#there's also this one panel of him and felicia

[harumscarumcos]

not to fall back into my old fixations, but Peter and MJ really were kinky back in the day

[foolsocracy]

With all the age discourse around Spider-Man Noir right now, I thought I’d compile parts of the comic that imply his age. I want to state that this pulling from his 2009-2010 comic run before the time skip, specifically the first volume. The spiderverse movie has taken a lot of liberties with the characters, so it is very possible that what Peters age is in 1933 in the comics is NOT what his age is in 1933 in the movies.

Peter’s age is not directly stated in his 1st comic run (I can’t speak for the 2020 ones because it has been a while since I read them, plus there’s like a 10 year jump). It IS however heavily implied that he is young. So much so that you can’t seem to go more than a page without someone referencing it.

Like, these all happen in the same scene. The writers beat you over the head with it.

In this issue alone Peter is called both “son” and “sonny” once, “boy” twice, and “kid” 8 times. Outside nouns, he is also referred to as young, and when Urich brings him to The Black Cat, Felicia calls it “babysitting.” Urich also asks Peter if he is “allowed out after midnight” but after some research I can’t seem to find any evidence of NYC having juvenile curfews at this point in time, though they did exist in lots of towns in the late 1800s and early 1900s because of child labor laws. I think this instance is just Pete just being young and an adult being concerned about his well-being.

It is also mentioned in this volume, and again in Eyes Without a Face (vol 2), that Peter wants to go to college in the future and is currently studying & saving up money to do so. This alone doesn’t necessarily mean he’s under 18 as there isn’t a max age to apply for college, plus Peter comes from a poor family during the Great Depression. It wouldn’t surprise me if he started college later than usual because of that (lack of funds & catching up due to not being in school/working).

There is other evidence that does imply he is under 18 though— he’s too young to drink alcohol!

Spider-Man Noir Vol 1 issue 1 starts in January 1933 before jumping back three weeks to December 1932 where Ben Urich meets Peter Parker

It is during December 1932 that he meets Felicia Hardy who owns the speakeasy The Black Cat. Prohibition is still in place and won’t be overwritten until a year later in December 1933. It is important to note that before Prohibition was instated, the drinking age in New York was 18 years old. That law is what the characters reference when they discuss drinking age. And most importantly, Peter doesn’t deny the fact that he’s too young to drink. He just snarks back in true Parker fashion

This is the most concrete evidence there is towards Peter being under 18 in the noirverse. It can even be argued that Peter is under 17 with how easily Felicia picks up on the fact that he’s underage (and that she does so from a distance might I add, as seen in the ‘babysitting’ panel).

There is also a panel where JJJ refers to Peter as an “orphan.” By definition, an orphan is a kid under 18. This is JJJ, so this can be taken with a grain of salt as he loves good ol hard-hitting words. When people speak they don’t always use words by their exact definitions; sometimes if you’re young and your parents are dead, JJJ is going to label you an orphan even if ur a legal adult lol. But if you take this at face value it’s definitely another indicator that Peter is under 18.

TLDR; Spider-Man Noir from his 2009-2010 comic run is most likely under 18, and can be argued to be 15-16+. If not that, then is definitely college aged or younger.

[achillean-knight]

Woe, doodles be upon ye

HC's below the cut if you're absolutely interested in my Spiderverse Noir HC's + his world 👉👈

First the ones I agree with that I've seen a shit ton of people mention >:33

- He is a fatherly figure to Peni. I can imagine when they see each other again, she'd run to him and give him the biggest fucking hug ever. She experienced her Canon Event between ITSV and ATSV too, right? So I can see her needing comfort so badly, and the only ones she ever truly grew close to were Noir and Ham.

- He'd 10000/10 get along so well with Hobie. Along with Hobie legit mentioning his hatred for the AM, PM and fuckin NAZIS IN THE COMIC ,

he'd be rambling so much with Noir about common interests and get along so well with him. Imagine he badazzles him in punk attire and based on this image:

(I'll link where I found the image tomorrow when I'm on my laptop lol if I remember) but based on this image, he teaches Noir how to play the guitar and shit and OUYGG I WANNA SEE THEM INTERACT (they're my fave Spiderverse characters so 👉👈)

- OHOHOHO He loves the colour purple. So much. He can't see it, ofc but he has such a love for the colour that he sees any beautiful colour- or well, of what he can see of colours, and thinks every pretty colour is Purple.

- MJ see's Noir/Peter as a brother and he see's MJ as a sister in turn. There is no romantic attraction at all. Yeah, this means MJ see's Aunt May as a nice Aunt Figure she can go to and talk to about things.

Now onto some of my own headcanons- or some that I don't see mentioned a ton. These have probably been said before but oh well, these are just what I like and my brain go BRRR

- Felicia is taller then Noir. (For those unfamiliar, Felicia is a character from the comic.) Yes that'd probably make her freakishly tall based on how tall Noir is in the movie, but that comic panel of when he first meets her rots in my brain.

- Felicia still has her mask from her ordeals. However, unlike how she pushes away Peter, they actually become friends again. Comfort each other. They swore they'd never be in a relationship again.

- Noir is a combo of both his OG comics personality and 2020's comics personality. I see movie noir as anywhere between 19 - 21. He's learning and developing as a human still. He's calmer and kinder and resembles how his personality is in the newer comics, however, based on this deleted scene LOL, makes me think he looses his shit easily and goes actually feral.

(here's the link to where I found the video BC I actually saved the link lol yeah it's reblogged by yours truly, but the full post is there.)

- Oh yeah, Noir most definitely adopted Ding Ding btw. He probably is nearly at the newer comics stage of his life, being a private eye and such, drinking his fucking egg creams like newer comics noir SBSBBS So he found and adopted Ding Ding.

- Despite being young (19 - 21) he has serious eyebags man, dudes sleep deprived 😔 I'm also heavy on the Spiderverse portrait of him unmasked that I don't really draw/see him with facial scars but he could totally have them after the shit he went through 💀

- Noir is a part-time singer. I will not elaborate.

There's so many other things I wrote down that I want to share, but they're on my computer 😭 so you get these for now hhhh

Sorry if they're half-assed, it's 10:30 pm, I am tired

[amageish]

People seemed to like my post chronicling the queer history of Felicia Hardy, so I'm going to do something similar to that... Let's chat about the queer history of Marvel's unwitting power couple, Ellie Phimister and her girlfriend Yuki Ohara.

Let's dive in!

Content Warning: This summary will include discussion of anti-mutant hate crimes and genocide, as that is part of Ellie's comic book story.

Like a lot of queer X-Men stories, this one begins with queercoding in the 80s.

While Jim Shooter famously prohibited any queer storytelling in Marvel Comics during his tenure as Editor-in-Chief of the company and, on top of that, the Comics Code Authority also banned it, Chris Claremont, the architect of the X-Men as we know them today, never really followed those rules - and neither did his editors, artists, and co-writers. There are so many queer-coded relationships throughout his runs on the X-Men and the modern X-Men stories are still playing catch-up to this day, canonizing the intentions of him and his collaborators one character at a time. Mystique and Destiny are probably his most famous pairing nowadays, as that is canon now, but he also wrote the Juggernaut as being with Black Tom Cassidy, Kate Pryde as being bisexual for most women she encounters in her life, and, the topic for today, Storm being in a romantic relationship with the Japanese assassin Yukio.

Yukio is, to put it mildly, a risk-taker. She runs through life with seemingly no self-preservation instincts whatsoever and, for some reason, always gets by nonetheless. She and Storm have a fling while Storm is in Japan (Uncanny X-Men 172-173) and this leads directly into Storm's famous punk era, which certainly does recontextualize some of the vibes of her having suddenly gotten a mohawk and a taste for leather.

Their later reunion in Uncanny X-Men 311-313 is extra funny to me - both because of the narration textually referring to them as "more then friends" and because of Yukio justifying her daredevil attitude by suggesting it would have been "politically incorrect" of the villain to have attacked them in public.

These two "kindred spirits" hang out for a bit, but Yukio is ultimately a Wolverine character and not a larger X-Men team member, so they naturally split off as time goes on. Their last appearance together was during the 2014 Death of Wolverine event - though their affair was mentioned by an angry Kitty during the Storm flashback mini earlier this year.

That said, Yukio is obviously a Sapphic and I guess when the team behind the movie Deadpool 2 decided to give their version of Negasonic Teenage Warhead a girlfriend, they looked at the list of queer-coded characters and decided she was the right one for them...

Now, as for Ellie...

Eloise Phimister AKA Negasonic Teenage Warhead debuted in Grant Morrison's New X-Men, but her name was not said on-panel until after she was already dead. She was one of Emma Frost's students, a gothic woman with telepathic powers that foretold the death of her and her classmates at Genosha... and yet she died nonetheless.

This is a very tragic character. She has a silly name, but that is part of the heartbreak of this moment. Ellie is a child who died as a result of a genocidal desire to kill all mutants. Her silly name emphasizes her youth... which makes it REALLY tonally dissonant when it played for comedy from here-on-out.

She was briefly brought back by the camp gay villain Selene when she revived horrific versions of many deceased mutants as part of X-Force... and then she was revived for real with a new design fter the release of the first Deadpool movie. She maintains her precognitive abilities and future-sight here, but otherwise... Well, she's now a comedy character in a Deadpool book. She also can warp reality now, partially as an explanation for why she looks/acts different then her first appearances.

She paled around with Deadpool for a bit, but didn't do anything explicitly queer in the comics until 2022 (good god) where she kissed an unnamed woman, causing Wolverine to wonder if she'll one day lead a X-Men team that is exclusively made up of her multiple girlfriends. This comment is also a subtle not to the implied status quo of the Krakoa era, where Wolverine himself has two partners - dating both Jean Grey and Scott Summers.

This is a funny moment, though I do wonder why it took so long for her to be queer in the comics - Marvel comic books are generally the most queer media Marvel puts out, so I do wonder if it was something specifically about her being a Deadpool character that caused people to hesitate to greenlight queer stories about her.

Finally, in 2023, Ellie got her first solo series in the form of an Infinity Comic.

This series uses the increasingly-popular approach of having "fate" be a stand-in for "the concept of being a loyal adaptation in a multimedia landscape," as she is fated to kiss a girl named Yuki Ohara or else the fabric of reality as we know it will be destroyed.

While Deadpool is only in it for a bit, it is a very meta narrative, with a lot of commentary on the way that female characters are written in comics in general and female reality-warpers specifically, with Ellie having a lot of anxiety about the risk of her becoming like Jean Grey or Scarlet Witch - not helped by the TVA chasing her down and declaring her a threat. However, in the end, she meets her girlfriend-to-be and pauses time itself to get know her properly before having their universe-saving kiss. Good for them!

Since then, she has appeared exactly once - in a Pride issue fashion show - but I imagine she and her girlfriend Yuki are just in a little reality-warp bubble, hidden away as Fall of X finishes up.

Synergy is a dirty word in the comics landscape, but I personally like Ellie and her romance with Yuki - and I'm very relieved that they introduced a new, younger Yuki O. based on the movie for her to date instead of just retconning the established Yukio into becoming Eloise's girlfriend... Storm doesn't deserve to have her girl stolen away like that!

Also, Yuki has a giant mech and electricity powers. Maybe a little cliche for a Japanese character's powerset, but it is badass...

I hope we see more comic book stuff with these two eventually... There is potential there that is as of yet untapped - especially as they are probably two of Marvel's most notable queers by virtue of being in wildly popular movies, even if their comic queerness is a relatively modern thing.

[canonicallysoulmates]

J2 Jaxcon Gold Panel 2023

How has working with women in the SPN group of actors affected them in a male-dominated society?

One of the things Jared is very proud of, and thinks SPN did very well, is that it pointed out how strong you are and can be no matter what you look like, your gender, or your sexuality. So, having done the show from age 22 to 38 it was awesome, not just in the way the characters were written but to meet people like Kim Rhodes, Briana Buckmaster, Felicia Day,  G, and D. He adds that being on a set, male or female or however you wanna identify as, it’s difficult. It’s not that they all go play pretend and then it’s lollipops and candy canes, it’s shitty hours. He shares a story about how when they were filming Bugs it was raining torrentially, and they were filming outside and Kim Manners, who was directing, gave them umbrellas.

But the next day the dailies went to Kripke and told him that Sam and Dean hunt what goes bump in the night they don’t use umbrellas so for the next 14yrs no matter rain or shine, sun or snow, they didn’t use umbrellas. They got used to it but when they would have someone over for an ep or more they would be ask, “why don’t you have umbrellas?” and he'd tell them to ask Kripke. He’ll speak for both he and Jensen, the way they were raised with strong women in their family, mothers, and sisters they never doubted the strength of women and furthermore having seen their wives go through childbirth it becomes very clear they (men) are the weaker sex. And that it was an honor to work with amazing people.

Jensen says Jared is right, and he will say the set they worked on was on for so many years that it didn’t matter who walked through the door, where they were from, what they looked like, how they identified or any of that stuff because they were already part of the team. They got to play together and create together, and some people rose above others and those are largely the ones you see on con stages. Guys and girls, and the ones who stick around, and still speak about this do so for a reason, it didn't matter if it was a male-dominated show or a male-dominated society, it wasn’t something they necessarily noticed they just saw a teammate coming on to set and they got to play, and some were really fun to play with and they're still doing it today. x

How many seagulls would they have to find in their house before they started getting suspicious that someone was putting them there?

Jared says one. He lives inland in Texas, he hasn’t seen a seagull in 38yrs.

Jensen says 14 cause if it's a flock of seagulls, like 6 or 12 of them, if the door was open maybe they could have gotten in but if there's 14 somebody is up to something. x

Next fan has two questions: Did they enjoy their whiskey? And does Jensen have a favorite song of his? Whether it's a collab he's done or something with Radio Company.

The question about the whiskey is because the fan had gifted them like a seven-gallon Canadian Club Whiskey which Jared says they had not tried just yet. 

As for Jensen's favorite song first, he says he doesn't know but then one of the fans mentions Angeles and he says that he likes Angeles because he thinks that’s probably the first time he put himself out there in that way which was a little scary but he had some good encouragement from some good friends so it does hold a special place for him.

Jared says remembers that day vividly because Jensen did that on set in the same place they would do their voiceover. Jensen explains that Don Painchaud their sound mixer on set had a soundproof truck that they would do their voice-over recording in while filming so they’d be on set, take a break, and hop over to do voice-over work for an episode that was previously filmed. So Jensen told him he had a buddy coming over and they were looking to lay down some vocal tracks for a song and asked if they could do that in the truck and Don agreed, and also got them a fancy vintage recording mic and set it up because he's an avid collector of vintage mics. 

Jared asks Jensen if he remembers who filmed the scenes inside the truck and Jensen says 'you'. This is such a cute moment, it's clear they both have a soft spot for this song and music video.

Jared says it was a small space and if you even breathed it picks it up because it picks up everything so he’s trying to do cool shit but his keys are jingling in his pocket- Jensen says Jared is effectively a moose in a china shop. x

Have they had any supernatural experiences themselves?

Jared tells a story about how when he and G went to Edinburgh a couple of weeks back they were staying in a refurnished castle and their room was haunted. While they were unpacking G went 'I think our room is haunted', and he replied that he knew; they went out to dinner, came back and the curtains were opening and closing, lights were turning on and off, the bathroom light started leaking water so they’re in bed, and Jared says out loud 'hey we see you, we hear you, we know you're here, can we talk tomorrow?' and it all stopped until the next day. 

Jensen says their house in Austin was built in 1920 and they’ve been doing some refurnishing and remodeling and stuff with it, and they had some of the workers quit on the job without saying why, the project manager said they had to do some work on another project but then they found out they had seen some things on the third floor. In the 50s it used to be a multi-unit and there was an apartment on the third floor so they had reportedly seen something or someone. He says D got a medium to come over, he was out of town, but allegedly the medium went over and when she went to the third floor she said that there was bad energy and that's where he had hurt her. He starts to say something about the drywall being down to the studs but immediately after he says the word studs he tells Jared 'don't say it' because he knew Jared was going to jump on the chance to make a joke and he was right 😂

Anyway, the medium makes this rice mixture and she does some incantations and they put the whole thing down on the porch and it's supposed to make the spirits leave the house. The next day it was all gone. x

If they had one song they could listen to over and over again for the rest of their life, no other music, what would it be?

Jared says it probably changes on a semi-regular basis but he’s gonna go with Hey Jude. Jensen says Stairway because there's so much going on it's an epic tune. x

Were there ever discussions about doing a Bobby and Rufus spinoff?

Jared says he would watch that. 

Jensen answers he thinks there were discussions of doing something but he doesn’t know if it was a full spinoff or adding another story arc to focus on them but a lot of ideas got tossed around. 

Jared says much to the credit of the writer's part of wonderful storytelling is everybody gets to imagine what happens when the cameras aren’t rolling. That’s one of the magic parts of this 15-year journey he and Jensen went through is we all get to imagine what it's like when we don't see the characters for a while; but if Jim Beaver and Steven Williams decide to share a screen together he's tuning in. x

What would be their favorite skittle flavor?

There is context behind this question, the reason for it is due to Jensen’s Soldier Boy cameo in The Boy’s spinoff Gen V.....I'm gonna let y'all look that one up.

Jared answers musk....you know if you keep the reference in mind....I'm not gonna say anything I'm just gonna raise my eyebrow and move on 🤨

Jared's explanation for his answer is that it'd be like the Harry Potter jellybeans. I say this with affection, Jared you are into some freaky shit cause musk, musk would be your favorite flavor...not even scent, flavor....

Jensen says he’ll be honest there's not a specific flavor but the wildberry Skittles pack beats them all. x

J2 Gold Panel Jaxcon '23

[measuringbliss]

Spider-Man Read-Through 080 Hobgoblin's Return and Spider-Kittens (SSM 84-86)

MASTERPOST

This time...

Well, that's interesting! I like Felicia running on her wire there.

But also...

????

Felicia's done being boring. It's the day she gets released from the hospital! Her mom's there and gives her blessings to Spidey. Thankfully, Felicia's bills are completely nonexistent thanks to Spidey's great reputation. What a change!

At the Bugle, Jameson is on air and tells the whole city, nay, the country about the disappearance of a mayor candidate's baby. Spidey investigates.

There's a nice page with that type of panel that look really good, in spite of the issue's rather wonky drawings.

While the kidnapper gets in trouble with local junkies, Spidey has an... interesting interaction.

Hmm. Interesting indeed. Not sure I dislike it...

Conchita's baby died, and taking issue with that, Conchita decided to kidnap the candidate's baby. Then the junkies stole said baby. We're touching hard subjects this time! Didn't expect that.

Spidey finds the baby, but...

What the heeeeell is this issue.

There's still some comedy at least. But it's definitely darker than usual.

Anyway.

In #85, the Hobgoblin is back!

In the credits, Stern (who created this villain) is thanked for his plot assist.

Ah yes, Sam Raimi's Green Goblin Junior. I know of him.

Transforming like a magical girl...

By the way, I really love the shading used on the glass, it's very cool.

Meanwhile, the writer remembers we have a great cast! Peter's invited to Liz and Harry's big announcement (oh no, I have an idea where this is going).

Looking snazzyyyyy, Peter! I'm happy to see Flash (great color combination!), Sha-Shan (!!! I missed you girl), Ned and Betty too <3 I missed them... but SOMEBODY's missing.

Liz's homely look (how did she grow so many hair in so little time?) and ample dress is not very subtle.

Following Betty's urging for the reveal, Liz says they DID invite MJ (Ha! She's treated better than by previous writers), but she's too eager to wait for her. Liz says "Harry and I are going to be a mommy!". I didn't expect Harry's transition, but good for her!

And that's when MJ arrives, saying she loves (other people's) babies.

This is really cute. And note Pete's empty chair next to him... SOME people might have tried something there...

But for real, it's touching to see Liz and MJ have tears of joy. We all know the feeling of seeing someone you weren't sure would come and you haven't seen in a while.

Flash and Sha-Shan don't seem as joyful, though.

It is INTERESTING that you would mention the Hobgoblin in the same bubble as Flash. Would be pretty ironic that Flash's problem would be related to Harry's, wouldn't it? Dramatically ironic.

Great colors. Flash obviously doesn't want to reminisce about his homoerotic days. I understand. It'll come back when you're 50 and have 7 children, just you wait!

Peter and MJ quickly reminisce and figure that at the time of Peter's proposal, neither was ready. True, but to be fair the writing at that time wasn't the greatest. MJ still teases Peter though. Maybe her feelings for him haven't disappeared...

Speaking of which, Spidey goes to see Felicia.

Weird, knowing how THAT turns out...

Lmao. This is a hilarious panel.

Still, they have a nice dinner and go on patrol together.

Well that's one thing that will get rectonned for sure.

Spidey's less than enthused. It means Felicia has no power. She's fragile!

Then the Hobgoblin arrives with his new super strength and immediately learns that his two foes are lovers. Nooot a good thing.

The two heroes have trouble coordinating, and although Felicia's capable, the Hobgoblin flies away, comforted in his might.

Now, issue #86...

Alright, sure.

The first part has a meta plot about Marvel editorial, and there's a great running joke about the Vision appearing because the word vision has been mentioned.

Anyway, Spidey and Felicia keep being stressed about their whole relationship, then Spidey decides to show where he works and they stop next to the Bugle.

Excellent question. Excellent panel. The art is really great, by the way.

Just like me, Felicia has trouble understanding the concept of "working".

So they get attacked by the Fly, who crashes in Jameson's office.

Hilarious!

Even the flashback explaing the Fly's identity is in that style, it's glorious.

See the "every 4 panel comedy can be funnier in less than that" showcase because we did not need that last panel, but the rest is hilarious.

Hahahahaha. Jameson does NOT want baby Spider-Kittens.

The Fly is neutralized, and then we get back to the meta office.

The issue ends in traditional style, with Spidey taking Black Cat home...

That makes sense!

Next (Spectacular) issue: Spidey unmasks! But there will be a few posts before that.

[cyntheticsworld]

It's easy to say every actor at purcon 7 was a highlight, and I think it's true. Every one of them was a little gem on its own. I was not able to watch more than Misha's panels and Mark's panel on Sunday, but all of them made me cry and laughing at the ending ceremony.

It was a blast. I had some problems at the con, but in the end, the good things are all that matters to me right now. I was able to meet Misha. I could tell him what his poetry book means to me. Now I know Felicia's daughter loves unicorns. (I guess I have to buy her one if she comes back to Germany) I love Mark's personality. He is rude sometimes and direct and like he said he wants us to suffer, but he is also encouraging us. I saw him hugging fans at his panel and told them, they're going to make it.

I wasn't at Robert's concert but he said he loved it and the fans there. Alex Calvert couldn't believe he was actually on the stage.

Ruth called the convention a sausage party.

Jake Abel thanked us for his loss of German virginity, I think.

And Misha ... I hope he never changes. I hope, next time I don't need to buy more than one photo and autograph. *g*

[stackthedeck]

What are your thoughts on the new Spiderverse run? I'm only reading it because of Cooper and I managed to find some bits here and there.

Have a good one!

I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS! First off, there's never been a spider verse that I didn't enjoy because I just love all the creative spins that writers and artists put on the spider mantel!! And usually, a spider verse run means that at least one of the new spiders will get their own mini series or even a full run (Spider-Gwen and Spider-Punk my beloved)

okay this got long specific thoughts and minor spoilers under the cut

And I love the five issue series of end of the spider-verse because all the new spiders are so cool!! And I think the evil wasps work really well because it allows us to check in on the other spiders we know and love but they're turned evil so that we can focus on the new spiders! It's a very visually engaging villain and it really doesn't need to be that complicated for an end of the multiverse story you know

I love Web Weaver more than words can I express I have not stopped thinking about Cooper since I read his issue!! I just want him to have a mini series after all this is over marvel please I will write it!! I think he honestly has the strongest introduction out of all the new spiders because he actually does stuff and it's not just his origin story. His design is gorgeous but also his panel layout was so engaging like that beautiful web page that summoned up his origin story!!! I love his writing and the jokes he makes, you can tell that a gay man wrote his dialogue like yes!! (Steve Foxe, sir I hope marvel lets you write more of this character please Slott can't be trusted with him!) But like he'd have such an excellent mini series because there's a plot hook established before he leaves for the multiverse and it's his relationship with Albert Moon!! It's a love square with two people I'm literally gaging yes please marvel please I need to see how this goes!! Like Cooper and Albert are exes, but Silk and Web Weaver have crushes on each other and Albert kissed Web Weaver! Like oh my god the drama and if I don't get a comic for either of them soon I'm going to fucking write it myself

I also adore the other new spiders!! I like the new spider UK, she's an interesting character with a cool design, but her writing was a little clunky but I think that would have been fixed if she had a whole issue rather than like a quarter. Same with Sun Spider, love everything about her but the writing could have been stronger but also this isn't her first appearance so idk why the felt the need to go over her origins again. I would love for both of them to get their own solos. The character I'm really excited about is Spintress!! I thought her universe was so creative and the way they translated the typical spider man villains into Disney princess stuff. I hope she gets like a children's book or since Disney owns marvel maybe a little animated short in the traditional 2d style like I'd literally kill for that!!

Okay, I love this spider verse, but its whole is less than the sum of its parts. Like it moves into Slott's Spider-Man run and it instantly stops being charming and exciting. It immediately focuses on Peter despite the fact that this whole series started with Anya Corazón and Julia Carpenter! And they started calling Peter the chosen one which fuck no!! The whole point of spider verse is that Peter Parker isn't special, that anyone can take up the responsibility of spider-man, that anyone can be behind the mask!! And then they take away the tension of the evil wasp turning the spiders by saying that 616 citizens can't be turned which like way to bring down the stakes! Noir now has a sword that erases people from existence which fuck fine okay whatever. But the new spiders are instantly pushed to the background so that Peter can have the spotlight! He makes a homophobic comment to Web Weaver, he's nasty to Spintress, and he hates Felicia for no fucking reason!! Like he's so out of character, but it's Slott so idk what I expected. I'm going to read how it ends, but fuck I wish like the core of the story actually cared about the new characters introduced because what's the point of having them there if they don't do anything

[theultimatefan]

Chevy Chase, Fellow ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ Stars to Attend FAN EXPO Philadelphia

The Griswold family may not have been able to enjoy Walley World as planned (spoiler alert!) but the stars of National Lampoon’s Vacation are set to have a great time greeting fans, posing for photo ops, signing autographs and conducting interactive Q&As at FAN EXPO Philadelphia, set for May 3-5 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Chevy Chase (“Clark”), Beverly D’Angelo (“Ellen”), Randy Quaid (“Cousin Eddie”) and Dana Barron (“Audrey”) will make their new “family” trip to Center City Philadelphia a memorable one for fans of the 1983 hit and its sequels.

Chase transitioned from a writer to one of the breakout on-camera stars on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” in its first season in 1975-76, moving on to films like Caddyshack and Foul Play before the original Vacation, Fletch (1985) and National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985) and Three Amigos (1986) made him one of the most prolific leads of the 1980s. He continued that success into the next decade with several new iterations of the Vacation franchise as well as family films like Man of the House and Snow Day. Chase also found new audiences with a run as a regular on the series “Community.”

D’Angelo has more than 130 film and TV roles on her resume, including Vacation and three sequels. She had starring and co-starring parts in The Miracle (1991), Eye for an Eye (1996) American History X (1998) and many others, and dozens of TV movies and guest appearances on hit shows like “Frazier,” “The Simpsons” and “Cougar Town” as well as a six-season recurring run on “Entourage.”

Quaid first gained notice for a co-starring role opposite Jack Nicholson in the 1973 light comedy-drama The Last Detail. In addition to the “Cousin Eddie” turns in Vacation, Christmas Vacation and Vegas Vacation and Amish bowler “Ishmael” alongside Woody Harrison and Bill Murray in Kingpin, Quaid has had supporting roles in such favorites as Independence Day and Brokeback Mountain. He won a Golden Globe Award and Peabody Award for his portrayal of President Lyndon Johnson in the TV Movie LBJ: The Early Years and has been nominated for Oscar, Emmy and BAFTA Awards.

Barron portrayed Griswald daughter “Audrey” in both the original Vacation and Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure, among more than 40 credits. She had a three-year supporting role in the adventure series “Crossbow” and played “Nikki Witt” in the original “Beverly Hills, 90210” as well as guest spots on “Murder, She Wrote,” “Babylon 5” and “Dream On.”

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[nagi3seastorm]

Basically the little boy is drawn to imply he's Miles and Black Cat's son. If I remember correctly, one of the creators for the story hinted on Twitter people should pay attention to the little boy. But in the story itself it isn't confirmed or anything (I'm guessing they're holding back on locking that in for now, also it goes with the story since if Selim were to find out Miles has a kid he very likely would track him down, although that's not confirmed either). Black Cat just says it's her son, but he looks just like Miles, and she says they were very close but they kept it private because people might take an issue with Spider-man being close to a criminal. She's basically Miles version of Felicia (who is Peter's Black Cat) but we learn she's not like a major criminal, she's just doing what she feels she has to to help her community.

Here's her debut intro panel: https://www.tumblr.com/why-i-love-comics/721680339366559744/edge-of-spider-verse-3-hermanita

The story is really short, and is one of the two stories in the edge of spiderverse comic. It's about Billie dealing with living in a world without Rio/Jeff/Miles/Ganke where she's on her own. It's really sad sweet though, and Billie is definitely a badass. However, the other story in the comic has nothing to do with Miles and is about another new character.

So she’s just a vigilante, but people have a villainous outlook on her. Honestly, I like that they haven’t confirmed whether Miles is the father because it adds another level of suspense to it. However, I’m trying to decide for myself what would be the harm of the Black Cat telling Billie the truth in this particular comic.

[traincat]

What is 616!Peter’s dressing sense like? Like he’s not into fashion, of course, but is he hopeless? Or average? Well dressed?

This is an interesting question I think in part because I feel like Marvel artists have, as of late, not considered the most important thing you can consider when thinking of Peter Parker in civvies: Does this outfit cover the spider-suit?

I threw this together ages ago, and it's a small sampling of my favorites, but this is a pretty classic Peter look -- a black turtleneck and jacket and boots. It's a good style choice because it's flattering, and you can mix up things like patterns on the turtleneck or the jacket, it's pretty timeless as styles go, and more importantly it covers the entire spider-suit, from the high neck down to the boots and long pants covering any potential little ankle flashes.

Like, I think it's pretty clear that Peter as a character doesn't -- and shouldn't -- particularly care about clothes. This isn't to say he dresses like a total slob, or that he doesn't know how to dress for a situation, just that fashion on its own doesn't interest him, which is pretty funny considering he dates clotheshorses almost exclusively. (MJ the fashion model, Felicia the high society thief, and Gwen has a Definite Look in the '60s.) So what's going to be important to him are, I think, two things -- the durability of his clothes (because he's not going to be buying new ones every few months) and the function of them (can he wear the suit under them). He also wore a lot of suits and collared shirts in the '60s and '70s, which I think is partly indicative of the time period -- it's hard to talk about fashion in comics without breaking things down by publishing decade -- but also of how the character at that point in time is literally more buttoned up. Later, as time goes on, he kind of relaxes into more athleisure wear -- there's some cute panels of him and MJ in matching workout clothes.

(Web of Spider-Man #67) But I think that's really more of an at-home look for the character, and again clearly not something he can wear the suit under. It always annoys me when there's redraws of older panels and Peter's wearing short sleeves in them! You saw this a little bit in Ottley's art for Spencer's run where there were a couple key '70s scenes redrawn.

(ASM #105/ASM v5 #30) Taking the yellow turtleneck and changing it into a blue short sleeve button down is just SUCH a boring choice. Also there's some big expression problems here, but that's another post -- taking Peter and Flash from genuinely happy and bemused respectively to kind of lukewarm scowling at each other is also just boring from a characterization standpoint.

(ASM #121/ASM v5 #31) At least the sleeves are longer here, but the crew neck and ditching the jacket doesn't really work for me in terms of style updates. (Not to mention all the personality has been completely drained out of Peter's face, totally changing the tone of this confrontation with Norman.) I think for Peter it's fine to kind of keep him, stylewise, in a previous decade, to kind of visually indicate that the character was raised by older people and to kind of set him apart from his contemporaries. He should be a little weird and offbeat, and at the same time he should be timeless -- this is a character who has held public attention for sixty years, and I think attempts to update or modernize him in either personality or appearance make him lose that magic.

So I would personally say he's average, mostly because he doesn't especially care about fashion especially in comparison to function, but that he has a classic look, and he can look good and style forward when his supermodel girlfriend/wife/best friend is dressing him up.

(ASM #311) Granted, style is in the eye of the beholder.

I guess the only other thing I would add is that the man LOVES a bathrobe.

(Web of Spider-Man #93) I'm not kidding when I say over the years he's been drawn in at least 30 distinct different bathrobes. Stop buying so many bathrobes.

[doctorofmagic]

The Death of Doctor Strange: Spider-Man #1 Review

This is literally the best tie-in I’ve ever read in my entire life as a Marvel worm. A thousand years of Jed writing Stephen please!!!

Remember when many people came to me and asked me my thoughts on the idea of Stephen dying? And I said time and time again that DODS would be a love letter to the character and a way for people to acknowledge Stephen’s importance? TODAY IS THE DAY, MY FRIENDS!

First, we are introduced to some bickering between Ben and Felicia. It’s expected since Ben is taking the title of Spider-Man instead of sticking to the Scarlet Spider mantle. We’ll get to that soon. They are, however, interrupted by Stephen’s astral form, who trusts Spider-Man with a to-do list.

This is important because, first of all, Stephen was well-prepared for his own demise. As the Sorcerer Supreme, he had tons of responsabilities no one was aware of. Second, he trusts Peter with said responsabiliities. Yes, that’s right. Peter Parker. Stephen knows thousands of heroes, he assisted even more. But the one he trusts the most? Peter. After everything they’ve been through in AMS, Stephen still trusts him. This is too much for my heart.

So Felicia and Ben head to the Sanctum and they find Wong. This whole sequence is so hilarious, I adore Felicia so much.

Felicia: “HE’S RIGHT THERE! I CAN SEE HIM BEHIND YOU!”

Wong: .... *sigh*

Wong is tired, poor thing. Also the fact that he can sense Ben is not Peter is great.

Next, Wong explains that Stephen kept a daily schedule in order to protect the city from mystic threats. First mission is about Gator Shaman.

It’s sweet how Stephen actually doesn’t mind the gators but in fact he’s worried about their safety. They’re rare animals and could be in trouble. I LOVE HIM

Next, they need to stop the Hungry Prince of Hearts. AND GUESS WHO SHOWS UP? THAT’S RIGHT, MY LITTLE MEOW MEOW.

Moon Knight took care of the trouble by himself. BUT IT GETS BETTER.

HE CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARES. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO ME. YOU JUST DON’T. ‘Cause, first of all, Marc and Stephen are not that close, as I once wrote. BUT Mr. Knight was part of the team to rescue Stephen from Mephisto, basically Wong’s version of the Midnight Sons. So they’re not totally strangers, not to mention their few team-ups. Second important thing is, that atrocity called Age of Khonshu, an arc that basically ruined Marc’s character development, in which Marc stole the power of the Sorcerer Supreme from Stephen. So when he says he owns an apology, he’s referring to this particular moment.

I hate Age of Konshu with a burning passion but I’m just SO glad Marc acknowledges that he was wrong and Stephen deserves an apology. Most of the Avengers don’t even care about the fact that Stephen is dead but Marc is just... He’s just sorry. And it was addressed. It was finally addressed. Gods, I can’t wait for Marc and Stephen team up again. I just know it’s going to happen at this point. Jed, I owe you my life.

Okay, moving on...

Felicia and Ben continue their chores while we see a side story with a woman doing her job (I suppose she’s a janitor?). Then the heroes rest for a while on the top of a building and deliver what I’ve been waiting for literally years to happen. All those articles and posts talking about how Stephen takes care of people from the shadows, that no one knows his true valor as a hero because he doesn’t seek glory. It’s all coming to light!

I guess these two panels only come in second to my favorite moment in 2021 (the first being Clea and Stephen kissing). Funny how they were both written by Jed haha. This is what happens when a writer who cares is responsible for your favorite character. And I’m deeply grateful for that.

BUT IT’S NOT OVER YET. The last item on the list is not related to magic or monsters. It’s just... the woman we see earlier, her name is Jimena. She works at night and Stephen brings her a pretzel while they wait for her bus.

"He’s a lovely man, isn’t he?”

YES *sobs* YES, HE IS. Thank you, Jimena. You’re my best friend from now on.

Felicia always representing me because I was also crying at the end of this story.

And here Ben explains why he needs to be Spider-Man. Because the world needs Spider-Man. There are many other “spiders” but there must always be the og in order to make people feel safe. And Felicia agrees, for a change.

Now, whoever comes to me saying stupid things about Stephen, they just don’t know the character. Stephen has many flaws, he’s a difficult man, but he’s also kind, selfless, LOVELY. He’s not arrogant toward people because he’s a healer and he learned humility. He’s not entirely free of this trait but he’d never mistreat his patients (coughcoughwaid). So please stop with the arrogance discourse. This is my Stephen. Yup, this one.

This issue is the best tie-in I’ve ever read in my life. It’s a lesson how to be relevant without changing the main plot. It’s yet another love letter, and I thought that DODS was enough.

As I said previously... A THOUSAND YEARS OF JED WRITING STEPHEN. I’m just so grateful for this issue. I’ll never forget it.

[jesslockwood]

Photo Opportunities

Word Count: 2.7k

Pairing(s): Tom Holland x Actress!Reader

Warnings: FLUFF with a slightly (barely) suggestive sentence towards the end 

A/n: damn I can't write anything except actress reader? smh but this is for @londonspidey ‘s sit-com Writing challenge (ik I'm early lol) but I was so excited I wrote the whole thing in one go lmao the prompt is bolded!

Calling yourself a fan was an understatement. You were obsessed with anything and everything marvel. And oddly enough, you could after today say you were in the club. It wasn’t a public fact yet, until later that day actually, at the Marvel panel at comic con that you were being announced as the actress for the character, Felica Hardy and no one else knew except for the people who cast you and your best friend who signed an NDA. You were technically still a known actress for your roles on television mainly as Thalia on the PJO Disney + series and a couple of still decently sized films. 

You were currently wrapping up signing autographs for fans of yours for today. Your team had planned it out so it wasn’t suspicious that you were at the con with a few of your castmates scattered doing other junkets and press so people wouldn’t guess who they were acting as the cast for new marvel projects. 

You had been planning to go meet your best friend, who wasn’t in the industry before getting a text that she bought you both a photo-op with someone and she wouldn’t tell you who. You couldn’t only assume it was a marvel actor that you would indeed, freak out. 

Y/b/n: btw I brought you a mask. I get the wig lol.

You: please tell me it doesn’t cover my full face. Also, how are we posing?

Y/b/n: I bought as many photo ops as I could so a lot of different ones, And if I tell you the poses it’ll spoil it.

You: is this with the money I pay you to be my assistant with? Lol fine I’m omw with security

Y/b/n: maybe… 

Y/b/n: and they’ll need more backup security for who we’re getting a photo op with than you do for your hellfire.

You roll your eyes before taking your stuff and exiting the booth, before heading out the backways with staff security and your detailed security for the day. You only had security because you wanted to explore the con when you weren’t needed.

Your best friend had also been your assistant for the con weekend, but you didn’t want her to be confined to you the whole three days so when she could, you would let her explore it, at least she could experience it as a fan, right?

When you made it to that part of the building, you wanted to wait in line with her, which your security didn’t agree to so she texted you when there were about five people ahead of her. She was one of the last in line, with you asking her to be kind, so others would get their chance to be first with whomever it was. 

When she texted you and your detailed exit, getting a few stares and others taking their phones out to either take photos or tweet, you wave at them before joining your best friend in line.

“Here,” she says before handing you none other than a black cat mask before she puts on a red wig. 

You glare at her slightly trying to not make a scene, before putting it on. 

“I’m assuming you're Mary Jane?” you laugh figuring out that it had to be someone from Spider-Man.

“How’d you- never mind.” She laughs with you.

She then explains how she’s going to pose for your five photo ops, joking in between how she should “get a raise for this”.

You catch sight of him before sucking in your breath. This was either going to go down amazingly or terribly, there was no in-between with you. 

“Excuse Me, are you Y/n Y/l/n?”

You turn around and are met by some fans who were standing in line behind you.

“I am! How’s your con going?” you ask politely to the two of them.

“It's going amazing! We love you as Thalia! Could we maybe get a picture? Only if it’s okay?”

“Of course! Thank you for supporting me!” your best friend grabs their phone to take the photo, before you take off the mask, and stand between the two fans, and your best friend snaps a few photos. 

“Thank you so much! And Are you fans of Tom?”

You start slowly walking back to catch up to the line. 

“Yeah, I love him as Spiderman, but I also enjoy his other roles. He's very talented, I'd love to work with him one day!” 

“Have you seen him in Uncharted?  We love Him as Nathan drake!”

“I have, he was amazing per usual! How are you two posing with him?”

They show you their innovative pose. You laugh and tell them it's great before you have to wish them goodbye before heading up for your turn for the photo op. 

“How do we want to pose- hang on, I recognize you!”

You freeze slightly before your friend mouths for you to flirt. You look down at the mask in your hand before getting into character and saying “Of course you do Spidey, I'm always causing you trouble.” you put on the mask and wink. 

He seems slightly stunned, laughing, feeling like he’s seen you somewhere, not only because he found you extremely gorgeous, while in his peripheral vision he sees his brother/ assistant, Harry waving like a madman on the side. 

Your friend directs you both through the poses, first, one both him putting “webs” onto you as she looks over his shoulder, the second one, both of you kissing his cheeks, the third, all jumping in the air in your best superhero poses, the fourth one she gets a photo op alone and the last one she gives to you,

“Seriously, who are you?”

“Your Wildest dreams, baby,” you say, taking off the mask. 

Your best friend yells “freestyle” from the sidelines before Tom dips you, gently, with you shocked, holding the mask out with your free arm and the photo captures that moment. 

 He gently helps you stand back up fully, not before you drop the mask.

“Nice moves Spider-Man.”

“Not so bad yourself, Black Cat.”

You laugh before, taking off with your best friend, well more her dragging you to the printing station leaving the mask behind. Tom picks it up before shoving it in his back pocket to hopefully give back if he could find you. 

-

`You were sitting in the green room, trending on Twitter before you were actually supposed to be trending on Twitter, and god knows where else.  

Someone had snuck a video of you and Tom, up till him dipping you, and a video of you interacting with the fans in the line.

Your Y/b/n was currently reading off some tweets out loud

“‘A kind queen we stan.’  I agree, I also agree with ‘Date her if you can't date me tom!!!’.

‘THALIA AND PETER PARKER??? My two fandoms have collided.’ same, same. Oo this one says, ‘if she ain’t playing black cat I will sue marvel.’ I'm dying at the reply ‘She needs to post the photos or I'll sue her!’. This one’s funny, ‘she could squash him like a bug in heels but he liked his queen like that.’.”

She pauses watching you texting.

“Y/n? Y/n?”

“What? Sorry I was only half listening. I was texting my publicist. She said to stay on the DL until tonight. 

“Well we should get food, you haven't eaten since this morning.”

“By the way, your show has shot to number one on Disney +. Also, you have like three times the followers you had before, probably cause you're trending on every platform, even Tumblr!”

“Wow you should just become my social media manager now.” you joke trying to ease the joy yet weirded out feeling in your stomach.

“Does that come with a raise? Because after today I've spent way too much of what I'm paid.” she jokes back.

-

After finishing his photo ops Tom asked Harry who she was and to find out. By the time he finished autographs for the day, Tom and Harry walked to the panel room in the back for announcements, one that included him for the new Avengers movie, while Harry gave him the rundown.

“So she’s an actress, she plays Thalia on Disney plus’ Percy Jackson series, and that's her most known project. The other girl with her is her assistant best friend, and now she's trending everywhere. People dug up some old photos of her being a marvel/Spider-Man fan, so there's that. And she's here at the con for the rest of the weekend. She's doing photo ops tomorrow at one, and yes she's single from what I gather since you were looking at her like this.” he makes a weird face before tom smacks him.

“And plus you have time in your schedule to get a photo op with her, that is if you eat lunch quickly.”

That gave Tom an idea. 

“Harry I’m going to need you to book me one, oh and help me find a Spider-Man costume!” He says, before leaving harry to do ‘assistant’ work. entering the green room for the announcements, watching them announce a new movie.

“We are so excited to announce to the Marvel Universe, and spider-verse-” that perked tom’s ears, “-directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, and today we are announcing our amazing Miss Felicia Hardy, please give a warm welcome to the stage, Your Black Cat!”

You suddenly emerged in an aisle way, dressed in all black with a leather jacket, black ankle boots, and of course black sunglasses indoors.

The music is marvel music until it suddenly changes after a recorded laugh from you into “I can’t be tamed by Miley Cyrus”.

You start owning the music while saying hi and touching fans’ hands. You decide to take off your sunglasses and throwing them to a fan, for them to keep, before getting on stage.

“What a Performance from the one the only Y/n Y/l/n!”

You laugh, being met with the loudest applause you had heard all con before being handed a Mic. 

“Thank you but I'm a terrible dancer.” You Joke.

Tom was staring at the screen stunned. You had been the black cat all along. You were in the marvel universe and spidey one,  so he'd definitely be seeing more of you. The hard part is that you seemed so genuine when you talked, interacted with fans and was no doubt, stunning. 

“Better close your mouth or the flies will get in.” Tom turns around to find the voice of none other than his friend slash bully, Sebastian Stan, along with Anthony Mackie.

“Looks like the kid has a crush!” Anthony laughs, pointing to the screen you were on.

“I-I don’t! I don’t even know her!” Tom tries to come to his own defense, hopelessly.

“She’s got you whipped already don’t even deny it.” Harry comes in, joining the teasing of one, Tom Holland.

“Maybe we can invite her out for drinks tonight, then fanboy over here can meet her, and then probably scare her off!” Anthony mentions.

“You haven’t looked on the internet? They’ve already met.” Seb says, before showing Anthony twitter. 

Anthony stands there slightly shocked before bursting into laughter.

“Well, she’s damn well a keeper for Tom since she obviously likes him.”

A staff member peaks their head in the green room to tell Tom he’s up next.

“Well, that’s my cue to leave you two!”

On the other hand, you were on an adrenaline high from being on stage, and seeing all the fans. You knew tomorrow was going to be crazy, as you expected people to book your photo op left and right since the announcement. 

You had decided to decline an offer from your fellow marvel universe castmates, Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie, which they so graciously told you that whenever you’re free, the offer still stood. 

You had gotten to your hotel room seeing your phone blowing up on the social media apps for the second time that day. 

You responded to the important stuff, before heading to bed, knowing it was going to be hectic.

-

You had been right, it was absolutely insane, the number of people who showed up. You had fully booked all your time slots for photo ops. You had seen so many people dressed up in marvel cosplay, ranging from Loki to Ironman, even some people dressed up as your character, which was wildly insane to see.

You had been nearing the end of the line and had enjoyed every moment with the fans, and you couldn’t wait for your autographing session later that day, to truly get a chance to talk to the fans and connect with them and how they felt about you being their beloved Black Cat. 

After a few more photos, posing how they wanted, you see a fully dressed, head to toe, mask and all, Spider-Man. You had seen some spider-mans but most took off their masks to snap a picture. The person was the last in line. 

“Hey Black Cat.” The southern American accented voice tells you, seeming very familiar. 

“Hey, Spider, what poses do you have up your sleeve?” you ask kindly.

“I bought a few, Cat.” they laugh.

“Okay, You can do whatever a spider can right?” you pull out a line out of the comics jokingly.

“I can do flips if that’s what you’re asking.”

“Is that some kind of nerd pick-up line? Because it’s only kind of working.” you laugh. 

“I really can, but this is one.”

He gets down on one knee, holding a black cat mask instead of a ring. The photographer captures the shocked expression on your face.

“I- Don’t- What- Spider I-” 

“Ow My feelings…” Suddenly their voice changes into a British accent before they pull off the mask to reveal-

“Tom?”

“I guess you don’t have a spidey sense darling?” The photographer captures the moment without warning eating the moment up. 

You laugh at that. 

“I guess you found out my true identity Spider. And it’s nice to officially meet you, Tom.”

He laughs, just as nervous as you, he notices he has gotten closer to you and a strand of hair loosely is blowing in your face, so naturally, he pushes it behind your ear. Another snap of the camera can be heard. 

“NOW KISS!” a voice belonging to your best friend yells from the side, mid-eating a churro.

You both laugh really hard at that.

The both of you calm down, slowly leaning lost in the moment. The camera snaps again. You both look at the photographer weirded out, and they just shrug.

“Wait can you actually do a flip?” you ask, pulling away, not wanting prying eyes aka the photographer, to pry in your business. 

“I can, though I’d show you later, maybe in the greenroom?”

“That sounds naughty, but, sure.” you joke around. 

He laughs before, you both take off from the area going to grab the photos.

-

After spending most of the day together when you could, you get Tom’s number, before heading back to your hotel room. He texts you as soon as you get back. 

Spider: I had fun today, minus finding our assistants making out.

You: we should ‘snog’ too, it’ll gross them out ;)

You: I had fun too btw. Are you leaving tomorrow?

Spider: lol we should. And yeah an early flight, 6 am to be exact. Hbu?

You: Yeah me too... another day another dollar lol

Spider: ill miss you, Cat.

You: stop talking like we’ll never see each other again lol. As a matter of fact, come to my room, we’re watching a movie!

Spider: alright, I’ll order snacks. 

  You sigh smiling at your phone. You haven’t felt this giddy in a long time.

Your phone pings with a few Instagram notifications.

Tomholland2013 has started following you.

Tomholland2013 has tagged you in a photo.

You open Instagram to find the photo of him “proposing” to you posted.

“Ow, my leg, my- feelings...Welcome to the Universe, Cat.” the photo is captioned. You decide to post, the photo of him dipping you.

“So what do you say, Spider? Wanna help me pull off the Heist of the Heist of the Century?” you caption it, Before getting comfortable to watch a movie. 

What an opportunity ;)

Tags:

@lolooo22 @webmeupspiderdaddy @harryhollandsgirlfriend @spideyspeaches @greenorangevioletgrass @queenofthepouges @sheranatic111 @keithseabrook27

[measuringbliss]

Spider-Man Read-Through 057: Dazzler + Black Cat Always Lands On Her Feet (ASM 203-206)

MASTERPOST

Hey, today we're finishing up Marv Wolfman's run! I'll give my thoughts at the end.

There was supposed to be some Spectacular issues before this post, but I wanted to get on with it, so here we are.

Really cool cover, by the way.

Spidey thinks this lady's chased by Will O' The Wisps, but she faints when he rescues her. When she wakes up, she doesn't seem to know that name...

I don't know anything about Dazzler (except... she's a X-Men), but she seems really cool and original. She also gets away from him, good for her!

YES. THIS IS ALL I'M ASKING. Peter interacting with his friends half-dressed! I'm a simply guy.

Betty and Peter were never a thing recently though. Like, can we really say they "broke up" when... they... weren't together? They had a vague fling but that's it. And they're going to see Star Trek, that's nice!!! I'm almost at the ending of DS9 season 3. Haven't watched the other shows, and I'm very slow, but still, I enjoy it.

Meanwhile, Dazzler gets hit by her mysterious enemy... the Lightmaster! Back from SSM. OoOoOh, I'm scared.

The basic thing is, he needs light, and she produces light. It was only a matter of time! Their interactions blow up the nearby cinema, and Peter quickly becomes Spidey once again.

The fight is fun!

Well that sucks for her, because her power is really cool. I love that she gets energy from concerts.

Spidey saves Dazzler, but she's still hell-bent on eliminating him!

Nice panel!

He escapes her by webbing her eyes. A classic!

Oh I'm sure he'll get to a bottom alright.

We get a quick update on Aunt May: she's not dead, and she's even getting better! Crap.

Spidey surmises that Dazzler got possessed by the Lightmaster, but he's a dumbass.

He eventually saves her with that big machine, and when Dazzler asks how she can repay him, he says they'll figure something out.

Let's hope it's a concert ticket he's asking for. In the comments, people were quick to notice the innuendo (the line coupled with their immediate physical intimacy certainly implies *things*.)

Now, onto Black Cat's return in 204!

Our story starts with Black Cat, apparently alive (who doubted that?) and taking pictures of our favorite wall-crawler. Then she gets in a museum to steal a cute statue of a couple, but she's interrupted.

I love those kisses, it's ridiculous, but lovely. And that cat shadow!

Spidey arrives too, and the cat shadow gimmick continues!

I love it!

She escapes, and Peter ponders about how attractive she is. I'm ready for this couple! I'm ready!!!! Curious to see how it goes!

At the Bugle, Robbie's accepted to lead the newspaper in place of Jameson. He's become a changed man! Very irascible.

BUT WHO DO WE SEE AGAIN?!

RANDY!!!!! MY BOY!!!!! I MISSED YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meanwhile, at Felicia's place...

Oh, I love this. It's so silly, but so good!

At the Globe, Barney tries to push Peter and April closer. I'm not against April being less bitchy.

Later...

Felicia's not being very slick there, but it's comics, so whatever. That left panel of Peter changing, though? Very erotic.

I'm glad to see Flash and Sha Shan again... I don't remember Cissy, maybe she's in Spectacular. Sounds inconsequential either way. But this new date, Dawn Starr... Very 80s haircut right there. Not sure I'm a fan, BUT she immediately says she's into Peter, so you know.

Oh, but it gets better! She's a science major (another one!) and... she's one of Peter's students! I'm into that, I like the drama. Peter's not of the same mind, though. He's already got enough drama as is!

By the way, I'm not completely fond of this issue's colors... We'll see how it goes...

At the Guggenheim museum, Spidey and Black Cat have another fight.

Oh, she's a funny one for sure. The writing's becoming more horny, and I'm also here for it.

Once again, the Black Cat gets away, but with the statue this time! Oh, and we get news on Jonah! He's amnesiac now. "Jonas Harrow" says he's gonna help him, but he's got those terrifyingly goofy glasses that indicate he's not a nice guy.

Black Cat steals another thing (and is quite disappointed that she saw no resistance from the folks there), and we get a promise that the next issue will have a surprise ending. A kiss, a kiss!!!!

YES.

Marv Wolman's run is officially finished at this point! David Michelinie's a guest writer for 205, but his run will occur about five years later. Let's see how he fares here.

That's a really beautiful panel.

At Peter's workplace (the university!), he finds Dawn...

We got a kiss! I didn't expect him to go down that line, though. But I'm here for the messiness. I presume it won't last long...

Peter thinks things are looking up on him, but that's not exactly a sentiment I share.

Spidey and Black Cat have a little fight again, and she gets away again.

Later, at the Daily Globe, Peter meets Pamela Dean, society editor and possible new love interest? What is going on here?

Did Peter breaking up with MJ finally open his dating prospects?

There's a solid theme of love going around in these issues. Black Cat targets art about love, Pamela Dean wants to write a story about an artist who does romantic and erotic art... This feels like a new era.

Peter's convinced Black Cat's building a shrine to her father with those thieveries, and I think he's completely wrong about that. The likely actual person she loves is... well, Spider-Man, of course.

Love these panels.

At his office, Peter finds an intruder... and our dear miss Dawn is welcomed by none other than Spidey!

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Iran? What the heck, Peter.

Oh, Peter... (He looks so cute when he's angsty.)

Hey, does anyone know if this area really exists? I'm curious. Ross Andru drew real buildings, so...

So Felicia's exchanging the art she stole for the Helen Epistle, a love letter to Paris from Helen of Troy.

Just kidding! She's actually stealing that one too.

Meanwhile, Peter has an appointment with Bellflower, the erotic art collector that Felicia just threatened. He seems busy, and Peter smells the ruse.

Do you know what else is jangling?

Anyway. BC and Spidey have another confrontation, BC escapes, but Spidey tracks her and is completely surprised to see he was wrong about Felicia's daddy issues.

I love her expresssion on the left!

... You know what, that's actually a solid ending, because at first, Peter didn't care about his responsibility (the Dawn kiss), but then he got the backlash from that (disappointment and betrayal), so here, he chose to do the right thing. That's good.

206 time! Roger Stern is here. He'll stay for a while. I've seen people say to skip the Wein and Wolfman issues, so I'm curious to see what Stern brought to the game.

Turns out Jonas Harrow, who also created Hammerhead, the Kangaroo and Will O' The Wisps in the first place, is the one who's been making Jonas mad. He used rays or something on Jonah's office, which explains why Robbie was irritated last issue!

I'm sure Jonah will be back to his old self anyway... but I kinda like how it ties up neatly this background arc that has been running for like, ten issues at this point. Neat! Didn't expect it either.

At the Bugle, Robbie and Marla discuss what to do regarding Jonah's disappearance, but Jonas Harrow doesn't like this and turns up his rays. They get in a fight, and when Peter intervenes, he pushes them away rather violently.

Ew.

The rays cause everyone to be angry, but Peter activates the fire alarm to make them evacuate the building. Smart!

He eventually finds and breaks the rays emitting gadget, and then Harrow dares him to fight him. When he sees Spidey, Jameson gets his memory back. Much more effective than Harrow's tentative treatment!

I love the middle panel, but this is also why I cannot bring myself to care about Jonas: he sucks.

So... Marv Wolfman. Definitely an improvement on Len Wein if you consider the entirety of their runs, as it's more consistently solid.

I did love the graduation issues, the relationship drama, but the May arc was annoying, although I can appreciate the ambition. I think my problem lies moreso with the corresponding Spectacular issues, but it wasn't Wolfman, so...

I just feel like Wolman's cast isn't coherent the way Stan Lee and Gerry Conway's were. Still, there was an attempt to emulate Lee and Ditko's style at some point. Jameson was faaaar too involved in all of that to my liking, but it was a bit original at least, compared to previous times. Some characters acted out of character too (Ned and Harry)...

It's not a perfect run, and I don't gel well with Wolfman, but it was alright. Good, even.

Welcome, Mister O'Neil. Show me what you've got!

[kitausuret]

5-12 marvel asks

5. Favorite team: the easy answer here is, the Avengers! And there have been some really good lineups. I'm particularly fond of this West Coast Avengers lineup:

...and later on there's also a lineup with US Agent and Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter) that I totally adore.

The more complicated answer is, if they'd had time to develop, I'm pretty sure Flash's ragtag Space Knight crew would've ended up being an absolute favorite of mine. The Space Knights combined with the few folks he and Venom picked up galivanting across the galaxy would have been incredible all together but we'll never get to see it and I'll ALWAYS be upset about that.

6. Favorite run of your favorite team? ...well, uh, the Space Knight crew literally only appeared in Venom: Space Knight so. Yeah. That run. The only one in existence.

For the sake of keeping things interesting though, I also really like the Excalibur team, and Chris Claremont's run with them (Excalibur v1 #1-19, and then intermittently after that) is amazing. Claremont is far from a perfect writer but this series was SO much fun.

7. Favorite Silver Age comic: Ooooo, tough one - Avengers and Amazing Spider-Man are both really good, but honestly, I have to give this one to Spidey. Lee/Romita Sr. is absolutely unparalleled amazing-ness. Romita's pencils are so beautiful to look at and I think everyone should do themselves a favor and read some silver age Spidey. Just do it. GO. NOW.

Just. Just behold this unparalleled excellence.

8. Favorite solo hero: is it a cop-out if I say Spider-Man again? I loved Scarlet Witch's solo series, but ultimately I like her to be on a team, too. Peter Parker though? That man is a solo act if I ever saw one. And frankly I prefer it that way. I don't really like him being an Avenger, though I suppose I can accept him as a reservist, and occasional team-ups are fine but like. He's just so good on his own. Even his team-ups with Felicia, who he works well with, seem to always end in abject disaster. So yeah, let him stay on his own. (Panels from Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #89)

9. Favorite character introduced in the last ten years: this one's easy, it's Andrea Benton! I absolutely adore Jubulile van Scotter as well though. Both? Both.

10. Best development was answered right here!

11. Favorite ship? You mean I have to pick one? Well, why don't I go with a canon one, for once? PeterMJ will always be endgame. But they both have two hands, and Peter can have up to six. Ultimately though I don't think I could ever keep them apart. They will ALWAYS be soulmates of some kind or another. They're just amazing.

12. Favorite underrated character? Hmmm... probably Sam Buchanan, from Darkhold: Pages From the Book of Sins. He was one of the Darkhold Redeemers and Victoria Montesi's first emotional support blond himbo. (Her second was Eddie Brock (Toxin).) I love him.

[stackthedeck]

I hope you don't get mad with my ask but: Why do you ship Spideypool? Thanks!

I mean I kinda ship spidey with every tbh but you know I don’t get these kind of asks about Johnny Storm or Harry Osborn or Felicia Hardy or Matt Murdock nah it’s literally only Wade Wilson

But this was worded very nicely so I’m going to assume you don’t think I’m a creep like some other anons

So if you look at the comics it’s obvious that Deadpool is interested in Spider-Man especially in their team up comic. At first it seems like creepy obsessive fan boy activity but over time as Peter gets tuned into Wade’s sense of humor, sees that he’s making an effort to play by Peter’s rules, and that Wade is operating on a different level by no fault of his own and they just kinda click. Like Peter barely tolerates Wade but then he welcomes him, likes him, sees the parts of him that Wade keeps secret. Like Ellie loves Peter and I love single parent x person their kid likes. And Wade loves Peter, loves his quips and appreciates his heroism like no one else. And Wade, despite an obsessive and unstable nature, respects Peter’s boundaries. It’s really obvious that Wade has enough feelings for Peter to rein himself in and this is more obvious when you look at how Gwenpool treats Peter. (Insert panel of Wade making a point of not looking at Peter’s face and the panel of Gwen trying to unmask Peter) (also insert panel of Peter being called Wade’s heart mate)

They’re such a fun duo too and they’re not perfect by any means but I think there’s potential for Wade to get a Black Cat level spot on Peter’s love interest roster. Like obviously Peter and MJ are endgame but I do think there’s a compelling story of Peter finally calling Wade’s bluff on the flirting thing and just kissing him but oops it wasn’t a bluff and Peter’s finally having his bi crisis.

There’s this weird energy around the spideypool ship of Wade as predator and Peter as blushing virgin which is just such a bad faith take of their characters. First off they’re both SA survivors and I think that’s something they’d be cautious and considerate about. Second off, their first canon meeting is when they’re both adults and they’re storylines together are when they’re both adults. Third off, who the fuck thinks Peter Parker is a virgin?? Man has almost as many love interests as Matt Murdock.

I think a lot of people feel weird about this ship because the platonic ideal of Spider-Man is a kid in high school. But he just hasn’t been that for a long time. I think a lot of people have misunderstandings of who Deadpool is because the worst comic fans flock to him and it puts a lot of people off from reading his comics. I know that people assume I’m a pedophile because mcu Spider-Man exists and it’s frustrating because I’ve written essays upon essays across platforms about how unfaithful mcu Peter is to the core character of Spider-Man. I really don’t know how to make it more obvious that I’m talking about the comics or Andrew Garfield or hell even Tobey Maguire.

Also it’s Peter Parker’s most popular ship by pure numbers. Like you gotta ship it