Why I like Scarlet Spider
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Six scans from Scarlet Spider #5
For those who are unaware, the series follows Kaine (yes, the clone) in Houston after he failed to leave things alone and guilt-tripped himself into protecting the city.
And somehow, he's made friends with a doctor, a policeman (who you'll see down in the scans, who's married to the doctor) a barmaid, and a teenage girl who's an illegal immigrant who he personally protects because of reasons.
It's awesome.
And while he keeps insisting he's the bad guy, Houston adores their new hero. And he can't bring himself to prove them wrong.
Although sometimes:


In this issue, they're looking for a nuclear bomb that's set to blow up the area, and their biggest lead offs himself.

And, you guessed it, the spiders tell him where the bomb is!



The usual art's better, but this issue's cool too. I loved this one because, aside from being completely pointless to the rest of the series (because that's always fun), it basically shows how Kaine tries to be that dark, broody guy who needs to give everything up and run, and fails.
He makes friends, he protects people, he (despite what he says) likes being the hero people love.
It's a gem, really, it is.
For those who are unaware, the series follows Kaine (yes, the clone) in Houston after he failed to leave things alone and guilt-tripped himself into protecting the city.
And somehow, he's made friends with a doctor, a policeman (who you'll see down in the scans, who's married to the doctor) a barmaid, and a teenage girl who's an illegal immigrant who he personally protects because of reasons.
It's awesome.
And while he keeps insisting he's the bad guy, Houston adores their new hero. And he can't bring himself to prove them wrong.
Although sometimes:
In this issue, they're looking for a nuclear bomb that's set to blow up the area, and their biggest lead offs himself.
And, you guessed it, the spiders tell him where the bomb is!
The usual art's better, but this issue's cool too. I loved this one because, aside from being completely pointless to the rest of the series (because that's always fun), it basically shows how Kaine tries to be that dark, broody guy who needs to give everything up and run, and fails.
He makes friends, he protects people, he (despite what he says) likes being the hero people love.
It's a gem, really, it is.
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Date: 2012-07-05 11:29 pm (UTC)I don't know XD In the last page, they were crawling all over the bomb.
As for the educational system, I would assume Kaine showed them WITH HIS MIND how a bomb would generally look like. IDK. I just think it's awesome that he could totally be the spider-whisperer, to help people in peril with his spider eyes and ears (do spiders have ears) everywhere.