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
That Doc Ock is just so polite, isn’t he? Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Vol. 1) #1 Published: c. 1964? Cover Date: 1964 “The Sinister Six!” Writer: Stan Lee Artist: Steve Ditko Inker: Steve Ditko Letterer: Sam […]
At the time of this writing, Peter is back in school trying to earn that doctorate. Let’s hope he succeeds. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #184 Published: c. June, 1978? Cover Date: September, 1978 “White Dragon! […]
Here we go again! Sensational Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #0 Published: c. November, 1995? Cover Date: January, 1996 “Ultimate Commitment” Writer: Dan Jurgens Artist: Dan Jurgens Inker: Klaus Janson Letterer: Richard Starkings and Comicraft Colorist: Gregory […]
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
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
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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!