Has the Spider-Man editorial hate ever been this large and transparent?

[Kaitou D. Kid]

To answer the thread's initial question again, Editorial hate has never been this large and transparent.

CBR has bi-weekly articles now trashing this book and/or Editorial. Another one came out today.

[Garlador]

To answer the thread's initial question again, Editorial hate has never been this large and transparent.

CBR has bi-weekly articles now trashing this book and/or Editorial. Another one came out today.

While there were a few inconsistencies (Paul is not MJ’s husband, but we can blame the book writers there for saying they were by mistake…, and Peter didn’t reveal his identity to MJ, she had already known), we are just at the point where I think the book is almost a meta-commentary on itself by accident.

“We’re just going through the motions”, they both say.

There’s just nothing of substance here, before OR after, per the new previews.

“If anything proves how tired this trope is, it's the fact that even Spider-Man himself can't seem to care that his life is still in shambles.”

And if Peter can’t seem to care, why should readers?

The death of a comic isn’t outrage; it’s apathy.

[Lairston]

And if Peter can’t seem to care, why should readers?

The death of a comic isn’t outrage; it’s apathy.

They should just rename this book the Apathetic Spider-man because they sure don't write him as Amazing or Sensational or Spectacular anymore...

Its just blah.

[CaptainUniverse]

They should just rename this book the Apathetic Spider-man because they sure don't write him as Amazing or Sensational or Spectacular anymore...

Its just blah.

They don't even write him Web of either! It's a travesty.

[DT Winslow]

I don't believe the editorial hate has ever been this large or transparent. Nor has it ever been this misguided.

[ARkadelphia]

They should just rename this book the Apathetic Spider-man because they sure don't write him as Amazing or Sensational or Spectacular anymore...

Its just blah.

Maybe just shorten it to Pathetic Spider-Man?

[Lairston]

They don't even write him Web of either! It's a travesty.

heh I was thinking more along the lines of how he gets beat up every single issue and has to be saved now. Back in the day he was good enough to take down Firelord but now he gets chained up by Tombstone...

Maybe just shorten it to Pathetic Spider-Man?

That works.

[Hulkout42]

Editorial doesn't hate Peter...they hate us!

[Alan2099]

Editorial doesn't hate Peter...they hate us!

And with an attitude like that, who can blame them?

[Hulkout42]

And with an attitude like that, who can blame them?

Right, because it's our fault the stories suck.

[Alan2099]

Right, because it's our fault the stories suck.

You might not have any control over the stories, you have complete control over your own attitude.

[Kaitou D. Kid]

You might not have any control over the stories, you have complete control over your own attitude.

This post is basically just asking fans to lower their standards for Spider-Man comics (and to also do it for free).

[Alan2099]

This post is basically just asking fans to lower their standards for Spider-Man comics (and to also do it for free).

No. That post is basically just asking fans not to be jerks. Whether you like a story or not, there's no reason to assume that it's meant to be a personal attack.

[Shadowcat]

No. That post is basically just asking fans not to be jerks. Whether you like a story or not, there's no reason to assume that it's meant to be a personal attack.

That’s one of the biggest issues with fandom. It’s stuff like this that eventually leads to fans making physical threats against creators over the direction a comic is going in.

[DT Winslow]

This post is basically just asking fans to lower their standards for Spider-Man comics (and to also do it for free).

I don't understand the 'do it for free.' No one should lower their standards but who was getting paid for their standards?