Tag Archives: Dan Slott

Best Spider-Man Stories By Decade

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Thomas Mets

This was something I did for a message board a while back. The challenge was to list the best Spider-Man stories by decade. It’s obviously very subjective, although it was a useful exercise in considering what made the character tic, … Continue reading →

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Spider-Man Sales Part 2

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Thomas Mets

I’m interrupting a section written in 2012 with an update about more recent Spider-Man comics. If sales were good during the Big Time era, they’ve been incredible after Amazing Spider-Man #700. This leads to two questions: Do the consistent sales … Continue reading →

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The Culture Shock of Brand New Day

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Thomas Mets

Some of the backlash against Brand New Day was inevitable. The book suddenly had younger (defined by the year they were born, rather than the year in which they started writing Spider-Man) American writers. For 30+ years from September 1972 to … Continue reading →

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Spider-Man Comics Read In July 2013

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Thomas Mets

With the debut of Superior Foes of Spider-Man, I went and reread previous stories about the Sinister Syndicate, usually back issues I bought back a while back. Deadly Foes of Spider-Man #1-4 was a dense in a good way series about … Continue reading →

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Stuff I Like May 25, 2013 Edition

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Thomas Mets

Frankie Miller came up when I googled “Scottish singers” and found someone’s best of list. His song Jealousy is quite good. On the subject of videos of youtube videos of famous Scottish people, I am reminded of the comedy of … Continue reading →

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Superior Spider-Man and Mary Jane… An Update

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Thomas Mets

Previously, I considered the speculation that Superior Spider-Man would feature a romantic relationship between Doctor Octopus, who possesses Spider-Man’s body, and Mary Jane, who is unaware of that fact. There were concerns that this relationship, if consummated, would constitute rape. Dan … Continue reading →

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The Ending of Superior Spider-Man #1

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Thomas Mets

At the end of the first issue of Superior Spider-Man, we learn that Peter Parker is still alive, and that he has limited control over Spock’s (As a refresher, Spock= Spider-Man + Doc Ock) actions. Some revelation about Spidey’s survival … Continue reading →

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When is it moral for Marvel to fool readers?

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Thomas Mets

Duy Tano wrote an essay for the Comics Cube about how his response to Amazing Spider-Man #700 shows that he doesn’t take comics at face value. And I stopped right there, because that’s when I realized that I am no … Continue reading →

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Superior Spider-Man, Mary Jane and a very taboo subject

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Thomas Mets

There’s one potential element of Superior Spider-Man that has resulted in a lot of conversation. A 1,000+ post thread at CBR is devoted to the question of the implications of a relationship between Spider-Ock and Mary Jane. Matt Wilson of … Continue reading →

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The Superior Spider-Man Era

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Thomas Mets

I don’t believe that the Superior Spider-Man status quo will be permanent, any more than the Spider-Man Unmasked period was permanent. But it’s certainly promising in the short term. The hook of having a victorious vllain trying to actually replace … Continue reading →

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