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Possibly. However I think the seeds of OMD removal were planted in the recent issue of Amazing, as MJ was thinking how Peter has made it. He's juggling his dream job, being Spiderman and having a girlfriend. But then she starts thinking that SHE isn't the girlfriend and seems to start feeling a bit jealous before squashing that thought. |
Originally Posted by Veritech
given that the choice to promote the new guy came completely the hell out of nowhere, im not laying any bets down on reversing old editorial mandates just yet. even then, im betting they wont fix that particular mess for another three or four years.
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One can hope, I suppose.
Now comes a thought: IF OMD/BND/OMIT are undone, what changes for Spiderman will occur as the SPidey timeline is hopefully restored.
1. All of Spidey's past is supposed to be the same, minus the marriage. Thus MJ was still pregnant during the Clone Saga...ugh. Anyway, that means the marriage is restored and none of Peter's foes and friends should be adversely affected.
2. Aunt May should perish then if Spidey history is restored. That's fine, its time for Peter to move on without her and she should never have been retconned back from the dead after she perished in ASM 400.
3. As it was now revealed in OMIT that it was a joint effort by Dr. Strange, Iron Man and Reed Richards that caused the mindwipe and not Mephisto, then the mindwipe should still occur and the unmasking is undone. I still say a better way is to have Peter go back and warn his past self and then his past self disguises himself and says that his name is Ben Reilly when he unmasks.
4. How much of Spidey's adventures post OMD/BND/OMIT will change?
5. Would Peter still have screwed up his journalistic career only to land his dream job at the think tank?
I wish that comics would learn to evolve and end. Having Spiderman stay 15 to 30 for 40 years is ridiculous. Having the comics age with the fans would be nice to see. All it would require would have an arc where Spiderman, Batman, etc. to pass on the torch to the next generation. Of course, it doesn't apply to Superman since he can't age or ages very slowly, but having Lois Lane and his friends age would make for some interesting stories.
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Suggest you check Judge Dredd. He and the other Judges do age, despite the medical tech of the world they live in which includes age retardation and cloning. Some recent stories have dealt with the fact that Dredd isn't as young and fit as he was at the beginning and that his time may be running out. One such issue ended with him deciding that if he is going to go out it will be in service to the law and the criminals will know they faced Dredd. He refuses to take the "long walk" that some retired Judges do. |
Originally Posted by starphoenix
I wish that comics would learn to evolve and end. Having Spiderman stay 15 to 30 for 40 years is ridiculous. Having the comics age with the fans would be nice to see.
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All it would require would have an arc where Spiderman, Batman, etc. to pass on the torch to the next generation. Of course, it doesn't apply to Superman since he can't age or ages very slowly, but having Lois Lane and his friends age would make for some interesting stories.[/QUOTE]|
Originally Posted by Nericus
Suggest you check Judge Dredd. He and the other Judges do age, despite the medical tech of the world they live in which includes age retardation and cloning. Some recent stories have dealt with the fact that Dredd isn't as young and fit as he was at the beginning and that his time may be running out. One such issue ended with him deciding that if he is going to go out it will be in service to the law and the criminals will know they faced Dredd. He refuses to take the "long walk" that some retired Judges do.
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Fans do not always take kindly to their chidlhood icon being replaced.[/QUOTE]
Yeah...having any of the major heroes (or villains, for that matter) retire permanently in regular continuity would go over about as well as them dying permanently.
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Flash Thompson is a huge Spiderman fan and the symbiote hates Spiderman but both are obsessed. Interesting honestly this whole story looks like it will backfire and then where and what will the new Venom do?
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Originally Posted by Furio
Flash Thompson, as many guessed.
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And this is the reason why I prefer some manga over comics. They are written by one author, usually have a logical progression instead of the same villain fighting the same hero over and over again, and it has an ending. Mangas don't have to go through the atrocities that are retcons to fix everything unless the Manga author is a complete idiot.
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Originally Posted by Furio
Yeah...having any of the major heroes (or villains, for that matter) retire permanently in regular continuity would go over about as well as them dying permanently.
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some do. some comics age their characters in 'real time'. while i wouldn't mind seeing some progression along those lines, ill admit that i dont particularly want to see most given super-heroes stories end anymore than i want them to die. (oh look, someone already said as much) Also, with multiple writers, it means if someone leaves a book or project for whatever reason, the story doesn't have to end just because they're gone. Im also a big fan of having a lot of these heroes mucking about in the same continuity/universe. Not something ive seen with manga.|
Originally Posted by starphoenix
I wish that comics would learn to evolve and end. Having Spiderman stay 15 to 30 for 40 years is ridiculous. Having the comics age with the fans would be nice to see. All it would require would have an arc where Spiderman, Batman, etc. to pass on the torch to the next generation. Of course, it doesn't apply to Superman since he can't age or ages very slowly, but having Lois Lane and his friends age would make for some interesting stories.
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Not that im knocking it, just noting a difference in the style.
Also I too endeavor to avoid Spiderman purchases due to OMD. Here's hoping that the new EIC endeavors to unravel that mess.