Comics are awesome.

[Dominic]

Kingpin and Luthor both realize how they have survived as long as they have. That is part of why they are so successful.

[138 Scourge]

Peter Parker publicly admits that he's Spider-Man, deals with the super-hero registation act and has to go on the run with his wife and aunt, proving that the secret identity was the right choice.

I'm sure I've said it before in this thread, but I'll say it again. I liked Peter's identity being publicly known. Yeah, the badguys knew who his family were and all, but also, say, if a kid's worried about, say...the old man down the block that appears to secretly be an alien, or if the Kingpin's up to some stuff, then that kid can just run down the block to where Mr. Parker lives, and get Spider-Man on the case. People knowing who Spider-Man is makes him...well, the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. It was neat while it lasted, anyway.

The whole "keep my family safe by way of secret identity" thing only works to a point. I think these days it could go without being so much of an issue. Spidey's in the Avengers now, so if, say, Kingpin thinks it'd be funny to kidnap Aunt May or something, Peter can get the whole damn Avengers in on it.

Eh, I'm probably just weird.

[andersonh1]

Peter Parker publicly admits that he's Spider-Man, deals with the super-hero registation act and has to go on the run with his wife and aunt, proving that the secret identity was the right choice.

I'm sure I've said it before in this thread, but I'll say it again. I liked Peter's identity being publicly known. Yeah, the badguys knew who his family were and all, but also, say, if a kid's worried about, say...the old man down the block that appears to secretly be an alien, or if the Kingpin's up to some stuff, then that kid can just run down the block to where Mr. Parker lives, and get Spider-Man on the case. People knowing who Spider-Man is makes him...well, the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. It was neat while it lasted, anyway.

The whole "keep my family safe by way of secret identity" thing only works to a point. I think these days it could go without being so much of an issue. Spidey's in the Avengers now, so if, say, Kingpin thinks it'd be funny to kidnap Aunt May or something, Peter can get the whole damn Avengers in on it.

Eh, I'm probably just weird.

It is interesting that you say that. There is one point in that story where a doctor helps Peter out because Spider Man once saved a relative of his, and he was determined to repay the favor if he ever got the chance. And since he knows who Peter is, he does just that. In a very dark storyline, that was one bright spot related to the public knowledge of his identity. So yeah, there could be some bright spots. I do think the negatives outweigh the positives for the most part though.

[andersonh1]

Kingpin and Luthor both realize how they have survived as long as they have. That is part of why they are so successful.

I love the part of "Superman Returns" where Luthor thinks he's killed Superman, then his whole island starts shaking and he makes a run for it. Turns around in the copter to see the whole thing lifting in the air and he KNOWS Superman's doing it. The "oh, crap" expression on his face is awsome.

If Superman ever went back on his "no killing" rule, Luthor would be a greasy spot in five second flat.

[138 Scourge]

If Superman ever went back on his "no killing" rule, Luthor would be a greasy spot in five second flat.

Or have his brain blown out by way of high-speed spit glob.

Hell, Superman could just look at Luthor funny and incinerate him. Luthor's an awfully brave fella, you gotta give him that.

[Shockwave]

If Superman ever went back on his "no killing" rule, Luthor would be a greasy spot in five second flat.

Or have his brain blown out by way of high-speed spit glob.

Hell, Superman could just look at Luthor funny and incinerate him. Luthor's an awfully brave fella, you gotta give him that.

As long as he shouted before he did it like on RID: "CROSSEYED STARE!!!" Fwoosh!

[Ursus mellifera]

So I just ordered Megaman #1-4 from the Archie comics website. Thankfully they have an extensive online business since most of their clientele can't drive.

[Onslaught Six]

So I just ordered Megaman #1-4 from the Archie comics website.

There you go, Dom! Do that. Or just borrow his.

Thankfully they have an extensive online business since most of their clientele can't drive.

Ba-dum-chss!

[andersonh1]

Speaking of comics being awesome, I finally picked up one of the DC retroactive books. 90s Batman with a writer/artist combo I enjoyed tremendously back then, Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle. And the reprint from that era is a story I remember well, making this a double treat for me. If these things weren't $5.00 each I'd be sampling more of them.

[138 Scourge]

Ah, more fun with comics:

Spider-Island: Spider-Girl #1: Y'know, I didn't mean to follow Spider-Island as such, it's just that a couple of my favorite Marvel books (Venom, Herc) are pulled into this event anyway, and then you've got mini-series with characters I like and writers whose work I enjoy doing stuff that are Spider-Island tie-ins, and, well, I'll be getting a lot of it. Anyway, this issue pulls the ol' "Jumping-on point with a new #1" game, with Anya recapping her origin to her roomate, but it spends about three or four panels doing that, while she's in action. So immediately, you get giant, humanoid wasps, from "The Society of Wasps", a group at odds with a "Society of Spiders" that Spider-Girl used to be linked to. So you got the Wasps after Anya, the Hand's ninjas show up and go after the Wasps, anyone nearby is pulled into the crossfire, babies are wall-crawling away from terrified parents, cats and dogs are living together, and on top of that, the new Hobgoblin shows up to drag Anya to the Kingpin, so he can try to make her an offer she can't refuse. I like comics where a lot happens, and this book did not waste a bit of time getting there. Just right at the first page, it's on. Also, that Kingpin-Spidey fight we were talking about a few posts back? That'd go differently, these days. The Jackal's mutant bedbugs have given rather a lot of people in New York spider-powers, it seems. Only downside, I just can't like the new Hobgoblin. I've seen him written by three of Marvel's best now, and I just can't get behind him. His "wiseacre" personality is just annoying. It's like Deadpool wearing an old Norman Osborn suit.

Spider-Island: Cloak and Dagger #1: I've always liked Cloak and Dagger since back in the day. They have cool names, they have a really neat visual thing going on, and they used to show up with Power Pack a lot. Nothing to dislike, there. So, like with Spider-Girl, I figured I'd give this one a shot. This issue, again, plays the re-tell the origin game, and again, does it well. Not as quickly as Spider-Girl does, but it puts a neat spin on it having the story told from the eyes of both characters. Then a few pages in, we get to the new status quo: their old "headquarters" (an abandoned church) is being torn down, and Cloak's plan is for them to set up a non-profit private investigation organization. Dagger's rather involves more college than super-heroing. And then all the Spider-Island craziness breaks out. The way the two characters play off each other in this book is entertaining, as is their contrasting narrating captions. They've been stuck together thanks to an intense bad experience, but now that said intense experience is over, there's still a bond there, but they are very different people, and this book shows that. I'll stick around for the three-issue series, and hope for more from these two.

Transformers #23: Bad ass.

Daredevil #2: Last issue, Captain America came to arrest Daredevil for the events in that Shadowland thing. This issue, they fight a bit, and then Daredevil says "Look, Cap, I was possessed. You know I'm one of the good guys, will you trust me on this one?". And the fight breaks up. Well, hell, why wouldn't it? Then it's on to DD investigating why no other lawyers would take his most recent client's case. Which leads to Klaw doing some crazy shit. Not as amazing as the first issue, but solid, solid stuff, and after the way Marvel's heroes have been at each other's throats the last few years, the resolution to this issue's fight with Cap is refreshing. Good stuff. Two issues off DD next month? I'm in.