So I literally just finished reading the first three parts to the current Spider-Man arc One More Day.
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I know what some of you are thinking, "But, Mike," you think, "Isn' that just a terrible idea that will lead to an equally terrible idea?" And there is a huge chance that you would be right, but I must admit that, like Shag, now that DC is disappointing I have been "seeing other people" and I've also been on this Spider-Man kick lately, so there's that too.
So taking away all of the feelings I have about the possibility of Marvel taking away Peter and Mary Jane's marriage and taking away all of the hype and controversy and bitching that surounds the arc how is the story?
Kind of compelling really.
I picked up the Spider-Man titles during The Other mostly due to Peter David writing Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. I actually got into the character as I liked what J.M.S. was doing in the lead up to Civil War (back when I was really excited about it). After having the drop Amazing and Friendly Neighborhood for a bit I picked it up again last summer and got caught up. Whatever problems I had with Civil War (and they are legion) I thought Spider-Man's end and his crossovers were pretty awesome.
Back in Black, which came after all of that, was not only one of the best synergies between comic book and comic film hype but was also a pretty neat little story showing Peter Parker going as low as he can possibly get. It also had a pretty bad ass fight between Peter and the Kingpin, which was almost worth the whole thing to see.
(Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man had some great stories as well, including another fight, this one between J. Jonah Jameson and Peter, which was also awesome.)
Which brings us to One More Day.
Now I think the idea of getting rid of Peter and M.J.'s marriage is one of the worst ideas since New Coke, but again in ignoring all of that and reading the story I'm rather enjoying it. At it's heart this is a story about what two people are willing to sacrifice for the ones they love. On the surface it sounded like a terrible idea; Mephisto offers to cure Aunt May in exchange for Mary Jane and Peter's marriage. The twist is that Mephisto doesn't only make the offer to Peter but to MJ as well. So it's not just Spider-Man giving up one thing he cares about for another, it's both of them and I kind of dig that. It gives the story an emotional core that I wouldn't have figured.
In the end it could all end badly. In fact I'm about seventy-five percent sure it will. At the same time I'm kind of enjoying it and am interested to see exactly how they get from One More Day to Brand New Day.
And besides, it's better than Countdown.
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I know what some of you are thinking, "But, Mike," you think, "Isn' that just a terrible idea that will lead to an equally terrible idea?" And there is a huge chance that you would be right, but I must admit that, like Shag, now that DC is disappointing I have been "seeing other people" and I've also been on this Spider-Man kick lately, so there's that too.
So taking away all of the feelings I have about the possibility of Marvel taking away Peter and Mary Jane's marriage and taking away all of the hype and controversy and bitching that surounds the arc how is the story?
Kind of compelling really.
I picked up the Spider-Man titles during The Other mostly due to Peter David writing Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. I actually got into the character as I liked what J.M.S. was doing in the lead up to Civil War (back when I was really excited about it). After having the drop Amazing and Friendly Neighborhood for a bit I picked it up again last summer and got caught up. Whatever problems I had with Civil War (and they are legion) I thought Spider-Man's end and his crossovers were pretty awesome.
Back in Black, which came after all of that, was not only one of the best synergies between comic book and comic film hype but was also a pretty neat little story showing Peter Parker going as low as he can possibly get. It also had a pretty bad ass fight between Peter and the Kingpin, which was almost worth the whole thing to see.
(Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man had some great stories as well, including another fight, this one between J. Jonah Jameson and Peter, which was also awesome.)
Which brings us to One More Day.
Now I think the idea of getting rid of Peter and M.J.'s marriage is one of the worst ideas since New Coke, but again in ignoring all of that and reading the story I'm rather enjoying it. At it's heart this is a story about what two people are willing to sacrifice for the ones they love. On the surface it sounded like a terrible idea; Mephisto offers to cure Aunt May in exchange for Mary Jane and Peter's marriage. The twist is that Mephisto doesn't only make the offer to Peter but to MJ as well. So it's not just Spider-Man giving up one thing he cares about for another, it's both of them and I kind of dig that. It gives the story an emotional core that I wouldn't have figured.
In the end it could all end badly. In fact I'm about seventy-five percent sure it will. At the same time I'm kind of enjoying it and am interested to see exactly how they get from One More Day to Brand New Day.
And besides, it's better than Countdown.
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