Amazing Spider-Man Ends With Issue #700

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

The neighborhood friendly Spidy has been going through some really weird shit, hasn't he?

Just see movie Bob's stuff about him. Sells away his marriage to MJ to the devil, without negative repurcussions. Appearing and disappearing daughter. Impossible to follow continuity.

I have a silver age fan buddy that is going to hit the roof!

That's what I mean though!

He's practically one of the few main Marvel characters that goes through the weirdest and dumbest crap.

Poor Spidy can't catch a break.

I just wrote all my nerd buddies with a link to this writing, "they just outa have turned his costume black again... or something.

Seriously.

I'm having horrible flashbacks of when Spidy and Wolverine switched bodies, for some reason, and Wolverine was hitting on MJ.

*Shudders*

 

[V8 Ninja]

"This will get retconned. This will get retconned to the sun. Twice."

-- My first thoughts upon finishing to read the story

 

[emeraldrafael]

Yeah I dont care. This will most likely be poorly received, they'll retcon or something and bring parker back and we'll be back where we were after a huge mess.

the story itself is interesting, or at least the idea on some level. but it will run its novelty course quickly i would think.

 

[TecnoMonkey]

Despite Spidey being my favorite super hero I don't read his comics, or any comic series for that matter and today I'm glad I don't because I would probably be infuriated by this... dumb... assinine idea. Does Marvel not like money? I thought Amazing Spider-Man was already a bad title (really, why have the Amazing there), but SUPERIOR Spider-Man... so not only are they using a stupid idea for their new comic, but they are also using a worse title that manages to shit on one of the most beloved super heroes ever.

 

[gorfias]

Seriously.

I'm having horrible flashbacks of when Spidy and Wolverine switched bodies, for some reason, and Wolverine was hitting on MJ.

*Shudders*

I got that beat regarding Spidey... how about the time he... naw. Nope. Shudder. That freaks me out too! I'd still love to read it. Wolverine with Spiderman's powers. Interesting.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

Seriously.

I'm having horrible flashbacks of when Spidy and Wolverine switched bodies, for some reason, and Wolverine was hitting on MJ.

*Shudders*

I got that beat regarding Spidey... how about the time he... naw. Nope. Shudder. That freaks me out too! I'd still love to read it. Wolverine with Spiderman's powers. Interesting.

It's kinda cool, but it's just super creepy and Wolverine was totally creeping on MJ.

And to think they had a good thing going after One More Day with Amazing Spiderman.

NOPE!

 

[Redd the Sock]

Yeah, been there, done that, got the stopwatch out. Granted I think this will last longer than some of the shorter term shakeups to the status quo which lasted 2 months, but I'll be shocked if Pete's not back by 2014. We're being trolled by the marketing again, and while it doesn't make this any less stupid, any reader of Marvel for the last 30 years looks at a death and asks "how long do you think this will last?"

Heck, I might be forgiving of this had it been a better villain. Ock's spent a lot of time in a very one dimensional place. He could beat Spidey easily, but has spent too much time on the "I'm crazy so I'll conquer the world" side of villainy for me to see him with any depth. Eddie Brock, Harry Osborne, Norman Osborne, Kaine (reformed now) those might make things interesting. Doc Ock, It's going to be hard to see any new moral view as anything but forced.

 

[faefrost]

hang on guys...
there's a pharse on the tip of my tongue...
oh yeah!!!
COMICS
ARE
WEEEIIIIIRRRRDDDDDDD!!!!

Sums it up pretty well...

That was my thought. This sounds as bad and as idiotic as the Clone Sage. The online comic cliche more stupid than clones is "body switching". This is why I stopped giving them my money monthly.

 

[Ironbat92]

Meh, Peter will be back. I give him a year or two. Remember, Comic Book characters die and come back all the time.

 

[AldUK]

The artists and story-writers for these things are always desperate to think of ways to bring in new fans, they brainstorm and test countless wacky ideas and lose track of what made the hero popular to begin with, he fights bad guys and saves the day.

This'll be ret-conned in no time, I guarantee. Not that I'll be there to see it, because I don't read comic books.

 

[Ken_J]

Wow... I guess I'm the only one who thinks this is kind of interesting. As a huge Spider-man fan, I've got to say that rehashing the same-old stories in slightly different ways (Yes, the Spider-man / Symbiote story was interesting the first time, but has gotten tiresome since with Toby McGuire leading the way of suck) is pretty old hat. If they've got a Doc Ock with some of Spider-man's morality, trying to live in his shoes... you've got yourself a pretty interesting story especially if it is to stay.

Money is the name of the game, which is why they keep bringing back Superman, Batman, Hal Jordan... but we're not really losing Spider-man, he was just technically replaced a little bit. Like if "The Last Son of Krypton" had completely replaced Superman after his death. Kind of interesting.

Plus... we've got all the other series to keep on watching pure Spider-man. Peter Parker will probably make an actual return, but if he does I would prefer a Clone storyline instead of a complete backup to where we were.

You know your right. One More Day was bad because it hit the rest button so hard it blew up in their face. This story line is taking spider-man in a new direction. New stories NEED to happen, even if they're bad they add something to character.

And lets ask the question why is this a bad idea. Because the mantle of spider-man is replaced? That isn't a bad thing, that is just a Thing. It has been done horridly (Knightfall, Jason Todd, and the Supergirl debacle) but it has been done well, (Blue Beetle, The Flash, and War Machine).

The bad spider-man series where bad not because of the premise, which is the only thing we know, but the execution. Clone saga dragged and One More Day was just written poorly. They easily could have been great with another rewrite or something. Superior sounds like an idea with some great potential, lets just give it a Goddamn chance.

 

[VoidWanderer]

So many things wrong with this...

The first thing is the 'Superior Spiderman'. Seriously, what idiot came up with that? The 'Fabulous Spider-man' sounds better, and hell, I'd probably read those. The 'Superior' part of this smacks a lot of Magneto and his view of Mutants and Mankind.

Secondly, when I saw the logo of the title, I couldn't help but think 'You could at least finishing the damn title!'. It is really depressing that htis got through QA.

Thirdly, the story-arc... C'mon guys! How many times are you going to pull the same thing? This is Ben Reilly all over again, speaking of which, where the hell is he?

*Shudder* I can see them trying to 'fix' this. Ben Reilly, who is probably dead, comes back, beats up the now evil Spidey and ta-da Peter is back.

I am torn between two desires... Buying popcorn for the 'Big Picture' episode on this, or crying the feotal position over the idiotic idea.

 

[Beautiful End]

*Ahem*

COMICS. ARE. WEIIIIIIRD!

See, I see myself as a geek. But I cannot get into comic books for the life of me. With all the complicated stories, random p[lot twists, alternate dimensions, alter egos and death not really being an issue, I cannot become interested in a single comic book. How do I know what I'm reading is significant? How do I know it will be permanent? How do I know the writes won't pull a random p[lot twist? How do I know if this is considered the main plot without someone saying the opposite later on?

Hell, all I'm interested to know about Spidey is that he's peter Parker, he likes Mary Jane, he got superpowers and fights random super villains and he ends up marrying Mary Jane after all. Stacy and J. J. Jameson can come along too.
Basically, the story from the movies. The first trilogy. And yes, regardless of the movies' quality, I think the plot was easy to follow.
And now we're getting spin-offs of that too. *Sigh*

#flameshield

 

[Baron_BJ]

Seriously.

I'm having horrible flashbacks of when Spidy and Wolverine switched bodies, for some reason, and Wolverine was hitting on MJ.

*Shudders*

I got that beat regarding Spidey... how about the time he... naw. Nope. Shudder. That freaks me out too! I'd still love to read it. Wolverine with Spiderman's powers. Interesting.

It's kinda cool, but it's just super creepy and Wolverine was totally creeping on MJ.

And to think they had a good thing going after One More Day with Amazing Spiderman.

NOPE!

You think that's bad? The story he's referring to is an Ultimate Spider-Man story (it was done as a joke [they even said so at the start of all the issues that this story took place in], but it's still part of continuity, part of the joke being that it's played "relatively" straight), in this world Wolverine is just under a 100 years old and Mary Jane is 15. FUN.

 

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

And this is why I primarily read manga. Apparently Linkara's reaction is just pure apathy; OMD killed his interest so bad he just doesn't give a shit anymore. Though he also gives this change six months to a year. More than likely sales will tank so bad they're forced to return the status quo.

 

[bat32391]

So Doctor Octopus is the new Spiderman? Who the hell came up with that idea? I would of preferred Venom taking full control then something stupid like this.

 

[redmoretrout]

This doesn't sound like anything shocking, or even unusual to be honest. For anyone who doesn't know how ridiculous comics are look at the plot premise of "All Star Superman" (Which is adored by fans) and compare it to the premise of "Superior Spider-man". Then attempt to explain to me why one is gold and the other is ridiculous contrived shit.






All Star Superman plot summary = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-Star_Superman

 

[aceman67]

Its story lines like this that make me glad I only read the Ultimate Universe marvel comics.

Sure the Ultimate comics have their issues, but at least they don't have stuff as contrived as this!

The Ultimate universe is also home to the greatest comic book character of all time: Ultimate Aunt May. My reasoning can be summed up in them two greatest scenes in the entire run of the Ultimate Spider-Man, but sadly, on the series' darkest issues:

Spoiler: Clicky clickly...

Yes, thats Captain America she's *****-slapping

Manly tears were shed...

 

[BreakfastMan]

"This is our answer to the age old question as to how we're going to make something worse than One More Day" said Dan Slott, the writer on Amazing Spider-Man.

There will be nothing as worse as One More Day.

Nothing.

OT: ...What?

The neighborhood friendly Spidy has been going through some really weird shit, hasn't he?

You think this is bad? You need to read more of the "X" series. Any one of them, X-Factor, X-Men, Exiles, New Mutants, Excalibur, Alpha Flight, X-Force, whatever.