Spider-Man Amazing Spider-Man general series discussion (spoilers)

I thought #601 was incredibly dull and I'm already finding it hard to stick with this title after two issues. I want to read Spider-Man but why is it such inconsistent rubbish? :(
 
Ice said:
The Madame Web mini-story I thought was better than the main story. And after reading it, I can see where Canuck thinks she had something to do with hiding Peter's I.D. again, but it's not. From reading the story, it looks that she sees/feels/(whatever) something's being disturbed that shouldn't be, and that 'spiders are being hunted', but nothing about her being behind Pete's re-masking.
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there was nothing in the story that made me think it was Madame Web, but Spidey has been hinting all along that someone helped him erase the memory of his identity and he mentioned in the two-parter with the FF that there was a psychic block that prevented people from figuring it out. The Spidey editors said that they would be revealing the secret this year so I've been looking for hints. The re-introduction of Madame Web after so long just seemed like a possible piece of the puzzle.
 
captaincanuck65 said:
there was nothing in the story that made me think it was Madame Web, but Spidey has been hinting all along that someone helped him erase the memory of his identity and he mentioned in the two-parter with the FF that there was a psychic block that prevented people from figuring it out. The Spidey editors said that they would be revealing the secret this year so I've been looking for hints. The re-introduction of Madame Web after so long just seemed like a possible piece of the puzzle.
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Lame, I thought she was killed by wanda.



"It's magic, we don't have to explain it."
 
ASM 601

not much happened. And for an A rated title this was pretty racy again.

But now we know for sure that MJ knows Peter is Spidey (however we knew for pretty sure after the paper doll story)...so not much happened

and we got a back-up story plugging the New Avengers. The one thing I'll say about that is that it's nice to see Spidey be written as a strong character with some depth in NA instead of the annoying comic relief all the time.
 
Anyone noticed how in #601 Peter didn't have MJ's number, and then in #602 he has it, and that Chameleon knows somehow that MJ is Mary Jane?
 
vmenge said:
Anyone noticed how in #601 Peter didn't have MJ's number, and then in #602 he has it, and that Chameleon knows somehow that MJ is Mary Jane?
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Both issues had different writers, so you can basically chalk it up to just a little miscommunication, in pertaining to the phone number thing.


As for Chameleon knowing MJ is Mary Jane...that is something very interesting...
 
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I don't know why this comic is so popular. I just don't get it.

This is like the third time I've tried it and it continues to do nothing for me.
 
ProjectX2 said:
I don't know why this comic is so popular. I just don't get it.

This is like the third time I've tried it and it continues to do nothing for me.
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The way I see it, I just look past the whole OMD thing and can really leave it "on the side" and not let it taint the enjoyment of what's going on now, even if some "pokes" at it now and then.

Of course the comic isn't perfect, but I like what the writers have done with Spider-Man since BND. I'm not sure what else I can say, maybe if I gave myself time to really put my thoughts down properly I could come up with something better.
 
ProjectX2 said:
I don't know why this comic is so popular. I just don't get it.

This is like the third time I've tried it and it continues to do nothing for me.
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It's been good at points, mediocre at points, but it's rarely been outright bad. I think the method by which they use the brain trust is refreshing. When Joe Kelley takes over the book, it's quite good, and to a lesser extent, Dan Slott and Mark Waid's stuff are enjoyable. But the near-weekly format means that if a writer you don't like takes over the book, you usually don't have to wait longer than a month or two before someone comes around more to your liking.
 
Zombipanda said:
But the near-weekly format means that if a writer you don't like takes over the book, you usually don't have to wait longer than a month or two before someone comes around more to your liking.
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That's true, though I enjoy all the writers (some more than others, of course).

Oddly enough, usually it's not much of a good thing to have different writers revolve so much in a book because there's the chance of really screwing things up. But here it works, namely because the writers actually work with others to set things straight. Yeah, sometimes someone misses something, but it's usually a minor thing.
 
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Ice said:
That's true, though I've enjoy all the writers (some more than others, of course).

Oddly enough, usually it's not much of a good thing to have different writers revolve so much in a book because there's the chance of really screwing things up. But here it works, namely because the writers actually work with other to set things straight. Yeah, sometimes someone misses something, but it's usually a minor thing.
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Agreed. I don't think any of the writers have done a bad job, just, some of them are rather bland and silly. Anti-Venom, I'm looking at you.

But you're right. It's part of the reason I'm hyped for the Gauntlet story, a bunch of different writers who've had a few years to sharpen their claws, cherry picking big name Spidey villains to write stories about.
 
Ice said:
Both issues had different writers, so you can basically chalk it up to just a little miscommunication, in pertaining to the phone number thing.


As for Chameleon knowing MJ is Mary Jane...that is something very interesting...
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Chameleon actually knew who Spider-Man was.

There was this great story where he figured it out, impersonated Peter, told Peter he loved him, and then jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge.

It's better then it sounds.
 
Well, out of BND the only arc I thought was reaaaally crappy was Bob Gale's Freak arc, it was really stupid and the fact that I don't really like Phil Jimenez only added to the dislike factor. However, I must say that the following arc by Zeb Wells and Chris Bachalo was more than awesome and completely made up for it :D

Grocer Man said:
Chameleon actually knew who Spider-Man was.

There was this great story where he figured it out, impersonated Peter, told Peter he loved him, and then jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge.

It's better then it sounds.
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In what comic did that happen? Amazing? *curious*
Still, he doesn't seem to recall knowing Peter, so still doesn't explain him knowing what MJ's initials mean :P
 
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sigh

super hero's life is left in ruins due to evil doppleganger/red kryptonite

it's sooo tired

and that cover was UGGG-LEE
(or at least MJ was UGGG-LEE on the cover)

but on the plus side, Chameleon was pretty cool in this issue
 
From the Toronto con news:

He also announced Kaine, the Jackal's first failed attempt at cloning Peter Parker in the iconic nineties storyline 'Clone Saga,' will return to Marvel U. in "Amazing Spider-Man" #608. The book launches a new arc by Marc Guggenheim entitled, 'Who was Ben Reilly?'
 
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Ice said:
From the Toronto con news:

He also announced Kaine, the Jackal's first failed attempt at cloning Peter Parker in the iconic nineties storyline 'Clone Saga,' will return to Marvel U. in "Amazing Spider-Man" #608. The book launches a new arc by Marc Guggenheim entitled, 'Who was Ben Reilly?'
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YES.

I'm a total sucker for the Clone Saga.
 
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