Harry still can’t catch a break. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #51 Published: c. June, 1967? Cover Date: August, 1967 “In the Clutches of… The Kingpin!” Writer: Stan Lee Artist: John Romita Inker: Mike Esposito Letterer: […]
Well, that sounds like it could be a problem! Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #102 Published: c. September, 1971? Cover Date: November, 1971 “Vampire at Large!” Writer: Roy Thomas Artist: Gil Kane Inker: Frank Giacoia Letterer: […]
Now that’s thinking on your feet! Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #316 Published: c. April, 1989? Cover Date: June, 1989 “Dead Meat” Writer: David Michelinie Artist: Todd McFarlane Inker: Todd McFarlane Letterer: Rick Parker Colorist: Bob […]
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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@hornacek — And, likewise, not that I’m particularly fond of this play, if Friar Lawrence could have just texted Romeo something along the lines of “Juliet is not dead. OMG Don’t worry. LOL” then the whole tragedy could have been avoided.
@Evan – I only used Seinfeld because I remember hearing about this website more than once (maybe it was a blog that went through every episode – kind of upset that it doesn’t exist anymore). I’m sure you could pick many pre-cellphone sitcoms and resolve most of the episodes in a few minutes if you add cellphones to them. For example, there are many Seinfeld episodes where the plot hinges on the characters being separated and not being able to communicate with each other, but this is true with many pre-cellphone series.
@hornacek — I did some research (It’s what I do), and I found this site, though it has only ten episodes listed: https://gizmodo.com/10-classic-seinfeld-episodes-that-couldnt-have-happened-5784974
I must add here that, though it originally aired through all of my teenage years, I have seen only one episode (the finale) and another part of one (when there was an overhead shot of the street and an arcade game was being moved like Frogger.) I guess I don’t really watch that much tv. I did like the the Spider-man cartoon on Fox, of course. And I just saw the first two episodes of Season 2 of The Mandalorian. (If Mark makes fun of me for not watching Seinfeld, I’m counting on you for some tag-team Shawshank Redemption quoting.)
By the way, because more than one person has told me that the predicaments I find myself in sound like something from Larry David, I’m pretty sure I understand the gist of the comedy.
I’ve heard many times that there is/was a website that went through every episode of Seinfeld and for 90% of the episodes the addition of cellphones (not even smartphones – just cellphones) resolved the main plot in 2 minutes.
@hornacek — That’s funny. It reminds me how I was thinking the other day while reading that so many of the dilemmas in literature and film could be resolved if people could just send a text message. I wonder if contemporary writers of fiction feel like some of their ability to convey, for example, a plot with suspense is hampered as technology progresses. Then again, when I was working from home I was using a cordless headset to answer phone calls, and I still managed to find a way to trip over it.
@Evan – I was listening to a podcast that reviews movies and one of them was a film from the 1990s and had a scene where someone was strangling someone with that “curly wire” and the podcaster said “Can’t do that nowadays. Thanks, smartphones!”
Also, I like how Jim Shooter’s position is given in the byline.
@hornacek — And that phone! It has some kind of curly wire attached to it! It’s like a baby’s toy!
Kids, those weird-looking rectangular things on the shelf are called “records”.
Also, Peter has a fish?