These crazy kids need to stop for a minute and take a deep breath.
Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #37
Published: c. April, 1966?
Cover Date: June, 1966
“Once Upon a Time, There Was a Robot…!”
Plot: Steve Ditko
Script: Stan Lee
Artist: Steve Ditko
Inker: Steve Ditko
Letterer: Artie Simek
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I hope it only hurts for a minute for their sakes. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #16 Published: c. July, 1964? Cover Date: September, 1964 “Duel with Daredevil” Writer: Stan Lee Artist: Steve Ditko Inker: Steve […]
This narration is very Twilight Zone-esque. Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #147 Published: c. November, 1988? Cover Date: February, 1989 “When the Bugle Blows” Writer: Gerry Conway Artist: Sal Buscema Inker: Sal Buscema Letterer: Rick Parker […]
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
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
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I figure Ditko for your basic curmudgeon. I wonder if the Objectivism caused that, or amplified it.
This is twice in as many days as I’ve mentioned this podcast, but on the ASM Classics episode covering ASM #39 they spend a lot of time talking about how everybody gets a lot nicer now that Ditko is off the book. It’s really jarring going from #38 to #39 where Flash, Harry, Gwen, and especially Peter were rude, but post-Ditko they’re all either apologizing or thinking “Hey, X is acting differently now, maybe I was wrong about them.”
Ditko’s version of Peter Parker was a real smart-mouth. A mixture of editorial admiration, self-pity, and the needless needling of other people. I think this version of Peter pretty much evaporated as soon as Ditko left the series. However, it makes me see again how totally out-of-whack-with-history Slott’s weak, bungling version of Peter was.
This better be the last page of the current Gwen Stacey series.