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What would you name it, how would it work out, when would it take place? This new Caped Crusader one got me thinking about how I would do it for Spider-Man. What are some of your guy's ideas?
 
personally I have no idea what it would be or what should happen in it. I see the ending I picture in my head very similar to Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow but not the same.

I just see an ending where there is some world ending event happening and Spider-man dies and gets credit for saving the world even though it was every other hero actually saving the world some how Spider-man gets all the credit. this works perfectly in this continuity since no one knows he's Peter Parker when they take the mask off its not Peter I'm not sure who it would be, but not Peter. then there will be a large funeral and J. Jonah Jameson himself will make a speech about how Spider-man saved the world and how he wished he was alive so he could thank him and take back a few bad things he might have said about him in the past. stroll along to finally see Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson with their happy family and all. 2 daughters and 1 son named May Parker, Gwendolyn Parker, and Harold Benjamin Parker.

thats just a very rough outline though.
 
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I'm going to have to think up some ideas. I have quite a few in my head already, but I'll post my ideas tommorow.
 
Their already doing something similer to whatever happened to the man of tommorow in Ultimatum/Ultimate Spider-man requiem
 
Kiiinda....This is more like an ending to Spider-Man indefinitely. I'm wondering if Peter should really die at the end or if he should have another identity like Superman becomes [BLACKOUT]Jordan Elliot[/BLACKOUT] (To those that haven't read Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, GO READ IT!). Peter would definitely have to be Ben Reilly in that case.

Also Spider-Man doesn't really have a name like Man of Tomorrow...Web-Swinging Wonder?
 
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Kiiinda....This is more like an ending to Spider-Man indefinitely. I'm wondering if Peter should really die at the end or if he should have another identity like Superman becomes [BLACKOUT]Jordan Elliot[/BLACKOUT] (To those that haven't read Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, GO READ IT!). Peter would definitely have to be Ben Reilly in that case.

Also Spider-Man doesn't really have a name like Man of Tomorrow...Web-Swinging Wonder?

Closet thing would probably be web-slinger
 
I think it needs to be longer than web-slinger though you know? I think it needs around 4-6 syllables
 
Oh I know, but theres no such thing. I'm just saying web-slinger is probably the closet you can get, though I know it doesnt have the same ring as Man of Tomorrow or Caped Crusader.
 
"Whatever Happened to Our Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man?"
 
Personally, I could see it going down where a young mutant with powers that are nearly identical to those of Peter Parker has taken up super-villiany. The crimes aren't outlandish, or greedy, they are all petty thefts, and none of them involve anyone getting injured. This guy could even run aroung in a cheap, storebought Spidey suit.

Spidey is on the lookout for him, as the Bugle is having a field day with this. MJ (YES, I STILL OPERATE IN PRE-BND WORLD) has just discovered that she is pregnant, and doesn't know how to tell Peter, as it will cause him to feel conflicted about being Spidey. Peter has a run-in with a major baddie, and a huge fight ensues. During this fight, the imposter runs up on it in his suit, and casually site on the sidelines, observing Spidey and his moves.

In the fight, some rubble ends up falling to the ground, and the imposter Spidey ends up saving the would-be victims. Spidey sees him do this, and, after tagging him with a tracer and defeating the baddie, he follows him to his home, ready to dish out a stern butt-whooping!

Upon arriving, he sees he's at a small, rundown project apartment house, and that the boy has an elderly mother. Peter thinks back to Aunt May, and decides upon a different action. He goes in as Peter Parker, and confronts the boy about how he saved a man's life at the battle. Peter eventually tells him that he has a great power, and that, with that must come great responsibility. Peter then leaves him a gift: A suit and webshooters.


Cut forward a few weeks later, and we see Spider-Man on the news, battling another villian. MJ is watching on the television, and begins to cry a little. Then, we see Peter walk up behind her with flowers. They talk and Peter explains everything. Mj tells him that she's pregnant, and they get to live happily ever after, while Spider-Man lives on.
 
Personally, I could see it going down where a young mutant with powers that are nearly identical to those of Peter Parker has taken up super-villiany. The crimes aren't outlandish, or greedy, they are all petty thefts, and none of them involve anyone getting injured. This guy could even run aroung in a cheap, storebought Spidey suit.

Spidey is on the lookout for him, as the Bugle is having a field day with this. MJ (YES, I STILL OPERATE IN PRE-BND WORLD) has just discovered that she is pregnant, and doesn't know how to tell Peter, as it will cause him to feel conflicted about being Spidey. Peter has a run-in with a major baddie, and a huge fight ensues. During this fight, the imposter runs up on it in his suit, and casually site on the sidelines, observing Spidey and his moves.

In the fight, some rubble ends up falling to the ground, and the imposter Spidey ends up saving the would-be victims. Spidey sees him do this, and, after tagging him with a tracer and defeating the baddie, he follows him to his home, ready to dish out a stern butt-whooping!

Upon arriving, he sees he's at a small, rundown project apartment house, and that the boy has an elderly mother. Peter thinks back to Aunt May, and decides upon a different action. He goes in as Peter Parker, and confronts the boy about how he saved a man's life at the battle. Peter eventually tells him that he has a great power, and that, with that must come great responsibility. Peter then leaves him a gift: A suit and webshooters.


Cut forward a few weeks later, and we see Spider-Man on the news, battling another villian. MJ is watching on the television, and begins to cry a little. Then, we see Peter walk up behind her with flowers. They talk and Peter explains everything. Mj tells him that she's pregnant, and they get to live happily ever after, while Spider-Man lives on.
I'd totally buy that. It'd be a nice end to thing without ending things in stone ("baaaw all are dead! the end" type of story). It's nice when things have an open ended end with hope and a bit of beauty.
 
I'd totally buy that. It'd be a nice end to thing without ending things in stone ("baaaw all are dead! the end" type of story). It's nice when things have an open ended end with hope and a bit of beauty.

I just thought it was poetic to have a Spider-Man's story end with a burglar, much as the way it began.
 
I like that idea shinlyle. Spidey deserves a happy ending.
 
Speaking of which, I just read, "Whatever happened to the Caped Crusader" part one, last night....it's pretty weird, but good. Of course, I haven't read Batman in awhile. I thought it was crazy to see Joe Chill in there as the bartender and say, "I was here in the beginning, it's only fitting I be here at the end".
 
Yeah, I really liked that part of the comic as well. I like your idea shinlyle, but if I were to write one I'd have more supporting characters come back and their character arcs ended. I'd actually probably do a post BND continuity and have Peter and MJ get together at the end. And I'd have to have the Osborn family wrapped heavily into the story as well as probably Doc Ock and Venom. All the Bugle staff and many of Peter's supporting characters would make a turn out for the story. And I think that Peter would end up permanently becoming Ben Reilly, because Peter (at least his persona) is outed as Spider-Man and appears to die. Maybe I'd show them raising Mayday at the end.

I guess to be fair we've had 130 issues of "Whatever Happened to Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man?" in Spider-Girl.
 
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If there was a Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow type of Spider-Man story.

There already is one. It's called Spider-Man: The Final Adventure.
 
Speaking of which, I just read, "Whatever happened to the Caped Crusader" part one, last night....it's pretty weird, but good. Of course, I haven't read Batman in awhile. I thought it was crazy to see Joe Chill in there as the bartender and say, "I was here in the beginning, it's only fitting I be here at the end".

Woah, Joe Chill was there? Didn't he like...bite it in Year 2 or something? Or am I thinking of something that has since been retconned?
 
Woah, Joe Chill was there? Didn't he like...bite it in Year 2 or something? Or am I thinking of something that has since been retconned?

Yeah, but the whole issue is almost like Bruce Wayne's dream/nightmare/hell type of thing. I don't know. Neil Gaiman wrote it, so it is a little more on the surreal side.
 
There already is one. It's called Spider-Man: The Final Adventure.

Wow, I totally forgot about that one. I've read very little about it...I'll have to try and find it when I go back to my LCS.

And Reign isn't a Whatever Happened to... story, it's just DKR with Spider-Man thrown in instead.
 
And Reign isn't a Whatever Happened to... story, it's just DKR with Spider-Man thrown in instead.

BS, that DKR comparison doesn't hold up much past a future story where the hero has quit. By that comparison all superheroes are superman ripoffs or you could make the case that DKR was just a rip off of V for Vendetta. As far as a story goes these were entirely different in every possible way.

Pete quit after MJ died and NY went to ****, kinda the way I'd expect it to go.



But really isn't OMD/BND kinda this concept? I know I'm wondering whatever happened to Peter Parker currently, cause this sure as hell ain't him.
 

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