{"id":129,"date":"2019-06-28T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T04:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deweybass.com\/spiderman\/?p=129"},"modified":"2019-04-23T21:19:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T01:19:45","slug":"asm-211","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2019\/06\/28\/asm-211\/","title":{"rendered":"ASM 211"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We haven\u2019t checked in with ASM in awhile, but here begins a 5-part epic I\u2019ve never read before. They forgot to put credits on this one, but it\u2019s Denny O\u2019Neil writing and John Romita, Jr. drawing, as it\u2019s been recently. Let\u2019s get to it! Our story begins with Prince Namor, the Submariner, half-human, half-Atlantean ruler of the seas ripping into some kind of deep sea diving machine full of dudes. He\u2019s yelling about how no one shall invade his sovereign domain and whatnot. You know, Namor stuff. Then he decides the dudes inside don\u2019t deserve to die, so he\u2026 rockets to the surface with them at top speed. And they don\u2019t suffer any ill effects! This is not how decompression works. Anyway, he drops them on a dock and we learn they were here to investigate the destruction of an experimental power generator down in the sea. Well, this can\u2019t end well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere, it\u2019s 3AM in New York, like it\u2019s a Drake song, and Peter Parker is trying to get some sleep. Trying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Saga of Peter Parker\u2019s Terrible Country-Singing Neighbor has begun! He bumbles around in his drawers and closets for his supersuit, bemoaning how hectic his life has been lately, until he\u2019s ready to roll: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Country music is gonna get him killed! Spidey doesn\u2019t like to just swing around aimlessly, so he decides to go check on Deb Whitman\u2019s uncle, like he promised to do in ASM 209<\/a>. At 3AM! And\u2026 and he\u2019s at the docks, and awake, and in trouble! What good luck for Spidey, I guess. It seems some tough guys are trying to back out of a contract on Uncle Whitman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Those dudes are no match for Spider-Man, of course, but he kinda overdoes it and winds up accidentally flipping a barrel of brine onto himself, which of course shatters and covers him in it. Turns out, Uncle Whitman was contracted to deliver a scientist out to the site of the aforementioned generator, but these guys have heard it\u2019s dangerous and backed out. Uncle Whitman is running out of options. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, look, I know Spider-Man isn\u2019t a seafaring hero, but you\u2019d think he\u2019d be more mindful of saying \u201cThat\u2019s not my problem!\u201d and swinging away considering Uncle Ben and all. Hey, what do I know? Meanwhile in Atlantis, Namor is drumming up support for war on the surface world among his people, and it\u2019s pretty easy to do what with the generator \u201cdisturbing the ocean currents and endangering their very civilization,\u201d as he says. You could say Namor\u2019s prone to exaggeration, so who knows how true that is, but the assembled masses of Atlantis are into it, so it\u2019s time for Atlantis Attacks! Oh, no, sorry, that\u2019s not for another 11 years. It\u2019s just time for Atlantis to attack with no official title. Later that day, at ESU, Peter is still itchy and gross from the brine when Deb Whitman happens by. She worries that her uncle is going to captain that ship since he couldn\u2019t get guys to do it, and he has a bad heart and he\u2019ll be in trouble. Then she wanders off, plot point achieved. Peter tells himself again that it\u2019s not his problem, but he feels guilty, because he\u2019s Peter Parker, so he goes to see Aunt May. Aunt May, still seeming more rejuvenated every time we see her, is teaching her nursing home how to play shuffleboard when he shows up.
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Lesson received, Peter switches to Spider-Man and swings off to the docks to help Uncle Whitman (I don\u2019t know his name, what can I do?). At the docks, Spidey encounters Uncle Whitman surrounded by dudes demanding more money for the job, so he announces he\u2019s here to help and starts picking up giant crates two at a time to show off his strength. The sailors take this as some kind of insult, and Spidey has (accidentally?) reverse-psychologied them into shipping out with Uncle Whitman\u2026 if he goes, too. So he does. He just… does. Just signs up to go on some kind of ocean mission. How long will this take? Can he really just put his whole life on hold? Once they\u2019re out to sea, Whitman admits he knows Namor is the one sabotaging things, but says he was afraid to tell the authorities for fear they\u2019d cancel the contract, and his livelihood. And then\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, this won\u2019t end well. Namor turns around and smashes into Spider-Man full speed, knocking him into the ship\u2019s smokestack. Which worries him, because he doesn\u2019t actually want to kill anyone. He\u2019s basically ready to declare war on the surface world, but also doesn\u2019t want to kill anyone. Not really a tenable position. He flies over to investigate, and of course, it\u2019s a trap. Spidey gets a good hit in, but that only makes Namor angry. Spidey thinks he can use that, so he starts taunting him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then he webs up Namor\u2019s wings, causing him to come crashing to the deck. Spider-Man didn\u2019t mean to hurt him so bad, but good luck explaining that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Denny O\u2019Neil may not be writing all-time classics, here, but he writes a good Spider-Man quip. He rushes over to offer to take Namor to a doctor, and that REALLY gets him going. Spidey protests that he\u2019s genuinely worried about Namor considering he\u2019s been dried out and beat up, and doesn\u2019t want to kill anyone, \u201cespecially for no reason.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hey, how about that? Diplomacy! Namor even tells them where they can move the generator so it won\u2019t hurt Atlantis and can better take advantage of Earth\u2019s magnetic field. Namor flies off as the ship sets a new course, proclaiming Spider-Man worthy. Now if he could just stop itching.
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That seems pretty much over. How is this the beginning of a 5-part story? Well, I don\u2019t know, honestly, but I do know the covers of the next few indicate we\u2019ll be seeing Namor again very soon. We shall see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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