Amazing Spider-Man #623-624: Peter Reaps What He Sows

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New York, NY (March 1, 2010) – Marvel Comics has two words to say to Spider-Man’s alter ego Peter Parker -- You’re Fired! Beginning in Amazing Spider-Man #623, on-sale March 3rd, everyone’s favorite friendly neighborhood hero has to not only survive key arch nemesis Vulture’s reign of terror…but also losing his job at the Mayor’s office! Peter Parker lays it all on the line to protect J. Jonah Jameson and keep the city from ripping itself apart, but Peter’s sacrifice winds up costing his career as a photographer.

But when you can’t pay the bills, how’s a Super Hero supposed to buy web-fluid and fix his costume? Spider-Man’s about to learn that with great power and great responsibility comes the great need to be employed -- which isn’t so easy when you’re blacklisted in New York City!

“Peter Parker’s been through some rough times lately, with all of his deadliest foes returning, and he couldn’t lose his job at a worse time” said Senior Editor Steve Wacker. “He’s going to struggle with unemployment and trying to save the city while he can barely afford to keep a roof over his head.”

The intrigue starts in Amazing Spider-Man #623 with the shocking next installment, Amazing Spider-Man #624, spinning into stores just one week later – March 10!

Comments

[shanejayell]

Could they PLEASE just give Peter his damn TEACHING JOB BACK?!

PLEASE!!!

*is SO sick of BND it's not funny*

[q99]

Yea, that was really fun, and didn't deserve to be kicked out either.

[koschei]

Yes he did. A responsible human being would never have revealed their secret identity like Peter did, when a broken rock could have accurately
told you the inevitable consequence of doing so.

[autolychus2]

Please, can you never, ever, ever make him a teacher again? Thanx.

[shanejayell]

Uhh.. why not?

I thought Peter as a teacher was entertaining and had a lot of story telling possibilities. And it realistically spring out of his existing backstory.

Unlike most of BND.

[twomasks]

It does not, however, work with his being a super hero. He can't just dash off in the middle of class to throw down with his rogue's gallery. He can only pop off a few times before any administrator in his/her right mind canned him. Being a photojournalist is much more super hero friendly.

[mullon]

If Indiana Jones can do it, Spiderman can do it.

[shanejayell]

In a 'real world' Peter would have been fired as a photographer once someone looked into WHY he has so many Spider-man photos. *shrug* You can apply that argument to anything.

[icon_uk]

They did that story in the 80's when someone discovered the end of a roll of film that showed Peter changing into a Spider-Man costume to pose for his own pictures. That should effectively have ended his career as a photojournalist, or at least one with any credibility, for good and always.

[cmdr_zoom]

Much more importantly, it makes him OLD! Old old OLD!
And that means he's never going to score any more hot chicks, and his mom, er, aunt's gonna die... again...

Unfortunately, we all get to go through Joe Q's "Denial" stage with him.

[stig]

Which was WHY it was a good idea to unmask his identity in the first place!

[auggie18]

Ugh, yes! I liked this. It was fun.

[sherkahn]

I thought having Pete teach was a natural progression of the character, giving him the kind of history that we (and newbies and his students) can draw from, as well as make him accessible.

Peter's had his ups and downs and overcome them, and like Logan and Jubilee it's time to pass on what he knows to others and overcome new challenges.

This above? It's the same story done all over again every 6+ years.

[tacobob]

Nah, he's gonna make a deal with the devil and end up being a student in HS again! Yay!

[nezchan]

Great, now you've ruined Spider-Man 4 for me.

[mullon]

Agreed.