When people complain about Marvel delving into social issues and either say that they didn't used to do it or that when they did do it, back in Stan's day, it was done subtly either have not actually read old school '60s and '70s Marvel or have read it long ago and forgotten what it was actually like.
Stan was very on the nose when it came to social issues and made no bones about where he, and Marvel as a whole, stood on the issues of the day. When I re-read those old issues, I'm often shocked at how blatant the soap boxing can be. When people complain that it "gets in the way of the story" today, I have to roll my eyes because nothing in the books today is anywhere near as nakedly political as what made it in back in the late '60s/early '70s.
I think because a lot of what Stan and others talked about in the books back then is so widely agreed on now that we can't imagine anyone reading those books to be offended. But that's only because society has evolved (in some areas, at least) since then. At the time, though, many readers of the day were every bit as incensed by what they perceived as inappropriate political content intruding on their funny books.
It's why Marvel received letters like this:
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What Ahmed's Miles book will be like is yet to be known but if he injects some political or social commentary into it, it would simply be following a Marvel tradition.
Place me as one of the few that would love to see Miles and Spider Gwen get together, they've been together in so many different mediums it's crazy that it hasn't happened yet lol.
Not really, it was mostly just a tease (which was why I hated the series since it was a complete bait and switch.) The entire series was them being introduced to each other, trying to figure out what happened, they come across a universe where they are actually married and celebrities with kids, they give one kiss and then decide a "let's not force this just because we're married in another universe." and went to let's be friends for now approach.
It was a ridiculous sour spot as they pushed this entire media push of them going to be a romantic pairing, just for them to back out at that last moment. It reminded me of the stupidity DC did with Batman and Catwoman's marriage.
So yeah, there's tons of chemistry there, no one just seems willing to pull the trigger, which is a common problem when it comes to comic books.
Well that's your opinion, I see ton of chemistry, especially with the teasing they did during the actual mini series. The fact that they were actually married in a different universe pretty much hammer that idea over the head. But of course, marvel wasn't ready to pull the trigger.
Well you obviously don't like the pairing so it makes sense why you see it as forced. But ultimately, they wanted to tread the line while not pulling the trigger. while still lay the groundwork so if/when they decided to take that leap they can.
I honestly don't see the comics making the first decision though, them making that step would probably be initiated by either a cartoon pairing or movie pairing before they decided to bring it to the comics.
Is anyone picking up the Spider-Geddon Handbook? I'm curious about what it has about Miles, but not curious enough about the others to buy it.
The handbook finally confirms that when Miles and the others was transported from the Ultimate Universe to the prime earth, that they didn't retain their memories of living in a different universe. Only Miles have vague memories, like Rio "almost" getting killed by Venom.
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That's interesting, does it have any other fun facts or is it basically just physical traits and backstory?
To be fair, the handbooks are written by promoted superfans.