Amazing Spider-Man #602

[cyberghostface.insanejournal.com]

So basically, the Chameleon's back in town. Now he's sadistically dipping people into acid after taking their identities away from them. He wants to infilitrate Mayor Jonah's inner circle, so he kidnaps Peter Parker (who's working for Jonah at the moment.)





Meanwhile, Chameleon is mimicking Peter's voice while spraying him in the face with some sort of adhesive(?) that makes a mask out of the face.







Anyone else getting a feeling of déjà vu?



And then there's Paul Jenkins' Webspinners arc where Chameleon went after MJ as Pete. So this makes it, what, the third time this has happened?

Comments

[punishermax.insanejournal.com]

Looks like by the end of this arc, Pete and MJ will at least be dating again, hopefully that'll satisfy some of the peeps here.

Chameleon is such an underappreciated villain, he's so damn creepy when played right. Loving his Ra's Al Ghul robe too.

[xdoop.insanejournal.com]

Looks like by the end of this arc, Pete and MJ will at least be dating again, hopefully that'll satisfy some of the peeps here.

I doubt it.

Mary Jane Watson continues to play an important role in the “Red-Headed Stranger” arc after Fred Van Lente takes over the story with “Amazing” #602. The writer thinks bringing Mary Jane back is particularly compelling because of the unique dynamic it creates between her and Peter Parker. “She's interesting to have in the mix of Peter's life and in a superhero series in general in that she's the ex,” Van Lente explained. “She's someone who had a very serious and long term relationship with Peter for many years and it fell apart for reasons that remain mysterious. She still cares about him but she's also acutely aware of his flaws in a way that exes are. So they've got a terrific dynamic that's lots of fun to play with. It's something that wouldn't have occurred to me to be as cool as it ended up being.”

Not to mention one of Madame Web's visions of the future from #600 was Spidey kissing a blonde woman.

[arilou_skiff.insanejournal.com]

Considering the next arc is a Black Cat one... Doubtful.

[liliaeth.insanejournal.com]

Honestly, by now I wouldn't want BND Peter anywhere near MJ. He quite simply isn't good enough for her. He's too much of a slimey douchy loser to want him within ten foot of Mary Jane.

[(Anonymous)]

won't happen. She probably has a better chance of ending up with harry at the end of the arc than she does of dating peter again with these writers

[thatnickguy.insanejournal.com]

No no no, this is different, you see. Now, Chameleon bathes people in acid! He's EXXXXXTREME! (had to throw some extra X's in there, just to be safe). He's stolen Peter's identity...again. He's going after MJ...again! Maybe he'll profess his love for Peter...again!

Just further proof that as much things change, as much things stay the same. Sure am glad we got Peter making a deal with the devil to destory his marriage, so we can get these new, exciting stories like the Chameleon taking his identity and going after MJ.

[punishermax.insanejournal.com]

Yeah because very violent acts and deaths never ever ever occured in Spider-Man before OMD.

[(Anonymous)]

wouldn't it be great if chameleon was the only one who remembered pre-BND and still carried that same grudge against MJ?....or at least he hates her but isn't sure why?

[looking2dastars.insanejournal.com]

Remember how Quesada said there were all these stories he wanted to tell that they couldn't do with a married Peter and that was part of why they did One More Day?

I'm still waiting to see those stories.

[mullon.insanejournal.com]

Hey, that's pretty good for a place of residence in Manhattan.

Now they're just trying to make us miss her.

[mugiwara.insanejournal.com]

The dejà vu is unavoidable if you keep bringing back the same old villains every 4 years. Unfortunalety, that's what the majority of fans are asking for. They don't want new villains like Paperdoll or Mr Negative, they don't want villains who are not in Spidey's rogue gallery (Mojo, the Hand...), they want Doc Ock, Sandman and Venom again and again and again...

[xdoop.insanejournal.com]

It's not like the only story possible with the Chameleon is "Having him impersonate Peter and go after MJ."

[cyberghostface.insanejournal.com]

That's not true--its definitely possible to tell new stories with old villains. Just ask Scorpion.

[sandoz_iscariot.insanejournal.com]

And then MJ beats the Chameleon to death with a baseball bat, the end.

[darkknightjrk.insanejournal.com]

That would be awesome--but...Brand New Day. Nothing that is awesome is welcome there.

[skalja.insanejournal.com]

So we've seen MJ several issues now in the Brand New Day world -- there was the Paper Doll arc, and now this. We don't know why she and Peter split up, but we do know that MJ is:

- a nice person who cares about her friends
- not perfect, but honest about her mistakes
- lacking superpowers but still able to help take down superpowered villains
- observant

... So who, at this point, would rather read a comic about MJ than Peter?

*raises hand*

[sandoz_iscariot.insanejournal.com]

meeeeee *still mourns SMLMJ*

[neuhallidae.insanejournal.com]

::hand up:: I'm all for this.

[liliaeth.insanejournal.com]

*raises hand*

[yaseen101.insanejournal.com]

I would, but who's going to write it, draw it and be the editor?

[greenmask.insanejournal.com]

Yes pleeez

[evilsneak.insanejournal.com]

Didn't MJ beat the snot out of the Chameleon in that Webspinners arc? Figured him out for an imposter pretty much from jumpstreet and played him along until Pete showed up.

[skalja.insanejournal.com]

It was Spectacular Spider-Man, actually. Or Peter Parker, comma, the etc.

[foxhack.insanejournal.com]

Has it been explicitly mentioned that this is the same Chameleon as before? Because I reaaaaaaally don't believe that's him.

[darkknightjrk.insanejournal.com]

He does look different then his previous appearences, but I'd think they would advertise him as the ALL NEW, ALL AWESOME version.

[yaseen101.insanejournal.com]

Hmmm, MJ reminds me of that girl from Dexter (the one with the serial kiler). You know, the one that is Dexter's sister.

[lynxara.insanejournal.com]

Clearly an example of the fresh new stories that could only be told if Peter Parker was no longer married!

[punishermax.insanejournal.com]

Wow an editorially mandated decison sucked, call the press !