weak as a kitten
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‘Richard Stark’s Parker: The Complete Collection’ by Darwyn Cooke coming in October
IDW will collect all of Cooke’s work on the hard-hitting detective in one volume.
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1967. University of Chicago Press edition, 2010. Cover design and illustration by David Drummond.
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Things non-comic fans get wrong about Peter Parker.
Several people who don't read the comics seem to get ideas about characters and how they act. It's fine when you're doing to characters you know about, but for characters you don't know about, not so much.
Please note: This post is not meant to gate keep anyone from comics, MCU or any other Marvel related products.
#1: He is ugly. This one is false for the most part. Look at the women he has dated, Liz Allan, Gwen, MJ, Black Cat, Carol Danvers and others.
#2: He is naive. This one is also false. Peter is optimistic. There is a difference. Peter himself recognizes that the world is a terrible place. However he thinks it can get better. That is the whole point of him not killing his enemies.
#3: He has to suffer to be relatable. No, just no. This one is false. He doesn't have to suffer to be relatable. He is relatable because he deals with relatable problems. He is nerdy, has to make ends meet, etc. That is how he was relatable. Not suffering. And certainly not whatever the f#ck is going on in the current run.
#4: He is hated by other heroes. This one mainly stems from the Superior Spider-Man comic arc, but is still blatantly wrong. He has several friends in the comics, such as: Daredevil, Deadpool (to an extent) Wolverine, Luke Cage, Johnny Storm, Cloak and Dagger, and several others.
#5: He is not respected by the other heroes. This was also caused by Superior Spider-Man. However several people respect him. Mr. Fantastic and Iron Man respect him for his intelligence. Captain America calls him on of the greatest men he's ever known. Thor says (in a complimentary way) that he was the most mortal man he knew. T'Challa let him eat a Heart-Shaped Herb. Hulk was one of the few people who knew Peter's identity after OMD.
#6: He was a teenager for most of his publication history. The first ever Spider-Man comic was published in August 1962 in Amazing Fantasy #15. He he graduated and became an adult on June 8, 1965 in The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1 #28.
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Don't cross Aunt May!
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2005) issue #4
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richard stark's the sour lemon score is by far one of the greatest books in the parker series but nothing, and i mean nothing in the world, could have prepared me for somebody like stark also writing one of the most cutting, visceral, hard-hitting portrayals of internalized homophobia out there. there's a lot of talk about his handling of gay characters but for a book written in 1968 (hell, for a book written any time! right now!), this level of introspection and complexity is genuinely revolutionary stuff.
i haven't been able to find any reviews that understand the sentiment put forward here, the weight of it, but a couple do hit on some interesting points
and it's just amazing to see one of the seminal classics of american noir feature gay characters written like this. crazy stuff!
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marvel scientists who don't put on safety glasses while conducting dangerous experiments
Reed Richards, but puts them on when yelled at by his wife
Tony Stark
Amadeus Cho
Riri Williams although she's smart enough a helmet on when welding
Shuri
Hank Pym but he'll put them on when his kids are in the lab with him
Jeanne Foucault
Valeria Richards, but puts them on when yelled at by her mother
Monica Rappaccini
Hank McCoy
marvel scientists who do put on safety glasses because they actually practise basic lab safety
Bruce Banner but only after the Accident ™
Lunella Lafayette
Peter Parker
Bill Foster
Otto Octavius because his glasses double as safety goggles probably he's like that
Victor Von Doom although that's only because his mask counts as protection
Bobbi Morse
T'Challa, although he used to not do so, but started after he saw Shuri keep doing dangerous shit without them and now wears them to try and get her to start. it hasn't been successful so far.
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Let Us Handle Them Carefully
Peter Parker lives with his parents in Manhattan, but spends as little time as possible at home. His friends have been a great support at he tries to navigate the after-effects of being bitten by an experimental spider from their lab, but why does he feel so uneasy whenever he thinks about actually telling his mom and dad what he's dealing with? To top off all the crazy, they want him to apply for the Young Interns program at Stark Industries. They may not be big fans of Tony Stark, but he has some impressive equipment they would love to get their hands on. Peter doesn't care about their motives, but he's been a fan of Tony Stark for pretty much forever...
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Page from Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit. 2009. Art by Darwyn Cooke.
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Bruce Banner, Bucky Barnes, Peter Parker, Matt Murdock, Pepper Potts, Sue Storm, Reed Richards, Wade Wilson, Jessica Jones. It seems to me that half of getting to be a hero might just be having an alliterative name.
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Making a superhero line-up! It’s not perfect, but it is so much fun!
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