Here it is, the astonishing conclusion I promised you! I have absolute faith in Paul’s ability to be a better sidekick than Alpha.
Spidey Super Stories (Vol. 1) #9
Published: c. March, 1975?
Cover Date: June, 1975
“The Ape Escape”
Writer: Jean Thomas
Artist: Winslow Mortimer
Inker: Mike Esposito and Tony Mortellaro
Mary Jane knows Peter well. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #178 Published: c. December, 1977? Cover Date: March, 1978 “Green Grows the Goblin!” Writer: Len Wein Artist: Ross Andru Inker: Jim Mooney Letterer: Joe Rosen Colorist: […]
Kraven is nothing if not prepared. Marvel Team-Up (Vol. 1) #67 Published: c. December, 1977? Cover Date: March, 1978 “Tigra Tigra, Burning Bright!” Writer: Chris Claremont Artist: John Byrne Inker: Dave Hunt Letterer: Annette Kawecki […]
I dunno, I have a feeling someone’s going to slip up. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #19 Published: c. October, 1964? Cover Date: December, 1964 “Spidey Strikes Back!” Writer: Stan Lee Artist: Steve Ditko Inker: Steve […]
on Panel of the Day #1615 (Splash Page Sunday!): “@Hornacek – Maybe Stan reserved the writer credit for himself.” Nov 18, 08:01
on Panel of the Day #1615 (Splash Page Sunday!): “In these older issues, why is the writer sometimes listed as “Scripter”? Is this like in a movie credits where…” Nov 17, 09:09 on Panel of the Day #1615 (Splash Page Sunday!): “I mean, eventually he’ll fall enough that he can web onto a building. This isn’t that dire a situation. Now…” Nov 17, 09:08 on Panel of the Day #1612 (Splash Page Sunday!): “I guess there was something different about Cindy Moon’s body chemistry, too.” Nov 11, 08:15 on Panel of the Day #1612 (Splash Page Sunday!): “I don’t like the whole “something was different with Peter’s body chemistry” explanation here. He was bitten by a spider…” Nov 11, 04:30
on 1994 Spider-Man #15: “Battle of the Insidious Six” Review: “Your complaints look like nitpicks and made-up. Why angry face should be indicative of seeing stone crushed?” Nov 10, 14:28 on Panel of the Day #1611: “I might be in the minority, but I’ve always been confused about Spider-man Noir’s wielding a gun.” Nov 8, 09:36 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #60 (Legacy #954): “Hit The Road, Zeb” or “All [REDACTED] Things Must Come To An End”: “@Paul Penna: I just don’t see any future writer “doing” anything with Paul besides having him around. Marvel wants him…” Nov 6, 09:19 on Panel(s) of the Day #1610 (Mary Jane Monday!): “@Hornacek — I would make a horrible Spider-man. So many times, were I in his place, I would have confided…” Nov 5, 07:53 on Panel(s) of the Day #1610 (Mary Jane Monday!): “At least he said “I have to go take photos for the Bugle.” This is a valid excuse since this…” Nov 5, 04:26
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I… I have no words for that; I can’t.
There was an interview of Slott at a convention that was posted on this site – it was like he was in a room overlooking the convention floor. I can’t remember when it was, but at one point the interviewer asked Slott a question about characters he had created during his ASM run and he gave an answer like “X” as if X was the only character he had created. Then someone offscreen reminds him about Alpha and Slott tells the interviewer “Oh, right. Alpha.” And Slott doesn’t say anything else about Alpha. It just comes across like Slott realizes that Alpha was a failure and he doesn’t want to say anything else about him.
I wonder what really happened with Alpha behind the scenes at Marvel? Looking back now, it was the most bizarre way imaginable of celebrating Spider-man’s 50th anniversary. I mean 50 years! And they add a “poochie” to the title. Then proceed to literally call out the fact that he’s a poochie and drop him from the title after 2 issues. Was this something forced on Slott, to add a sidekick? Did Slott want it and the editors told him to the drop the storyline? It was one of the biggest misfires of Slotts run and thats really saying a lot. And to waste the character’s 50th anniversary on that? It makes no sense.
Oh, man, I forgot about Alpha! I say bring back Paul!