Comics Edwin Brock?? (ASM 532 Spoilers)

[Idio]

Basically, a part of the issue shows Eddie in a hospital bed being told the news that Pete has taken off the mask. Its good to new Eddie's still alive and kicking, but they got his name wrong. Its Edward Brock Jr.

Seems odd, I mean aren't editors supposed to fix stuff like this? What exactly do editors do? I'm still perplexed on this.

Its a small nitpick.

 

[shinlyle]

Basically, a part of the issue shows Eddie in a hospital bed being told the news that Pete has taken off the mask. Its good to new Eddie's still alive and kicking, but they got his name wrong. Its Edward Brock Jr.

Seems odd, I mean aren't editors supposed to fix stuff like this? What exactly do editors do? I'm still perplexed on this.

Its a small nitpick.

Dude...we're talking about the same editorial staff that missed MJ's armed being snapped in half one issue, and then it being magically healed in the next.

Ah...how I miss the old days when we had an asterick next to things...then we'd get a text box that told exactly to what was being referenced...complete with issue number!

Now...we're lucky if they even read Spidey and remember anything about it....especially the EIC....

 

[Captivated]

Basically, a part of the issue shows Eddie in a hospital bed being told the news that Pete has taken off the mask. Its good to new Eddie's still alive and kicking, but they got his name wrong. Its Edward Brock Jr.

Seems odd, I mean aren't editors supposed to fix stuff like this? What exactly do editors do? I'm still perplexed on this.

Its a small nitpick.

It's ASM 533 and there is already a thread on it.

It's not too long... you could add your comments there... I think others made the same observation.

 

[krec99]

where is his hair in milliars run on mk spidey he had hair?

 

[MyPokerShirt]

It's ASM 533 and there is already a thread on it.

It's not too long... you could add your comments there... I think others made the same observation.

stop being a ****. I think it justifies a new thread. its sickening how stupid they are.

 

[Captivated]

stop being a ****. I think it justifies a new thread. its sickening how stupid they are.

Are you joking... or are YOU that stupid?

I was trying to be helpful. You newbs are sooo thread happy.

 

[MyPokerShirt]

half joking, i just 1) dont think it matters
and 2) think new threads should be started when one gets too large

I hate threads that are hundreds of pages too long. urgh. u oldies are all for ur "official" old threads

 

[JackSkellington]

EDWIN???

Where the f**k did Marvel get Edwin from?!?

Idiots!

 

[Citizen_Kaine]

Seems like something pretty easy to pick up on. Editors don't really do much these days, with the bans on footnotes, and having to avoid stepping on creators toes

 

[Symbiotica]

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[Kraven]

How hard is it to change Edwin to Edward anyway, or even Eddie would be just fine. What are editors supposed to do exactly?

 

[MyPokerShirt]

ooooooooo, i HAVE A THEORY!!! STOP THE PRESSES!!!! lol.
isnt eddie a wanted man? maybe he just wanted to stay off of the police radar and wasnt very smart, so changed his name just ever so slightly when asked for his ID -- heck maybe its on his fake ID, i dont know. But at the least i get a No-Prize Stan would be proud...

Gawwwd im sad

 

[MyPokerShirt]

edit: double post

 

[stillanerd]

This wouldn't be the first time JMS screwed up on continuity issues during his run on Amazing Spider-Man:

*More than once, he has depicted the moment that Peter Parker being bitten by the radioactive (and magical ) spider happened during a class field trip (he went by himself to the science exhibit) and that Harry and Gwen went to his high school (when they did not).
*In order to make Aunt May feel guilty about the death of Uncle Ben, he had Ben leave the house after an argument, then, when on his way home, is shot just before entering the house; however, there have been several issues that have shown they were together when the burglar shot Uncle Ben.
*A few times JMS points out that Peter never tried to profit off of using his powers, completely disregarding that Peter started out as a wrestler/entertainer in order to make money (although it was mainly for his Aunt and Uncle), not to mention photographing his own exploits as Spider-Man and selling the photos to Jameson for money.
*And the most blatant retcon was having Gwen Stacy awake and fully conscious when the Green Goblin physically throws her off the bridge; in reality she was unconscious and was knocked off when the Goblin Glider hit her.

All of which could be easily checked out and verified through some of Marvel's own publications, considering how often the origin story and the Death of Gwen Stacy are reprinted. Why then should we be surprised at him screwing up a character's name?

 

[AmaznSpider-Fan]

Garney is to blame as well, you'd think that would be something easy to pick up on, Spidey hardcore fan or not.

 

[MyPokerShirt]

i think despite how good a writer u are, u havta be a fan. its not like, say the darkness or witchblade where itsa new series - its friggin spider-man, there must be plenty of good writers that are fans. i mean, cmon ppl, this is simple stuff. they cud just gone on wikipedia..

 

[Trask]

To be fair when it comes to a huge character like Spider-Man or X-Men, you cant expect the writers to know everything about the history of the characters. Especially when you consider that Spidy alone has over 600 issues of his own books with a number of appearances in other character's books and team-ups and out of continuity appearances. Not to mention that most of the writers work on more than one book/character. It is not upto the writers to make sure the little details are right, it is upto the editor and the "fact checkers".

 

[Norman Osborn]

To be fair when it comes to a huge character like Spider-Man or X-Men, you cant expect the writers to know everything about the history of the characters. ".

I don't disagree completely with the sentiment.....but not knowing the real name of A list villain is inexcusable....it's like calling Doc Oc Oscar

 

[stillanerd]

To be fair when it comes to a huge character like Spider-Man or X-Men, you cant expect the writers to know everything about the history of the characters. Especially when you consider that Spidy alone has over 600 issues of his own books with a number of appearances in other character's books and team-ups and out of continuity appearances. Not to mention that most of the writers work on more than one book/character. It is not upto the writers to make sure the little details are right, it is upto the editor and the "fact checkers".

That's true. After all, even some of us Spider-Man fans don't know every little detail about Spider-Man 45 year history. Then again, Marvel must really have some lously "fact checkers." For example, Mark Millar for his stint on Marvel Knights Spider-Man did a lot of his fact checking and sought the aid of spiderfan.org--which is not offically affiliated with Marvel--for some details. And yet he STILL made a huge gaff by making J. Jonah Jameson believe that his own son was Spider-Man, despite all the times John and Spidey were seen together in the same place. Then again, like Shinlyle said, this was the same bunch that overlooked MJ miraclously healed arm between part 7 and part 8 of the Other, despite three different writers, six different artists, and the comics' editoral staff--including Joe Quesada--until it was pointed out to them by readers. Makes one wonder when they'll bring the "No-Prizes" back.

 

[Trask]

I don't disagree completely with the sentiment.....but not knowing the real name of A list villain is inexcusable....it's like calling Doc Oc Oscar

I just read the book, and I have to ask, is the mistake the writers or the artist. Also I have seen doc Ock being called Octavian, so it does happen.

Then again, like Shinlyle said, this was the same bunch that overlooked MJ miraclously healed arm between part 7 and part 8 of the Other, despite three different writers, six different artists, and the comics' editoral staff--including Joe Quesada--until it was pointed out to them by readers. Makes one wonder when they'll bring the "No-Prizes" back.

Well that is what happens when you have a huge story spanning 3 books without a good co-ordination.

 

[storyteller]

Dude...we're talking about the same editorial staff that missed MJ's armed being snapped in half one issue, and then it being magically healed in the next.
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They kinda explained that within the issue bud. Her arm was still broken but to cop out of drawing a damn cast. It was a special cast designed to look like her arm was never damaged. They arent that stupid.......ummm...

 

[TDK]

I think the whole thing with MJ's broken arm is... a shame. But understandable. I mean come on. That story had three diffetrent writers and three different artists working on it. To be honest i'm surprised that was the only discrepency!

As for "Edwin". I'd hope it's just Eddie using a poor fake name too. Otherwise that will be very disappointing. Although surely this can't be JMS' fault. I'd say the blame would lie with Garney. If not the editor.

 

[Trask]

They kinda explained that within the issue bud. Her arm was still broken but to cop out of drawing a damn cast. It was a special cast designed to look like her arm was never damaged. They arent that stupid.......ummm...

Actually it was kind of explained in an issue of ASM a couple of months later (after people brought up the error to Marvel), so it was more a ret-con than something they planned (in my opinion anyway).

 

[Mara Jane]

This wouldn't be the first time JMS screwed up on continuity issues during his run on Amazing Spider-Man:

*More than once, he has depicted the moment that Peter Parker being bitten by the radioactive (and magical ) spider happened during a class field trip (he went by himself to the science exhibit) and that Harry and Gwen went to his high school (when they did not).
*In order to make Aunt May feel guilty about the death of Uncle Ben, he had Ben leave the house after an argument, then, when on his way home, is shot just before entering the house; however, there have been several issues that have shown they were together when the burglar shot Uncle Ben.
*A few times JMS points out that Peter never tried to profit off of using his powers, completely disregarding that Peter started out as a wrestler/entertainer in order to make money (although it was mainly for his Aunt and Uncle), not to mention photographing his own exploits as Spider-Man and selling the photos to Jameson for money.
*And the most blatant retcon was having Gwen Stacy awake and fully conscious when the Green Goblin physically throws her off the bridge; in reality she was unconscious and was knocked off when the Goblin Glider hit her.

All of which could be easily checked out and verified through some of Marvel's own publications, considering how often the origin story and the Death of Gwen Stacy are reprinted. Why then should we be surprised at him screwing up a character's name?

The first point was JRJr's mistake, or artistic interpretation, and he's admitted that. When I saw it, I thought it was a mistake, too, but when you really look at it, there's more to the image than just the spider bite. There's some symbolism there. The last asterisk could also be explained as an artist's error, although I don't know for sure. So not all of this is necessarily JMS's fault. I don't excuse him for other things, but he's not the only one at Marvel that's sloppy. The editors are total crap, too.

 

[storyteller]

Oh really, how did they explain that?