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Post by Steeven on Aug 4, 2022 17:46:01 GMT -6
 "Gwen Stacy Is Alive... and, Well...?" Publisher: Marvel Cover Date: June 1975 On Sale Date: March 11, 1975 Cover Price: $0.25 Writer: Gerry Conway Penciller: Ross Andru Inker: Frank Giacoia Inker: Dave Hunt Letterer: Artie Simek Colorist: Petra Scotese (Goldberg) This issue takes up just moments after the conclusion of the previous issue. Peter has just met what appears to be a Gwen Stacy that is very much alive, and that dude is freaking out. His freak out turns to anger as he decides she's an imposter with some sort of agenda, so he yells at her and then leaves. Peter goes to the hospital to check on Aunt May and eventually learns that she's going to pull through. He then hears on the TV that the Scorpion, who was recently released from prison, has robbed a bank. Well, since Aunt May is out of the woods, Peter changes into his Spider-Man garb and sets out to look for the Scorpion. While he's searching, he has an adventure, the likes of which we can only read if we pick up Marvel Team Up #33. After the events in MTU 33, Spider-Man finds the Scorpion, and they fight. But, the Scorpion gets away. Peter goes back to the hospital to find Mary Jane, Ned Leeds, and others waiting for him. Among them is Gwen Stacy. Peter yells at her some more, but Ned explains that her finger prints match the finger prints from Gwen's autopsy. Furthermore, the checked Gwen's grave, and her body is still there. Meaning that yes, this is Gwen Stacy, except.... there are now two of them. The dead Gwen Stacy, and the alive Gwen Stacy. What's going on!? |
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Post by Steeven on Aug 4, 2022 17:46:08 GMT -6
This issue was a bit plodding, and the fight with the Scorpion was rather quick and uneventful.
The Gwen Stacy revelation was fun, and again, I have to assume readers were having a ball with this. Or they were pissed. I mean, killing off Gwen made many folks kinda angry, and here they are, just throwing it back into our faces!
But I digress.
What I found most amazing about this issue was the moment where Spider-Man has this whole other adventure that we don't get to read unless we pick up another book.
Now, I've seen issues reference the happenings of other issues before, but I don't know that I've ever encountered this, the issue telling you that Spider-Man is about to do some stuff, but that they're just going to skip over all of it and get to the villain of the book already.
Crazy.
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Post by tealproductions on Aug 6, 2022 11:57:57 GMT -6
First I gotta ask...Comet Man/ Meteor Man is there some subconscious connection in your reading?
I have always liked the Scorpion. Perhaps it's the spider scorpion arachnid insect kinda thing they got going. Maybe nostalgia? Not sure but The Scorpion is one of my favorite Spidey villains.
I went ahead and read the Marvel Team-Up mentioned in the story. It felt alot like this issue of Spidey so that was cool. Nothing really that added to this story more this story added to his appearance in Team-up.
I liked that the Scorpion basically defeated Spidey and went on his way. Helps the long form narrative.
Conway/Andru definitely has a bronze age feel to everything. I'm starting to lean more into that time period for all my readings then current stuff.
Peter is taking Gwen's reappearance highly emotionally. I guess you had to be there, which I was not. I have read up to April 1967 so I'm still a bit away from Gwen's death and didn't read it as it came out.
Let's roll on.
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