SPIDER-GIRL #7: Origin recaps and theories
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scans_dailySPIDER-GIRL #7 has MayDay Parker and her mother, Mary Jane, talking in the Parker attic. It was a 6 page backup story, but has the same writer and artist as the main story, Tom DeFalco and Pat Oliffe.
Interesting point: Mary Jane's description is VERY close to the origin recap in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Vol 1 #1.
Ben Parker is killed, but there's nothing about Spider-Man seeing the burglar earlier and not stopping him for reasons. Peter and his planet-sized guilt complex makes it like he couldn't be bothered because he hated the world.
How would Spider-Man be different if this was the case, if at all? Ben Parker is killed, Spider-Man tracks down the Burglar, and he's never seen him before. Or the Burglar runs past Spider-Man, but there isn't a cop/security guard chasing him. Would he then think, "Huh, wild coincidence"?
Peter Parker wanting to give up being Spider-Man stops making sense after a certain point. Peter is aware of the threats that are out there, and his powers are needed to battle those threats. Peter Parker has terrible time management skills. (It is similar to Ben Grimm wanting to be cured of being the Thing, as compared to being able to change back and forth at will.)
Post ONE MORE DAY, the tragedy of Peter Parker's life is he's going to be as lonely as he was before he became Spider-Man. Someone is always going to need Spider-Man to save them. Well, that got morose.
Interesting point: Mary Jane's description is VERY close to the origin recap in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Vol 1 #1.
Ben Parker is killed, but there's nothing about Spider-Man seeing the burglar earlier and not stopping him for reasons. Peter and his planet-sized guilt complex makes it like he couldn't be bothered because he hated the world.
How would Spider-Man be different if this was the case, if at all? Ben Parker is killed, Spider-Man tracks down the Burglar, and he's never seen him before. Or the Burglar runs past Spider-Man, but there isn't a cop/security guard chasing him. Would he then think, "Huh, wild coincidence"?
Peter Parker wanting to give up being Spider-Man stops making sense after a certain point. Peter is aware of the threats that are out there, and his powers are needed to battle those threats. Peter Parker has terrible time management skills. (It is similar to Ben Grimm wanting to be cured of being the Thing, as compared to being able to change back and forth at will.)
Post ONE MORE DAY, the tragedy of Peter Parker's life is he's going to be as lonely as he was before he became Spider-Man. Someone is always going to need Spider-Man to save them. Well, that got morose.
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Date: 2015-08-01 12:16 pm (UTC)Along the way, there is a literal three-panel sequence where he stands over a flaming garbage can holding his mask, goes "Nah!", and puts it back on.