Comments on: A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 26

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:40:32 +0000

If the guy thinks that Jameson is Spider-Man, what better way to deceive the public than by pretending to have created the Scorpion? Or, for that matter, the detective might think that Spider-Man created the Scorpion in order to pretend to be a hero (the sort of thing Jameson would say).

By: John Cage

John Cage — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:16:53 +0000

If you want to ‘no-prize’ a reason why the detective didn’t factor in Jameson’s role in the creation of the Scorpion and all that, I remember there being a reference to an encounter with Galactus as having occurred just a few years prior to the events of the issue. I figured it was the time Galactus was beaten down by New York’s superhero community (which would’ve been about four years earlier Marvel-time), but if you’re so inclined you could argue it was the first time Galactus appeared and the issue is set a “few years” after that but still prior to Jameson revealing his business with the Scorpion and stepping down as EIC of the Bugle. Either way, I suppose.

Have a good day.
John Cage

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:38:00 +0000

I love how the “padded suit” explanation for why people don’t notice that Bruce Wayne is built like Batman gets incorporated in that explanation.

By: edc

edc — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:09:08 +0000

“I love the glow around Triple J’s fist.”

thats what she said. bottom of the barrel, peeps.

By: Rob Schamberger

Rob Schamberger — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:43:28 +0000

I love the glow around Triple J’s fist.

By: T.

T. — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:36:30 +0000

Yeah, you guys are right. I took it too seriously. It sounds like a good story, forget what I said.

By: T.

T. — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:28:19 +0000

Ted: So you’re saying the point of the story is that the guy was a really, really sucky detective? That makes sense then.

Michael: Your joke had potential to work if you didn’t geek it up to Whedonesque proportions. I felt like I was reading a Buffy script for a second (not a good thing)

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:12:02 +0000

Michael, Isn’t “The Point” that “Precise Orbital Intra-atmosphere Non-nuclear Targetting” satellite that you launched last year?

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:45:50 +0000

T, if you own a very good telescope, take it out on a cloudless, moonless night, and point it straight up, you just might be able to catch a faint glimpse of The Point, forever locked in a geosynchronous orbit directly over your head.

By: Ted

Ted — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:35:59 +0000

If he had of been a good detective he probably wouldn’t have got the wrong guy.

By: T.

T. — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:54:07 +0000

Meh, that’s kind of a lame save by jenkins there. It wasn’t just a “few simultaneous appearances” but a hell of a lot over decades. Being anal would be referring to obscure, irrelevant past continuity, but much of it was major. What about the fact that J. Jonah Jameson lost his Editor-in-Chief position because he was being blackmailed by the Hobgoblin for his role in creating the Scorpion to destroy Spider-Man? This is not a minor continuity point, it was a pretty big character moment for JJJ. JJJ went public with a full published confession of his involvement in the Scorpion’s creation so that the blackmailer wouldn’t have anything over him anymore. This is what caused him to step down as Editor for quite some time and be replaced by Robbie Robertson. It happened during Stern’s run. That goes beyond just staging simultaneous appearances to downright potentially ruining his reputation and career.

I haven’t read the whole issue, so I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt and hope the rest of the book sold the premise better.I think Robbie would have worked much better maybe.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:33:32 +0000

maybe i’m being too much of a continuity nerd about this,

Bingo. But, if you really wish to be anal, from earlier in the issue...

By: T.

T. — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:24:22 +0000

maybe i’m being too much of a continuity nerd about this, but haven’t there been a kajillion incredibly publicized and witnessed sighting of spider-,man and jjj at the same place at the same time since the lee/ditko days? didn’t spidey even show up to jjj’s wedding to rescue him from the scorpion (going off old memories, not sure)?

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:05:48 +0000

I remember always feeling like that run on spider-man was very good, and had a lot of emotion invested in it. It’s good to get a flash back to those days, I really miss the spider-man of long ago.