ragernok2002 Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 HEADED FOR THE CHOPPING BLOCK? “Black Cat, Mary Jane, and Aunt May? “Is it one of these ladies that take a dirt nap in the upcoming storyline ‘One More Day’? You heard it here, folks. A re-assuring voice and shoulder-to-lean-on is going to be taken out permanent-style in this four-issue storyline, which kicks off in Amazing Spider-Man #544 and Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #24. This body check is whipped up by war horses J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada. Pain is promised. No tissues will be issued! “Who next gets thrown under the bus like the long-lost Gwen Stacy? Details are hard to come by, but what we do know is that there ain’t much joy in Mudville. Spidey’s gonna get left out in the rain again, and oh, how the tears will flow.” http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=118469 I reckon its gonna be Robbie Robertson or maybe Betty Brant. The MJ, Black Cat and Aunt May bit is a red herring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Kirsten Dunst says it will be Peter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 It should be noted that Marvel didn't write that copy, Diamond did. This could be a case of Wizard-like speculation on the part of Diamond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 Wow...good to know that longstanding characters in the MU are being treated so well with terminology like "Thrown under the bus" and "dirt nap." I could care less what they do with Spider-man anymore. Joe Q talks and talks about how they've ruined the character with the wedding and all that and now they go even further....another girl in the fridge please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted June 28, 2007 Report Share Posted June 28, 2007 First: Marvel didn't write that. Diamond used that utterly poor wording. Second: Not every female death is a "women in refrigerators" death. I know you didn't say that, but your tone implies it. It irks me when people use it so loosely; it's akin to calling a male hero sexist because he punched a female villain. Women die in real life, and comic book readers need to accept that female characters are going to die too. Some will fall into this category (e.g. Sue Dibny), but others won't (e.g. Aunt May's death in Amazing Spider-Man #400, Phoenix's original death in Uncanny X-Men). It's all in how they died. Frankly, unless the death in One More Day is grisly and / or meant to piss off Peter (RE: Green Goblin and Gwen Stacy), it doesn't count. Since all signs point to it being May (who's already on her deathbed), chances are high the death won't fall into this category. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Thomas Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 Loved part one. Iron Man actually helping Spider-Man was a nice touch. The added extras like the sketches and the Spider-Man history really made this feel important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 That was a wonderful touch. I actually got a little choked up by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 This is all the first sign of a Marvel "Crisis." Retcon city. Watch for it. Next stop: hypocritesville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 The current rumor is that we're going to see something similar to a Superboy Prime reality altering punch-like event near the end of One More Day. If that is / was the case, I have to wonder if Marvel is retooling the ending, hence the reason for the delays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 The current rumor is that we're going to see something similar to a Superboy Prime reality altering punch-like event near the end of One More Day. If that is / was the case, I have to wonder if Marvel is retooling the ending, hence the reason for the delays. Like I said: next stop hypocritesville. This would supremely lower Joe Q in my books. After all his railing against Crisis-type events... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Well, to be fair, this isn't a Crisis-like event, it's a Crisis-like retcon. Either way, it has me worried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Correct. Event is the wrong word. It should have people worried. Next thing we know is Hulk will punch reality, Iron Man will be a good guy, Cap will still be alive, Peter will never have unmasked, House of M (will never have happened (a good thing), and we're back to 1998... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tglancy Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Ha. I will shit a brick if that happens. I don't mind something stupid that ONLY effects Spider-Man, like Flash when Spectre removed his name from peoples minds or whatever, but the whole universe? That would be terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Though it will cause people to forget that Peter Parker is Spider-Man, supposedly it will only change Spider-Man's life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Though it will cause people to forget that Peter Parker is Spider-Man, supposedly it will only change Spider-Man's life. And the biggest turning point in Marvel in 60 years in one of the highest selling universe-directing series of all time. But that's all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 If they cancel out Peters public identity this quickly I'm boycotting all Spiderman comics. I just don't want to deal with a character who can't handle the tough stuff. Take a tip from Daredevil, you'll grow and be a better character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 I just don't want to deal with a character who can't handle the tough stuff. Take a tip from Daredevil, you'll grow and be a better character. Excellent point! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted December 4, 2007 Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 Seems JMS doesn't like OMD either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 So...who read this and your thoughts? This is like if they took a What if? concept and just ran with it. Harry being back isn't just big for Spider-man, its huge for Norman Osbourne too. Make no mistake, I think the entire concept of this event is monumental BS but the reveal at the end did catch my attention. Spidey has more of a group dynamic with his old friends now. Its like the whole things gone straight back to the 80's again, and its tough to tell if theres been any real changes in that time. Harry's been in rehab and something is up with Peter & MJ but aside from that its a total time-warp. Peters even still living with May! He's 30 and he's STILL living at home! I'll be interested to see if this change actually does allow Spider-man to become interesting again but it does annoy me that all the potential character development that came from his involvment with Iron man and the Civil war has just been ditched. Peter Parker had the chance to actually grow up and become a real player in the Marvel U and now he's just right back at square one. I'm not buying this book unless the trades get rave reviews. Oh yeah, Peters interaction with May in this book to creepy beyond words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragernok2002 Posted December 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 well that really sucks, I knew it was going to be bad but i didn't think it would be that bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Thomas Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Hated it. For the longest time, Spider-Man annoyed me. I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Maybe it was the bad jokes or the overall dorkiness of the character. Then I sat down and read a lot of the JMS run and the Civil War. He was suddenly one of my favorite superheroes. Now all that is gone. What's worse, arguably the biggest moment of Civil War, Peter's unmasking, now NEVER HAPPENED. I guess there was always a chance of it being retconned but that didn't take very long. Awful. I can see why JMS was so dead set against this twist. I am not buying the nearly weekly Amazing Spider-Man. They killed my interest in a mere two issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 I'm at a loss for words. Before the series hit (and even after the first issue) I was fully behind the storyline. As we got deeper into it, as the Mephisto aspect came to the forefront, the story simply fell apart. The Marvel fanboy in me hopes they have an exit strategy, because I do not see this sitting well with fans or the mainstream. Oh, considering Quesada inked pages 23-31, now more than ever I'm convinced they changed the ending, thus leading to the delays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tglancy Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 So is this book set in the 80's now? Is Gwen Stacy still alive too? Why not just bring Uncle Ben back with no build and no reasoning? Doesn't that makes about as much sense as bringing back Harry? Does this effect whether or not the New Avengers know who Peter is? Is Peter still in the New Avengers? Did the Civil War happen? Is Peter still wanted by Shield? Does the fact that Marvel apparently thought of none of this but I just did bother anyone but me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 To pull this right before Secret Invasion was a terrible idea. Not only are we trying to figure out who's a Skrull, but now we have to figure out who's who in Peter's life. So very lame. The only way this will wind up being cool is if Mephisto's a Skrull, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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