone all Spider-totem or if maybe it was just that he wasn't holding back anymore because of May's state and Fisk being responsible for it.
He was definitely done holding back.
I forget where, but it has been mentioned that Spider-man pulls his punches, and doesn't fight to his "full potential", as he could easily kill a normal human by accident.
Yeah, Spider-Man holds back a lot. There was a What If where he didn't when he was against Uncle Ben's killer and accidentally killed the guy with one punch.
see this has always been a question of mine when Spider-man is fighting super-villians, espcially say Doc Ock in the movies, at least, if Spider-man is so strong, and he's punching this guy in the face over and over, and NYC is about to end due to super magnetic powers, why doesn't he just let loose?
see this has always been a question of mine when Spider-man is fighting super-villians, espcially say Doc Ock in the movies, at least, if Spider-man is so strong, and he's punching this guy in the face over and over, and NYC is about to end due to super magnetic powers, why doesn't he just let loose?
I haven't read much of Brand New Day at all. I think I read one issue, and it just so happened it was the one where Mary Jane constantly kept referencing the fact that she knew Spiderman in another life and it was annoying me. Do they still throw in OMD references every second? Have they at least given more clues as to whether or not Jackpot is Mary Jane or that Sara girl?
Is the new Kraven in anyway related to the old Kraven? Is the old Kraven even dead post BND?
And that was really the only story that referenced OMD, since it was the big return of MJ
Jackpot is almost certainly Sara. And we dont know who the new Kraven is, although considering the way she's acting it's safe to assume she had some sort of relationship to the original
And that was really the only story that referenced OMD, since it was the big return of MJ
Jackpot is almost certainly Sara. And we dont know who the new Kraven is, although considering the way she's acting it's safe to assume she had some sort of relationship to the original
Hm. Luck of the draw with me getting that story, I suppose.
Any more reveals on if Harry is Harry? Didn't they repeatedly state they didn't want to bring anyone back from the dead or whatever?
Little Normie is probably still kicking around, he was born before Harry died
I'm really mad about New Ways to Die not starting till next month because I'll have to wait till I come home in September to read most of it
So the logic is that if Spider-man starts punching through mo-fos he's afraid he'll become a monster?
Figurative Monster.
Not like, real monster with fangs and six arms and stuff.
That'd be silly.
Because the ideal of a hero is to be ABOVE your villains. And just going around killing them makes it hard to insist you're above that.
Case in point, Punisher isn't very popular among heroes.
This has always bugged me somewhat. I get the conceit as a literary concept (just like I get the conceit that super-geniuses never make the world any better, nor really do any superheros at all) but I don't get the logic of it.
I mean, you needn't be the Authority, but sometimes lethal force is justified. For example, Joker should have been killed by SOMEONE a long time ago: he's irredeemable, apparently impossible to keep in jail, and has a continuous record of murder and rampage. If you're already willing to be a vigilante and disregard those laws and rights (e.g. due process, etc.) why not killing?
That's why I liked that Barry Allen straight up killed Reverse Flash. Allen was a police officer, and understood that sometimes the use of lethal force is necessary to preserve life.
I'm really surprised Marvel hasn't addressed this with its government-endorsed, registered heroes. How quickly would villains abandon their careers if they realized that the next time they pointed a death cannon at a hero, said hero would just punch their head off?
Because the whole point of the Registration Act was to restore people's faith in superheroes. If they start using lethal force, they're back where they started, only this time, who do the people turn to? The government would be condoning it.
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The point isn't that the Kingpin can bench press a lot of weight.
The point is that he's the criminal mastermind in charge of a massive crime organization, who allegedly gets a cut of the proceeds of every crime that occurs in New York City!
He does not need to out bench a guy like the Abomination. He can hire 10 guys to do it for him. Or just hire the Abomination outright.
I have to admit that I'm wondering something. Back in Spider-Man:Black didn't he fight the Kingpin in Ryker's or something and royally smack him around? I'm just wondering if that would have happened if Pete hadn't gone all Spider-totem or if maybe it was just that he wasn't holding back anymore because of May's state and Fisk being responsible for it.
Where's the goddamn trade.
I forget where, but it has been mentioned that Spider-man pulls his punches, and doesn't fight to his "full potential", as he could easily kill a normal human by accident.
Exactly.
Many heroes could explode the heads of most of their rogue's gallery with a single punch if it was in their natures.
A dude who just punches them in the face and makes their head explode
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The general assumption is that any hero who can boom headshot but doesn't is afraid of going insane.
Figurative Monster.
Not like, real monster with fangs and six arms and stuff.
That'd be silly.
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Why do you think there are so many super-villians?
Is the new Kraven in anyway related to the old Kraven? Is the old Kraven even dead post BND?
And that was really the only story that referenced OMD, since it was the big return of MJ
Jackpot is almost certainly Sara. And we dont know who the new Kraven is, although considering the way she's acting it's safe to assume she had some sort of relationship to the original
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And while Vermin showing up was probably a little too much, I love the original story so much that I forgave it pretty much instantly.
Hm. Luck of the draw with me getting that story, I suppose.
Any more reveals on if Harry is Harry? Didn't they repeatedly state they didn't want to bring anyone back from the dead or whatever?
How good is the current arc?
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I'm really mad about New Ways to Die not starting till next month because I'll have to wait till I come home in September to read most of it
Starts in August, three issues a month
That's September
so 2 in August, 3 in Sept, 1 in October
I'm only going to get to read the first issue
That'd be the point at which they would officially not be trying anymore right?
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Case in point, Punisher isn't very popular among heroes.
This has always bugged me somewhat. I get the conceit as a literary concept (just like I get the conceit that super-geniuses never make the world any better, nor really do any superheros at all) but I don't get the logic of it.
I mean, you needn't be the Authority, but sometimes lethal force is justified. For example, Joker should have been killed by SOMEONE a long time ago: he's irredeemable, apparently impossible to keep in jail, and has a continuous record of murder and rampage. If you're already willing to be a vigilante and disregard those laws and rights (e.g. due process, etc.) why not killing?
I'm really surprised Marvel hasn't addressed this with its government-endorsed, registered heroes. How quickly would villains abandon their careers if they realized that the next time they pointed a death cannon at a hero, said hero would just punch their head off?
Could be an interesting mini-event.
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