{"id":23344,"date":"2024-10-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=23344"},"modified":"2024-02-21T16:41:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T20:41:54","slug":"ppsm-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2024\/10\/31\/ppsm-28\/","title":{"rendered":"PPSM 28"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Certainly a striking cover. This one starts with various detail shots of the scifi machinery Stromm\u2019s head is connected to,one of which is clearly just a Macintosh, which amuses me greatly, while Spider-Man\u2019s narration waxes poetic about being trapped in a job you don\u2019t like as an intro to a 2-page spread of Stromm\u2019s head stuck to the machines. Stromm says he\u2019s been trying to get Spider-Man\u2019s attention because thousands of lives are in danger. That he is no longer the Robotmaster, but a servant of the machine. 3 Spider-Man figures are recycled during these 3 pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We may recall Stromm\u2019s last appearance in SMU 17<\/a>, which ended in a rushed and ambiguous way that didn\u2019t really tee this up. Weeeeird body horror stuff, tho! We cut away to a one-page gag where Randy is bored to death while Glory is shoe shopping, then back to robot head. Spider-Man and Stromm\u2019s head have a 2-page debate about the morality of killing him to save lives. Stromm\u2019s insistence that he has to die before the machine takes full control, as if him dying wouldn\u2019t automatically give it full control, makes zero sense and I assume it\u2019s a fake out. Also, Bucky has drawn Stromm\u2019s head exactly 3 times and is just recycling them all, it is insanely lazy. Suddenly, jarringly, on the next page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, jeez, this issue got morbid fast. Another abrupt smash cut to Peter\u2026 I guess back at the apartment? I dunno, but Jill is there with Shea, the hacker guy, and they\u2019re laughing about how intense and serious Peter is as hes on the computer, rather comically IMing with Stromm (In Mac OS 9, which a hacker like Shea would toooootally be using instead of Windows).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When was Dr. Kervorkian and all that? I\u2019d begun to think this was Jenkins\u2019 way of commenting on that, but this seems maybe a bit late, if so. Rather hilariously, Peter gives the animated consciousness of Mendel Stromm to Shea on a 1.44\u201d floppy disk and asks him to write a virus that can kill it. I just love old comics about technology. I wonder how stupid the stuff we make today will look in 20 years. Well, Spider-Man returns to the relay station, where nothing is going on. He feels this lack of activity is a dangerous sign, and then, once he\u2019s way too deep in to get out, the machines begin to attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That\u2019s the last page! Pretty ambiguous. I bet that pixel stuff was a pain to do on paper. Well, that\u2019s it. We\u2019ve reached the end. It\u2019s time for the big finale of\u2013 Just kidding, there\u2019s another miniseries. This is so weird.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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