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Tweak says, "DRAGON OF THE DARKNESS FLAME!"

box_in_the_box (box_in_the_box) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-24 18:38:00

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char: mary jane watson, char: spider-man/peter parker, medium: newspaper comic

NuSpidey status quo: OH SHIT STAN LEE'S GOING ROGUE
Stan Lee to Marvel: "Fuck you, and fuck your retcons."

Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources >> Fan letters save Spider-Man’s marriage — in the comic strip

At the beginning of the year, the Spider-Man newspaper strip received a bit of a makeover that brought it in step with comic book continuity. Echoing “Brand New Day,” the strip reverted Peter Parker to an unmarried student living with his Aunt May. Mephisto not included, it was just an abrupt change to the status quo.

“In keeping with the new Spider-Man story line at Marvel Comics, we, too, are going back to Spidey’s roots. He’s single, and attending college. Now let the surprises begin!” the editors wrote back in January.

Well, surprise! — fans of the strip weren’t very happy with the change. The editors have decided to “bow to your letters” and return the strip to the previous set-up. Writing off the last few months as a dream, Peter Parker woke up today to find his wife, in a Dallas-style homage, getting ready to shower:

Read the entire strip — and humorous commentary — over at The Comics Curmudgeon.

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- ha.

Everyone, thank

tetsuo_great for alerting me to this. :)

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	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-05-24 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	I saw the Comics Curmudgeon page and was all, "Tsh, saw it coming." I've got my fingers crossed for Brand New Day going the same way, so we can bury it and forget it forever. Ugh. (Reply to this) (Thread)

box_in_the_box
2009-05-24 08:53 pm UTC (link)

I'm looking at a couple of litmus-test issues here:

1. June sales. Even a few NuSpidey supporters have noted that the recently reported April sales estimates seem a bit high, and they've speculated that this might owe something to Diamond using Battle for the Cowl as its estimate metric, rather than Batman itself. If this theory is true, June's reported estimates might give us a better idea of how the title is really doing (until then, though, I'm simply assuming that April's numbers are what they are).

2. Sales immediately following Amazing Spider-Man #600. Completists will be that much less likely to drop the book, the closer it gets to an anniversary issue, but once that mark passes, I can easily conceive of #600 being a perfect "jumping off" point for a lot of folks.

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foxhack
2009-05-24 10:34 pm UTC (link)

You know what I really want (and I think Box may agree with me on this)?

Spidey somehow forcing Mephisto to undo the retcon. I mean, in a story. A well written, fleshed-out story, not a "It was all a dream" scenario because of how many people and stories were affected by BND.

I'm not saying, "let the entire world know he was Parker"; but I remember Dan Slott almost undoing the unmasking by making the Scarlet Spiders camouflage themeslves as Parker, causing confusion about him really being Spidey... but I guess I'm just hoping for too much.

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	box_in_the_box 2009-05-24 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	I still don't know what was up with the Scarlet Spiders. Did Slott think of that BEFORE he knew BND was happening? Because otherwise, it makes no sense. Except that Slott later insisted that the Scarlet Spiders were STILL important ... argh. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-05-24 10:43 pm UTC (link)
	I like one of the theories that somebody put up on the Wild Mass Guessing page in TVTropes: Deadpool knows. So why don't Deadpool and Spidey team up and kick Mephisto's ass and get him to undo it? That'd be awesome. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	queenanthai 2009-05-25 12:07 am UTC (link)
	SECONDED SO HARD (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-05-25 12:12 am UTC (link)
	Let's start a letter campaign. XD (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	superfan1 2009-05-25 03:20 am UTC (link)
	Third the notion! (Reply to this) (Parent)

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