{"id":28799,"date":"2025-09-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=28799"},"modified":"2024-02-21T16:34:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T20:34:30","slug":"fnsm-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2025\/09\/24\/fnsm-03\/","title":{"rendered":"FNSM 03"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As this book is coming out, though none of us could\u2019ve known it at the time, Mike Weiringo was nearing the end of his life. An aortic dissection took him far too young, younger than I am now, as I type this. And if that wasn\u2019t bad enough, as he was approaching that grim milestone, he was increasingly frustrated by the comics industry. He was there to do fun adventures, and comics were steering grim and \u201crealistic,\u201d and he was finding less and less to enjoy about his work. All of which is to say, I\u2019m sure he was just thrilled to pick up the story with \u201cSpider-Man has had his eyeball ripped out and been beaten seemingly to death.\u201d As Straczynski takes the helm for a month, we find Morlun standing over his enemy, his internal monologue crowing about having beaten his enemy, and now it\u2019s time to feed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why wouldn\u2019t he just take Spider-Man\u2019s body? Except for the fact that he can\u2019t, because this stupid event is only half over and Morlun can\u2019t actually eat our hero. Seems stupid! A gaggle of cops and paramedics descend on the scene, all chaos and yelling orders, and a cop pulls Spider-Man\u2019s mask off, saying he alway wanted to know what he looked like, but he stops short when he sees what\u2019s in there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sorry, Ringo. If it\u2019s any consolation, I have to assume I hate this as much as you did. And now this \u201cTHE SPIDER\u201d crap again. As he\u2019s taken to a hospital and goes under the knife, someone wonders if there\u2019s any way to notify next of kin, and we see Iron Man, Captain America and Luke Cage arrive on the scene, and we see\u2026 MJ being driven to the hospital by what appears to be Jill Stacy!? Where did SHE come from?? Also Aunt May is weeping in Jarvis\u2019 arms instead of going to see him? Why\u2026 would she not go? Also Morlun is at the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A lawyer? Who\u2019s a lawyer? It occurred to me that could be Jessica Drew in regular clothes, but she\u2019s not a lawyer. Is Jill a lawyer? We never once got told what she did for a living. If anything! She went to school with MJ. I don\u2019t know, who really cares? I guess I\u2019d rather talk about anything but this. And also, WHY DID MORLUN NOT JUST TAKE THE BODY????? He was all \u201clet them take him, I can go get him whenever I want,\u201d and then went IMMEDIATELY. Poor impulse control? Bad writing, more like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ay yi yi. Why did I buy this? MJ is thrown into a wall, Spider-Man\u2019s internal monologue yammers about \u201cTHE SPIDER\u201d and replays him promising MJ he\u2019d always be there for her, MJ comes after Morlun and he breaks her wrist, Peter\u2019s internal monologue rambles about how a cornered spider bites, and \u201cnow is the moment of cornered death. Now is the promise,\u201d fart sound, and then his eye snaps open, looking bug-like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Get ready for the next thing everyone knows about this event that is all-time terrible:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why yes, Spider-Man just developed the ability to extend \u201cstingers\u201d out of his wrists. Remember how he got the ability to talk to bugs and it was immediately forgotten? Wanna take a guess how long this lasts? But if that wasn\u2019t enough\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hey, remember when he got the ability to talk to bugs? Remember how that happened? How he turned into a spider-monster first? Gosh, this looks kind of familiar. Down in the lobby, the 3 Avengers on the scene hear an alarm and rush to Peter\u2019s room\u2026 where a pink light is swirling around, and Morlun is turning to dust, whimpering that this is not how it was meant to be. You can say that again, buddy! Then Peter screams, and MJ looks up from the corner she was hiding in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And so, for a 2nd time in his life, Peter dies in a hospital while MJ cries. And for a 2nd time in FIFTEEN MONTHS, Peter has turned into a spider-monster and died. I mean this is just beyond belief. When I heard about this, I couldn\u2019t believe it. I could not believe something so improbably stupid could happen TWICE IN A YEAR, give or take. Gobsmacked. Flabbergasted. To this day, I cannot believe it. Well, anyway, Iron Man then steals Peter\u2019s body. Narration says it\u2019s so no one can fingerprint him and find out who he was, so his life won\u2019t come back to haunt MJ and Aunt May. Because he\u2019s dead. As MJ\u2019s caption says, \u201cThe man she loves is dead.\u201d Again. For the 2nd time in 15 months. Incredible. Also, that\u2019s it for Morlun, he\u2019s gone. How was he able to feed on Spider-Man now if he couldn\u2019t the first time, if Spider-Man\u2019s radioactive blood was poison to him last time? Screw you, no one cares, doesn\u2019t matter, he\u2019s dead. Quality storytelling, top to bottom. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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