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Wednesday, October 22, 2003
Disappointment so great....
I am so, so peeved at J. Michael Stracyzynski...I'll explain why.
JMS is the current writer of "The Amazing Spider-Man", the wall-crawler's first and longest-running comic. It's been ongoing since 1964.
Now, most of you know I'm big into Spider-Man; beemn a fan since ish 407. (My first ish of Amazing, in late '95). As such, there's no way I'd miss out on something as big as the 5ooth issue of "Amazing".
(Quick math lesson: publishing 12 issues every year, it takes two + years to get to 25, then 4+ to get to 50, then 8+ years to get to 100. Ergo, to get to 500, Spidey's been in publication 40+ years.)
Anyway, JMS, given his shot at the 500th issue, proceeds to do something totally unforgivable:
He's boring.
The double-sized 500th issue was completely and totally dull. The story was fine, but there was absolutly no drama at all. The artwork was great, but the plot was so trite. The only nice part was the end, but the gimmick had been used before. (In the last ep. of the '90's cartoon).
JMS was a pretty decent writer, but this is just ridiculous. 100th issues deserve to have some sort of dramatic twist, or something important happen in them.
With the exception of #100, every 100 issues so far were landmarks. (Stan Lee was burnt out on the title by ish #100, which was why it wasn't really up to snuff.)
#200: Peter confronts the Burglar who shot his Uncle Ben. (In the original comics, the Burglar didn't die, as he did in the movie.)
#300: First Venom, as well as Pete moving into an apartment with his new wife, Mary Jane. asso, Pete ditches the black costume and returns to the classic red-n-blues.
#400: The death of Aunt May. (Since undone...don't ask.)
#500: Uhhh....a clip-show, basically. Not even a really good one; the flashbacks are innaccurate to the original comics.)
So, so much wasted potential. At least the art was nice. *Sighs*
Thought of the moment: Venom #6, on the other hand, was very good.
Quote of the moment: "I know you've got one good scream in you." -Venom, "Venom #6"
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