Maybe Next Year

[cyberghostface]

My submission for December...

Note: This is a repost of an entry of mine from two years ago. No pages have been added.

This story comes from Peter Parker Spider-Man v2 #33. It was written by Paul Jenkins and illustrated by Mark Buckingham.

The issue opens it with another year passing on the day that Uncle Ben died, and Peter remembers how it was his fault for not stopping the burglar in time. Each year, Aunt May visit's Ben's grave to remember him, and Peter lets her go by herself so she can be alone with him. He has another way of remembering his uncle--by going to a Mets game.

Looking up into the sky, Peter asks "What d'you say, Uncle Ben? Maybe this year?"





As an adult, Peter thinks to himself how "Maybe Next Year" became their mantra. Every time they go, however, something goes wrong. At one point, Peter gets beaned trying to catch a baseball that flies into the stands. A mascot (a giant baseball head) is there when Peter wakes up, causing Peter to scream and pass out again.

Eventually, Peter gets tired of going to the games.

Comments

[wake_the_dragon]

Excuse me, I think I have something in my eye.

[icon_uk]

That something clearly gets around, because it's in mine too....

[endis_ni]

I think there's some sort of massive dust storm because I'm the same...

[goattoucher]

This.

[dragontail]

I adore Jenkins' Spidey run. Just adore it. One of the first times I ever collected in trades instead of single issues, and never regretted it. Between this issue and the one with the kid and his Spidey trading card, Jenkins was the heart-felt Spidey guy for a time.

[kd_the_movie]

makes me appreciate going to ST. Louis Rams games with my dad, even though they've lost the past two we've been to :')

[espanolbot]

Kind of morbidly amusing that Ben would call the person indirectly responsible for his death Killer as a nickname.

[wizardru]

DAMN YOU I ALREADY READ THIS AND I NOW THE WHOLE THING AND I'M STILL TEARING UP YOU JERK.



....Darn it.

[silverzeo]

"We can't sip out soda until the catcher throws to second base or we lose the game".... suddenly, Petey's odd obsession of blaming himself for everything makes ALOT more sense now...

[darth_cloudo]

I can't get over Aunt May's face when Peter says he doesn't want to go.

Also, wow, this was a great story. ; _;

[icon_uk]

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[salinea]

you know you can add tags yourself.

[icon_uk]

Yes, but only when there are free tag slots, we were all out.

I was only able to create this one by deleting an old one I'd been the only person to use which is now superfluous. And since I'd created it after the fact, I thought it better to alert posters who'd already contributed a post that it now existed.

[bj_l]

It's okay. The best part ways Mays face when Peter didn't want to go, otherwise I was actually annoyed by them guilting him in to going.