Venom has a way with children. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #362 Published: c. March, 1992? Cover Date: May, 1992 “Savage Alliance!” Writer: David Michelinie Artist: Mark Bagley Inker: Randy Emberlin Letterer: Rick Parker Colorist: Renee […]
Sometimes it’s hard to be a super hero! Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #15 Published: c. June, 1964? Cover Date: August, 1964 “Kraven the Hunter!” Writer: Stan Lee Artist: Steve Ditko Inker: Steve Ditko Letterer: Artie […]
Welcome back, Spidey fans! I hope you’re all doing well. For this month’s Spider-Tracer, I thought I’d try something a little different, while adding a familiar element or two, and seeing how things go. This […]
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
Apple Podcasts
Google Podcasts
Spotify
Pandora
Amazon Music
iHeartRadio
Podbean
Amazon Alexa
Player.fm
Listen Notes
Stitcher
Thing is, if you learn over time to modulate your muscular force, you become good at judging how much force will do what. So Spidey should be able to hit, kick, or push someone just hard enough to get the job done. Ock in Peter’s body smashed Mac Gargan’s jaw clean off. But the panel is from 1968, and Peter would still have been 15-16-ish, so it makes sense to me. I’m just saying, Kingpin-wise, those days are long past.
I think ‘all the pressure I can’ means ‘all the pressure I can without taking his head off’! Some people have complained that Spider-Man holding back when fighting Kingpin is a retcon, but it’s one that makes too much sense to not be the case, honestly.
It’s long been established that Spidey is always pulling his punches and holding back on his strength when fighting people (especially those without powers) because if he used his full strength he would probably kill them with one punch. I think in the Amazing Fantasy 16-18 mini-series the first time he punched someone he used his full strength and almost killed them, and he was horrified.
Didn’t Spider-man once catch an airplane? ** Ah, here we go: https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/7/72524/3750840-9054649110-33811.jpg
Considering that Spidey was for a short time able to hold up the Daily Bugle at its corner, he ought to be able to break any bone in Fisk’s body. Maybe Fisk or Ox could be a threat when Spidey was a teen, but Back in Black demonstrated that Spidey could kill Fisk any time Spidey wanted.