Comments on: A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments - Day 20

By: Felicity

Felicity — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:05:47 +0000

I like imaginary black Spider-Man. I'd love to see a whole comic about him, with great art by Romita Jr.

By: Birmy

Birmy — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:06:36 +0000

Odds and Ends:

Re: the dog. The bombshell-blonde neighbor had a bulldog who knew Peter was Spidey... or acted suspicious enough of him that it appeared that way.

The whole villain-laughing thing was use dby Jenkins twice: The "Mr. Coffee" moment with Norman and, earlier, on that Webspinners story with The Chameleon (after Chameleon tells Peter he, um, loves him).

"Maybe Next Year" is so ingrained at this point that Peter recently wore a Yankees jacket and angry letters were received by Spidertorial. No-Prizes were involved, bloodshed was minimal.

By: Vincent Paul Bartilucci

Vincent Paul Bartilucci — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:54:17 +0000

I really like the Peter as Mets fan idea.

I loved that Jurgens made Cap a Mets fan during his run. Of course, Steve Rogers is a Mets fan. No one who routed for the Brooklyn Dodgers could EVER support the Yankees.

By: fanboy d

fanboy d — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:58:48 +0000

i remember that, 'twas pretty cool

By: Cass

Cass — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:15:49 +0000

Yes. It's not hidden from the reader that Spider-Man is imaginary. The twist is that his version of Spider-Man is black.

By: RichYan33

RichYan33 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:02:50 +0000

So...wait...he never actually met Spider-man? He just had an imaginary friend Spider-man?

By: Mike Loughlin

Mike Loughlin — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:33:56 +0000

I may be getting my Goblin stories mixed up- I thought the laugh came at the end of the Ramos-illustrated story. I was referring to Peter Parker: Spider-Man 25, which (IIRC) ended with a big fight. Yeah, I thought the joking at the end of the Ramos story ripped off the Killing Joke a little too much.

By: Cass

Cass — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:35:42 +0000

I only read the Killing Joke after I read that Goblin story, but now that you mention it, I can see the parallels (e.g. Flash = Barbra, "Mister Coffee" = the Joker's crazy people joke, etc). I believe the Mr. Coffee bit though because, like in the Killing Joke, it comes after so much screaming and misery and hatred that at that point, I really believe both of them just needed to find something to laugh about.

By: T.

T. — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:29:21 +0000

I hated the Goblin story, tried WAY too hard to be Killing Joke. Not really a fan of the idea of Spider-Man yukking it up with the killer of his first love over "Mr. Coffee" jokes. I filed that in the "miss" category.

By: Cass

Cass — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:23:21 +0000

I still miss Kevin the Cheese.

Yeah! And wasn't there a dog who knew Spidey's identity?

By: Cass

Cass — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:21:34 +0000

I'd rank Jenkins run on Peter Parker + Spectacular relaunch as up there with Roger Stern as some of the best nonDitko stuff ever for Spidey. So much strong material for the character: Fusion, the Mimes, the Goblin, and even after getting stuck with that awful awful Avengers Disassembled Tie-In arc, he picks it right up with a cool poker story.

By: Birmy

Birmy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:10:47 +0000

I still miss Kevin the Cheese.

By: Mike Loughlin

Mike Loughlin — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:24:46 +0000

Prior to the Spectacular Spider-Man relaunch, Jenkins' Spider-Man comics were great. The silent issue was hilarious, and the issue in which Peter and May just talk were among the best. I even liked the Green Goblin story in which the Goblin has Spider-Man captured for an extended period, but can't break him. Jenkins understood the character better than just about any modern writer.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:57:16 +0000

Spider-Man grew up in Forest Hills. Of course he's a freaking Mets fan.

By: T.

T. — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:48:37 +0000

Whenever “Wait Till Next Year” comes up, I’m reminded of that idiotic piece on Newsarama talking about how Spidey was obviously a Red Sox fan.

That's an utterly disgusting and nauseating notion. Spider-man is as NY as it gets. The thought of him being a Red Sox fan is repulsive. Who wrote that idiotic essay?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:47:05 +0000

Whenever "Wait Till Next Year" comes up, I'm reminded of that idiotic piece on Newsarama talking about how Spidey was obviously a Red Sox fan. Missing the point? Check. And I really like Nocenti's run, since she was stuck in a literally impossible position by Miller and managed to tell really good stories out of a horrible inherited status quo. Didn't hurt that the art was usually great.

By: T.

T. — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:06:30 +0000

DCD - Agreed. If only he could be more consistent. It still boggles my mind that he did this and the Inhumans, yet is the same guy behind the insufferable Sally Floyd in general and the Captain America Myspace moment in particular.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:00:37 +0000

Any chance of an "uncool comic book moments" anti-list? I reckon Pete coming downstairs and Aunt May making wheatcakes in the last issue of ONE MORE DAY would make it.

By: Chris Jones

Chris Jones — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:24:20 +0000

I didn't read that issue, but Goddamn it, that's a brilliant ending.

By: DCD

DCD — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:10:02 +0000

That's pretty much exactly how I describe him to people, since he can both hit AND miss in the same story or even the same scene but his hits are pretty gold. And yeah his run was one of those constantly interrupted with little tie-ins and crossovers and undercards to the main event in Book B or whatever but Grant's JLA was like that, too.