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cyberghostface (cyberghostface) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-15 15:13:00

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char: mary jane watson, char: spider-man/peter parker, creator: adi granov, creator: barry kitson, creator: fred van lente, creator: mark waid, genre: solicitations, publisher: marvel comics, title: amazing spider-man

Amazing Spider-Man for August

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #601
Written by MARK WAID
Penciled by MARIO ALBERTI
Cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
70th Frame Variant by TBA
Prepare for the All-New, All-Deadly: Dark Mary Jane! Oops, sorry, that's the rest of Marvel's solicits...Actually, in this issue "Red-Headed Stranger" begins just after the surprising events of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #600 with Pete's love life taking a turn for the worse just as his old flame Mary Jane returns to New York City. (FINALLY!! Sheesh. What took us so long?!)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #602
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by BARRY KITSON
Cover by ADI GRANOV
70th Frame Variant by MIKE MCKONE
"Red-Headed Stranger Part II"
The Chameleon returns with a terrifying new mission that has Mayor J. Jonah Jameson squarely in his sights! Meanwhile, the Anti-Spider Squad narrows its dragnet around the Wall-Crawler, and Peter Parker gets a brand new job...will it bring him closer to the newly-returned Mary Jane, or push her further away?

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #603
Written by FRED VAN LENTE
Penciled by BARRY KITSON
Cover by STEPHANE ROUX
70th Frame Variant by MARIO ALBERTI
"Red-Headed Stranger Part III"
The Chameleon is poised to unleash unspeakable horror on New York City and Spider-Man is nowhere to be found, so the only person who can stop him is...Mary Jane Watson?!

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	brandiweed.livejournal.com 2009-05-15 03:29 pm UTC (link)
	Not hair, freckles. (Come to think of it, that's the freckliest MJ I've ever seen.) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nagaoka 2009-05-15 03:52 pm UTC (link)
	No, I see the freckles. It's the hatching on the lines of her arms that I'm talking about. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-05-15 03:53 pm UTC (link)
	Me too. I like it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	felinephoenix 2009-05-15 04:33 pm UTC (link)
	Aside from the usual comicbook proportions (ow her spine, boobs don't work that way, etc) I do really like that cover. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

psychop_rex
2009-05-16 01:40 am UTC (link)

It's one of those covers that starts to look really weird if you look at it for too long, but is basically pleasing to the eye. I like MJ with freckles and slightly hairy arms; it humanizes her - which has the ironic side effect of making her even MORE inhumanly beautiful. I didn't have a fetish for freckled redheads up 'til this moment, but I think I may be developing one.

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felinephoenix
2009-05-16 02:08 am UTC (link)

Agreed, although to be fair the Weasleys Boys already helped out a lot. I do see the tons of errors in the cover, but I dig the little details like MJ's freckles, arm hair and fashion mags, the big photo of her and Peter, her facial expression.

It's cheesecakey as hell but there's personality in it. The second cover is less freakish looking, but it's so damn bland and generic. That could be any attractive redhead. It's not MJ.

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psychop_rex
2009-05-16 02:48 am UTC (link)

There aren't that many redheads in the MU, though, so the artists can get away with a lot. Basically, if you see a beautiful redhead, it's either MJ or Jean Gray, and you can usually tell which is which by what comic you're reading at the time. If it's a Spider-book, it's probably MJ; if it's an X-book, then it's probably Jean Gray. If it's a Spider-Man/X-Men team-up - welllll, it's STILL probably Jean Gray, because the writers generally keep MJ discreetly off the page during such things. Saves embarrassment, donchaknow.

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