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Doop (xdoop) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-10 22:27:00

Current mood:	disappointed
Entry tags:	char: sandman/flint marko/william baker, publisher: marvel comics, title: amazing spider-man

Disappointing news about Sandman

From Newsarama:

Nrama: And what's Sandman's new status in your story?

Fred Van Lente: Sandman is one of these characters who has gone back and forth for awhile from, is he a villain? Is he a hero? He was an ally of Spider-Man the last time he appeared in a Spider-Man comic, which was in Peter David's Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, and he and Spider-Man were working together.

In "The Gauntlet," we're not quite re-imagining the villains, certainly not anywhere near as radically as the Chameleon got re-imagined here, but they're definitely establishing new status quos for them. And the Sandman of Gauntlet is going to be a villain. And what sets him back on the purely villainous path is, unfortunately, Spider-Man. So tune in to #615 and #616 to find out more.

For those who don't know, Sandman redeemed himself and became a superhero during the 80s and 90s. John Byrne, who hates the idea of villains redeeming themselves, made Sandman a villain again with little explanation when he wrote Spider-Man during his disastrous reboot. Tom Brevoort later revealed that the Sandman's return to villainy was due to the Wizard brainwashing him, and after Byrne left Sandman began to be portrayed more sympathetically again by Paul Jenkins, Zeb Wells, and Peter David.

Sandman appeared in Dan Slott's Thing series, where the Wizard's brainwashing was addressed again. It was because of this that I was hoping that plot point would be dealt with now that Slott's one of the writers on ASM, but I guess that's not the case now. :(

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	daso 2009-09-11 10:53 am UTC (link)
	I ONCE READ A COMIC BOOK AND I GOT SO MAD (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	box_in_the_box 2009-09-11 10:59 am UTC (link)
	You said he's a writer of consistently good quality. I cited an example of how his quality on this title has been anything but good. If you don't like me disagreeing with you, then don't make incorrect statements. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

daso
2009-09-11 11:18 am UTC (link)

I know how you feel about Spider-Man, I don't agree with it and I'll stand by my statement that Fred van Lente is a consistently good writer. I see no point in arguing this or anything else with you since there's never any discussion with you - only you capsing wildly and trying to push your views onto others. I can't make you even consider that anything else than your views may be valid, so why even try?
Feel free to laugh it off, discredit my post and write the usual demagoguery in your livejournal about how you slammed a supporter of "mutual date rape" (or whatever you called it) hardcore. I don't care that much. Good day.

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	box_in_the_box 2009-09-11 11:21 am UTC (link)
	He wrote a story that turned rape into comedy. Period, The End. That is not quality writing. You are objectively wrong. Even posters on this comm who SUPPORT the new status quo have called bullshit on that story, so you can't even hide behind the excuse that only people who hate the new status quo feel this way. You are simply wrong. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychosesman 2009-09-11 11:57 am UTC (link)
	This is you: "My subjective interpretation of a story is the only correct interpretation, Period, The End. My opinions are objective fact. My opinion is also popular, which makes it even more correct. I am literally 12 years old." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greenmask 2009-09-11 12:40 pm UTC (link)
	LITERALLY (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Mod note angelophile 2009-09-11 02:06 pm UTC (link)
	I'm going to ask that everyone steps back from this conversation now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Mod note greenmask 2009-09-11 02:08 pm UTC (link)
	:3 sorry. Literally is so abused these days! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Mod note psychosesman 2009-09-11 02:17 pm UTC (link)
	I said what I meant, for the record. I wasn't just using it as emphasis. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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