Amazing Spider-Man #14

[cyberghostface]

(Basically the red crystal holds the essence of Morlun's father)



Spider-Man brings him to "Uncle Ben"'s dimension which is filled with radiation which is toxic to Morlun and co. Morlun says that this will kill him, and Spider-Man tells him to go to the bomb shelter. It will keep him alive, but barely.

Comments

[halloweenjack]

I honestly don't remember a thing that Tone-Loc did besides his biggest hit.

[ablackraptor]

The effects are mutual, but something has to be said about the fact that, when they're not currently being influenced by it, Peter's comments clearly indicate he does not enjoy it at all, while she seems to find no real issue with it. They can't control the urge, but its clear he doesn't want it and is unwilling to give into it, which makes it rather skeevy when she deliberately uses it against him, as she did when she tried to pressure him into leaving New York.

At the very least, its effecting their brain chemistry to make them attracted to one-another artificially, which has, and should, be depicted as synonymous with using date rape drugs. Even if they've not actually had sex (which, while technically true, they have been shown almost doing so before it was interrupted, and during which Peter's narration indicated he did NOT want to go through with it but couldn't stop), it doesn't change the fact that they're engaging in sexual activity that Peter's not giving real consent to.

[silverhammerman]

You mean Battleworld/Secret Wars? I doubt that Hickman would allow "his" big event to be chalked up to a character he isn't even writing. I wouldn't be surprised if the idea were brought up in whatever the Secret Wars Spider-Book is.

[bizarrohulk]

Don't the Inheritors need to consume the life-force of sentient beings to survive? In which case, stranding them on a dead world with no means of escape is tantamount to a death sentence anyway.

[silverhammerman]

True, Marvel has had the rights to the cartoons and such for a while now, but those are marketed to a different audience than the comics/films. Hypothetically, with stuff like the Ant-Man launch, Marvel is making things so that a moviegoer with disposable income can read the comic and not be lost. There was no real attempt at having that kind of synergy with Sony's ASM films, and I suppose my real question is whether or not there would have been if Marvel had been making them.

Removing the marriage, as misguided as it was, and the BND status quo was definitely an attempt to make things 'classic'. Whatever your opinions on Slott's writing though, you have to admit that the current stuff with Peter Parker as a super scientist and owner of a tech start up is wildly different from whatever platonic ideal Marvel was pursuing with BND.

[chrisdv]

I really hate that "The book sells under Slott" argument. Of course it does, it's Spider-Man. At this point, he's one of those characters whose books will sell decent numbers regardless of the quality.

Plus, lets not forget that ignoring Ultimate Spider-Man, Slott's not really had any "competing" 616 Spider-Man titles to deal with, only the team-up book. By the end of JMS' run, Amazing had two other ongoing Spider-Man books competing for people's attention - you wanted straight up superheroics, you had Amazing; you wanted a darker take, you had Spectacular; you wanted a more "classic" Spidey book, you had Friendly Neighbourhood. Under Slott, you've had the choice of Amazing/Superior, Avenging/Team-Up or not buying a Spider-Man book.

[chrisdv]

It's okay, the Cabal or Ultimate Reed Richards probably blew up the planet 5 minutes after the Spideys left anyway. Loophole!

[cyberghostface]

Slott's work still has to be successful even by Spider-Man standards if Marvel's trusted him to orchestrate over a year's worth of issues with Dr. Octopus as Spider-Man and a crossover event spanning several different titles.

[cypherfdp]

Two important questions, did Benji make it, and did Leopardon come back?!

[cyberghostface]

Yes to both. :)

[burkeonthesly]

Yeah, I wasn't being all that serious. You do set me to daydreaming about dueling writers, trying to insert explanations and plot twists for each other's events into their own books like a bunch of drunken sailors all pulling on the tiller.

[q99]

Overall it seems kinda.... straightforward?

Morlun and family are hunting Spiders. Spiders gather, lure him into a dimension where he can't live freely/is effectively trapped, done.

Like, it makes sense that it worked, but it's not exactly complex and doesn't seem like it needs a big spider army to do.