|
|
Post by Kevin Hamilton on Apr 30, 2017 13:17:11 GMT -5
So it's been almost a decade since Spidey's deal with the devil to save ol Aunt May. I guess it worked  Yowza! Nice work Mephisto! Aunt May you'd like to hook up with and make wheatcakes for in the morning aside, this was pretty well when I stopped reading my favorite character. It wasn't really outta anger or anything, I was on my way outta reading monthlies from Marvel/DC anyway (once Brubaker left Captain America, that was pretty well a good stopping point for me). It was just a case of: this is a change I don't care to read, and will provide a good jumping off point. I understand why they did it. I understand there have been good stories since, but more it was enough to close any interest I had in reading the comics version of Spider-man outside of one shots and things like that. I still love the character, but I don't keep em with him like I used to do. I am eager to see the new movie, as it looks fun, and I liked Holland in Civil War a lot. How bout you, did this much maligned event a decade ago change things for you? If you are a comics reader, did it make you more or less inclined to pick up Spider-man etc? And seriously, who knew hot Aunt May would be a thing?  |
|
FinalGwen
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Particularly fond of muffins.
Posts: 16,545 
|
Post by FinalGwen on Apr 30, 2017 14:47:02 GMT -5
To be fair, looking at Marvel today, this is relatively inoffensive when it comes to spoiling beloved characters.
|
|
|
|
Post by Kevin Hamilton on Apr 30, 2017 14:56:31 GMT -5
Oh it doesn't bother me. Like I said, I was on the way out of monthly superhero books anyway; this was just an easy demarcation point to go "I'm not really that interested anymore."
|
|
Zone Was Wrong
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Currently living off the high that AEW brings every Wednesday and Friday
Posts: 17,648
|
Post by Zone Was Wrong on Apr 30, 2017 15:03:55 GMT -5
I've tried to get into Spider-Man comics since then and just can't do it. Still disappointed with how everything turned out.
|
|
Tom Turkey
Ozymandius
The King of North America
Posts: 61,917 
|
Post by Tom Turkey on Apr 30, 2017 15:10:24 GMT -5
To be fair, looking at Marvel today, this is relatively inoffensive when it comes to spoiling beloved characters. Spider-Man making a deal with the Marvel equivalent to the devil (for a selfless reason, admittedly) is definitely small potatoes compared to turning Captain America into a fascist supervillain. |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2017 15:14:07 GMT -5
Eh unless it was established she was 20 years older than Spider-Man's mother it didn't really make sense she looked liked a 65-80 year old lady housing her 16-21 year old nephew. Like yeah I get it she reminded everyone of our grandma's mine included. It's why Rosemary Harris will probably remain as my favorite portrayal because she did remind me of my grandma and being around the same age helps.
|
|
|
|
Post by Citizen Snips on Apr 30, 2017 15:29:59 GMT -5
Eh unless it was established she was 20 years older than Spider-Man's mother it didn't really make sense she looked liked a 65-80 year old lady housing her 16-21 year old nephew. Like yeah I get it she reminded everyone of our grandma's mine included. It's why Rosemary Harris will probably remain as my favorite portrayal because she did remind me of my grandma and being around the same age helps. It made ZERO sense to have her be that old. Peter is supposed to be 15-16 when he gets the powers, right? That means even Hot Aunt May is already knocking at the door of the "Huh, that's a little old I guess" spectrum (If we say Hot May is the same age as Marisa Tomei, she's 52. That would make her 36/37 when Peter was born if he starts out as Spidey when he's 15/16). Rosemary Harris was 74 when the first Spidey film came out, and even though they seemed to bump Peter up to 17/18 in that one since they show him graduating, that would still make her 56 or so when he was born. Super old for an aunt. |
|
|
|
Post by The Captain on Apr 30, 2017 15:57:50 GMT -5
"One More Day was the worst example of character assassination done to a Marvel mainstay in recent memory."
Nick Spencer: "Hold my beer."
|
|
chrom
Backup Wench
Master of the rare undecuple post
Posts: 87,526
Member is Online
|
Post by chrom on Apr 30, 2017 16:02:59 GMT -5
When Joe Quesada became the most hated man in comics. And to this day he still defends it
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2017 19:57:30 GMT -5
I'm a DC fan mostly so I'm used to history getting changed. This didn't faze me one bit. I wasn't reading any Spider-Man comics at the time, and this didn't change that one way or the other.
|
|
|
|
Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on May 1, 2017 9:11:32 GMT -5
still the stupidest thing Marvel ever did to Spider-man, and ridiculous that it hasn't been retconned back. everything wrong with the "mentally arrested fanboys pissy that comics changed from when they were 10 years old" era we're still stuck in. whooe reason the story exists is because that fat load hated his ex-wife. to say nothing about how legitimately creepy it was that he immediately paired off Peter with a girl he named after his own daughter.
yeah, I have a pretty low opinion of Fatty McGee.
|
|
