Amazing Spiderman #680

[sherkahn]

Spiderman in space!!!


But really, you didn't buy the book as it sets up End of the World now did you?


No.


You paid good money in this hard economy to see this.






There it is. Johnny Storm singing "Friday". The penultimate seal of the Apocalypse has been broken. It's been fun playing with you all.

Comments

[darkknightjrk]

My favorite bit there was Spidey spoiling stuff for Johnny. "And they're still on Hershel's farm." XD

[protogarrett]

I wonder what the nightly news is like in the MU...

"The Human Torch is, apparently, alive. So yeah, hit up those office pools if you had six months. In other news New York was almost destroyed again. Why people continue to live in densely populated cities that are prime for attack at least once a year is still a mystery to sociologists."

[nightauditguy]

Makes you wonder what the betting pools in Vegas are like

[drmcninja]

I'm more interested in how it affects vendetta- or sane-supervillains. I wonder if they just sit down and are like "Okay, twenty-odd years, and now I finally have the chance to do it. I'll finally kill Captain Superhero!" and proceed to remember how every dead superhero ever has come back from the dead with little to no consequences. That has to mess with your motivation.

[bariman]

That makes me wonder, if a supervillain kills a hero and get tried for it, and the hero comes back to life, what happens? Does the charge get knocked down to attempted murder with a similarly reduced sentence? Would that require a retrial, or just a resentencing?

[liara_shadowsong]

I don't know if it would get adjusted to attempted murder or not, but if so I imagine it would be routine enough by now to just be a resentencing.

[auggie18]

I'm going to be honest, this actually makes me really, reeeeally want to get this book. Because I am a huge sucker for superheroes goofing around.

Also, I guess this means Johnny isn't evil? I thought that that was a concern for post-death Johnny.

Wasn't his death part of the mandatory death-per-quarter thing Marvel was talking about?

[mrstatham]

His death probably was part of that mandatory bullshit, yes. But that doesn't mean Marvel can't reverse it just as fast to regain the interest.

[shadowpsykie]

actually it was part of his story all along. Hickman is nothing if not a great story teller. he planned his death and return from thebegining.

[mrstatham]

Sure. Fine. But don't think for a second that Marvel wasn't looking to make that death have the same kind of impact in the news as the death of Captain America. Those blackbagged issues of FF and shit were hardly part of Hickman's story.

And I'm not saying that to rag on Hickman. I'm getting caught up on Secret Warriors and loving it, at the moment. But don't kid yourself that Marvel had dollar signs in mind when allowing him to 'kill' Johnny off.

[filthysize]

"Also, I guess this means Johnny isn't evil?"

Wha? What on earth gave you that idea?

[auggie18]

I really haven't been following FF at all. Pretty much the only thing I knew about Johnny post-revival was that he was wearing weird ass armor and was in charge of an army. There was some online speculation about him being evil and that was the last I heard of it.


Nice to know it wasn't true.

[filthysize]

Yeh, he came back from the Negative Zone with an army behind him to save Earth from a Kree invasion.

[shadowpsykie]

minor nit pic... i don't think it's the "End of the World" i think it's "The Ends of the Earth" they have different conotations :D

[icon_uk]

Isn't a Tom Cruise in Risky Business homage a LITTLE dated these days? It came out nearly 30 years ago after all (And SHIT do I feel old right now)

[auggie18]

I honestly only found out that that was from that movie five years ago. I've been seeing it parodied for pretty much my whole life without really knowing where it came from.

[biod]

I wonder how many movies have been annihilated in the cultural conciousness while they birthed scenes we can recognize at the drop of a hat.

[auggie18]

Modern Family had this great bit where Haley's boyfriend was homaging Say Anything (but with an iPod instead of a boombox.) Phil, Haley's dad, compliments him on the reference. Haley's boyfriend doesn't get it.

[stolisomancer]

We grew up watching "Looney Tunes" and not really understanding the multiple references to actors in the '40s. Americans love our references.

If somebody picks up the Risky Business reference, that's awesome; if they don't, the scene still stands on its own.

[his_spiffynesss]

Well, it got used for a guitar hero/ rock band ad campaign recently, so it's still in the public consciousness.

[superfangirl1]

So adorable you had to make a gif out of it. :P

160 x 120



640 x 480

[halloweenjack]

...and for a moment, the veil parted, and I saw Dan Slott as he once was, as if BND had never happened...

[krait]

Cajun Spicy Ranch Doritos.

Somehow... somehow those missed being distributed in my region. And wow, am I glad! *horrified*

[biod]

If you don't want them, I'll take them.

[krait]

Doritos has this Annoying Thing going on where they don't make my favourite flavours available in my region; so I would totally trade you bags of Cajun Spicy Ranch for bags of Salsa Verde or Spice 2.0! :D

[bruinsfan]

I wonder if Johnny likes that sort of thing because eating spicy food is the only way he can feel the sensation of heat?

[sherkahn]

I'm going with darker purposes.... he's alive because he still has those bugs inside him that knit him up together, and they process the food for him.

[blackruzsa]

It IS catchy.
It really is.

[theatervine]

Oh my gosh, that is fantastic!