Farewell to a Legend RIP Peter Octavius.

Hey there InfiKnights, 'tis with a heavy heart that I write this review. The year of the Spider is over with the end of 2012 Spidey's 50th year in print Marvel has printed its 700th and final issue of Amazing Spiderman to soon be replaced with the new series Superior Spiderman out this month.
    This ending to an era not only marks the end of a 50 year 700 issue long series but the *Spoiler Alert* death of a beloved hero, Peter Parker is dead ........ well his mind is anyway his body is let's say under new management. Confused? Well then clearly you've failed to read Issue 700 of ASM. And to that I say..... Get your ass to a comic shop and buy it its a piece of history GO NOW!!!!! go ahead I'll be here when you get back. ...........did you get it? Did you read it? If you said no to any of those questions then the following review will spoil it for you THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING!!!

Okay now so Doc Ock was locked up dying on his death bed when he repeatedly starts muttering "Peter Parker". Spidey is summoned to his cell and asks for privacy and it's then in Octavius's cell on the Raft where he completes his sentence "I am Peter Parker" turns out sometime during the 'Ends of the Earth' fiasco Octavius was able to switch bodies with Peter and had full access to all his memories. His plan was to live on as Peter Parker as Peter died in his stead. Peter was able to stage a breakout and planned on reversing the swap but Ock was 2 steps ahead. They had a final battle ending with Pete instilling the morals of Spiderman to Octavius with his dying breath.
 
Well  as you all know I've loved the Dan Slott run of ASM including this storyline. It was beautifully written the art is wonderful, really capturing the intensity of each moment. One itsy bitsy problem......HOW THE HELL CAN YOU KILL OFF THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE MOST PROMINENT CHARACTER IN THE INDUSTRY REPLACING HIM WITH HIS ARCHENEMY....ARE YOU FUCKING INSANE?!?!?!?Peter Parker has been the staple of the marvel universe for years and now he's gone wtf man as I read the final issue I felt as though i was losing a close friend I sat in silence a few minutes afterward honestly sad for the first time in a while a fictional story actually tugged at my heart strings. Peter's dead RIP buddy you will be missed. 

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Been a long time but it's back for the last time in 2012. And we got a bunch of Spidey Specials to go along with the other cartoons including a JL Christmas episode, 5 different movies and a very appropriate ending.

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Laid Back Comics: Spider-Man #700

(NOTE THERE WILL BE SPOILERS FROM ISSUE 700 BELOW. DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT.)

By BAC

Comics around the holiday’s season tend to be a slow. Depending when the days of Christmas and New Year falls the publishers often don’t push out a lot of titles into the market place; this year we got something exciting in Amazing Spider-Man #700, a milestone for our Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and also the ‘end’ of the title.

 This is where I would add the snark of nothing last forever in comics and so forth, but been seeing that so often lately I felt like I try to skip it here. Though if you wish you can pop over to a message board and read it there. I don’t mind.

 Issue 700 is the climax of stories writer Dan Slott has been building towards, though we only just saw how much so in the recent issue 698. The cliff-notes version of the story is that Doctor Octopus is dying and like many of us the idea of that is scary, the difference between us and Doc Ock is his 'superior' intelligence to put together a plan to have him live on. His plan was to switch his mind into the body of his greatest rival Spider-Man. In doing so, Spider-Man would then die and Ock would live on in a new body full of Spider-Man's powers. And in shocking twist, it works.

This all comes to ahead in the 'finale' issue of Amazing Spider-Man where Peter tries one last attempt to get his mind back into his body, which turns out to be the final thing Peter does. You see like the shocking twist of Doc Ock's plan to switch minds, he seems to win out in the end and stays with in Peter's body as 'Doc Ock' dies. Though Otto was looking to be the hero all along and when getting a sudden flash of Peter's memories he makes a bold claim to be a better, Superior, Spider-Man. And this is where I start to feel conflicted about a lot of this.

Through out the issue there was several things I found out of place mostly with the characters themselves. Now in trying to explain this may be hard I will do my best. Peter (Ock) seems to be rekindling the romance with Mary Jane, but the way he talks to her and at times treats her is harsh. And yet she never calls him out on it. They known each other for so long for Peter to suddenly start calling her 'woman' and being cold was out of place. At one point he even shots her, along with two of other friends, with Spider-Man's impact webbing. Something is off putting about this in this 'new' Spider-Man.

Also the idea that this could lead to redemption of Doc Ock, that he secretly wants to do right and be the hero. That premise seems faulty since they way he wanted to do it was the most literal way of identity thief there is. And then to gloat and boast about this victory in the follow up Avenging Spider-Man issue. It so far doesn't feel like this is someone looking for redemption as it is someone who was just sick of losing and now finding a way to change it, concupiscence be damned.

The end of the issue where Ock (Peter) was dying and forcing his memories on to Spider-Man (Ock) was a force part of the story that for me doesn't work. This new Spider-Man may have the same memories as the old, but he lacks the same experience that Peter went through to get to where he is/was today. There was also a lack of a send off for Peter in his death. He tried to put together this one plan, but when things really didn't work out, he just felt like he gave up.

There is a lot of thoughts I have about this change that I laid out here and so far they aren't the most positive I know. We are only at the start of this Superior Spider-Man, we have to see what may come from all of this and how. The stories haven't been read so who knows what the future holds for this Spider-Man. I will say this though, when first noted by writer Dan Slott that this story may break the internet I had my doubts, but following the reactions to the news, it seems Mr. Slott I was wrong on that end and you were right.

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Comic News: The Amazing Spider-Man ongoing series to end this December with Issue #700

Marvel Comics announced today that one of their long-running and beloved comics will be "no more", come this December. That ongoing series is "The Amazing Spider-Man".


Current writer, Dan Slott has stated in previous interviews that once the issue is launched, with the issue's "monumental" events that he would have to go into hiding. After this year's Spider-Man centric event, "Ends of the Earth". Dr. Octopus now knows that Peter Parker is the friendly neighborhood wall-crawler, in other words something BIG will happen in this issue.


Here's the solicitation details for the upcoming issues, leading up to the finale:

Amazing Spider-Man #699

writer: Dan slott, artist: Humberto Ramos/cover artist: Paolo Manuel Rivera

• This is the MUST READ issue that turns over all the cards and reveals secrets that have been set as far back as ENDS OF THE EARTH, SPIDER ISLAND, and 99 issues ago in ASM #600! 

• Doctor Octopus has hours left to live. He knows Peter Parker’s secret. He has no master plan—all he wants is vengeance. Which members of Spider-Man’s rogues gallery will heed Ock’s call to arms? 

• Special appearances by the Lizard, the Spider-Slayer, Morbius the Living Vampire, and some surprising Spidey Foes!

Amazing Spider-Man #699.1

writer: Dan Slott & Joe Keatinge, artist: Al Barrionuevo/cover artist: Stefano Caselli

• As Doctor Octopus’ schemes take shape, MORBIUS THE LIVING VAMPIRE returns with a Vengenace! 

• Will he be able to resist the siren song of blissful bloodsucking or will Spider-Man sling him straight back into the slammer? 

• Your first look at next month’s all-new Morbius ongoing series.

Amazing Spider-Man #700
writer: Dan Slott, artist: Humberto Ramos (add. stories: writer - JM DeMatteis, artist - Giuseppe Camuncoli. writer - Jen Van Meter, artist - Stephanie Buscema)


LAST ISSUE!

Will Peter Parker meet the same faith as his Ultimate comics counter-part met in last's year "The Death of Spider-Man" and be killed off? will a long-time supporting character bite the dust? Will Peter Parker retire and give the mantle to the recently introduced sidekick, "Alpha"?

Sadly, we won't know until December but until we do, stay tuned to the broken infinite for all you Marvel news and comic updates.





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