Yeah, it's basically OMD/OMIT 2.0. And MJ was more of an offpanel presence at the beginning of BND just like she has been so far here.
I'm hopeful that Peter and MJ will get back together in the near future--and I think Wells' dialogue is great and if he was interested in writing them as a couple it could be really fun.
Going by some of the comments here, jumping off was a good call. Still 50/50 on checking out #900 or not.
Peter doesn't beg for civilian's lives. He begs for his.
John McClane did not say, "Hans! I've learned my lesson! Come back, Hans!"
John McClane tried to appeal to Hans's better nature, except Hans didn't have one. John McClane also met Gruber for the first time that night. He did not have years of interaction by which to judge what Hans would do.
Did I miss something in regards to Paul being "violent"? Over in the previews thread, a few users stated that he was abusive. Did they seriously gather this from just one dialogue bubble "he deserved that"? MJ leaving her family because of an abusive dad does not equate to whatever that convo was. Plus, if we are going to take things out of context, then MJ's entire relationship with Peter should be in question because a)he fights crime by punching and kicking bad guys and B) he hit MJ once which was completely by accident but a lot of you want to send Peter to the chopping block for that as well.
Overall this volume sucks tremendously. I am so bored by whatever it is I am reading.
God I hope this Paul guy turns out to be a massive douche or a criminal that works for Tombstone or something. I was thinking of buying the trade when it releases but as of right now I think I'm gonna skip it.
They need to bring Abe Jenkins back ASAP
Tombstone says, "Kill him."
Peter yells, "Don't do this! Lonnie, stop! I've learned my lesson!" (not about the civilians or Robbie, Peter makes it about himself)
To which Tombstone says, "Bet you have, champ. But it's too late to save the day."
And Peter replies, "Come back! Do you hear me? Stop!" but there's a gun in his face and the last could be directed to whoever is holding the weapon.
Which leads to the question: why didn't Tombstone just kill him in the first place?! Why is he wasting time teaching a Spider-man a lesson if he was planning on killing him all the while?! The only real answer is meta: it's so Wells can squeeze out his Tombstone backstory. But as a story on its own, this whole issue is pretty much just a villian monologuing. Do they not have Pixar in the Marvel U (you would think so, considering they share the same parent company)? Have these characters - or Zeb Wells - never seen The Incredibles?!
But then Tombstone is irrational in the first place: he's going to teach a do-gooder a lesson about interference, only for his big plan to hinge on do-gooder interference. Like, whatevs.