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I actually agree. I should have used /s at the end of my last post.

There's no set up. And there's no reason for us to care about Amelia. In fact, considering she's terrorizing innocent citizens...

Don’t know if you noticed, but in the end Garlador went with making him an outright villain.

And also, comics only have 20-30 pages an issue. There's barely enough story per issue to justify...

A few things:

1) "We" don't have to convince Marvel of anything. Marvel would be, in fact, rather ridiculous if they listened to a bunch of randos on a message board or even social media. I...

Since Wells was very quick to break up a Peter and MJ who were just dating, evidence suggests Marvel doesn’t agree with this.



This is moving goal posts, and moving them into an area that is...

Making an exception to my "do not write for free" rule:

1) MJ and Paul were never intimate, they just co-raised the chains. After all, they were the only 4 "people" on the planet, it makes sense...

Pretty sure people who are in serious but not legally papered relationships would disagree :D

Which brings up a sidebar:

The supposed golden era of Peter the swinging single - pun intended -...

I agree, there are multiple ways to do it.

But they take treating MJ and Peter as characters, not treating Peter like a toy to be thrown around haphazardly before putting him back in his...

I never said that LOL. That is seriously funny to me.

But i do know one romance that has already captured my heart.

Look at how adorable and in love they are. Even MJ thinks so.
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Did people see that Unknown Comics is re-releasing a 4th printing of their Tyler Kirkham cover from USM #2, which was originally sold out?
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We're not the writers and editors. That isn't our jobs. We're not paid to make characters interesting.

Also, pretty sure this isn't a Paul thread. Can we get back on topic, y'all?

I absolutely agree just restoring the marriage isn't enough, and I'd also argue USM is outperforming not just because of the marriage.

There are a lot of lesssons to be taken from USM, starting...

It worked for twenty years. It worked when Amazing Spider-Man was the best-selling comic in the late 80s/early 90s. Now USM is the best-selling comic.



This is your opinion.

It is not a...

I...didn't say that?

What it does is make people on top ask why aren't the other books are performing at the same level.

If Coke is dominating its market, then the question becomes why isn't...

They should be characters. I agree with Daibhidh this is probably too complex to discuss on a message board.

Even two dimensional representations of women shouldn't be treated as interchangeable...

The MARKET has said the preference makes more money.



No one who is a serious businessperson is going to say, "Better not make that best selling product any more, Bob, Twixxer user...

I agree about marketability.

But to get back to the original thesis, marketable doesn’t mean iconic.

Marketable just means there’s a big enough niche of buyers to turn a profit.

In this...

I agree about iconic. And it has a specific meaning.

Ask a rando on the street, "Who is Peter Parker's iconic girlfriend? Who is his iconic relationship?"

They are not going to say Felicia.
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Again, not saying she isn't a great character. Not saying she doesn't have an important place in the Spider-Man world. Not saying that Felicia herself isn't iconic.

But her relationship with...

And then Dan gets asked why the other books aren't perfoming up to the same level.

He actually has less cover than he did when ASM was selling neck and neck with Batman, because at least then...

I didn't say that Felicia wasn't great, in Noir or otherwise! She's awesome! She's a great character and can be and do a LOT more than just be the occasional rebound for Peter when MJ isn't around. ...

I agree investors don't care at that granular a level.

But Dan Buckley, as Marvel Publisher and now sole president of Marvel Entertainment (co-president Rob Steffens was let go in 2023 when Ike...

This entire run can be read as nothing but a collection of cynical, shallow, ultimately meaningless Robot Chicken sketches.

According to this, Marvel made a terrible mistake by commissioning Spider-Boy and Spider-Gwen when they did.

But it's doubtful they would agree with that assessment.



Right. Which is why...

Marvel saw dollar signs after one issue of Mary Jane and Black Cat: Beyond and put additional minis in the works.

Marvel saw dollar signs after four issues of Secret Wars: Renew Your Vows and put...

You’re not the only one saying that. People have been pulling for mind control as the reveal to why this run is so horribly off ever since Dead Language.

It really says something when a majority...