#but I guess (even if Kaine’s motivation here is a bit of a transparent attempt by the creators to keep Kaine as an antagonistic force)

[scarletspider2the2ndpower]

“The Pain of Kaine,” Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1/1963), #609.

Writer: Marc Guggenheim; Pencilers: Marco Checchetto and Luke Ross; Inkers: Marco Checchetto and Rick Magyar; Colorist: Fabio D’Auria; Letterer: Joe Caramagna

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Amazing Spider-Man #Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1 #Amazing Spider-Man 1963 #Kaine #Kaine Parker #Spider-Man #Peter Parker #I’m losing it over how Peter and Kaine’s first meeting in ages involves no less than two death threats and a kick in the crotch #and honestly all of the hilarity that that implies is where I’m choosing to focus on because otherwise trying to figure out continuity #will have me in knots hahaha #first off I still have the question of whether Peter ever knew Kaine was in the Vault #secondly there’s how Kaine views Peter #which admittedly started to get a bit muddled once they started operating under the assumption of “Ben is the original” #but I guess (even if Kaine’s motivation here is a bit of a transparent attempt by the creators to keep Kaine as an antagonistic force) #that motivation could be explained by Kaine shifting a lot of the self-loathing he projected onto Ben to Peter instead in Ben’s absence #as well as him just choosing to put himself first (which would connect back to DeMatteis’ “Echoes” I guess 🤔)