Spider-Man: Purse Problems
This comic came from a conversation I had with my friend Meaghen. “Why is Mary Jane getting captured all the time?” she asked. “Can’t she just shoot them?” There were a lot of levels to the answer. First, while a lot of Spider-Man’s enemies can’t be killed by gun, most of their powers make shooting them problematic. Second, most villains have a specific weakness so you’d really have to carry around several weapons. And let’s ignore how Spider-Man would feel about it (he really goes out of his way to not kill his enemies).
For example, I’m pretty sure you could kill Chameleon, Doctor Octopus, Electro, Green Goblin, Hobgoblin, and Kraven with a gun. Probably not Kingpin though – he’s pretty fat.
I’m surprised it took us this long to do a comic with Spider-Man in it, or a Marvel character at all. Sopes and I used read a lot of Marvel comics. Spider-Man, Silver Surfer, Infinity Gauntlet, Adam Warlock, X-Men, Wolverine, Ghost Rider, and even a little Fantastic Four. I read Marvel comics from 1992 until the Spider-Man clone saga, when Peter Parker hung up the webs for good and left Ben Reilly to be Spider-Man. And then I too left comics, for a time.
Being a Spider-Man fan has invested me in the movies probably more than I should be. But with this new one coming out I’ve done some further thinking on that. From what I’ve seen of the new movie and read about it, “so far so good.” Fingers crossed true believers.
Why I never bought a taser. I’d never get to it in time from my backpack and a shoulder holster would ruin the look of all my outfits, as would stuffing it down my pants. Mary Jane needs defensive equipment in her DNA like Spiderman has, if she is gonna hang out with him.
What about a knife? I would call mine “Mr. Cutty.”
you could wear a hat, and store the taser in there. nobody suspects taser hat.
I learned the art of reading comics while ignoring flying bouncy balls in 2D’s room–now I can drive and text while avoiding road obstacles.
I’m not proud to have helped create this skill
This comic made my day.
And you just made mine.
I just sort of assumed Mary Jane was always getting captured because her storylines are written by dirty old misogynists. I could be wrong, though.
No no. You nailed it. Is framing a comic around a concept these dirty old misogynistic men made, make us in turn misogynistic? Hmm.
i thought they kept taking her because she’s hot. and, well, the only hot girl in town, i guess.
That explains why she WAS useless but I fail to see with all the Spiderman movies and re-boots why she couldn’t be awesome now. These are different times (supposedly).
Oohhh. Oh. Maybe we can make another comic out of that …
nobody wants to see a strong female. didn’t you see the ultraviolet film? terrible.
Great Doctor Who reference – clear enough for insiders, subtle enough to fly by for everyone else.
Come here, new-found bosom buddy.
Honestly, I was expecting her to produce a sonic screwdriver. Opportunity was knocking!