wired i don't even have cable
i will never get 2 see it they will problaly talk about it on the radio

Posted by tarhaun on 2006-06-19 18:21:38
Civil War is big
The Civil War series is going to be a big deal and if this just part 2 imagine what else is going to happen, this is great for Marvel.

Posted by spidey0402 on 2006-06-19 19:05:05
As if they were actual people
Me and my friend were discussing this. It just goes to show how deep these characters have penetrated our lives and how loved they are. As are all Marvel characters. I couldn't believe how much attention this is getting. It's pretty cool. As my friend said, "Its almost like Peter is an actual living person and this were happening in our reality. " I think its great, not the whole unveiling thing, even though as I've said before, I don't have anything against it, but the amount of attention it is getting. ^__^ Unfortunately this horrible thing called work kept me until 11 p.m. and I wasn't able to watch.... :o(

Posted by TwilghtDragon on 2006-06-19 23:29:15
comparison
I was just thinking, in light of Spidey's recent actions, how would I feel if another character had unmasked? I wanted to compare this with a major competitor, so I picked Batman for an equivalent shock value. After much thought, it wouldn't nearly mean as much to me as Spider-Man's unveiling, because Spider-Man actually touches me as a person; I can relate to him. And I know for him, it's truly a big deal. Batman though? Sure, it's a big deal...but I have no idea how he'd feel about it. I just think that's why I like Marvel better -- they're characters are real.

Posted by meestercheeser on 2006-06-20 01:05:15
It won't last...
One of the elemental forces behind Spider-Man's success has been juggling a secret identity with his life as a superhero. One of the 'golden eras' of Spider-man's history found him as unemployed, or getting evicted, getting...drunk before fighting hobgoblin, etc.

Why? Because these are things the average man can relate to and it added a humanity to the character. Peter unmasked is great for a few month kick, but after that, the possibilities for new stories dry up.

It should have gone in a direction more like Daredevil of late. Matt never officially admitted he was Daredevil, which created probably the best run in any comic book I've ever read.

I guess we'll see how it pans out, but mark my words: It'll get retconned lol

Posted by TheDeacon on 2006-06-20 11:15:23
trust is the real issue here
A lot of fans have lost their trust in Marvel doing the right thing. Jean Grey died and has stayed dead and Beast is a freakin house cat. It’s hard to trust that Marvel is going to do the right thing now when they've done so many wrong things in the past. To add to that, Image Comics made so many changes in their characters in the first ten years that they're characters were either killed off or canceled. Granted, that's Image and this is Marvel, but I personally see a similar pattern. Spider-Man the Other, M-Day, Civil War, Spider-Man unmasking; there are too many major events going on for fans to wrap their brains around. It makes it hard to trust Marvel to do the right thing. A perfect example of this is M-Day. As soon as the world was set back to its original state, Chris Claremont had the Shi’Ar attack the Grey family. What in the world does that have to do with M-Day? Don’t get me wrong, the story was great, but it was inappropriately placed. At the very least they could have had someone question the Shi’Ar’s involvement in M-Day. Someone at the O*N*E could have raised the question, “I wonder if the Shi’Ar is responsible for M-Day. Think about it, they tried to get rid of the Phoenix Force by destroying the mutant gene. Maybe they thought it would create less opposition for when they attack.” Something like that would have at least connected M-Day to the Shi’Ar attack. It was bad storytelling and it’s because of that kind of storytelling that most fans don’t trust Marvel to do the right thing anymore. Or at least that’s my opinion.

Posted by Human Eclipse on 2006-06-20 12:54:52
Trust? I trust you Marvel!
I know it is hard for change but changes do happen heroes do die heroes do evolve. I think with the Civil War happening and the government asking for heroes to unmask. Spider-man was one who had to do the right thing, it was hard thing but Spidey did it. Now there is a new future ahead for our hero. I would like to bring up that Charles Xavier never had a mask on, everyone knows who he is he works with the goverment to help mutants. So why can't Peter Parker now be known by everyone he is Spidey. I trust Marvel that Spidey will be okay, this is a growing period for Spidey and lets see what happens.

Posted by spidey0402 on 2006-06-20 13:21:27
TV...
Ya know, I wish comics were commercialized on tv. It would be so cool to see on tuesday "New Comic Book's tomorrow!" on channel 5 or something. It would definitly grab attention to kids and other potential readers.

Posted by Bearpod91 on 2006-06-20 17:17:27
Its hard these days
It was hard to find out information these days, about comics in general. Video games and Movies are now all the rage, and so the skeleton of Marvel is neglected somewat. They have so much going on in the world of comics rite now, I think it would pay to pass some money to advertising comics-At least in KS.

--One huge reason Spidey never revealed his identity is that, he did'nt want to hurt his family (captured by villian,ect ect). In the beginning i remember Spiderman not wanting to marry MJ because it would put her in even Greater Danger.
Spiderman has married MJ- and like Spidey402 said," would like to bring up that Charles Xavier never had a mask on". The world is connected now it is not separated from the other worlds like it once seemed.


Posted by Charybdasity on 2006-06-20 18:57:31
TheDeacon is right.
Spider-Man holds a place in everyone's heart. He was only 15 when he got the superhero job, and had to spend all of his adult life as a Hero, living two lives. Now he's unmasked, and what happens to Superheroes with no secret identity? They live in a Big Mansion, or Tower, and everyone examines them, and can see their whole life.

I can't relate to him anymore. I'm just an average kid, not a celebrity like he is now. I guess I can still relate to Spider-Girl, though...

Posted by number3 on 2006-06-20 23:38:54
A tear for #3
I feel for you, Spidey is growing up and your feeling's may be right you don't feel connected with him.

But I personally am I tired of the same story, I mean how long do you have to go with same story about the kid with powers and has to hide who he really is. I am not saying that is a great story and I have enjoyed all the stories but I know I am ready for a new spider-man a grown Spidey, he needs to move on, we can still go back and read his past but it is time for Spidey to move on becoome something more that just the 15-year old kid with Spider powers.

It is time to see how that young kid now has to become a man and start his life as a adult.

And this now will leave open some new hero's for marvel to start that younger fans can relate too. But I can't wait for Spidey to become a man and see what his future holds, and I have faith in Marvel to make some interesting stories.

And now this also takes some stress off Spidey, now he doesn't have to worry about people finding out who he is, he just now has to fight off every bad guy that comes his way.

Posted by spidey0402 on 2006-06-21 12:40:32
Peter Parker is Spider-Man???
Count me in the "I am truly excited to see where this is going" camp. The only thing I am a bit worried about is that you become too tempted to kill off MJ or May... I mean, both of these gals already "died" at some point, so please try to come up with new and exciting ways to show them in danger, or with the problems the unmasking is going to make them.

But, having read Spidey for over 15 years, its a welcome and refreshing change to the status quo, hope it lasts and you don´t make a Dr.Strange-Ex-Machina or Xavier-Ex-Machina or Wanda-Ex-Machina or.. well you get the idea...

Posted by nexusjosue on 2006-06-22 13:03:14
Changes are good
I Agree with spidey0402, it’s time for Peter/Spidey to grow up as superhero and as human being. For those that want a 15 years old superhero, there is Ultimate Spiderman, now we’ll have a mature Spiderman, a Man; but also the teenager in the ultimate universe, where we can read new stories with a background very different of what it was Spiderman in the last decades.

I believe Marvel is right, I love the Ultimate universe, having again a young spiderman and leaving behind the old story of hiding his identity, fighting again and again the Greengoblin, Aun May dying, etc.

Changes are good and the future appears to be exciting, but there are limits, killing MJ or Aunt May would be a huge mistake and personally I would drop reading Spidey as I did with DC when I get tired of so many changes they did with lovely characters as Green Lantern and Flash, as did with X-Men, and as I did with the whole clone saga. I know I’m just one reader, Marvel wouldn’t lose big money, but I wouldn’t do it for Marvel, I would do it for me, because I don’t like to spend my time and money on something that doesn’t give any joy.


Posted by Rocambole on 2006-06-22 13:54:10
waiting for the retcon!
this is a dumb move, Spider-man was the 'everyman' now its 'everyman no more'? it was bad enough with the new powers then the horrendous costume. this is too much. why didnt they just make mj pregnant or something and have that make peter question his loyalty in the civil war? i was kinda hoping that at the end of last issue black cat would crash through the roof and stop him or maybe the grren goblin even! make mine retconned.

Posted by catburgler_2100 on 2006-06-22 14:36:07
Spidey unmasked
i've been a big comic book fan for quite some time and I think it's great that spidey has been unmasked. It worked for Daredevil, Spidey stories could get very interesting. When DD unmasked himself I thought that it was gonna be downhill from there, but it turned out to be one of my favourite storylines in DD history. Spidey is still a character I relate to, if I was in his position I think I'd do the same thing. I have a lot of confidence in the Marvel writers and I'm sure they'll play this one out well.

Posted by et_always on 2006-06-23 07:27:49
What bothers me
is that we have been watching for a while the whole story of what happened to Daredevil when he was unmasked. Those have been great stories though limited to immediate aftermath and it is yet to be seen how Marvel makes that work in the long run. So here we have in the same town, in the same community even, a character (Spidey) who has seen all the trouble that unmasking has caused DD. Foggy Nelson is assassinated. Murdock is in jail and on trial. His wife has had to flee the country it seems. Everyone even remotely associated with him is under intense scrutiny. All of this is theoretically very public and Peter should be aware of it. But for some reason, he never even thinks "Gosh, DD did this and look how badly it has turned out for him." From a characterization, continuity, and story telling perspective this seems weak. It is also hard to understand why Peter had to unmask publicly. I get that he has to register to stick with Iron Man. But does that registration automatically mean that the identity is going to be public? I would assume (and it was certainly implied in related issues) that the government would at least try to keep these identities secret just as they do for some covert operatives. No good explanation is given by Iron Man as to why he and Spider Man need to be unmasked publicly. Weak story telling. Making a change like this is hard. But to even hope to get fans to accept the change, it needs to be done in a believable way.

Posted by olddem on 2006-06-23 12:05:44
Give me a break!
You think that Spidey's a one trick pony like some of them lame ducks over at D.C. Lets think about this people Spidey is gonna have to raise the fistsitcuffs out in public, no cheesey jumping in the phone both to suit up.

Posted by makievelio on 2006-06-23 16:06:18
This is utter crap!
Marvel is so up their own asses it's unbelieveable! It's like Joey Q is on a mission to destroy Spidey, how is unmasking helping the character? Yeah it get's him in the real world news, but it's not gonna last. Then your stuck with damaged goods, that is until another lame retcon is pulled.

It's bad enough we got Spider-man running around in a Iron Spidey getup and Gwen 'Shaggin' Norman Osborn, now this unmasking stuff. I'll always be a Spider-man fan, but if it means giving up the comic for awhile, then No More Spider-man for me (As far as comics go..I'm seeing SM3!)



Posted by Revolver Dark on 2006-06-24 22:33:36