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Comics: One More Day

 by Ork_Dreadnought @ 13.01.2008 - 11:36:01

I don't follow comics much, so this little story almost past me by. Marvel comics have been doing big things recently with their "Civil War" storyline, courting some serious contraversey. Now Marvel has commited a Dallas level, Star Trek time travel style, abomination on the character of Spiderman. What it boils down to is this:

1) Spider-man unmasks himself in front of a press conference.
2) Predicatably, asssasins go after him and shoot Aunt May.
3) Mephisto (demon lord) shows up and says that he will save her if Spiderman gives up his marriage.
4) Procrastination follows, and Mary Jane makes the decision for him
5) Time is altered, the marriage never happened, and Harry Osborn is back from the dead.
6) Continuity since 1971 is destroyed, with knock on effects on all other Marvel comics.
7) All because someone thought Spiderman would work better as a single man, despite his relationship with Mary Jane being a key part of the character for decades.

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The I-Mockey review, be warned, some swearing.

J. Michael Straczynski, writer of the comic, and creator of Babylon 5, has his say.

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The_WalrusThe_Walrus [Member]
http://www.doctor-dark.co.uk
13/01/08 @ 12:09

Sounds as if they should give up on trying to continue the series, and do something original and new. But that would be hard work...

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