Spider-Man, Rob Liefeld, She-Hulk and superhero economics.

[starwolf_oakley]

Millar and Quitely's Jupiter's Legacy #1 had superheroes say how their powers doesn't mean they know how to balance a budget. That reminded me of a moment from an old AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL where Peter Parker wonders about his powers and society's ills. Also, lot of 1980s hair.



This is part of 1989's Marvel annuals and the ATLANTIS ATTACKS storyline. Of course, the story didn't have much about Atlantis Attacking. It was more about Ghaur (an Eternals villain) and Llyra (a Namor villain) trying to bring the elder god Set to Earth and the nasty things they did in the process.



So... Much... Mousse!




"Great stars!" That tall guy with the glasses seems to show up a lot.




Peter Parker has a lot of power and does a lot of good with that power, but he isn't an economist. Is that what is called an Cognitive Dissonance? I mean, he's not Bruce Wayne, who does a lot of good through Wayne Enterprises and the Wayne Foundation, but also beats up criminals since he has issues.

Part of "Atlantis Attacks" was Tyranus running a scam on behalf of Ghuar and Llyria. Drug addicts and alcoholics desperate to get clean were put into a special program which did make them "clean" but also turned them into snake-people.







I like how MJ is more annoyed about the sudden blackout itself than with Peter having to run to deal with it.

The rest of the issue is Spider-Man and She-Hulk fighting a now-mindless Abomination.

Comments

[steverodgers5]

There was a lot of that in the spider titles after McFarlane left...A LOT!! Heck I don't even think Liefeld was the worst culprit there, which is really saying something..

[randyripoff]

Thankfully, all of this happened during that period when I was not reading comics. I still think Macfarlane's art looks like donkey poo. That other wise good artists were aping his style (no, not Liefeld--others) is a sad thing.

[steverodgers5]

Some of McFarlanes artwork was kind of good. (Alas the same could never be said for his writing..) The real problem came when you had all the Erik Larsens of the world trying to launch their Marvel careers by desperately ripping it off.

Personally, my main grief with it at the time was that I hated how they went overboard on the size of Spiderman's eyes on the mask. I know it sort of makes sense story wise, but I never cared much for that look..

[randyripoff]

Eh, never much cared for Macfarlane's work. Overly rendered, too many lines, characters too thin, just bleah.

I only have three words to say about his writing.

"His claws. Advantageous."