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Tweak says, "Put the candle back!"

sherkahn (sherkahn) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-08 13:16:00

Current mood:	annoyed
Current music:	NIN: Hurt
Entry tags:	char: spider-man/peter parker, creator: barry kitson, creator: fred van lente, genre: previews, publisher: marvel comics, title: amazing spider-man

Amazing Spiderman 604 preview
Oh boy, I thought Peter was melted down into goo last issue, just like Ben Reilly. How did he ever survive?
Did he pull a Luke Skywalker-escape-out-of-the-carbonite-trap-trick?

Sadly, nothing so cool.

Here is the link to the Preview behind the cut.

Spider-breathing? Really?
Chameleon never noticed the costume underneath? Didn't take off Peter's clothes to put them on himself?
Go through his wallet, etc?
So the times that Sandman and Hydroman have suffocated him are moot?

*Le sigh*

And Peter, had you not made the deal with Mephisto, you would not be so cursed with women.
The only excitement in your life would not be when Night Nurse asks you to cough.
But you deserve every bit of heartbreak and pain you get from now on. You do not get to bitch about it.
Ever.

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	arilou_skiff 2009-09-08 08:39 pm UTC (link)
	Chammy just pulled the lever and left, he didn't even check the acid vat last ish. (Reply to this)

	damar148 2009-09-08 08:40 pm UTC (link)
	'One of my most dangerous and deadly foes'? Chameleon? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	arilou_skiff 2009-09-08 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	To be honest, I think EVERY Spider-foe gets that title. I have one 70's issue where he talks that way about... Wait for it... THE VULTURE! Seriously, EVERY Spider-foe gets that title. Although I'd say it by rights belongs to Doc Ock! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	damar148 2009-09-08 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	But even the Vulture has superstrength, flying ability and razorsharp wings, so the 'deadly and dangerous' counts for him. Chameleon got taken out by Aunt May with sleeping pills. And got beaten up with a baseball bat by MJ. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sherkahn 2009-09-08 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	Just had a thought. You know, if Peter ever needs to re-hide his secret identity, all he needs to do is leave both masks (his own and Chamerleon's version of himself) at a scene and it would throw people off his scent. Hope you keep the mask, Peter. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	joysweeper 2009-09-09 01:29 am UTC (link)
	Didn't Chameleon, while disguised as Peter, describe himself to Mary Jane in just that way? And then she realized that Peter wouldn't call Chameleon that (that, or he didn't kiss right) and beat him up with a baseball bat? Or was that Aunt May? He got owned both times... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	beoweasel 2009-09-09 05:50 pm UTC (link)
	It was Aunt May that poisoned Chameleon with the drugged cookies. :D (Reply to this) (Parent)

	cainofdreaming 2009-09-08 08:56 pm UTC (link)
	Spider-breathing? Really? Well, not to try to defend post-OMD Spidey, but there's been occasions where he's shown this ability before. He was under water for 30 minutes or so during Hobgoblin Lives, for example. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	pmagod 2009-09-08 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	and to be fair there is a difference between purposely holding your breath and being drowned by hydroman or strangled by sandman (Reply to this) (Parent)

	angelophile 2009-09-08 09:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Truly I am pathetic." Saying it so we don't have to? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	freezer818 2009-09-08 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	More relateable! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sandoz_iscariot 2009-09-08 09:56 pm UTC (link)
	OH THAT PARKER LUCK (Reply to this) (Parent)

	box_in_the_box 2009-09-08 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	EVERYMAN LOSER HURP DERP (Reply to this) (Parent)

fredneil.livejournal.com
2009-09-08 11:31 pm UTC (link)

I don't really mind this page. Peter soliloquizing about how much his life sucks has always been a part of Spider-Man. Or maybe it's just that everything else about the preview is worse. How does he manage to get a Spider Tracer on Chameleon's gun? If he's there, then why doesn't he just follow Chameleon afterwards and why does he say he should have waited for Chameleon? And THAT'S not as bad as the explanation of how he survived the acid, which depends on him covering himself with webbing before the acid hits him, even though we've already seen him being immersed in acid. And THAT isn't as bad as the advertising copy. I can understand making the selling point of of the next issue Black Cat's breasts if you've got nothing else going for you, but couldn't it be done a little more subtly? If not, couldn't it, at least, be done with better puns than "BRAce yourself?"

I get that they're marketing it to sixteen-year olds (Both real and as a result of arrested development), but why does it have to be to exceptionally stupid sixteen-year olds?

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	greenmask 2009-09-09 12:27 am UTC (link)
	BRAce yourself. Bloody hell. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2009-09-09 01:36 am UTC (link)
	seriously? his webbing's not going to stand up to being submerged in acid and only instinct kicking in wouldn't say "web yourself up buddy." It might have made sense had they not undone all the changes after the other....but here, kinda hard to by (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ashtoreth 2009-09-09 03:49 am UTC (link)
	It honestly depends on the chemicals involved, the type of acid. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	stolisomancer 2009-09-09 05:53 pm UTC (link)
	Even back in the early days of his career, the webbing was really durable and difficult to burn. He's since improved the formula multiple times, and the webbing was still burned away enough to allow him to survive. Considering that the webbing already flouts several natural laws over the course of simply existing, it's a bit late to call bullshit on it now. (Reply to this) (Parent)