Comments on: Snap Judgment Time!

By: GrTy

GrTy — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:44:43 +0000

What villain name ISN’T silly?

If someone introduced “all-new” characters called “Doctor Octopus”, “Blue Beetle”, or “Weather Wizard” in today’s comics, wouldn’t we call them silly or stupid too?

The only reason we can accept a character called “Doctor Doom” today is that he’s been around since we were old enough NOT to find that stupid. Think about it. “Doctor Doom”? That is unbelievably silly. But we accept it because Stan & Jack sold kids on it in the 60′s. And there’s a good chance that most comic book readers of today first met “Doc Doom” when they were 10 or younger and have carried that good will and suspension of belief into their teens, twenties, and thirties.

By: Nick Marino

Nick Marino — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:29:16 +0000

it’s a good idea. especially because it gives new meaning to eddie brock. his character study in ASM #568 was excellent. so far, the execution of the idea seems solid, but next issue will really be the evidence.

By: wwk5d

wwk5d — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:18:29 +0000

“See, all this time I thought Spider-Man was the anti Venom.”

So did I. Or, if not him, then Carnage. Oh well. We’ll see how it turns out.

By: Jono11

Jono11 — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:00:10 +0000

Silly. Absolutely silly. Someone in the Spider-office just happened to hear that “anti-venom” is a word, and thought, “HEY! We have a character named Venom! Anti-Venom is a word! Why shouldn’t Anti-Venom be a character TOO?”

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:59:35 +0000

Predictable is the applicable term, regardless of whether it’s silly or not.

By: JdRavnos

JdRavnos — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:53:45 +0000

Again, at this point it’s too early to tell. It was a solid story, but so far we have no idea what Anti-Venom will be like.

I will admit I’m slightly (but only just slightly) disappointed that Anti-Venom didn’t turn out to be a symbiote infected May. I think I’d bust a gut if it turned out that someone just thought it was “Anti-Venom” when in fact they were saying “Aunty Venom”

By: ticknart

ticknart — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:42:29 +0000

Great pun.

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:30:45 +0000

Anti-Venom will be really fun, a bit silly, but ultimately used sparingly by the new Spidey Brain Trust, as all their good ideas have been. And that will keep it from flopping.

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:26:14 +0000

Y’know… Toxin (the mini-series) wasn’t all bad…

-Ducks back under cover-

By: avengers63

avengers63 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:57:18 +0000

I hated Venom after the initial storyline. It got really popular, and since it was that time in Marvel, it got really over-used and really stupid. Then Carnage came. Now Anti-Venom. Enough already.

I sincerely wish they would figure it out. Just because someting turned out to be pretty good doesn’t mean more of them will be just as good. Trying to milk the cash cow for all it’s worth just kills the cow and waters down the milk. (I love analogies!)

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:28:25 +0000

Silly. Because the Anti-Venom design seems to be the sole reason why Venom now has eyes inside his eyes… that or JRJR really hasn’t seen much of Venom before (!?!) It just doesn’t look right…

The Scorpion-tail Venom was in use in Beyond, and looked REALLY cool! after all Gargan had been so used to using a tail that it seemed only natural to continue using it as Venom… Maybe it’s disappearance is a side-effect of Venom taking more control of the psyche??

By: Vichus Smith

Vichus Smith — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:39:52 +0000

We should know by now that the internet is full of people who talk a certain way because they have the freedom of anonymity. The guy who talks crap about venom, anti venom and One More Day is probably the first one at his local store to pick up a copy of ASM.

By: Brack

Brack — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:10:24 +0000

Silly.

But that’s fine, as the one thing I love about the BND run is that it’s brought some silliness back to Spider-Man.

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:04:23 +0000

Well, who knew we were getting Anti-Venom? And it’s not like A-V was a dealbreaker. The somewhat shabby backgrounds in the Peter scenes annoyed me more.

The name and character design are a bit on the silly side, but there’s potential for coolness in the “reformed super-villain strives to recreate himself as the diametic opposite o what he once was” concept,

Or it could triple-suck with a side order of suck, like Carnage. It is, as others have said, tough to tell from one panel.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:14:03 +0000

Gee, Wolf, you don’t suppose it’s people other than the people who think it’s a dumb idea who are buying the comic, do you?

By: Wolfgangg

Wolfgangg — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:10:44 +0000

I love how 99% of the polls, blogs and everything else I’ve read regarding the subject of Anti-Venom are all calling it silly or unnecessary, yet it is impossible for me to find the new issue of The Amazing Spider-man. If everyone thinks it’s so gosh darned silly, then why are you buying it? News flash; if you buy it, they’ll keep making it. If you don’t like it, then leave it for people who do instead of grabbing it just because it’s the latest craze.

Ok, I feel I’ve made my peace with this…

By: youngblood29

youngblood29 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:54:14 +0000

what I think is silly is why you didn’t make this a curious cat question

By: Aphaxad

Aphaxad — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:52:22 +0000

As an idea? Little disappointing.

But it would depend on Slott’s execution of the whole thing.

Too early to tell.

By: TimCallahan

TimCallahan — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:48:14 +0000

Not silly at all. Cool and cool-looking.

By: Alan Coil

Alan Coil — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:25:16 +0000

See, all this time I thought Spider-Man was the anti Venom.

Silly Marvel, screwing up everything that was good about Spider-Man.