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icon_uk ([personal profile] icon_uk) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily2012-06-27 07:51 pm

So... this whole Spider-Man Alpha thing. Now we know what (or who) it is...

Not what I'd expected, that's for sure, and not in line with Marvel's usual policy, but...


From Newsarama, by way of (of all places to link to from s_d) Fox News



In short, he's Spider-Man's new (and first) sidekick!

Meet Andy Maguire (I'm sure the fact he has one live-action Spider-Man's first name, and another's last name (If we find out his middle name is Nicholas, it'll be a trifecta!)

Like Peter was, he's an outsider, but he's not a science geek like Peter was, he's a... well, he's not really anything, he's a walking clique-non-intersection set



Thanks to forging his name on the permission slip, Andy joins the group going on a trip to a certain science lab...

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Yeah, I think you can see where this is going, no?

The six page preview is here and more details here.

So what do you think? Intriguing? Inspiring? Desperate?

Visually his appearance and costume makes me think of Risk of the Teen Titans, but, y'know, with more arms than he ended up with. Origin wise, a little bit Speedball-ish, but science accidents are responsible for so many heroes that might be being nit-picky.

shadowpsykie: (dead waynes shock)

[personal profile] shadowpsykie 2012-06-27 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
... i don't know... i think they jumped the shark here.... it seems... i mean.... i don't know... something about it just doesn't feel right...

hmmm it might be interesting... peter parker was an "average guy" who also happened to be a supergenius... this guy is literally an average guy
Edited 2012-06-27 19:49 (UTC)
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[personal profile] nyadnar17 2012-06-27 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
The problem is he is average in a bizarre way. Most people are average because they are above average in some parts of their life and bellow average in others. This guy is borderline in every single aspect possible and that is crazy weird.
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[personal profile] auggie18 2012-06-28 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
Wasn't that the deal with the guy in Idiocracy? "He's an abnormally average man!"

[personal profile] jlbarnett 2012-06-28 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
no passion. leads to little reason to make an effort so you just do what you have to.
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[personal profile] darkblade 2012-06-27 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Jumped the shark? They leaped over Seaworld in a single bound.
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[personal profile] weber_dubois22 2012-06-27 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
*Chortles*