scans_daily: Some Spider-Man solicitations that I found...interesting

cyberghostface (

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@ 2011-12-20 01:12 pm UTC

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char: dr. octopus/otto octavius, char: spider-man/miles morales, char: spider-man/peter parker, creator: brian michael bendis, creator: dan slott, creator: sara pichelli, creator: stefano caselli, title: amazing spider-man, title: ultimate comics spider-man

Some Spider-Man solicitations that I found...interesting

First up is Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, where we meet the new Ultimate Scorpion. I say "new" because we already met one before and he was a genetically modified clone of Peter Parker.

...whaaaa?

I mean, I'm all for more realistic redesigns, but really? Why not just make him a new character entirely?

Finally, over in Amazing Spider-Man #682, we're getting "The Next Big Spider-Man Event", titled "The Ends of the Earth" featuring none other than the dying Dr. Octopus.

The solicitation reads "The Doc Ock Story You’ve Waited 50 Years For! Doctor Otto Octavius Holds The Entire Earth Hostage With His Dying Breath. What Price Will Spider-Man Have To Pay To Buy The Whole World One More Day?" (emphasis mine)

This whole "Dr. Octopus is dying" storyline has been going on for far too long and has gone nowhere, so I'm happy to see it reach its conclusion. Because really, we all know that Marvel wouldn't be stupid enough to kill of Dr. Octopus, and if they do, it's only a matter of time before he comes back. At this point blowing off your head with a shotgun or getting torn in half in space isn't enough to kill you.

One good thing is hopefully this will be the end of the ridiculous 'Gimp Ock' look that he's been touting for the last couple of years.

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	no subject mrosa 2011-12-20 07:02 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, no, a bodybuilder with a chain is threatening Spider-Man! Call the Avengers! And hasn't Doctor Octopus been dying since the '90s? The last time I followed Spider-Man with attention was during the early stages of the Clone Saga, and the man was dying there. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 13 comments) (Show 13 comments)

	no subject cyberghostface 2011-12-20 07:12 pm UTC (link)
	I recall him getting killed by Kaine during the Clone Saga but not him dying of an illness. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject freezer 2011-12-20 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	He actually died back then. Then the new female Doc Ock was introduced. Then the original got better (somehow). So yeah; Seen it, Marvel! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

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eyz
2011-12-20 08:30 pm UTC (link)

Oh, yeah! Had totally forgotten that female Octopus! What happened to her?
And also, wasn't Ock cured at that time, like you said, when he came back? Did he get worse or the next writers just forgot all about it?

Also, not liking that new Scorpion, not one bit.
Now, if they'd call him "Ultimate Kraven" (was he already Ultimat-ified? I can never keep track of these things) or simply an all new character...

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	no subject cyberghostface 2011-12-20 08:38 pm UTC (link)
	Ultimate Kraven's been around since the sixteenth issue. Again, I don't think Doc Ock was ever dying from a fatal illness prior to this. He died when Kaine snapped his neck and then ninjas resurrected him, but he was never 'sick'. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject biod 2011-12-20 10:02 pm UTC (link)
	I think she was reintroduced a little while back, though that could be my brain playing tricks on me. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject darkknightjrk 2011-12-20 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	If I remember correctly, it was introduced in ASM #600, that basically all the blows to the head he's taken over the years has given him brain cancer and his body was slowly deteriorating. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

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dr_archeville
2011-12-20 09:24 pm UTC (link)

Brain cancer... from being punched in the head a lot?

They didn't go with "the originally radiation accident that initially fused his harness to his spine has been slowly killing him, like Luthor's Kryptonite ring"?

(And if "lots of punches to the head" is the cause, why don't a lot more superheroes & supervillains have it?)

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	no subject cyberghostface 2011-12-20 09:36 pm UTC (link)
	Something like how being punched repeatedly stopped his body from healing from the radiation. Funny thing is, since he was resurrected, he installed some sort of force field around his head to prevent getting punched there. Guess he forgot to turn it on. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject darkknightjrk 2011-12-20 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	I could be wrong on the cancer part, but his body and brain are basically dying on him. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject jcbaggee 2011-12-21 08:08 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, the cancer wasn't an issue, it's long term brain damage. Doc Ock is, for all intents and purposes, a Genius Normal, and his opponents have super strength. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject dr_archeville 2011-12-20 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, no, a bodybuilder with a chain is threatening Spider-Man! Call the Avengers! I hope he at least has some super-strength to explain why Spidey doesn't just break out of the hold (or the chain's some super-alloy to explain why he can't break it). (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject omgwtflolbbqbye 2011-12-20 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe he undergoes/went a transformation that makes his skin have the same durability as Mac's suit? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject fifthie 2011-12-21 06:30 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe Bendis just forgot his hero character has super-strength like he's done repeatedly since forever. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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