Amazing Spider-Man #24

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Comments

[nyadnar17]

I just laughed so hard when I saw this.

Man someone is REALLY salty May Parker made it into the Spiderverse movies.

we truly live in a society.

[cyberghostface]

It really is funny how one of the best-received versions of the character is one that Marvel has been adamant should not exist.

[zachbeacon]

"it's a preference, not a mandate"

-One of the editors that maintains the mandate (aka Akira)

[deh_tommy]

Come to think of it, Spider-Man as a whole across all his current media is in a pretty good spot right now outside of the core Amazing book.

[numeronone]

Not sure I'm following, where is May mentioend in these scans? Genuinely curious.

[zachbeacon]

No, it's a matter of Marvel insisting that THIS is the Spider-Man people want (Joe Q and OMD get the blame for it but it's been a problem since at least the stupid retcon where Norman had Aunt May, not Baby May) while the most popular version of Peter now is in the Sony Spiderverse movies.

[deh_tommy]

Their point is that MARVEL editorial insists on keeping Spider-Man in a stagnant state of stasis where things must largely stay the same and character relationships have to practically fight tooth and nail to progress in any meaningful way (unless it’s soap opera drama to keep the status quo in check), meanwhile pretty much every other Spider-Man story right now is getting critical acclaim for treating Peter like an adult and letting his world grow and change in meaningful ways, using Peter B. Parker as an example.

[numeronone]

I do understand and wholeheartedly agree with that. I just...don't follow the thread of logic from any part of this issue to "Mad that a cool techie May was in the Spider-Verse movie".

Unless the implication is the writer is setting up Norman as a more suitable candidate for the role of "one-person pit crew"? But that seems a bit of a stretch.

I'll wait for nyadnar to explain, I guess.

ROT13 warning

[deh_tommy]

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Re: ROT13 warning

[numeronone]

OH. Oh. Thank you. I guess I didn't make that connection...