Comics Reasons to keep reading Spider-Man

[MyPokerShirt]

1 reason why i continue to read spider-man: he's my fave.

As fanboy as that is, whenever i leave/ consider leaving spider-man's books i always end up coming back and catch up on alllll the bad stories and alllll the good ones. I know its fanboy of me to say "stick with it" but i hate seeing people coming up with reasons to drop his titles. After all we're on a superhero board because we love superheroes!

I want to be positive and honestly believe Civil War will end with spider-man having a stronger fanbase than ever, with a stronger character than ever. Maybe you can come up with reasons to stick with the book in contrast to 'top 10 reasons i stopped reading spiderman', which has become quite popular.

I think when Pete switches sides (which he WILL, if all the not-so-subtle hints are to be believed) in the civil war, he'll kick some iron man ass. Reading Amazing Spider-Man 533 already gives support to this. He expresses his anger at Tony for taking the "boss" thing too far and issues a warning to him That's good stuff.

Sensational Spider-Man 28 is similarly good. If al the unmasking issues go this well then that faux pas becomes an inspired choice. Sure, it won't last forever but if the stories are good then you'll be enjoying the ride.

Please try to keep this thread for reasons to keep reading Spider-Man, there's already a thread to drop it! If noone posts then either you guys don't like me (a distinct possibility ) or maybe spider-man's fanbase is doomed *cries*

 

[storyteller]

Eventually spiderman will get his old suit back and finally regrow his balls.

 

[MyPokerShirt]

his balls officially grew back in amazing spider-man #533.


We share doctors...

 

[ragingdemon155]

Reasons to keep reading Spider-man??

Even though it's been a real rough period for the character...when written well he's still the most interesting and compelling superhero..... period.

 

[Kraven]

Agree 100% with ragingdemon.... and also to see what Norman Osborn will do after the unmasking.

 

[Kevin]

reasons to keep reading... when/if MJ returns, we'll see a happy peter because once she's gone he's gonna be moanin' and groanin'.

 

[MyPokerShirt]

MJ goes? what? when? how?

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Im continuing with ASM because i think its got one of the most riveting, compelling storylines ive seen in YEARS. Civil War and all related books have been fantastic, imo.

Im continuing with SSM because tons of my favorite B list villains/allies have been showing up, and continuity has improved greatly.

I dropped FNSM because it bored the ass off of me (alternate reality Uncle Ben? "Jerk" Flash Thompson? <yawn>), but if Deb Whitman is brought back, i may check it out.

All in all, im personally happy with Spider-Man.

At the moment.

 

[Bullseye]

It seems a lot aren't very happy with JMS run on Amazing Spider-Man and they have dropped the title. Which is fine. I still read it and I love what JMS has done with the ASM.

Still, I'm not going to try and convince people to read it if they don't want to. It really doesn't bother me if who reads ASM or doesn't read it. Its their choice.

 

[spideylover89]

Reasons to stick around:
Sensational kicks ass
MJ hasn't been booted...yet
Some old school supporting cast members are returning

That's really all I can think of as far as 616 spidey goes. Right now I don't need any reason to read Ultimate other than the fact that it's pretty damn good.

 

[MyPokerShirt]

i've been trying to plug FNSM on here for months. i found the stegron stuff on sensational absolute crap and the art and dialogue in FNSM recently have been really good. the future scenes all had their own slang; "peter parker would be ashamed of you!" being said in 2211 to a gov't agent?with the way civil war is going? brilliant.

i thin after the new avengers break up will see some more of the 'normal' supporting cast

oh and bullseye i appreciate your post, even if you dont care what others think. im just tryin to keep spider-man some fans. i personally, like many others, have a much better view of JMS early run and have only delved into the,um... 'crappy' period. the point of this thread is in reaction to the "10 reasons to stop" thread, is all. im not trying to tell people what they should/shouldnt read.


but yeah... read FNSM lol

 

[Zenien]

I would have to say that reading Amazing Spider-Man #533 has sold me on the coming out storyline for Peter, and I couldn't be happier that Peter has miraculously regained his confidence and sense of identity. 533 was a great issue, Civil War is becoming a blast (read frontline and the tie ins people!) and I can't wait to see the story progress and find out how the peices will hit the floor.

I actually like his Iron Spidey costume now...

 

[spideylover89]

i've been trying to plug FNSM on here for months. i found the stegron stuff on sensational absolute crap and the art and dialogue in FNSM recently have been really good. the future scenes all had their own slang; "peter parker would be ashamed of you!" being said in 2211 to a gov't agent?with the way civil war is going? brilliant.

I think the main reason FNSM hasn't been a complete hit around here, and this is just from the vibes I've picked up, is because it had a rough start. By it's 3rd issue it already had one of the most hated moments in spidey history (the infamous stingers), finally when it broke off on its own it was kind of fluff entertainment (the whole el meurto thing wasn't anything special) and even though it brought back Flash Thompson it negated 20 years worth of development with his character so he could be the same jerk-off jock from high school, and finally most of us are pretty tired of past/future stories where dead characters pop up. After Sins Past and the whole issue with Pete's origin being messed with in The Other, it was kind of difficult to be thrilled by the prospect of Uncle Ben making an appearance. Oh and 2211 Hobgoblin looked utterly ridiculous.

 

[stillanerd]

How about this? It's Spider-Man. What other reason do you need to keep reading? Hey, that's good enough for some people regardless how crappy the writer is.

 

[Kevin]

The Writers Aren't Crappy, They're Just Not To Your Liking.

 

[spideylover89]

Or they are crappy and just not to your dis...liking. You get the point, that argument works both ways.

 

[Kevin]

no... not really. but good try

 

[spideylover89]

It was a joke.
The point is anybody can say the writing is crappy or excellent, it's all a matter of opinion. So you saying "it's good and stillanerd just doesn't like" it doesn't have any more validity than stillanerd saying it sucks.

 

[Sloth7d]

FHSM and SSM are both very sucky in the story department right now.

And AMZ has just been boring boring boring.

I have been reluctant to pick up any Spiderman titles other than AMZ.
And I dropped the other titles off my reserve cart at the comicbook store.
I personally liked Sensational when it was titled Marvelknights Spiderman.
It gave it a dark feel that kinda worked.
Personally, I think the spidergirl series and Arana series have been way better than the current Spiderman story arcs.

Also:Why does the writers of new Avengers make spidey look so lame?
Also in X-factor#8civilwar they do it again?

 

[Kevin]

i know it was a joke. as far as i'm concerned we're friends. joking is what friends do, right?

 

[spideylover89]

Hey its cool, I just wanted to make sure you didn't blow up about it and this thread turned into another flame war. That has happened way too much lately.

 

[Kevin]

look, i know not to stop a war in the spidey forum. i would get my ass kicked

 

[stillanerd]

It was a joke.
The point is anybody can say the writing is crappy or excellent, it's all a matter of opinion. So you saying "it's good and stillanerd just doesn't like" it doesn't have any more validity than stillanerd saying it sucks.

Unless of course there is a consensus of opinion that something is good or bad, except it's possible that, to quote Buffalo Springfield, "Nobody's right if everybody's wrong." Besides, no matter how good or bad the writer is, Spider-Man is still one of the greatest comic book characters ever created. But then again, that's just my personal opinion.

 

[spideylover89]

Wow that had so many contradictions in one sentence lol
But the final point stands true

 

[Kevin]

agreed