Amazing Spider-Man #674 preview

[cyberghostface]

Look's like Carlie decided to come back from her home planet...and with a new makeover to boot.



So once again, Carlie's Mary-Sueness is in full effect, having deduced what the cops around her couldn't figure out (especially since this isn't the first time in the Marvel universe that supervillains have killed people via dropping them from heights) and ends up looking better for it with the cops disrespecting her. Seriously, look at that cop's sneer. Poor Carlie, how could anyone hate her?

Of course, turns out Carlie has yet another new look with her only distinguishing factor in her appearance being that she has glasses.

Just a reminder, this was how Carlie looked last issue. This is becoming ridiculous now--has anyone ever thought of making a model sheet for the character to pass around to new artists for some sort of consistency? She's been around for years now and no artist has agreed on what she should look like. 

Comments

[zechs80]

They just want us to make a wallpaper of all the various Carlies that's all.

[darkknightjrk]

Her look in the preview does seem semi-consistent with the Ramos drawing in the collage in the bottom-right corner.

[darkm1993]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand we have a new drinking game. Take a shot everytime Carlie changes her appearance drastical-

Hey wait a minute! She originally had red hair? How'd they mess her appearance up to the point where she goes from that to what she currently looks like?

[cyberghostface]

That wasn't her first appearance (they're not in any order). Here was show she originally looked:

[bestiasono]

The red hair made it too obvious that she was secretly Mephisto.

[punishermax]

~a bored looking boy and girl play with action figures~

"This blows!"

~the boy throws the doll~

"Yeah, let's go smoke crack in a ditch Billy!"

~the girl tosses her doll throw the window, smashing it~

HEY THERE KIDS!

"Oh god who are you"

YOU LOOKING FOR A FUN TIME THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE SHOOTING POISON INTO YOUR EYEBALLS!?

"Well sure Mr. Disembodied Voice!"

WELL THEN YOU NEED TO TRY THE CARLIE COOPER FUN KIT!

~the kids look at each other excitedly ~

It's the Carlie Cooper fun kit,
Way to have fun with a character written like shit!

THE CARLIE COOPER FUN KIT COMES WITH THE BASIC CARLIE DOLL AND HER SIX DIFFERENT FORMS!

YOU'VE GOT MARY JANE PARKER CARLIE, SKULL TATTOO ON FOREHEAD CARLIE, RED QUATRZ SUNGLASSES CARLIE, ROSS PEROT CARLIE AND ANIME WAIFU CARLIE!

~the girl happily plays with the doll~

"I like Skull Tattoo Carlie best! She's a biker by night, lab tech by day! Yay!"

~the boy plays with his doll~

"I like anime Carlie best! She's kawaii desu!"

HAHA THAT'S RIGHT KIDS, AND EVERY CARLIE COOPER FUN KIT COMES WITH THE SPECIAL 'TALK TO ME CARLIE C' DOLL! PULL HER STRING AND SHE HAS SIX FIN PHRASES LIKE:

"You ARE Spider-Man, Peter Parker's just a suit!"

"She's a Murderer GO!"

What am I, HIS BACK UP PLAN?"

"O DOYLE RULES!"

AND MANY OTHERS!

SO JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH OF A TERRIBLY WRITTEN CHARACTER WITH NO DEPTH, THEN JUST THINK, YOU CAN BUY HER DOLL!

It's the Carlie Cooper fun kit,
ain't our fault she's written like shit

Tell mom, tell dad
If they don't get you her, you'll make them sad!

By killing them.
While they sleep.

ONLY 19.95

[biod]

If Carlie hadn't broken off the relationships, the money lost to the constant makeovers would have ruined them. You know, barring the other glaring flaws.

[freezer]

Dear Mr. Slott;

1) Lt. Cragface there wouldn't have the authority to pull a C.S.U tech off a case. He could boot her from the scene, but the case would be up to her supervisors.

2) That sort of "show up the idiot" scene? Yes, I know every sort of police procedural and medical drama has a scene like that. Now how many of those "you're wrong; here's why" speeches are done by someone who isn't severely socially awkward (Bones, Criminal Minds, Monk) or just an asshole (House)? We're supposed to like Carlie, right?

[stillanerd]

That sort of "show up the idiot" scene? Yes, I know every sort of police procedural and medical drama has a scene like that. Now how many of those "you're wrong; here's why" speeches are done by someone who isn't severely socially awkward (Bones, Criminal Minds, Monk) or just an asshole (House)? We're supposed to like Carlie, right?

Not to mention Sherlock Holmes, who is supposed to be playfully smug because he knows he's brilliant and that the police usually have to go to him for help in the first place because they have no other choice and he's just THAT good. Or Jimmy McNulty from HBO's The Wire, who because he's such a cocky, self-righteous ass whose entire motivation is to prove to everybody that he's the "smartest guy in the room," his superiors not being able to stand him and trying to pull him off cases out of his constantly showing them up is entirely justified and believable.

[leikomgwtfbbq]

Jeez, she changes her appearance more often than bloody Mystique!

[stillanerd]

Also in Detective Conan which actually subverts the whole "show up the idiot" scene in two ways: 1) Ran/Rachel's father, Kogoro Mouri/Richard Moore, while actually smart, is so incredibly lazy that he makes erroneous conclusions, not out of stupidity, but because he just wants the case to be over and done with. And 2) because Shinichi (Jimmy) Kudo is literally a teenager trapped in the body of a 6 year old, no one actually takes him seriously, thus he's forced to play naive and also is forced to constantly tranquilize Moore and mimic his voice in order to expose the culprit, thus also giving Moore credit in the process.

[mullon]

...Wait a minute!

That policeman's a fraud!

[espanolbot]

Wait, that guy can't be a Pratchett! Where's his epic beard and hat ensemble?

[nezchan]

Collect the whole set!

[silicondream]

I don't think Carlie's "long jump" comment makes a lot of sense, either. The record long jumps are about ten yards...on level ground, without significant wind. That arch is like eighty feet high; if the kid took a running jump off the top and the wind was at his back, it doesn't seem impossible that he could clear twelve yards.

[freezer]

Hell, just stepping forward would probably clear a yard or two.

[timgueugen]

The third Carlie in that collage looks like Sarah Michelle Gellar.

[cleome45]

Uh, maybe she got a haircut after the breakup?

[cleome45]

Well, she ticked off the Lt. Doesn't that count as socially awkward?

[freezer]

Possibly, but endearingly so? There's a think line between "adorkable" and "jackass."

[nezchan]

Clearly this is all setup for an upcoming Batman/Spider-Man crossover, featuring Clayface as the villain.

Laugh now, but remember I CALLED IT!

[re-posted because of bad phrasing]

[cleome45]

"Think line"? You mean "thin line," right? [confused]

Well, I haven't read anything but the scans, but the characters cited above...? That might well be the association the writer's aiming for. I can't really say how successful they are, but there's definitely a number of precedents in pop culture. (Most of them, to be fair, are dudes.)

[cyberghostface]

The umpteenth one in the span of probably less than a year comic time? Every other time we see her she has a different haircut and hair color. It's a recurring joke with the fans that she'll look different every time you see her.

[cleome45]

Oh, I know. But you can always hope that this time they'll stick to it. I certainly don't think she looks bad. (I lived through mullet-mania so I'm pretty easy to please. :p )

Re: That policeman's a fraud!

[leikomgwtfbbq]

And the sword made out of a meteorite!