Honesty is the best policy. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #259 Published: c. September, 1984? Cover Date: December, 1984 “All My Pasts Remembered!” Writer: Tom DeFalco Artist: Ron Frenz Inker: Joe Rubinstein Letterer: Joe Rosen Colorist: […]
The agony! Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #214 Published: c. December, 1980? Cover Date: March, 1981 “Then Shall We Both Be Betrayed!” Writer: Denny O’Neil Artist: John Romita Jr. Inker: Jim Mooney Letterer: Jim Novak Colorist: […]
Reunited and it feels so good. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #50 Published: c. February, 2003? Cover Date: April, 2003 “Doomed Affairs” Writer: J. Michael Straczynski Artist: John Romita Jr. Inker: Scott Hanna Letterer: Richard Starkings […]
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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They really played up the connection between Doc Ock and Aunt May for a while, probably to give Peter more of a personal reason to hate him. In the days before Venom and Norman regularly plagued Peter’s personal life, Doc Ock having a weird romance with May was probably the biggest invasion a villain had managed of it. Of course, it wasn’t quite as devastating as hijacking his body..
@hornacek: He technically wasn’t her boarder the second time. He just showed up at her place looking like a bum, took a shower, and got his Doc Ock outfit back (it was a package he had previously sent to her and she kept it for him).
@Adam – So there were 2 separate incidents when Doc Ock was Aunt May’s boarder? Somehow I had merged them into one. But that makes sense, plus I didn’t notice that this panel was from #54, almost 100 issues before that Doc-Ock-as-homeless-nuclear-explosion-survivor story.
@hornacek: The Colonel Chicken feast happened during Len Wein’s run.
Based on previous Spider History episodes, I expected Doc Ock to be eating a bucket of “Colonel Chicken”. Maybe that was a different panel/issue?
I’m surprised Aunt May didn’t turn to Peter and reply in disgust to the name “Dr. Octopus.” (“You mean ‘Octavius,’ dear.”)