It’s a short one today as Spidey makes a return to Marvel Comics Presents. This comic is full of notable things, like the Wolverine story being plotted by Rob Liefeld and drawn by Jim Valentino, both off forming Image by the time it saw print. Or the Ghost Rider story being one of several by Dan Slott, who was doing random things like this at the time, but didn’t manage to break big in comics until like 15 years later. Or a story about Puck from Alpha Flight that must be one of Joe Maduriera’s first outings at Marvel. But the Spidey tale is brought to you by a writer/artist team I am unfamiliar with, Susan Kennedy and Malcom Davis. Inks by Don Hudson & Andrew Pepoy, colors by Kevin Tinsley.
If it seems odd for MJ to say something like that when they’ve been married so long…
…I guess they haven’t been married that long in this story. You’d think the woulda hit you with an editor’s note. Our man Malcom doesn’t seem to know Spidey’s web only shot out of the back of his hand when he had the alien. Peter finds the place, but MJ has just gone to lunch. Then it’s an awkward page-turn-cut to Peter suddenly fighting an alley cat for his mask. Funny, but jarring.
Spidey gets the purse back as we cut to MJ finding his film in her pocket and realizing the fix he’s in on her way to lunch. She tries to call him at home, but he is, of course, out looking for her. Spider-Man is soon swinging over to try to find her afternoon photoshoot, which she has just arrived to late and in a hurry.
“Mr Watson” is great.
Well, that was cute. I wish women writing comics hadn’t been so rare when Pete & MJ were married. I suspect they would’ve found better ways to portray their relationship than the fellas tended to. But who is Susan Kennedy? She wrote 5 issues of MCP between 93 and 99 and that’s her whole Marvel resume. There’s a lot of Susan Kennedys out there, can’t figure out would be here. Malcolm Daivd drew almost 30 Marvel comics in the 90s, but that’s it. These random names who show up and disappear are fascinating. I mean, I would read more comics by both of them. Davis’ work wasn’t the flavor of 1991, but it would play a lot better now. I wonder what their deal was.