Re: Spider-Man 558

On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:17:38 -0700 (PDT), argento32
<aaronpynn32@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On May 27, 10:39 am, EB <rickblac...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 27, 11:35 am, grinningdemon <grinningde...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Mon, 26 May 2008 09:36:23 -0700 (PDT), argento32
I applaud you for trying the first few issues. You gave it a chance,
you didnt enjoy it, but at least you gave it a chance. Wish more fans
were like you..

Again, plenty of people gave it a chance...and had this same reaction.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Same here. I have the first 3 issues after BND. It doesn't hold my
interest.
There is no suspense. No Peter Parker characterization.
There is just something missing and I don't know what it is.
And don't give me the crap about sticking with the story. I can handle
a slow story for about one or 2 issues.
After issue 4 and nothing much is happening, color me gone.
Say what you what about JMS, but I can tell you when the Morlun arc
was happening,
I was glued to the storyline.
When I was reading the part when Pete was calling his Aunt May at the
payphone, he was actually saying good-bye to her becasue he didn't
think he'd survive the night.
Even in CW, I felt empathy for Peter and worried about him when he
unmasked himself on national televison.
These are stories that make you feel for the character.
This Spider-man in BND leaves me cold.

A lttle off topic, but not much. I got a hold of the first 50 issues
of Fantastic Four since I have NEVER read them before. You can't
believe how much of a story is told in each issue. An incredible joy
to read!

EB

I liked Ben Reilly. It was just stupid to do an about face and kill
him. Maximum Carnage was the worse type of cross-over, it was a
complete waste of space guest stars thrown in to promote other books.
An overly long story. It plane sucked and left me feeling much cheaper
then any retcon.

I liked Ben Reilly too...until they went and made him the real Peter
Parker and had him take over as Spiderman...once that happened, I lost
interest...and I'm surprised you liked it given it required tossing
out Spidey's entire traditional supporting cast and heading off in a
totally new direction...pretty much the polar opposite of the BND you
like so much.

Maximum Carnage certainly wasn't a very good story (and it was way to
long) but it's not even close to the worst Spiderman story (even up to
that point)...and the only characters I can think of that was a part
of that crossover who had their own book other than Spiderman himself
were a couple of New Warriors...all the rest were just extraneous
characters who had been orbiting the Spidey books for years (decades
in some cases).
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: May (Was: Any thoughts about BT?)
    ... ASM 54. ... part of Peter Parker's character. ... Spiderman always sells...the sales aren't any better than before OMD ... At that time I started to get the original books. ...
    (rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe)
  • Re: Spider-Man 558
    ... This Spider-man in BND leaves me cold. ... complete waste of space guest stars thrown in to promote other books. ... long) but it's not even close to the worst Spiderman story (even up to ... that point)...and the only characters I can think of that was a part ...
    (rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe)
  • Re: What Is This Problem With Mary Jane?
    ... can repeat the geek fantasy all over with a new lady, ... the people who grew up watching Peter Parker ... could easily spin off into new books. ... ....or they could just read Ultimate Spiderman instead. ...
    (rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe)
  • Re: Green Arrow & Black Canary - Partial Reverse Plotting?
    ... Spiderman Clone Saga was a good reason for me to drop most of their ... all I get is the G.I.Joe books from Devils Due and the IDW ... I pretty much exclusively read Marvel books for years (I actually ... Marvel seems even more determined to never let their characters move ...
    (rec.arts.comics.dc.universe)
  • Re: Branch of English or a Separate Language?
    ... > Sounds like many of us have been misled, Peter. ... Many books on "learning" a handful of characters try to make pictures ...
    (sci.lang)