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itspizzatime (itspizzatime) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-04-15 15:17:00

Entry tags:

char: human torch/johnny storm, char: invisible woman/susan storm, char: mr. fantastic/reed richards, char: spider-man/peter parker, char: the thing/ben grimm, group: fantastic four

Spider-man and Human Torch Fun
In anticipation for the current Amazing Spider-man storyline, I'm posting the final issue of the Spider-man/Human Torch miniseries from a few years back when Johnny learns Pete's secret identity.

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It's pretty much a story of when Johnny Storm visited the high school Peter taught out before BND to give another motivational speech or something. Anyways, the school gets held up and Peter needs a distraction to change into Spider-man.

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	icon_uk 2009-04-15 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	Awwww.... they're just so gosh darned CUTE together! :) (Reply to this)

	freezer818 2009-04-15 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	Bah! We didn't need more stories like this, anyway! (Reply to this)

	jlbarnett 2009-04-15 05:44 pm UTC (link)
	I love that someone from the outside looking in thinks Peter's life looks pretty sweet. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	joysweeper 2009-04-16 10:18 am UTC (link)
	Motto. It makes sense from the outside. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sherkahn 2009-04-15 05:45 pm UTC (link)
	Now these pics feel like the classic banter between the Web-head and the Matchstick, even if they are updated a little. Marvel's early bro-mance. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	itspizzatime 2009-04-16 03:04 am UTC (link)
	there were some pretty slashy context parts in this issue I didn't upload (Reply to this) (Parent)

	proteus_lives 2009-04-16 04:39 am UTC (link)
	Marvel Bro-mance achieved perfection with Luke Cage and Danny Rand! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sandoz_iscariot 2009-04-15 05:51 pm UTC (link)
	This reminds me of how there was once a time when I would have been really excited at the idea of Slott getting the Amazing Spider-Man gig. (Ah, innocence.) Oh, "Parker luck." What crapola you are. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-04-16 02:38 am UTC (link)
	I can't blame him too much. The guy's been saddled with an editorial mandate heavy enough to bring down Harrison Bergeron. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	foxhack 2009-04-15 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, it's not just losing the marriage that sucked. Losing all these character developing stories hurt a lot too. (Reply to this)

	hybrid2 2009-04-15 06:29 pm UTC (link)
	I liked the christmas story where Jonny told Him he did'nt need to know who he realy was. I dont get why he's so upset about. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	thandrak 2009-04-15 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	Because he's Peter Parker. Pete and Johnny go waaaaay back. They met when (ca ASM 6-15 or so) Johnny's date got sick of him and decided Pete looked cute instead. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aaron_bourque 2009-04-15 07:27 pm UTC (link)
	I see you figured out the cut. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	itspizzatime 2009-04-16 03:03 am UTC (link)
	yeah it was quite the mess last night >_ (Reply to this) (Parent)

	smirnoffmule 2009-04-15 07:29 pm UTC (link)
	That is cute beyond words. (Reply to this)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-04-15 07:46 pm UTC (link)
	I do so love Johnny's "No. NO!" :p One of the pages you (unfortunately but understandably) cut had a great exchange between Pete and young Franklin, where the latter repeats something his "uncle" Ben (Grimm) told him, and Peter affirms that in his experience, Uncle Bens are always right. :) (Reply to this)

	long_silence 2009-04-15 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	So now none of this ever happened right? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-04-16 03:11 am UTC (link)
	Think of it this way - at some point, 'One More Day' will be reversed (I think Quesada was saying as much not long after it came out), and this WILL have happened. Until then, try and think of the 'OMD'-verse as a 'What if' or an 'Elseworlds'. (Reply to this) (Parent)

liliaeth
2009-04-16 06:53 am UTC (link)

Well apparently, according to the latest issues of ASM, it still did, but they don't remember his face, but they never wondered how they forgot and how he was suddenly allowed to go on that trip with them if they didn't know or....

In short it's a mess. They try and have it from both sides, and create a total disaster as a consequence.

But what else can be you expect from BND (aka the Boring Neurotic Disgrace)

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	arilou_skiff 2009-04-16 11:52 am UTC (link)
	They kind of explain it in #591. Kind of. (Reply to this) (Parent)

khaosworks
2009-04-16 12:37 am UTC (link)

I absolutely adore this series (read it off a friend). I wish I had it in TPB form. There was a digest-sized reprint done, but I can't find it anymore. What absolutely killed me was the scene when Johnny is reminiscing about certain events which Peter then says, "Sorry, wasn't me. That was a clone." "What about...?" "Clone." "And...?" "Clone."

This was the series that made me sit up and notice Dan Slott and tell people, "See? You can use continuity and not have it be masturbatory!"

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psychop_rex
2009-04-16 03:35 am UTC (link)

Very cute - I've always seen Torch and Spidey as one of the better long-lasting friendships in comics. Sometimes they're best buddies, sometimes they hate each other's guts, but they're always sympatico - they're both on the same wavelength; even when they're fighting, it's more like a contest than an actual battle. I'm glad they finally figured out each other's secret identities - it's about damn time.
And it's interesting to see that, from Johnny's perspective, Pete is one of the luckiest guys in the world. It's good to see the general formula shaken up - Spidey's life can be such a storm of regrets and self-recriminations that it's nice to have someone point out that, hey, he actually does have quite a lot going for him.
Also, I REALLY hope this becomes in-continuity again soon, if for no other reason than it is AWESOME to see the Parkers and the FF hanging out together. I wish other superheroes did this - wouldn't it be cool to have, say, Blue Beetle and his family having dinner with Scott Free and Barda? Or Animal Man and his family with Arsenal and his little daughter? There are precious few actual family groups in comics - most superheroes tend to be loners. Those who DO have families that know their secret identities should hang out more - they share a bond that few others would understand. Cops and firemen socialize with each other's families all the time, so why not superheroes?

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	liliaeth 2009-04-16 06:56 am UTC (link)
	Ah but having family know somehow 'undoes the tension' You know that oooooh so funny plot of hiding from your loved ones, lying to the people you care about the most, disrespecting them by keeping a huge and important part of your life a secret from them... Honestly, those silverage worshippers need to be shot. (with water guns, but still shot) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

psychop_rex
2009-04-16 03:46 pm UTC (link)

I don't think they'd have any particular problem with it - this isn't really a new thing in comics, just a rare one. Look at Ralph and Sue Dibny - true, they're a couple, not a family, but they fit perfectly well into the Silver Age, and he doesn't even have a secret identity. And Superboy having a loving mother and father who shared his secret was an important element of his stories. Not to mention, of course, the 'World's Finest' Batman/Superman team-up - they may not have been family, per se, but they and their respective supporting casts hung out together so often that they must have been pretty chummy with each other. Robin and Jimmy Olsen would help each other out, Lois Lane and Vicky Vale probably met a few times - it was like a sort of extended family. Families and traditional superheroics can go together - it simply means expanding the group of people you trust to keep your secret.

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	janegray 2009-04-16 04:26 am UTC (link)
	This mini was so utterly and completely awesome :) (Reply to this)

	dustbunny105 2009-04-16 04:34 am UTC (link)
	D'awwwww! So cute! I love Peter's hand signals and Johnny's "NO!" face something fierce, too XD (Reply to this)

	not sure how I saw it through all the awesome, but... wheresmything 2009-04-16 08:49 am UTC (link)
	Pete's pinky is the same size as his index finger! (Reply to this)

	joysweeper 2009-04-16 10:20 am UTC (link)
	This is adorable! kicks BND (Reply to this)

	lbd_nytetrayn 2009-04-22 01:17 am UTC (link)
	Wow, I had no idea it took so long for Torch to find out. Also, I miss those neat new powers. Peter's right, it was like a ridiculous drinking game. --LBD "Nytetrayn" (Reply to this)