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I'm saying that someone like Kevin Feige or Perlmutter shouldn't be making these types of decisions or requests of the comics division. I don't even think this type of thing should necessarily be...

Depends on what you mean by "works." Can comic writers be inspired to repurpose ideas from other media in interesting ways for the comics? Absolutely. Look at Hickman's Ultimate which was admittedly...

I just think synergizing these days is entirely foolish. If a writer had a good creatively driven pitch to turn Kamala into a mutant-- even if it was inspired by what was done in the movies or the...

Even making Kamala a mutant to line up with the MCU is such a silly request if it came from Feige. How many more years of a shrinking market is it going to take for the big two to realize that trying...

the Dark Phoenix Saga..

But that also had stakes with the hero commiting genocide and then sacrificing herself (stakes that really don't/can't exist in modern Marvel comics). And with the trope...

He definitely seems to be extra cautious about revealing MJ's new business. Wonder how that'll come into play later because it seems like it will with the set-up. I was suspecting fashion, but now...

Tbh I have doubts about Semper being able to pull off something on par with X-men 97. Even 90s Spider-man wasn't really on par with the 90s X-men show, and X-men 97 is proving to be an even better...

You're missing my point. I wouldn't expect comics to become a multi-billion dollar industry like the film franchises. But I also wouldn't expect a continued downward trajectory of American comics...

Yeah, the move to specialty shops was likely the catalyst to the industry becoming niche. Since a customer that actively seeks you out is likely an entirely different profile than a casual...

The entire comic book reading market has dwindled. ASM is doing well proportionally but proportional to a slowly sinking ship. "Illusion of change" and sticking to the "status quo" and attempting to...

I doubt that's the case for the majority of people that actually consume Marvel comics. They haven't been attracting casual readers en masse for decades. Even with the predominance of the MCU in the...

MJ is a character that appears in most Spidey media. There are multiple characters in the present run that have never appeared in other media. Regardless, you can print multiple Spider-titles (which...

It seems like just another straw man argument to deflect criticism. Like it went from people complaining about the writing lacking some very basic things like a coherent plot structure, character...

Why does this particular version being married impede the character's longevity? Do you think he'd be any less successful if he were married? Why do comics which are sold to a small niche audience...

Or, at least, make some kind of argument as to why they think this is well written material. Instead the retorts are: this book doesn't need depth, if you want better writing go look somewhere else,...

OP, there's also a decent recap of 616 continuity that was published in the early 90s (so it covers 60s-80s material.) It's a 4-part issue series called Spider-man Saga. Could be useful to your...

Good List.

I'd add these trades as essential status quo changing stories: Spider-man: the original Clone Saga, Spider-man Parallel Lives, Spider-man: Son of the Goblin, and Spider-man Revelations...

I'd say Ben is the more idealistic and anti-establishment one. Hickman's Jonah seems principled but more status quo and needs some convincing to go along with Ben's idea. Especially in that "How...

And yet those relationships were incredibly rich, developed, nuanced and stories were intimate and character driven.

Frankly, I'd take quality character writing and development over quantity of...

Idk if it was to make Peter sexy, relatable to kids, or "down on his luck." (There were so many reasons given and some wrere contradictory) but Peter (and MJ) both peaked in sexiness during the...

To be honest, this run is exactly what I would expect if Avi Arad and Toy Biz were at the wheel. It seems like a hodge podge of absurd concepts to try and sell covers.

That's a fair criticism. Though I'd argue that the present 616 is far more guilty of using nostalgia as a "crutch" than what Hickman is doing.



Hickman has already pivoted away from several...

It's one of the more popular Spider-man stories for them to not try and tackle it in some form, and one that has not seen a true adaptation. The original series essentially put its own spin on...

I think this book exists because Hickman pitched a story idea that was a complete inversion of the original Ultimate series, and one that drastically subverts traditional expectations for Spider-man...

Absolutely! I'd definitely like to see more of Harry Osborn (drawing from the 90s JMD material) in addition to Liz, Felicia, Flash, and the Bugle Cast. Perhaps the return of the "Insidious Six." A...