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What has happened at Columbia University is awful.

We're talking about a doomed character who isn't going to last. You understand this, right? Paul will already be gone when the next writer takes over ASM.

There's something to be said about developing a doomed character. A character that the writer knows won't be around in the future. I've read my fair share of stories around characters who know they...

Sony doesn't have the film rights to several of those characters so that ain't happening.

This stuff is genuinely terrifying. There is no other way to say it. I don't think America could ever recover from a 2nd Trump term.

Republicans are the party of Trump. They have made that abundantly clear.

This is true. But it gets at the question of how this run ends and how they promote vol 7 while this run is still going on.

I don't think they can do that again. The surprise factor that the first...

I'd say multiple consecutive issues in a row having multiple printings is usually a good sign for a successful launch.

You have to remember that Ultimate Invasion initially was not the massive...

No wonder Marvel went all-in on that Red Goblin stuff.

(That was the build-up to Slott's final arc on ASM. There was a back-up in which Norman obtains the Carnage symbiote. There was also another...

Let me counter that question with a question of my own. What happens if the next ASM relaunch doesn't perform as well as USM has up until now? Because regardless of the status of Peter and MJ in the...

I don't think they've ever said or will ever say, but MJ's actions in Spec make a lot more sense if she already knows Peter is Spider-Man.

Walter Hardy being Uncle Ben's killer ties Felicia closer...

Remember when Marvel tried to add Carlie as the fourth big Spider-Man love interest? LOL.

Marvel trying to position the three as equals in the battle for Peter's heart doesn't make it so.

You can use whatever terms you want, lol. I'm just saying I disagree with the use of the term "iconic."

I'm not disagreeing. I disagree with the use of the term "iconic" to describe them.

The problem is Felicia regressed massively back to thief (albeit with a hidden heart of gold).

She's done pretty well for herself for a character introduced well after Stan stopped writing the...

I thought she was really boring. The only time I thought she was even mildly interesting was in Spencer's run when she revealed a cynicism about the general public that was the exact opposite of...

https://i.redd.it/im6yd6ocshpa1.jpg

As for Felicia, do I need to post her being written as MJ-lite during the back-up story from Dead Language?

People constantly try to downplay MJ's status as...

As I said, I think the word "iconic" gets thrown around a lot. We saw that Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man also barely acknowledged the "relationship".

In Bendis' USM, Felicia makes out with Peter,...

I just think the word "iconic" gets thrown around a lot. Too much. I wouldn't describe Peter x Felicia as "iconic."

I wouldn't even describe Peter x Gwen as iconic beyond her death.

The only...

The only other writer who has done anything with the pairing in the last few years is Wells. And we saw how little he cared about it.

I wouldn't describe Peter x Felicia as "iconic." (Hell, I...

I think fandom holds it in higher regard than Marvel. And I'm not just talking about the Wells run. Life Story also completely ignored it.

This is basically what I've been expecting, and I wonder if that's going to be enough to help ASM recover its mojo. It'll basically put everyone back to where Wells inherited them.

USM is outselling ASM by more than 2x.

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/ultimate-spider-man-tops-the-bleeding-cool-weekly-bestseller-list/

With results like these, the question must be asked....

Polling itself hasn't had the best track record over the last few years. It makes it more difficult to accurately measure polls to predict what will happen.