{"id":29444,"date":"2025-10-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/?p=29444"},"modified":"2024-02-18T17:44:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T21:44:45","slug":"ssm-v2-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/spiderman\/2025\/10\/30\/ssm-v2-28\/","title":{"rendered":"SSM V2 28"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ASM gets the Civil War branding, but the other 2 titles have to settle for this. A visible note that they don\u2019t really count (But they sorta do, so please buy them, anyway!). I certainly treated them as such at the time. But, same as with the 7 months preceding Civil War, the little gaps in the collection were starting to look kind of silly after all the other godawful crap I bought on purpose. So here we are. Never seen this. Other comics would get non-Civil-War-but-kinda branding as well, like a \u201cCasualties of War\u201d banner and things like that. Especially once the main title started getting later and later, they had to churn out product. I really don\u2019t know how or even if these other 2 books can make sense in the larger story, but whatever they are, there\u2019s 7 more issues of Spider-Man, 4 of this book and 3 of FNSM, before we continue the main story. Messy! Shades of the original symbiote story, in my mind. And just like back then, I\u2019ve not read the 2 less important books. Let\u2019s see what we\u2019re in for. Clayton Crain is back on interiors this month. I guess he has a similarly McFarlane-inspired Spider-Man, but I don\u2019t know if I think it\u2019s a smooth transition between him and Medina. Or him and anybody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The trauma of PE is such a well-worn trope in media. I was a big nerd with zero interest in organized sports, and I never had trouble in PE. I only recall taking it in 2 grades, and they both seemed like an hour the coach didn\u2019t really care about. I remember people playing D&D in the weight room in my 11th grade PE class. I would regularly play basketball, informally, with whoever else felt like it. No big deal. Anyway, we further learn Jordan feels a connection to Mr. Parker, who\u2019s teaching one section of biology due to cutbacks, and we then learn his mom is a paralegal at Nelson & Murdock, which is patently untrue. They\u2019ve never had a paralegal in their lives, Matt\u2019s in jail, and Foggy\u2019s \u201cdead\u201d (Don\u2019t worry he\u2019s fine), the firm is not really operating right now. We get various other tidbits about the kid until his Mom sees the news: His science teacher just came out as Spider-Man. Aguirre-Sacasa weirdly detours to Sue Storm and Doc Ock\u2019s reactions. Then the phone rings at Jordan\u2019s house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clayton Crain renders these teens better than he does adults, and certainly better than he does superheroes. Look at that absurd Peter compared to Jordan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aguirre-Sacasa gives us a couple pages we\u2019re told is Jordan imagining what happened before Peter revealed his secret, which is\u2026 just exactly what happened with the same dialogue, mostly\u2026 then a page of him imagining how this will impact his future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So\u2026 so Tony hired Peter to work at Stark\u2026 while he was also part-time at the Bugle\u2026 and he kept teaching, too? While being Spider-Man in 3 titles AND an Avenger? Come on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Is Otto not wearing a shirt because of Spider-Man 2? What about the coat? What about Ramos\u2019 stupid vampire design, which is sadly still his official appearance for years after this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I don\u2019t like that this confrontation between Spider-Man and his most dangerous enemy after his secret is out is a side plot in a one-off about some kid we\u2019ll never see again. Shortchanging a big moment in this series. Then we lose even more pages as Otto flashes back to the time he unmasked Peter in ASM 11<\/a>, while Crain just paints over some Ditko panels and Aguirre- Sacasa makes fun of Doc Ock\u2019s old costume, like \u201cjust pants and gloves\u201d is somehow an improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jordan here is the dumbest kid in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spider-Man wasn\u2019t even in trouble! He wasn\u2019t caught in Ock\u2019s arms, he was fine! Speaking of Ock\u2019s arms, moving them to his back to be more like the movie sucks, and when the mysteriously return to the correct place, it\u2019s going to be weird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why would anyone, including Peter, expect him to be able to just go back to work? How is that not wildly irresponsible? ESPECIALLY since he WORKS AT STARK ENTERPRISES. This school would be under siege by an army of villains. None of this makes a scrap of sense. Peter\u2019s too busy being in Civil War in the ASM tie-ins to go teach. This does not bode well for the rest of the run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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