His radioactive spider semen is actually a PLOT point, come the final issue, we'll be treated to Spidey overcoming his foes by VIOLENTLY masturbating on them and spraying them down with his cobra venom.

And you can quote me on that.

And I don't think Andrews deliberately wrote something that implies sexual violence because he hates women just as I don't think Brad Meltzer deliberately wrote IDC with glee for Sue's rape and showing up Jean Loring for the crazy man-hungry career woman that she was in the story with malice aforethought. I do think a little more analysis into what one is writing and the possible interpretations it could be construed as would be a fantastic idea.

It can't even be a puritan/anti-sex thing, here. Guilt, particularly survivor's guilt, is one of the things that's at Spider-Man's core. It's about being responsible for the death of the one that he loved the most simply because he loved her.

I do think that you both have a point here, but it isn't a point that matches up with this text.

Anyway, in response to david brothers's comment:

"This is a little exaggerated. It may be semantics, but you’re making it sound like he was her murderer, rather than the accidental cause of her death. It was a pure accident."

I refer him to Ragnell's comment in response. PLOT-wise, yes, it's an accident. SUBTEXT, however, suggests something pretty disturbing. Killing a woman by the power of ejaculation is unkosher, to say the least, when discussing ways in which death and violence are experienced by women in comics. If people are trying desperately to avoid a weird connection between sex and violence when it comes to how women in comics experience their tragic demise, toxic cancerous sperm is not the place to start.

That's the whole problem with the concept. Its NC-17-Rated Masculine Sexual Potency Fantasy #3 weaved into our beloved wall-crawler's mythos. Pretty off-putting.

Personally, I thought it was at least handled better than Brubaker's run on The Authority where he reveals that Rose Tattoo killed The Doctor with her heroin-filled vagina.

Did it again, sorry.

This is a little exaggerated. It may be semantics, but you're making it sound like he was her murderer, rather than the accidental cause of her death. It was a pure accident.

It was the panel that showed his face when he came, while having sex with Gwen Stacy, in a somewhat recent (within last year, maybe two) issue of Amazing Spiderman. "

...wow, I guess its on Ogrish then.

/ jabs eyes out with a fork

But I agree that this doesn't work somehow for Spider-man. He's just not a good vehicle for stories that are THAT dark.

I really didn't like Queen Bee. Strangehaven was good. I'm still trying to find the issue of Teen Titans that Chynna drew, 'cause I'm still kind of a completist about her work.

Wasn't Joe gonna review Captain Marvel? I've been waiting for DAYS now.

Graphic Novelists is a really dumb term. Still, I'm intersted in reading a biography of Joe Sacco or Colleen Dorham. What are they called?

It was the panel that showed his face when he came, while having sex with Gwen Stacy, in a somewhat recent (within last year, maybe two) issue of Amazing Spiderman.

Also, yes, yes, sex and violence, double-standard, but killing your wife by having sex with her is violent too in a more disturbing way. Your sperm is so powerful no mere mortal woman can withstand its might! Blergh. I think I've seen some hentai that used that same plot device.

is this going into dr. manhattan/watchmen territory now?