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sllowshow · 1 year ago

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🏡 + aaron (maybe a comparison across au)...

also getting thrown under a cut bc its a long one

i think in a lot of ways, aaron has the relationship with mycah he had always feared having with his child, because it's closest to what he had with his dad. he definitely makes more of an effort to reach out to her than his dad ever did, but she lives a good distance away with whitney, whom i don't imagine he has a good relationship with after they broke up, and he only sees her a few times a year, just because he stays so busy at home with skye et al. he really resents that he let that happen, and is kind of awkward the times she does come to stay with them because of it. and all of that shame is made worse by the fact that he gets to see skye and wyatt continue to coparent up close, and how they manage to keep on top of that even though they went on to have like 3-4 kids with their next partners.

that all being said, i think his girls with skye do get the best version of him. when he met skye, there was so much about her situation that freaked him the fuck out, but he was obsessed with her so he kept plunging ahead. it was good for him to get thrown out of his comfort zone in the end. he didn't think he could be a good dad or a good partner but somehow, skye brought out the best of him and kept him motivated to keep trying and their relationship created an aaron his friends would be surprised to see, but i think ultimately, that is him living the dream: his white picket fence fantasy with his sexy fun wife and their gorgeous blonde daughters. that is aaron's ultimate fourth of july barbecue verse. i imagine these girls to be like. more involved joiners that give him like reasons to be at the high school football games hooting and hollering or like bragging about them via bumper stickers on his truck. like those are his little babies. even when they're doing things like getting teen pregnant and having babies out of nowhere with ezra hanna. i think he did have a hard time stepping in and finding his place with hazel, wilder, and reilly at first, because he just did not know entirely what his role was there besides guy banging your mom, but i think eventually he found his footing with them, once he realized it's literally not his job to be their dad, and he really can just be like a guy who goofs around with them or is another ear to listen if they have something going on. i also think they have a gorgeous blonde dog. that's something that matters to me.

i think his having kids was less intentional with bristol. i think without mycah and without her already having children, just in general, he went into their relationship with no expectations, and had a harder time settling into the idea of him being someone with like a wife and kids, because he would have settled for bristol being his sexy cougar common law partner. he was scared shitless when she got pregnant but i think that all changed once sienna was actually born. and from their, he was a lot more intentional in like his relationship with bristol and having noa. i imagine these girls giving him more of a run for their money, and just in general having less of like a picturesque small town family, but i don't think he would wish for anything more. they have their mommy's spirit which is ultimately something he loves so much about her, so he can't be too mad even if it keeps him up at night worrying they're gonna get mixed up in something that takes it too far, because he knows bristol has experienced that too because of her energy. i think at the end of the day tho ultimately, aaron spent so long believing he wouldn't have anything in the way of a family as an adult (figured he'd just be like austin's kids fun uncle, continuing his trend of just showing up at hanna family events) that in each and every verse, he is so grateful for what he does have. like if he has a partner or if he has kids that's just a huge score and he's not gonna ask questions or sit around wishing for more.

and on that note, i think his relationship with hadley and their boys is a more complicated one. because everything is so close to clicking but it's just one step off. again, i think i'd say ultimately he is satisfied and grateful for the family he has here, but i think he feels like a worse match for them and like. lacks the confidence in himself that he has in other universes. like he's practically classic sitcom dad for his girls with skye but here he just always feel like he's missing the mark. he loves hadley, but they're together for the wrong reasons, and that leads to some conflict. i think he'd be someone who would try his hardest to stay together for the kids though and just take the most of the good times he can get, he's just going for more late night drives to shake stuff off here. and he loves his boys but he definitely feels more of like a pressure in parenting them. like he knows his dad did a fucking number on him and he feels like he just has to be very careful about not passing that same shit onto them. he wants to raise boys that know better than him and don't have to grow up to unpack the same shit he had to work through, and he feels way less equipped to do that than he does like. raising girls who are confident and assured enough to not get in relationships with guys that aren't worth them. that being said, i think he does love having sons to like watch the big Game with or like zeke at least i imagine coming to work for the family business and again he wouldn't change his life if he could. it's just that internally i think he feels like more of a fuck up and less like he's right where he needs to be.

probably regency bias because again i know he has the most fulfilled life in other places, but eli verse is currently the one that drives me most insane for him. because he's so close to having it all. rory came back to carina with ryan cosmically humbled by everything that had happened with micah. she'd dropped out of school and finished a paralegal's degree online, she had a daughter she didn't know if she was ready to take care of with someone she felt so ashamed to keep coparenting with knowing what she'd done to him. i think at her core she's still her same rory self but she's less outwardly pretentious because well what ground does she have to stand on. but this isn't about her its about aaron, who had never paid rory much mind beyond her being aaron's pesky kid sister. he liked her, but as established, definitely had a crush on aubrey and just did not see rory that way at all. but they were hanging out at the same dive bar and what can i say they're both just charming mother fuckers. i imagine them like playing pool and bantering and just coming to an agreement that rory trusted him enough to do no strings with him in a way that wouldn't like mess with ryan as much as her trying to seriously date or anything. he'd come over mostly when she was with micah anyway, and whenever he was around her, he was a family friend she already knew and knew would like play with her and be cool and wasn't just some strange guy mom was fucking. i think by the time she got pregnant with eli, they were already getting dangerously close to playing house sometimes, but that made it way too real. aaron felt a pressure to be a man and step up and try to get involved for real at that point, and rory respected that, so it worked for a while. he was her boyfriend proper for a few years when she was pregnant/when eli was little, and they really gave it a good run, and tried to do like cute family zoo date shit and he put work into trying to have some relationship with micah because if he's here to stay that'd be important. i think aaron wanted to propose to her but rory dumped him before he had a chance to do it (thank god). i think from here rory largely becomes his one who got away, unlike micah he doesn't find a next thing, he just kind of goes back to his old ways because he feels like this just affirms what he'd always believed about himself. the one difference is he knows he's a good dad, because he loves eli more than anything in the entire world. and he doesn't let the fact that stuff with rory didn't work out discourage him, because eli's more important than any of that. plus, at the end of the day, the hannas are his family. even without eli, he'd keep showing up at thanksgiving and christmas, so he and rory learned to coexist pretty well. i think they have an overall positive relationship now, but there's still some tension, and a curiosity of what might have been from both parties, but they know it would complicate everything else too much to ever find out, so they just leave it as is. that's how you know how dedicated to this he is, it's one of the few relationships he refuses to let sex complicate.

#this is entirely too long but also feels like i've said nothing. idk

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scarletspider2the2ndpower · 2 years ago

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Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider (Vol. 1/2017), #14.

Writer: Peter David; Pencilers: David Williams and Ray-Anthony Height; Inker: Scott Hanna; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Joe Caramagna

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #Scarlet Spider #Kaine #Kaine Parker #Terry Wright #Kaine NO not the enhanced interrogation !!!!#also ironically enough this issue shouldn’t have ended with ‘to be continued’ so much as #‘this manhunt will continue after a brief interruption by Hell visiting Las Vegas !!!!’

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mxalexgeorge · 1 year ago

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Little Sally in Urinetown: The Musical at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, November 2022

Urinetown, The Musical Mark Hollman, Music and Lyrics Greg Kotis, Book and Lyrics

November 3rd- 12th 2022 Colwell Playhouse

Photo credits: Darrell Hoemann

Production Team Director: J.W. Morrissette and Lisa Gaye Dixon Music Director: Justin M. Brauer Choreographers: Joe Bowie and Lisa Gaye Dixon Scenic Designer: Emilia Consalvi ,Katie Owen Costume Designer: Wesley Price Lighting Designer: Yingman Tang Sound Designer: Madison Ferris Dramaturg: Melissa Goldman Technical Director: Capri Agresta Properties Head: Sammy Boyarsky Production Manager: Terri Ciofalo Stage Manager: Kaitlyn N. Meegan Fight Director; Zev Steinrock Vocal Coach: Diane Robinson

Cast OFFICER LOCKSTOCK: Grania McKirdie PENELOPE PENNYWISE: Charlotte Howard-Check BOBBY STRONG: David Stasevsky LITTLE SALLY: Alex George DR. BILLEAUX: Noah Smith MR. MCQUEEN: Josh Graff SENATOR FIPP: Josiah Zielke OFFICER BARREL/BOBBY UNDERSTUDY: Anthony Maggio HOPE CLADWELL: Julia Clavadetscher OLD MAN STRONG/HOT BLADES HARRY: Patrick Jackson TINY TOM: Paddy Berger SOUPY SUE: Courtney Mazeika LITTLE BECKY TWO SHOES: Gabrielle DeMarco ROBBY THE STOCKFISH: Jonathan Kaplan CALDWELL B. CLADWELL: Jaylon Muchison BOY COP/UGC EXECUTIVE/OFFICER BARREL UNDERSTUDY: Jimmy Cone GIRL COP/UGC EXECUTIVE/HOPE CLADWELL UNDERSTUDY: Sophia Pucillo JOSEPHINE STRONG: Mary Jane Oken MRS. MILLENNIUM: Guinevere Brown BILLY BOY BILL: Jamal Turner Production Team continued Scenic Charge: Emma Brutman Hair & Makeup Coordinator: Chantel Renee Hair & Makeup Supervisor: Becky Scott Assistant Technical Director: Tara Kisacanin Assistant Costume Designer: Chantel Renee Assistant Lighting Designer: Sarah Goldstein Assistant Sound Designer: Jack Pondelicek Head Electrician : Nicolas Sole Audio Engineer: William Mixter Assistant Stage Manager: Mary Lewis, Shuyu (Tom) Zhang Assistant Dramaturg: Anishi Patel Assistant to the Director: Melissa Goldman, Maci Mitchell, Jacqueline Moren Head Carpenter: Hanna Bowen Production Assistant: Hadas Goldberg, Isabel Wang Costumes Craft Supervisor: Emily N. Brink Costume Crafts Technicians: Katie Greve, Mark Muir Wardrobe Supervisor: Chantel Renee Crew DECK CREW: Felix Crim,Morgan Lin, Avery Luciano, Heraldo Magana ,Jordyn Montgomery PROPS CREW: Mikail Herrera, Ashanti Norals WARDROBE CREW: Kashara Bennett, Gabriel McNabb,Luke Russell, Julia Trenary, Isabel Wang HAIR AND MAKEUP CREW: Fatma Ali ,Kara Howie SWING: Hadas Goldberg A2: Noah McLeod QLAB OPERATOR: Leoni Reilly SPOTLIGHT OPERATOR: Dajion Anderson LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR; Brian Runge AUTOMATION OPERATOR: Bronwyn Garrett STUDENT DRAPER: Carlee Ihde

#Urinetown #Little Sally #Urinetown: The Musical #Alex George #actor #past work #gallery

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lunaryrs · 3 months ago

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ok so muses i'm most interested in discussing at present

next gen - henry maldonado - cora and orla hanna - jameson renzi - skeeter, karma and titus farb - gwen schultz i think - monty reid - alexis and brooklyn walker - arielle moreno - rumer sekulic - cruz berlant - reilly flores - arlo collins (workin on it)

siblings - brooke culver - lexi melo - tess winger - kaya allard - jason levy - abby silber - johnny dyer - alana holland - marley cooke

misc - honestlyyyy any i have on pinterest except not dorian i literally don't know who that is

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ulkaralakbarova · 4 months ago

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Five twenty-something friends spend a drug-fueled weekend in Cardiff, Wales. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Jip: John Simm Koop: Shaun Parkes Nina: Nicola Reynolds Lulu: Lorraine Pilkington Moff: Danny Dyer Lee: Dean Davies Felix: Andrew Lincoln Moff’s Father: Terence Beesley Reality (voice): Jo Brand Andy: Richard Coyle Karen Benson: Jan Anderson Pablo Hassan: Carl Cox Fleur: Stephanie Brooks Howard Marks: Howard Marks Jip’s Mother: Helen Griffin Tyrone: Danny Midwinter Ziggy Marlon: Justin Kerrigan Hip Hop Junkie: Tyrone Johnson Koop’s Father: Larrington Walker Jip’s Manager: Philip Rosch Lulu’s Uncle Albert: Peter Albert Lulu’s Auntie Violet: Menna Trussler Jeremy Faxman: Mark Seaman Connie: Lynne Seymour Luke: Patrick Taggart Boomshanka: Anna Wilson Casey: Robert Marable Herbie: Nick Kilroy Matt: Peter Bramhill Moff’s Mother: Carol Harrison Moff’s Grandmother: Anne Bowen Martin: Giles Thomas Jip’s Ex #2: Sarah Blackburn Doctor: Eilian Wyn Asylum Doorman: Neil Bowens Jip’s Ex #3: Nicola Davey Inca: Roger Evans Tyler: Bradley Freegard Trixi: Emma Hall Jip’s Ex #1: Elizabeth Harper Jip’s Secretary: Jennifer Hill TV Interviewer: Nicola Heywood-Thomas Casey: Robert Marrable Cardiff Bad Boy: Louis Marriot Millsy From Roath: Millsy in Nottingham Karen Benson’s Boyfriend: Robbie Newby Tom Tom’s MC: Ninjah Jip’s Mother’s Client: Cadfan Roberts Koop’s Workmate: Mad Doctor X Bad Boy: Jason Samuels Breakdancer / Bodypopper: Tim Hamilton Bodypopper: Alicia Ferraboschi Bodypopper: Sherena Flash Bodypopper: Marat Khairoullin Bodypopper: Adam Pudney Bodypopper: Mark Seymore Bodypopper: Algernon Williams Bodypopper: Colin Williams Bodypopper: Frank Wilson Film Crew: Supervising Sound Editor: Glenn Freemantle Sound Editor: Tom Sayers Dialogue Editor: Gillian Dodders Casting Director: Sue Jones Additional Editing: Stuart Gazzard Associate Producer: Rupert Preston Producer: Allan Niblo Director: Justin Kerrigan Producer: Emer McCourt Co-Executive Producer: Michael Wearing Steadicam Operator: Paul Edwards Second Assistant Director: Marcus Collier Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Craig Irving Editor: Patrick Moore Director of Photography: Dave Bennett Costume Designer: Claire Anderson Original Music Composer: Matthew Herbert Set Dresser: Ed Talfan Sound Recordist: Martyn Stevens Production Coordinator: Andrea Cornwell Post Production Supervisor: Jackie Vance Post Production Coordinator: Claire Mason ADR Recordist: Sandy Buchanan Gaffer: Andrew Taylor Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Nicolas Le Messurier Script Supervisor: Laura Gwynne Assistant Sound Editor: Susan French Music Supervisor: Pete Tong Makeup & Hair: Kerry September First Assistant Director: Charlie Watson Post Production Supervisor: Maria Walker Second Assistant Director: Matthew Penry-Davey Assistant Editor: Amy Adams Foley Editor: Miriam Ludbrook Original Music Composer: Roberto Leite Storyboard Artist: Nick Kilroy Dialogue Editor: Keith Marriner Makeup Designer: Tony Lilley First Assistant Director: Emma Pounds Music Consultant: Arthur Baker Co-Executive Producer: Kevin Menton Electrician: Mark Hutchings Boom Operator: Jeff Welch Costume Assistant: Karen Mason Casting Director: Gary Howe Production Design: David Buckingham Co-Executive Producer: Nigel Warren-Green Executive Producer: Renata S. Aly Art Direction: Sue Ayton First Assistant Director: Hywel Watkins Third Assistant Director: Tivian Zvekan Location Manager: Peter Vidler Location Manager: Frank Coles Assistant Location Manager: Roland Mercer Focus Puller: Mike Chitty Clapper Loader: Ewan O’Brien Key Grip: David Hopkins Construction Manager: Martin Dawes Property Master: John C. Reilly Set Dresser: Riana Griffiths Art Department Assistant: Jacqui Puscher Storyboard Artist: Deena Mathews Costume Supervisor: Anne McManus Makeup & Hair: Hanna Coles Still Photographer: Hector Bermejo Unit Publicist: Jessica Kirsh Movie Reviews: zag: One of my favorite films of all time, its a period movie describing the young party goers of the UK in the 1990’s. It hits the nail on the head, the lov...

#alcohol abuse #boredom #cardiff #drugs #fashion #fast food restaurant #group of friends #rave culture #relationship #relationship problems #salesclerk #Top Rated Movies

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kudosmyhero · 1 year ago

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Spider-Man #75: Revelations, part 4: The Night of the Goblin!

Read Date: January 29, 2023 Cover Date: December 1996 ● Writer: Howard Mackie ● Penciler: John Romita Jr. ● Inker: Scott Hanna ● Colorist: Kevin Tinsley ● Letterer: Liz Agraphiotis ◦ Richard Starkings ● Editor: Ralph Macchio ◦ Mark Bernardo ●

**HERE BE SPOILERS: Skip ahead to the fan art/podcast to avoid spoilers

Reactions As I Read: ● dr folsome drugs peter ● people locked in the Bugle

● peter wakes up in spidey costume ● Harry Osborn is dead :( Norman Osborn is back

● (I was really trying to finish the arc before I fell asleep, so not much in the way of notes. great issue, though!) ● 👏👏👏👏👏

Synopsis: Note: When Spider-Man Vol 1 75 was reprinted in Spider-Man: Revelations #1, an additional 13 pages were included. Subsequent reprints of Spider-Man Vol 1 75 include these additions. This synopsis includes the full version of this story. All the additions are listed in italics.

All Hallows Eve:

Children are out trick-or-treating, and among them is young Normie Osborn who has been taken out by his babysitter while his mother Liz Osborn and her boyfriend Foggy Nelson are at a party at the Daily Bugle. They bump into a man who is impressed by Normie's goblin mask and gives him some candy. As they go on their way, Normie recognizes the man as his grandfather.

Elsewhere, Peter Parker is rushing across the city in order to get to his wife, who is giving birth to their child. He is blaming himself for not being there after getting dragged into a fight with Mendel Stromm along with Ben Reilly. When arriving at the hospital his panic and the indifferent staff get him turned around and he feels utterly lost trying to find his wife. That's when he is found by the doctor who helped with the childbirth, Doctor Folsome. He explains that food poisoning somehow triggered early labor. Folsom also tells Parker that there were some complications in the pregnancy. With his spider-sense starting to buzz, Peter begins demanding to know what is going on and where his wife is. Peter's panicked state leaves him open to being injected with a drug by Doctor Folsome. As Peter begins to black out, Folsom assures Peter that the injection is not lethal as he is wanted alive.

Fifteen Minutes to Midnight

J. Jonah Jameson arrives at the Daily Bugle and just manages to catch the elevator with Joe Robertson and Flash Thompson. Jonah is unhappy that the board of directors has called a meeting so late at night. Joe and Thompson however, are going up to the newsroom for a Halloween party that has been put together for the staff. When they arrive in the bullpen they find Glory Grant, Betty Brant, Ben Urich, Angela Yin, Ken Ellis, Foggy Nelson, and Liz Osborn are all in attendance. The only person who is unaccounted for is Peter Parker, who must be running late, something that doesn't surprise Jameson. However, everyone is wondering who was responsible for this gathering.

Elsewhere, Peter Parker wakes up in a dark room and discovers that he is wearing his original Spider-Man costume. His captor, holding out a pumpkin bomb, tells Peter that the pumpkin bomb is emitting a gas that will keep Parker disorientated until he is ready to get his final revenge. In the darkness, Peter can see that his attacker is wearing a Green Goblin costume and at first he thinks that somehow Harry Osborn, even though he is dead. That's when his captor walks into the light he is revealed to be Norman Osborn. Peter cannot believe it, as he believes that Norman Osborn has been dead for years, impaled on his own Goblin Glider on the day he murdered Gwen Stacy. To prove that he is not a clone or some kind of impostor, Norman rips open his shirt revealing a cross-shaped scar marking where he was impaled during his last battle with Spider-Man.

Back at the Daily Bugle, suspicions continue to mount as everyone notices that the paper's night staff is nowhere to be found. Adding to their paranoia is the discovery that the phone lines are dead, the elevators have been shut down, and all of the emergency exits have been locked, effectively trapping Jonah and the others in the Bugle's office. While at a sports bar in downtown Manhattan, Arthur Stacy is meeting with Detectives Francis Tork, Connor Trevan and Lou Snider. Arthur explains that he has come back to New York after hearing of the recent discovery of a skeleton in a Spider-Man costume. Stacy has come to believe that Spider-Man murdered someone and intends to find out. He has sought out the aid of these three detectives as they have all worked closely with the wall-crawler in the past.

Meanwhile, Norman Osborn mocks Peter Parker, deducing that his old foe is worried about his wife and their unborn child. Peter then asks how Norman managed to survive being impaled with his Goblin Glider. Norman gleefully explains that the Goblin formula that gave him his powers also gifted him with a healing factor that allowed him to recover from the otherwise fatal wound. He continues explaining what happened after his apparent demise, Norman begins putting on his Green Goblin costume. He tells Parker that he woke up in the morgue to see his son Harry bribing the coroner to alter the reports. Norman killed a homeless man who was put in place of his own body and is the corpse that was buried in his grave. He intended to strike at Peter right away, but he later discovered his son had found his Green Goblin gear. Thinking his son would finally become a man, Norman decided to fade into the background and give his son a chance to succeed. Norman spend the ensuing years carving a criminal empire. When Harry died recently, Norman blamed Spider-Man and decided to come back. Peter demands to know what Norman wants, and Osborn explains that he wants to take everything Peter Parker has: his friends, his family, and lastly his life.

At the Daily Bugle, the staff has decided to try to get the attention of people in the neighboring windows in order to get free. Suspecting that something is up, Ben Urich begins working on a story so he doesn't miss a possible scoop. Looking out one of the windows, Flash Thompson bumps into Betty Brant. However, it is not the happy reunion he was looking for, as Betty reminds him that their relationship was a long time ago and very much over, prompting Flash to find another window to look out of. this is witnessed by Liz Osborn who is surprised to see Flash react that way, as it was much different than the Flash she knew in high school. After being introduced to Liz's friend Foggy Nelson, Flash explains his troubled relationship with Betty Brant. The two of them remark how much they have both changed since they were kids and they wish Peter was there to reminisce with them.

Revelations

Still at Norman Osborn's mercy, Peter tries to explain that Osborn has the wrong person. However, Osborn knows that Peter is going to stay he is a clone and gloats over how deeply he was involved in the events in Peter's life. That's when the Goblin pulls Ben Reilly out of the swirling smoke around them. Osborn then explains that he was manipulating everyone behind the scenes from the Jackal down to the and Seward Trainer, all in an effort to trick and confuse both Parker and Ben Reilly. In reality, Peter Parker was always the genuine article and Ben Reilly was the clone. Now fully in costume, the Green Goblin tosses Ben Reilly into Peter Parker and mounts his Goblin Glider and prepares to fly across the way to the Daily Bugle building. When Peter tries to stop him he is blasted and left falling down the side of the building. However, Parker manages to break his fall with a web-line. Still groggy from the gas, he can only watch helplessly as the Green Goblin flies over to the Bugle Building.

Back inside the building, Ben Reilly comes around and witnesses the Goblin flying away. Having heard none of what was revealed earlier, he is completely confused by the whole scenario. Still, he tries to struggle to his feet, but after the beating he received, Ben collapses to the floor again. His mind then drifts back to earlier that night when he was at the mercy of Norman Osborn.

Then

Ben had just been blasted by Norman Osborn who then loads Reilly onto a helicopter. The whole time Norman mocked Spider-Man, calling him a clone. Thinking this is yet another lie and manipulation, Spider-Man lashes out refusing to allow Norman Osborn to cause more grief for Peter Parker and his wife Mary Jane. Knocking themselves back outside of the helicopter, Norman beats Ben into submission. He then reveals that he is coming to the climax of a scheme that was years in the making. Not only is he going to utterly destroy Peter Parker, but he has also tricked all of his friends to meet at the offices of the Daily Bugle.

Now

… His recollection last but mere moments and the Green Goblin is still flying toward the Daily Bugle. Once again, Ben Reilly tries to must the strength to stop his mortal foe, as the lives of his friends and family are on the line. Helping Peter back up into the building, Ben warns his "brother" that Osborn has rigged the Bugle with explosives that are set to go off at midnight. Ben tries to get up to go after the Green Goblin, but Peter points out that he suffered a savage beating and is in no shape to go after their foe. With no other choice, Peter decides to fall back into the role of a hero and swings off as the original Spider-Man once again.

Across the street at the Daily Bugle, everyone there is shocked when the Green Goblin comes crashing in through the window. When J. Jonah Jameson recognizes Norman Osborn's voice, the Goblin is flattered and drags the newspaper publisher back outside. When Spider-Man tries to save Jonah, only to get his hands blasted by the Goblin's gauntlet blasters. This causes the web-slinger to let go of his webbing and fall down to the street below. The Green Goblin tells Jameson that he will die, but not yet and carries him back inside. Norman then confronts the window of his son, Liz Osborn, and slaps her across the face for encouraging his son Harry to be a weakling. As the rest of the Bugle staff watches in horror, the Green Goblin is then pulled back outside by Spider-Man who recovered from the fall. As the two eternal foes fight it out, people on the street begin to panic. Seeing this from across the street, Ben decides he can't just sit back and do nothing and begins to crawl down the side of the building.

At that moment, at the Daily Grind, Devon Lewis catches a news report about the battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin and decides to go and see it, despite the protests from his mother, Shirley Washington. Also seeing this is Arthur Stacy and the three police detectives who also begin rushing to the scene. Back uptown, Spider-Man dodges a barrage of pumpkin bombs as the Goblin rants about restoring his good name. However, Spider-Man refuses to stop until Norman finally tells him what happened to his wife and child. By this time, Ben Reilly has forced himself into the Daily Bugle newsroom, creating an escape for the others. Ben stays behind, using his spider-sense to locate all of the bombs that were planted by Norman Osborn. Flash Thompson comes back for Reilly, one of the bombs begins to go off. His spider-sense warning him of this, Ben shields Flash from the blast. Although the force of the explosion knocks out Thompson, he is alive. Unfortunately for Ben, he was seriously injured by the shrapnel. After binding his wounds, Ben decides to take the remaining bombs back to their own.

Triumph and Tragedy

Back outside, the Green Goblin continues to toss a barrage of pumpkin bombs and razor bats. He is furious how the wall-crawler continues to stand no matter what he throws at him. Spider-Man manages to kick the Goblin off his glider, explaining that he does it out of spite. Peter then pulls off both of their masks, saying that this battle is not just a war between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin, but between Peter Parker and Norman Osborn. Osborn begins to buckle under the stress of Parker's resistance and is knocked down by a single blow. That's when Ben arrives with the live bombs and asks Peter to do something about them. Putting his mask back on, Spider-Man prepares to dispose of the bombs when Norman activates the remote on his Goblin Glider. Seeing that it is heading on a collision course with Spider-Man, Ben Reilly leaps in its way, getting impaled through the back by the device. The glider then carries Ben over the rooftop where he falls to the ground below. Horrified by this, Spider-Man is caught off guard by the Green Goblin, who resumes his attack. With his lightning-fast reflexes, Spider-Man tosses the live bombs at the Green Goblin, catching the villain in the explosion. Set aflame, the Green Goblin curses Spider-Man and vows to return even though he goes crashing down onto the street and is seemingly vanquished in a massive explosion.

Spider-Man then rushes down to the street to check on Ben who is already being examined by paramedics. They tell the wall-crawler that there is nothing they can do to save Ben. Still clinging to live, Ben tells Spider-Man that -- clone or no clone -- Peter has earned the right to be Spider-Man. His final words to Peter are for him to raise his daughter well and to tell her about her "Uncle Ben". That's when Spider-Man notices something abnormal about Ben's arm and realizes the truth. He quickly scoops up Reilly's lifeless body and carries it up to a nearby rooftop where it finally dissolves into powder, the end result of instant cellular degeneration when one of the Jackal's clones dies. This proves to Spider-Man that he is the real Peter Parker after all. This does little to change the mood, and the wall-crawler begins to mourn the death of the man he had come to call his brother. Changing back into Peter Parker, the web-slinger rushes to the hospital to find out what happened to Mary Jane.

This time, he finds the room where his wife is resting after her complicated childbirth. There, she tries to tell him that their baby girl was stillborn. Peter already knows this and tells Mary Jane that they will get past this all the tears and pain and their love will see them through this tragedy and make them stronger than ever.

Epilogue One:

Several days after the death of Ben Reilly, the Parkers have a wake in the home of Peter's Aunt May. There they are gathered by friends and acquaintances of both Peter Parker and Ben Reilly. Among the mourners is mobster Jimmy-6, who approaches the Parkers and Mary Jane's Aunt Anna. He offers his condolences, telling them that Ben once saved his life. He then asks to talk to Peter Parker in private, Peter agrees and the pair walks out onto the front porch of the house. He tells Peter that he meant it when he said that he would do anything for the Parkers. He also vows to kill the Green Goblin if he turns up alive, and he will kill Spider-Man as well if he learns that the wall-crawler has anything to do with Ben's death. Peter tells Jimmy that he wishes he could talk about this more but he has one last thing to do for Ben.

A short time later on the Brooklyn Bridge, Spider-Man holds an urn containing Ben Reilly's ashes. He says his final farewells, saying that Ben changed his life forever and he will remember him always.

Epilogue 2

As Ben Reilly's ashes spread across Manhattan, engineers are assessing the damage done to the Daily Bugle during the battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin. While their backs are turned, the Green Goblin emerges from the rubble and murders the two men in order to cover up the fact that he survived. As it turns out, the Green Goblin planned for such an outcome from their battle. As he strips off his costume, Norman Osborn leaves so he can prepare for what comes next…

(https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Spider-Man_Vol_1_75)

Fan Art: G - is for Green Goblin by anklesnsocks

Accompanying Podcast: ● Amazing Spider-Talk - "Revelations"

#marvel #marvel comics #my marvel read #podcast recommendation #comics #peter parker #spider-man #comic books #fan art

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