Where’s the spider-sense when you need it? Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #193 Published: c. March, 1979? Cover Date: June, 1979 “The Wings of the Fearsome Fly!” Writer: Marv Wolfman Artist: Keith Pollard Inker: Jim Mooney […]
You don’t usually hear about “chest expansion” when Spidey’s powers are mentioned. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #14 Published: c. May, 1964? Cover Date: July, 1964 “The Grotesque Adventure of the Green Goblin” Writer: Stan Lee […]
Friendly reminder that Peter was absolutely jacked during the majority of the Ditko run. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #9 Published: c. December, 1961? Cover Date: February, 1962 “The Man Called Electro!” Writer: Stan Lee Artist: […]
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@Andrew C – Well, George was under control of the Winkler device so he had no free will for any of his actions during that time. And when he was freed from the device I think he said that he didn’t remember anything he did while under its control, which is pretty standard for any fictional mind-control – sometimes they’re aware of everything they’re doing but unable to stop it, but usually they don’t have any memory of what they did. So I don’t blame Stan for writing this.
@Andrew,
Well to be fair, it was the Silver Age, standards for storytelling and dialogue in comics have changed a lot since then. Lee’s writing is definitely dated in a lot of ways, but it’s still entertaining to read, which is more than I can say for a lot of other comics of the time.
George Stacy had amnesia too?? And thought Peter attacked him???
I understand we look at the Stan Lee era with rose-colored glasses, but boy oh boy there were some REALLY clunky subplots and dialogue.