{"id":24542,"date":"2025-01-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=24542"},"modified":"2024-02-21T16:40:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T20:40:38","slug":"asm-v2-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2025\/01\/13\/asm-v2-48\/","title":{"rendered":"ASM V2 48"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Boy, these generic covers. JMS has been trying to introduce new villains all over the place and none of them even get a cover. Cho\u2019s 3 covers are marginally different, but ultimately they\u2019re all Spider-Man about the same distance from the viewer, in the middle of a generic city scene. I sort of get the idea of having a clear, instantly recognizable image of your star to sell the book, but it\u2019s not selling it, really. It says \u201cSpider-Man is in this,\u201d but what\u2019s he up to? Ah, well. This policy won\u2019t last forever. As we get rolling this month, A bunch of kids are learning about spiders by looking at the exhibit that CLEARLY has a pile of spiders in the shape of a human, and no one notices but one little boy, who is ridiculed for it. That\u2019s, like, hundreds of spiders, maybe thousands, all piled up looking roughly like a body bag, that is not normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Morlun 2!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s sad how the bar is so low when it comes to African representation that just saying he was from Ghana and not \u201cAfrica\u201d feels unusual and radical for a comic book. This is, of course, a version of a real legend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, like, in ASM 30, when Ezekiel asks if the radiation enabled the spider to give Peter powers, or if the spider was trying to give him power and the radiation killed it, that was interesting. It was something for the reader to think about, and something for Peter to think about. But, ultimately\u2026 well, if you\u2019re a reader of a certain age, I suppose\u2026 you don\u2019t want Spider-Man wrapped up in some mystical whatever. He is, after, the \u201cevery man.\u201d But Straczynski wasn\u2019t satisfied with that, and is now moving more and more to canonically say Peter is a mystical spider totem. And that\u2019s dumb. And that\u2019s going to stand, forever, or at least until I\u2019m writing this, 21 years later. Well, anyway. Ezekiel has taken Peter to Ghana while he was out. He\u2019s in a village of the Ashanti people, who originated the Anansi myth. Zeke says he bought a patch of land here about 10 years ago to study the ruins. Entering a big tent, Peter asking \u201cwhat ruins?\u201d gets his answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ezekiel explains that this place will amplify \u201cthe spider\u201d in Peter. On one hand, it\u2019s probably made it easier for Shathra to detect him, and she\u2019s probably almost there (And we see that she is). But on the other hand, Peter is stronger here due to the power of the site, so Zeke says he can use this place to win. He tells him to be smart and so on, then leaves. Peter asks where he\u2019ll be, and he says \u201cA place you cannot go.\u201d And we follow him a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hey, that doesn\u2019t seem ominous or anything. Peter gets the rest of his suit on, thinking he begins to feel calm instead of anxious and Shathra rips into the tent and says it\u2019s time to die. She shoots her paralyzing dart, but Spider-Man is ready this time, dodging easily. Then he leaps up at her and it\u2019s fightin\u2019 time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shathra reminds our hero she will not stop or tire (Morlun 2!), and asks if he\u2019s ready to \u201cplay til death,\u201d and he says he is, but inside, he wonders if that\u2019s true. If he could really kill her, or anyone, even to protect May and MJ. But, in the end\u2026 It\u2019s not really his call\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, I\u2019m sure that\u2019s the last of her and we\u2019ll never see her again, yes sir. It does take a surprisingly long time, tho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oh ho! MJ\u2019s coming back to New York. What can that mean? We\u2019re sticking with ASM to find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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