#the grizzly

[hollowsart]

I still can’t seem to get a design for my version of Grizzly, however I have written a little short something about her, so here’s her collective info, plus that writing I did:

Name: Maxima Markham, Maxi for short.

Classification: Werebear/Berserker. It's a long standing family thing, being able to turn into a bear at will, carrying around a bear skin/fur coat that is essentially their own. It's a thing that's been passed down from.generation to generation.

Height: 6'9" Nordic woman.

[everything under the cut is VERY long, forgive me]

Concept:

Shows up to NY one day when there's a large charity event regarding wildlife in the world and trying to help support the causes of preserving and trying to help maintain/regrow the population of animals that are endangered. One of which being Polar Bears.

So.. she shows up for that event. Very keen on helping her kin to stay alive and well. But she seems to find a distaste for a lot of the higher social class people and their donations to the cause being just so they get a good public image and all. She's there as a passionate speaker about the bears and gains Intel on the names of the people she's picked out as not good.

After the event, she takes her time tracking down these people and essentially hunts them for sport in the city. There's sudden reports of bear attacks and sightings which is unusual for NYC. There's not supposed to be any bears in the city outside of the zoo?

Acedia investigates the zoo first for questions, but all the animals are there and accounted for. No breakouts at all. Getting Otto's thoughts about this odd string of sightings and attacks a conclusion is made that whatever or whoever this bear is.. they're attacking the rich and elite that were at the charity event from before.

That leads to eventually tracking down this "Grizzly" woman and putting a stop to her somehow.

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Acedia closing in on the destination walks through destruction. A destroyed and torn up building in the dead of night. It's empty, it's dark, it's quiet.. the faint sound of something on a floor above echoing, the harsh actions up there reverberating down through the floors.

Glass and leaves and papers scattered about the carpeted floor. Making her way toward the next set of stairs upward to progress. Otto, on the other end of her ear pieces kept her company all the while. His voice was welcoming, grounding as she tried to keep from getting paranoid.

As she reached the next floor, she picked up on a scent. Instinctively covering her nose and freezing in place. She scanned the area from where she stood, observing the sight of a ruined office building. The floor was nicer than the other levels, with fewer cubicles and desks, even despite the overturned furniture and smashed pottery and glass.

"Otto.." her voice was small, cracked, afraid. She saw something.. something splattered across some papers and desks.. and what remained of a window.

Otto's voice came back through, concern in his tone, "Acedia? What is it? Are you alright?"

"There's.. There's blood.. I.. I don't want to experience that again.. O-Otto..."

Her voice trembled, and Otto felt his heart fall. The sounds of rustling and mechanical clicking were all she could hear over the earpiece, stepping back into the stairwell she came from. Her hand blindly found the rail behind her, gripping it tight, the metal creaking in her grasp as Otto's words came one final time.

"Stay right there! I am on my way. Please stay safe, head outside if you can. Do whatever you can to stay hidden. I don't know what kind of creature we are dealing with here, but the last thing I want is for you to get maimed or worse. I will be there shortly, just hold on, okay?"

"Okay--"

Her voice cut short as the final thing Otto heard was a shrill cry from Acedia's end. Whatever it was.. He couldn't bear the thought and bounded out of the lab. The actuators moving as fast as they could. He had no time to waste. He needed to get to her. He needed to save her.

#Ghostie mumbles #//long post #grizzly #maxwell markham #the grizzly #The Daily Bugle: LOCAL CRYPTID ATTACKED BY A GRIZZLY BEAR!

[marvelousmrm]

Amazing Spider-Man #139 (Conway/Andru, Dec 1974). Pete finds a crummy new apartment, then follows the latest supervillain to trash the Daily Bugle… The first Clone Saga has begun!

#marvel #marvel 616 #amazing spider man #peter parker #spider man #liz allen #j jonah jameson #robbie robertson #betty brant #the grizzly #the jackal #gerry conway #ross andru

[measuringbliss]

Spider-Man Read-Through 024: Shang...ri-La (GSSM 2, ASM 138-140)

MASTERPOST

Today's post features Fu-Manchu, a bromance, purple, a bear (<3) and psychic powers, woohoo!

In our first issue, Spider-Man faces (and then fights with) Shang-Chi, who you may now know from the MCU. Back when I was a kid, I heard of him through Giant-Size Spider-Man #2.

The story begins with Spidey interrupting thievery by men who soon die unexpectedly, just as they start telling our hero about their master (Shang-Chi... or is he?). I feel like that idea of criminals dying as soon as they're about to tell all secrets has already been used recently on the comics but I'm too lazy to look that up. Shang-Chi's the son of Fu Manchu, the actual baddie and a cliché of the West's vision of Asia.

[Sorry, I used Ctrl Z again on Tumblr and it removed like half my text ugh]

The issue's nice, it's an obvious imitation of typical kung-fu movies and it works much better than other SM 100% fighting issues.

Now, onto the main plot...

Here's how ASM 138 opens:

I'm putting those panels for two reasons:

to show Peter is still a handsome motherfucker (affectionate)

to appreciate the continuity! Last ish, Harry did blow up their condo, and there's consequences for that! It's great to see.

Peter calls each one of his acquaintances, but none can house him (not surprising considering how much of an ass he was after Gwen's death), except one... as Peter's last call is for his old frenemy Flash.

AND THUS BEGINS THE FLASH/PETER SHIP'S GOLDEN HOUR. Look at Peter in the third panel, acting like a school girl who just asked her crush out. You go, Pete! Go get him!

Gerry Conway and Ross Andru seemed quite attached to realism. Why not! I do appreciate the purple.

There's an ugly villain with mystical powers just waiting to feed on Peter's aura, but we've got more pressing matters, such as:

Boyfriends!!!

"Slugging", huh...

I'm probably putting too much panels, but this issue is plain gorgeous.

The villain's story is absolutely horrifying, just like the premise of his powers.

I'm sorry, I don't have many observation to give, it's just an interesting issue to me and visually quite gorgeous (purple pants!!!).

Charles S. LeCates thinks that the Jackal is actually Richard, the Kingpin's son. He's apparently the only one who had that thought! That's not a bad theory... but it's incorrect. Oh well! Other theories are: the Jackal isn't a costume and the Jackal is the thief who murdered Uncle Ben. Hmm! Still wrong.

In the opening pages of #139, Peter says it's been "a few months" since Gwen died and "three weeks" since he became Flash's roommate. His life has been pretty hectic!

Unfortunately for me, he's already found a new appartment thanks to Liz when I was fully ready to see some Peter/Flash shenanigans. They were too gay to be featured as roommates for more than a single issue!

The Grizzly suddenly attacks the Daily Bugle, but Jameson's not interested.

(He's still attacked anyway.)

Jameson is saved by Spidey, who ends up following the Grizzly as Peter...

Can I just say how much I love this ending? It's a great moment. A bit silly on Peter's part, but very gloomy. Frightening, actually. My child self was scared of the Jackal's hand jumpscare hahaha. It's very effective! The penultimate page is actually quite liminal.

This is also the end I was left with for at least a decade.

...Well, not exactly. See, I also read those little jewels:

The first one compiles issues 144-151, that is to say, most of our next batch (the OG Clone Saga), so I haven't read issues 140-143, but I still know what happens after that.

The second one, while I'm at it, covers issues 30-35 of ASM Vol. 2 (2001) and thus ends just after Peter reveals his secret identity to a certain somebody... and I still don't know how they react!!!!! Can't wait to get there in, like, ten years.

So we have a final issue in this batch, one that I've never read. What are we waiting for?

You know me, I'm always here to see Peter get manhandled.

Gorgeous gorgeous GORGEOUS colors. Ned's wearing a pink jacket! I love it. I love it so much. Hell yeah!

You can't see it, but I'm slurping deliciously because between the arm & hand p0rn, the whump, and the colors, I really love those panels.

Later, Flash helps Peter move in.

I think I remember her so I'm pretty sure she features in later issues. Hmm, a model... Is Marvel trying to introduce a rival to MJ?

Flash is very interested in her, but she's obviously much more into Peter.

So here's some more arms and colors, because we all deserve it.

Hoping the Jackal was bluffing, Peter tries removing his bracelet... and succeeds with the power of blue flames! I wish he hadn't been able to discard it so quickly, especially considering the Jackal should know Peter's quite smart...

...and also a joker.

Jameson isn't so bad himself. He ruined the Grizzly's wrestling career!

Following those revelations and a few gags, Spidey tracks down the Grizzly and proceeds to strip him.

With the Grizzly neutralized, Spidey assures him that someday, he'll get the Jackal.

OH MY GOD??????? I'M SO HYPED! WHAT THE HELL?!?!?!

Okay, before I close this post, please remember this panel for the next batch:

The Jackal sure looks agile... Who could it be?

#peter parker #flash thompson #amazing spider-man #spider-man #comics #comic books #peter/flash #whump #peter parker thirst #the grizzly #the jackal

[nkp1981]

Bear Selfies Captured By Camera Traps

#grizzly bear #brown bear #polar bears #polar bear #funny animals

[ask-cloverfield]

Really easy to see why after fighting Spidey once someone would obsess over killing him

#Web of spider-man #peter parker #spider-man #the grizzly

[babyfoxcollectionthings]

#bear #grizzly #wildlife #wild animals #natgeo #wildlife videos #national geographic #natgeowild

[mytortoisegotstuckinatupperware]

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#FAT BEAR week #bears #brown bears #polar bears #fat bear friday #grizzly bear #black bear #bear cubs

[bearlyfunctioning]

Totality ☀️⚫️

#notacomic #grizzly bear #brown bear #animal art #digital sketch #my art #digital art #just a little something to mark the occasion #eclipse #eclipse 2024 #solar eclipse

[fyanimaldiversity]

Polar bear x grizzly bear hybrid (U. maritimus × U. arctos)

#hybrid #ursus arctos #ursus maritimus #polar bear #brown bear #grizzly bear #mammal #bear #pizzly bear #grolar bear #I think this captive bred one is a male polar bear to female grizzly breeding so pizzly? #male’s species goes first yeah?

[theyshapedlikefriends]

Happy Salmon Slammin Saturday!

AMUSE - Maru Kuma Pola "Rocky (fish)"

#plush #plushie #plushies #plushblr #plushcore #toycore #soft toy #stuffed animals #amuse #amufun #bear #brown bear #grizzly bear #salmon slammin saturday #plush: bear

[briochedbrick]

bearz...all of the bears.. (yes this is my first post hello..)

#polar bears #grizzly bears #animals #bears #actualbearsnotgaymen #digital art #briochedbrickart

[lionofchaeronea]

Weapons and Physiognomy of the Grizzly Bear, George Catlin, 1846-48

#art #art history #George Catlin #genre painting #genre art #animal study #bears #grizzly bear #animals in art #American art #Western art #19th century art #oil on canvas #Smithsonian American Art Museum

[marvelousmrm]

Amazing Spider-Man #140 (Conway/Andru, Jan 1975). Think I’m gonna run through this whole Clone saga, then reassess how I want to read the rest of 1975. Pete escapes the Jackal’s clutches and goes on a Grizzly hunt. The trail leads to a wrestling ring, a neat echo of Pete’s brief wrestking career in his origin story. Meanwhile, Glory Grant is Pete’s new neighbor.

#marvel #marvel 616 #amazing spider man #peter parker #spider man #flash thompson #glory grant #betty brant #ned leeds #j jonah jameson #the grizzly #the jackal #gerry conway #ross andru

[asexxxualauthor]

I think the best part of finishing Burrow's End is the moment about six or so hours later, where you're chilling in the shower or in the middle of dinner, and you suddenly realize that the tape—you know, that tape—wasn't all five of the Firsts dog-piling and murdering Dr. Winnebago, but literally just Phoebe. And just that one stoat was enough to cause the carnage the kids found in the store room and turn the doctor into a Meat Dave when she didn't even know how to speak human yet.

#dimension 20 #burrow's end #d20 spoilers #burrows end spoilers #hey aabria what the fuck? like what the actual fuck? #I am all for grizzly death and body horror in my D&D campaigns but that is absolutely fucked up #like when I first heard that recording it was horrifying as hell #I'm right there with Brennan being #nope no thanks I'm out #but once you get the extra information from Silence's notes and we find out that it was just Phoebe who went into the store room #like it's so obvious but holy fuck aabria! #that was fucked up!

[theraddestpotato21]

#memes #funny #funny texts #meme funny #funny post #dank memes #relatable #wendy's twitter #funny tweets #tweetsfromtwitter #top tweets #right between the ears #so cute #cutest #if danger why friend shaped #polar bear #grizzly bear #black bear #cute animals #animals

[bearotonin-international]

Amazing news for the milf bear community

Awww heck yeah!!!

#Grizzly 399 #needs a better name #:( #but hurray that she’s still being awesome!! #ask