Mary Jane in Spider-Man: Blue

[sandoz_iscariot.insanejournal.com]

In my last post I shared Peter and Mary Jane's first date, now here's Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's take on their early relationship from Spider-Man: Blue. I'm honestly not a fan of the writing (for starters, the "guy holed up in the dark attic making tapes for his dead girlfriend" framing device struck me as creepy rather than bittersweet) but I love how Sale draws MJ.












Peter and MJ then see some supervillain shenanigans on the television.

Comments

[hammster.livejournal.com (from insanejournal.com)]

meehh, this just makes Peter look like way more of a dick than I ever want to picture him being :C

[starwolf_oakley.insanejournal.com]

Peter acting like a dick is difficult for most fans. Yes, Peter Parker is supposed to be an everyman, but he's a very moral everyman who is obsessed with acting responsible.

Trying to do the responsible thing at the right time (often involving a rampaging super-villain), resulting in another responsible thing NOT being done, can make Peter *seem* like a dick to other characters. But *we* know he not a dick... until they decide to start writing him like one.