Amazing Spider-Man #638

[flint_marko]

This is from Amazing Spider-Man #638 by Quesada and Paolo Rivera.


On the day of their wedding, Peter gets knocked out fighting the criminal from the first look who was released from the cop's car by the red bird.

Comments

[terrykun]

....I'm sorry, what?

[glprime]

This is apparently what Mephisto caused to happen on their wedding day, so that's why they never got married.

[shadowpsykie]

*sigh*

why did i look......

[zechs80]

Sorry Quesada. They still got married in my mind.

[cyberghostface]

Ugh.

Mary Jane didn't ask Peter to make the deal, Peter guilt-tripped Mary Jane into going along with it.

Nice attempt at damage control, Joe.

Guilt trip

[nefrekeptah]

I know you think that, but I never saw that, and the writers certainly didn't intend that.

[hyperactivator]

That was it?!

WEAK!

And so Stupid!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx_UJxuQGXo

This stupid!

Why?

Why!?

All these years for he got clonked on the head and didn't make it and leave him alone!?

WHY!?

[silverzeo]

NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NOOOO! NOOOOO! NINE! NAUGHT! NO! (cough) Sorry sorew throat. Let NC cover for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZXlVTtU0k#t=18s

[shadowpsykie]

i realy Hope Mephisto messes with Peter, or accidently runs into him in the Market... (he's an AVENGER he HAS to meet Mephisto at some point) thus making the deal null and void (or make everyone else wonder why the hell mephisto ducks out every time Peter shows up)

[mrdave2176.livejournal.com]

THIS!

[xammax]

Wait so they stayed in a committed relationship for all that time and it never came up:

Sorry MJ I was knocked out, do over?


Seriously WTF?

[protogarrett]

Peter, just check yourself into a hospital and play "I got mugged." You have the bruises to prove it. Afterwards, tell MJ what happened. Ta-daa.

[protogarrett]

*insert Rage Cat*

[mullon]

But "leave him alone" is so vague.

[sherkahn]

Clever Mephisto. By ret-conning the marriage, he ret-conned the deal.

[twyst]

haha, this joke is funny. what a funny joke.

[punishermax]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

This is so fucking incredible. Jesus Christ. Quesada is the best troll EVER.

This literally makes NO SENSE.

Like absolutely none. At all. This is beyond words.

Hulk was gonna make a review but he's been laughing for the past twenty minutes.

[khamelea]

Hulk the laughiest there is.

[dorksidefiker]

I'm gonna be over here banging my head against the desk until this actually makes sense.

[protogarrett]

This is the kind of pain it maks me feel:
http://i31.tinypic.com/mja4o4.jpg

[fifthie]

Someone who's looked already tip me off here:

On a scale of one to puke on my office clothes, how painful is it going to be if I actually read the scans in the OP?

[punishermax]

If you want to read the dumbest thing then just look up yonder.

Because this is The Dumbest Thing.

[crabby_lioness]

Fail.

[acton]

Everybody stay calm and wait for the inevitable retcon of this retcon.

[protogarrett]

"It was all a dream. MU comics have been laced with acid for YEARS. You have no proof that Quesada did this! None. Nope. NO YOU DON'T! LALALALALALALALALALA!"

[sherkahn]

I will be attending ComicCon this weekend in SD. There will be press. And there will be the Westboro Baptist Church, (friend to no one and rabid source of intolerance). And I will be presenting them this turd of a comic, and pointing them towards the gates.

Have fun storming the castle, boys.

Quesada, you've had this coming for quite a while.
Reap the whirlwind, reap the whirlwind.

[abbadie]

Get it on video!!! S_D will love you for it.

[darkblade]

Right I'll just be over here writing fan fic about how Sora, Donald and Goofy find the Marvel universe and fix everything.

[darkknightjrk]

Heh, I just started playing the first game, actually, and I'd already want to see that. :D

[jaybee3]

I can't even really comment on this. There's no point. Joe Q and the Marvel "braintrust" only mock those who have problems with OMD and yet they can't seem to leave it alone. It's like they know they need MJ and re-visiting OMD to boost lagging sales but they're angry they have to use MJ and OMD to boost lagging sales. This explains nothing and making MJ the "villain" by making the deal means nothing because EVERYONE knows she only did because Peter wanted it. And the top super-hero in your company should not be making deals with the devil. It's very un-heroic, even if you say MJ did it. Nothing short of reversing it (even without the marriage coming back) will change that.

[skalja]

There are several moments in the comic which really can't be interpreted as anything but a dig at marriage fans.

Morgoth's review:

[halialkers]

GREETINGS PUNY HILDOR. I AM MORGOTH, SUBSTITUTING FOR THE HULK BECAUSE HE CANNOT FORM WORDS. WHERE I AM A LITERAL PHYSICAL INCARNATION OF EVIL SO INDULGING IN THE MISERY IS ALL TO THE GOOD.

I FIND THIS STORY COMPLETELY CONFUSING AND DO NOT UNDERSTAND A WORD OF IT. SPIDER-MAN GETS ONE HELL OF A THUMP ON HIS NOGGIN AND CANNOT GET MARRIED? GOOD GOD, IT TOOK MORE THAN THAT TO KILL FINGOLFIN WHEN HE WAS FIGHTING *ME* THE SATAN FIGURE OF ANOTHER PLANET.

MEPHISTO HAS TOO MUCH TIME ON HIS HANDS, HENCE HE DICKS AROUND WITH MARRIAGES AND DOES THINGS IN ORDER TO GIVE CHEAP ANSWERS TO STORIES WHICH ARE BEST DONE WITH ACTUAL TIME AND THOUGHT INVESTED IN THEM. HE IS AN OFFENSE TO ALL WHO *TRULY* CLAIM LEADERSHIP OF AN EVIL CONSISTING OF MORE THAN POKING THE POODLE.

HE DID NOT EVEN POOL THIS INTO HELPING OTHER VILLAINS OR EVEN HIMSELF. THE ONLY ENTERTAINING PART OF THIS IS OSBORN'S EXPRESSION.

NOW, THAT SAID, READ THE RECENT THANOS STORIES IF YOU WANT REAL HEROIC AND VILLAINOUS DEEDS WORTHY OF THE NAME.

OH, AND MAY I NOTE AS WELL THAT I AM AMUSED AGAIN THAT THE ONLY THING DEMON LORDS FIND TO DO WITH THEIR TIME IS CAUSE DIVORCES. SERIOUSLY, WHAT IS THIS? CHRISTIANITY COMICS?

Re: Morgoth's review:

[punishermax]

HULK WOULD LIKE THANK WEIRD GOD OF DEATH FOR REVIEW COMIC FOR HULK. HULK HAVE PERSONAL PROBLEM THAT INVOLVE READING THIS COMIC THEN HAVING HEART ATTACK AFTER LAUGHING TOO HARD. THOUGH HULK NOT APPRECIATE FACT THAT MORRGOTH EAT LAST FIG NEWTON. JUST CAUSE YOU AVATAR OF DEATH NOT MEAN YOU CAN'T BE DOUCHEBAG.

ANYWAY, HULK LIKE IDEA OF PETER HITTING HEAD AND THAT A REASON HE MISS MARRIAGE. IT REMIND HULK OF HANGOVER. IN FACT, IF YOU READ ENTIRE RUN OF BND WITH ZACH GALIFINAKIS VOICING PETER IT MAKE ENTIRE THING WORTHWHILE.

ALSO, AS MORTHEFUCK SAY, MEPHISTO NEED JOB. IT NICE KNOW THAT SATAN SPEND DAY FUCKING UP MARRIAGES. DOES HE STAND NEAR STRIP CLUBS AND FORCE MEN IN TO GET DICKS SUCKED? THEN CACKLE EVILLY? HOW THIS CONTRIBUTE TO EVIL TAKEOVER OF EARTH? HE JUST ENJOY WATCHING MEN CHEAT ON WIVES? DOES HE VIDEO TAPE IT? DEVIL KIND OF GROSS.

[thanekos]

if nothing else, Mephisto's indirect manipulation of Eddie Muerte proves that he's surprisingly intricate about these things

[darklorelei]

Wait, what?

[shadowpsykie]

he was the red bird

[carnivorousgiraffe]

You know, to be fair, if she's not able to trust Peter and understand his lifestyle at this point, she really shouldn't be marrying him.

So, ya know, if you ignore pretty much everything about Mary-Jane's characterization and the development of their relationship before this mess, it totally works!

*sigh*

*chants*theartisprettytheartisprettytheartispretty...

[ar_feiniel]

The cell phones are throwing me off. Curse you sliding time-line!

[darklorelei]

And yet, the dress remains the same! *shudder*

[his-spiffyness.livejournal.com]

Oh Gods, what is Quesada thinking releasing this right before he confronts the ravening crowds of Comic Con?

To be fair...

[roguefankc]

They won't kill him (I'm pretty sure he's got good security guys watching him 24/7 and the crowds, however mad they will be, won't do anything...too violent).

...I hope.

[crinos]

Yeah, cause it would totally be out of the question for them to just... I don't know, TRY AGAIN.

I mean I'm sure MJ would understand that Peter got knocked the fuck out.

Also, you know they just threw that MJ part in to give them a loophole, because you just KNOW Mephisto is gonna fuck with Peter again.

[arilou_skiff]

Hmmm, while I agree, I don't think it's neccessarily *implausible* that they end up delaying the marriage... And then one or the other simply dropping the idea. I have seen it happen with acquintances (they're all set to get married, planning and all, then something deflates the plans and it just sort of never happens)

Especially since it's a pretty stark reminder (for MJ) of precisely what being married to a superhero would entail, and even back then she WAS pretty jittery about the entire thing. (Now, partially because back then the writers wanted an out)