Who killed Captain Stacy?

[cyberghostface]

So there was a certain scene in A+X #11 that caught my attention...



Was it really Otto's fault? Let's see.

From Amazing Spider-Man #90...












So basically Spider-Man deliberately causes Dr. Octopus to lose control of his tentacles... the tentacles attack him and knock over debris, killing Captain Stacy... and Otto is the one to blame?

Comments

[icon_uk]

Since Otto is the one choosing to repeatedly commit criminal acts, and Spider-Man is only trying to stop him, yes it is entirely and compltely Otto's fault.

[espanolbot]

Peter's life is full of struggle and anguish, most of it self-inflicted.

[auggie18]

Wow, I've never seen this before. It does come off pretty manslaughter-y on Spider-Man's part.

[chrisdv]

Hmm... Anyone know where we might find a large net to stop falling debris from hitting civilians on short notice? Anyone? Spider-Man?

[cainofdreaming]

Lots of Darwin awards to be in that crowd of onlookers. Otto has pulled whole exterior walls of multi-storey buildings on top of people just to keep heroes too busy to catch him, staying that close is akin to taking dancing lessons in a minefield.

[fredneil.livejournal.com]

Yes. Otto wasn't just some nondescript face in the crowd who happened to have tentacles attached to him. He was a supervillian (or "arch criminal" if you're living in the Adam West Batman series), so ignoring him wasn't an option. Ultimately, George Stacy's death was a result of his actions.

[skjam]

Cyclops presumably has a very biased recollection of those events based on his own "world that hates and fears me" past. Spider-Man and the X-Men didn't know each other well back then--and in subsequent years, Spider-Man has been a real stand-up guy whenever he's interacted with the mutants. So Cyke disbelieves the part where the papers blamed the death of Stacy on Spidey rather than Ock.

Don't try to make sense of the comic book blame/responsibility game

[silverzeo]

Writers tend pull this BS out of their butts all the time. Case in point: Wonderman in Earth's Mightest Heroes.

Does Tony take any responsibility or the time to point out that he could just said, "Simon, I bought your project would stay afloat, you have full control." and would have prevented ALOT of trouble for everyone... but no.... in fact, when Wonderman was calming down, Tony comes in, makes him mad, and starts everything all over again....

[stolisomancer]

Actually, I didn't want to bring it up, but I killed Captain Stacy.

Also, I shot the deputy.