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Spider-Man joins the X-Men?
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If I were a mutant living in the Mavelverse, I would totally claim to have fallen into a pool of nuclear waste or whatever to explain my powers.
That would be kind of an interesting premise for a book, a mutant masquerading as a non-mutant superhero protecting a small town of anti-mutant bigots or something...
That would be kind of an interesting premise for a book, a mutant masquerading as a non-mutant superhero protecting a small town of anti-mutant bigots or something...
Father_Brain
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I'm guessing that this is just a deliberately misleading promotion for the Heroic Age: X-Men one-shot, and not anything more. But we'll find out next week.
thetrin said:
So? Marvel currently has better writers than DC.
And I like how you're saying all the "dumb shit" Marvel has done as if DC hasn't done lots of "dumb shit" of their own. The Superman comics all last year? Or what they just did to Rucka's Batwoman, one of the best books out of either of the big two? The current Supergirl run for like the first 30 issues?
Marvel did the One More Day crap (though the outcome has been great, making ASM one of the best superhero comics around) and Secret Invasion was a disappointment. I'm sure there's more stupid things they've done. That's what happens when you're a large comic company putting out tons of books.
Both DC and Marvel will continue to do terrible things while also continuing to put out awesome books.
I obviously am a Marvel guy but I don't believe I'm biased. I buy DC books on a weekly basis. I adore most of what Johns touches. Batman & Robin is fantastic Morrison work (though yes, I thought Final Crisis was complete shit). I personally think Marvel has the better talent and better books for most of the past few years. But I love a lot of DC stuff too.
Otherwise, I'd be like certain other people who post here who refuse to look past one company to understand there are other great books out there.
Speaking of:
evil solrac v3.0 said:
Yeah, he'd be treated with the respect he deserves, right? You mean like Batwoman?
Considering how great ASM has been for a long while now, I think most Spidey fans are happy that he's at Marvel.
You always have such a constant anti-Marvel bias in your posts, which would be fine if it weren't for hypocritical posts like that or a couple weeks back, when you called Marvel out on adding volumes together to hit big anniversary issues like #600.
(A couple days later, DC's Wonder Woman #600 solicitation came out.)
In closing: like who you like, but both company's do the same shit. If you don't like new #1's, renumbering, gimmick team members, big events, etc. it's very simple: stop reading super hero comics. Not DC, not Marvel, but in general.
Except Witchblade. Go read that. One of the most underrated books out now.
BenjaminBirdie
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Dan said:
Yeah, I don't think either of the two are really "firing" on "all" "cylinders" these days.
Just to throw out some more geekery:
I thought they revealed at one point that Spidey's powers were actually or a magical origin? The radioactive spider that bit him was some sort of conduit for a Mayan spider god or something to bless him with spideriness? There was some story arc or something... Or was that just hinted, and not outright stated as the new canon?
I thought they revealed at one point that Spidey's powers were actually or a magical origin? The radioactive spider that bit him was some sort of conduit for a Mayan spider god or something to bless him with spideriness? There was some story arc or something... Or was that just hinted, and not outright stated as the new canon?
SpiderJerusalem
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I must be reading a different Batwoman than everybody else.
Oh yea, that Spidey/Xmen mini last year was fun.
Oh yea, that Spidey/Xmen mini last year was fun.
El_TigroX said:Not only has he teamed up with the X-Men several times, but he was also part of "The New Fantastic Four" along with Hulk, Ghost Rider and Wolverine back in 1993.
I forgot Sue Storm wore such a slutty outfit. I think it's when she was possessed or something.
Ri'Orius said:
That's spider-man noir's origin.
Didn't Spider-Man trash the entire team in Secret Wars?
It's been years since I've read that series, but I seem to remember him almost killing Wolverine and Colossus. Nightcrawler said something about Spidey being more powerful than all the X-Men combined, except the Professor.
Why would he join those wimps?
It's been years since I've read that series, but I seem to remember him almost killing Wolverine and Colossus. Nightcrawler said something about Spidey being more powerful than all the X-Men combined, except the Professor.
Why would he join those wimps?
GreekWolf said:
Was he wearing the symbiote costume at the time? I don't remember but that amplified his powers a lot.
Not that I disagree. Spidey is my favorite character ever.
I really hope that the upcoming Astonishing Spider-Man/Wolverine mini by Aaron becomes an ongoing. It seems like such an obvious choice. DC has Superman/Batman so why not? It would sell incredibly well and whenever Spidey and Logan interact, I love it. Case in point: the fist bump picture above. :lol
comedy bomb
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omg rite said:
Before the symbiote. He beat them enough to get away, and then Professor X erased the reason for him trying to get a way from his brain. I believe the X-Men were contemplating joining up with Magneto.
At any rate he didn't "almost kill" anyone.
HomerSimpson-Man
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GreekWolf said:Well, I managed to find part of that Secret Wars encounter, but I'm still missing two pages. It's funny to look back through the Uncanny Underpowered 1980's X-Men.
Spidey is such an awesome and potential powerhouse badass! It's a wonder that he's not always suicidal through all the BS that Marvel puts him throughout the years and tries for the smart alec funny quirky guy instead. It's like there's a team brainstorm meeting scheduled every month for this stuff.
"Gee! How can we make Peter's life anymore miserable today!"
"You mean the childhood raping clone saga and the Green Goblin impregnating Gwen Stacy, Spidey's first love, who eventually bore man-children story arc wasn't enough? You're right!"
evil solrac v3.0
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omg rite said:
OH. MY. GOD. the dribble that comes out of your mouth :lol the hell do you know what books i read? and don't try and pull up my weekly list because what I type down and what i end buying at the store are two different things. god almighty!
or maybe i don't like the direction marvel has been in the last 5-10 years and therefore don't bother with them anymore? is that maybe possible? huh? do you think?????
are you sure you read comic books? Spider-man and mutants are seen as a menace in the marvel universe because of their powers despite the fact that they have saved the world countless times. if they did the same thing in the DC world, they'd be seen as heroes and worshipped. HOW HARD IS THAT TO COMPREHEND!?!??!?
That was one of my favorite parts of the book. He overhears the X-Men saying they're going to leave the hero side and go start their own faction with Magneto, then Xavier senses Spidey's presence. He jumps in and simultaneously pushes Cyclops away and bitchslaps Xavier across the face before doing what's in the scan you posted. Then he dodges some eye beams from Cyclops and gets away clean before Xavier pulls a memory wipe on him.GreekWolf said:
Looking back at that series, it seems like Spider-Man has been de-powered some over the years. In Secret Wars he's making dudes look like chumps on a regular basis. Another one of my favorites is when he just about sends Titania into a nervous breakdown over the course of about 45 seconds from beating/clowning her so bad. Just demolishing her. She goes from swinging a 40 ton beam and calling him calling him a scrawny little runt to yelling "it's not fair! stop it! stop it!" And then he throws her out of the fortress through the wall. :lol Gonna see if I can find a scan.
KamenSenshi
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wow i had seen some spidey/x crossover stuff but this is something. he owned everyone easily. what happened, he always seems so lame now from what i see. i realize they get depowered all the time but man
HomerSimpson-Man
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Htown said:
Badass. I must say, absolutely adore this Spider-man!
I must see this!
HomerSimpson-Man said:
Which is exactly why I loathe the Sam Rami flicks so much. Spider-Man was never portrayed in the comics as some 5'8 Linkin Park reject, who cries more tears than Jan Brady. He's essentially one of the scariest people in the Marvel Universe, with his ridiculous combination of speed, agility, strength, stamina, reflexes and intelligence. Oh, and by the way, good luck trying to even throw a punch, considering the guy has ESP for cripes sakes. He trashes class 90 villains like Rhino without breaking a sweat, while river-dancing on their head and telling 'yo momma' jokes. Deadpool could only dream to be half as cool.
And yeah... Batman wouldn't have a chance in hell of lasting 10 seconds in a broom closet with Spider-Man, even with ten thousand years of prep time.
Spike Spiegel
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To be fair, when "Skeeter" fought Spidey she was suffering from a severe lack of self-confidence, stemming from lifelong emotional inadequacies which reemerged following her first battle against the She-Hulk. Those issues of inadequacy were what caused her to lose continuously to enemies much weaker than herself (Spider-Man, for example), and are the very root of her prolonged rivalry with She-Hulk.Htown said:
evil solrac v3.0 said:
Wow, you really need to relax. :lol
First of all, don't call what I say "dribble" because I'm basing it on what I see you say. You rarely EVER buy Marvel books according to what you say in the threads. Now it's understandable that you end up buying them at the store but never list them. But considering you shit on Marvel on a constant basis, isn't it kind of logical for me to then assume that you don't buy Marvel books? You're acting like I based my assumption on nothing at all, when that's simply false.
If you read Marvel books too, that's great. But you shit on the company constantly (and often for things DC also does) so you make yourself look very anti-Marvel. So that's what I assume.
Second of all, why are you arguing with me over what you buy in the store and THEN saying that maybe you just don't like what Marvel does and so you don't bother with them anymore? Can't be both ways. Either you buy Marvel and I'm an ass for mentioning that you don't or you don't buy Marvel, which you just hinted at, and what I said was right.
Of course it's possible that you don't like them anymore. However, you accuse them and make fun of them for things DC does as well. And as a Marvel fan, it's annoying so I'll call you out on it.
One of the things that makes Spider-Man Spider-Man is the fact that he's constantly shit on by the world at large yet still continues to be the hero. That's a huge part of what makes the character who he is. You take that away and then he's a different character. The same thing goes for the X-Men.
And that's part of the reason why I like Marvel. Some characters are looked at by society as heroes and embraced in the way you're describing (Captain America, Fantastic Four, etc.) while others are not (X-Men, Spider-Man). And even Spider-Man has a lot of fans in the world who think its unfair that he gets blamed for things.
It's very easy to comprehend. However I thought you were talking about how DC as a company would treat Spider-Man well and not how he was looked at by the world in the DC Universe. The fact that you're actually acting the way you are in the above bolded parts is kind of embarrassing. Chill out.
lordfroakie
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I had a stupid idea about Peter Parker being a science teacher at the Xavier Institute...hope it doesn't happen 
I'll just add that I did like the Spidey/Wolverine stint in Germany. One of my favorite team-up stories. Of course, that in no way suggests this upcoming match up is anything positive.
Also, yes, Spider-Man is fucking awesome...and Cosmic Spidey just took that to levels beyond. In fact, at that point, wasn't he the single most powerful character in the Marvel Universe?
Also, yes, Spider-Man is fucking awesome...and Cosmic Spidey just took that to levels beyond. In fact, at that point, wasn't he the single most powerful character in the Marvel Universe?
comedy bomb
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Anticitizen One
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whats the difference between regular she-hulk and SAVAGE she-hulk?
Callo Merlose
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I think he's referring to a story arc that had Peter get killed, come back to life, and at someone's eye.omg rite said:
comedy bomb
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I think this one is from the future and is the Hulk's daughter or something.
He's implying that Ben was the real deal. And Spider-Man had his eye eaten by Morlun during "The Other", Spider-Man didn't do any eating of body parts iirc.
He's implying that Ben was the real deal. And Spider-Man had his eye eaten by Morlun during "The Other", Spider-Man didn't do any eating of body parts iirc.
Callo Merlose
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ha, yeah. That was a few months before I stopped reading. How'd he a get a new eye?
comedy bomb
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Verboten said:
His body shed it's skin and he entered a cocoon state in which he emerged fixed.
comedy bomb
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omg rite said:
Well Spider-Man is in his own titles, Avengers, New Avengers, We Are The X-Men and Spider-Man/Wolverine. How anyone will be able to keep a timeline for all of that seems sketchy at best.
evil solrac v3.0
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omg rite said:
you can't call me out on being a big DC fan(of which i have no shame and don't try to hide) and then you go and push everything Marvel and ignore the bad parts. I used to buy Captain America and the deadpool/cable series.
but now deadpool is all over the place, so i don't like that. don't know what's gonna happen to captain america Steve Rogers and i tried to get into x-men lately but.... a couple of the second coming story arcs and.... nah, not for me. I don't think i like this "dark" path they are taking. still i may only follow the cable book, i change my mind like that.
Thor I like, but because of budget i may not.pick it up. we'll see.
you know that as a customer I have a right to pick up a company's book and decide whether i like them or not.
my beef is you always do this to me where you accuse me of ripping marvel a new one.how biased i am, that couldn't be further from the truth.
I grew up with both companies but i just don't like how marvel does stuff anymore. i don't like it's direction. so that's why i said in jest that spider-man would be treated like a god in the DC world. and he probably would sell a boatload if he were with DC.
dude, it's a forum! it's never embarrasing to call someone out especially when you have the habit of not getting the point of what i'm saying.
face it omg_rite, we're yin and yang. Jacob and smoke monster, monitor and anti-monitor. we're always gonna have this argument.
SpiderJerusalem
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this one is Thundra and Hulk's daughter from the future(he didn't know about it she took dna from kissing :lol. There's like 3 She Hulks (this one, his cousin, and the red one) and 3 Hulks now (Banner, his son from Planet Hulk, and the red one)Anticitizen One said:
maybe 5? I don't know if that grey kid is his and they keep using Cosmic Hulk lately
also they were hinting some new Scorpion chick was his daughter too so yea, he's getting around
sorry, I read crappy Hulk comics
BenjaminBirdie
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SpiderJerusalem said:
Dude, I've been catching up on all the Hulk stuff. Yeah, it's dumb, but holy shit I love it.
Parallax
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The x-men? Possibly, but seeing as how meta humans aren't openly embraced, im leaning towards doubting it. Spider-man is a different measure. He would be regarded as a hero at first kicking the shit out of villains like captain boomerang and the joker, but his luck would catch up with him. Some girl he would be interested in him, and end up getting killed by one of the mentioned villains. Shit would start all over with him like it does in the marvel universe. Hes to much of a smart ass to fit in with the trinity or most of the dc heroes who take themselves too seriously, and would most likely end up forgotten on the outsiders or jsa. Its nice to dream, but i don't see it turning out to well for him there too.evil solrac v3.0 said:
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