Comics Amazing from Beginning to End

[moraldeficiency]

And we've hit the point where some of my first comics are here so I'll catch up quickly.

Daredevil first appearance and the circus of crime. First off the circus is awesome. I'd really like to see them used more. I look at the stuff from Spider-Man Noir and how they made the goblin and that's what I'd like to see from the circus. The daredevil fight I was less a fan off. Here's my take on that. Daredevil doesn't stand a chance against Peter, not for a second. Peter practically outdoes him in everyway on matt's own powerset. I'm not a fan of seeing people like Daredevil or the Punisher holding their own against Spider-Man, it just doesn't make sense. Other point, dig the look for daredevil, would like to see matt go with something more like that.

Sandman vs Peter and Johnny. Ok, this happens a lot and I wish they allowed the sandman to keep this level of rep rather than the more watered down version they show too often today. Flint was a guy that could beat the hell out of pretty much anyone, someone that Peter could only beat through his mind. I like this level of opposition for Peter. Some enemies he could beat in a fight like GG or Kraven but others are just so overpowered that Peter's powers only gave him the chance to survive until his brain beat them. Sandman was one of the first like this for Peter and he's one of the most unique villians ever.

 

[moraldeficiency]

We just wanted a quiet little ceremony, but my family is making sure that it's all spiralling out of control.

Word of advice, do not fight it, just lay back and take whatever's going to happen. I messed up my engagement by fighting with families (on both sides), just let them have the day, the wedding's not really about you, the honeymoon is.

 

[iloveclones]

Flint was a guy that could beat the hell out of pretty much anyone, someone that Peter could only beat through his mind. I like this level of opposition for Peter. Some enemies he could beat in a fight like GG or Kraven but others are just so overpowered that Peter's powers only gave him the chance to survive until his brain beat them. Sandman was one of the first like this for Peter and he's one of the most unique villians ever.

I like that take on Sandman. He really should have been a Doc Ock level villain, given his power.

 

[iloveclones]

Word of advice, do not fight it, just lay back and take whatever's going to happen. I messed up my engagement by fighting with families (on both sides), just let them have the day, the wedding's not really about you, the honeymoon is.

Definitely. We were pretty satisfied with what we were doing (minimal decorating etc), but my one cousin stepped in and decided to "enhance" it for us. We're totally cool with letting other people do the work for us.

brideofclones is actually originally from Moscow....I'll pause to allow time for the mail order bride jokes....and let me tell you md: a better way for inlaws to meet hasn't been invented that's better than not speaking the same language. There is literally no way anybody can argue! I highly recommend it...


Now, if only I could convince her that we should register at Mile High....

 

[moraldeficiency]

I like that take on Sandman. He really should have been a Doc Ock level villain, given his power.

His early appearances he would regularly school both Pete and the Human Torch. If you think about his power set he's one of the most powerful beings on the planet, immortal and just about unkillable. Also Hydroman is ridiculously powerful but he's too stupid to use it right.

 

[moraldeficiency]

Definitely. We were pretty satisfied with what we were doing (minimal decorating etc), but my one cousin stepped in and decided to "enhance" it for us. We're totally cool with letting other people do the work for us.

brideofclones is actually originally from Moscow....I'll pause to allow time for the mail order bride jokes....and let me tell you md: a better way for inlaws to meet hasn't been invented that's better than not speaking the same language. There is literally no way anybody can argue! I highly recommend it...


Now, if only I could convince her that we should register at Mile High....

Yeah just let them run crazy and sit back and smile. Love russian women, good luck with that buddy.

One trick on this that I've found good is to do it this way: each of you get five gifts that you just choose yourself, no judgement and no interference by the other party. Everything else you have to pick together. I promise you those ten gifts will be given by your close friends and let the other family get like the dinner plates and all the necessary but unfun crap.

 

[Spider-Gnome]

On a side note guys, I'll be tying the proverbial knot in a few weeks. So my already slow pace may become glacial. Just hang in there. I'll try to keep at it, but my attentions may be elsewhere. ( I keep noticing this Red bird following me around....I hope it doesn't mean anything!)

Let me offer my congratulations also! Now maybe after a few years, you'll join me and others on the other side of the Spider-Man marriage debate!

Passed 20 years myself. Guess I better make sure all my elderly aunts are alright!

 

[moraldeficiency]

Well we haven't heard from clones in a while so I'm going to say he's got to be married to his russian mail order bride at the moment. Since he should be on his honeymoon this means that clones has finally become a man! I hope she was gentle.

Congrats buddy I wish you and the missus all the best.

 

[iloveclones]

Haha. No, but I did make the mistake of taking her and her daughter to see Thor on Sunday. Big strategic mistake. Her exact phrase to me during the movie was, "Are those his real eyes or does he have contacts in?" I dreaded the moment when he was going shirtless. I think I may have induced some cold feet....On the plus side, she may let me wear a big red cape to the reception now!

I am in the planning stages of wedded bliss, but I'll see if I can get the review up there tonight (Scorpion!)

 

[moraldeficiency]

Haha, poor guy, that may have been a mistake. My girl loved it, which was good cause she hated the dark knight when she saw it. Loved the scene after the credits too. Well have fun with the planning buddy.

 

[iloveclones]

Taking a short break from monogrammed napkins and the all-crucial tablecloth color scheme.....

Amazing Spider-Man #20 - The Coming of the Scorpion

Personally, I would consider this to be the unofficial end of the great streak of great villain introduction. There will be others from here on in; but I would say Scorpy is a legitimate threat to Spidey and has stuck around all these years.

Once again, JJJ is looking for a way to wipe Spidey off the face of the planet. Fortunately, there's a scientist right here in the same zip code who's cooking up genetic oddities. Surely, He could come up with something....

It really wouldn't be Jonah if he weren't hatching some harebrained scheme...

I loved this picture when I first saw it, and I probably believed all of those things were possible. And I love that Jonah is impressed about teaching the rat to swim. Well, hell, I can do that! Teaching him to breathe underwater is the trick....

And in one of those great instances of convenience for Jonah, he's had a Private Eye, Mac Gargan, following Pete to find out how he gets those great Spidey pics. So why not use him as a guinea pig in some random, experimental biological genetic-manipulating scheme?

Scorpy hands Spidey his hat (mask), and leaves him to lick his wounds. Dr. Stillwell realizes that all is not well with the procedure that was done to Mac, which is a surprise, considering how well planned out this particular protocol was. And then, just like all mad scientists, when it's absolutely too late to do anything to do about it, he tries to take it back. Of course, Scorpy likes his newfound powers, and has absolutely no intention whatsoever of giving them up.

Anyone got the number of the Oppenheimer Bad Decision By Scientists Support Group?

On the set of Hangover 3...

Stillwell tries chasing after Scorpion.....up the side of a building....with a flask of antidote in one hand. After a few floors, he realizes that he can't keep up with Mac(shocking), and desperately tries to throw the serum at him. Because swallowed, or absorbed through the skin, ahhh, what diff does it make. I designed it as extra strength AND fast acting dammit.(Apply DIRECTLY to the forehead!) Well, lets just say that as a pitcher, he makes a swell mad scientist.

Dude, water balloons is soooooo grade school.....

Spidey engages him again, and Scorpy has him on the ropes and left for dead one more time, until Pete hears Betty screaming. That gets him going again, and he manages to webScorpy to the floor and then take him apart, literally.
Scorpion really is a top notch villain, who really never materialized into the threat that he should have over the years. But he had a great start.

 

[moraldeficiency]

Ok, loved this one, loved how jonah at the end just couldn't believe how Spider-Man could beat someone more powerful than him. The scorpion has been so misused over the years. His suit was just a small part, his powerset is basically better than peter's in every way. But he's never taken that way, what a shame.

 

[iloveclones]

OK, I'm going to try to sneak at least one more in here before I start to get busy with the nuptials next weekend....

Amazing Spider-Man #20 - Where Flies the Beetle,,,!

This is another issue, like the Circus of Crime one, where I was kind of thinking, ughhhh, what am I gonna say about this one. The Beetle is such a lame villain. And we've seen Spidey and Torch together so many times (including a couple of issues ago), that it does get tiresome. But again, it's a fun little issue, that doesn't have a villain in it as much more than a backdrop for a little rivalry between Spidey/Torch and Johnny/Peter. It really is a great little idea that Slott will mine years later for a HT/S-M mini that most probably got him the job he has today.

We start out with lil' Abner Jenkins getting out of prison. I find it funny that the prison system has no choice but to give him his armor back (I wonder if people who commit robberies get their guns and knives back when they leave the system.) Johnny hears about this and immediately goes flaming off to search for his (that's right Torchy had first dibs on the Beetle) old foe, pissing off his date Dorrie. Which gives us the hook for this issue: Dorrie wants Johnny to not Flame On for 24 hours or it's Hit The Road Jack! Johnny, although being a superhero, is a teenager with, uh, wants and needs of his own,and reluctantly agrees.

In one of those instance of inspired genius, fate would have Peter Parker on the scene when Dorrie is bowled over on the street by some unruly teens, dropping her shopping bags. Pete helps her pick them up, and notices she left her wallet, which he returns to her. Johnny sees him leaving, and thus begins the romantic romp/farce.

Beetle, who has been stalking Johnny, is privvy to some of these conversations, and realizes that Dorrie is the way to get at Johnny. After being confronted by Johhny on the street, Pete sort of comes to the same conclusion. Which sets up the first meeting of Spidey and the Beetle, both using Dorrie Evans to get back at the Torch!

And in the best scene in the book, Dorrie calls Johnny to get him to come save her because two nutballs are rolling around on her front law. And, you guessed it, Johnny figures he's being Punk'd.

Eventually, Johhny gets off his ass, and realizes Dorrie was telling the truth. He chases after Spidey, who he thinks has taken Dorrie. They have their big It's-all-a-misunderstanding fight scene, and eventually capture the Beetle

 

[iloveclones]

And because it wouldn't be an issue of Amazing Spider-Man without our hero turning into Sulky McSulkerson......

 

[spideyboy_1111]

OK, I'm going to try to sneak at least one more in here before I start to get busy with the nuptials next weekend....

Amazing Spider-Man #20 - Where Flies the Beetle,,,!

This is another issue, like the Circus of Crime one, where I was kind of thinking, ughhhh, what am I gonna say about this one. The Beetle is such a lame villain. And we've seen Spidey and Torch together so many times (including a couple of issues ago), that it does get tiresome. But again, it's a fun little issue, that doesn't have a villain in it as much more than a backdrop for a little rivalry between Spidey/Torch and Johnny/Peter. It really is a great little idea that Slott will mine years later for a HT/S-M mini that most probably got him the job he has today.

We start out with lil' Abner Jenkins getting out of prison. I find it funny that the prison system has no choice but to give him his armor back (I wonder if people who commit robberies get their guns and knives back when they leave the system.) Johnny hears about this and immediately goes flaming off to search for his (that's right Torchy had first dibs on the Beetle) old foe, pissing off his date Dorrie. Which gives us the hook for this issue: Dorrie wants Johnny to not Flame On for 24 hours or it's Hit The Road Jack! Johnny, although being a superhero, is a teenager with, uh, wants and needs of his own,and reluctantly agrees.

In one of those instance of inspired genius, fate would have Peter Parker on the scene when Dorrie is bowled over on the street by some unruly teens, dropping her shopping bags. Pete helps her pick them up, and notices she left her wallet, which he returns to her. Johnny sees him leaving, and thus begins the romantic romp/farce.

Beetle, who has been stalking Johnny, is privvy to some of these conversations, and realizes that Dorrie is the way to get at Johnny. After being confronted by Johhny on the street, Pete sort of comes to the same conclusion. Which sets up the first meeting of Spidey and the Beetle, both using Dorrie Evans to get back at the Torch!

And in the best scene in the book, Dorrie calls Johnny to get him to come save her because two nutballs are rolling around on her front law. And, you guessed it, Johnny figures he's being Punk'd.

Eventually, Johhny gets off his ass, and realizes Dorrie was telling the truth. He chases after Spidey, who he thinks has taken Dorrie. They have their big It's-all-a-misunderstanding fight scene, and eventually capture the Beetle

this is my oldest spidey comic

 

[iloveclones]

Okay guys. I figured this might be a good place to post this. Most of you know me pretty well, and I've been appreciating all of your recent well wishes and advices.

So, since the Rapture didn't take place (or it did, and I wasn't invited ), I decided to go ahead with the wedding instead. I wanted to find a pic for you guys, and I saw this one which I think you all might dig.

After the ceremony, before the reception, I took my bridal party to a Carousel in Schenley Plaza (md, ask the girlfriend). We rode around and took some shots. I liked this one for because it showed off a present that my (then) girlfriend got me for an early birthday present (also this weekend.)

Represent!

 

[Themanofbat]

 

[moraldeficiency]

Okay guys. I figured this might be a good place to post this. Most of you know me pretty well, and I've been appreciating all of your recent well wishes and advices.

So, since the Rapture didn't take place (or it did, and I wasn't invited ), I decided to go ahead with the wedding instead. I wanted to find a pic for you guys, and I saw this one which I think you all might dig.

After the ceremony, before the reception, I took my bridal party to a Carousel in Schenley Plaza (md, ask the girlfriend). We rode around and took some shots. I liked this one for because it showed off a present that my (then) girlfriend got me for an early birthday present (also this weekend.)

Represent!

Pic is gone, sadly. I was there this sunday actually. Congrats buddy. I wish you the best.

 

[iloveclones]

I forgot that I moved that pic to another album.

Thanks md. Next time you're in town, head up to the Schenley Park Welcome Center (across from Phipps Conservatory). That's where we had the reception. It's a coffee shop during the day, and a nice place to sit outside on the three non-cloudy days that we get in the 'Burgh.

 

[moraldeficiency]

Very nice. I will. Phipps is really nice.

 

[Spider-Gnome]

Congrats! And now we have a face to go along with the posts!

 

[Spider-Gnome]

Oh, and congrats to you as well on the birth of TSOB2!

 

[shinlyle]

Clones- CONGRATS ON THE NUPTIALS, MAN! Happy for you! Awesome cuff-links, by the way...

Celebrated 7 years with my missus on Sunday. Hope you guys have an awesome honeymoon!

 

[spidey99]

yeah, congrats on the wedding. Its great having someone around that understands you and shares your loves in collecting, music, and just about everything else. My wife and I have been married over 21 years now, no sign of it slowing down. Remember to always stay friends.

Keep On Thwipin'!!!
Sam

 

[Donald Thomas]

Okay guys. I figured this might be a good place to post this. Most of you know me pretty well, and I've been appreciating all of your recent well wishes and advices.

So, since the Rapture didn't take place (or it did, and I wasn't invited ), I decided to go ahead with the wedding instead. I wanted to find a pic for you guys, and I saw this one which I think you all might dig.

After the ceremony, before the reception, I took my bridal party to a Carousel in Schenley Plaza (md, ask the girlfriend). We rode around and took some shots. I liked this one for because it showed off a present that my (then) girlfriend got me for an early birthday present (also this weekend.)

Represent!

Aloha,
Best wishes and many years of health and happiness.
BTW-Where did you score the cuff links?
Spidey rules