Amazing Spider-Man #673

[flint_marko]

Peter goes after Strange, demanding to know how Carlie could have uncovered his identity after his spell.



The thing he has to do is give MJ the antidote, since she still has her spider-powers.

Also, Kaine is now scarless, and from the looks of it I'm guessing he's going to be the new Scarlet Spider. I liked what they did with Kaine when they brought him back (before 'killing' him off), but I'm not too crazy about prettifying him and making him some sort of superhero. And why tease the possibility of bringing Ben back?

And Julia Carpenter, the new Madame Web (I still don't understand why they had to kill off the old one and make her the new one) apologizes to Peter about the loss that's to come.

Comments

[crabby_lioness]

Those top two pages are the first time I've ever really liked the character.

Of course she's probably not gone for good. Probably will be right back after a six-issue arc.

[q99]

Well, as an *ex* who knows he's spider-man, she could be more interesting.

Could be that..

[steverodgers5]

Maybe she's being set up to be the new Jean DeWolfe? i.e Spidey's friend on the force. Who this time knows who he is.

I say friend. But obviously it's gonna be while before they're on civil terms again.

Bet she feels pretty bad about getting that tatoo now..Instant reminder of why she broke up!

[equinox216]

Well, as an *ex* who knows he's spider-man, she could be more interesting.

Except that's basically what Venom has always been.

/cue boombox in the rain

[q99]

A less-stalkery ex :)

[equinox216]

Honestly, if they managed to avoid the "oh crazy ex girlfriend" vibe that'd be squared by the combo, 'Symbiote+Carlie' could be an interesting exploration.

I have no real belief that they'd manage to do it SKILLFULLY, at this point, though, so it'll go in the "Wouldn't it be great if?" vault.

[q99]

Can you imagine a story about an ex with a symbiont obsessed over her ex, only she's actually over him and wants to put it well behind her, the symbiont keeps trying to get them back together, no-one believes her when she says it's all the symbiont and she's over him, not even him, and she *hates* it?

(When the symbiont isn't being all stalker-y they can get along fine, have fun, fight crime, then it sees something that reminds it of *him*...)

[equinox216]

As played by Meg Ryan, no less. Just rewrite 'Addicted to Love' and cast Matthew Broderick as the symbiont.

(Which would be a very different kind of movie than if you rewrote 'When Harry Met Sally' and made BILLY CRYSTAL the symbiont.)