Amazing Spider-man 67 Preview is up interesting.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

Glad to see that Otto's deal with Mephisto is being woven into the story and will hopefully have more significance than just a parallel to Peter's deal.

What do you mean?

[Immortal Hulk]

Sometimes I think ASM is not even a Spidey book. He almost doesn't appear there, and it has zero action.

[xpyred]

Sometimes I think ASM is not even a Spidey book. He almost doesn't appear there, and it has zero action.

They’re trying to return to the status quo of Peter being a constant loser.

[Digifiend]

What do you mean?

You didn't read the post-credit scene? Kindred spoke to Otto about his erased memories of being Superior Spider-Man, said he can make him his whole self again.

[HypnoHustler]

Damn, Spencer again with the deep cuts. I think the last time the robot parents was referenced was like 1997.... we even saw a panel of Vulture in his early 90s costume.

I appreciate these Easter eggs, but new readers (or even readers who started in the last decade) won’t know what the hell that’s about.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

You didn't read the post-credit scene? Kindred spoke to Otto about his erased memories of being Superior Spider-Man, said he can make him his whole self again.

Nope. Just did.

Huh, not sure I care for this. I prefer to return Otto to the old Pre-Superior version. That is his true real self.

Personally they should do a Magneto Claremont/Lee X-Men #2-3 solution.

Damn, Spencer again with the deep cuts. I think the last time the robot parents was referenced was like 1997....

I appreciate them, but new readers (or even readers who started in the last decade) won’t know what the hell that’s about.

Deep cuts and references were never a turn-off for new readers (how else do you think Claremont's X-Men became so big, since he did this stuff all the time).

[Immortal Hulk]

They’re trying to return to the status quo of Peter being a constant loser.

It seems like it.

[NC_Yankee]

You didn't read the post-credit scene? Kindred spoke to Otto about his erased memories of being Superior Spider-Man, said he can make him his whole self again.

I am starting to actually miss Dan Slott compared to this story. If he makes Otto whole while F ing over Peter then I am ranking Kindred as actually worse then OMD and BND and like Silk, The Other and OMD/BND this story is making me angry. That is not supposed to be the purpose of a comic book but that is what this story is doing to me.

[HypnoHustler]

Nope. Just did.

Huh, not sure I care for this. I prefer to return Otto to the old Pre-Superior version. That is his true real self.

Personally they should do a Magneto Claremont/Lee X-Men #2-3 solution.



Deep cuts and references were never a turn-off for new readers (how else do you think Claremont's X-Men became so big, since he did this stuff all the time).

Hey, don’t get me wrong! I love that stuff. The robot parents stuff was a terrible story, but I still loved seeing it referenced.

Playing Devil’s advocate, I have heard the argument from Marvel suits and some creators that references to arcane continuity renders books inaccessible to new readers. But I think they’re mostly too lazy to incorporate it, too egotistical to reference other creators’ stories, or are just ignorant about their own book’s past continuity.

[HypnoHustler]

I am starting to actually miss Dan Slott

Every time you feel that way, please reread the Alpha storyline, or Clone Conspiracy, or just any storyline from the Parker Industries era...

[rward777]

They’re trying to return to the status quo of Peter being a constant loser.

Thought they already did in brand new day.

[NC_Yankee]

Every time you feel that way, please reread the Alpha storyline, or Clone Conspiracy, or just any storyline from the Parker Industries era...

Alpha was not as bad as a number of other stories (Queen Pin to name another bad story). But he also did ends of the earth, RYV and Spider Island all of which were better then anything Spencer has done. The analogy I made before is comparing Spider-Man to Sports teams. I do not watch the Islanders, Yankees and Arizona State Sun Devils to see them lose, and I do not read Spider-Man to see Peter lose. I do not expect to Peter win every time ( the Islanders are not going 82-0 regular season and 16-0 in the playoffs. But they are not going 0-82 either). It seems like that is the entire direction of Spencer: Peter loses and looks pathetic doing it. Getting his ass kicked by supervillains and needing help like a “Damsel In Distress” is unacceptable

[Revolutionary_Jack]

Playing Devil’s advocate, I have heard the argument from Marvel suits and some creators that references to arcane continuity renders books inaccessible to new readers.

It's Joe Quesada who said that and he is a man:
-- Of s--ty taste and judgment.
-- Generally mediocre at his job.
-- Wrote OMD and OMIT.

You look at Jonathan Hickman and his comics sell well whether it's FF, Avengers, X-Men and his works are continuity-heavy and so on, so ultimately it's not really a dispositive in and of itself. Likewise, Al Ewing's IMMORTAL HULK has a lot of continuity-stuff (referring to comics from the Pre-Marvel era even) but it hasn't turned anyone away.

In and of itself, it doesn't matter.

But I think they’re mostly too lazy to incorporate it, too egotistical to reference other creators’ stories, or are just ignorant about their own book’s past continuity.

Bingo. I think most times, writers find their own way.

Sometimes doing a blank slate is justified. When JMS came in, he had to deal with MJ's "Death-Separation" and Marvel decided that the period was something they had to bury since it was too much of a downer to deal with MJ being trapped and kidnapped in a room for a year and so on. So he had to basically do a broad-strokes going with Peter-MJ being temporarily separated, and then when they talk about the feelings they don't address her kidnapping as a reason and motivation and all. And eventually it's like that earlier period, and the period of the Post-Clone Saga, and the Clone Saga itself, never happened.

Othertimes you have writers like Spencer who creates a style that embraces all that is (to use a word that's hip these days) "cringe" about Spider-Continuity and decides to work with that.

[Spiderfan001]

Alpha was not as bad as a number of other stories (Queen Pin to name another bad story). But he also did ends of the earth, RYV and Spider Island all of which were better then anything Spencer has done. The analogy I made before is comparing Spider-Man to Sports teams. I do not watch the Islanders, Yankees and Arizona State Sun Devils to see them lose, and I do not read Spider-Man to see Peter lose. I do not expect to Peter win every time ( the Islanders are not going 82-0 regular season and 16-0 in the playoffs. But they are not going 0-82 either). It seems like that is the entire direction of Spencer: Peter loses and looks pathetic doing it. Getting his ass kicked by supervillains and needing help like a “Damsel In Distress” is unacceptable

I agree and disagree.The storylines like Hunted etc. were good but all storylines in this run whether good or bad have had Pete been beaten up by things he should be able to handle no problem.The characterization is on point and the stories have heart but that is not an excuse.I think it is intentional.
I really hope that Sinister Wars is full of Pete Badass.
Also while we are talking about Sinister wars.Just saw the black and white cover for SW 2 and it looks like a lot more than 12 there.

[Chris0013]

They’re trying to return to the status quo of Peter being a constant loser.

Thought they already did in brand new day.

And it is pissing me off to no end. Pete with his doctorate as the science editor at the Bugle opened up so many opportunities for Pete. Like looking into corrupt businesses and their shoddy science advances like the old Roxxon artificial vibranium or the Humanitech use of Quicksand as the "A.I." for their robots.