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The Black Cover.

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Back on Tuesday, September 11th, 2001, a tragedy occurred. Two planes were hijacked by terrorists, who then crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City. This event changed the world forever, and society swore to never forget. It was unexpected for the US; it was unexpected for everyone. I wasn't born yet, but I've heard stories from a lot of people who were there when it happened. It seems like everyone remembers where they were on 9/11. This real-world event interrupted a lot of things, and one of them was the Amazing Spider-Man comic series. Now, the Marvel Universe is always described as "The world outside your window", what happens in the real world also happens in the Marvel U, and you get to see how the various characters react to what happens in the real world. Marvel HQ is in New York, and a lot of their characters live in NYC. Spider-Man is a New York icon and pretty much a worldwide icon, so J. Michael Straczynski and John Romita Jr. made a com...

Fuck you, fucking piece of shit.

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 GWENPOOL 5. BY CAVAN SCOTT AND STEFANO NESI. I couldn't leave the series unfinished, could I? Let's take a look at this shit.  The cover looks like shit. That's it. There was no variant to review. Gwenpool (Stacy) or whatever her stupid name was is telling that one guy with the red X on his face that everyone is dead... I don't recall Kate Bishop dying but I don't like remembering this series. Whatever, Gwen (Stacy) and the red X dude start fighting until... Get this...  CYBORG GWENPOOL SHOWS UP. If this were any other comic, I'd be laughing... No, just kidding, I'd still be pretty fucking confused. And then Spider-Man shows up... Why isn't he a cyborg?  And Kate Bishop also shows up. And Jeff.  And then- and then, the X guy is unmasked to reveal... Cavan Scott. Woooooow. How creative, Cavan, write yourself saying how much you hated writing the series... You didn't have to write it like this. Whatever, Cavan hurts Gwen's feefees and then everyon...