Originally Posted by
FFJamie94
There certainly seems like something is wrong with Spencer's run. I think my big issue is that Spencer wants to do too much. Spider-Man is partially made up by the supporting cast. Yet when was the last time we saw Aunt May in the book?
Mary-Jane takes a back seat in most arcs, even through she should be the main focus of the run. Spencer wants to do Kindred so he can retcon ideas froms OMD. That's an idea and a narrative pull. So we have a character who is our main antagonist, a narrative to draw us in, and a conclusion we want to get to. Okay, so you want to plant seeds for Kindred. Here's how you structure it.
The first arc is actually great as it is. Introduce Kindred as a threatening menace.
We have a mystery and a threat. Works out great.
Have a few arcs, then have the meeting between Spider-Man and Kindred. Spider-man knows Kindred exists and that he is a threat. This also works out. Have a few more arcs with the threat of Kindred looming over the comic. Now have Kindred reveal himself as Harry. That should have been year one of the comic.
Year two should have been centred around the relationship between Peter and MJ. It also needs to be about Kindred and Spider-Man having their next battle.
Year two ends with that fight.
Year three needs to be the aftermath. How do Peter and MJ move on from there? If we retcon OMD, do they get back together? Can they get back together?
What comes of Harry?
Instead we get the plot with Kingpin wanted the tablet of life, or we get Chameleon trolling Theresa and then explaining nothing. Or we get possible outcomes for the future. I get it's all connected, but it feels too bloated. Spider-man works best when it's a series of individual adventures with a soap opera forming the continuing narrative.
I like the idea of Spider-man becoming a cooperate shill for Jonah. Keep that as a bit of comedic relief for a few arcs.
I like the idea of Spider-man and Boomerang being flatmates. That's a neat idea to build the soap opera tension.
Instead of focusing on one thing however, we get these odd tantrums that sometimes don't even lead anywhere.
While I've enjoyed this run for the most part, I'm excited to see it's nearly over.