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Wonder Boy said:
Yeah, I agree G-man.

The fact that the new school of writers feel a need to use such over-the-top elements, in a character as idiot proof as Spiderman, shows just how desperate, talentless and bankrupt of ideas they are.

I remember a topic you started a year ago, discussing the absurd shock elements Marvel felt a need to use last year !
    Gwen Stacy... SLUT !
    HERE


This is the annual update of what Marvel is attempting to hype and promote, in place of true storytelling and talent.


jms and Peter David are great writers. If you read the stories then it makes sense. The Iron Man suits were for protection sothey could visit the past and see Uncle Ben and Peter's parents again for a few minutes.
The Spider bite to the head was in line with the primal nature of the spider. I don't mind them dealing with Spider-man in that way under those circumstances as long as he doesn't get too much like a spider and shoot webs from his ass.

The Gwen Stacy storyline was actually pretty decent. It was supposed to be Peter as the father but the editors insisted on the change, and it was handled well. Her sleeping with Norman doesn't make her a slut, it makes her a young woman who made a mistake with an older man (which happens all the time).

Bow ties are coool.