How Nick Spencer Redeemed Spider-Man

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  • @Ctrl-Makima
    @Ctrl-Makima Před 3 lety +2578

    Imma submit this to “poorly aged things” lol

    • @Yamanosei95
      @Yamanosei95 Před 3 lety +52

      True

    • @27.kushagradutta76
      @27.kushagradutta76 Před 3 lety +70

      What happened

    • @limhansyin5981
      @limhansyin5981 Před 3 lety +365

      The quality started to deteriorate

    • @27.kushagradutta76
      @27.kushagradutta76 Před 3 lety +260

      @@limhansyin5981 oh thanks , I already read xaviers tweets and found that he bought back sins past and shit

    • @ericzhang1515
      @ericzhang1515 Před 3 lety +51

      @@limhansyin5981 that’s saddening, well one more issue until he leaves 🤷‍♀️

  • @vaiyt
    @vaiyt Před 5 lety +3777

    Parker Industries is the kind of thing that would make sense if comic characters weren't meant to be serialized forever.

    • @VunderGuy
      @VunderGuy Před 5 lety +333

      Hey, it still could have worked if the editors and writers wanted it to stick around... the thing is, though, you'd be left wondering how it would be able to compete with other corporations and not go under in a New York minute (*cough* Stark Industries*)

    • @kingofgreed1992
      @kingofgreed1992 Před 5 lety +93

      Yeah could have been a better what if story like that armoured Spider-Man from tas

    • @DevilfishFace
      @DevilfishFace Před 5 lety +346

      Parker Industries should have been a small company that in many ways mimics spider-man's life. It should have been a personification of the small every man that occasionally punches above its weight.

    • @shingshongshamalama
      @shingshongshamalama Před 5 lety +70

      That's the problem with Run Until Cancelled.
      Massive cash cow copyrights like Spiderman will NEVER be fully and truly cancelled. So they have to Run Until Forever.

    • @GreyFox23
      @GreyFox23 Před 5 lety +174

      @@DevilfishFace Yeah. Making it on level with like Stark Industries... a bit much. But making it a smaller company or more specific field in the tech/science sector worked. Kind of like the vibe we got when Peter was in Horizon. Not a "Parker branded item" but some tech he sells to a bigger company and gets royalties to and what not. That freedom to invent but also to go out and Spider-Man.

  • @CassFan99
    @CassFan99 Před 5 lety +1092

    Here's the thing that Slott misses; Peter Parker isn't Spider-Man's worst enemy, Spider-Man is Peter Parker's worst enemy.
    His relationships with those around him often appear toxic, but in reality he is always trying to make them right, with Spider-Man often holding him back, and the self-destruction is a result of his morals. Peter suffers because he does the right thing.
    It is in many ways, as you said, out of his control really. The only thing he could do is give up being Spider-Man, which although he tries to a lot, his guilt and sense of responsibility always brings him back to it.

    • @skyslasher2297
      @skyslasher2297 Před 3 lety +27

      I say there another alternative to salvage his relationships and it’s to let more people in on his secret because a lot of the damage comes from having to ditch them seemingly without explanation because he needs to save people as Spider-Man and telling them even if they end up worrying about him and his well being they’ll ultimately either understand or if the choose not to it’s not gonna work out with them just look at pre new 52 Jaime Reyes who was able to strike that balance between his professional and social life by being open with his family best friends his girlfriend local hero’s like The Posse The JLA etc
      A secret identity is extremely important but the point of one is to both maintain a life outside of super heroics and to keep your villains from finding out to protect your loved ones neither of which mean you have to keep them out

    • @isaacmartinez2359
      @isaacmartinez2359 Před 3 lety +62

      I have actually watched a video that say the opposite of that. "Spider-Man is not a Burden" is the title of it I think or the thumbnail, but it goes into depth about the original Steve Ditko and Stan Lee run of the character and how the dichotomy of Peter's and Spidey's relationship was. As it turns out it wasn’t that toxic or much of a big deal. I think really, it's supposed to be a mixture of both.
      When Peter can't pay for web fluid it affects Spider-Man.
      When the Villain is hunting for Spider-Man's friends it affects Peter.
      Neither of them are supposed to really be the "worst enemy" because they are the same person. There is a mixture of both that is always carefully balanced.

    • @oscarnav8
      @oscarnav8 Před 2 lety +3

      Damn right. Good comment

    • @Isow23
      @Isow23 Před 2 lety +1

      @@isaacmartinez2359 can you find the link?

    • @ghidorah15
      @ghidorah15 Před rokem

      @@skyslasher2297 Uh, maybe include some commas and periods, please?

  • @criticalthought1112
    @criticalthought1112 Před rokem +135

    I will forever go back to this video, just so I can go back to the days when Spider-Man comics had a bright future.

    • @MGrey-qb5xz
      @MGrey-qb5xz Před rokem

      huh what happened??

    • @JETBLASTIX
      @JETBLASTIX Před rokem +16

      Ikr, we were so close

    • @ianbruno237
      @ianbruno237 Před rokem

      It hurts. Bens gone again, mj has random ass kid, Felicia is a dumb rebound and Peter can’t even shove vultures eggs up his butt anymore without calling on Norman Osborn to help him. Not good at all

    • @kaiju1281
      @kaiju1281 Před rokem +24

      @@MGrey-qb5xz fucking Zeb Wells happened

    • @MGrey-qb5xz
      @MGrey-qb5xz Před rokem +1

      @@kaiju1281 new fan who dis?

  • @SexGod225
    @SexGod225 Před 5 lety +1442

    Slott wrote peter as more of a Scott Pilgrim then a Peter Parker.

    • @theillusionaryone
      @theillusionaryone Před 5 lety +124

      ImBeans that’s almost exactly how I would describe it 😂, but Scott before he gains the power of SELF RESPECT at the end

    • @genericedgyusername3206
      @genericedgyusername3206 Před 5 lety +2

      When?

    • @NeutralGuyDoubleZero
      @NeutralGuyDoubleZero Před 4 lety +12

      @@genericedgyusername3206 Obviously in the runs that godzillamendoza refers to in the video.

    • @OverlyPositiveFanboy
      @OverlyPositiveFanboy Před 3 lety +17

      Which Scott Pilgrim? Book or Film? I ask because Cera's performance is very different from BookScott's demeanour.

    • @skywaffles6674
      @skywaffles6674 Před 3 lety +9

      I love the scott pilgrim books

  • @jacobprigmore1301
    @jacobprigmore1301 Před 5 lety +4578

    Can we just take a moment to appreciate how great 2018 was for Spidey?
    -Spider-Man PS4
    -Into the Spider-Verse
    -Infinity War
    -Spencer’s Amazing run
    -Venom (lol)

    • @Red-Rebel
      @Red-Rebel Před 5 lety +332

      Infinity War should NOT be on that list.
      "I don't feel so good, Mr. Stark."

    • @red-arachnid1284
      @red-arachnid1284 Před 5 lety +462

      Also (two sad things)
      -Steve Ditko's death
      -Stan Lee's death

    • @red-arachnid1284
      @red-arachnid1284 Před 5 lety +118

      But Still 2018 was a great year for Spidey.

    • @SocraticMayhem
      @SocraticMayhem Před 5 lety +230

      “It’s not a Spider-man story if someone doesn’t suffer”

    • @GregKhar-NU-Metalhead2000
      @GregKhar-NU-Metalhead2000 Před 5 lety +53

      Don't forget the biggest of em all...Spider-Geddon

  • @tannerbruning868
    @tannerbruning868 Před 5 lety +3857

    Dan slots Spider-Man is what venom thought spider man was

    • @Awesomemusic19
      @Awesomemusic19 Před 5 lety +305

      Tanner Bruning
      this is...amazing

    • @alma3884052
      @alma3884052 Před 5 lety +125

      That's pretty good

    • @estevangarcia1089
      @estevangarcia1089 Před 5 lety +132

      You actually make a valid point

    • @evanrailman7898
      @evanrailman7898 Před 5 lety +19

      What do you mean?

    • @tannerbruning868
      @tannerbruning868 Před 5 lety +286

      Evan Railman venom wanted to kill Spider-Man because he believe he was a selfish jerk who only cared about the fame he got and not actually fighting crime.

  • @MrJostur
    @MrJostur Před 5 lety +536

    ...so...this dude purposefully wrote stories that he thought people would get pissed off at...because he thought them being angry was a sign of passion, which sure, it is, and he thought that making fans angry *on purpose* ...would actually...keep them invested...?
    Bu-...I-...I can't even like...think of how to properly respond to this in words, so I'll just say: "EA is on the line and they want some tips for marketing."

    • @goldenstatewarriors9418
      @goldenstatewarriors9418 Před 3 lety +27

      That's Dan Slott for you.

    • @tcrpgfan
      @tcrpgfan Před 2 lety +14

      I think he was trying to burn the whole thing down because he disagreed with editorial about the book.

    • @jacobnorris8256
      @jacobnorris8256 Před 2 lety +3

      @Wally Webbs Except the comedians in question mostly get their value through the people that love them. The people that hate them is largely a side effect of making people like them, rather than another intended advantage.
      Sure, clout from hate can be beneficial too, but is much less likely to get you viewers or tickets to your show or whatever, than positive attention does.
      And clout is only valuable when you're an unknown. Negative clout is beneficial since even if people give you negative attention, getting people to talk about you, even if it's negative, will get people to hear about you, and some of those people are bound to get interested. Spider man though? Just about *everyone* knows about spider man, there's nearly no benefit in 'getting people to hear about you', since they almost certainly already have.
      And nevertheless, as much as negative attention can give you a *spike* in popularity, people will eventually ignore it completely. People like shitting on bad things, but if it brings a negative reading experience then people will just stop checking it out after enough time. It may have garnered some sales at the time of release, but it may have had some permanent damage on the spider man brand.
      Not to mention as much as it can situationally be good marketing, it's still terrible artistry. Deliberately making shit content that sells is not very respectable, especially with an already-beloved franchise.

  • @nicodemusedwards6931
    @nicodemusedwards6931 Před 5 lety +879

    Modern Spider-Man (at least in my mind) should consider one very important thing. PETER HAS GROWN UP! He’s not a kid figuring out how to be Spider-Man or trying to get his life in order. Peter is a grown ass man, and needs to act like a grown ass man.

    • @user-zd2kl9yg4v
      @user-zd2kl9yg4v Před 5 lety +54

      Well, he should be 70 something old man.

    • @INFERNO95
      @INFERNO95 Před 5 lety +45

      Nicodemus Edwards Marvel refuse to let peter grow up.

    • @DragONheart27X
      @DragONheart27X Před 5 lety +98

      The very thing I love about Spider-Verse's Peter Parker is his adult dilemmas, why can't that be the status quo for once in 616 or whatever the mainstream continuity now is? Divorce, raising Mayday as a single dad, depression, etc. That would make for a compelling Peter Parker.

    • @MoMagnus93
      @MoMagnus93 Před 5 lety +6

      Steven Jan Cadena nah

    • @tchoythao1730
      @tchoythao1730 Před 5 lety +14

      @@DragONheart27X the problem is that his current problems aren't adult problems.

  • @nickclark1815
    @nickclark1815 Před 5 lety +656

    2018 was the unofficial year of Spider-Man.

    • @ianr.navahuber2195
      @ianr.navahuber2195 Před 5 lety +24

      for better or worst (MCU spidey died, Flash thompson too, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko too, aunt may in the PS4 Game,a nd i that game you can actually count how many role models and mentors peter loses (if you think about it, PS4!Peter Is basically the Peter Dan Slott envisioned, But done right))

    • @pyroshell5652
      @pyroshell5652 Před 5 lety +1

      @@ianr.navahuber2195 And what is that? I don't ask out of bitterness, I've just been out of the loop for a while as far as comics are concerned.

    • @ianr.navahuber2195
      @ianr.navahuber2195 Před 5 lety

      @@pyroshell5652 whatis that? PS4! Peter being slott's spidey done right? i don't get your question

    • @pyroshell5652
      @pyroshell5652 Před 5 lety

      @@ianr.navahuber2195 I mean, HOW is PS4!Spidey Slott's Spidey done right? What was Slott going for that PS4 spidey succeeded at?

    • @ianr.navahuber2195
      @ianr.navahuber2195 Před 5 lety +14

      @@pyroshell5652 as this video shows, Slott has tried to have Peter make better use of his brains by giving him gadgets, designed by him, AND also state peter parker is his own worst enemy. this video shows slott has been hit-and-miss in that regard
      THE PS4 game however has shown it can be done. first the gadgets, which are shwon to be really helpful without making spidey feel like a poor man's iron man or batman. (especially with the many suits giving him different abilities)
      AND the game shows spider-man being his own worst enemy in more subtle ways. LIKE him getting evicted from his apartment because he couldn't pay rent on time. Or him and MJ breaking up because Peter worried about her too much (a justified fear, but moving on), Or him supposedly making Otto's insanity get worse due to Peter not being around enough to notice the worsening signs, justfor simply things like "spiey stuff" or "personal stuff", and the same goes for Him not getting to spend enough time with Aunt May for simple things anyone could be doing, or more important things like spidey saving people (and one could argue the same goes to Yuri). That is actually a great way to make Spidey/Pete his own wosrt enemy, while keeping his status of "the underdog that the univese uses as punching bag" (after all, there is no one pete would know that doing a simple personal stuff like searching his things that were thrown to garbage for not being able to pay rent would lead to him spening less time with aunt may before his death).
      ALSO how at the end Pete wants to avoid doing any important science stuff besides gadgets out of fear and guilt to what happened to Otto. That's a better way to set pete as his own worst enemy then Slott did (especially the moment when pete was this close of using the cure only on may, only to restrain himself, despite how much it hurts).
      That's why i think PS4! Peter and Spidey are Slott's Peter and Spider-Man done right

  • @hexen237
    @hexen237 Před 2 lety +37

    never seen someone's hopes get crushed this hard

  • @thegodofalldragons
    @thegodofalldragons Před 5 lety +414

    "An enraged fan is an engaged fan"? That never works with me. Stories that consistently "enrage" me are also the ones I consistently lose interest in. What a stupid quote...

    • @bichonnation9494
      @bichonnation9494 Před 3 lety +59

      That quote alone just told me that slott is a thundering dumbass

    • @Gemnist98
      @Gemnist98 Před 3 lety +13

      Even if Slott said that, he’s not the most infuriating Marvel writer to live by that mantra. Rick Remender is, by a long shot.

    • @bichonnation9494
      @bichonnation9494 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Gemnist98 Jesus Christ. Marvels got a hell ton of infuriating writers over the few years. ANAD is also what I like to all just, the death of marvel comics.

    • @Gemnist98
      @Gemnist98 Před 3 lety +13

      @Jacob Wood Remender is known for creating these big, game-changing storylines in every other issue for nothing more than sheer shock value. In Uncanny Avengers for example, he murdered half the team and destroyed the world, only to bring it back a few issues later. In Captain America, his first arc involved Cap basically going through an Old Man Logan arc - which is fine, until he uses the opportunity to kill Sharon Carter and make Cap an old man with no powers for several years. And in Rise of Ultron, he needlessly killed off Hank Pym. Again, none of these stories were built up, they were all for shock value, but I hear his creator-owned work is actually pretty good.
      Oh, and there was the one time he told his questioning fans to “drown yourselves in hobo piss”, but that’s a bit unrelated.

    • @Gemnist98
      @Gemnist98 Před 3 lety +5

      @@bichonnation9494 I don’t think any of the writers they have are objectively bad or infuriating. ANAD is over and done with, as are the majority of relaunches, and with that change came a lot of the writers moving on to bigger and better things. It wasn’t too long ago that Nick Spencer was the most hated writer at Marvel, and yet, here we are with everyone praising the hell out of him for his current stuff. Even Dan Slott, I’ve heard good things about Fantastic Four and Iron Man, and his Silver Surfer run is considered one of the best comics of the decade.

  • @mikecahall542
    @mikecahall542 Před 5 lety +1789

    Dan “the main bad guy in the ps4 game” Slott

    • @TrisStrudel
      @TrisStrudel Před 5 lety +273

      That’s an insult to PS4 Otto.

    • @estevangarcia1089
      @estevangarcia1089 Před 5 lety +165

      Dan “Mr. Doc Ock Fetish” Slott

    • @jackjaws
      @jackjaws Před 5 lety +148

      Slotto Octavius

    • @battleframestudios8989
      @battleframestudios8989 Před 5 lety +156

      @@ArtTwinkApril It's more than that. Otto in Spider-Man PS4 tries to do what he thinks is right but insists that his way is better than everyone else' way. Instead of trying to change Norman he changes himself and stoops to his level to smite him. Instead of changing the story to fit the characters Dan Slot changes the characters to fit his story. Ottos character changed in the same way Slot changes his characters. Both do it because it's convenient for their goals but end up sacrificing what made their characters so great to begin with.

    • @somethingfunny2199
      @somethingfunny2199 Před 5 lety +32

      And now I officially can’t unsee that, thanks.

  • @darkknightfan7520
    @darkknightfan7520 Před 5 lety +763

    2018 was definitely a breath of fresh air as a spider-man fan.

    • @enotsnavdier6867
      @enotsnavdier6867 Před 5 lety +39

      Stix N' Stones
      I'd rather forget that dumpsterfire.

    • @electrosphere5581
      @electrosphere5581 Před 5 lety +15

      Could have been something much better if they went for a more mature story.

    • @ComicWriter-ml3qt
      @ComicWriter-ml3qt Před 5 lety +5

      darkknightfan75 movies games and comics oh my

    • @ComicWriter-ml3qt
      @ComicWriter-ml3qt Před 5 lety +10

      Stix N' Stones the story was cliche as hell but Tom hardy was pretty good.
      Edit: it’s like eating a delicious grilled chicken sandwich. The chicken is good but you got to pick off the tomato.

    • @Measles1090
      @Measles1090 Před 5 lety

      NO SHUT THE FUCK UP (jk lol)

  • @digdugdoggy
    @digdugdoggy Před 5 lety +728

    Man I thought you were gonna be super annoying with your opinion but you're actually chill as heck and well thought out

    • @thatoneguy5347
      @thatoneguy5347 Před 4 lety +7

      Okay, am I the only one who compared the first ark to that one episode of Danny phantom

    • @Mirrorcomics24
      @Mirrorcomics24 Před 3 lety +4

      No opinion is annoying

    • @Mirrorcomics24
      @Mirrorcomics24 Před 3 lety

      @@thatoneguy5347 oh yeah where they were split

    • @basedchimera5859
      @basedchimera5859 Před 3 lety +7

      @@Mirrorcomics24 disagree

    • @BlamoStramo
      @BlamoStramo Před 3 lety +3

      Sounds like you're the one with the annoying opinions

  • @roboticspiderguy8901
    @roboticspiderguy8901 Před 4 lety +66

    Peter acting responsible is fan service enough

  • @SuperSwimTeam7
    @SuperSwimTeam7 Před 5 lety +487

    That ending was so great, it brought a tear to my eye. I know it might sound silly, but after Ultimate Peter died I had this sense of pain in my stomach, and I cried over the fact that in none of the universes, 616 post OMD, Ultimate, the 90's animated series, or even the Rami-verse (if you count the leaked script as canon,) do MJ and Pete end up together. They've been my OTP since day one, seeing them back together makes me so happy.
    This video was so great GM. You've got such an amazing channel and I'm so glad there are kind YT'ers like you out here to lead the pack for the rest of us. Thanks for the video!

    • @TIMMUT17
      @TIMMUT17 Před 5 lety +33

      Well, they did brought back Ultimate Peter and he drived off into the sunset with MJ. But then that universe got destroyed... or something? I don't know.

    • @kevinnosaurus793
      @kevinnosaurus793 Před 5 lety +17

      Renew Your Vows.

    • @viewtifulvash6068
      @viewtifulvash6068 Před 5 lety +5

      @@TIMMUT17 Yeah, but then Bendis decided to bring the Ultimate universe at the end of Spider-Men II in the most forced way possible.

    • @TIMMUT17
      @TIMMUT17 Před 5 lety +8

      @@viewtifulvash6068 And what happenef with Ultimate Peter? Is he alright? He is my favorite.

    • @viewtifulvash6068
      @viewtifulvash6068 Před 5 lety +14

      @@TIMMUT17 He and MJ are still together.

  • @MsMaydayGoingDown
    @MsMaydayGoingDown Před 5 lety +384

    Between the return to form Spencer is writing, the way the newest video game finally matures the character and how the most recent Spidey movie shows what it truly means to be Spider-Man for all of us, I'd say Spidey is back on track to be the hero we all love and cherish :)

    • @MysteriousTomJenkins
      @MysteriousTomJenkins Před 5 lety +49

      Honestly Spiderman stories these days just seem to want to smash the bullshit that came out after One More Day. Spiderman has a meaningful relationship with MJ in the game and deals with hard adult stuff in the movie, Aunt May is actually allowed to die and Spiderman in the game has the choice to save her at the expense of making a VERY POOR decision and unlike One More Day, he doesn't take it and lets nature take its course. The movie, as far as I am aware, shows that being Spiderman is not a fun thing and is taking a toll on Peter and now all the dumb shit in modern Spiderman is being criticized. Seeing all this makes me feel very optimistic and I don't even follow Spiderman comics currently. Spiderman is allowed to love, learn and lose in meaningful ways.

    • @li-limandragon9287
      @li-limandragon9287 Před 5 lety +14

      There is a reason Spider-Man is in front of everybody
      encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSE8irV9w8MSU81KrS7PkDLueIvdus70cslLJFDUJNQMP46Ch6k&usqp=CAU
      He's the Marvel Comics equivalent to Mickey Mouse for Disney or Bugs for Warner Brothers, no other character sums up the human element that Marvel so great.

    • @shockwavespider3942
      @shockwavespider3942 Před 4 lety

      Except he's not voiced by josh Keaton anymore

  • @murphyjack90
    @murphyjack90 Před 5 lety +220

    A superhero led astray by bad writing for years and then brought back to form by another writer who opens his run by shitting all over the previous run.
    Reminds me of Garth Ennis when he opened up Welcome Back Frank.

    • @thatoneguy5347
      @thatoneguy5347 Před 4 lety +4

      Am I the only one who compared the first ark to that one episode of Danny phantom

  • @MrDe-ru2hj
    @MrDe-ru2hj Před 5 lety +214

    "An enraged fan is an engaged fan"
    *looks at the sonic fanbase*
    Well he's not wrong.

    • @smashmaster521
      @smashmaster521 Před 4 lety +16

      You took the words out of my mouth. Now, if only Sonic could get a return to form like Spidey did (outside his movie, that is).

    • @drawsection
      @drawsection Před 3 lety +2

      @@smashmaster521 yeah sonic was my childhood

    • @marcool3645
      @marcool3645 Před 2 lety +3

      @@smashmaster521 for a second i thought we were getting that when sonic mania came out. then forces was the slap back to reality game that said "dont get used to it we still like pumping out trash"

    • @lolstalgic9602
      @lolstalgic9602 Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@smashmaster521 This aged WELL

    • @smashmaster521
      @smashmaster521 Před 9 měsíci

      @@lolstalgic9602 How was I supposed to know we'd get a crappy Spider-Man after Spencer's run ended?

  • @coleschubert9868
    @coleschubert9868 Před 5 lety +853

    Dan slott writes Peter Parker like Eddie Brock

  • @nicktroisi6347
    @nicktroisi6347 Před rokem +14

    Nick Spencer came so close to undoing One More Day and then zeb wells and pAuL happened

  • @shanestern1788
    @shanestern1788 Před 5 lety +549

    Dan Slott: So people really liked Superior Spider-Man? Ok, I see, henceforth Spider-Man shall always be a terrible, unlikable, and unrelatable person.
    Everyone: Mr. Slott, I don't feel too good.

    • @hoodlum4511
      @hoodlum4511 Před 4 lety +14

      What Dan did. I felt I was shot through my heart

    • @thatoneguy5347
      @thatoneguy5347 Před 4 lety +2

      Am I the only one who compared the first ark to that one episode of Danny phantom

    • @skywaffles6674
      @skywaffles6674 Před 3 lety +39

      Superior spider-man only worked because it was ock and not peter

    • @ride-playerbb2818
      @ride-playerbb2818 Před 2 lety +11

      @@skywaffles6674 yeah, it's like if they decided to make Batman (or the Robins) a gun weilding anti hero because people liked the Red Hood

    • @aarondominguez782
      @aarondominguez782 Před 2 lety +4

      @@ride-playerbb2818 Ummmm...they kind of did...no offense to Ben Afflick but...yeah...

  • @SafeeLone
    @SafeeLone Před 5 lety +415

    "Writes the characters to fit the story, instead of writing a story to fit the characters." Hit the nail on the head there. Just look at what Tom King is doing with Batman. Batman/Bruce is barely noticeable. Just an angry, borderline crazy, jerk making stupid decisions. It's OK with obscure characters. But with Characters as established as Spidey and Batman, it ruins the stories for me.

    • @VunderGuy
      @VunderGuy Před 5 lety +48

      "It's OK with obscure characters..."
      No. It isn't. It NEVER is ok. In fact, it's this kind of thinking that allowed writers like Slot and Tim King to eventually corrupt the more obvious guys. If you won't even stand up for the littlest of little guys within a given company, what makes you think the actual creators are going to care about changing the big name guys? You wanna blame someone for what's happened, what's happening, and what will continue to happen, start with yourself and punch yourself REALLY hard so that maybe your head's screwed on straight.

    • @ginogatash4030
      @ginogatash4030 Před 5 lety +6

      i never read Tom King's comics, but from what you said it looks like Frank Miller's more recent Batman, is King's run like All Star Batman?

    • @ginogatash4030
      @ginogatash4030 Před 5 lety +37

      @@VunderGuy if obscure characters weren't allowed to change, we'd be stuck with the fat german Iceman. and we'd never have got the amazing Bruce Timm animated series version, with the tragic backstory and all.

    • @joelmiller2601
      @joelmiller2601 Před 5 lety +4

      VunderGuy Jesus man. Eat a snickers.

    • @li-limandragon9287
      @li-limandragon9287 Před 4 lety +23

      Tom King lost me, when he had Catwoman leave Batman at the altar “Cauze Batman can’t be Batman if he’s married”. It’s not like heroes like Mr Fantastic have been hitched for decades, but spouses ruin grouchness.

  • @deangelo3342
    @deangelo3342 Před 5 lety +581

    I swear 2018 is the best spiderman year in a long, long time.

    • @skylerk2516
      @skylerk2516 Před 5 lety +21

      it honestly has been. and I thought he was gonna ruin it even more

    • @loganmenchaca
      @loganmenchaca Před 5 lety +6

      Exactly!

    • @deangelo3342
      @deangelo3342 Před 5 lety +4

      @BazKar very tru, while i had my gripe with him being spiderman at the time I couldn't deny how great superior spiderman was, kinda a sucks how he had to go through the same character development instead of something new

    • @RogueFox2185
      @RogueFox2185 Před 5 lety +1

      Definitely

    • @BlockSquad1000
      @BlockSquad1000 Před 5 lety +3

      It really has, it's honestly insane just how much great Spidey stuff we've had this year.

  • @vicboss2480
    @vicboss2480 Před 5 lety +777

    hot redhead destroys fat man with logic and facts episode #273

    • @robertwyatt3912
      @robertwyatt3912 Před 5 lety +23

      dragon stare24 actually this is #describeavideocompletelyaccuratelyonehundredpercentrealdescription

    • @autobotstarscream765
      @autobotstarscream765 Před 5 lety

      @dragon stare24 FAT MAN BAD

    • @ginogatash4030
      @ginogatash4030 Před 5 lety +3

      at first i was confused because i thought you meant Mary Jane, then i rememberd that Xavier is a ginger, so now i feel stupid.

    • @joshualessore7652
      @joshualessore7652 Před 5 lety +6

      hot redhead DESTROYS fat man with LOGIC and FACTS episode #273

  • @SogekingFirebirdStar
    @SogekingFirebirdStar Před rokem +17

    And then Zeb Wells got his hands on the title and the quality plummeted like a lead weight.

    • @GodzillaMendoza
      @GodzillaMendoza  Před rokem +14

      It plummeted before the Spencer run ended. This video is so hilariously out of date

    • @SogekingFirebirdStar
      @SogekingFirebirdStar Před rokem +11

      @@GodzillaMendoza One person's opinion. But I think it's universally agreed that Zeb Wells blatantly doesn't care to even try to stay true to the characters.

    • @brewmaster2912
      @brewmaster2912 Před rokem +4

      @@GodzillaMendoza I honestly think Spencer was going to retcon OMD but the editors didn’t let him.

    • @speedflashanimations221
      @speedflashanimations221 Před rokem

      @@GodzillaMendoza did you ever make a new post after this?
      I swearr i think I saw a thumbnails for a video that came after this

    • @miguelorozco4445
      @miguelorozco4445 Před rokem

      @@brewmaster2912 yup Cebulski gwen fanboy and Nick Lower did not let Spencer undo OMD. Spencer was going to make MJ and peter married again

  • @di_namik_
    @di_namik_ Před rokem +13

    This is so said to watch when you know that Zeb Wells and Paul happened😢

    • @jakew6162
      @jakew6162 Před rokem +2

      They could’ve let Nick Spencer to continue run😔

  • @ar_reactions612
    @ar_reactions612 Před 5 lety +217

    Safe to say that the character we all know and love is finally back. Comics, games, and films. Now if we could just get a good Spider-Man Animated series...

    • @DevilHunter1994
      @DevilHunter1994 Před 5 lety +63

      Or if they REALLY wanted to win us over they could just bring back a certain Spider-Man animated series that was loved by the fandom and was canceled much too soon....Oh Spectacular Spider-Man, how I miss you.

    • @JackClockerinos
      @JackClockerinos Před 5 lety +8

      Ultimate wasn't so bad...

    • @Mr.Rodgers7
      @Mr.Rodgers7 Před 5 lety +28

      @@DevilHunter1994 they should just brong spectacular back... I need s3 dammit

    • @ar_reactions612
      @ar_reactions612 Před 5 lety +10

      Jack Clock it wasn’t so good either

    • @gannielukks1811
      @gannielukks1811 Před 5 lety +20

      @@Mr.Rodgers7 They revive Clone Wars, they can revive Spectacular Spider-Man too, I believe

  • @sk8erclone25
    @sk8erclone25 Před 5 lety +509

    Do you think that the hobo-depressed Alternate Universe Spider-Man from Into the Spiderverse was also a jab at Slott's version of Spider-Man?

    • @raylenn4444
      @raylenn4444 Před 5 lety +64

      Yup. definitely.

    • @marcobrilli8669
      @marcobrilli8669 Před 5 lety +148

      Sk8erclone What I love about ITSV's Peter B. And SMPS4's ending is that they're basically a middle finger to what OMD did and what it stands for

    • @thermax44
      @thermax44 Před 4 lety +1

      Wait didn’t slott write that book

    • @danielwood6833
      @danielwood6833 Před 4 lety +84

      @@marcobrilli8669 hell they even said the words "Mary Jane Parker"
      Been years since we heard that

    • @Boomie_365
      @Boomie_365 Před 3 lety +4

      @@thermax44 The Movie Into the Spider-Verse, not the book he wrote.

  • @cayden6057
    @cayden6057 Před 2 lety +36

    It's honestly heartbreaking how far the Spencer run fell from grace. It was truly a light at the end of the tunnel, shame it tripped when it mattered most.

  • @stevenandrewchua542
    @stevenandrewchua542 Před rokem +7

    Hoooo boy, at least Spencer was able to undo Sins Past, since editorial clearly doesn’t want him to touch One More Day

  • @bafoolagan4273
    @bafoolagan4273 Před 5 lety +292

    I’m starting to think he’s a Spider-Man fan: I just think

  • @Strider119119
    @Strider119119 Před 5 lety +296

    Slott is the biggest ideas man ever. The concepts he introduces are cool but he's a complete hack when it comes to actually writing them.

    • @Mr.Rodgers7
      @Mr.Rodgers7 Před 5 lety +13

      Agreed, although not all of his concepts are great

    • @Strider119119
      @Strider119119 Před 5 lety +38

      Boneax _ Well bringing back Ben Reilly sounds great on paper and having all the alternate Spider people team up to fight vampires sounds cool. But Slott feels like the only way to raise the stakes is to ruin a character’s personality or kill off characters people like.

    • @kylehasstyle138
      @kylehasstyle138 Před 5 lety +8

      yeah the Red Goblin idea was really cool but the way it was written was kind of lack luster

    • @sharinganZERO23
      @sharinganZERO23 Před 5 lety +15

      the idea of parker industries was good on paper ive always thought it was good character growth that he be next generation tony stark

    • @Hillthugsta
      @Hillthugsta Před 5 lety +14

      @@sharinganZERO23 It should have stopped at New Horizons. It was a perfect fit for Peter and was long over due.

  • @VonBoche
    @VonBoche Před 5 lety +23

    "Feels like Umberto Ramos is really trying to tighten up his anatomy and perspective"
    Pictured on screen : Spidey with a dislocated stumpy leg flapping in the wind and two left hands.

    • @smashmaster521
      @smashmaster521 Před 4 lety +5

      To be fair, he did say Ramos was TRYING to tighten up his anatomy and perspective.

  • @thedudeofren
    @thedudeofren Před 2 lety +33

    I swear, the Marvel editorial staff are actively looking at this to find new ways to badly age it even further

    • @DiamondBatToons
      @DiamondBatToons Před 2 lety +5

      I wouldn't be surprised if they only got their jobs because they watched the MCU Infinity Saga & winged it from there.

    • @Double-R-Nothing
      @Double-R-Nothing Před rokem

      *Sigh* What did they do this time?

    • @Leonheart039
      @Leonheart039 Před rokem +9

      @@Double-R-Nothing
      1. they made Ben Reily evil again
      2. Peter made a terrible mistake that made everyone hate him AGAIN
      3. Peter and MJ broke up AGAIN
      4. MJ is with a dude with kids
      5. Peter is working for Norman Osborn
      6. Peter is trying to hook up with Black Cat

    • @derekg5006
      @derekg5006 Před rokem +1

      @@Leonheart039 christ almighty why do these writers hate mj so much

    • @Leonheart039
      @Leonheart039 Před rokem +5

      @@derekg5006 My Theory is that they project themselves too much into Peter
      What do i mean? They see peter as this nerd loser that lives in his aunt basement or something like that instead of recognizing that Parker has grown way past that decade's ago. So they can't accept him with someone like MJ because its clashes with their idea of Peter being an absolute loser 24/7

  • @96grunge
    @96grunge Před 5 lety +513

    *You swear you’re not a Spider-Man channel, Xavier*
    *But you are, and you always will be* 😂😂😂😂😂😊😊😊😊

  • @TheJavaMonkey
    @TheJavaMonkey Před 5 lety +145

    Peter was a self-insert power fantasy for for Slott. He’s not the character we’ve known and loved for the better part of a century.

    • @fightingmedialounge519
      @fightingmedialounge519 Před 5 lety +6

      Peter has always been a self insert power fantasy.

    • @cake6851
      @cake6851 Před 5 lety +4

      @@fightingmedialounge519 Kind of? I mean most of the time spiderman is used as sexual power fantasy for writers but outside that nah.

    • @fightingmedialounge519
      @fightingmedialounge519 Před 5 lety

      @@cake6851 so you don't consider a unpolar social outcast randomly receiving powers which he doesn't have to work to control that let him peform amazing physical feats and go on crazy adventures wish fulfilment?

    • @cake6851
      @cake6851 Před 5 lety +15

      @@fightingmedialounge519 Yeah because more often than not its pretty shitty to be peter parker

    • @INFERNO95
      @INFERNO95 Před 5 lety +9

      Kye Dysarthria James bond is a power fantasy, Spider-Man is relatable.

  • @MCR123321
    @MCR123321 Před 5 lety +169

    On Dan Slott writing Peter as selfish, wasn't there a time when Pete was hiding in his subconscious when Doc Ock had Pete's body, and Doc was trying to save a little girl? How Pete tried to cut that part of his mind off from Ock and endanger the little girl for his own benefit... I couldn't believe it when I read that... That's not the Pete who learned about responsibility from Uncle Ben's death. That Pete was an absolute JERK.

    • @MCR123321
      @MCR123321 Před 3 lety +23

      @WardGamingWorld Yeah. Doc Ock had stolen Pete's body and was doing surgery on a little girl and Pete was hiding in his mind. In the story Pete tried to prevent Ock from using his mind because he would find Peter still in there. So Pete was willing to sacrifice a little girl to save himself according to Dan Slott who wrote Peter Parker as a selfish jerk.
      Superior Spider Man #8 and #9.

  • @ArcaneAzmadi
    @ArcaneAzmadi Před 5 lety +39

    You totally nailed it. It's hard to say exactly where the problems truly began, but it's blatantly obvious where they went critical- One More Day. OMD was a story based _entirely_ around Peter Parker acting like the exact _opposite_ of Peter Parker because that was what had to happen to get the resolution the suits wanted (Peter and MJ unmarried without the baggage of divorce). So when May gets shot by a perfectly normal sniper bullet that can't be healed by the finest science or most powerful magic in the entire Marvel universe, apparently because it's "her time to die", Peter can't face the prospect of life without his mummy figure and goes to _ridiculous_ lengths to try and save her even when _May herself_ tells him to let her go and be reunited with her Ben. When it's pointed out that May might only have a couple more years of life left anyway, he whines "At least it won't be my fault!", which said it all. At the heart of the story was the idea that _nothing_ mattered more than _Peter's_ feelings, _Peter's_ inability to take responsibility for the consequences of his actions (May got shot because he changed sides in the Civil War even after he'd unmasked, making her vulnerable). And all of the Brand New Day era written by Slott that followed was built on this same ground, a selfish, self-centered Peter Parker who merely pays lip service to the "power and responsibility" moral he'd lived by for almost half a century. It was repulsive, but hopefully it seems to be _finally_ over.
    However, I'd still like to see a story where Peter cashes in that favour he still has with Loki for helping save his daughter that time (assuming I didn't miss something and he already had), teams up with Deadpool again for his 4th wall awareness powers of what was changed, and the three of them go kick Mephisto's ass. That'd be sweet.

  • @andi8671
    @andi8671 Před 5 lety +72

    Easily one of your best vids, man. Loved the analysis, felt like it really made me appreciate the book more. Would love if you covered comics more often, you're pretty great at it.

  • @viewtifulvash6068
    @viewtifulvash6068 Před 5 lety +249

    Nick Spencer has reinstated my optimism for the book again because for the past ten years it felt like I was being tortured in hell under Slott's run, and I am DYING to know who the bandaged centipede demon is supposed to be.
    Edit after the Kindred reveal: My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

    • @superbogopop
      @superbogopop Před 5 lety +34

      It's Dan Slott

    • @tayojones9460
      @tayojones9460 Před 5 lety +3

      The first half the Slott run was not that bad! Yes, second half was bad, no argument there, but the first half was fun and treated Peter well.

    • @ashtonsalinas6336
      @ashtonsalinas6336 Před 5 lety

      @@tayojones9460 issue 801 was a great sendoff for Slott in my opinion

    • @BrenoRanyere
      @BrenoRanyere Před 5 lety

      is that his name? bandage centipide demon? cause thats a really cool name

    • @viewtifulvash6068
      @viewtifulvash6068 Před 5 lety +2

      @@BrenoRanyere No, we're still waiting to find out the name of it.

  • @jaeblack4752
    @jaeblack4752 Před 3 lety +15

    You explaining how Slott writes Spiderman is how Zack Snyder writes all of the DC characters. He has clearly read a bunch of comics but he absolutely shits the bed on the adaption to fit his own agenda that "superheroes kill"

  • @USM-1610
    @USM-1610 Před 5 lety +31

    Spider-Man Runs are like Arrow seasons:
    Lee\Ditko: Arrow Season 1
    Todd McFarlene run: Arrow Season 2
    Dan Slott run: Seasons 3/4
    J. Michael Strackzinky :Season 5
    J.J Abrams: Seasons 6/7
    Nick Spencer’s Run: Season 8

  • @kitfisto4711
    @kitfisto4711 Před 5 lety +331

    Dan slott is tryin to shut down the bomb squad

  • @kickfann
    @kickfann Před 2 lety +107

    I rewatched this video and I felt sad. After that, I decided to re-read Spencer run. I see that many people write that this video is poorly aged, but no, absolutely not. It's still a great run. Peter again understood the meaning of responsibility. Randy returned and started dating Beetle (Tombstone's daughter). Pete and MJ are back together. Peter lost his doctorate, which received Otto. After that, he went to study with Curt Connors to get his doctorate, on one's own. Boomerang became a hero who sacrificed his life for the Spider-Man. Peter and Felicia are friends again. Carly became interesting, started dating Overdrive and became friends with MJ. Jonah met with his ghosts of the past. Stories about Curt and Billy (Billy's clone is to have the soul of the original, this is confirmed) in Hunted. Also stories about Felicia's feelings and Mary Jane's evolution after the Kraven's Last Hunt. Sergey Kravinoff promised that he would not hunt again in this life or the next, and then died fighting his clone son (Dan Slott also believed that Kraven should be dead, so he never used him in his run). Hell, I even cried over Gibbon's death. A story about Mary Jane where she saves an actress from Electro. A new all-female Sinister Syndicate. Great dialogue between Peter and Aunt May about how he doesn't want to lose MJ again, so May gives him an engagement ring to propose to Mary Jane. Teresa (Peter's sister) also returned. An epic and emotional battle between Peter and Norman-Carnage (Ryan Ottley's art is great). Miguel O'Hara got a happy ending, he now lives with his girlfriend and son. Podcast with Jonah. Gog returns and becomes Peter's pet (and I cried again when I read Gog's backstory). Return of the Sin Eater. In ASM #44, Peter explains how important MJ is to him. Team-up with Norman Osborn (for the first time in history). Creeping fight with Kindred. Good Norman. The story of Martin Lee and Aunt May. Of course, the brilliantly ASM #60, which, in my opinion, has become a modern classic. Return of Mephisto. The union of Robbie and Tombstone. The resurrection of Richard Fisk (Rose). The resurrection of Ned Leeds after his unnecessary death in the 80s. Spider-Man fought six Sinister Six. After Otto saves him, proving that even without the memories from Peter, he can be a hero. Retcon Sins Past. Explanation of Mephisto's plan. The Stacy twins are back and now they're clones. The return of Harry and the epic team-up with Peter. Pete and MJ's love defeats Mephisto and the Kindred. A mention of Peter and Mary Jane's daughter and that she will defeat Mephisto. There were so many good things about this run. Sure, Sinister War was an unfortunate arc, but I'm pretty sure it's the editors fault, not Nick's. I don't like what happened to Harry. But it's silly to call all run bad because of one bad story (it's the same as calling Straczynski's run bad because of OMD and Sins Past). It was a very emotional run in which many important events took place. There was a story of fathers and children, there was character evolution, drama, humor and the best modern Peter and Mary Jane. In my opinion, this is the best modern Spider-Man run after Straczynski. Nick Spencer's work doesn't deserve this kind of hate. He deserved respect.

    • @spiderking203
      @spiderking203 Před 2 lety +39

      I feel like Marvel editorial didn't like where Spencer's run was going and forced him to cut and end things early

    • @kickfann
      @kickfann Před 2 lety +39

      @@spiderking203 I think so too. Straczynski's run also suffered from editors (Sins Past, OMD), now Spencer's run suffered from editors. It is sad.

    • @DiamondBatToons
      @DiamondBatToons Před 2 lety +16

      @@spiderking203 oh yeah! As far as I'm concerned, status quo's are comic book poison. Not just for Marvel, but for all comics.

    • @DiamondBatToons
      @DiamondBatToons Před 2 lety +5

      HUZZAH!! A man of quality! (Sorry, after reading this, I had to compliment you with a reference)

    • @paulakroy2635
      @paulakroy2635 Před 2 lety +2

      @@spiderking203 they wanted him to end because it was an awful run

  • @dandyspacedandy
    @dandyspacedandy Před 5 lety +21

    "An _enraged_ fan is an _engaged_ fan."
    These days that's likely the fastest way to get Pirate fans.

  • @shoresean1237
    @shoresean1237 Před 5 lety +112

    What Slott may or may not realize is that his thing with slamming Peter for keeping and then losing Parker Industries will haunt the character for years if not decades to come. It will be used casually against him almost as much as Hank Pym-616 striking Janet, except this involves more than one character's forgiveness (not that this has always helped Hank's standing in the fandom - the fact that Jan forgave him but ended their marriage as a result). Peter will now always be a mass unemployer and fraud in an era where economic pain is felt sharply. Watch one of his former employees become the next "I don't care about explanations" supervillain.
    What, really, was he supposed to do upon awakening as leader of this huge company? Any solution was likely to see many unemployed people. His unearned degrees were bound to cause some shame and stigma, even if he moved on those quickly. I think a more positive writer would actually find a way to give Peter some credit for keeping up the facade even for a little while. The fact that he was able to, even for a time, means to me that just as Spidey is perhaps far stronger than he is given credit for, Peter is deep down far smarter. Instead, Slott pulls a Riker on Parker. Remember how the writers of TNG liked Riker right where he was but now had to have compulsory sub-plots slamming him for not taking his own command? You can't join in the chorus of 'LOSER!' when you are the one who made the character that way - and I mean him specifically.
    As sure as the sun rises and sets, comics fans will witness cycles in which Peter and Johnny Storm grow and mature, only to be yanked back by writers that want to again portray them as idiots.

    • @smashmaster521
      @smashmaster521 Před 4 lety

      Wait, how has Johnny Storm gone through the Peter Parker Cycle?

    • @fictiontheorizer1991
      @fictiontheorizer1991 Před 2 lety

      That's why I hate joke characters.
      Why write someone if they have no effect on the plot's tension or characters?
      It's just a terrible writing style in general.

  • @lucianganea3034
    @lucianganea3034 Před 5 lety +92

    I really don't understand how Marvel kept him for more than 10 years with more than 100 issues

    • @wdcain1
      @wdcain1 Před 4 lety +18

      The first 30 issues of Scott's run are generally great. Starting at Brand New Day to No One Dies and ending at Spider Island are all A+ tales. Ends of the Earth was when the cracks started showing and it went downhill from there.

    • @goldenstatewarriors9418
      @goldenstatewarriors9418 Před 3 lety +2

      @@wdcain1 I felt the opposite. Brand New Day imo was awful and boring, and was so hard for me to read through. I dont think I thought a single issue of Brand New Day, with the exception of Rage of the Rhino, was anything better than mediocre. Then when Slott took the full reigns instead of being rotated, things picked up with No One Dies and Spider-Island. Then the average became okay instead of mediocre, and I loved the buildup and execution of Ends of the Earth. Doctor Octopus and the Sinister Six are such great Spider villains, and the story works pretty well. For ASM #700, I liked that specific comic, but most of Superior Spidey sucked, and everything after was hot garbage, until his final story: Go Down Swinging. So basically Slott was fine in the beginning, but for most of his run he sucked.

  • @JelloFluoride
    @JelloFluoride Před 5 lety +67

    I'm so glad you understand both Spider-Man AND Peter. Your Spidey videos are very watchable. Thanks!

  • @comixproviderftw_02
    @comixproviderftw_02 Před 2 lety +14

    We need a follow up on this, especially after you’ve teased it in two videos.

  • @kap1618
    @kap1618 Před 2 lety +23

    Spiderman is such an interesting character out of universe. Its one of the few times where the fans demand change and progress but the editors and writers (not all but you know which ones) refuse to let it happen. Fans like Mary Jane, fans like peter being married and having a kid, they like him as an adult dealing with grown up issue while also being a Hero. But editors hate it for some reason.

    • @Jiub_SN
      @Jiub_SN Před rokem

      Because if Pete grows, every other character will have to across the comics.

    • @Sorain1
      @Sorain1 Před 6 měsíci

      @@Jiub_SN It kind of blows my mind they don't cash in on that. Do a big 'ultimate universe' style 'possible future' for your entire setting, while you keep doing the 'timeless' stuff to keep the nostalgia dollars flowing.

  • @danieliaria796
    @danieliaria796 Před 5 lety +25

    I always thought Spencer was taking jabs at Slott's run but it went way deeper than i thought damn, I love his run even more now

  • @niko123455ify
    @niko123455ify Před 5 lety +110

    Thank you so much, today was a hard day but this makes it better

  • @amazing_gator
    @amazing_gator Před 3 měsíci +8

    “I can’t wait to see what he’s gonna do with this new villain…”
    No…no no no…

  • @smashmaster521
    @smashmaster521 Před 4 lety +60

    "It's about comics. You know, those things no one reads and companies basically treat like supplemental material for their movie franchises."
    I read them, and I consider the movies to be supplementary material for the comics.

    • @looniemoonie5955
      @looniemoonie5955 Před 3 lety +2

      Are you a company? Like a Disney? Companies don't care about comics this much, just look what an average Marvel's movie office box and compare it to comic book sales.

    • @smashmaster521
      @smashmaster521 Před 3 lety +15

      @@looniemoonie5955 Thing is, those movies wouldn't even if exist if they didn't have decades of comic stories to draw upon for material.

  • @heroicgangster9981
    @heroicgangster9981 Před 2 lety +10

    Peter and Ben Reilly should be best friends again

  • @nathancarter8239
    @nathancarter8239 Před 5 lety +19

    I'm new to Marvel comics, and I have a friend who's been an avid Spider-man follower for years. We've both loved the new series, me because it reestablishes the character whilst also bringing in new viewers, and my friend because it fixes a lot of the stuff that happened during Slott's run. Neither of us caught the subtext that you're referencing, but it's obvious to me when you point it out. Great video!

  • @DickbuttDirk
    @DickbuttDirk Před 5 lety +7

    I'm glad that Ryan Ottley got to go from drawing Invincible to drawing Invincible wearing a Spider-Man costume.

  • @royalnova4942
    @royalnova4942 Před rokem +13

    I hate how this video aged

    • @lolhaipop
      @lolhaipop Před rokem

      What happened?

    • @DAKRAB
      @DAKRAB Před rokem

      ​@@lolhaipop watcg his newest video about Spiderman

    • @lolhaipop
      @lolhaipop Před rokem

      @@DAKRAB yeap current comic is dumpster fire.

  • @ayaanabdullah937
    @ayaanabdullah937 Před 2 lety +14

    Spencer's run by the end might've been the most convoluted thing in the history of the character... but atleast he managed to retcon Norman and Gwen banging and her getting impregnated by his Ospawn. I'll honestly take it.

  • @ginge641
    @ginge641 Před 5 lety +29

    It's also worth noting that, in his final moments, the Slott Spider-Man has a genuine moment where he tells Peter to lighten up and enjoy his life. I think this is Spencer not so subtly telling readers that, just because Peter is actually responsible now, it doesn't mean he'll be boring.

  • @federicoliguori2698
    @federicoliguori2698 Před 4 lety +159

    I don't hate Slott, I actually really like Superior Spider-Man and a couple of other story arcs he wrote. But yes, Nick Spencer is way better.

    • @smashmaster521
      @smashmaster521 Před 4 lety +14

      Superior Spider-Man was where Dan Slott peaked in his Spider-Man run, if you ask me. Of course, Christ Yost wrote SpOck much better.
      Having said that, I don't hate Dan Slott either. Hell, I probably wouldn't have taken the full plunge into comics if it weren't for Superior Spider-Man, since the only other comic storyline I actively followed was the original Marvel Zombies saga. The only reason I even stopped reading Dan Slott's run after The Parker Luck was because I started reading other comics like Jason Aaron's Thor, Captain America: Steve Rogers (the book Nick Spencer wrote that everyone hated), and all of the Marvel NOW era Avengers titles (Avengers, New Avengers, Avengers World, and Uncanny Avengers), and that's just a few of the titles from the Marvel side I gave more attention than Dan Slott's Spider-Man run after Superior ended.

    • @funnyfunnyvalentine7991
      @funnyfunnyvalentine7991 Před 2 lety +2

      Superior Spider-Man is the only good thing he wrote.

  • @Mostlikely_Spider-Man
    @Mostlikely_Spider-Man Před rokem +4

    Man, you sure we’re wrong about that new villain being really interesting

  • @tylerjohnson2470
    @tylerjohnson2470 Před 2 lety +10

    Dan Slott once came after me on twitter because I said I dont care if spiderman fat shames his overweight villains. America is the most obese country on the planet and Spiderman is an instigator who makes jokes targeting insecurities to throw his opponents off.

  • @imraanakollo-arenz1449
    @imraanakollo-arenz1449 Před 5 lety +6

    As a childhood fan of Spider-Man and how bittersweet 2018 was, one of the good things was that it gave me pride in being a Spider-Man fan again

  • @loganmenchaca
    @loganmenchaca Před 5 lety +10

    Spencer's Spiderman run is the first Spidey run that I've actually enjoyed reading and related to Spiderman, *in years.* I'm extremely glad that the character is now safe in some responsible hands.

  • @chrundle00
    @chrundle00 Před 5 lety +10

    This comic really makes you FEEL like Spider-Man

  • @RangerDanger9396
    @RangerDanger9396 Před 5 lety +28

    Xavier, your vids are fantastic. Videos like this are well thought out, well written, and well edited. Even videos like the live streams you do with friends and the cosplay videos are always fun and engaging. I'm glad I found your channel and a place where people have similar interests, You are the man.

  • @remyblas
    @remyblas Před 5 lety +6

    You pretty much nailed at explaining what I hated about Slott's run too. I've been waiting for him to get replaced for years. First I thought it might happen after Superior, then maybe after Secret Wars, then maybe after Secret Empire in Legacy, but he just kept at it and he kept missing the mark completely as far as what makes Spider-Man who he is, and my personal favorite superhero. I don't even know why I kept reading during so many years. I haven't started reading Spencer's run yet (comics come a little later to my country), but this makes me feel hope for the future of my dear Spidey.

  • @Crazelord91
    @Crazelord91 Před 5 lety +7

    Underratedly, my favorite run of Spiderman comics was the Paul Jenkins and Ramos Spectacular Spiderman where he was living in a small apartment with MJ and felt very real.
    Loved the illustrations and all the neighbors who became great side characters.

  • @joshuanelson6795
    @joshuanelson6795 Před 2 lety +19

    After so much great buildup, it's heartbreaking to see what a mess the Kindred story ended up being. It really felt like editorial stepped in at the last minute and told Nick Spencer that he couldn't undo "One More Day" (which was clearly his plan), so we ended up getting a bunch of backpedaling and nonsensical, convoluted retcons as a result.

    • @DiamondBatToons
      @DiamondBatToons Před 2 lety +7

      I'm pretty sure that's exactly what happened. Editorial staff fucked this all up

    • @paulakroy2635
      @paulakroy2635 Před 2 lety +1

      That is speculation and doesn’t even make sense

    • @joshuanelson6795
      @joshuanelson6795 Před 2 lety +5

      @@paulakroy2635 What doesn't make sense is where the story ended up when it was very clearly heading in another direction.

    • @assassinsknight
      @assassinsknight Před rokem +2

      @@joshuanelson6795 Look at where we are now. Marvel editorial really hates OG spider-man readers.

    • @joshuanelson6795
      @joshuanelson6795 Před rokem

      @@assassinsknight Either that or they are so absurdly out of touch that it's not even funny. It's really difficult to remain invested in the comics at this point.

  • @kojomfodwo8208
    @kojomfodwo8208 Před 5 lety +21

    I really needed this, life’s been a little rough the past couple months in fact this year has been really had but that’s enough, thanks man

  • @TheEditorChris
    @TheEditorChris Před 5 lety +10

    It's so nice to see Peter Parker just be a nice guy again. That's what drew me to him when I was a kid, and kept him my favourite superhero many decades later. He's a genuinely sweet character and I'm elated that so many writers and the recent movies have re-established that. Great review!

  • @TheCarymiller
    @TheCarymiller Před 5 lety +73

    I always thought Slot was instructed to deconstruct Spiderman because the MCU didn't own the rights to the movies during the majority of Slot's run, and the character of Spiderman was too important to cancel all his books in reaction (like they ultimately chose to do with the Fantastic Four). So you wind up with Spiderman arcs like Superior Spiderman (GREAT, but not about Peter Parker), between other arcs which push the whole post One More Day narrative, which is thoroughly awful (Parker doesn't have to be manbaby who lives with his aunt in his 30's, or single forever in order to have a good story arc, in fact it's generally the opposite that occurs in the hands of even great writers). Plus they have Miles Morales now, let him be the kid who is coming into his own, and let Parker be a seasoned hero with perspective. That's what actually works in context of the Marvel Universe's history.

    • @israeldelarosa5461
      @israeldelarosa5461 Před 4 lety +11

      Yeah. It always seemed to me that Slott's goal was to break down Peter to such a degree that he can no longer be Spiderman, that Miles will have to replace him instead.

  • @gota7738
    @gota7738 Před 3 lety +14

    When we hit Hunted I realised Spencer was probably going to touch on The Child Within/Best Of Enemies/Death of Harry Osborn and undo Harry's BND resurrection, and was curious to revisit my favourite story but also nervous that Spencer might fumble it.
    I did not expect him to retcon half the damn arc! What the hell???

  • @P1SM
    @P1SM Před 5 lety +4

    Yeah, Slott's writing really was an ulcer for the book for the longest time. Hoping Spencer shakes things up and can keep the momentum going. 2018 has really felt like the refresh button was hit on Spider-Man and I'm super happy about that. Well done video. You've always popped up in my feed and for whatever reason I've never actually watched a video, but this was really well done! Kudos.

  • @SiddharthShenoy
    @SiddharthShenoy Před 3 lety +24

    I'm really starting to hate that 'Down on his luck, relatable guy' setting. I mean it's nice to have someone you can relate to, but the setting is just tired and overused. It doesn't make realistic sense either, I mean someone as brilliant as Peter should be able to get a job with relative ease, the guy has higher IQ than *BATMAN, f*cking BATMAN!* It gets to point where it just becomes depressing instead of relatable, and Peter being the smart guy he is should be looking for a way to improve Peter Parker's life too not just Spider-Man's! He is aware that he isn't in the best position in life yet he does nothing about it despite being one of the smartest people in fiction. It just doesn't feel in character, I mean he constantly finds out ways to improve Spiderman despite there being no need to improve as Spider-Man but he completely ignores Peter Parker like he just doesn't matter, especially when Peter Parker's life should and desperately needs to improve yet he still doesn't make it a goal when he can benefit both Spider-Man and Peter Parker if he focuses on improving Peter Parker's life?! It's just jarringly out of character for one of the smartest people in fiction and this isn't limited to Slott's Spider-Man either, most versions in most runs do this! Plus, you can still have issues as a financially stable person, pressure of keeping your life stable, personal connection to super villains and most importantly being a *DAD!*
    Note: I am not at all saying bring back Parker Industries, I think that we can all agree that it would be a bad idea given what is happening in the current comics. Horizon Labs worked great last time where Peter would sell tech to Horizon Labs and get money for it, this way he doesn't become super rich and can still maintain some of his relatibility, it also puts Peter's skills as a genius to good use. Something like it can work again. Make him a atleast a moderately successful guy like in renew your vows. In fact renew your vows and spider-girl comics can be great sources of inspiration, and would be good pace changers and can even change the status quo.
    *Let Peter grow up! Let him be a Father!*

  • @s.nifrum4580
    @s.nifrum4580 Před 3 lety +8

    Peter *was* selfish
    It was part of his character arc in amazing fantasy 15
    But yeah there’s no justifying his portrayal in slott’s stories

  • @venomalastor8
    @venomalastor8 Před 4 lety +5

    Parker Industries should have stuck around...
    It’s stupid how much people winge about relatability when struggling for years and building your success to the point of big time success IS relatable and true to a lot of people’s lives.
    After years of his struggle, he finally reaches success. That’s first class character growth.

    • @SiddharthShenoy
      @SiddharthShenoy Před 3 lety

      I agree. But slott made Peter an unlikeable character, when he was the CEO of Parker Industries, so association with it probably killed it in the eyes of fans.

    • @robertrowley4929
      @robertrowley4929 Před 3 lety

      Yeah Parker industries should have stayed longer. Working towards success IS relatable! Yeah, Dan Slott’s asshole Parker we could have done without; but Parker having a company would have done his personal growth justice.

  • @moiseschavez9551
    @moiseschavez9551 Před 5 lety +6

    This video essay is amazing. Thank you for outlining all of that. My opinion on Spencer’s first arc has completely flipped!

  • @wilhelmweston9903
    @wilhelmweston9903 Před 5 lety +7

    The only thing from Slots run I want to stick around is Otto as the Superior Spider/Octopus. Having a rival like that for Spiderman could make for great stories, and I like the character of young again Otto.
    Honestly I would love a book where they interact frequently both inside and outside of costume. Like a constant debate of the nature of heroism, science, and relationships.

  • @goldenstatewarriors9418
    @goldenstatewarriors9418 Před 3 lety +8

    Spencer's done more for Spider-Man than anyone in the last ten years, since JMS.

    • @grassnax
      @grassnax Před 3 lety +4

      So...he brought MJ and Peter back together and then split them up for most of the run. Very nice, so JMS... Ok, he puts Peter back in ESU... and does nothing with it. Oh, he killed of Kraven just to replace him with the clone right away... YAY! Maybe he did something about aunt May illness? Nope. He pretty much focused on teasing us Kindred and making Boomerang more interesting that the main character of the book. Nice! Oh, yeah... he made Black cat to remember who Spider is. But he does nothing with it. Instead MJ and BC got their own series to sell. Remember spec SM #6 by Zdarsky? Slott made awesome stuff with JJ out of it. What Spencer managed to do with it? He made JJ insufferable idiot again. Hooray, character development! What else was there... the tablet. WTF? Why do you need to bring this old shit back? To resurect THE ROSE? WHY? You're not gonna do shit with this character, so why bother? And also... there was chamelion and Teresa stuff... but we got Zdarsky to thank for brining Teresa back I guess. Future prediction stuff... that's a bad rip off of civil war 2. Get some new ideas Nick! The only actually good stuff he did was Kindred and his development. But this storie drags for 74 issues (excluding tie-ins and LR issues) thats too much don't you think? 3 years of pretty much nothing new, just to bring old status quo back. It's good that they're going to erase OMD, but me personally, I never asked for that! I don't want MJ and Peter back together, cause none of the writers know what to do with them (JMS is exception, and maybe DeMatteis but he never focused on them). Spencers run is a proof of that.

    • @goldenstatewarriors9418
      @goldenstatewarriors9418 Před 3 lety

      @@grassnax Lol I’d say he continued Zdarsky’s work with JJJ in the Lifetime Achievement story. He also made Spider-Man a hero I can respect again rather than the insufferable jerk he was for the last 7 years.

    • @grassnax
      @grassnax Před 3 lety

      @@goldenstatewarriors9418 Oh yeah...i remember how he let Osborn to DIE at the hands of Sin eater... so relatable

    • @goldenstatewarriors9418
      @goldenstatewarriors9418 Před 3 lety

      ​@@grassnax C'mon, you know better than to take that out of context. And he paid the consequences for that decision. Also, he knew Osborn wouldn't DIE, otherwise he never would've done that. Thats pretty clear when you read the storyline.

    • @grassnax
      @grassnax Před 3 lety

      @@goldenstatewarriors9418 ok...so what about his new "job" as spider-man? Nick made it clear that spider-man commercializing on himself is not his way... but he does exactly the same thing with the new suit. No?

  • @MargarineKnife
    @MargarineKnife Před 2 lety +12

    I liked the Slott run a lot until Parker Industries. Peter would never be an Elon Musk type, either morally or conceptually. He's supposed to be down on his luck. I had no idea how much stupider things got after that.

    • @amishasaha5975
      @amishasaha5975 Před 2 lety +1

      You liked Slott's run a lot??? What is so good in there make you like it??

    • @MargarineKnife
      @MargarineKnife Před 2 lety

      ​@@amishasaha5975 I liked it starting at Big time and stopped liking it at Parker Industries. I also hated Spiderverse.
      It was just a fun comic for a while. It had new ideas and even when the writing wasn't good ("Nobody dies"), I never felt bored. Good action, new scenarios, not too much of the mystic trash. I don't remember too many issues that were just Peter moping around. It had plenty of flaws, but it was a good pace.
      I think Ramos was a big part of it though. I really like his action scenes.

  • @solidspider6509
    @solidspider6509 Před 5 lety +103

    Was Carly Cooper wearing a creeper shirt.

    • @lastmanstanding7155
      @lastmanstanding7155 Před 5 lety +47

      Yes, unfortunately.
      "Hey guys, did you know videos games? We knew video games."

    • @viewtifulvash6068
      @viewtifulvash6068 Před 5 lety +59

      @@lastmanstanding7155 Dan "How do you do, fellow kids?" Slott

    • @solidspider6509
      @solidspider6509 Před 5 lety +4

      I like mincraft. It's a ok game. But I wish there was at least a quest.

    • @darkentries23
      @darkentries23 Před 5 lety +9

      Gamer girl

    • @thetempleton6622
      @thetempleton6622 Před 5 lety +3

      @@solidspider6509 mine craft does have a quest it's called build and venture :/

  • @predator-th2ur
    @predator-th2ur Před 5 lety +33

    Definitely not a coincidence. I was just binge watching reviews

  • @SeekerLancer
    @SeekerLancer Před 5 lety +5

    Someone finally realized if Dan Slott is going to write Spider Man as young Tony Stark that he should just write Iron Man. On the same note, Spider-Man has been a perfect fit for Nick Spencer. It's like Marvel is finally figuring itself out.

  • @snelldor1474
    @snelldor1474 Před 3 lety +59

    Update on Spencer’s run:
    Dan Slott: Despite not being the greatest writer on Spider-Man, he did end up bringing Spider-Island, Superior Spider-Man, and Spider-Verse. The latter ending up becoming a mainstay in the Spider-Man mythos and got it’s own animated movie.
    Nick Spencer: Uh… we got Kindred…

    • @noahthompson5010
      @noahthompson5010 Před 2 lety +11

      spider verse is probably one of the most OVERRATED comics of all time idk why anybody likes it crap story and killed off a bunch of spider men for no reason and plus your argument is kinda flimsy since you know Spencer wasn't writing for 10 years

    • @Lichenroc
      @Lichenroc Před 2 lety +6

      Yeah I agree with Noah you can't possibly compare Spencer with Slott in terms of amount of content yet since Spencer hasn't had a decade run of Spider-Man

    • @noahthompson5010
      @noahthompson5010 Před 2 lety

      @@Lichenroc thanks

    • @Spike-Prime
      @Spike-Prime Před 2 lety +5

      I wouldn't list the Spider-Verse comic as a good thing. I hated every second of that book, frankly, and the constant cutaways to tease other, more interesting books got obnoxious fast. Also Morlun was an idiotic addition to the rogues gallery in the first place imo so I loath the idea of bringing that back, plus his pointless stupid extended family.

    • @noahthompson5010
      @noahthompson5010 Před 2 lety +4

      @@Spike-Prime Yay two people who agree with me on spider verse being bad
      That story is really awful and I hate it so much.

  • @ellezim8136
    @ellezim8136 Před 5 lety +113

    I'm a simple guy. I see xavier i click

    • @mangathecomicgeek9450
      @mangathecomicgeek9450 Před 5 lety

      I swear i said pretty much the same thing in the how not to hide a dead body video. I guess great minds think alike.
      Then there's us...

    • @Brenick742
      @Brenick742 Před 5 lety

      The Mighty Q With all due respect, I’m simply over this joke -_-

    • @estevangarcia1089
      @estevangarcia1089 Před 5 lety

      Same.

  • @dangerzone4994
    @dangerzone4994 Před 2 lety +5

    "Welcome, True Believers and newcomers alike. Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee here. Once again we find our hero Peter Parker, better known around the world as the amazing Spider-Man, in a heap of trouble. But this is just the beginning, Spidey fans. So get ready for a true superhero action thriller, packed to the brim with thrills and chills, twists and turns, more super-villains than you can shake a web at, and of course, non-stop web-slinging, wall-crawling action."
    - Stan Lee

  • @frogmouth2
    @frogmouth2 Před 3 lety +5

    There are two Spidermans. Underdog vigilante and fucking knock off iron man

    • @Lichenroc
      @Lichenroc Před 3 lety +1

      One's the OG the other the rip-off

  • @themadtitan7603
    @themadtitan7603 Před 5 lety +6

    2018 was a great year for Spider-Man he had a great(and emotional) appearance in the 4th biggest movie of all time, finally got an amazing triple A game that is argubaly one of the best superhero games ever, and had a return to form in terms of comics, and starred in one of the best animated and just movies in general of 2018.

  • @araneaeonline2644
    @araneaeonline2644 Před 5 lety +4

    This is honestly some of your best work yet, and not just because it was another Spider-Man video. I can’t wait to see what comes next.

  • @revantpamidi5249
    @revantpamidi5249 Před 5 lety +66

    Nick Spencer isn't the hero we deserve, he's the hero we need

    • @alexcardona4424
      @alexcardona4424 Před 5 lety +1

      He's not even the hero we need I forget this guy trying to tarnish the reputation of Marvel Comics ultimate good guy Captain America by turning him into a secret Hydra agent

    • @nikomiller
      @nikomiller Před 5 lety +2

      @@alexcardona4424 but the story did show he understood the character. He wanted to show us why people love Cap and what would happen if the reality was rewritten and Cap believed in a wrong thing. It's a great comic, but the ending in Secret Empire is rushed because people couldn't accept that Cap was a villain (even though it technically wasn't our Cap to begin with).

    • @alexcardona4424
      @alexcardona4424 Před 5 lety +1

      @@nikomiller it wasn't rushed it was poorly thought out you a good example of a story about a hero that everybody looked up to bit was a bad guy the whole time look out the story dynamic a big boss from metal gear his character written to be a true Deceiver to the protagonist solid snake. Spencer's story on cap has major holes. You can see Nick wanted to written captain America as a villainous sleeper agent who posed as hero among heroes this is the first major plot hole, necause the character of nick fury sr. Before oringal sin would have uncovered something this. but was quickly changed to red skull using the cube to change captain America into a hyrda agent. Because of the backslash

    • @ginogatash4030
      @ginogatash4030 Před 5 lety

      @@nikomiller it was a really cheap twist and i wouldn't be surprised if he was meant to be the actual captain America hadn't been for the fans' backlash.

    • @abdullahahmad4239
      @abdullahahmad4239 Před 5 lety

      Let's not forget he's a cunt that fucked captain America and doesn't even understood that character and his supporting cast like falcon and red skull.
      For duck sakes,just because you think nazis are running the American government doesn't mean you make Hydra nazis too.Its been established that those guys have existed long long before Hitler was born and they didn't even agree with him (they just saw his party as pawns to use in their own game).

  • @solcreate490
    @solcreate490 Před 5 lety +5

    I thought this was a fantastic breakdown and takedown of Slott.
    You also did something that I didn't think was possible: you revived my interest in Comic Book Spider-Man.
    The Slott, Post-One More Day Era stuff had essentially killed my interest for ten years.
    Great work.

  • @Launchpad05
    @Launchpad05 Před 5 lety +4

    WOW. The way that Dan Slot wrote Spidey is exactly how Paul Dini, and Brian Michael Bendid portrayed him in that wretched 'Ultimate Spider-Man' cartoon.

  • @kannakamui2334
    @kannakamui2334 Před 5 lety +30

    Your analysis has given me a new found appreciation for the initial arc of Spencer's run, at first I thought it was ok, but your insight of the deeper meaning was an eye opener. And I can now understand what people meant by saying that Dan wasn't doing well to write the responsibility aspect. Although I have to disagree with Flash's death being lackluster I thought it was one of the best character deaths in recent comic history. I look forward to seeing more of what Spencer has in store for Spiderman. Also I wouldn't say Peter keeping the credit for Ocks work was that bad, I mean the guy did it when he stole his body, and he couldn't really admit it to being ocks without risk of divulging his secret identity.

  • @firefistdonuts3286
    @firefistdonuts3286 Před 5 lety +8

    can we take a moment to apreciare how good was 2018 for spider man
    -spider man ps4
    -venom
    -infinity war
    -into the spider verse
    -we got the raimi suit in spidey ps4
    -spider geddon
    -nick spencer s amazing issues
    damn thats a damn good year

  • @mjr8888
    @mjr8888 Před 5 lety +9

    Damn, I'm glad to see they're bringing thing back to a good point, Fixing MJ and Peter, fixing Black Cat, having Peter take the responsibility for all the crap he has done (even if all the bullshit was done out of character by Slott). This is the Spiderman I cared about! I stopped reading him because of Slott, so I'm so happy for this!

  • @thestarkknightreturns
    @thestarkknightreturns Před 3 lety +5

    I would have loved if Parker Industries stuck around.
    It would have been a nice progression for the character, and a break from the character's repetitive status quo that is leading nowhere.

    • @robertrowley4929
      @robertrowley4929 Před 3 lety

      Exactly; Peter worked hard for years. All that has to cumulate to something.

    • @askinredroads5132
      @askinredroads5132 Před 2 lety

      i actually agree.

    • @askinredroads5132
      @askinredroads5132 Před 2 lety

      there couldve been an arc about his company growing so large that here started to be a lot of shady happenings that he couldnt control, and ends up having to downsize? which leads to some people losing their jobs and peter not being able to do everything he wanted to do, all his ambitious crazy ideas- but he realizes its the most RESPONSIBLE thing.