In the spirit of giving the people what they want, “Peter/MJ week” continues!
Going backwards a bit from yesterday, here is Peter and Mary Jane’s first kiss. One of my favorite first kisses in comics ever. I love how Robbie is so obviously looking at them out of the corner of his eye. This classic moment can be found in “Amazing Spider-Man” issue 143 and is collected in the “Clone Genesis” trade paperback.
Forget Uncle Ben. Don’t even think about Nathan Lubensky or Willie Lumpkin. Forget Jarvis and JJ Senior. As demonstrated in “Amazing Spider-Man” issue 157, Aunt May’s true love will always be Doctor Octopus. He’s such […]
Paul Jenkins did one of my favorite Chameleon stories. This is a scene from Webspinners issue 11. Chameleon has told Peter he loves him and it gets an interesting response.
Before Roderick Kingsley’s death in “Amazing Spider-Man” issue 649, he actually had a demise decades earlier. In “Web of Spider-Man” issue 29, Kingsley was shot and left for dead. When he reappeared in the 90’s […]
on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #60 (Legacy #954): “Hit The Road, Zeb” or “All [REDACTED] Things Must Come To An End”: “Yep, as I predicted, Paul is here to stay. Marvel want Peter and MJ apart, and Paul is the story…” Nov 4, 17:43
on Panel(s) of the Day #1610 (Mary Jane Monday!): “Wow, Peter actually said, “I done blame her.”” Nov 4, 13:28 on Panel of the Day #1609 (Splash Page Sunday!): “Who knew Peter had a skirt in his closet made out of webbing?” Nov 4, 07:43
on Panel(s) of the Day #1608 (Ditko!): “Peter is so upset that he forgot his own hyphen. Twice! And he also referred to himself as “The” Spiderman.” Nov 4, 04:28 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #60 (Legacy #954): “Hit The Road, Zeb” or “All [REDACTED] Things Must Come To An End”: “@Joshua Nelson: At this point I don’t expect Marvel to have Peter tell Aunt May that he’s Spider-Man. If they…” Nov 3, 00:40 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #60 (Legacy #954): “Hit The Road, Zeb” or “All [REDACTED] Things Must Come To An End”: “@Kenneth: I wasn’t even thinking about her health but you’re right. But just from the years of May making wheatcakes…” Nov 3, 00:36 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #60 (Legacy #954): “Hit The Road, Zeb” or “All [REDACTED] Things Must Come To An End”: “@Dark Mark: Yeah, this issue really felt like an epilogue and not the final issue of a story. One issue…” Nov 3, 00:35
on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #60 (Legacy #954): “Hit The Road, Zeb” or “All [REDACTED] Things Must Come To An End”: “Well…it’s over. Like most, I have not liked this run. At all. There are plenty of things I can critique…” Nov 2, 18:13
on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #60 (Legacy #954): “Hit The Road, Zeb” or “All [REDACTED] Things Must Come To An End”: “Would anyone who had both heart attacks and cancer eat pizza? Especially at the age Aunt May is? Then again…” Nov 2, 06:24
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@Superchencho: In Sensational Annual #1 they took the original scene and added a bit. We get what MJ and Peter were thinking at the time, and from my vantage point, it made the original scene even better…
@Maxahiss – I don’t understand. It’s embellished but compiled real nicely? So did they mess it up or do a good thing?
I felt that this scene was embellished and compiled real nicely in the Sensational Annual during “Back in Black.” Certainly added weight to that issue.
What a great scene…I always remembered Robbie gleefully looking out of the corner of his eye…
As for Ross Andru? Best when inked by Frank Giacoia, not Esposito. Not a dynamic artist, but was very adept at telling a story. When you read his layouts you clearly knew what was happening. In some current stories, I sometimes catch myself going over several panels in a row to get a sense of the direction the action is taking place. In addition, his Peter Parker looks like Peter Parker…
Man I miss the 70’s!
I’ve just never seen any dynanism from the guy, his work has always looked so vanilla to me. Especially after guys like Buscema, Gil Kane and especially John Romita Sr., I thought his shit looked bland as hell. But I’m beginning to turn around…
I don’t mind Andru’s work, it’s just whenever he draws a smiling character, they tend to look insanely evil. (Especially his Aunt May, who looks like she should be introducing stories for “Tales from the Crypt.”
I’ve kind of disregarded Ross Andru’s art in the past, but this is a great page.
Hey Bertone, you’ve done it again, I also used the bottom half this page in What ever had happen to Peter Parker’s LOST kid, part one blog at DaylifeoftheMatt@blogspot.com I love that fans know better at least in my option what’s best for the characters of the whole Marvel universe than the writers and editors forced to do things byway of the company’s EIC demands.
Man, I love this scene.
She took off the hat, so it wouldn’t fall off when her head tilted back? Seems happy to me. And I love this kiss.
*wistful sigh* Man, I love this page!
Nice one Bertone, I always wondered why she took off her hat in that scene…it never seemed very necessary to me 😉