Comics Spider-man: Reign

[socool13]

Here u can talk/post pics about the greatest Spidey graphic novel ever! i absolutly LOVE this comic. t: its dark, creepy, bloody and its SPIDEY! i cant help but feel bad for Peter on the account of

Spoiler

MJ dying and him seeing her everywhere.

Enjoy!
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[Spidey0]

It really feels like it's screaming FrankMiller. (and it does make a reference to him and the other guy) it's really good. some things i dont enjoy but i accept it.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Spider-Man: Reign is simply amazing! 'Nuff said.

 

[shinlyle]

I liked this story alot. It was dark, but Peter was still Spidey. Also, he has some very good quips and jokes in it!

"The way I see it, there are two types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't!"

Good stuff!

Also, the scene where Peter says "Here comes the Spider-Man" gave me chills. Great moment.

 

[Nathan]

"The way I see it, there are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't!"

Fixed.

 

[shinlyle]

D'oh! Thanks!!!

 

[iloveclones]

I liked this story alot. It was dark, but Peter was still Spidey. Also, he has some very good quips and jokes in it!

"The way I see it, there are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't!"

Good stuff!

Also, the scene where Peter says "Here comes the Spider-Man" gave me chills. Great moment.

I have to admit, I wasn't a big fan of it, probably why I missed that awesome joke. I'm going to re-read it just so I can catch that. ( I wonder if it's on Marvel Online, or I'll have to dive into my boxes...)

 

[moraldeficiency]

Actually there were a lot of good jokes there, from when pete was taunting the reign guys to the sneaker joke sandgirl had, it was surprising funny for such a dark tale. "What's you're name? Ben. Ben Dover. Last name, Takit." hehe.

What I thought the main difference between this and DKR was in what the character's purpose was. Batman just came back and was still a badass, he had plans in place, he wanted to fight, he planned for his "death" so he wouldn't die, classic batman.

Now take Reign, Pete had become a crazy loser (rightfully so) and was forced to mask up even though he didn't want to fight. It wasn't until Ock made him face his fears, something missing from DKR, that he became Spider-Man again and then not because he wanted to he did it because he needed to be that man again for the people he loved. He didn't plan on winning, he went right into battle fully expecting to die. Unlike DKR, where bats basically fixed all the problems himself, Pete did relatively little, what he did really was to inspire other people to fight again. If he didn't inspire JJJ there would be no resistance, if not for what he did for Ock, he would have died or given up, if he didn't inspire sandgirl, he would have died and the city would be lost. Batman fixes your problems, Spider-Man inspires you to fight for yourself, I liked that contrast a lot and I think too many people missed that saying it just parrotted DKR. Other than the news stuff this was worlds different, at least to me.

 

[Gexmeister]

I've been meaning to read this. I know it probably isn't as good as DKR (at least depending on how you look at it) but how good are they compared to each other? From what I've gathered, they're pretty similar to each other?

 

[moraldeficiency]

Reign is shorter, with more characterization and page time to other characters. The main point in difference I outlined above, but I'd say the art in Reign is much better.

DKR has a proactive approach in that batman goes from one problem solving it to the next, in reign the problems come to Pete.

 

[shinlyle]

I have to admit, I wasn't a big fan of it, probably why I missed that awesome joke. I'm going to re-read it just so I can catch that. ( I wonder if it's on Marvel Online, or I'll have to dive into my boxes...)

Well, I got the hardcover recently from Amazon.com for about 3 bucks! Too good to pass up!

Moraldeficiency-Right on. That, I think is the kep difference between Bats and Spidey.

 

[arachnid-guy]

One of my preferred Spider tales.

The mythos was treated with respect and an obvious love for all the characters.
And MJ/Peter were written mature and it struck emotional chords.

Very classically portrayed ideals and structure. Reads like an old Greek literature tale.

 

[crivelliman]

I feel like The Dark Knight Returns isn't a genre. It's a story that is a natural progression or incarnation for the Batman character. Trying to "fit" other characters into this "model" is more or less fan-service, in my mind.

I read Reign and it felt really weird. Granted, there were some cool moments in the book, and some great Spidey quips. Also, the way in which they dealt with MJ was pretty clever. But the concept of Reign, that they said something to the effect of, "Spider-Man just lent himself to the DKR model," is just a weird proclamation to make, to me.

 

[iloveclones]

I have to admit, I wasn't a big fan of it, probably why I missed that awesome joke. I'm going to re-read it just so I can catch that. ( I wonder if it's on Marvel Online, or I'll have to dive into my boxes...)

I did go online and read the first one. You know what I found funny? For all the fuss they made, to the extent of changing it in a second printing, you still get to see Peter's, well, peter in the online version.

 

[shinlyle]

One thing that will always bother me about Reign:

Who was the old, flabby, bald guy that the Mayor was keepin alive? To my knowledge, that point was never addressed. Was it Cap? Kingpin? NFL Superpro?

 

[moraldeficiency]

that was most definately the kingpin, it makes total sense. I don't know why that was confusing to people. Giant fat guy made skinny through jail, massive skin hanging around, the mayor keeping him around to remind him of what the city's overcome.

 

[The Bruce]

English is a 2. Language for me. I didn't get the:"Get offa me - middle name Doverand" joke?

 

[iloveclones]

Ben Doverand Taykit

Bend over and take it. (I'm not trying to be Mr. Obvious. I wasn't sure if you still weren't getting or not.)

 

[The Bruce]

Thanks man t:

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Here u can talk/post pics about the greatest Spidey graphic novel ever! i absolutly LOVE this comic. t: its dark, creepy, bloody and its SPIDEY! i cant help but feel bad for Peter on the account of

Spoiler

MJ dying and him seeing her everywhere.

Enjoy!
(remember put spoiler tags)

Yeah, that was tragically sad.

 

[Themanofbat]

Actually there were a lot of good jokes there, from when pete was taunting the reign guys to the sneaker joke sandgirl had, it was surprising funny for such a dark tale. "What's you're name? Ben. Ben Dover. Last name, Takit." hehe.

What I thought the main difference between this and DKR was in what the character's purpose was. Batman just came back and was still a badass, he had plans in place, he wanted to fight, he planned for his "death" so he wouldn't die, classic batman.

Now take Reign, Pete had become a crazy loser (rightfully so) and was forced to mask up even though he didn't want to fight. It wasn't until Ock made him face his fears, something missing from DKR, that he became Spider-Man again and then not because he wanted to he did it because he needed to be that man again for the people he loved. He didn't plan on winning, he went right into battle fully expecting to die. Unlike DKR, where bats basically fixed all the problems himself, Pete did relatively little, what he did really was to inspire other people to fight again. If he didn't inspire JJJ there would be no resistance, if not for what he did for Ock, he would have died or given up, if he didn't inspire sandgirl, he would have died and the city would be lost. Batman fixes your problems, Spider-Man inspires you to fight for yourself, I liked that contrast a lot and I think too many people missed that saying it just parrotted DKR. Other than the news stuff this was worlds different, at least to me.

While we both enjoyed this mini, I'd like to point out that it's funny that you think Peter is rightfully a "loser", yet with all the fuss concerning his current "loser" status... it's just funny to me, y'know?

Other than that, Reign was surprising good to me...

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

While we both enjoyed this mini, I'd like to point out that it's funny that you think Peter is rightfully a "loser", yet with all the fuss concerning his current "loser" status... it's just funny to me, y'know?

Other than that, Reign was surprising good to me...

Same here. I went in not expecting much, and was pleasantly surprised.

 

[Spectacular23]

Anybody knows how MJ is dying

 

[moraldeficiency]

While we both enjoyed this mini, I'd like to point out that it's funny that you think Peter is rightfully a "loser", yet with all the fuss concerning his current "loser" status... it's just funny to me, y'know?

Other than that, Reign was surprising good to me...

well the key difference between this loser pete and the current joke of a character your reading is this pete became a loser because doing the right thing ruined his life. In reign pete didn't take the easy way out, he fought and much like real life, being a good guy didn't work out for him at all. It killed the woman he loved, made him miss her final moments and basically made him insane. Hell he came back because he needed to be that man for her even though she was dead. He went into battle ready to lose everything once again because it was the right thing. That's heroic.

Now take what you've got. Pete makes a deal with the devil which is a direct insult to god him/herself, forces his aunt to live against her will, mystically aborts two children, messes with the minds of everyone on the planet (most especially the people he loves the most) and basically took the absolute path of least resistance shirking any sense of responsibility or even common sense. That's pathetic.

The seventy year old loser pete in reign is far more heroic, funny and spider-man like than the shell of a moron currently in the books. And that's funny to me (funny sad, not funny haha), y'know?

 

[arachnid-guy]

well the key difference between this loser pete and the current joke of a character your reading is this pete became a loser because doing the right thing ruined his life. In reign pete didn't take the easy way out, he fought and much like real life, being a good guy didn't work out for him at all. It killed the woman he loved, made him miss her final moments and basically made him insane. Hell he came back because he needed to be that man for her even though she was dead. He went into battle ready to lose everything once again because it was the right thing. That's heroic.

Now take what you've got. Pete makes a deal with the devil which is a direct insult to god him/herself, forces his aunt to live against her will, mystically aborts two children, messes with the minds of everyone on the planet (most especially the people he loves the most) and basically took the absolute path of least resistance shirking any sense of responsibility or even common sense. That's pathetic.

The seventy year old loser pete in reign is far more heroic, funny and spider-man like than the shell of a moron currently in the books. And that's funny to me (funny sad, not funny haha), y'know?

Mrm. Good points.