A little history lesson for you today. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #22 Published: c. January, 1965? Cover Date: March, 1965 “Preeeeeesenting… The Clown, and His Masters of Menace!” Writer: Stan Lee Artist: Steve Ditko Inker: […]
Another window broken! Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #75 Published: c. June, 1969? Cover Date: August, 1969 “Death Without Warning!” Writer: Stan Lee Artist: John Romita Inker: Jim Mooney Letterer: Artie Simek
Acceptance. Web of Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #6 Published: c. June, 1985? Cover Date: September, 1985 “Gold Rush!” Writer: Danny Fingeroth Artist: Mike Harris Inker: Mike Zeck, Bob Layton, Dave Simons, and Jim Mooney Letterer: Phil […]
on Panel of the Day #1615 (Splash Page Sunday!): “@Hornacek – Maybe Stan reserved the writer credit for himself.” Nov 18, 08:01
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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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Hey, Peter’s eyes are blue in this panel. Toby Maguire gets a no-prize.
I remember reading this for the first time and thinking how screwed could he be and how in the hell could that disease be ever explained!
Great tale.
The only context where radiation *not* being in the blood is a bad thing. I’ve made fun of the sheer amount of times Peter’s lost his powers and/or quit, but I guess it’s just an overused cliche in superhero fiction generally, when you have a character whose whole thing is being a superhero, I guess taking that away from them is one of the most devastating things you can do. Pretty sure this was one of many times he was losing them because of the flu though, which *is* a cliche pretty specific to Spidey, at least in his early days.
“Unmasked At Last!” Well, except for that time in ASM #12 when he was publicly unmasked.