KevinAB

February 18, 2013 2:57 am I know right? Those two books were actually decent, though Team 7 took a bad turn with Eclipso, the most recent issue was amazing.

January 7, 2013 6:40 pm I honestly don't get why people are upset here. Oh wait, I do. It's because they are not using their heads and are simply looking for an excuse to be mad. Am I seriously the only one who read ASM #700 instead of reading an article about it? Since I just might be, let me point something out to everyone. Repeatedly throughout the arc, since the revelation of the "mind swap," when Otto Spider-Man and Peter Octavius would talk to people they would every so often "slip up" and use language that they found alien to them. For instance, Peter Octavius called the Trapster an "imbecile" and then thought "Weird. I even sound like Doc Ock." Do you understand yet? Here let me hold your hand and lead you through the final exclamation point. When Scorpion prepares to attack Aunt May, Otto Spider-Man jumps in the way and shouts "NO! You will not harm that dear, sweet lady!" Why does he say this? Oh, right, it's because he was engaged to Aunt May during a weird storyline in the long, long ago. Of course, it makes sense, but WAIT! What's this?!? All of a sudden Otto Spider-Man has a flash memory of Aunt May telling Peter Parker as a child that she loves him. He has one of Peter's memories BEFORE the octobot stuff. Otto Spider-Man thinks "What the hell was that?" Even he is baffled. Now, are we all on the same page? Yes? No? Maybe so? Okay, fine, fine. I will spell it out for you.... THEY NEVER SWAPPED MINDS. SPIDER-MAN IS STILL PETER PARKER. DR. OCTOPUS WAS STILL OTTO OCTAVIUS WHEN HE DIED. What happened was that Doc Ock simply "brainwashed" both of them using the technology he said he "mind swapped" them with. Yes, Peter Parker believes 100% that he is Otto Octavius, and as he was dying, Otto Octavius believed 100% that he was Peter Parker. They weren't though. Sure they had all the memories of the other person, but those were simply implanted memories. So, yes, right now Spider-Man believes he is Otto Octavius, but an Otto Octavius that has gone through everything Peter Parker has gone through and come out a better person for it. Thing is though, underneath that, it is still Peter Parker. The real personalities would bubble up during the arc, hence the dialogue slips and the weird memories. Under the surface, everything is the same. It wasn't subtle people. SO get over it. SPIDER-MAN IS DOC OCK AS MUCH AS YELLOWJACKET KILLED HENRY PYM. They believe it, but we shouldn't.

December 22, 2012 4:37 pm I like how it's iFan-babies. He even got Josh's college hair right =D I subtle detail that I am certain confused any non-long term member of the iFanbase.

December 13, 2012 2:13 am I can see why breaking "power levels" down into specific numbers could be construed as a bit silly, considering the ultimately relative nature of these things in the context of the needs of a story. Personally though, I was actually quite into the whole "power levels" thing when I was younger. It satisfies the whole fanboy "who would win in a fight" pastime. Additionally, it is a slightly more numeric version of our real world fighter evaluations. I mean in terms of boxing and such, we have different weight classes and levels of professionalism. The rankings are still not gospel though. I think of Rocky. Apollo Creed's "official" power level would be much higher than Rocky's "official" power level was, and by "official" I mean how they were rated by the press, boxing officials, and bookies. Of course Rocky performed well above his power level listings for "story purposes," even moreso in Rocky II. We could also go Rocky IV and the machines that measured Drago's punch strength. The ratings for comic characters are not so different.

December 10, 2012 2:02 am Perhaps surprisingly, I am in complete agreement with you. That first mini-series/collection is actually pretty great. It's a shame what they did with him later.

December 10, 2012 2:01 am Also "Bullseye" logos generally have a dark spot in the middle, not negative space. Seriously, do a Google image search and you won't find any bullseye (in the first page of listings) with negative space in the center. In other words, if it is a bullseye symbol up there, it is the most atypical bullseye ever drawn.

December 8, 2012 8:37 pm @KenOchalek: I see what you're saying, but I didn't take the "bullseye" symbol to be atomic bomb radius. I took it to be the shockwaves that are always displayed when the hulk jumps, lands, punches, claps, stomps, and basically does anything. There are almost always rings of force shown when he does these things, and CinCity is right that the "H" letter has historically been associated with Hawkeye in his costume and beyond. Of course, you are right about the current Hawkeye symbology on the Fraction/Aja book, but I feel I should point out that the Hawkeye book is A) not part of Marvel NOW! and B) focused on Clint Barton OUT of costume. I don't think you should base your Hawkeye costume Bible on the covers of those books because they are so far out of the "super hero" marvel universe. I think they are doing their own thing, which is awesome, but I think that means they are not the best basis for this analysis. And how about this, each of the 6 initial Avengers are the Avengers who appeared in the Whedon film. All the characters that had their own films before the Avengers film have branches coming off of them. The H and the Spider logo do not. Neither Hawkeye or Black Widow had their own movies either. If you mentally associate it with the film(s) I think the H for Hawkweye works even better. Until I see something official, I will not believe that the isolated H is Hulk.

December 8, 2012 8:28 pm You have named He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named! Noooooooo

December 8, 2012 12:41 am For all the reasons you stated too

December 8, 2012 12:41 am Agreed 100%