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Uncategorized Thursday, December 27th 2012 at 12:35 pm

My Spoiler Senses Are Tingling: The Identity of the Superior Spider-Man Revealed

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Since revealing that The Amazing Spider-Man would end its near 50-year run with issue #700 and restart fresh with The Superior Spider-Man #1, Marvel Comics teased their legion of unwavering Spidey devotees with the knowledge that the wise-cracking hero and his spirited sense of carpe diem would be done away with in favor of an edgier, stronger, and smarter Spider-Man that can apparently shatter mere stone with his fingertips. “Wait,” cheeped the little fanboys and girls, “what could possibly turn our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man into a calculating, take-no-prisoners vigilante?” We have the startling answer, and if you’re not bothered by massive spoilers and want to see what the geeky hullabaloo is all about, web swing past the jump to ruin the surprise for yourself.

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Peter Parker is no longer in control of his own body. His longtime nemesis Dr. Octopus is behind the steering wheel. Yep, you read that one correctly: Doc Ock and Parker have swapped bodies, leaving Parker’s youthful mind in the now-dead frame of the good doctor. Now fit as a fiddle and carrying the memories of his arachnid-themed foe, the new Spider-Man will enact his own sense of justice on New York City’s criminal element. So far, Marvel has teased that Ock-Spidey will going up against a new iteration of the Sinister Six and, down the line, Norman Osborn, as in the Green Goblin.

On this abrupt change of direction in the Spider-Man mythos, Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso said:

When Spider-Man editor Steve Wacker and writer Dan Slott came to us with this story, it was clear that this was a long term plan crafted with the utmost love and respect for the character. This is the kind of story that will have fans up in arms – but also coming back to the comic stores to check out each new exciting issue.

Despite Alonso saying otherwise, a few irate fans took severe umbrage to these sweeping changes, with some audaciously going as far as to threatening series writer Dan Slott on Twitter.

Doc Ock taking over Spider-Man’s body is a bold and controversial direction, but the writing regarding something major for the two has been on the wall for years in The Amazing Spider-Man and even within a short story arc in The Invincible Iron Man. Fear not Marvelites, knowing the publisher, they’ll most likely work their mighty Marvel magic to bring back Parker in a few years time.

(via Digital Spy, image via Marvel.com)

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  • Skywalker

    That seems… weird?

  • Anonymous

    DC went through the same sort of thing with Dan Didio(The Didiot…)

  • http://twitter.com/JamesDeMott James DeMott

    This is going to be worse than the Clone Saga.

  • http://www.facebook.com/mike.ipsen Michael Ipsen

    This will not have me coming back for every ‘exciting issue’. This will make me not buy anything. Doc Ock taking over Spidey is the lamest story line I have heard of yet.

  • http://www.facebook.com/Hexegoon Tom Schumacher

    Well, in addition to almost killing everyone on the planet, and succeeding in killing millions in the process, we will be able to add superior identity theft and rape(!!!!!) to doc ock’s resume, as it has been stated that the new spidey will resume pete’s relationship with MJ. If it’s not pete in the driver’s seat, but MJ thinks it is, that’s rape folks. Way to go Marvel. Way. To.Go.

  • doresh

    Hey, I thought they retconned this relationship with One More Day!

  • http://www.facebook.com/wrongly.accused.7 Harold Hall

    I may have only two arms, but I’d like to put both my feet up Slott’s ass.

  • Anonymous

    wtf does marvel have against peter parker?

  • silver age guy

    I couldn’t agree with you more!

  • silver age guy

    Tom, you really called it.Marvel seems determined to destroy one of its greatest icons with stories designed to shock rather than satisfy. Quesada and Slot have been dishing out consistently crappy story arcs for quite sometime now. This current doc ock arc is just plain creepy on so many levels. The worst is the MJ and doc ock thread. It makes me heart sick to see the travesty that has been visite on Peter Parker. If Slot wanted an edgier Spiderman he shouldn’t have transformed Peter Parker into a simpering wimp. For example, where did the “nobody gets killed on my watch” crap come from? That wasn’t emphasized in the Ditko, Romita Sr. years. The current batch of writers insist on producing outrageous and convoluted messes that either get ret conned or changed with even messier and even more dissapointing plot lines. You just can’t keep long time loyal fans this way, we will only put up with so much nonsense before we leave. Unfortunately that’s what I’ve had to do. I still keep waiting for things to turn around. It appears however, that I will have a long wait.