because it was incredibly obvious that he was joking
I think Spideys lost some of his popularity. His new flick was nothing special, The Ultimate Spidey cartoon is horrible and his video games havent been anything great or new either imo. Its all just been kinda lame, mediocre or been there done that. The Marvel films are kinda responsible for giving a new expecation in terms of things and Spideys not really up to those standards right now. He still real popular but he is losing some steam.
Comic wise Its been alright, def got my attention back. Still seems Avengers and X Men are front and center for Marvel at least imo though. The films matter too much for awareness nowadays. ASM2 needs to be real good for him to compete with Bats and The Avengers again.
Spidey is still highly marketable.
It's just that everything that's gone to market with his name on it in the past 2 years has sucked a bag of baboon-balls
I figured it'd be incredibly obvious that I was being sarcastic.
The idea of having Otto take over as Spiderman was interesting for awhile but it has been going on too long. They need to bring Peter back and soon.
I don't believe so... looks like the end is just around the corner, and the length of time seems right...
These kinds of opportunities will only happeb ONCE in a hero's lifetime... if someone else down the road tries this trick, it'll be a copycat of this... so why oh why if you were a writer, and you had this very unique opportunity to write an arch-enemie's mind in your hero's body, why would you want to wrap this up in 3 to 6 months?
It's impossible... same with the unmasking... we had so many more opportunities to explore with that concept, and Marvel shut the door within 6 to 8 months... and a public unmasking will NEVER happen again... at least, not in our lifetimes...
Peter will be back somehow around April or May... so hang onto your panties and enjoy the ride.
I am. (enjoying the ride AND hanging onto my panties)
I think it's more that the Avengers-related characters (cap, ironman, thor, hulk) are finally getting their time in the sun after all this time and Marvel's taking advantage. Spidey will always be Marvel's #1.
The idea of having Otto take over as Spiderman was interesting for awhile but it has been going on too long. They need to bring Peter back and soon.
It's only been a year.
Look at the old stories that are similar to this one:
Knightfall
Death and Return of Superman
Heroes Reborn
Death of Cap
They were all 1-2 years.
Those stories were much better written than Slott's story. At least that was the general consensus, so people didn't mind them being a bit longer.