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I’m not going back to read ASM 26, but MJ used the gauntlet in front of everyone IIRC. It’s also unclear whether MJ knew the gauntlet would kill her or just something bad - three skulls equaling...

MJ had powers, she had the gauntlet.

Kamala didn’t use her powers. She just shapeshifted, which leaves her vulnerable.

And that’s because the story wasn’t about MJ or Kamala at all. The...

No, it wasn’t just to hide her identity, it’s more nuanced. You should read Ms. Marvel. It’s a great series.

And Kamala wasn’t saving a life - she was passive bait that got killed and left MJ...

MJ is barely written in the preview. She’s back to being the neophyte straight man to Felicia. And even then, Felicia takes out the cameras only after the two women have already been seen on them,...

The issue isn’t so much the shapeshifting but that Kamala had sworn off shapeshifting into adult white women as she realized she was doing that out of internalized racism and subconsciously not...

The handling of MJ definitely counts as well, and has been pointed out by many people including a letter writer in Jackpot and Black Cat #1.

This run outright fridged Kamala. Received mainstream press criticizing the fridging.

Called MJ a scarlet woman and She-Hulk a b!tch. Stabbed both of them graphically in the back. Pretended to...

Anna had always been on MJ’s side. She’s MJ’s place of refuge, where MJ ran to when she couldn’t stay with Gayle, where MJ ran to after turning down Peter’s first proposal.

I highly doubt Anna...

They weren’t writing them out. The love interest went off and lived her life because, y’know, she’s a character who has her own life.

Basically, you described serial storytelling.

If a writer...

I agree, it seems like a weird hill to die on (I accept writing Spider-Man, with all his history and his established characterization and his established supporting cast and his need to appear in...

I think we’re supposed to think there is some jealousy there, however, because there is absolutely no other reason for an entire page to be wasted on MJ as the information she imparts to the reader -...

That’s not true. There were plenty of arcs during the marriage or when Peter was dating someone where the love interest wasn’t present. Because the love interest should be a character in her right...

You’re looking at the 2D images on the page as if they are characters.

They are not.

They are just toys to be pulled and punched in whatever direction, no matter how ridiculous, and then put...

Disney likes making money. Disney also has some of the best analysts around.

I’m not trying to stop you from being pessimistic.

But I do know how business analysis works. If a product is...

The numbers have collapsed from a certain point of view. The direct market is dire. Comic book shops are complaining and now have to sell toys, collectibles and manga to survive. Manga is what many...

I would love a tell-all, too. Maybe one day. Depends on what kind of NDAs they make people sign these days.

I do think USM definitively kills “enragement equals engagement” especially if USM...

Now, now, Peter made the Hippo go boom and sit on Electro, and MJ threw a pink bowling ball at Electro!

Which is to say, co-signed.

This is the worst run Amazing Spider-Man has ever had and I’m including Mackie/Byrne. The last two issues were readable instead of nonsense rage bait, which by comparison to 95% of the run makes them...

USM is a very well written book with attention to character while setting up intriguing world building and has stellar artwork. The previews so far show we are in for more of the same, and the...

I have suggestions of other threads around tomorrow's new comics that might be more enjoyable:

Ultimate Spider-Man #3 is out tomorrow, I predict people will be very complimentary and happy with...

Why would the Living Brain care?

How would Paul and Ben know Peter met with Michelle 2.0 in the first place? Also, I doubt Paul is ever going to play another part in Wells’s story. He’s just a...

Because the writer needs them to want Sandman. Otherwise, it's illogical and doesn't track, it makes no sense in the world of the characters.



And this set up also makes no sense, if indeed it...

MJ's dialogue reads like a bad parody of Batman.

"The sound of screams echoing through the night means people are reaching out for help. But silence means they don't even know they’re in danger...

It's so amazing to realize no, you still love comics, comics are still for you, there are still great stories to read. Thanks, Jonathan Hickman. Wherever you are going, I'll follow. And I'm...

Yeah, no, shocking and troubling is fridging a teenage South Asian hero during AAPI month by stabbing her in the back while she stands around and doesn't even get a chance to fight back just as a...