Can’t go wrong with leftovers. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #381 Published: c. July, 1993? Cover Date: September, 1993 “Samson Unleashed!” Writer: David Michelinie Artist: Mark Bagley Inker: Randy Emberlin and Al Milgrom Letterer: Rick Parker […]
Happy Father’s Day! Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #398 Published: c. December, 1994? Cover Date: February, 1995 “Web of Death, Part 3: Before I Wake” Writer: J.M. DeMatteis Artist: Mark Bagley Inker: Larry Mahlstedt Letterer: Bill […]
Since it’s pretty much been a year since Panel of the Day started, I wanted to honor the occasion by bringing things somewhat full circle. Here’s to another year! Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #200 Published: c. […]
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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As someone who lived through the Spidey/Black Cat relationship as it was happening, I really enjoyed it, but the writing made it clear that this was not going to be a permanent thing for Peter. When he was in the costume their relationship made perfect sense. But unfortunately for Felicia, Peter is not in his costume all the time.
It soon became obvious that either there were never any relationship scenes when he wasn’t in costume, or as this panel shows, anytime there were scenes out him out of costume Felicia was either uninterested in him or couldn’t wait for him to put his costume back on.
She eventually learns to love Peter too, but that’s later after they break up, and at the time it felt more like she just wanted Spidey back.
I personally just dislike Felicia during this era, where they’d made her a much more shallow character than she had been before, or would be later on. I also feel like MJ’s conflict over Peter’s duel identity is handled a lot better generally. To be fair, Symbiote Spider-Man helped reverse that a little, but during the actual period, I felt like the writers just really hated her.
It’s part of Felicia’s character development and why I believe she is considerably more interesting than MJ. Even in Symbiote Spider-Man, she is making a concerted effort to get to know and embrace Peter’s personal and civilian life. Unfortunately, Peter isn’t particularly stable during this time and rudely shuts Felicia out. I’m tired of debates over who is the better girlfriend, because no one will ever supplant this nostalgic idealisation everyone seems to have created for MJ.
It was hilarious reading online comments when the PS4 DLC The Heist came out and so many people were saying that, in general, Black Cat made a much better girlfriend for Spidey than MJ. I wanted to remind all of them of scenes like this, where Felicia was *only* interested in Spider-Man, and was literally disgusted by Peter Parker.
Also you should’ve Photoshopped some of the captions to mention Spidey’s recent battle with a symbiote-infused Mysterio!