December 07, 2007
Crossing the Line 3 — Spider-Man: One More Day
Books and creators: The Amazing Spider-Man #544, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #24, Sensational Spider-Man #41; written by J. Michael Straczynski, art by Joe Quesada and Danny Miki
Marvel, color, 48 pages, $3.99 each.
So? Of all the A-list franchises in comics, Spider-Man has had probably the least success with the line-wide crossover saga. That’s at least partly due to the number of books the web-slinger usually stars in, which are usually fairly tight in terms of continuity and lessening the need for a true crossover event.
But there are times when Marvel needs or wants to draw attention to Spider-Man, and that’s about as good an explanation as you’re likely ever going to find for “One More Day.” Hyped as a major turning point in the lives of Peter and Mary Jane, this turns to be exactly what fans have expected all along: A way for Marvel to “erase” their marriage so Peter Parker can go back to being a single geek for whom girls are nothing but trouble. Marvel’s editor in chief, Joe Quesada, has been vocal about how the two characters’ marriage 20 years ago (yipes!) undermined what he thinks was a key part of Peter Parker’s original appeal.
With this kind of rationale for its existence, it’s almost impossible to judge this story on its own creative merits. Quesada is undeniably a talented penciller, and the script from the departing J. Michael Straczynski tries very hard to execute a concept that’s a hugely difficult pill to swallow in just about every way.
The third part of this four-part story, in Sensational Spider-Man #41, has Peter and MJ encountering Mephisto — Marvel’s version of Satan, Lucifer, etc. — who offers to save the life of Aunt May, who is certain to die after being mistakenly shot by a sniper who was trying to kill Peter, in exchange for their marriage. The idea is they’ll forget they were even married, except for a small part deep down in their souls that will despair at the loss, and it’s that part that will satisfy Mephisto.
Aside from Mephisto not being the type of villain that works in Spider-Man stories, this strains credulity and raises more questions than it answers about how Marvel intends to go forward with the character and his place in the entire Marvel Universe. Given that everyone in the Marvel Universe knows Peter is Spider-Man after he unmasked in Civil War #2 and that he’s married to Mary Jane, any sort of “mindwipe” affecting the entire universe is just plain unbelievable. It’s not clear if MJ will still be around at all, or if she and Peter will be adults or go back to being teenagers or if they’ll still be dating at all. What are they going to remember about the last few years of their lives? If the unmasking is undone at the same time, how does that affect every book that was tied into Civil War? Even the stated of goal, of having Peter go back to worrying about girls, is strange and seems unlikely to work unless you take him back to high school age. A single adult who works as a teacher, photographer or scientist and can’t get a date is far less sympathetic than a geeky teen who can’t get the girls at school to notice him.
The motive here also is hard to figure out, as the “classic” conditions this series is trying to restore already exist in the very popular Ultimate Spider-Man series, and already does a far better job of playing with them than the new, three-times-a-month Amazing Spider-Man series likely will. Why not just have multiple versions of the character for different audiences, and let people read the one they like? De-emphasize MJ if you like, but for anyone who’s been reading and liking the book for the last few years, this is going to be a majorly difficult pill to swallow, with seemingly very little potential gain. The sooner this is over, the better — a sentiment sure to be shared by comic shop owners who’ve endured delays as this weekly series has turned at least monthly and left them with a fraction of the usual number of new Spider-Man comics to sell. Grade: D
Dec 7, 2007 at 04:54 PM by Tom McLean in Reviews | Permalink
Comments
This storyline is reviled by MANY readers. If Marvel really does erase the marriage and it's history/continuity, MANY readers have already announced their plans to stop reading Amazing Spider-man, while others plan to go further and to stop reading Marvel comics in general. Surveys on Newsarama.com and Marvel.com have shown a 2-to-1 vote in favor of keeping the marriage; other surveys have shown a 50/50 split of people who plan to remain readers versus stop reading. Quesada has been booed at conventions because of this issue. Even the writer of the One More Day storyline, J. Michael Straczynski, went on record last week saying he had wanted to have his name removed from the last two issues of the arc because he felt so strongly against the way Mr. Quesada planned to end the storyline. It is hard to understand the brass hubris of an editor who, knowing full well how the readers feel about an issue, decides to forge ahead with his plans anyway simply because he has his own vision of the characters, history and continuity and fan opinion be damned. Me, personally, I've been reading Spider-man's books loyally for 34 years, and if the marriage is erased at the end of One More Day, I am saying goodbye to Marvel Comics. While they keep on saying that the next stories will be good and we should give the next creative teams a chance, I have no intention of continuing to read...the next stories could have been equally as good with the retention of the marriage and continuity, and, as far as I'm concerned, this will not be the same Spider-man as the one to whom I was committed for all those decades.
Thank you for your very appropriate opinions in your article and for not simply doing a promotional puff piece. The fact that you wrote an article/review that reflects the apparent majority opinion of the readership is very much appreciated.
Posted by: JeffGamer at Dec 11, 2007 6:07:11 PM
This storyline is reviled by MANY readers. If Marvel really does erase the marriage and it's history/continuity, MANY readers have already announced their plans to stop reading Amazing Spider-man, while others plan to go further and to stop reading Marvel comics in general. Surveys on Newsarama.com and Marvel.com have shown a 2-to-1 vote in favor of keeping the marriage; other surveys have shown a 50/50 split of people who plan to remain readers versus stop reading. Quesada has been booed at conventions because of this issue. Even the writer of the One More Day storyline, J. Michael Straczynski, went on record last week saying he had wanted to have his name removed from the last two issues of the arc because he felt so strongly against the way Mr. Quesada planned to end the storyline. It is hard to understand the brass hubris of an editor who, knowing full well how the readers feel about an issue, decides to forge ahead with his plans anyway simply because he has his own vision of the characters, history and continuity and fan opinion be damned. Me, personally, I've been reading Spider-man's books loyally for 34 years, and if the marriage is erased at the end of One More Day, I am saying goodbye to Marvel Comics. While they keep on saying that the next stories will be good and we should give the next creative teams a chance, I have no intention of continuing to read...the next stories could have been equally as good with the retention of the marriage and continuity, and, as far as I'm concerned, this will not be the same Spider-man as the one to whom I was committed for all those decades.
Thank you for your very appropriate opinions in your article and for not simply doing a promotional puff piece. The fact that you wrote an article/review that reflects the apparent majority opinion of the readership is very much appreciated.
Posted by: JeffGamer at Dec 11, 2007 6:08:56 PM
Ah quit your whining Jeff...seriously. Drop Spider-man already. You're so biased, its sickening.
Everyone I've talked more or less dont really care about the marriage. They just wish the story had more action.
Posted by: Spider-fan at Dec 11, 2007 7:13:27 PM
People hate the story because it's just plain bad. They put Spider-man in all these situations doing things he wouldn't do, have what should be a big huge story then ignore it and have this lame stuff where Aunt May is shot. Quesada seems like a nut case, he won't let this stuff die. He's made it completely unreadable.
Posted by: Alex at Dec 12, 2007 2:19:20 AM
People hate the story because it's just plain bad. They put Spider-man in all these situations doing things he wouldn't do, have what should be a big huge story then ignore it and have this lame stuff where Aunt May is shot. Quesada seems like a nut case, he won't let this stuff die. He's made it completely unreadable.
Posted by: Alex at Dec 12, 2007 2:19:22 AM
"Everyone I've talked more or less dont really care about the marriage. They just wish the story had more action."
Really, everybody i have talked to say that its probably the worse storyline since the dreaded Clone Saga.
Nobody wants the changes Mr. Quesada is forcing on the character and the replies from Marvel about the fans concerns have been arrogant at best.
Posted by: Fred at Dec 12, 2007 8:48:35 AM
"Everyone I've talked more or less dont really care about the marriage. They just wish the story had more action."
Who are you talking to? Almost everyone at my comic shop is pretty ticked off. While I haven't seen actual anger like I did during the Clone Saga the reaction is similar.
Posted by: Greg at Dec 12, 2007 1:26:25 PM
Since Clone saga?!? Give me a break. That was horrible...it was so bad, that it tainted Marvel clones for generations to come. Plus if it is that bad, why are people still buying the issue? I quit Clone Saga 3 issues in.
"Nobody wants the changes Mr. Quesada is forcing on the character"
uhh...I do and apparently the majority at my LCS does as well.
Posted by: Spider-fan at Dec 12, 2007 2:17:47 PM
Joe Quesada, is that you?!
Posted by: TitansFan at Dec 12, 2007 3:53:34 PM
"Joe Quesada, is that you?!"
Must be, because no Spider-man fan would ever like change, right?
Posted by: Spider-fan at Dec 12, 2007 9:00:02 PM
Everyone is talking about this"one more day" arc, but does anyone really know what they are going to do? No, everyone thinks they will end the marriage, and maybe they will, let wait and see, maybe Marvel will shock us, maybe J. Michael Straczynski wanting to take his name off the last two issues might mean, they aren't going to kill the marriage.
Posted by: koran at Dec 13, 2007 7:30:33 AM
Everyone is talking about this"one more day" arc, but does anyone really know what they are going to do? No, everyone thinks they will end the marriage, and maybe they will, let wait and see, maybe Marvel will shock us, maybe J. Michael Straczynski wanting to take his name off the last two issues might mean, they aren't going to kill the marriage.
Posted by: koran at Dec 13, 2007 7:30:40 AM
"J. Michael Straczynski wanting to take his name off the last two issues might mean, they aren't going to kill the marriage."
Or maybe he agrees with the fans that "One More Day" is a huge mistake and wants to let people know that this is all Joe Quesada's fault.
"Must be, because no Spider-man fan would ever like change, right?"
There is a huge difference between change and taking the character backwards and " One more Day" is taking the character backwards and erasing 20 years worth of stories because Joe Quesada has a personal problem with marriage.
Posted by: Fred at Dec 13, 2007 1:41:47 PM
Its not erasing it, its just going to be a reality warp apparently. Everything will have still happened.
Posted by: Jimmy at Dec 13, 2007 4:31:48 PM
"Its not erasing it, its just going to be a reality warp apparently."
No, they are erasing it with reality warp.
Posted by: Fred at Dec 14, 2007 8:19:19 AM
Well, I'm going to buck the trend, and say that I really am wrapped up in the newest developments in Spidey's life. And you know why? Because like many other storylines in Spidey's past, this one hits home with reality. Only it's not a teenage reality anymore (and nor should it be)....it's a 'grownup' reality, where people get messed up in things, gradually lose control, and then find out they've dug themselves a big, deep hole. Should Spidey have revealed his identity - no, we know that NOW. There's no 20-20 hindsight in the real world, folks.
How they're going to get Spidey out of this mess, I don't know. And that's what makes it exciting. Will Mary-Jane stay with him? Will Aunt May survive? Who knows?
If all you want it bing-bang fireworks comic books, then stick with TMNT. I was around when Green Arrow and Green Lantern were 'discovering America', and everyone was flipping out over the radical story lines. Now, it's viewed as a classic. Same when Harry hit the drugs in ASM. Twenty-years from now, this episode in Spidey's history will be looked back on as a pretty neat moment in comic book history (that is, if the writers don't come up with some crazy "Who Shot JR?" ending.....).
- Keep the faith.
Posted by: Brock Finley at Dec 18, 2007 8:11:44 AM
Lighten up, I think this is the first issue, maybe this is just some kind of an elaborate plot to make everyone forget who spiderman is, I have to admit though, comic books are once again trying to bring in something new, something that never had been done before. You just have to be cool and see what Joe wants to do.
Posted by: Yaseen Hamid at Dec 19, 2007 10:12:14 AM
I'm not sure why everyone is so surprised by this development. J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada already showed a complete lack of respect for Spidey history and its characters with the SINS PAST debacle that totally ruined the Gwen Stacy character.
Posted by: Dirk at Dec 20, 2007 10:58:30 AM
"You just have to be cool and see what Joe wants to do."
Joe has pretty much establish that he has no idea on what he is doing with the character of Spider-man.
"Twenty-years from now, this episode in Spidey's history will be looked back on as a pretty neat moment in comic book history (that is, if the writers don't come up with some crazy "Who Shot JR?" ending.....)."
Really? then why is it called by many fans to be the worse Spider-man story ever, even topping the clone saga. You really have not been reading comics much if you think this storyline is going to be fondly remembered.
Posted by: Fred at Dec 25, 2007 2:36:36 PM
Seriously guys, if JMS is saying he doesn't even want to be acknowledged for writing the last two issues then what can we expect? JMS is one of those writers who understands Spidey and it's just sad that someone like Joe Quesada can come and ruin a character he seemingly knows nothing about. If this does turn out just to be an excuse for a single carefree Peter Parker, my money goes elsewhere.
Posted by: Ironic Chief at Dec 26, 2007 5:37:42 PM
I think we're arguing two different things here. I am saying that (in my humble opinion) the situation Peter finds himself in (Aunt dying, crossing the line between law and lawlessness, etc.) is a well-thought-out attempt to create a situation where someone with super powers still finds himself in a position not unlike that we puny non-comic book mortals routinely find ourselves in. I mean, prisons are full of people who are generally good people, but found themselves stepping just over that line, and not being able to pull out. Quite often, the distinction between someone in prison and someone leading a 'normal' life is not all that striking (this is not to say that all prison inmates fall into this category...). This is where I think this current story arc is 'cutting edge'....and another good chapter in the ASM tradition of breaking ground.
NOW, how this also plays out into MJ and such is another matter. Sometimes spouses will hang in there and take a tremendous amount of abuse (and loss) because they are so devoted to the partner who is in a self-destruct vortex; other times, they bail. That again is life.
So, let's hope the guys at Marvel can pull a rabbit out of the fire, and give us a 'believable' end to this saga. However, if they come up with something lame like a universal mind-sweep, or MJ leaving Peter for Ben Grimm, I will be forced to conclude Sam Rami has spiked the coffee machine at Marvel with 'Make Spidey Stupid' kickapoo joy juice.
One last thing: when Green Arrow & GL were heading across America to discover its warts, readers were outraged: "How can they destroy the superhero icon like this?" "What are they thinking?" History can repeat itself.
LLAP - BF
Posted by: Brock Finlay at Dec 27, 2007 12:15:23 PM
I've got to say that for those who've followed the stories for so long and are now giving it up, I think it's pathetic. Fine, you've followed the comics longer than I have, I'm only 19 but still, it's Spider-Man. As controversial as things may be, you've got to allow things to change, no matter how radical. But you never know, they might bring MJ back (they did bring back Peter at the end of the revelations saga). And even if they don't, remember there are no happy endings in this world. I'm a huge fan of Mary Jane. She is a brilliant character - funny, intelligent and strong. But how were they to survive after Civil War? It would've been extremely difficult to create a new plot line. They had to make a call and they chose. Even though I strongly dislike Quesada for the way One More Day ended, I cannot believe many are giving up reading Spider-Man...it's a joke.
Posted by: Omar at Dec 29, 2007 9:38:06 AM
Well, I remember the same types of comments when John Byrne drew Spiderman and people were just as upset. This too will past. Those that stop reading Marvel or Spiderman just weren't true fans to begin with.
Posted by: Doug at Dec 29, 2007 12:48:33 PM
I'm just glad JMS is off the book. Didn't like a thing he did with Spidey. See ya!
BTW --
I LIKED THE CLONE SAGA.
Ben Reilly forever!
Posted by: John at Dec 29, 2007 6:26:41 PM
please join the group "we hate one more day"
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Posted by: ziv at Jan 2, 2008 12:18:31 AM
"I cannot believe many are giving up reading Spider-Man...it's a joke."
Those who think that Marvel did the right thing by selling out their loyal fans just to have Spider-Man be a kid again are a joke.
Posted by: Fred at Jan 4, 2008 6:50:31 AM
HI,
I don’t blog, I don’t write letters to the editor, but this OMD storyline has me absolutely beside myself. I actually want to call up Marvel and give them my 2 cents. God knows they gladly take my $80 - $100 a month.
So now the last 20 years don’t count? I feel like it’s the stupid clone thing all over again (which was also about getting rid of MJ). NO offense to the current Marvel Genius’ running the company but just maybe Stan Lee knew what he was doing.
So what’s wrong with PP being married? They can’t come up with interesting stories of a conflicted Spider-man as a married guy? First of all marriage between 2 people, even when they are totally in love, is never easy. Just because he was happily married to a beautiful woman (and which one of us doesn’t think our own wives are not world class beauties?) does not preclude him from feeling like a loser at times.
It was nice to see one hero who married his sweetheart and wasn’t bed hopping from one troubled female in spandex to another. Spidey’s main appeal is that he always tries to do the right thing. He is a positive example for all of us. Great responsibility means marrying your true love and making it work.
I suspect this is all about selling comics not about creativity. I think the powers at Marvel believe Spider-man will appeal to wider audiences if he’s a young single guy. That just stinks. And it’s wrong. A not insignificant part of the success of the Spider-man movies was the romance of MJ & PP. That aspect of the film appealed to women making it a great date movie that couples could go to more than once. The kiss in the rain was a classic movie moment. The next logical step is marriage and keeping the romance alive. The stories & the conflict never end.
And while we’re on the topic of the movie let us not forget that although Mr. Quesada did a lot to turn around Marvels fortunes and Spider-man circulation doubled or tripled (according to the letters heaping high praise on JMS at the end of OMD part 4) during these last 7 years both these talented men owe a large debt of gratitude to the incredible Spider-man movie franchise.
As to the deal with the devil (as purple as it is I usually love a good deal with the devil story) hey, what this evil bastard would really do is have Aunt May die of a heart attack a week later. Any idiot knows you can’t beat the devil (unless you’re Daniel Webster).
Secondly no semi-happily married man is giving up the “love of his life” for his ready to kick the bucket aunt. I love my mom but I wouldn’t choose my elderly mother over my wife. And my elderly mom wouldn’t have it any other way.
This whole thing stinks like the tv show Dallas (for those old enough to remember) when in an attempt to stop sinking ratings they brought back Bobby and wiped out the entire previous year of episodes as a bad dream! Didn’t work years later on Roseanne either. And it’s not working now!
This whole thing was an unimaginative gutless cop out not worthy of the highly talented JMS! (For the record I think he’s a brilliant writer.)
And yes it’s inconceivable that of all the folks in the Marvel Universe only their resident Devil could help. To quote John Stosel, “Give me a break!”
I like Aunt May but she pretty much brings little to the table regarding main story lines or subplots while MJ brings worlds of possibilities. The myriad difficulties in marriages. There’s money problems, growing apart, changing jobs, jealousies, changing roles in the relationship, working to keep the romance alive, making decisions together, missteps, surprises, constantly learning new things about one another.
There are the conflicts & complications of having a husband who puts his life on the line (like a policeman, fireman or soldier) There is a very high rate of depression, alcoholism, separation, divorce, attempted suicide, health problems, overeating for big weight gains & diabetes, etc. in those marriages.
Then there’s the difficulties of couples when one spouse is away a great deal of the time.
The problems of couples trying to have a child. The craziness surrounding couples who do have a child (even when it’s just a normal human baby that can’t cling to ceilings).
I could literally go on for days with all the great possibilities for writers who can handle the great responsibility.
I am very disappointed. I’ve been collecting since Amazing Fantasy 15! And the only other time I was this upset was during the clone nonsense. At that time I stopped collecting for 7 years (though I was also tired of the untold numbers of comics they were releasing with multi covers and constant cross overs in a plot worthy of Mephisto to make sure noone had money left over for competitors comics after picking up their Marvel books and then too there was Marvels master plan to replace Mom & Pop comic shops with Marvel stores in Malls. The greed was overwhelming.)
You want a young single spider-man read Ultimate Spider-man. It’s a great book. But not because he’s young and single but because the writing & art is wonderful.
There’s no reason why a married spider-man can’t be as interesting.
Does anyone in a good marraige really miss those days of teenage angst trying to get a date or trying to score? NO one I know who’s happily married wants to go back to those days. And is that what we read Spider-man for? To see what hot heroine he can score or strike out with? )
I totally disagree that a single young spider-man has more potential. To that way of thinking no one should ever get married because their lives become less exciting.
Believe me after 33 years of marriage (I married young - 22) it has never gotten old or stale or boring. You want scary unpredictable excitement? Wait till your wife hits menopause!!! YIKES!!! That’s a 5 year arc minimum all on it’s own!
With Ultimate and Amazing we had the best of both worlds. Respectfully submitted.
Most Sincerely, Bill
Posted by: BK at Jan 7, 2008 11:36:48 PM
Okay, in some earlier entries I argued that the plot leading up to this storyline was solid and mature (someone getting his life completely screwed up, and out of control), but we should give Marvel the benefit of the doubt, and see how things play out.
Now that this saga has come to an end, all I can say is.... "SURELY they don't intend to leave it this way?!?!?!". Are they friggin' nuts? They DID go for a 'Who Shot J.R.?" ending. I bet Stan Lee is sitting somewhere drowning his disbelief in Wild Turkey.
Posted by: Brock Finley at Jan 9, 2008 9:48:30 PM
First of I am not an avid Spiderman fan. I know some of his history mostly thru the animated series and the occasional book or arc;s of interest.
That said, while I am a tad young to remember the Dallas moment Bill referred to about The Dallas re-write erasing an entire season. I remember the fall-out it pretty much put the final nail in the coffin for the series. Seriously What were they thinking over at Marvel. I mean what they did was [insert curse here] with a character on a profound level. I am not against changes even radical ones if the situation merits it.
Taking away deciding moments that shaped him into the man he became. All because after Civil War churning out story's became a 'hardship' for a certain someone which I find hard to believe, surely if Bill can dump out more than a few really good ones, an corporation like that of Marvel certainly should be able to find the people to think them up?
I get why long time fans have or are considering jumping ship. The story is too flawed on to many levels and in the end serves nothing that hasn't been or isn't or can't be covered in Ultimate Spiderman isn't that the entire reason for it being there to begin with.
If this is about declining sales or a change demographic for the Amazing series swapping sales points with that of Ultimate would have done a similar job without causing this major upheaval, which is likely to hurt the writers who take on the series.
So even on the business aspect of things it was a risky move which doesn't really accomplish anything but aggravate lots of your most loyal buyers, the ones whom bought without fail over the 20 years that was just unapologetically thrown out.
To make it appeal to 'larger' crowd whom may or not become loyal buyers.
Nothing against Mr. Quesada, he seems to have done a number of things very well for Marvel overall, you just created your 'Dallas'-moment. Look at it this way at least your name is all over the place again.
Posted by: Cain at Jan 11, 2008 5:29:50 PM
Goodbye, everyone. I am signing off ASM and this forum for good. After having read One More Day over and over, I've come to the conclusion that nothing is sacred, this new storyline sucks, and this is partially about a big moneygrab: drop all the subsidiary titles, churn out ASM three times a month (has any comic title every done this for a long period of tim???), get a whole new generation of rubes hooked on spending $12/month for a single storyline, and then start adding in some more spinoff titles. As JJJ would say "Parker, this is crap, crap, crap". I'm cancelling my 30-year string of ASMs, and heading over to Batman..that is, until Alfred makes a deal with the Devil and wakes up to find out he can stop young Bruce Wayne's folks from dying. Hey, it'll be a BRAND NEW DAY!
Goodbye, Joe Quesada, goodbye........
Posted by: Brock Finlay at Jan 16, 2008 5:53:01 PM
Spider-Man has been my favorite read since about the late 1970's. Some stories I've loved and some not so much. I've always enjoyed the story lines and character development overall, though.
However, I simply cannot bring my self to continue reading Spider-Man any more. I'm not kidding. What Marvel did was a sucker punch to dedicated readers. Perhaps it wasn't so much what they did as how they did it. If the story line isn't working, fix it. If the marriage was holding spidey's adventures back, KILL M.J! You can always bring her back later. If you didn't like the whole spider god thing, change it within the story. Instead, the editors chose to alter reality and undo decades of incredible work by Straczynski. (Writers' strike, anyone?) But the deal with the devil was just that - both within the story line and in real life on the business end. Those deals always look good on the outside but end up turning out for the worse in the long run.
A huge company like Marvel (let's not forget the bankruptcy in the 90's) can justify a lot. But this is too much. Marvel's decision makers have lost my respect. I will let my Spider-Man subscription finish itself out and will not renew, and the comics I receive will likely sit in a box unread.
Posted by: Will at Feb 19, 2008 3:22:24 PM
You said it, Will. Marvel has shown they're like just about every other corporation...out for money, and to hell with respecting their long-term clients. I have two kids who are now being taught NOT to buy Marvel comics, whereas a few months ago we were loading up on Spidey souvenirs and trinkets. But, there's probably lots of other rubes out there to take their place...that's the saddest thing of all.
Posted by: Brock Finley at Feb 22, 2008 8:06:00 PM
So I notice that the messages on this blog are dropping off faster than Wally West on Red Bull. It figures. The furor has died down, and now everyone is quietly going back to spending $12 or more a month on the 'new' Spider-man. Marvel has lost my respect, and although they will probably suck in a new cohort of True-Believers (because after all, there's always a new bunch of 12-year olds coming down the pipeline), they have lost the opportunity to keep their Loyal Readers in the fold. They have missed the boat, in my mind. And yes, I too am cancelling my Marvel titles. Dark Horse is the new Marvel.
Posted by: Jethro at Mar 2, 2008 4:09:45 PM
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