#Mark Greenberg

[tenth-sentence]

Mark Greenberg and I decided to learn more about attractors – the things that draw us, motivate us, and make us feel alive.

"The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, brain and body in the transformation of trauma" - Bessel van der Kolk

#book quote #the body keeps the score #bessel van der kolk #nonfiction #mark greenberg #attractors #drawn #motivation #feel alive

[adsmusiconstellations]

On Fillmore – Extended Vacation (2009)

https://deadoceans.com

#on fillmore #extended vacation #2009 #2000s #dead oceans #instrumental #jazz #easy listening #exotica #glenn kotche #darin gray #DeDe Sampaio #daniel burton #dan stout #mark greenberg #caroline bittencourt #audio

[greenbergwrites]

anything primal 😭 chasing, biting, softness, just running on instinct basically. Somehow I imagine teddy being involved in the craziness, tears of pleasure soaking his fur.

I tried to do Kinktober last year and failed at it, so I can't say for certain if I'm going to try again but I can at least get us started off right with a little bit of primal play

--

Maybe Alphas in rut go a little feral or wolves on the full moon are heavy on the instinct and so Bucky wants to play in the woods behind the cabin

But of course even when the moon is full, Steve is still just a boy and they're at the cabin which means he has no hope of being in any other headspace, so he needs Teddy with him

And Bucky isn't complaining because the idea of running down his little mate and fucking him while he clings to his bear has Bucky so goddamn hard that he almost can't restrain himself for taking his baby boy then and there in the soft grass behind the cabin

He manages to let Steve go, though, and waits a few minutes to give him a head start. When he finally gives chase, it's as satisfying as he knew it would be.

They're both mostly instinct and Steve's scent is half-fear, half-excitement, like his mind can't decide whether or not he likes this. His heartbeat is rabbit-fast as Bucky stalks him, his breathing fast and shallow.

Steve was sent into the forest in a tiny little number, his skirt so short that every time he runs it bounces up and flashes pale, smooth skin. It's like waving a red flag in front of a bull.

Bucky teases his baby, almost-catching him, ripping bits of his outfit off before letting Steve get away only to hunt him again.

Sometimes, when Steve isn't sure where he is, he says in a soft, tremulous voice, "Daddy?" sounding so deliciously needy that all Bucky wants is to mount his pup, hear him say Daddy in that needy little voice while his little hole is so hot and tight around Bucky's knot.

In the end, Steve's outfit is little more than scraps by the time Bucky finally has had enough. They're deep in the forest by that point, the canopy above so thick that not even a sliver of moonlight can get through. Pitch black dark and Steve falls to the ground when something large and powerful pushes into his back. He scrambles in the underbrush, trying to get away, but huge, strong hands grip his thighs and pull him back.

The mass above him snarls, biting into the juncture of his neck and Steve--an Omega and a boy through and through--can't resist it. He goes limp with a little sob, burying his face into Teddy's fur. He's caught, trapped, utterly fucking powerless.

The remnants of his outfit are ripped away, leaving him cold and bare. Big hands cup his ass, pulling his cheeks apart and spitting lewdly on his hole. He's already so fucking wet, there's no reason for other than to show him his place.

The Alpha above him spits again, a large hand sliding into his hair and pressing down, keeping him face-planted in his Teddy's fur.

When he's mounted, it isn't easy or gentle. This isn't Daddy cooing at him sweetly, coaxing his body open with slow, easy thrusts, smiling down at him, softly promising that he's a good little boy, the perfect little boy.

Daddy hadn't touched his little hole all day in anticipation of their night together and now, he's taken too quickly, too roughly. His little hole aches from the fat, heavy cock inside him. It's too big but he doesn't have the breath to say it, his only recourse to lay limply in the earth and cry as he's taken.

He comes before the Alpha is even fully seated inside him.

There's some part of him that even wonders if this is his Daddy, his Alpha. It could be anyone. It's so dark where they are, anyone could've taken him down and now he's ass up, his legs spread like a bitch in heat.

It makes Steve feel wanton and slutty in a way that is absolutely vital. The idea that any cock will do, so long as he's fucked. It certainly feels that way now, his aching little hole pulsing around the man inside him, clinging to him eagerly.

The only sound between them is Steve's hitching, whimpering breaths and the animalistic sounds of pleasure coming from the man who fucks him.

Fingers bruise his hips and teeth bite into whatever skin the Alpha's mouth can reach. This isn't lovemaking. It isn't even sex. It's ownership, pure and simple.

The Alpha mounting him comes, but doesn't knot him. Steve sobs into Teddy, clawing at him, at the ground, wanting to protest, to fight at being denied something so vital, but he can't. The Alpha is still fucking him, his thrusts slowing with the ebbing of his orgasm.

There's no fight in Steve as long as that cock is in him. All he can do is lay there and whine as his body is used to wring every last drop of pleasure the Alpha can take from him.

When the Alpha finally pulls free from his body, Steve flops onto his back. He's trying to fight through the fog of sex and instinct to protest the denial of a knot inside him when the air above him shifts.

The first thing he feels is warm, heavy balls bumping against his chin and then a wet cock on his face. A soft grunt above him and then the cock moves, smearing come all over his face, along his throat and collarbone.

He's being scent-marked in the dirtiest, basest way possible.

When the Alpha is satisfied, he stands, tugging Steve up with him. Rough hands make sure he has Teddy securely in his grasp and then whirl him around to face a certain direction. There's nothing but shadows in front of him.

A huge body presses in behind him, a big hand skimming down his belly to fondle his hard little cock. Just like the cock in his aching little hole, that big hand engulfing him ensures his obedience. He can't fight the warm, syrupy feeling that washes over him when he's reminded of his size, reminded that he's little and boy.

"You're going to run again," A soft, gravelly voice says in his ear. It's so deep and guttural that it's unrecognizable as his Daddy's, adding to Steve's anonymous fantasy. "If you're a very, very lucky little boy, you'll make it to a bed before I catch you again. But rest assured, pup, I'll fuck you where I catch you. Every time. Be quick if you want to be in the house before dawn."

He isn't quick. He can't be. Daddy's made him so needy inside, denying him a knot and playing with his little cock. He stumbles through the forest, Daddy's come leaking out of his little hole, his body throbbing with need. He doesn't even know if he's going the right way, can only trust that he was pointed in the right direction.

When he's caught again, he falls on his side this time, and Daddy wastes no time hiking his knee up and mounting him just like that. This part of the forest is lighter. Shadow and moonlight cut across Daddy's face as he hunches over Steve's limp form.

This time, Steve can watch the animal need grow on Daddy's face, watch him lose himself to pure instinct.

The cycle continues through the night. Steve is made to run and Daddy catches him, mounts him. Sometimes, when Steve can find the breathe to beg for it, Daddy knots him. Otherwise, he just makes Steve run again, but only after Steve is scent-marked again.

They don't make it home 'til dawn.

#nani asks #greenberg replies #a/b/o dynamics #primal play #scent marking #steve is gonna be doted on mercilessly after this you just know it

[samasmith23]

The Retconning of Aunt May's death from Amazing Spider-Man #400... aka, screw John Byrne!

Wanna know something else we can criticize John Byrne for aside from his general creepiness and bigotry? He undid Aunt May’s death in the beautifully written Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #400, "The Gift," aka one of the best stories to come out of the entire infamous Clone Saga era.

Like... when Linkara reviewed the Web of Death storyline, one particular complaint he brought up was how all of the all the beautiful & emotional moments between Peter Parker and comatose Aunt May were severely undermined in hindsight due to the later retcon that this wasn't actually May Parker, but instead an highly-skilled actress whom Norman Osborn replaced Aunt May with after her stroke and made resemble Peter's aunt through cloning technology.

And the person who was responsible for this controversial retcon? None other than John Byrne!

Byrne apparently refused to even initiate his divisive 1999 Chapter One and The Next Chapter reboots of the Spider-Man titles unless he was allowed to utilize Aunt May as a member of Peter's supporting cast. Consequently, this meant completely retconning Aunt May's lovely and tragic send-off by J.M. DeMatteis & Mark Bagley in ASM #400, even though that issue was highly regarded and celebrated by even the most hardened detractors of The Clone Saga era as a whole.

And you know what made the retconning of Aunt May's death even more stupid? It directly contradicted Norman Osborn's own recounting of The Clone Saga from his perspective in The Osborn Journal one-shot after he was revealed to be the true mastermind behind the whole saga. Writer & editor Glenn Greenberg specifically made sure to include these passages from Norman's private journals:

-"And as luck would have it, the clone -- Reilly -- learned of May Parker's stroke and returned to New York to be near her during her final days. This saved me the trouble of concocting some elaborate scheme to lure him back to the city."

-"Then the old woman finally died, delivering a major emotional blow to Parker and his wife. My only regret is that I was NOT the cause."

Yup, Greenberg wanted to make sure that DeMatteis' brilliant work from ASM #400 wouldn't be undone by having Norman himself state in his private journals that May's death was strictly due to natural causes instead of another part of his behind-the-scene's manipulations. Which makes sense considering that the entire issue was dedicated to Peter & Aunt May's final days together as she revealed to her nephew that she had always known he was Spider-Man and was deeply proud of him before passing away in her bed right besides Peter, Mary Jane & Aunt Anna, with Peter's final words to his surrogate mother-figure being him quoting his favorite childhood novel Peter Pan to her, telling Aunt May:

"Let go. Fly. 'Second to the right... and straight on until morning.'"

Its honestly one of the most simultaneously heartbreaking & beautiful scenes that I've personally ever read in a comic. The silent panels of Ben Reilly crying to himself on the roof of the house, unable to be by his Aunt's side during her final moments since he's only a clone of her nephew, especially tug at my heartstrings (poor Benjy)! And its an issue that resonates with me even more deeply today than back when I initially read it a few years ago, since I now know what it feels like to lose a dearly beloved relative, with both my paternal grandmother (Nana) and maternal grandfather (Paps) having since passed away.

But then John Byrne decided in his infinite wisdom to screw it all up, ignoring all of that emotional weight and feelings of down-to-Earth loss by not only revealing that the Aunt May Peter watched die was actually just a random actress whom Norman Osborn "genetically modified via the Jackal’s cloning technology" (which again… makes ZERO sense), but that Osborn apparently now lied in his own personal diaries or something?

So yeah, the resurrection of Aunt May by John Byrne during the Spider-Man: The Gathering of Five/The Final Chapter arcs is easily one of the most insulting retcons that I've ever encountered since it spits in the face of one of the most beautifully written single-issues that I've personally ever read (both because of how it personally resonates with me as someone who's lost two grandparents, and because is J.M. DeMatteis is among my Top 5 favorite comic book writers).

But trust me, this is the LEAST of John Byrne's problems, which fellow comic creator Ramon Villalobos made an excellent thread discussing in detail if you want further information:

#spider man #aunt may #may parker #screw john byrne #john byrne is a creep #john byrne is a bigot #the death of aunt may #the gift #the gathering of five #the final chapter #the osborn journal #clone saga #90s comics #jm dematteis #mark bagley #glenn greenberg #norman osborn #green goblin #scarlet spider #ben reilly #tangent #marvel comics #Youtube #linkara #ramon villalobos #mini essay

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Caveman 1981

#Caveman #Ringo Starr #Dennis Quaid #Shelley Long #Jack Gilford #Cork Hubbert #Mark King #Paco Morayta #Evan C. Kim #Ed Greenberg #Carl Lumbly #Jack Scalici #Erika Carlsson #Gigi Vorgan #Sara López Sierra #Esteban Valdez #Juan Ancona Figueroa #Juan Omar Ortiz #Anaís de Melo #John Matuszak #Barbara Bach #Avery Schreiber #Miguel Ángel Fuentes #Tere Álvarez #Ana De Sade #Gerardo Zepeda #Hector Moreno #Pamela Gual #Marco Antonio Arzate #Miguel Ángel García

[ufonaut]

I introduced the idea, and Len’s eyes lit up, and Gerry’s eyes lit up, and Marv’s eyes lit up. We sat there and worked out the logistics of it, and then ran out to find Dick [Giordano, Executive Editor]. And, in another incredible coincidence, we found him coming back from a dinner with his loved ones, dragged him forcibly away, took him up to the roof, told him the idea, and on the spot, he said, ‘Approved! Do it!’ Of course, I don’t want to give the impression that he was threatened by anyone... but we were on the roof...

Behind the scenes with the creative team of the DC Challenge (1985) in Amazing Heroes #79, September 1985.

#dc challenge #dc challenge 1982 #amazing heroes #amazing heroes 1981 #mark waid #mark evanier #marv wolfman #len wein #george perez #gene colan #paul kupperberg #dick giordano #bob greenberger #roy thomas #terry austin #superman #clark kent #aquaman #arthur curry #batman #bruce wayne #jonah hex #comic book history #dc #dc comics #u can reblog #god this was just soooooo funny to me i love the dc challenge and i loveeeee the gang

[burningtacozombie]

Danny Pino and Mark Feuerstein have been spotted in the Dominican Republic, filming scenes for their new show Hotel Cocaine today. X - X

#danny pino #roman compte #mark feuerstein #burton greenberg #hotel cocaine

[tomorrowusa]

The competition is stiff. But the prize for the state with the most dangerous Trump Republican crazies running for office goes to ARIZONA.

Actually, all are endorsed by Donald Trump.

Support the Arizona Democratic Party.

#arizona #trump republicans #crazies #conspiracy theories #qanon #kari lake #blake masters #mark finchem #abe hamadeh #donald trump #election 2022 #midterm elections #steve greenberg

[badgaymovies]

The Big Red One (1980)

The Big Red One (1980)

SAMUEL FULLER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB.5 USA, 1980. Lorimar Productions. Screenplay by Samuel Fuller. Cinematography by Adam Greenberg. Produced by Gene Corman. Music by Dana Kaproff. Production Design by Peter Jamison. Film Editing by Morton Tubor. Samuel Fuller nursed the dream of this project for years, initially planning to make it under Jack L. Warner’s supervision in the early sixties…

View On WordPress

#Abraham Ronai #Adam Greenberg #Alain Doutey #Bobby Di Cicco #Cannes 1980 #Charles Macaulay #Colin Gilbert #Dana Kaproff #Doug Werner #Galit Rotman #Gene Corman #Giovanna Galletti #Gregori Buimistre #Howard Delman #Joseph Clark #Kelly Ward #Ken Campbell #Lee Marvin #Lorimar Productions #Mark Hamill #Marthe Villalonga #Matteo Zoffoli #Maurice Marsac #Morton Tubor #Perry Lang #Peter Jamison #Robert Carradine #Samuel Fuller #Serge Marquand #Shimon Barr

[what-shitfuckery-is-this-ew]

BOYCOTTING FOR PALESTINE

The Official BDS Boycott Targets

The Updated List is Below:

EUROVISION. IT IS IN OUR TOP PRIORITY TO BOYCOTT EUROVISION

Consumer Boycotts - a complete boycott of these brands

Axa

Puma

Carrefour

HP

Cevron

Caltex

Israeli produce

Re/max

Ahava

Texaco

Siemens

Sodastream

Organic Boycott Targets - boycotts not initiated by BDS but still complete boycott of these brands

Macdonald's

Dominos

Papa Johns

Burger King

Pizza Hut

Wix

Divestments and exclusion - pressure governments, institutions, investment funds, city councils, etc. to exclude from procurement contracts and investments and to divest from these

Elbit Systems

CAF

Volvo

CAT

Barclays

JCB

intel

HD Hyundai

TKH Security

HikVision

Pressure - boycotts when reasonable alternatives exist, as well as lobbying, peaceful disruptions, and social media pressure.

Google

Amazon

AirBnb

Booking.Com

Expedia

Disney

Teva

Here are some companies that strongly support Israel (but are not Boycott targets). There is no ethical consumption under capitalism and boycotting is a political strategy - not a moral one. If you did try to boycott every supporter of Israel you would struggle to survive because every major company supports Israel (as a result of attempting to keep the US economy afloat), that being said, the ones that are being boycotted by masses and not already on the organic boycott list are coloured red.

5 Star Chocolate

7Days

7Up

Apple

Arsenal FC

ALDO

Arket

Axe

Accenture

Ariel

Adidas

ActionIQ

Aquafina

Amika

AccuWeather

Activia

Adobe

Aesop

Azrieli Group

American Eagle

Amway Corp

Axel Springer

American Airlines

American Express

Atlassian

AdeS

Aquarius

Ayataka

Audi

Barqs

Bain & Company

Bayer

Bank Leumi

Bank Hapoalim

BCG (Boston Consulting Group)

Biotherm

Bershka

Bloomberg

BMW

Boeing

Booz Allen Hamilton

Burberry

Bath & Body Works

Bosch

Bristol Myers Squibb

Capri Holdings

Costa

Carita Paris

CareTrust REIT

Caterpillar

Coach

Cappy

Caudalie

CeraVe

Check Point Software Technologies

Cerelac

Chanel

Chapman and Cutler

Channel

Cheerios

Cheetos

Chevron

Chips Ahoy!

Christina Aguilera

Citi Bank

Carrefour

Codral

Cosco

Canada Dry

Citi

Clal Insurance Enterprises

Clean & Clear

Clearblue

Clinique

Champion

Club Social

Coca Cola

Coffee Mate

Colgate

Comcast

Compass

Caesars

Conde Nast

Cooley LLP

Costco

Côte d’Or

Crest

CV Starr

CyberArk Software

Cytokinetics

Crayola

Cra Z Art

Daimler

Dr Pepper

Del Valle

Daim

Doctor Pepper

Dasani

Doritos

Daz

Dior

Dell

Deloitte

Delta Air Lines

Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Telekom

DHL Group

David Off

Disney

DLA Piper

Domestos

Domino’s

Douglas Elliman

Downy

Duane Morris LLP

Dreft Baby Detergent & Laundry Products

Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream

eBay

Edelman

Eli Lilly

Evian

Empyrean

Ericsson

Endeavor

EPAM Systems

Estee Lauder

Elbit Systems

Expedia

EY

Forbes

Facebook

Fairlife

Fanta

First International Bank of Israel

Fiverr

Funyuns

Fuze

Fox News

Fritos

Fox Corp

Gatorade

Gamida Cell

GE

Glamglow

General Catalyst

General Motors

Georgia

Gold Peak

Genesys

Goldman Sachs

Grandma’s Cookies

Google

Garnier

Guess

Greenberg Traurig

Guerlain

Givenchy

H&M

Hadiklaim

Huggies

Hanes

HSBC

Head & Shoulders

Hersheys

Herbert Smith Freehills

Hewlett Packard

Hasbro

Hyundai

Henkel

Harel Insurance Investment & Financial Services

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

HubSpot

Huntsman Corp

IBM

Innocent

Insight Partners

Inditex Group

IT Cosmetics

Instacart

Intel

Intermedia

Interpublic Group

Instagram

ICL Group

Intuit

Jazwares

Jefferies

John Lewis

JP Morgan Chase

Jaguar

Johnson & Johnson

JPMorgan

Kenon Holdings

Kate Spade

Kirks’

Kinley Water

KKR

KFC

KKW Cosmetics

Kurkure

Keebler

Kolynos

Kaufland

Kevita

Knorr

KPMG

Lemonade

Lidl

Loblaws

Levi Strauss

Louis Vuitton

Life Water

Levi’s

Levi’s Strauss

LinkedIn

Land Rover

L’Oréal

Lego

Levissima

Live Nation Entertainment

Lufthansa

La Roche-Posay

Lipton

Major League Baseball

Manpower Group

Marriott

Marsh McLennan

Maison Francis Kurkdjian

Mastercard

Mattel

Minute Maid

Monster

Monki

Mainz FC

Mellow Yellow

Mountain Dew

Migdal Insurance

Marks & Spencer

Mirinda

McDermott Will & Emery

Motorola

McKinsey

Merck

Michael Kors

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank

Merck KGaA

Micheal Kors

Milkybar

Maybelline

Mount Franklin

Meta

MeUndies

Mattle

Microsoft

Munchies

Miranda

Morgan Lewis

Moroccanoil

Morgan Stanley

MRC

Nasdaq

Naughty Dog

Nivea

Next

NOS

Nabisco

Nutter Butter

No Frills

National Basketball Association

National Geographic

Nintendo

New Balance

Nutella

Newtons

NVIDIA

Netflix

Nescafe

Nestle

Nesquick

Nike

Nussbeisser

Oreo

Oral B

Old spice

Oysho

Omeprazole

Oceanspray

Opodo

P&G (Procter and Gamble)

Pampers

Pull & Bear

Pepsi

Pfizer

Popeyes

Parker Pens

Philadelphia Cream Cheese

Pizza Hut

Powerade

Purina

Phoenix Holdings

Propel

Ponds

Pure Leaf Green Tea

Power Action Wipes

PwC

Prada

Perry Ellis

Prada Eyewear

Pringles

Payoneer

Procter & Gamble

Purelife

Pureology

Quaker Oats

Reddit

Royal Bank of Canada

Ruffles

Revlon

Ralph Lauren

Ritz

Rolls Royce

Royal

S.Pellegrino

Sabra Hummus

Sabre

Sony

SAP

Simply

Smart Water

Sprite

Schwabe

Shell

Soda Stream

Siemens

StreamElements

Schweppes

Sunsilk

Signal

Skittles

Smart Food

Sobe

Smarties

Sephora

Sam’s Club

Superbus

Samsung

Sodastream

Sunkist

Scotiabank

Sour Patch Kids

Starbucks

Sadaf

Stride

Subway

Tang

Tate’s Bake Shop

The Body Shop

TEVA

Tesco

Twitch

The Ordinary

Tim Hortons

Tostitos

Timberland

Topo Chico

Tapestry

Tropicana

Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger Toiletries

Turbos

Tom Ford

Taco Bell

Triscuit

TUC

Twix

Tottenham Hotspurs

Twisties

Tripadvisor

Uber

Uber Eats

Urban Decay

Upfield

Unilever

Vicks

Victoria’s Secret

V8

Vaseline

Vitaminwater

Volkswagen

Volvo

Walmart

Wegmans

WhatsApp

Waitrose

Woolworths

Wheat Thins

Walkers

Warner Brothers

Warner Chilcot

Warner Music

Wells Fargo

Winston & Strawn

WingStreet

Wissotzky Tea

WWE

Wheel Washing Powder

Wrigley Company

YouTube

Yvel

Yum Brands

Ziyad

Zara

Zim Shipping

Ziff Davis

#free palestine #palestine #free gaza #israel #gaza #long post #from river to sea palestine will be free #palestinian lives matter #palestinian genocide #free free palestine #current events #fuck israel #anti zionisim #isntreal #defund israel #ceasefire #boycott israel #boycott divest sanction #boycott starbucks #boycott disney #boycott mcdonalds #boycotting #boycott divestment sanctions #my post #boycotts work

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Emerald Tanager

Photo: Doug Greenberg

"Well-named tanager, mostly emerald-green with trapezoidal black cheek patch, back streaking and wing markings. Small and active, usually found in pairs following mixed feeding flocks in foothill forests and edges. Feeds on fruit. Sexes alike."

- eBird

#birds #emerald tanager #birds of north america #north american birds #tanagers #passerines #birds of central america #birding #bird watching #birdblr #birblr #bird of the day #Tangara florida

[adsmusiconstellations]

Wilco - Tired of Taking It Out On You (Cruel Country, 2022)

https://wilcoworld.net/

#wilco #video #audio #usa #americana #rock #folk #dbpm records #jeff tweedy #patrick sansone #john stirratt #nels cline #glenn kotche #mikael jorgensen #tired of taking it out on you #cruel country #bob ludwig #tom schick #Mark Greenberg

[thinkingimages]

James Van Der Zee, Marcus Garvey with George O. Marke and Prince Kojo Tovalou-Houénou, 1924. © Donna Mussenden Van Der Zee. Courtesy of Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York.

#James Van Der Zee #Marcus Garvey #George O. Marke #Prince Kojo Tovalou-Houénou #1924 #photographic portraiture #Harlem Renaissance #Harlem

[samasmith23]

Retconning the Retcon: How the High Evolutionary unnecessarily complicated the Spider-Man: Clone Saga

I honestly NEVER understood why Gerry Conway felt the need to retcon his own writing from the Original 1970s Clone Saga by stating in Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) Annual #8 (which was part of a crossover event from the late 80s called The Evolutionary War), wherein a supervillain called the High Evolutionary revealed that the Jackal (aka, Miles Warren) never actually created any clones of Peter Parker or Gwen Stacy, but instead that Professor Warren mutated his old assistant Anthony Serba and a student named Joyce Delayne into near-perfect replicas of Peter & Gwen with some sort of "DNA virus" that he created:

When I first read what the High Evolutionary said above, my immediate reaction was this:

"Nope! Nuh-Uh! I don't buy it for one minute! DNA does NOT work like that! DNA is NOT Lego Bricks! The idea that a literal college professor created a virus so advanced that can completely alter a person's genetic make-up to resemble a completely different person down to the smallest molecule is somehow even less scientifically plausible than human cloning!"

Needless to say, this retcon created a ton of problems for the writers & editors who worked on The Clone Saga of the 1990s when Ben Reilly was reintroduced into the Spider-Man mythos. Heck, the entire reason the Jackal was controversially resurrected during the Saga as well wasn't simply to provide more misdirections and red-herrings for the characters and readings (poorly I might add...), but also to try and undo Conway's retcons from the Evolutionary War crossover since it would have still been fresh in reader’s minds at the time. At least that's what editor Glenn Greenberg implied in "The Life of Reilly" essay:

However, both writers Howard Mackie & Terry Kavanagh were unable to satisfyingly address these continuity contradictions in either adjective-less Spider-Man (1990) #56 or Web of Spider-Man (1985) #125 respectively, other than quickly suggesting that the High Evolutionary simply just lied about the DNA virus bullcrap before quickly moving on.

It took an entire annual issue in the form of Scarlet Spider Unlimited #1 by writer Glenn Herdling to finally fully address and correct all the plot holes generated by the Evolutionary War crossover, essentially retconning the retcon. It was now revealed that the Jackal was a former assistant of the High Evolutionary who stole some of his superior's technology for his cloning experiments, but when the High Evolutionary discovered this he lied about the clone's existence by making up the DNA virus bullcrap through forged journals of Professor Warren's.

While Scarlet Spider Unlimited #1 did get pretty goofy in areas, such as revealing that there's an entire group of mutated animal people created by the High Evolutionary which secretly worships the Jackal like a god, the issue did at least finally acknowledge and put the High Evolutionary retcons to rest in a satisfactory manner. At least in my opinion as well as editor Glenn Greenberg's...

I still don't understand why Gerry Conway felt the need to go back and retcon the original 1970s Clone Saga in the first place though, especially since he himself wrote it?

#spider man #clone saga #peter parker #ben reilly #scarlet spider #jackal #miles warren #high evolutionary #original clone saga #evolutionary war #gerry conway #glenn greenberg #mark bagley #howard mackie #terry kavanagh #glenn herdling #tom lyle #steven butler #tod smith #the life of reilly #retcons #mini essay #marvel comics

[cosmicanger]

James Van Der Zee, Marcus Garvey with George O. Marke and Prince Kojo Tovalou-Houénou, 1924. © Donna Mussenden Van Der Zee. Courtesy of Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Warning: the first photo of the five below shows a dead body. If you do not want to see it, either scroll past it quickly or skip this post.

On April 8, 1947, investigators finally found the body of Langley Collyer in his house on Fifth Avenue and 128th St. in Harlem. He had lived there for decades with his brother Homer, whose body had been found some two weeks earlier. Homer had apparently died of starvation. Because the ground floor was completely filled with 50 tons of debris, policemen had to enter through the upper floors. It took them several days to clear the ground floor.

The four-story building was crammed to the rafters with sewing machines, the body of a Model T, weapons, baby carriages, busts, mangled Christmas trees, thousands of books, 14 pianos, an organ, newspapers packed in boxes, and other items. The total came to 120 tons.

The brothers had lived there since 1909, when Langley, a lawyer, was 28. After the death of their mother 20 years later, they lived there alone. They were notorious for their extreme thrift—Homer walked to work on paper-thin soles to save money for the subway, they canceled their phone service in 1917 and, after disputes with utility companies in 1927, they went without water or electricity.

Some time in the early 1930s, they stopped working and became recluses. Langley left the house only at night, leading neighbors to call him "Ghost." Homer went blind and also suffered from severe rheumatism. The two became paranoid, convinced that thieves were out to get them, and installed traps all over the house. It is thought that Langley fell into one of his own traps.

Because the brothers had no heirs, their property passed to the state. The city had the brownstone demolished.

Over the years the Collyer story has inspired films, plays, and books. There have been off-Broadway stage productions such as Mark Saltzman's Clutter and Richard Greenberg's The Dazzle, a nonfiction book, Ghosty Men, by journalist Franz Lidz, Richard Finkelstein's series of drawings of the Collyer house, a Glasgow musical called "Tunnel Visions," which set the brothers' story to a music and light show, and, in 2009, the novel Homer and Langley by E.L. Doctorow.

All photos from the AP via Der Spiegel. Anthony Camerano took all but the top, which was taken by Jacob Harris, and the bottom, which was the work of Harry Harris.

#vintage New York #1940s #Anthony Camerano #legends #Jacob Harris #Harry Harris #Collyer Brothers #eccentrics #trash #garbage #rubbish #obsessive-compulsive disorder #hoarding