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The narrator super skeptical that Reed and Sue are actually spending more time with Franklin.

Hopefully we're done with the black costume for a while.

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Back in the classic costume, hurray

McFarlane's Ben Grimm looks neither like on-model normal Ben Grimm nor like what Ben looks like after his recent transformation in the Fantastic Four book.

The whole extra-dimensional prison thing in Civil War isn't *that* out of character for the Fantastic Four. We won't see Venom again for over a year! Not until Amazing Spider-Man #315.

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This is clever as a way to beat him.

Venom priest costume is pretty sweet.

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The smile is definitely the most unnerving part, MJ is right.

Eddie Brock, another Catholic.

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Eddie, my brother, even you know this is weak sauce, right?

Again, this seems like your problem, Eddie, not Peter's.

Ah, Brock got bamboozled by the fake Sin Eater. I don't see how that's Peter's fault.

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I guess Peter does know who he is, sadly.

I like how Eddie has this epic grudge against Peter and Peter has no clue who he is.

This is a smart move by Michelinie if they follow through with it. Though of course ditching the Bugle is hard

Everyone is helping Peter and MJ move: Harry and Liz, Flash, Joe Robertson, Mandi, Candi, and Randi, a bunch of people we've never seen before and will never see again...

I don't get the joke here. I understand that the guy thinking that about Flash's hair himself has crazy hair, but why would he think Flash's hair is weird? Also who is this character?

This ain't your father's Spider-Man villain.

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McFarlane's Aunt May is kind of terrifying.

How many times has Peter already heard this guy's anecdote about the time he met Charles Lindbergh?

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Lubensky is back, apparently. Did Michelinie or Salicrup know he was gone? Who can say?

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Peter's, er, "spirits" begin to rise

Peter's sleazeball arc from, I think, the DeFalco run finally resuming.

I guess there's a thing where Peter's spidey sense doesn't work with Venom?

I wouldn't say that any era of American superhero comics has not been horny (maybe the very most recent era is a bit scared of being horny), but this era is particularly horny.

I like Peter calling Secret Wars "the Beyonder thing," because that's absolutely how all the characters would think of it. On the other hand keep Todd McFarlane away from my precious Fantastic Four you monsters.

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That one of Spider-Man's villains is "one of his old costumes" is an amazing idea.

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Eddie Brock, baby. A character who just screams "should be played by Topher Grace"

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MJ, this is the kind of shit that happens when you have Todd McFarlane on art. He's reckless! He doesn't understand how anatomy works!

As I said, don't love McFarlane's MJ. This is a good scene, though.

That was the first #300 but it was like the 218th issue of Thor. This was the actually 300th issue.

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MJ terrified because she sees that McFarlane is inking this time and she knows that Bob McLeod won't be able to partially save her from whatever grotesquerie McFarlane has in store.

But anyway, I think most of what has made Spider-Man endure comes from these 300 issues (along with ancillary Spider materials -- the Ditko annuals, the Stern and David runs on Spectacular, the rest of Kraven's Last Hunt).

I suppose there's several other Marvel books that have gotten up to 300 issues. Fantastic Four hit #300 a while ago. Simonson's last issue was the 300th Thor story, counting from Journey into Mystery #83. And those two have also been pretty consistent, though I think have had longer mid stretches.

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Wow, 300 issues of Amazing Spider-Man. I can't say it's all been great, but on the whole what a remarkably consistent run. The O'Neil run, admittedly not great, and there's some other rough bits. Several moments where Spectacular is the better book. But that's a lot of comics.

John @johnlk.bsky.social · 16h

Even that one at least had some of the originals in major roles. Like the team in Thunderbolts #150 is recognizably a Thunderbolts team. Whereas the Way team is just a travesty.

John @johnlk.bsky.social · 16h

The Earl of Strafford on being called back to England in 1639:

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John @johnlk.bsky.social · 20h

I just don't think it's the same book without those characters. This is not the Thunderbolts!

John @johnlk.bsky.social · 21h

SCOTUS appellate jurisdiction is *explicitly* at the discretion of Congress in the Constitution

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John @johnlk.bsky.social · 23h

Yeah, I don't think any of the New Warriors have appeared. Several were cast in an unaired New Warriors pilot, though no Namorita, Nova, Justice, or Firestar (though I think Angelica was tied up with Fox rights probably)

This is fine, I guess.

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These are rookie numbers. Jamelle's got to get these numbers up.

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Cap was "Captain America and the Falcon" for most of the 70s, e.g. Cyborg and Bumblebee are good ones. I have no idea who Tyroc is. Though he does remind me of Tyr. Who I know about from the non-canon "Super Powers" comics I had as a kid.

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Venom! I have to admit, I do imagine him with a stupid Tom Hardy voice now.

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This is all very silly!

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