In The Mind of Spider-Plush

TIMELINE OF THIS REVIEW: I was at the supermarket with my mom, and she got me a Spider-Man comic titled "The Real Clone Saga". Years later, I went to Carls Jr. to order the new Thunderbolts Promotional Burger combo. The only thing these things have in common is that I'm reviewing them today. First off, the easiest one to explain. Marvel's Thunderbolts are a bunch of guys that no one knows put together on a superhero team. They got a movie recently that I haven't seen but I probably will soon. In order to promote this movie, Mexican Carls Jr. restaurants are serving "The Team Burger", which is a combo consisting of a Burger with a special sauce, fries, and a cup for your beverage of choice.  There's actually 2 ways to have this burger, one is the small version with small fries, a burger with one patty and a small soda, and the other is well... How do I put this... A burger with 2 patties, large fries and a large soda. I ordered the former because I ha...

Aw man, I am so looking forward to this. Believe it or not, I don't need Wikipedia to tell you the story of how the Hulk was created. Stan Lee says he was actually inspired by monster movies, films like Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he wanted the hero and villain to be one in the same, and he also wanted to show that the monster was actually misunderstood. So, just like with pretty much everything, he asked Jack Kirby to do everything while he added words and took 70% of the credit. So, anyway, The Incredible Hulk #1. Written by Stan Lee, drawn by Jack Kirby. The cover features the Hulk towering over Bruce Banner, look, he's huge! Everyone is just terrified of him, they're all yellow for some reason. "The strangest man of all time!!" You can tell this comic released before I was born. "Fantasy as you like it!" Gee wiz! "Is he man or monster? Or... is he both?" One thing that was always clear to me, even as a child, is that the Hulk ...

You know the Fantastic Four? I know I do; they're the guys in the cover of Amazing Spider-Man #1.  I could be an ass and just link you to a Wikipedia article but I'm gonna be nice and kind and tell you the story behind their creation.  Stan Lee thought that the comic book industry had become too restrictive, and it was, there were parents that were worried about exposing their kids to monster and horror comics, some guy thought comics were worse than Hitler, some thought Batman & Robin were gay... And that caused the formation of the Comics Code Authority (Now defunct). Stan said, "Screw that, I'm writing the type of story that I wanna read." and he came up with a team of characters that were super heroic but still normal humans on the inside. Jack Kirby said it was HIS idea; he came up with the FF and- this is too complicated. Anyway, the Fantastic Four premiered with issue 1 back in June of 1961, and this is where the modern Marvel Universe began, after this...