I was asking more to get the specific issues, but I decided to stop being lazy and check out the name for it.
Either way, it sounded like one of those edgy try-hard stories from what Huntsman Spider described, but while the background is dark, the story is on the hopeful side, that Sorcerer Supreme Banner even points out that just because Uncle Ben became evil in that world, doesn't mean he's always like that, it's just that it happened there, which is nice because too many alternate universes try to say "If it didn't happen this way it'd happen in this much worse way", but instead that one decided to say it was just a possibility.
I think the Parker Industries status quo would be more comparable to Ted Kord Blue Beetle than Iron Man or Batman.
For what it's worth, in Identity Wars, the Amazing Spider did sacrifice himself to save Spider-Man after realizing how wrong he'd been, ended up in hell due to all the innocent Spider-Men he killed to empower himself, then bonded with the souls of the penitent damned for a second chance at life, such as it was, and became Ghost Spider to atone for his past crimes.
The spider is always on the hunt.
The funniest part of the crossover was that Doom was cosplaying as Deadpool and Deadpool was actually Doom's equivalent in that reality and introduced a nice element of black humour in the otherwise dark and morbid tale.
Yeah, it sounds dark, but those stuff happened in the background, Amazing Spider had redemption for his actions, and then we have Banner, who's Sorcerer Supreme, saying that Uncle Ben going evil is a possibility, which can happen, but doesn't mean it's what happens most times, or everytime, and that helps Spidey feel better.
Y'know, this story makes me think how many times we got something that is basically "Someone is draining Spider-People's powers to become stronger", we had that with Morlun, more or less, Amazing Spider, and technically RYV MJ with Regent's tech (Or just Regent with any power, but MJ uses it specifically for Peter's)... Wonder if there's anything else
And we also have the plot twist of that cold opening with Death Mask bombing Deadpool, turns oout it was Deadpool dressed as Death Mask bombing Death Mask dressed as Deadpool, that got a chuckle out of me lol.
Last edited by Lukmendes; 10-11-2019 at 11:40 PM.
The time compressions aren't necessarily going to be equivalent.
The Parker Industries will probably be a longer stretch of Peter's life (even if we're quibbling over the difference of one month and a few months) than a period featuring similar amounts of published material but less radical changes to the status quo and how the Marvel Universe sees Peter.
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Honestly I loved it because it felt like Peter was living up to his potential. As much as I love Spider-Man, the amount of "Down on his luck, poor broke bastard" type stories were annoying.
That being said, Spencer is doing a good job of refraining from relying on that particular gimmick
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Like I said before, if MJ would have worked with Peter here instead of for Tony Stark, they surely would have keep it safe.
I admit to not reading the Parker Industries Arc because I gave up on reading Spuder-Man before that. But I would be interested in seeing it brought back. Why? 1: I would like to see some different kinds of stories involving Pete, without the expectation of failure. 2: Pete is one of the smartest people in Marvel. Maybe not Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Hank Pym, Reed Richards, Doc Ock or Víctor Von Doom, but in the top 20. Why not have him financially benefit by his intelligence?