Amazing vs Spectacular

[Miles To Go]

Unfortunately, it doesn’t count in continuity.

The deja vu sensation from "Power Play" puts it in continuity

[WebLurker]

The deja vu sensation from "Power Play" puts it in continuity

That makes no sense.

[SilverWarriorWolf]

The deja vu sensation from "Power Play" puts it in continuity

Not to the main universe. If it was in continuity, Peter and MJ would be married with a daughter.

I’d say the deja vu was just an Easter egg for the readers.

[Miles To Go]

I’d say the deja vu was just an Easter egg for the readers.

I disagree

That makes no sense.

It's a reference. For that to occur, something obviously had to happen.

It makes perfect sense.

[SilverWarriorWolf]

I disagree



It's a reference. For that to occur, something obviously had to happen.

It makes perfect sense.

How would 616!Peter and MJ have any way to “remember” what their counterparts did?

[Uncanny Mutie]

I went ahead and and voted for Amazing, since even though I think Slott is burnt out and should have stepped down a few years ago, he is still a better writer than Chip. But Both Amazing and Spectacular are equally bad, IMO.

Yeah, the Jonah reveal issue was great. But aside from that, PPSM just feels like a really bad team up book, where Peter/Spidey is written like a corny, bad parody of himself (including a ton of forced humor and unfunny jokes) and where guest stars and villains galore are flooded into the book to carry the book instead of the actual title character. I don't know why so many say it has "gotten better" because it has only gotten worse, to me.

[Lukmendes]

I went ahead and and voted for Amazing, since even though I think Slott is burnt out and should have stepped down a few years ago, he is still a better writer than Chip. But Both Amazing and Spectacular are equally bad, IMO.

Yeah, the Jonah reveal issue was great. But aside from that, PPSM just feels like a really bad team up book, where Peter/Spidey is written like a corny, bad parody of himself (including a ton of forced humor and unfunny jokes) and where guest stars and villains galore are flooded into the book to carry the book instead of the actual title character. I don't know why so many say it has "gotten better" because it has only gotten worse, to me.

Post issue 4 the bad humor was toned down (It's still there though), Spidey's characterization improved and he stopped acting like a teenager, and he started to act smarter, plus JJ and Betty doing reporting/detective shit, and it's hardly like a team up comic since it's still Spider-Man's story with other characters who help move the plot, issue 299 is the only one where other characters were really stealing screen time from Spidey though, since he didn't do much on it.

Also, inb4 the poll gets another tie

[Marvel/DC Fan]

Hm, so Peter Parker has improved quite a bit over the last few issues it seems. I read the first 5 and didn't care for it too much. I may switch back to it if Nick Spencer takes over Amazing.

[DragonPiece]

By the way, a nice thing about seeing the positive response to PPSSM is that this hopefully foreshadows a new era of competitiveness between Chip Zdarsky on PPSSM and the new creative team for ASM. I recall the days----many moons ago----when we had Stern and then DeFalco killing it on ASM and we had Peter David on PPSSM and it was a treat to see top creative teams doing their thing on their respective titles; hopefully, we get that once again.

Did Chip ever say how long he wants to write PPSSM?

[oldschool]

Not that I know of; and of course that longevity is ultimately up to editorial anyway but I am hoping this is a several year stint at this point.

[cc008]

Is there ANY possibility at all that Spectacular becomes the main Spider-Man title after Slott is finished with Amazing? Do we know for sure that a new writer will come on to write that title?

[Lukmendes]

Is there ANY possibility at all that Spectacular becomes the main Spider-Man title after Slott is finished with Amazing? Do we know for sure that a new writer will come on to write that title?

Doubt so, ASM's sells will always make it the main Spidey book, and we still don't know who the next one is gonna be.

[cc008]

Doubt so, ASM's sells will always make it the main Spidey book, and we still don't know who the next one is gonna be.

I know it's not probable. Just an out of the blue thought I had today.

[Michael Watkins]

I went in wanting to like Spectacular. but I'm voting for Amazing.

[jackolover]

Spectacular. There’s no contest. Ever since Dan Slott took over Amazing it’s as though he’s been following Joe Quesadas formula of what Spider-Man should act like. Chip breathes a whole different life into the modern Spider-Man that isn’t tainted by the Slott conservatism. Slott killed it in the Avengers Initiative because he created a whole new universe with no preconceived baggage (that Spider-Man was carrying). Amazing has to be written formulaicly because it is a staple line. Chip has deconstructed that view and given us what Spider-Man would be like if you didn’t want to hamper him with preconceived ideas. It’s light, it’s clean slate, it’s choosing to introduce another “subject” relative, his sister, that not only makes her interesting, but distracts Peter into her drama. It’s not Spider-Man anymore. Spectacular is “Here’s my sister, and I’m Spider-Man over here”.