“Polish my button” is a line for the ages. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #116 Published: c. October, 1972? Cover Date: January, 1973 “Suddenly… The Smasher!” Writer: Stan Lee and Gerry Conway Artist: John Romita Inker: […]
I’m sure we’re all feeling a little bit like this these days. Hang in there, friends! Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #81 Published: c. May, 1983? Cover Date: August, 1983 “Stalkers in the […]
Poor Gwen Stacy – either Peter is guilty and reliving her fatal fall, hallucinating about her falling, or some weirdo is cloning /reanimating her. Well now, for the first time, because you demanded it – […]
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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.