Well, I don't particularly care that much about nostalgia, and if the story is more about the nostalgia, then whatever lol.
Thinking of it, kinda funny that Spencer's ASM had the annual telling a story about the time Spidey had the symbiote, then months later we got Symbiote Spider-Man, think they were testing to see if fans were interested before making it.
The hell kind of story you're gonna tell that needs a "Back then, in the 5 minutes Spidey had the symbiote, he did magic"? Lol.
Symbiotes and acid trips reminds me of Spider-Girl, there was Mayday's symbiote clone, April, something about Peter's mindscape where aunt May helps him out, and I think Norman calling himself "Goblin God" while using April like the usual symbiote suit.
Honestly what an acid trip lol.
There was also Anya doing a body switch on Mayday, kinda funny to look at that in hindsight with Superior existing and all
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Ramos seems pretty hit and miss, like, sometimes it works, other times it's a "Why does everyone have squirrel teeth?" situation, kinda...
Anyways, that Peter in the OP, with a forehead that size, wouldn't be surprised if that was Leader disguised as Spidey
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