tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post7195552301711869225..comments2024-03-10T22:13:11.974-04:00Comments on Marvel Comics of the 1980s: 1983 - Amazing Spider-Man #243Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-17633628830068912122012-10-16T15:43:04.198-04:002012-10-16T15:43:04.198-04:00Another "quiet" character driven issue f...Another "quiet" character driven issue from Stern. God I miss that run.<br /><br />I remember having the issue before this one (when MJ walked in on him right before the comic ended)- I think it was the issue where Spidey beats up the Thinker's battledroid (remember when Spidey was a formidable match for any foe?). I moved about a thouseand miles away from my home right after that issue came out and never got settled in time to pick back up with Spidey until DeFalco was on board. So I never saw this issue until I bought the ASM DVD a few years back. As such, I don't have the fond childhood memories of this issue per se, but do of this the issue right before this and for the run in general.<br /><br />I don't think it was an "error" by Stern to pull him out of school at the time - I think the dictates of the story were kind of heading in that direction for a whil. Obviously there were a lot of mis-steps taken after this by subsequent writers (Stern was not on the title for long after this if I remember correctly). And who knows what Stern would have done with it if he had stayed on the title long term?<br /><br />And that is a question I can cry myself to sleep at night with. Where would Stern had taken Spidey if he had stayed on.<br /><br />Oh - and OMD/BND did not "wipe this away" IMO. I'm not defending that decision and I think that story and it's implications were badly handled, but this is pre-marriage Spidey were talking about here anyway. OMD/BND never purported to re-write Spidey history to the beginning, just the marriage.Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627060948106726801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-32331650718952890732012-09-24T10:59:36.432-04:002012-09-24T10:59:36.432-04:00Hey Comicsfan, thanks for the comment. Your words ...Hey Comicsfan, thanks for the comment. Your words echo my thoughts on tihs; nicely said.Jason Shayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-35104824683331927832012-09-24T06:47:12.493-04:002012-09-24T06:47:12.493-04:00It's moments like that which cast such a (well...It's moments like that which cast such a (well deserved) harsh light on the Spidey-Mephisto reset. Ditching his college education was a pretty big moment in Peter's life, particularly for readers who had followed many such turning points for the character--yet, what meaning does it have <i>now?</i> Peter's slate has been wiped clean--and our reactions to such decisions are now moot. Your words "growing up with a maturing Peter Parker" speak volumes, since the time we invested in that character and all he went through is rendered null and void, for all intents and purposes. Which begs the question: why should we do so a <i>second</i> time?<br /><br />Granted, Peter isn't the first person with a promising future to chuck school, and Spider-Man has obviously been the bigger draw of the book. Yet I can't bring myself to look at the trials and tribulations of Peter Parker again in the same light, even if Roger Stern were to step in and write the most moving story ever for him. If it has to do with Peter's future, what would be the point?<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.com