{"id":28757,"date":"2025-09-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=28757"},"modified":"2024-02-21T16:34:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T20:34:40","slug":"fnsm-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2025\/09\/21\/fnsm-02\/","title":{"rendered":"FNSM 02"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plus: More Weiringo art. Con: 3 consecutive issues by Hudlin. Let\u2019s get on with it. We begin on a splash of Aunt May reading Peter\u2019s diagnosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nice of May to be the voice of reason. Next up, we find Luke Cage and Spider-Woman outside Tony Stark\u2019s office, into which, Jessica says, \u201cthat redhead chick and that old lady\u201d entered an hour ago. Luke says this must be because there\u2019s some truth to the rumors about MJ and Tony, and then May & MJ come out, Tony saying he\u2019ll take care of this, them asking it be kept secret. Now Jessica believes Luke. Whatever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reed Richards, Tony Stark, Hank Pym and even Bill Foster, they\u2019ve really called in the big brains. I would expect T\u2019Challa to be there, especially in the time before his scientific acumen was transferred to Shuri because everything in comics has to follow the movies, and he\u2019s on the cover, even, so maybe we\u2019ll reach him eventually. Well, the science team and Spider-Man have flown to the desert to find Bruce Banner, but of course, they find the Hulk. It must be said that Ringo executes the Granov Iron Man armor perfectly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It doesn\u2019t work on the Hulk. Reed Richards says, \u201cThis is stupid,\u201d which he would never say, and then rightly points out that they should\u2019ve brought Sue, that she could encase the gas in a force field around Hulk\u2019s head and end this, so you know, he\u2019s 50\/50 there. A battle ensues in which Hulk quickly dispatches everyone except this book\u2019s title character. Quite convenient!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next, we\u2019re in the Baxter Building, and the Thing is complaining to Reed about Bruce being allowed in, and while that\u2019s dumb, it\u2019s fun to see more Ringo FF stuff. But also, one has to wonder. You just finished several years on FF. You think, \u201ctime to do something else.\u201d And in only the 2nd issue of your next title, you\u2019re drawing Reed & Ben in the Baxter Building. Anyway, Bruce can\u2019t figure anything out quickly, and Spider-Man doesn\u2019t have any time. But he has a suggestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There he is. Only a few years from this issue, there\u2019s no way T\u2019Challa wouldn\u2019t have been in the initial gathering, but at least we got to him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hudlin, of course, is the writer of Black Panther in this moment, and I\u2019d say you\u2019d be hard pressed to find a better example of why that was a mistake than T\u2019Challa casually giving Spider-Man the jealously guarded ancient source of the king of Wakanda\u2019s powers. Boy oh boy. T\u2019Challa takes Spider-Man to the Temple of Anansi, which looks a whole lot like the temple Ezekiel got his powers in. Spider-Man points out that the last time he was in one of these, someone tried to use him as a human sacrifice, and\u2026 and T\u2019Challa says, \u201cYou\u2019re right. It could happen here, too. Let\u2019s head back.\u201d Th\u2026 then why BRING him here!?!? So much of this issue feels like filling space. So much of this STORY feels like filling space, the first 3 issues could\u2019ve easily just been one. Real Maximum Carnage vibes. As the heroes leave, Morlun watches them go from the shadows, because he\u2019s everywhere, all the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peter getting lame white guy cornrows is so awful it\u2019s actually pretty funny. It\u2019s more filler for this issue, but I can\u2019t say I didn\u2019t laugh. Well, then. After all that, we find Spider-Man back in New York at night, up on a roof, watching the world go by below, thinking all the greatest minds in the world couldn\u2019t help him and he\u2019s going to die. I would ask \u201cwhat about the heart shaped herb?\u201d, but it turns out I don\u2019t care. He thinks he never did enough for his family, for MJ, due to his sense of responsibility. Then he hears some gunshots, and finds the Ox beating up the shooter, who failed to pay up on some debts or something. Which of the Oxen is it, one wonders. The original, last seen working for Kingpin what feels like forever ago, or his brother? Internet seems to think it\u2019s the 2nd one, but who knows. Am I just trying to amuse myself during this godawful experience? Maybe so!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spider-Man proceeds to beat \u201cMorlun\u201d near to death, but of course it\u2019s just Ox, and lucky for him, Daredevil appears outta nowhere and stops him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ringo draws a good DD! Well, immediately and jarringly, we\u2019re in Dr. Strange\u2019s house, and he says Spider-Man is under a curse, and the forces against him are unstoppable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, that\u2019s it, then. I guess the guy who just launched another monthly title is definitely gonna die this time. Yessir. I believe it. This is the end of Spider-Man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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