The odd thing is that Doc Ock takes over Peter's body in a mind/conscience transference kind of thing and learns to his amazement what it means to be good and becomes the new Spider Man. This issue will end the title. The new Spider Men appears in Superior Spider Man #1.
Spider Man/Peter Parker is one of the iconic super heroes; not only has he been around for a very long while, but his character is the youth in us all. Killing him seems a bit, well, predictable.Stories are hard to write; coming up with creative adventures for a character who has been around for so long is difficult. Of course if Marvel would work a little harder at getting a larger audience...a younger audience...then perhaps they could continue to utilize many of the already existing if explored themes.
700 issues. What a run.
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Ugh. I have so many problems with this whole Spider Man thing. This is the first I'm hearing about the event.
I never collected Spider Man comics religiously. The closest I came to collecting Spider Man comics was the Todd McFarlane "Torment" story arc in 1990. But I've always appreciated the character in other media.
But the mind transfer thing? Stupid, stupid, stupid. And Doctor Octopus being the "new" Spider Man? Oh brother. Why not have a Peter Parker clone or something? Wouldn't that be a better option than the "Freaky Friday" thing? Ugh ugh ugh.
This also begs the question: when does the real Peter Parker come back to life? Because you know that's going to happen. You are dead on (no pun intended) when you mentioned the "death as character development" cliche in comic books. And that cliche usually includes a resurrection of some sort.
And "Superior Spider Man"?!?! Could there be a dumber title? Why not "Stupendous" or "Super Awesome-sauce"?! I need to curl up into a ball somewhere.
Ugh. I have so many problems with this whole Spider Man thing. This is the first I'm hearing about the event.
I never collected Spider Man comics religiously. The closest I came to collecting Spider Man comics was the Todd McFarlane "Torment" story arc in 1990. But I've always appreciated the character in other media.
But the mind transfer thing? Stupid, stupid, stupid. And Doctor Octopus being the "new" Spider Man? Oh brother. Why not have a Peter Parker clone or something? Wouldn't that be a better option than the "Freaky Friday" thing? Ugh ugh ugh.
This also begs the question: when does the real Peter Parker come back to life? Because you know that's going to happen. You are dead on (no pun intended) when you mentioned the "death as character development" cliche in comic books. And that cliche usually includes a resurrection of some sort.
And "Superior Spider Man"?!?! Could there be a dumber title? Why not "Stupendous" or "Super Awesome-sauce"?! I need to curl up into a ball somewhere.
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