The Web Of Spiderman

Courtesy of Vulture, Nikki Finke reports that Spiderman Four is delayed. Word is that they're killing off Mary Jane and bringing in Anne Hathaway. I always wished they'd cast Gwen Stacy in the first one and thrown her off the bridge. Yep, I'm an old snob. But for a period, that was one of the most meaningful deaths I'd seen in comics.

As for me, I'm on a comic book boycott at the moment. You can't have comics without Kitty Pryde. When the Shadowcat prowls anew, so will the kid.

On another note, it's weird how happy I got searching for this cover. (Found it here.) This was the same month as the Mutant Massacre, and right before the Gang War in Spiderman. Basically this is my personal golden age of Marvel comics. It's weird how real that stuff was/is for me. I was like nine or ten when all of this was happening. I'd read a issue like this, and think about it for the rest of the week.

This is embarrassing, but I wanted so bad to go there that it hurt. Later I got it, and it's basically the same feeling I get when reading about the Civil War, and weirdly enough, slavery. The pain is good, though. I didn't know it then, but it is. It should be nursed and explored. There's magic in that pain.