Spider Slayer just showed up with the stupidest new upgrade yet. Dude shot lasers from his exosuit where his nipples would be. They overheated, and he had to run off. I wish i was making this up
Why am I Alchemax's personal test dummy for these stupid gadgets they give Kraven? Like, nipple lasers? Really????
Please im so tired of this guy. I just want to play music and kiss girls. Is that too much to ask?
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Spider-Man Read-Through 049: 24 Hours Till Doomsday (ASM 191-193)
MASTERPOST
This time:
Oh no.
Last time, Jameson was convinced that Spidey killed his son. He did not.
Now: Where's Randy?
Remember Randy? Robbie's politically active son? With a very close design? Where is he? Where has he gone? I liked him!
Anyway, Jameson fires Peter because he's convinced the two of them are linked. Robbie's not gonna obey him though.
Where's Peter, by the way?
Oh, I missed that handsome face of his. A date in front of the disco? MJ's still MJ. However, a quick call from Robbie changes their date to an exhibition. By the way, Peter's supposed to graduate in a day. Nice!
Jameson and Marla go to Smythe, who seems like he's pretty sick. Just like me, eh! So Smythe wants both Jameson and Spidey dead, because everytime he created a Slayer, he got exposed to more radiation. Oof. Poor guy. He still shows off his new robot to Jameson... and cuffs him. Jameson only has 24 hours left to live now. Too bad for him!
Spidey, on the other hand, pays a visit to Blake Tower, an attorney. Thank you, wiki created by fans. Tower can't help Spidey, but he has mail for him. Back at home, he finally works on his web formula so that it gets a bit better. Turns out pollution doesn't help his adherence, who would have thought?
Where's the romantic and approachable hero I fell in love with during Romita's run? He seems so far gone.
Peter acts very strangely in this issue. He's very angry, breaks stuff repeatedly, and all around, he just doesn't quite feel like the Peter I'm used to.
Left panel is great though, but still, he's just... out of character, and not for a good reason. Yes, Jameson has slandered him, but the amount of things his accusation ruin in this issue is, to be frank, really absurd. It doesn't feel real. None of this does. What a weird issue.
Spidey fights the Slayer, but he eventually gets knocked out and when he wakes up, he's tied to Jameson in Smythe's lab.
Well, at least that's not too bad of a concept.
As someone commented, Smythe (Alistair/Spencer, I don't even know at this point) giving them 24 hours is a fun concept for comics, but absolutely makes no sense when you consider what it involves.
I love that panel on the right. They're doing the shading again! It looks beautiful.
Spidey and Jonah go see Curt Connors, but his lab is quickly overrun by cops.
*sigh*
I let an audible "oh" reading that last panel. That's a great backstory drop. Finally, MJ lore :p
Anyway, the Fly (who also has beef with Jameson) attacks Spidey and his nemesis, they eventually faint in the drenched New York streets, and Peter misses both his diploma and MJ's date. What a success!
Eventually, Spidey and Jonah go to Smythe's lab, but he's already dead. What a dumbass.
They eventually sort their situation out.
*sigh*
Aaaaaaanyway. In issue #193, they try really hard to make you believe the Fly is threatening.
Peter's officially fired, because even Robertson's done with him. He angst about whether Jameson saw his real face (he did have the opportunity).
May has the habit to house only gentlemen with the nicest intentions, which means her former home is now being pillaged by a rando.
Spidey fights with the Fly!
Damn right. Okay, no, to be honest, some lines in this batch are funny, but the situations are so aggravating and boring that I can't be bothered to laugh.
The left panel is really good.
Omg daddy chill. Just chill, everyone. I like angst, but it's not compelling here because the writing is really not convincing.
At least, we get a killer panel.
So they finally get their hands on him! Good for them. Not gonna read that, though.
Spidey gets even more pissed off when SHIELD communicates with the cops and helps them get rid of the Fly. He can't unwind on anybody!
Finally, we finish this dreadful batch at May's care home:
Okay, didn't expect to see that plot point come back, but sure.
More importantly: the Black Cat! Now, that's something I'm looking forward to.
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how'd you find out about the multiverse, and how long have you known about it? Cuz you seem pretty chill about such a crazy thing
Oh, right, I forgor to mention that
Turns out big companies like Alchemax get really upset when you steal stuff from them. Especially when you (accidentally) steal a presumably very expensive arachnid specimen that dies when it bites you and gives you superpowers. Never mind the stuff we intentionally stole, like Vulture's suit blueprints and designs that led to my webshooters.
So anyway, Alchemax hired this crazy mercenary guy named Kraven and suped him up with a fancy exoskeleton and a bunch of tech. Guy calls himself "The Spider-Slayer" and tries to kill me on a semi-regular basis. One of the times he had this experimental teleportation device that malfunctioned during the fight after I had grabbed it and instead of teleporting me sent me to another reality. It popped me back pretty quickly, so no worries there.
Long story short, I kicked his ass, took the device, and just have it hooked up to my phone for multiverse communication. Hence, the blog and me being able to chat with all these cool people across the spider-verse 🤟
Oh right, and I've known about it for a bit. Like... idk 3-4 months. Something like that
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