[Spoilers] Spiderman: One More Day...

[megamania]

And again lastily...yes, it was the cheapest to get out of it.

Another clone?

 

[megamania]

MJ as a clone?!?

 

[megamania]

Instant no marriage IF they remove the clones from OUR memories.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Or they could take a page from Iron Man and Ant MAn and make Spiderman get really drunk one night and abusive towards MJ that way they would surely get divorced.

 

[WayneLigon]

MJ as a clone?!?

Hey, for all we know, she's a Skrull....

 

[horacethegrey]

Hey, for all we know, she's a Skrull....

If she's a Skrull, then I'm not reading another Spidey book ever again.

As for my feelings on this attempt to make Spidey relatable to young audiences once again, I'll sum it up in 3 words : I HATE IT.

Sure, Spider-Man's youth and inexperience made him resonate with young readers, but we also connected with him when he grew older and wiser and learned from his mistakes. And despite what Joe Q thinks, we cheered for the good things in Peter Parker's life as much as we felt for him during the bad things. His marriage was the best thing to happen to him, and I was happy for him. Did that make him any less interesting? Course not! If anything it added one more interesting dimension to Spider-Man that I feel Joe Q has totally missed.

 

[Felon]

CBR (www.comicbookresources.com) is running a five part interview with JQue about this very topic. Only one part if posted so far, but I figured some of you might be interested.

Thanks for posting that. Having read it, I can't help but be amused by Joe thinking that organic posed some sort of storytelling obstacle that required a solution.

Here's my favorite part though:

By contrast to that, the "Brand New Day" segment was drawn in a manner to reflect the fact that Peter/Spider-Man is perhaps the greatest comic book character in the world today, and, in the end, it's exactly that -- a comic, not real life. And, while Peter goes through trials and tribulations, his world should be fun, bouncy, colorful and fantastic. Every page of "One More Day" that I drew over the four issues were drawn the way they were in order to make the last nine pages an emotional release. For over three and a half issues, I wanted to make the art dark and heavy, with the weight of Peter's world pushing against it, solely because I wanted the last nine pages to feel like the clouds had parted after the worse storm ever. It's a new day full of hope, color and, yes, the unknown just around the corner and while there is incredible sadness that this great love has been derailed, perhaps there is something amazing on the horizon.

????

Doesn't the bad guy actually win here? Isn't this retcon basically Mephisto having way with Spidey? How can that lead to anything bright and sunny and optimistic?

 

[Klaus]

If she's a Skrull, then I'm not reading another Spidey book ever again.

As for my feelings on this attempt to make Spidey relatable to young audiences once again, I'll sum it up in 3 words : I HATE IT.

Sure, Spider-Man's youth and inexperience made him resonate with young readers, but we also connected with him when he grew older and wiser and learned from his mistakes. And despite what Joe Q thinks, we cheered for the good things in Peter Parker's life as much as we felt for him during the bad things. His marriage was the best thing to happen to him, and I was happy for him. Did that make him any less interesting? Course not! If anything it added one more interesting dimension to Spider-Man that I feel Joe Q has totally missed.

Easy: Have Amazing Spider-Man deal with the adult Peter trying to make it as a husband, and have Tales of Spider-Man deal with adventures set back when Peter was a kid.

 

[WayneLigon]

Doesn't the bad guy actually win here? Isn't this retcon basically Mephisto having way with Spidey? How can that lead to anything bright and sunny and optimistic?

Does he remember he and MJ were married/in love? If not, he gets to fool around again with no consequences and no angst. (I seem to remember an earlier statement when the whole 'One More Day' thing was 'just a suposition': one major reason he hated the marriage was that it meant they could never again show Peter with another woman other than MJ without Peter being hated for it). I could see Quesada thinking that might be a good thing.

 

[frankthedm]

Easy: Have Amazing Spider-Man deal with the adult Peter trying to make it as a husband, and have Tales of Spider-Man deal with adventures set back when Peter was a kid.

Then there is no threat posed to spiderman in those flashbacks since the audience knows he has to live through them. Granted the threat of permanent death to a marvel cash cow does not exist in the first place…


As for this retcon idea, wow, utterly craptastic. I'd rather see another reboot.