{"id":15344,"date":"2022-11-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=15344"},"modified":"2021-08-28T13:59:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T17:59:08","slug":"asm-354","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2022\/11\/25\/asm-354\/","title":{"rendered":"ASM 354"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Interestingly to me, the remaining 5 covers to this event each feature inks by a different famous person. First up, Erik Larsen. It\u2019s an interesting synthesis between two guys I think had a lot of similarities at this time. Larsen\u2019s hand seems most obvious in Spidey\u2019s eyes and webs. And it\u2019s still Milgrom at the helm. I guess I assumed it would be, it\u2019s just surprising to me that the big summer event was farmed out. I mean, no disrespect to Al, but why wouldn\u2019t the regular writer do this? Just didn\u2019t want to? I dunno. Weird. At any rate, that flying platform\u2019s about to smash that old lady from last issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is literally no way all that was faster than shooting a web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So he can\u2019t hit the dumb disc, but he can grab dozens of falling rocks! How silly. The heroes land on a nearby roof and Spider-Man tells Darkhawk his origin, minus any identifying details, hoping to steer him on the right path as a superhero. He says he\u2019ll think about what Spidey says and takes off. Spider-Man grabs his camera and heads back to Aunt May\u2019s house. May didn\u2019t even have a chance to worry about him being gone so long due to being enthralled by a steel cage match. MJ can tell something\u2019s up with him as they leave, but doesn\u2019t press. They head down to The Bugle to see Robbie\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I guess! Speaking of Midnight, we check in with him delivering Dr. Franklin to The Secret Empire, where he is berated for making a scene and very mad about it. They ask if maybe the rest of The Wrecking Crew would be up for becoming cyborg slaves, and Franklin says no. He also suggests his fellow baddies are too unpredictable, and suggests they try to turn impressionable young hero types, such as Nova. He sure was specific! Elsewhere in the compound, Midnight rages about his various problems to a nurse Lynn Church, recapping how he got here and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You have to assume this guy talking with no lips is not as dramatic as the creators would like, especially trying to say words like \u201cmoon.\u201d This is a lot of business that has nothing to do with Spider-Man to serve as the core of a Spider-Man story. We take our leave of those 2 to find Punisher\u2019s man-in-the-chair, Microchip, letting him know The Secret Empire sprung Franklin, and Frank is typically furious, but he\u2019s about to shoot up a bunch of drug dealers, so he\u2019s gonna have to be mad later. Meanwhile, Spider-Man\u2019s gone to Avengers Mansion to see if they can get him in touch with Moon Knight, since he\u2019s a reserve Avenger and Moony is a former West Coast Avenger. Captain America\u2019s got it under control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two weeks later! Wow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Come on, Nova, don\u2019t be dumb. MJ follows a trail of discarded clothes to the bathroom, where Peter left the skylight open. Hope it doesn\u2019t rain! He\u2019s on the trail of Midnight, of course, and lets Moon Knight know via the Avengers communicard Cap reminded him of before. Moon Knight says he\u2019ll be right there, and tells him to leave his communicator on so he can follow the signal. Handy. Meanwhile, Midnight\u2019s working hard to sell Nova on becoming a dupe. Nova decides to play along to see what\u2019s really going on, but flies them over New Warriors headquarters and activates an emergency signal in his helmet to make the team\u2019s leader, Night Thrasher, come after him. But then\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Night Thrasher. A guy whose superpower is\u2026 a skateboard and some batons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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JIVE! 1991 and Nova is talking about JIVE!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moon Knight has a costume that couldn’t work outside of comics. It’s “dark white.” Some people make it silver, but look at him. Somehow always deeply shadowed, even in broad daylight, in white. This story is really crowded. And not terribly Spidey-centric. Young me was right to skip it given his budgetary constraints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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