Amazing Spider-Man #6

[cyberghostface]

 

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[scorntx]

Kingsley seems like one of those sorts who would've become a supervillain one way or another. Finding a stash of Norman's old equipment just sped up the process.
(It's good that Norman is capable of feeling some responsibility for it, but it's probably misplaced on this occasion.
... maybe it's a result of hanging around Peter. That guilt complex is contagious.)

[blues32]

Oh yeah, Pete. Your life is fantastic. How's the wife again? Oh, that's right. You sold that marriage. And she's with some guy who REALLY shouldn't exist. And bonded with Venom.

[aperturedreams]

I hate to say it but it'll only be a few more years IRL until Peter's been single as long as he was married to MJ

[alan2099]

If you want to count the times MJ had left him, was dead, or Peter wasn't even the real Peter, he's been single again longer than he ever was married.

[michael_ellis_day]

I'd like to understand what's going on in that cover image, in terms of both human anatomy and the laws of physics. Looking at it makes my brain hurt.

[alan2099]

Spider-man's body stopped obeying the laws of physics somewhere in the early 90s.

[cainofdreaming]

Around the same time McFarlane joined the team, right?

[numeronone]

Oh, it's simple! Black Cat leapt off a building, presumably to her death, and mid-save Spider-Man decided that actually he doesn't care

[lbd_nytetrayn]

Oh, good. How's that saying go again! "It's never just you"?

[cainofdreaming]

So, next issue will be Peter and the Axe Guy playing a video game from the noughties?

[beyondthefringe]

That’s right, folks. Peter Parker went from marriage to open relationships with a nurse and a cat burglar.
Remind me again whose fantasy he’s supposed to represent.

[cainofdreaming]

But at least he's now so, so relatable.

[superfangirl1]

How old is Peter Parker 616, currently? I heard it is supposed to be 28 or 29. But most writers write him as being 21.

[cyberghostface]

Canon’s wonky but he’s supposed to be around 30 at least. There’s a bit in Alias where the spider bite is mentioned as taking place 15 years ago in-universe.

[alan2099]

He's TURNED 30, I think, twice. Then after that, each time, he was later said to be mid to late twenties.

And if that bothers you, sit down sometime and try to figure out how many different Christmas's he's had.

[zachbeacon]

I just think of him as perpetually 29.

Any younger and it stretches credibility (Heck, he should probably be in his early 30s at least even with "Marvel Time")

Any older and it is just embarrassing for him.

[shakalooloo]

That last scan, scrolling down the page Axe-guy looked pretty cool, but then I got to his legs. What's up with that stance? Upper torso is sturdy, implacable, but he's standing on the balls of his feet with his legs bent to one side?

[tcampbell1000]

"NOTHING CAN GO WRONG!"

[scorntx]

"Well, maybe something can go wrong, but I'm willing to bet that not everything will go wrong. At once."

[cainofdreaming]

Next: Everything Does. At Once.

[numeronone]

At this point Norman and becoming the Green Goblin again feels like a cat and a glass of water on the countertop.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

I'm not going to lie, I think that would destroy my interest in the character, unless they come up with something new and special.

I find him so, so, SO much more interesting as a repentant ex-villain who's trying to -- and may never -- make up for the things he's done.

He makes Peter more interesting, too. Pete's usually shouldering a guilt complex big enough to make Atlas blush, but now he has to put that aside on occasion to help Norman.

[numeronone]

I agree that it's a more interesting characterisation - even if, for those of us with long memories, it feels a bit reminiscent of Ezekiel Sims - but my skepticism regarding these things makes me think it's an inevitable ticking clock down to putting the toy back in the Crazy Goblin Man box.

[cainofdreaming]

I'd suggest getting him a psychiatrist, but it's the Marvel universe so medical professionals are either villains or villains in the making.

[numeronone]

Case in point, his sanity actually drove a prominent psychiatrist into insanity!