I would like to talk more about Felicia’s crew, personally
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I had no idea that Bruno and Boris from the recent Black Cat comics were her hired cronies from Felicia's first appearance!
The recent comics written by Jed McKay are some of my favorite comics in years. Read em!
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💖 & 🧠 for the fic writer ask game please? <3
hi hello!!! thank you for the ask!!! :) <3
💖 ahhhhh, tough question! i would say my fight scenes or writing action, whatever word you use to describe that type of writing lol. i once got told my fights were pretty realistic and fun to read, and i ran with it (absolutely inflated my ego ngl), i kind of pride myself on them though it also means they have to be perfect
🧠 oh man, i have a few that are just outlines but most usually have a few drabbles or scenes associated with them that i tinker with when bored. BUT i do have a spider-cat jaydick au that is only worldbuilding notes at this point (and im not actively working on), so please enjoy my notes on that :)
(stuffing it under a keep reading thingy bc its a lot, sorry!)
Spider-Cat Jaydick AU
Working Summary: After the death/retirement of Spider-Woman Barbara Gordon, Gotham hits a dark patch. But unfortunately or fortunately, another radioactive spider bites Jaye Todd-Wayne on a school field trip to Fox Corp/Wayne Tech. Knowing Crime Alley, Jaye’s home (despite being adopted by billionaire Bruce Wayne), is in trouble without a Spider guardian, Jaye decides to take it upon herself to be the next Spider.
It’s not without its…problems.
Barbara as Spider-Woman Main Cast
Barbara Gordon = Spider-Gwen/Spider-Woman aka Gwen Stacy (Earth-65)
Commissioner Jim Gordon = NYPD Chief George Stacy
Harvey Bullock = Captain Frank Castle
Renee Montoya = Detective Jean DeWolff
Dinah Drake Lance = Mary Jane Watson (of the Mary Janes Band)
Alysia Yeoh = Betty Brant (of the Mary Janes Band)
Kori Anders = Glory Grant (of the Mary Janes Band)
Ted Kord = Peter Parker (aka Lizard, Earth-65)
Luke Fox = Harry Osborn (close friend to Gwen & Peter, Earth-65)
Lucius Fox = Norman Osborn
Jaye Todd-Wayne as Spider-Woman II or Ghost Spider Main Cast
Jaye Todd-Wayne = Spider-Woman II or Ghost Spider (aka Miles Morales)
Talia al Ghul and Bruce Wayne = Rio and Jefferson (Davis) Morales
Damian al Ghul = Billie Morales (younger sibling to Miles)
Willis Todd = Prowler aka Aaron Davis (uncle to Miles)
Tim Drake = Ganke Lee
Stephanie Brown = Starling aka Tiana Toomes
Arthur Brown = Vulture aka Adrian Toomes
Dick Grayson = Black Cat aka Felicia Hardy
Selina Kyle = Black Fox (mentor to Felicia and Tamara)
Victor Stone = Boris Korpse
Donna Troy = Bruno Grainger
Roy Harper = Tamara Blake
Raven = Odessa Drake
Main Villains
Joker & Harley Quinn = Carnage and Venom
Cluemaster (Arthur Brown) = Vulture
Two-Face (Harvey Dent) = Green Goblin or Two-Faced Goblin
The Penguin (Oswald Cobblepot) = Kingpin
Poison Ivy (Pamela Isley) = Doc Ock
Selina Kyle = Black Fox
Bane = Rhino
Black Mask (Roman Sionis) = Mister Negative
Mr. Freeze (Victor Fries) = Electro or Scorpion
Clayface = Hydro-Man or Swarm
Scarecrow = Sandwoman (whose sand causes nightmares from Earth 2099)
Firefly = Shocker
Mad Hatter = Mysterio
Ted Kord = Lizard I (deceased)
Killer Croc = Lizard II
Deathstroke (Slade Wilson) = Kraven the Hunter
Grant Wilson = Grim Hunter (Kraven’s first son and Kraven the Hunter II)
Rose Wilson* = Ana Kravinoff (Kraven’s daughter)
Carmine Falcone/Falcone Crime Family = Hammerhead
Maroni Crime Family = Tombstone
Moxon’s Empire/Lew Moxon = Silvermane
*Originally had Rose Wilson as Deadpool but I think she would work better as Kraven's daughter
Other Cast: (could potential appear or be saved for later)
Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman) = Kate Kane
Cindy Moon (Silk) = Cassandra Cain
Matt Murdock (Daredevil) = Helena Bertinelli*
Madame Web (Cassandra Webb) = Ma Gunn
The Tinkerer (based on the game Spider Man) = Lonnie Machlin or Dana Harlowe
*Helena could either be Daredevil or Glory Brant (of the Mary Janes Band), whether you want to have her as a vigilante or just a civilian
Additional Notes:
Barbara’s main villains were Doc Ock, Vulture, Lizard, Shocker, and Mysterio. The only villains present during her tenure were: Doc Ock, Vulture, Lizard I, Mysterio, Sandwoman, Kingpin, Black Cat, Silvermane, Tombstone, Hammerhead, Electro, Swarm, Prowler, and Shocker.
>>Barbara knew Kraven the Hunter was active and a villain via Dick, but never fought him personally.
>>Barbara mainly fought her big three: Doc Ock, Shocker, and Lizard. She also handled a lot of mafia/gang related crimes, in conjunction with her father’s work.
>>Barbara’s toughest battles were with Lizard I (mainly emotional) and Doc Ock.
Jaye’s main villains are Green Goblin/Two Faced Goblin, Kingpin, Mister Negative, Venom & Carnage. The villains present during her tenure are: Doc Ock, Vulture, Lizard II, Mysterio, Sandwoman, Black Cat, Kingpin, Shocker, Electro, Rhino, Venom & Carnage, Kraven the Hunter, Grim Hunter & Ana Kravinoff, Prowler, Swarm, Mister Negative, Hammerhead, Tombstone, and Silvermane.
>>Jaye mainly fights her big four: Two-Faced Goblin, Kingpin, Mister Negative, and Venom & Carnage. Jaye also handles a lot of gang related activity but for different reasons than Barbara--whereas Barbara acted very much like a police detective, Jaye was trying to protect Crime Alley (aka Barbara worked with the police and Jaye does not).
>>Black Cat, Doc Ock, Lizard II, and Ana Kravinoff are technically “villains” but Jaye has good working relationships with them.
>>Jaye’s toughest battles are Venom & Carnage and Two-Faced Goblin (mainly emotional).
>>Jaye was adopted around 12-13, and grew up with Bruce and Talia (and later on, baby Damian), but also Uncle Harvey, Bruce’s best friend. Harvey, unfortunately, will be attacked and scarred by Tombstone (Maroni) and become the Two-Faced Goblin.
>>Unclear if Jaye knows Willis is Prowler.
>>Madame Web and Starling are newest additions to the hero community in Jaye’s time, and did not meet Barbara. Starling (Steph) knew of her because of her father and Madame knew her through her clairvoyance, but neither of them had ever met her face to face or interacted with one another.
And the lil drabble that started it all:
Out of all the leftover characters and remnants from Barbara’s time as Spidey, Black Cat is the only one she doesn’t mind.
Granted, he’s still a pain in the ass.
But, he also doesn’t try to kill her. Maim? Maybe, if she gets on his bad side. Use as a cat scratcher? More times than she can count, for no reason beyond “he was bored.”
He’s never gone for the jugular though and that she can appreciate.
And even she can admit, Barbara had good taste in men.
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new verse drop: cat's eye investigations.
the private investigations firm opened post civil war 1 - the product of felicia taking advantage of her recently expunged criminal record. it was originally a front, a means to launder ill-gotten money and a way to attract potential jobs that required some sticky fingers. she does take occasional legitimate jobs in an effort to keep up appearances.
the types of jobs she typically would pick up would be considered bounty hunting, infiltration/retrieval, in-depth and thorough (invasive) background checks, custom burglarproof security systems, and generally any job that may require flexible morals and a distinct lack of professional ethics. the office is headquartered in astoria, queens, new york city.
this verse will focus mainly on felicia pretending to assimilate to being an upstanding, law abiding citizen while continuing her activities as a premier thief in a less ... flamboyant way. she'll be a bit more antagonistic to heroes and more cagey about her alleged activities.
thread dependent employees of cat's eye investigations:
- dr. boris korpse (demolitions specialist, mad scientist)
- bruno grainger (wheelman, the muscle)
- @wardogsong (hostage rescue, the muscle, the closer)
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Black Cat #4 - “Yancy St. Shuffle” (2019)
written by Jed MacKay
art by Travel Foreman & Brain Reber
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This %#@$ place, man!
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shield only exists in VERY SPECIFIC verses . main verse , comic based verses , etc ? shield was disbanded .
felicia IS a vigilante . she takes the jobs she wants , the jobs that benefit her and her reputation . she tries to keep out of sight of the law and has managed to be sure she can’t be taken in for theft .
she DOES operate cat’s eye investigations and it’s MOSTLY on the up and up . she doesn’t take hits , she prefers not to kill if it can be avoided , and she focuses around missing artifacts , people , items , etc . these cases get EXTREMELY COMPLICATED .
she has a TWO MAN TEAM . she works with a skeleton crew . bruno grainger and dr . boris korpse are the only two people she trusts with her life by default . they are FAMILY to her . she will put her life on the line before she risks theirs and has done so on multiple occassions .
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𝐍𝐏𝐂 𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓
*To be updated as each is completed.
Robbie White
Bonnie Goldstein (née Hardy)
The Black Fox
Dr. Boris Korpse
Bruno Grainger
Walter Hardy
Lydia White
Louise Goldstein
Allen Goldstein
Lee Zhang
Lupin / Raffles / Simon / Irene / Duchess
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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #196-200
SEPTEMBER 1979 - JANUARY 1980
BY MARV WOLFMAN, STAN LEE, AL MILGROM, JIM MOONEY, FRANK GIACOIA, BOB SHAREN, KEITH POLLARD, BEN SEAN, SAL BUSCEMA, GLYNIS WEIN AND GEORGE ROUSSOS
SYNOPSIS (FROM MARVEL DATABASE)
Peter Parker has received a telegram from the Restwell Retirement home informing him that his Aunt May had passed away. Racing there as Spider-Man and changing back into Peter, Parker confronts the administrator Dr. Reinhardt thinking it is all a mistake. Peter's heart sinks when he finds out there was no mistake at all when Reinhardt shows Peter a casket with a seemingly dead Aunt May inside. Leaving and walking the streets of New York, Peter thinks back to all the tragedy that has struck his loved ones, and how many have died since he became Spider-Man.
Meanwhile, at the Daily Bugle, the increasingly irrational J. Jonah Jameson listens to a story about how Spider-Man ignored a mugger and intends to print it. Fed up with Jonah's constant biased journalism about Spider-Man, he quits his job at the Bugle and walks out on a shocked Jonah. In Westchester, the secret new employer of Boris Korpse and Bruno Grainger demands that the two use their skills to bring Spider-Man to him.
The next day at Empire State University, Peter is confronted by Flash, Sha-Shan and Harry Osborn about his current attitudes. Peter tells them that his Aunt May just died and then goes to tell Debra Whitman to excuse him from classes. After a brief visit with Anna Watson of Aunt May's body, Peter finds it suspicious that Dr. Reinhardt sets off his Spider-Sense.
Later, Peter goes to the docks to reflect on things and is surprised to find Joe Robertson there as well. Joe tells Peter about his own personal grief and how his first born son had died as a young boy, and how he learned to move on with his life by remembering the good times. Peter takes this advice to heart, and decides to go check out his old home in Forest Hills where he grew up under the care of Aunt May and Uncle Ben. To his horror he finds that the entire home had been trashed from the inside like someone was looking for something. Furious, Spider-Man finally puts together where he heard the name Reindhardt before and realizes that the man is one of his old foes.
Changing into Spider-Man, Peter tries to make it to the Restwell Funeral home, however he is captured and subdued by Kropse and Boris and taken to their employer: The Kingpin.
The Kingpin tells Spider-Man how he survived his plunge into the river after their previous battle. Spider-Man did not find him in the murky water, because the Kingpin swam to a drainage pipe, hauled himself out of the water, and collapsed. When he awoke and crawled out of the pipe to the surface, his memory was gone.
For months he wandered the streets not knowing who he was, but then Sllvermane learned what had happened to him. Silvermane sent a hired killer to try to run him down with a car. But when the car slammed head-on into the Kingpin, his muscular, bulky frame survived the impact. The assassin died in the collision.
Hospitalized for many more months, the Kingpin regained his memory, and a mere 18 hours ago he returned home to his beloved wife, Vanessa. When he told her his plan to gain revenge on Silvermane, she told him he had 24 hours to finish his criminal career or she would leave him. After divesting himself of his criminal empire, he found he had six hours left. He intends to use those six hours to finally get rid of Spider-Man.
Spider-Man suddenly leaps from the floor and slams into the master criminal. He lands several blows before the Kingpin pulls the rug out from under him. Spider-Man is hampered considerably by his broken arm, but he still manages to hold his own. The combatants pummel each other and smash one another into walls as the battle drifts into the Kingpin's private gym. The Kingpin tries to strike Spider-Man with a barbell weighing several hundred pounds, but Spider-Man easily evades the barbell and smashes the Kingpin into a shelf of gym equipment. Then he bounds out of the gym.
Meanwhile, at the Restwell Nursing Home, Ludwig Rinehart tells the burglar that Peter Parker will not be bothering them again. Now, continues Rinehart, the burglar can tell him what he was looking for in the Parker house. The burglar replies that since he plans soon to dispose of Rinehart, he will tell him. But Rinehart has plans of his own for the burglar.
Momentarily stunned after being smashed into the shelf, the Kingpin comes to before Spider-Man can find an exit from the mansion. The Kingpin pushes a button to electrify the ceiling Spider-Man is clinging to, and when Spider-Man drops to the floor, the Kingpin overtakes him and presses his attack.
At the same time, at the Daily Bugle, the door to J. Jonah Jameson's office opens and Joe Robertson strides out, briefcase in hand, wearing his hat and coat. Jameson appears totally dejected as his city editor bids him farewell. He has chased Robertson away for good, he says to himself, just as he had lost his wife, his son, and everyone else close to him. He has built a wall around himself, he continues, and he cannot bring himself to tear it down.
The Kingpin pursues Spider-Man through his mansion. Spider-Man hides in a room, and then he finds an electrified lance that is disguised as a pole lamp. Suddenly attacking the Kingpin with it, he briefly knocks him unconscious. But before Spider-Man can leave the room, the Kingpin starts to shoot at him with his obliterator cane. Spider-Man snatches the cane with his webbing and the combatants pummel each other, exchanging blow after blow.
At last, the Kingpin has Spider-Man by the throat. Groggy from the punishment, Spider-Man manages, with his webbing, to pull a shelf down onto the Kingpin's head. Then the master criminal throws the shelf at Spider-Man, breaking a hole in the floor. Spider-Man exits through it. Spider-Man finds himself in the basement of the mansion, but before he can discover a way out, the relentless master criminal is hot on his trail. Spider-Man hides in the darkness, but the Kingpin slams a support beam with all his might, which collapses part of the building onto Spider-Man and leaves him helpless. The pain from his broken arm renders Spider-Man unable to move. The Kingpin declares himself the winner of their battle and drags Spider-Man upstairs. As the Kingpin gloats, Spider-Man tries to gather what remains of his strength. The Kingpin aims his obliterator cane directly at Spider-Man, who desperately tries to keep the Kingpin boasting to give himself time to recover. Suddenly, the clock strikes twelve, and Vanessa enters. The Kingpin tells her that he needs just a moment more, but she tells him that he must decide now between continuing his life of crime or leaving it forever and starting a new life with her.
After an agonized minute, the Kingpin decides that he loves his wife more than he enjoys his success at crime and more than he hates Spider-Man. He puts his arms around her, and they walk together out of the room, leaving Spider-Man on the floor, defeated.
Spider-Man has just been senselessly beaten by the Kingpin, who has left Spider-Man to his fate, having given up his life of crime for his wife Vanessa. The police find Spider-Man and bring him to a hospital, where a doctor treats him and makes sure that nobody unmasks the wall-crawler.
While at the Restwell Retirement home, Dr. Reinhardt reveals himself as the original Mysterio and reveals to the Burglar that he faked his own death to operate in more subtle fraudulent ways, and that his role as administrator of Restwell allowed him to swindle the elderly that he cared for out of their valuables. Hoping to get this treasure the Burglar has been trying to find, Mystery turns his illusion casting powers on the man, knocking him out and tying him up in the boiler room of the retirement home.
While back at the hospital, Spider-Man revives and leaves in spite of the doctor's orders to stay and get more treatment for his now-broken arm he speeds off for the Restwell Retirement Home, and soon finds himself victim to Mysterio's illusions which now appear more elaborate than ever. While at the Daily Bugle, J. Jonah Jameson has become even more irrational. When Marla Madison tries to talk sense into Jonah. Jameson then enters the boardroom where an investors meeting is happening. When the other shareholders of the Bugle question Jameson's recent decisions as editor, Jameson loses his temper and his fury causes a total nervous breakdown and he faints to the floor.
Back at the Restwell Retirement Home, Spider-Man finally tackles Mysterio one-on-one, however, he finds that his foe's new hypnosis based illusions and is easily knocked out by his longtime foe. Reviving, Spider-Man has found that Mysterio has chained him to the bottom of the facilities wading pool. Mysterio then begins to fill the pool with water, gloating over how his old nemesis will helplessly drown.
Spider-Man has uncovered Mysterio's operation running out of the same nursing home where his Aunt May had supposedly died. After a battle against his old foe, Spider-Man is left to drown in a massive in-ground pool. Leaving Spider-Man to his fate, Mysterio then ventures to the basement of the Restwell facility where he has a man tied up. This man is the same Burglar who shot Uncle Ben years earlier and sought to learn of some secret treasure that was hidden in the old Parker house from Aunt May. Mysterio informs the Burglar that he no longer needs him to learn the secret and leaves him tied up in the basement. The Burglar swears that when he gets free, he will find the illusionist and kill him. Looking around the room, he spots a mirror close enough to kick and begins dragging a broken piece close enough so he can cut loose his bonds.
Meanwhile, the pool appears to be filled with water, but Spider-Man has bought himself some time by spinning an air bubble around his head. However, no matter how hard he strains to break free, he cannot bust the chains that keep him locked down. Soon, the web sack bursts and Spider-Man is about to give up all hope of escape when he spies a drain plug not far from him. Using his web shooter and all of his strength, he manages to pull the plug, draining the pool and saving himself from drowning. After resting for a moment, the wall-crawler realizes that he is completely dry and realizes that he fell for another one of Mysterio's illusions. With the illusion shattered, Spider-Man breaks free from his bonds and rushes away to get some rest. After sleeping for a full day, Peter wakes up in his apartment feeling refreshed. The sleep was all he needed for his enhanced healing to fix his broken arm and so he breaks the cast on his right arm.
Preparing himself a meal, Peter is suddenly intruded upon by his friends Flash Thompson, Sha Shan, Harry Osborn and Liz Allan. Realizing that he is still wearing part of his costume and the rest out in the open, Peter has to be incredibly sneaky to hide them from plain view. They have come to express their condolences for Peter over the loss of his Aunt, as well as find out why he snapped at Betty Brant. Peter tells them that he only did it to try and get her and her husband, Ned Leeds, to sort out their marital problems. Liz informs him that Betty has moved in with Liz until she sorts out what she wants to do with her marriage. With everyone caught up to date, Peter ushers them out, telling them that he needs time alone to process everything that has happened recently. With his friends gone, Peter changes back into Spider-Man and heads for his Aunt May's old home, the only clue he has to find out what Mysterio was trying to uncover.
Arriving in Forest Hills, Spider-Man searches the house again but finds nothing. It's then that he is attacked by Mysterio and his illusions once more. Spider-Man fights off these illusions, forcing Mysterio to flee back to the Restwell Nursing Home with Spider-Man in hot pursuit. When, Spider-Man comes crashing in, he is shot with a powerful tranquilizer that Mysterio believes is strong enough to kill Spider-Man. The wall-crawler still tries to stop his foe even though his strength is ebbing. Despite his best efforts, Spider-Man eventually slumps to the floor, leading Mysterio to believe that his old foe is finally dead.
Spider-Man has been injected with a large dose of anti-depressants and left to die by Mysterio. Spider-Man survives the injection however it has left him without his spider-powers. In spite of this, Spider-Man is determined to learn why Mysterio rigged his Aunt May's death and returns home, once more lamenting his lot in life since becoming the Amazing Spider-Man. Unknown to Spidey, the Burglar who shot his Uncle Ben manages to free himself in from the boiler room in the Restwell Retirement home and decides that maybe May Parker's nephew will know the secret of the hidden loot.
Meanwhile, Peter has begun trying to track down who it was that rented and trashed his Aunt May's old home in Forrest Hills. After meeting with Anna Watson and the rental company that rented out his aunts home, Peter is shocked to learn that it was rented by the man who shot and killed his Uncle Ben. Returning to his apartment and changing back into Spider-Man, Peter vows to track the Burglar down and stop him once and for all, considering even killing the man responsible for his uncle's death.
Peter decides to do some more research on the man who killed Uncle Ben when he finds a lead to follow by checking the Daily Globe's morgue files, he decides to check the video archives of a television station that ran news stories about the case. When Peter Parker is denied admittance because he has no appointment, he risks his life climbing a web-line into the building as Spider-Man despite the fact that he has no spider-powers. Inside, he finds the tape he is looking for and reviews it. On his way out he hears a commotion and sees a security guard chasing a man. Unlike the first time he found himself in such a situation, Peter stops the man being chased and realizes that ironically enough the security guard he just helped was the same man who he refused to help all those years ago when he first became Spider-Man.
After Peter returns to his apartment to find that Burglar is there waiting for him, Peter instantly pounces on the man and the two are locked in a brutal fight. During the scuffle, the Burglar drops his gun, but recovers it in the struggle and strikes Peter on the head with its butt, knocking him out. When Peter revives, he finds himself in the very warehouse that the Burglar holed up after he shot Uncle Ben. The Burglar then starts grilling Peter about hidden loot and explains that Aunt May's house used to be owned by a Prohibition-era crime boss named Dutch Mallone. He explains that Mallone -- among other criminal enterprises -- had a successful bootlegging operation during the 30's until he was busted by Elliot Ness for tax evasion. It was being incarcerated with Mallone that the Burglar learned that he had a large sum of money stashed in the home that would eventually be bought and owned by Ben and May Parker. He explains that's why he went to the Parker home that fateful night. When Peter refuses to tell the Burglar anything because he killed Aunt May, the crook reveals that anything that happened to his dear aunt was all the doings of Mysterio. Getting a moment of inspiration, the Burglar decides to leave Peter to do one last thing and will come back to kill Parker later.
The whole time trying to break free, Peter finally manages to bust loose and decides to go after the Burglar not as Peter Parker, but as Spider-Man. Secretly following the Burglar, Spider-Man is led right back to the Restwell Retirement home. When the Burglar goes into the basement, Spider-Man attempts to confront him there and is shot and left for dead. The Burglar returns to the warehouse shortly thereafter to shock Peter Parker by showing him his Aunt May alive and well. Apparently, Mysterio had faked her death to get Mallone's loot for himself and the Burglar would hope that threatening Parker's aunt in front of him would loosen the boy's tongue.
Realizing Peter isn't there, the Burglar is shocked when Spider-Man -- only winged by the bullets and is alive and well -- is waiting there for him. Spidey attacks the Burglar head-on attacking him with an unbridled fury. When Spider-Man proves to be too much for the Burglar to handle, he tries to flee. However, Spider-Man continues to chase after him, using his spider-signal to intimidate and further strike fear into the Burglar. When Spider-Man finally has him cornered, the frightened Burglar suffers a heart attack and dies of fright. Spider-Man then sets off a fire alarm to get the authorities to show up and convinces Aunt May that he came to her rescue for her nephew Peter.
Later, with Aunt May once more in the hospital, Peter goes to visit her and she tells her nephew that she no longer thinks of Spider-Man as a menace. She also ends up solving the mystery of what happened to Mallone's loot: When she and Ben had first moved into the home and did renovations they found a box inside one of the walls. Inside they found the remains of Mallone's money all right, however, it had long since been destroyed by silverfish. Later, after the anti-depressants that Mysterio injected him with have been flushed out of his system, Peter changes into Spider-Man and finds that his powers have returned to full strength and decides that after this whole experience he will continue being Spider-Man.
REVIEW
I’ll be blunt... this story is too complicated, and sometimes too convenient. However...
The character moments are spot on and in the end, everything that happens is true to the character and his world.
Issue 200 in particular is the best one. The Kingpin fight was just too long (and inconsequential, as he would soon appear in Daredevil). The Mysterio thing went nowhere. But the burglar story is the one that counts.
The moment Peter took off his mask, I realized the burglar was going to die (I am not sure how obvious this would have been in 1979, but by now, we all know that whenever an antagonist discovers the hero’s secret identity, he has to die, unless that antagonist is Kinpin).
And I think the finest moment in this story is when all is over and Peter asks for the “treasure box”. Sure, it would have been nice if all of a sudden, May and Peter become rich. But that wouldn’t be the May and Peter we know, they are hard working middle class people, that manage to move on with love, no matter what life has in store for them.
So as usual with anniversary issues, we got a retelling of Spidey’s origin and re-evaluated his principles and motivations. This time, however, it was really effective.
The art gets pretty good on issue 200 as well. With the Kinpin issues being the less interesting ones (couldn’t engage much with the action).
I give this story a score of 7
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IT’S WELL KNOWN THAT FELICIA DOESN’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE LAW. As a career criminal, the law isn’t something that she actively takes into consideration outside of ways she could use it to her benefit. Her morality is not defined by governmental decrees or even morals that are pretty much universally understood like “don’t steal from people”. She’s a thief. It’s her career. And she does other not-so-good things, too. Her morality is shaped by the idea that she should be able to do what she wants, when she wants, so long as she can continue to slip the consequences. Because of this, she can do some very shitty, selfish things.
That being said, she’s not without standards, nor does she completely disregard others and their well-being. Felicia is not the type to punch down. She rarely, if ever, steals from anyone that isn’t rich. She knows what it’s like being a poor kid trying to scrape by; she’s not gonna make shit worse for someone who’s struggling. Don’t get me wrong, she is NOT a “robin hood” type of thief. She doesn’t go out of her way to give to people less fortunate than her, she’s greedy and determined to get her cut, but she has been known to intervene in situations that cross her path from time to time because she’s not cold-hearted. Far from it.
Felicia’s also not prone to killing. She hates killing and will avoid it at all costs, but she also has no issues doing it in situations when she feels it’s necessary. You come at her with killing intent, she’ll return the favor. The one exception to this where she will actively seek someone out with intent to kill is if they come after anyone she considers family. It’s a very small circle, but target any of those people, and she will hunt you down. At the top of that list is her actual blood relatives, the highest priority being her brother Robbie or her niece Louise because what kind of sick fuck would target children. A close second is her crew, Boris and Dr. Korpse, and third in that hierarchy is her mentor, the Black Fox. So while it is Felicia’s prerogative to come out of everything with as minimal collateral damage as possible, if you cross that line for her, she has no issue killing you and going about her business like nothing happened. In her mind, if you manage to push her that far, then she is justified.
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Just Pinned to Black Cat: The Return of Dr Boris Korpse and Bruno Grainger in Black Cat #1 (Spoilers) https://www.pinterest.com/pin/652951645955901827
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𝙿𝙴𝚁𝙷𝙰𝙿𝚂 𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙴 𝚆𝙰𝚂 𝙰 𝚁𝙴𝙰𝚂𝙾𝙽 𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙲𝙴𝚂 𝙾𝙵 𝙽𝙰𝚃𝚄𝚁𝙴 𝚆𝙴𝚁𝙴 𝙰𝙻𝚆𝙰𝚈𝚂 𝙵𝙴𝙼𝙰𝙻𝙴. She was no Shelby or Peaky Blinder, but the Black Cat excelled at making friends in very low places and when one of the neighborhood children had informed her that her boys — two men who were practically her blood, practically an extension of herself — had been forced into cars notably belonging to the King of Small Heath . . . Mad enough to spit nails had been a severe understatement of her mood. Her mood only blackened further with each step down Watery Lane, the thunderstorm contained within her body only gathering more momentum with each gunshot loud strike of her heels.
Relations had cooled into an arctic chill between Thomas Shelby and Felicia Hardy, an unfortunate byproduct of that fateful night nearly two months ago. She had made it her personal mission to avoid Tommy and his entire family, a feat made all the more difficult by the reports of the former's temper fouling seemingly by the day. His apparent inability to manage his own emotions was not her problem, regardless of the pleading eyes his younger brothers may direct her way at the local market and the messages passed through her maids. But this was beyond the pale, even for him.
The men at the door moved out of her way, whether due to reputation or the thunderous look on her face, and the tall blonde stomped into the betting house — verdant eyes afixed in a bloodcurdling glare and lips twisted into a furious sneer. She couldn't locate her quarry, but Polly stood tall and met her gaze with an amused, knowing twinkle, before the older woman pointed to the back of the betting area towards a room with two shut doors.
𝐈𝐅 𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍, 𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐈𝐓.
Even with the hoods over their faces, Felicia would know Bruno Grainger and Boris Korpse in the dark, in a sea of other bodies. Childhood friends turned wartime penpals and confidantes turned partners in crime, those two men were closer than family and to see them bound to chairs like common rabble? Some women are resplendent in their anger, but she knew she was something closer to monstrous — fair skin mottled and splotched a furious pink, hair frizzing even with copious products and pins, full lips pulled wide to bare her teeth. A vicious hiss escaped, a deft hand pulling the dagger from under her skirts and making short work of the bindings at their wrists and feet.
Both men hopped up with a glare, flinging the hoods to the ground, but Felicia shook her head, lips pursed tight. Her back was to the mastermind behind this whole charade, who was standing behind his desk with an ever present cigarette in hand. The thief quietly requested that the men return to the brownstone she was calling home and to wait for her there, turning on their heels after a moment of searching both her face and the face of the man behind her, the face of the man responsible for their kidnapping and questioning. She'd waited until the double doors had closed behind them and remained shut for several moments, hands clenching and unclenching as breath was forcefully exhaled.
The tall blonde rounded on the man, a silent wraith as she approached and entered his space — nose brushing nose, barely a whisper of space between their chests. Enflamed celadon clashed with frosty azure, a moment frozen in time in which his stoicism only served to further fuel the fires of her outrage. It was a potent cocktail of indignation, impulsivity, and her cursed attraction to Tommy Shelby that had Felicia Hardy reaching to grip the back of his neck and take his mouth for her own.
𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒌. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅. 𝑨 𝒈𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓. That first press of his lips against her own felt like a livewire pressed to every nerve ending in her body, a gasp mercifully muffled between them and disguised by the grasping fingers tightening in his dark hair. Tommy shuddered before responding voraciously in kind. Large, callused hands slid over the expensive wool and fur of her coat, making short work of dispensing of it and throwing it across his desk. An arm clasped tightly at her waist, pulling hips to hips and chest to chest, the other hand cupping her jaw with fingers tangling in wintry strands.
But then blunt teeth bit into his lower lip, drawing a tiny pearl of blood and the fingers that were tangled in his hair wrenched backwards — pulling greedy mouths away from one another so that she could stare him down.
❝ If you ever pull this shit again with people I love, I will slice you open from your chin to your cock. ❞
Felicia made no effort to pull away, heart hammering in her chest and veins thrumming from the heady pairing of anger and potent desire. Her lips were swollen and lipstick smeared, hair mussed from his fingers, but her eyes were flinty. A moment of weakness on her part, but it likely served her purpose.
❝ Any questions you have relating to my boys and my business, you can direct to me. Do we have an understanding, Mr. Shelby? ❞
@proofwhisky + a kiss as a warning.
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There’s only one Human Torch, and his name is Jim Hammond.
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