"He's pure power and doesn't even know it. He's the best of us."-Matt Murdock
"I need a reason to take the mask off."-Peter Parker
"My heart half-breaks at how easy it is to lie to him. It breaks all the way when he believes me without question." Felicia Hardy
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MJ is shown to be jealous to find out that Peter is on a date. Ben tricks Betty to come where the device to fix Ned is at thinking she was Mary Jane, but calls her Betty Jane. Peter comes to save her, but it's Ben, Janine and Queen Goblin there...so are we getting another team up?
Former CBR writer. See my old articles here.
You’re looking at the 2D images on the page as if they are characters.
They are not.
They are just toys to be pulled and punched in whatever direction, no matter how ridiculous, and then put back into the toybox with hopefully enough of the original paint job and plastic arms and legs left intact to be recognizable for the next child - I mean, writer - to play with.
The toybox mentality has pretty much killed anything resembling coherent storytelling in ASM. No wonder anyone who possesses an iota of media literacy is highly frustrated with this run. It’s just illogical nonsense.
“I always figured if I were a superhero, there’s no way on God's earth that I'm gonna pal around with some teenager."
— Stan Lee
There’s no indication that Ben tricked Betty to find the machine she stated she was looking for it to clear Ned. Mj doesn’t display jealousy she just realized it sooner that Peter is on a date. Peter will need help though next issue cause it’s 3v1 and Betty as a hindrance
"He's pure power and doesn't even know it. He's the best of us."-Matt Murdock
"I need a reason to take the mask off."-Peter Parker
"My heart half-breaks at how easy it is to lie to him. It breaks all the way when he believes me without question." Felicia Hardy
I think we’re supposed to think there is some jealousy there, however, because there is absolutely no other reason for an entire page to be wasted on MJ as the information she imparts to the reader - Peter was actually set up on a date - is repeated just a few pages later.
But the writing is so cliche and perfunctory, nothing lands. It’s merely yet another issue of meaningless sound and fury signifying nothing. For example why would Anna set up Peter?! It makes no sense, knowing the Anna Watson of old. But that’s this entire run for ya.
“I always figured if I were a superhero, there’s no way on God's earth that I'm gonna pal around with some teenager."
— Stan Lee