Showing posts with label Comics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Comics. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Spider-Man Always Gets the Short End of the Stick

Lately I've been reading a lot of Spider-Man comics and I've noticed that he oftentimes gets the short end of the stick. For example, in The Web of Spider-Man (great series, I really recommend it) issue #13, Spider-Man is accused of trying to hit a pedestrian while he was actually saving him from getting hit by the truck. However, no one believes that he was saving that stranger because Spider-Man was wearing his black costume (picture below for reference)
I do not own this material. The original picture can be found here.
Obviously no hero wears a costume that color. I mean Venom wears a costume pretty similar to that. Why does Spider-Man have to wear his black costume? Because his red one was destroyed in a fire. So now Spider-Man has turned from a superhero into murderer all because of his costume color. So then Spider-Man goes bonkers because who wouldn't in that situation? He spends countless hours risking his life for these people, not asking for any credit, yet the people are judging him on the color of his costume. If you want to know how the comic ends then you'll just have to read it. Moving on, something similar happens in The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2, issue #47 where one of his enemies tells a reporter that she used to be Spider-Man's "lover" and that he was "kinky." While this is obviously untrue, the media blows this story out of control and suddenly Spider-Man has completely lost the faith of the public. There's one scene where Spider-Man hitches a ride on/in a cab and leaves without paying because he is about to die and while the driver screams that Spider-Man didn't pay the fare, a pedestrian replies:
"Fits though, y'know? I was watching TV and they were saying he's kinda weird..."
Yes, Spider-Man is weird enough to save your life countless times. In my opinion, in many different Spider-Man stories the public has no faith in him and when they so then it is very fragile. So next time you see your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, give him some love :)

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Best Superhero Moments: All-star Superman #10

I recently posted my story on r/comicbooks where the response was overwhelming and extremely supportive. In response, u/1204Sparta commented with this scene from All-Star Superman #10:
I won't spoil any of the plot for you guys because it really is a great series, but this scene especially spoke to me as well as u/1204Sparta. Even if you can't connect to the way Regan is feeling, you have to admit that Superman is especially awesome in this scene. Whenever we think of Superman we immediately think of all of his superpowers. I mean he can fly and shoot lasers out of his eyes! But this scene just proves that his powers are not what make him a hero. As I'm sure anyone who's felt like Regan can relate, Superman couldn't have saved Regan with any of his powers. Yet Superman doesn't give up on her or the situation, he finds a way to solve the problem without using any of his powers. I think that this scene not only defines Superman, but defines superheroes in general. In the DC universe, powers are easy to obtain: one is simply born with them. However, it's how those people act when their powers are useless that determines whether they are a hero or not. Being super is easy, but being a hero isn't.