In The Mind of Spider-Plush

The review NO ONE was asking for, the comic that EVERYONE loves. A little background first...  The early 2000's were big years for Spider-Man, he had a new movie coming out, the Amazing Spider-Man series was doing well with Sins Past... Ok, maybe it wasn't doing well, but JMS was still a good writer for the series. Ultimate Spider-Man was doing pretty well, and Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale did something incredible, a mini-series that takes us back to when Gwendolyn Stacy was still alive, and when Mary Jane first showed up. Jeph Loeb is a pretty controversial figure in Marvel, but this is generally considered to be one of his best works. Tim Sale, beloved artist that did some incredible art on stories like Batman: The Long Halloween, Superman: For All Seasons, Hulk: Gray, Daredevil: Yellow, and of course, this story. He unfortunately passed away in 2022. Tim, wherever you are, we all love you and your amazing work. A bit of a mandela effect, though it could be just me misremembering s...

I recently went to the grocery store. This will not be relevant to anything in the post, but I thought you guys would appreciate knowing.  I recently interviewed skull902, why? Because he's got a sprite film coming soon, and this is a way to promote it. It's titled "Sonic: Clone Calamity", releasing May 9th. Oh, and his birthday is also coming up soon, May 10th, in fact.  Y'know, I have nothing else to say here, let's just begin... Oh, and answers were altered slightly... As in, I fixed one punctuation error. Eddie: First off, who are you and what do you do? Skull: I'm a variety content creator; I make pre-made videos and livestream, as well. Primarily my content is video game related, but I have delved into other topics before. It's a very "whatever I feel like" thing.  E:  I think that's pretty cool (considering the last person I interviewed just said "I'm him"). Say, what do you like to do besides making silly videos and ...

  Happy Birthday Peter Parker!  In The Amazing Spider-Man #500, our wonderful Amazing Spectacular Petey Parkson goes through time while doing a team up with Doctor Strange. JMS wrote this story and I have lot of respect for the dude and his run. I also feel like more adaptations should take aspects from his run. Yes, I am aware that Eddie did an article on this issue as well, but I felt like it would be fun to give my short thoughts on it. This story is GREAT! We see Peter look back at and see some of his past adventures and how he's grown from them. This includes his encounters with villains like Electro, Sandman, and Lizard, the death of Gwen Stacy, that one encounter with Hulk in a cave (weird that was the issue where Goblin first appeared), and all the way back to when he first got bit by the spider! We also got to see a future where he's older and still fighting as Spider-Man. The Last Stand suit is pretty neat tbh I should wear it for Halloween.  I put the Tobey ima...

One thing I wanted to see for a while was the movie UHF, directed by Jay Levey, starring "Weird Al" Yankovic.  So, who is this Al Yankovic and why does he call himself "Weird"? Well, in case you don't know, "Weird Al" is a comedy musician that gained tons of popularity in the 1980's after singing parodies of songs by artists like Michael Jackson, Coolio, Madonna, Queen, etc. He is the most popular comedy musician... As far as I know.  I first heard of him when I was watching Michael Jackson music videos on YouTube and I saw this video called "Eat It", I watched it, and I thought it was funny. I then watched this "Amish Paradise", and I didn't think much about it until a few years later, I was watching YouTube at like 10 PM and decided to watch this "Albuquerque" fan-made animation by RWappin. I then fell into a rabbit hole and have been listening to his music ever since. I also have to thank Al and his works for in...

LAST TIME: Doc Ock made new arms and used them to beat the shit out of Spider-Man and Gold Goblin.  The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #29 and 30. Written by Zeb Wells and Ed McGuinness.  Well, judging by the cover, ANYTHING could happen in this issue, but it's most likely gonna feature Spider-Man.  And so, it does. The issue begins with ol' Spidey waking up to find himself being carried by J. Jonah Jameson and Doc Ock's robotic arms in a splash page that imitates a better comic that I wish I were reading instead of this shit. (Amazing Fantasy #15, from all the way back in 1962). Ock has taken Norman to a place where he can regain his memories of being the Green Goblin while also showing moments from comics that I wish I were reading instead of this shit. (Superior Spider-Man's Goblin Nation arc...*) *Sidenote: Why was issue 31 the series finale if there were 2 issues afterwards? We'll get to that eventually.  Back with JJJ and Spidey, they are debating about how they...

Today is my 18th birthday, but I thought I'd look at a more important man's birthday. Aw, man, I feel JUST like Max Dillon right before he fell into a pool with electric eels! 97 days ago, I asked everyone what they wanted me to review on this site for a special occasion, the poll winner was Amazing Spider-Man #500 by J. Michael Straczynski and John Romita Jr. from all the way back in 2003. However, I feel like I need to review the issues that led up to this. But do not worry, I made the recaps and reviews as short as possible. This is The Amazing Spider-Man: Happy Birthday by JMS and JRJR. Issue 57. This is the cover, by artist Tony Harris, who drew the cover of the next issue, and issue 501. Shows Spidey swinging by the AMERICAN flag while a bunch of New Yorkers watch.  There is some red lightning, Spidey's got to see what's going on... What the hell is going on? Spidey, The Fantastic Four and Thor are fighting against some strange creatures from another dimension, th...

Spidey, J. Michael Straczynski, and John Romita Jr. have done it again! Here I am, looking at the JMS Spider-Man run again.... But before that, I want to give my 2 cents on a debate that has been going on for decades... Are comic books sexist? Yes, definitely. Anyway, here is issue 51 of The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 2) This is the cover by J. Scott Campbell, it looks alright, there is one small oversight... Well, there's plenty I could mention, but look at Spidey in the background, either Spidey is really tall or that building is really small. That being said, composition-wise, I like this cover, after all the covers that are just Spider-Man doing a cool pose, it's kinda refreshing to see something different for a change.  Okay, the story is titled "Digger", clearly the plot is about Spider-Man & Mary Jane buying shovels and defiling graves. PROLOGUE: Way back in 1957, a gamma bomb went off, a guy was accidentally caught in the blast and is now a big green rage mo...

Older, tall, muscular, handsome Edward found a way to read issues 46 to 58 of The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 2). Right now, it's time for issues 46 to 50. by J. Michael Straczynski again, and John Romita Jr. Again. First off, is issue 46 (DUH!), released on December of 2002. This may look like your regular-ass Spider-Man cover, and it is, but this is drawn by Frank Cho. We need to address this artist. See, this cover is normal, but EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. there is a textless variant, he takes his time to make a cover featuring a female superheroine's ass or tits, usually with a funny joke and Spider-Gwen in the background saying "OUTRAGE!". This guy is a GOONER. Let's begin. Spidey is pondering about how he tried to get MJ back and failed. And then tried to stop Doc Ock and also failed. He goes to sleep, only to have a weird dream about what happened in the astral plane a few issues ago. It's okay, Peter, dreams do not actually mean anything, I once dreamed that th...

It won't be out until May, but I already want to tear it apart, so I will do what I did when that Spider-Man cartoon show came out and review it without reading it.  It seems like the guys at Marvel read my recent review of ASM 26 and thought that I needed to suffer just a little bit more.  Gwen Stacy is back from the dead and she's now a crazy psycho that goes by the name of... Gwenpool. I'm gonna be brutally honest when I say that I have a little bit of hope for this series, I mean, it's being written by the same guy that brought us Zombiotes... Here's the thing, Zeb Wells is also a great writer, but he brought us over 50 issues of garbage. I don't think it's the writer's fault; I think it's the editorial team's fault. What is going on at Marvel HQ that only exclusively affects Spider-Office* books? Only the best detectives can figure that out. I woke up one morning to the news of a new Gwenpool title, I was really giddy because I was young and...

C'mon, Edward, you reviewed 10 issues in one post, and soon you'll be doing 43 issues in one post, just have a look at 6 in one... This one has no "Little Edward" backstory other than Little Eddie stumbling upon this trade when he was looking for Spider-Man stuff on the Internet Archive when he was 12. I added it to favorites and proceeded to NOT read it.  Years later, old and mature (and tall) Edward got issues 41 and 42 for Christmas. Oh, and then I got Marvel Unlimited! So, I should be able to review the rest of the JMS run. This is Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 2) #40, by J. Michael Straczynski and John Romita Jr. There is a small gap in my collection, I have issues 30-39, and issues 41-42, this one has always intrigued me... No, it started intriguing me right about now because I have never read it, I have never heard anyone talk about it and frankly, I want to be the first to do so!  Oh, I guess I should talk about the cover, this one was drawn by Jason Pearson, who w...

I fell out of love with comics for a bit, until I read that issue of Gwenpool when I was 12, I HAD to read more shit! Which is why I dug up my old copy of the Mexican Exclusive Spider-Man Omnibus released to celebrate Marvel's 70th anniversary, all the way back in 2009. It compiles issues 568 to 583. Let me tell you, that thing was HEAVY AS SHIT. Oh, and I guess I enjoyed the stories, though 2 comics that stuck out to me were issues 578 and 579. Why, you may ask? We're about to find out when we look at The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #578 and 579 by Mark Waid and Marcos Martin, right now. This cover shows Spidey rising from the ashes. I really like what they did with the logos and titles here. PREVIOUSLY: I didn't review the last issue. Not like it's relevant, anyway. The book begins with Peter Parker eating Chinese food and reading his fortune on his Spider-Man pajamas in the rain, which is something that I do on the regular. The fortune cookie he was eating said ...