Big props to Lashley for just how mangled he makes Gibbon look. I don't think anyone else on this event could've made it all look quite that savage and brutal. Really sells how messed up this all is.
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04-03-2019, 12:36 PM #31Kinky Lil' Canine
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I don't blind date I make the direct market vibrate
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04-03-2019, 02:16 PM #32Astonishing Member
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Yeah...I had a feeling this issue was gonna hit me hard, and it still got me good. Really shows the hopelessness of not just this situation, but of characters like him and their lives in this world, constantly screwed over and fighting back, and no matter how hard they try to move on, they're always pulled by things out of their control. Now I just want Spidey to go complete psycho on EVERYONE.
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04-03-2019, 03:05 PM #33Invincible Member
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Normally I hate seeing B and C-Listers used as fodder for events but man this issue really made me feel sad. Gibbon was life’s chew toy, sucks to see him never get his due.
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04-03-2019, 03:07 PM #34Astonishing Member
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That being said, what’re the odds of him being brought up after this story arc?
Originally Posted by Vordan
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04-03-2019, 04:43 PM #35BANNED
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Great issue. Emotional, as expected. Things are going to get much more brutal as this hunt goes on.
Who can say? And really, what does it matter? It doesn't devalue the excellence of this issue if Gibbon's name isn't brought up on a regular basis in the future. Originally Posted by PCN24454
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04-03-2019, 05:38 PM #36Extraordinary Member
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knew the outcome a mile away. But it still sucks especially at the end when he couldn't speak to Spidey. I literally didn't knew anything about him prior to this issue but I'm glad to understand Gibbon a little better
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04-03-2019, 07:14 PM #37Extraordinary Member
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Yeah, it's brutal, but it isn't excessive. It's just sad. Originally Posted by Snoop Dogg
To be fair, as Gibbon's inner voice tells us, this wasn't just him getting screwed. He was the ultimately the one making these bad decisions and making his situation worse. He didn't have to turn to a life of crime after Spider-man laughed at him, he didn't have to date a woman who treated him like crap, he didn't have to leave his construction job for a life of crime, he didn't have to follow Vulture for the small chance that the woman who left him once would want to get back with him. Originally Posted by Inversed
And I think that's a point Spencer keeps making with these villains: they're villains because of how they react to the hard circumstances they have been dealt. Yes, they were victims of circumstances, but they didn't always help themselves. And while you do have guys like Gibbon, Rhino, even Boomerang and Shocker, guys who really are not that bad deep down, you also have people like Vulture who are just bad.
It doesn't really make what's happening to them any less awful or disturbing.
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04-03-2019, 09:12 PM #38Peter Scott
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Well, that was just depressing.
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04-03-2019, 09:21 PM #39Astonishing Member
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I just realized...
How did the hunters not know what a gibbon is? How stupid are these people?Last edited by PCN24454; 04-03-2019 at 09:57 PM. Reason: Clarification
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04-03-2019, 09:31 PM #40Astonishing Member
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Damn, i don't know who he was and it hit me hard.
I mean i don't know if he truly dies but one way or another Spencer really makes you feel for him.
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04-03-2019, 09:32 PM #41Astonishing Member
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Considering the guy who lost it while beating up Iguana i would say pretty f'ing stupid, i mean what happens when Spidey finally rallies these people to fight them off? Miles of bad road i tell ya. Originally Posted by PCN24454
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04-03-2019, 10:33 PM #42Extraordinary Member
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I mean, I know what a gibbon is, but I don't really know what one looks like. Originally Posted by PCN24454
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04-04-2019, 03:23 AM #43Extraordinary Member
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It is not exactly the most famous of the apes. It's not like a gorilla or an orangutan. Originally Posted by PCN24454
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04-04-2019, 04:31 AM #44BANNED
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Very stupid. It's been established that these are not knowledgeable people. Originally Posted by PCN24454
That said, it's not like the gibbon is a well-known ape that everyone would be familiar with.
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04-04-2019, 10:23 AM #45Mighty Member
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Took a big effort to make someone even more down on his luck than Peter Parker. Originally Posted by Prof. Warren
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