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Matt (angelophile) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-27 22:18:00

J. Jonah Jameson - He's like an onion

One of the things that aggravates me about Spider-man's "new direction" is that in addition to attempting to take Peter's character back several years (and thus making him a loser, basement dwelling man-child) they've also been rewinding the clock on several members of his supporting cast.

Take, for example, J. Jonah Jameson, who's been returned to his Spidey-hating roots and now that seems to be the entirety of his character again. A damn shape after several years where Triple-J was shown, not to be just a great newspaperman but sometimes, a great man as well. Okay, still a cigar chomping a-hole, but not exclusively so. Take, for example, his cameos in Uncanny X-men #337-#346, where he proves himself to be the kind of guy I could buy the people of New York voting for.

First let's check in with political candidate and mutant-hater Graydon Creed (the love-child of Mystique and Sabretooth. Literally. With parents like that it's small wonder he has grudge against mutants.)

Next issue J.J.'s not quite so glowing.

That's an undercover Iceman there, by the way. Before he was outed and Creed had his father almost beaten to death. Presidential material right there. Anyway, Peter Parker gives the X-men the heads up that J.J.'s investigating Creed, assuming that he's gunning for mutants this time so they follow him. Inconspicuously of course.

Meanwhile, the reporter J.J. put on the case discovers Creed's true parentage. Unfortunately for him, that's a secret that Prime Sentinel Bastion doesn't want coming out, since Creed serves his purposes. So he kills the story.

Which leads to this confrontation:

Now that is a J. Jonah Jameson I can get behind.

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	nonnyeve 2009-05-27 05:02 pm UTC (link)
	JJJ Big Damn Journalistic Hero (Reply to this) (Thread)

	midnightvoyager 2009-05-27 05:45 pm UTC (link)
	GIP is gratuitous. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	midnightvoyager 2009-05-27 05:45 pm UTC (link)
	Er. I didn't mean to reply to you. COUGH But, uh, that too. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sir_razorback 2009-05-27 05:24 pm UTC (link)
	That's a JJJ who likes to hit the gym by the looks of it. I could imagine him running around new York in thights. No mask though, he hates those. Maybe calling himself the Geezinator! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	filbypott 2009-05-27 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	That makes me wonder... does JJJ hate supers who don't conceal their identity? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	vignettelante 2009-05-27 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	ahhhhh gonna be seeing that in my nightmares tonight :\| (Reply to this) (Parent)

	hyperactivator 2009-05-27 05:41 pm UTC (link)
	Bastion and Girl! Ultron so need to hook up and and have an evil robot love rampage that results in a X-Men/Avengers team up. (Reply to this)

	hybrid2 2009-05-27 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	I liked that Jameson...where did he go? :-( (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Memo to NuSpidey writers: box_in_the_box 2009-05-27 05:55 pm UTC (link)
	When SCOTT LOBDELL can outclass your writing, you just need to fucking QUIT. (Reply to this) (Thread)