HoratioRome
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VuMania said:I agree with your assertion. Basically, the writers/editors are using the popularity of their most famous character to raise the status of their other characters. What's the best way to show that Cap is the finest hand-to-hand combatant on Earth? Have him humiliate an opponent that is far stronger and faster than him. What's the best way to show that Wolverine is the best he is at what he does? Having him seriously hurt a teammate during a routine training exercise. The premise being that if Wolverine were really serious, Spider-Man would be dead.
Don't get me wrong, both Cap and Wolverine possess more knowledge of hand-to-hand than Spidey, but his superior strength, speed, agility, precognitive spider-sense and own combative experience should give him the edge. We're not talking about a rank amateur here. Spider-Man has at least a decade (as measure by the Marvel Universe....not our own timeline) of fighting experience. He is well verse on how to use his powers to the utmost degree.
To those who argue that inconsistencies have been prevalent throughout Spider-Man career, I wholeheartedly agree. Spider-Man has been "humbled" by the likes of "Mirage" (anybody remember that character?), Spot and the Trapster (Paste-Hot-Pete). That doesn't mean that we as fans should be "consistent" in our tolerance of these mistakes. WE ARE THE FAN BASE! If the character is written out of context, than we have every right to voice our disapproval.
I'm not sure how much longer this run of "B-List" Spider-Man will last. I feel that that as absurd as this may be, the editors/writers feel that if they write Spider-Man to his true potential, he will lose some of his fan base/revenue. In the end, it's all about sales and profits.
well said. I would add that not only is SM no rank amateur, we forget that he is Marvel's PREMIER superhero. The best "pound for pound" in the MU. he is no joke.
I also agree that we should not tolerate the mistakes of the past anymore than those of the present.
I would point out that though SM has been humbled by lesser beings in the past, it is also true that SM was basically playing with them in these figths. What I mean is that though he would struggle and get humbled in one issue if/when he ever NEEDED to end a fight quickly he would do so.
he has stopped King pin, Kraven, Vulture, etc. with just one blow in the past.
This point is best illustrated in Amazing SM #143 and 143, where in one issue he is barely holding his own against scorpion. but in the next issue because Scorpion almost hurt aunt may SM beat him to a pulp and forced him to beg for mercy.
Finally though he would struggle against DD, it was also made clear that DD was out of his league.