Friendly Neighbour Hood Spider-Man#1 Preview

[HypnoHustler]

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I'd like to see people AGAIN try to deny we're getting some kind of OMD resolution now

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I want that more than anything. But I've been let down too many times. I'll believe it when it actually happens. What I think will happen is they'll partially undo it by reuniting Peter and MJ as is happening in ASM, but not actually retconning the Mephisto deal. Would love to be wrong.

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[Jonathangoop1811]

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I'd like to see people AGAIN try to deny we're getting some kind of OMD resolution now

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The resolution of OMD is going to end in two possibilities, either Peter and Mary Jane are married again, or Marvel kills Mary Jane, by the way I read the storyline of Spider-Man "one moment in time", in there Mary Jane mentioned that she wanted to marry Peter to have children, so, does somebody else think in the possibility that Mephisto erased the marriage so the child is never born, I mean Mary Jane was pregnant at one point, but now Ben and Peter had shown that they don't remember her, so perhaps a chid between the two will be involved somehow

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[Miles To Go]

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I want that more than anything. But I've been let down too many times. I'll believe it when it actually happens. What I think will happen is they'll partially undo it by reuniting Peter and MJ as is happening in ASM, but not actually retconning the Mephisto deal. Would love to be wrong.

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OMD can be resolved in ways that don't involve the marriage returning, that's true, I was leaning more towards Peter finally realising he can't keep a hold on Aunt May forever and learning to finally let her go

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[Jonathangoop1811]

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I hope Teresa gets to meet her Aunt, before she dies, perhaps Aunt May in bed and receiving visits from every person she met or who find her important, like Jarvis, Otto, Teresa, Kaine and Ben

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[Miles To Go]

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The main story sees Peter spot a van belonging a young man and his daughter teetering off the edge of a bridge, he saves the family just as the van falls, crashes and explodes. The man's daughter is freaked out by the spider emblem on Peter's chest and tries to squish it! Her father attempts to reward Peter with cash, Peter tells him to give it to three people in the area that could need it more. Spidey switches to Peter and returns to his apartment, where he helps out one of his neighbours, Marnine. She expresses concern for someone in apartment room 72 called Lelani. Peter goes up to meet her and tells the woman that he knows Spider-Man, she isn't impressed. Peter offers to get her lunch, but when he returns, he finds she is surrounded by shady men. Peter is knocked out and is found by Marnine and Randy. Peter returns to his and Randy's apartment to find Fred is playing video games in only his underwear...PETER'S underwear. Peter goes to his bedroom to find Lelani has left him her laundry...and inside the laundry hamper are two young orange skinned twins. Peter offers them an apple The epilogue flashes back to the day before, where Peter goes on a date with MJ, who wears one of Peter's spare outfits to conceal her identity, they journey to the Chrysler Building and watch the sun rise together. Peter visits Aunt May who is quite evasive of him. She journeys to a medical centre and arrives in the midst of a speech by Wilson Fisk, who is donating money to it. A PR woman asks May to take a photo with him but May refuses, saying Fisk is a thug and a criminal. She enters the facility where she is diagnosed. The doctors have found a lump. She writes a letter to Peter but tears it up[

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[Arsenal]

Well ****. That’s one hell of a way to start the series off.

[SpiderClops]

The main story was okay. But the second story... ugh. Unless you're doing it for real this time, this story has no weight.

[Miles To Go]

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[WebSlingWonder]

Okay...
Once is happenstance. (Peter and MJ)
Twice is coincidence. (spoilers:

Mephisto in Champions

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Aunt May with breast cancer.

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[Inversed]

This was a really great issue and an engaging start to Taylor's run for the series!

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I like that this is focusing on the "Friendly Neighbourhood" aspect, showing Peter helping in non-Spider-Man ways and his interactions with his literal neighbours. I really like the possibility of being able to see more of these intimate moments, and how helpful Peter can be just on his own. And there's also an interesting mystery regarding Lelani and those twins. And of course, there's that backup story that steals the show. Peter and MJ going on a date watching the sunrise, and with her even wearing a Spider suit was so adorable and sweet. And Aunt May with cancer is quite a bombshell to end on. Verrrrrrrry intrigued to see where this is gonna go, especially since the letter seems to all but confirm she does know his secret. Also despite all the pain surrounding her, we still get a badass moment where she tells Wilson Fisk off, that was great.

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[Snoop Dogg]

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Mephisto in Champs is just Zub looking for major villains, so he checked to see who wasn't being used. There was already an OMD thing in the works, because Spencer wouldn't ignore it and he doesn't talk about it. The Aunt May thing is probably nothing and will be resolved in this book because you don't take actually big swings at major characters in B-Books. And May won't die in either book because Lowe is too smart for that.

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[bob.schoonover]

Okay...
Once is happenstance. (Peter and MJ)
Twice is coincidence. (spoilers:

Mephisto in Champions

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Three times? (spoilers:

Aunt May with breast cancer.

end of spoilers) Something's up in the Spider-Office. Somebody's planning something. And I'm VERY excited to see what it is!

I'm not necessarily going to argue - I think something is up but I have yet to be convinced that the thing that is up is definitely some sort of resolution to OMD (especially if we further restrict it to a resolution to OMD that some here very much want*) - but I will point out that your third point falls within the framework of any number of stories about Aunt May and if the second one is really about spoilers:

Blackheart

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*To unpack the statement, I believe a big Mephisto story is probably coming for the MU soon, but that doesn't necessarily mean it'll resolve OMD. One could imagine a big event where, in the course of events, Peter finds out Mephisto messed w/him somehow, then a year or more of slow burn while he tries to figure out what/how. One can also imagine Peter and MJ finding out the truth and deciding not to undo their choice because of the possible consequences (in which case maybe they stay together but unmarried or fall apart yet again). Either way, my big Bayesian prior is that whatever is going on, it'll be a few months before it moves from back burner to front burner. Marvel won't put this much effort into a big Mephisto (and possibly Spider-man) event w/o a big publicity push first.

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My best out of the box idea for how Pete and MJ find out is that Aunt May dies on the table during her cancer treatment, then magically wakes up and is cancer-free because of the deal. Deals with the devil often have a number of loop holes and Aunt May being immortal would be a kind of hilarious result

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[Miles To Go]

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Mephisto in Champs is just Zub looking for major villains, so he checked to see who wasn't being used. There was already an OMD thing in the works, because Spencer wouldn't ignore it and he doesn't talk about it. The Aunt May thing is probably nothing and will be resolved in this book because you don't take actually big swings at major characters in B-Books. And May won't die in either book because Lowe is too smart for that.

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"Nothing happens in B books"...except Harry's death, except Jameson finding out Peter is Spidey, except Ben Reily and Baby May dying, except...

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[Inversed]

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Mephisto in Champs is just Zub looking for major villains, so he checked to see who wasn't being used. There was already an OMD thing in the works, because Spencer wouldn't ignore it and he doesn't talk about it. The Aunt May thing is probably nothing and will be resolved in this book because you don't take actually big swings at major characters in B-Books. And May won't die in either book because Lowe is too smart for that.

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I think Jonah finding out Peter's secret in Spectacular has disproven the whole "nothing big will happen in B-books", now anything goes. I could very well see this as being setup, and then Peter finds out in Spencer's book later. Taylor even said earlier about a "MAJOR" development, so I don't see this being quickly resolved or thrown to the wayside like nothing. Also Zub is probably one of if not the best involving referencing and keeping in continuity with other writer's books, so Mephisto in Champions, even though he's supposed to be locked up in the Hell Casino, can't be just him not knowing about that, he has a plan and reason for using him.

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[Miles To Go]

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Donny Coates also revealed he and Stegman had been called to a major summit in New York a few weeks ago for a big project

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