{"id":13135,"date":"2022-05-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=13135"},"modified":"2021-04-04T13:13:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T17:13:08","slug":"sm-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2022\/05\/23\/sm-11\/","title":{"rendered":"SM 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This cover\u2019s description of what happens inside isn\u2019t really that exciting. Unless Spider-Man is gonna fight the press. This month, it\u2019s just Rick Magyar pitching in on inks. Rick has a long and distinguished career in the biz, and is perhaps more available than the superstar guest inkers last issue. He\u2019s also the one who doesn\u2019t really know what to do with the material, as we see when Peter goes to see Anna Brooks under captions of one of her stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s funny, Rick\u2019s burying Todd, but he\u2019s kinda helping him. I mean, look at this one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Is it almost unrecognizable as McFarlane? Yes. Are the faces more accurately proportioned and less weird looking? 100% yes. As a kid, of course, this was blasphemous to me. When Peter won\u2019t reveal his source (And, I mean, how would he possibly know this?), Anna accuses him of trying to sabotage her for progressional jealousy and kicks him out. On his way, he asks a few questions that poke holes in the Wendigo story to leave her with something to think about. Meanwhile, out in the woods, Wendigo has lost so much blood he\u2019s about to pass out. It saunters up to a stream and does the ol\u2019 water on the face bit, but passes out in the stream. Wolverine appears, saying someone will pay for this and \u201cSpidey better be doing his job, \u2018cuz I\u2019m getting tired of waiting.\u201d For his part, having struck out with Anna, Peter-as-Spider-Man decides to go to to convince the cops. Looking like he\u2019s got a full diaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I believe that last one is the 2nd page Todd has inked this month.As he successfully extracts the bullet with a claw, Wolverine thinks he\u2019ll give Spider-Man 2 more hours, and then he\u2019ll go into town and sniff out the perpetrator himself. Why wasn\u2019t that Plan A? He can easily do that with his heightened senses. Easier to pin this on a person than \u201csome unknown assailant.\u201d In town, Peter has found Melvin, who isn\u2019t at all interested in his angle. Also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So the super tracker has his doubts, too. Back in the woods, Logan tells the weak-but-waking Wendigo (Alliteration!) that they have to find another body to seal their case. We\u2019re told the creature doesn\u2019t understand, but trusts its instincts, and therefore, its old enemy, Logan. In town, Spider-Man spends 2 pages saying not much at all (In typical McFarlane fashion. Why does he have so many scenes of people just blathering?) before deciding to go meet Wolverine, who won\u2019t be happy that Spider-Man has\u2026 failed to talk the press and the law into believing his seemingly far-fetched theory with no evidence? That was their plan? Meanwhile, Logan digs up another body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4 issues. 1 action sequence. It\u2019s really shocking to me. In the letter page, McFarlane makes the interesting assertion that he\u2019d like to get \u201ccomputer coloring\u201d on the book. Jim Salicrup rightly notes most readers probably don\u2019t know what he means, but \u201cwe\u2019re looking into it.\u201d About a year from now, digital colors are going to make the already eagerly anticipated Image Comics by the industry\u2019s biggest artists look even more unique and exciting, and none would have more advanced colors than Todd\u2019s Spawn, thanks to colorist Steve Oliff. Marvel and DC are going to be left playing catch up for several years (In a lot of books we\u2019ve seen already). Todd tried to help \u2018em…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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