The circle is now complete. Is this a hint of what’s to come in the Homecoming sequel?
Unfortunately, this guy didn’t make it to Round 2 of Mark’s March Madness Costume Battle Royale. There’s always next year…
Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #21
Published: c. February, 1992?
Cover Date: April, 1992
“Dealing Arms” (Oh, I think I get it. Is this an “arm” pun?)
Writer: Erik Larsen
Artist: Erik Larsen
Inker: Erik Larsen
Letterer: Chris Eliopoulos
Colorist: Joe Rosas
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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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Plus Doc Ock kicked Hulk’s ass. So I’m guessing this isn’t one of BD’s favorite books.
@Mark: I kinda like Larsen’s art, I kinda don’t like it. He really seems to like exaggerating women’s lips in a way that I’m not a big fan of.
@Vic: In the English version it’s “Schwarzenheimer.” Your translated version is correct!
I actually used part of that conversation regarding Peter’s music taste for the second Panel of the Day: http://www.spidermancrawlspace.com/2018/02/10/panel-of-the-day-2/
@Know-It-All Vic- Ah! I remember something about Sandman turning to glass and I do remember the MJ nudity movie, so maybe I did read this one after all!
@Mark Alford
If memory serves, this is his farewell arc with Spidey (he even hid a “bye, Spidey”) in his last splash page/panel, when every supporting character surprises Peter with a birthday party.
The thing I like the most is that every issue begins and ends with a splash page.
All in all, it’s an absurd (possibly in a good way) arc, with Doc Ock getting adamantium tentacles, taking the Sinister Six to another dimension to get some fire power and resulting in a massive team-up to stop them. Also, Sandman is turned into a glass statue, smashed into pieces and comes back as a “glass-man” to get some revenge. Plus, MJ is considered for an “Arnold Scharzenheimer” movie (don’t know if that’s the original name they gave him, but that’s what I got in my translated version, and I’m sticking to it!), but it’d involve nudity, so Peter’s conservativeness/prudeness shows up. Also, it’s during a discussion about said movie that we get a glimpse into Pete’s music tastes.
But you’ve got to hand it to him, he didn’t go out of the March bracket without a fight. He put in the elbow grease (quite literally) and almost disarmed the #9 contender Ricochet. Oh rats – now I’m sounding like that recent issue where the Goblin King kept making hand puns. My bad!
I don’t really remember this issue, but then again, I didn’t like Larsen art (to which I’ve been called to task over earlier), so a story that was drawn AND written by him was one I’m sure I didn’t buy when it first came out.