#boris korpse

[saturdayschwartz]

I would like to talk more about Felicia’s crew, personally

#im bruno graingers number 1 fan #also i keep forgetting to post on here lolz #felicia hardy #bruno grainger #boris korpse #the black cat #marvel comics

[ewzzy]

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!

#Boris Korpse #Bruno Grainger #Felicia hardy #the black cat #marvel comics #jed mckay

[mid-nightowl]

💖 & 🧠 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.

#ask game #ladytauria #fanfic ask game #thank you so much for the ask!!! <3 <3 #i went through like four different versions of teams and characters for this au before settling on this version #the og very first version had peter parker as barbara and mj as kori and green goblin as luke and lucius fox #there was another version where tim was harry osborn and green goblin jr; jaye was peter and barbara was spider-woman jessica drew #so many possibilities #and dont get me started on the teams #the champions were the closest to be settled with nova = kyle rayner; viv vision = miss martian; young cyclops = kon #i refuse to do the avengers team thou #that's too much work #i still think rose as deadpool would be hilariously perfect but who knows #artemis and bizzaro are going to be in this too just not quite sure as heroes or civilians yet #thank you for giving me the opportunity to ramble about this au #i put way too much thought into it for having zero scenes of actual writing lmaooo

[felinoir-a]

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)

#˗ˏˋ arc V . ››› 𝙲𝙰𝚃'𝚂 𝙴𝚈𝙴 𝙸𝙽𝚅𝙴𝚂𝚃𝙸𝙶𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽𝚂 .

[comicwaren]

From Giant-Size Black Cat: Infinity Score #001 (2/2)

Art by C.F. Villa and Brian Reber

Written by Jed MacKay

#giant-size black cat: infinity score #black cat #felicia hardy #nighthawk #kyle richmond #nick fury jr. #lydia hardy #bruno grainger #boris korpse #marvel #comics #marvel comics

[why-i-love-comics]

Black Cat #4 - “Yancy St. Shuffle” (2019)

written by Jed MacKay art by Travel Foreman & Brain Reber

#boris korpse #bruno grainger #marvel #wednesday spoilers #comics #wednesday spoiler #spoilers #comic spoilers #comic books spoilers #comic books

[remixteaching]

This %#@$ place, man!

#black cat #felicia hardy #comics #marvel #doctor boris korpse #bruno grainger #xander the merciless #jed mackay #travel foreman

[themarvelettesgreatesthits]

#j. scott campbell #marvel #spider-man #black cat #human torch #dr. boris korpse #bruno grainger

[luckheist]

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 .  

#re. felicia ↳ meta

[athicfa]

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

#[relations]

[thecomicsnexus]

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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[virarosea]

          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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[capticalcitycomics]

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[felinoir-a]

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   𝒔𝒕𝒓����𝒄𝒌.   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?      ❞

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[comicwaren]

From Black Cat Vol. 2 #008,“Infinity Score - Part 1”

Art by C.F. Villa and Brian Reber

Written by Jed MacKay

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[remixteaching]

There’s only one Human Torch, and his name is Jim Hammond.

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