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COMICS OBSCURA                                        Mike Curtis
                                           shandafa@cyberback.com

[COMICS OBSCURA are facts Mike Curtis has dug out during his 30
years of collecting Superman and writing about comics. His
website for his comic imprint is www.shandafantasyarts.net ]

PERILS OF LIVE TELEVISION

Lee Marvin had one of these experiences in the 1950's.  He was
playing a detective in a live drama and the script called for a
rapid scene change.  Marvin finished his dialogue in a room, as
the view faded, and then ran across the set to a telephone booth
for his next scene.  He hit the booth running and began the
scene.  Meanwhile the false booth began to roll across the
studio, picking up speed as the camera followed until both Marvin
and the booth hit a wall.
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[8] ComiX-Fan Reviews                             Eric J. Moreels
                                             x-fan@bigpond.net.au
                                     http://www.comixfan.com/xfan


[Editor's note: Some of the following reviews have spoilers to
plot details. This is a TEXT ONLY newsletter so those spoilers
are not hidden by HTML code as they are on the ComiX-fan site.]

X-MEN: DEADLY GENESIS #1

Reviewer: Robin Lewis, lucillerobin@aol.com
Story Title: Deadly Genesis: Part one (of six)

Just when you thought the X-Men had run out of skeletons in the
closet...

Writer: Ed Brubaker
Penciler: Trevor Hairsine
Inker: Kris Justice
Colorist: Val Staples
Letterer: Dave Lanphear
Production: Brad Johansen
Assistant Editor: Nathan Cosby
Editor: Mark Paniccia
Editor In Chief: Joe Quesada
Published by: Marvel Comics

Not for the first time, I have been proved wrong. Here was I,
happily content in thinking that the energy signature at the end
of House of M was that of the returning Phoenix, when along comes
the first issue of Deadly Genesis to ruin my comfortable mood of
resigned irritation over the umpteenth resurrection of Jean Grey.
It wasn't her. I'm not entirely sure who it is that's risen from
the grave (though with the links to Giant Size X-Men I'm sure you
can take an educated guess - it'll be wrong, but it's fun to
guess), but finding out it isn't Jean robs me of some righteous
anger I'd been storing away for the occasion. Dammit. Then again,
maybe I should have expected to be surprised. This is Ed
Brubaker, after all. The man who made Sleeper the most convoluted
sequence of table-turning double-crosses since The Big Sleep. Not
to mention the astonishingly stylish way he's resurrected Bucky
(apparently, anyway - Brubaker may have a few twists and turns
left there), one of the few characters (along with Uncle Ben and,
uh, that's it) people thought Marvel could never bring back from
the dead in a way that wouldn't immediately result in the EIC
being burnt in effigy throughout the land. Actually, considering
the job he's done with Bucky, when Marvel do get around to
resurrecting Jean they could do a lot worse than put the story in
the hands of Brubaker. But that's a tale for another day. Deadly
Genesis is about something else entirely. I'm just not sure what
yet.

There are clues scattered around the book to give us hints, and
there's enough here to come up with a decent theory, but I'm not
betting on anything just yet. The solicitation for the book
hinted that there would be ties back to the beginnings of the
modern X-Men and the revelation of something Professor X has been
keeping hidden for several years, so we might be on the way to
another clanging retcon that will enrage continuity wonks the
world over. I doubt it, though. Brubaker has seamlessly
introduced Bucky into Captain America, making everything click
into continuity as if it were part of Marvel's plan since the
creation of the character. I think he can be trusted to come up
with something that blends in with the X-Men's history, rather
than a rewrite of it. There will probably be fans of Xavier that
baulk at yet another skeleton in his closet, but personally I'd
welcome a bit more colour into a character that's always struck
me as being rather bland and po-faced. I'm not saying I'd welcome
ol' Charlie being unmasked as the guy on the grassy knoll, but I
think I could buy him as more driven and ruthless than he's been
shown in the past.

Anyway, the story: as the Beast points out, in a closed universe
all the energy that's been taken from the world's mutants has to
go somewhere, and it looks like it's been transformed into a wake
up call for some faces from the past. Whether or not they're
faces we've seen before isn't yet clear, but it's someone who's
familiar with the X-Men. Memories from their past are haunting
the X-Men, whether it's Nightcrawler's angry mob or Moira making
an appearance to Sean Cassidy and leading him to the first clue
in the puzzle. A small team go out to investigate the space
shuttle that a disabled Emma Frost has seen plunging to the
Earth, and end up getting their butts handed to them by ...
someone. We're in set-up country here, but it doesn't feel drawn
out yet. The pace isn't powering along on all cylinders, but this
isn't Ultimate Nightmare.

Trevor Hairsine does a nice job on the art, though Kitty's face
occasionally looks a bit skew-whiff. Hopefully he'll keep the
book on schedule for its run. I'll believe it when I see it,
though. Marvel's late books have long since crossed the line from
'occasional and irritating' to 'laughably amateurish and
horrifically embarrassing'. There's a back up story here too.
Petra, written by Brubaker, drawn by Pete Woods and colored by
Brad Anderson. It provides a fairly large clue as to what might
be the dark secret Xavier's been hiding for all these years. A
young mutant with the power to control the earth around her gets
in trouble with the law, only to be released into the custody of
a mysterious benefactor. Well, I say mysterious, but it's pretty
obvious who it'll turn out to be. Unless Brubaker is really
planning on pulling the rug out from under me. Her power makes an
appearance in the main story, so we'll no doubt be seeing her
again soon.

The great thing about this book is that it feels like it's
actually going somewhere. Since the House of M finished the
mutant books have been given something that's eluded them for
years: a sense of direction. The feeling that there's a plan
behind the line gives one hope for the future, as well as driving
home the fact that the X-Books have been waddling around for a
couple of years with no hint of anything in particular driving
the action and no over-arcing plan behind the skipfull of
satellite books that were launched after Morrison left. You might
not like where the books are heading, but you can't deny that it
feels as if there's at least someone behind the wheel these days.
The proof in the pudding will come during the rest of the series,
the other books of Decimation and the stories that follow it, but
this is a good start.

ART: 4.0
STORY: 4.0
OVERALL: 4.0

X-MEN #177
Reviewer: Robin Lewis, lucillerobin@aol.com
Story Title: House Arrest: Losing It (part one of three)

Another X-Man joins the list of the de-powered.

Writer: Peter Milligan
Pencils: Salvador Larocca
Inkers: Danny Miki with Allen Martinez
Colorist: Liquid! with Avalon
Letterer: VC's Cory Petit
Assistant Editor: Sean Ryan
Associate Editor: Nick Lowe
Editor: Mike Marts
Editor In Chief: Joe Quesada
Publisher: Marvel

With the newfound sense of direction in the mutant line of books
I had hopes for Milligan's run on X-Men to pick up the quality.
The book has meandered through a few mediocre stories, lacing the
usual mutant soap-opera with some (but, disappointingly, not enough)
of Milligan's trademark oddness and black humour. Those who had
their doubts about Milligan being the right guy to put in charge
of one of the core X-Books were finding themselves to be a an
ever growing number. There's no question of his talent and
ability, but the number of people who've been able to take on an
X-Book and make it work since Claremont redefined them way back
when have been few and far between. Recent evidence hadn't
suggested Milligan was one of these happy few. In fact, every new
issue of X-Men seemed to drive home the point that the boundaries
and conventions of the line were stunting the very qualities that
made Milligan's most enjoyable books so good. But with some new
ideas thrown his way with the Decimation Milligan might yet make
his tenure on X-Men successful.

Things pick up where Chris Claremont's House of M epilogue left
off. There's some mutant-hating thugs hiding in the woods just
outside the mansion, and Sentinels have landed on the front lawn.
It's not a good day to be an X-Men. Especially if you're Bobby
Drake. Or, as it turns out, Lorna Dane. Frankly, this isn't much
of a change in either of their cases. Neither of them has had
much cause to be cheery for a fair length of time now. Bobby
Drake has been the mansion's resident sourpuss for so long he's
become a frosty version of the Grinch, and Lorna has had to cope
with being inexplicably written as if she were a cross between a
lunatic and a teenage moron. These haven't been the best of times
for anyone who remembers their glory days (I can't remember
Iceman's glory days myself, but I have fond memories of Lorna
Dane in Peter David's X-Factor). Also, her costume makes Lorna
look like some unhappy cross between a dominatrix and a circus
clown. Now that she's lost her powers one hopes that she'll
choose to walk around in something sensible. Hey, maybe
Decimation isn't all bad news for her.

With two members of the team now depowered it looks like Milligan
is going to have plenty of material for delving into the psyches
of a newly vulnerable mutant. This isn't a completely new idea,
of course, but it's still potentially a very good one. When Storm
lost her powers many moons ago it was the making of her
character. It might be that Decimation will provide the same new
lease of life for Bobby and Lorna. Lord knows they could do with
it.

Aside from the discovery of Lorna's sudden normality, most of the
issue is simply a knockdown fight with the Sentinels, who seem
remarkably restrained. Emma Frost discovers the reason for this,
and it lays to rest one of my fears for the X-Books that came
into being after reading the House of M epilogue: that of the
Sentinels being let loose on mutantkind and a sudden return to
the days of the X-Men being hunted across the land. We've been
there and done that. Happily, it seems that these particular
giant mutant-killing robots didn't turn up to cause havoc. I'm
not sure what they are there for, but for now I'm just glad we're
not going to be getting yet another re-run of the classic Days of
Future Past. Giant mutant-killing robots only work when they're
killing lots of mutants. If they're continually beaten with
little or no cost to the X-Men they cease to be scary, and since
Marvel aren't going to suddenly wipe out half the team in a
Sentinel attack they're going to stay unscary and uninteresting
unless someone can do something new with them.

During the fight one of the Sentinels manages to crush a large
section of the mansion. Rant time. I've had it with this. How
many times over the past year or so has the mansion been
destroyed? It gets blown up in this book, but in that book
everything's fine. It's long since lost any impact it should have
as an event, because it has no consequences and no reason for
happening beyond a cheap way of cranking up the tension. Stop
blowing up the damn thing unless it's going to stay blown up. The
same thing goes for the Blackbird. They go through those things
like normal people go through Pringles. Anyway. The art is still
very pretty, though someone went overboard on the green this
month. Almost every page is smothered in shades of the stuff,
making everybody look slightly travel-sick. Everything's rendered
very nicely, though.

The issue doesn't breathe fresh life into Milligan's run as much
as you might hope, but it's a hell of a lot better than most of
the stories he's been putting out in this title recently. It's a
competent start, and, as with the other mutant books, the feeling
that this is all going somewhere is a new and comforting one.
It's mostly just set-up for future stories we're seeing here (and
my guess is that's what we'll be seeing in most of the other X-
Books until the new year), but for the first time in a long time
I'm interested in the line as a whole.

ART: 3.5
STORY: 3.0
OVERALL: 3.5

WEAPON X: DAYS OF FUTURE NOW #5
Reviewer: Brian Wilkinson, bewilkinson@yahoo.ca
Story Title: Days of Future Now: Part 5 of 5

Around and around we go, where we stop, only the future knows.
Tieri's dark and visceral future-imperfect story concludes!

Written by: Frank Tieri
Pencils by: Andy Smith
Cover by: Bart Sears
Inks by: Mark Pennington
Colors by: Michael Atiyeh
Letters by: Dave Sharpe
Editor: Sean Ryan
Supervising Editor: Mike Marts
Editor in Chief: Joe Quesada
Published by: Marvel Comics

Weapon X: Days of Future Now seemed an underdog book from the
outset. Set around the final events of Frank Tieri's ongoing
series Weapon X, fans were given this homage of sorts to what was
deemed an unfair and cruel editorial decision to can the book.
Towards the end of Weapon X it seemed a sort of kindness as every
attempt being made to drum up more sales and interest only made
it more convoluted towards the end.

With this series, we get to see how the famous events of 'Days of
Future Past' came to be. A future, not too far from now, where
mutants are hunted and executed by robotic killers. After the
events of last issue which set up Magneto as a mutant hero after
the tragic deaths of some of Earth's mightiest heroes, it seemed
almost as though that issue in itself is the optimistic
conclusion.

As I read this issue, particularly at the end, I couldn't help
but think of Wolverine's line from the first issue: "Some futures
are just meant to be." It's a sad ending in many ways, but it's
also a great twist ending on the scale of an M. Night Shamalama-
ding-dong b[]i[]Sixth Sense[/b][/i] guy. Readers won't see it
coming, but after I put down the issue, I couldn't see it working
any other way.

There's no real resolution here to sink your teeth into, but you
don't really get the feeling that the book is poorer off because
of it. It shows how a few events can change the course of history
in these books, and none of it for the better. There are some
great Wolverine moments, some amazing revelations regarding
Phantomex, Master Mold (which gave me chills) and even Malcolm
Colcord. The only real let-down was the use of Brent Jackson as
it felt forced and unconvincing. Jackson was barely used in the
issue, and the one-off panel describing his involvement didn't
live up to the hinted promise in the last issue.

All told, this has been an excellent mini-series and is a must-
have for any X-Fan. Lots of excitement, twists, and character
development. It's also particularly gratifying to see Tieri write
Wolverine again as he's one of a handful of writers who has ever
done him justice. I'd love to see Tieri on an X-book again
sometime in the near future.

The book and the series have its flaws, but it's hard to pin them
down as this was an ambitious project in the first place. Taking
five issues and spanning more than 30 years is a feat and not
many could have pulled it off as well as Tieri. That said, it's
hard to really get into the meat of the characters in so short of
a space which is this books only real downfall. It's like a
history lesson without any deep background on the generals. It
still works well and you get the highlights, but only an
extension of the series would have afforded fans the closer look
this book deserves.

I don't want to give away the ending, but so much of it reminds
me of Stephen King's epic, The Dark Tower. If that gives away too
much, forgive me, but I couldn't help but point it out as it's an
amazing device that serves both that series and this one
remarkably well.

Go out and pick it up.

ART: 3.0
STORY: 3.5
OVERALL: 3.5

ULTIMATE X-MEN #65
Reviewer: Kevin Sutton, kevinsutton@cheerful.com
Story Title: Magnetic North Part Five

If Alex does end up in jail, Scott probably won't finish that
sentence.

Writer: Brian K. Vaughan
Penciller: Stuart Immonen
Inker: Wade vonGrawbadger
Colorist: Justin Ponsor
Letterer: Chris Eliopolos
Production: Jacob Chabot
Assistant Editors: John Barber and Nicole Wiley
Editor: Ralph Macchio
Editor in Chief: Joe Quesada
Published by: Marvel Comics

Brian Vaughan's run concludes not with an explosion or a whimper,
but rather in a rush of intrigue and revelation. The grand finale
contains some resolutions for plots Vaughan or other writers
began, but other matters are still left unresolved. But while the
conclusion doesn't attempt to finish off every single plot thread
Vaughan began, this finale proves that there's no reason that
Kirkman or others can't in turn take care of Vaughan's leftovers.
Unfortunately, the reader may still feel a little cheated by the
way some minor issues are just dealt with in an all-too quick
manner.

As usual this issue features great dialogue, including the usual
strong one liners, but the dialogue can also be quite meaningful
as well. But there are also less obvious advantages to Vaughan's
dialogue. Unlike some writers Vaughan can create different
vocabularies and speech patterns for his characters. Could anyone
other than Magneto refer to Polaris' supple neck in this comic?
(Well okay, at least one other person...) Would anyone other than
Kitty be willing to refer to Iceman as 'cool' without it being a
too obvious pun?

The plot of this issue is itself quite surprising, and very well
put together. Magneto's immediate plans are realistic and
conservative by his usual standards. The prison break doesn't
lead immediately into a attempt to crush the world. Instead, he's
keeping it simple and keeping to one goal at a time. I'm sure he
still has his planet smashing temper, but things are currently
going far too well for him to lose his patience now and jump
straight into a crazy scheme. The cliffhanger from the previous
issue is resolved in a more than satisfactory manner, as Vaughan
takes advantage of the earlier Longshot story's ironic twist to
provide a karmic balance in this one. In what was no small
coincidence I'm sure, Dazzler and Angel's went off on their own
against orders, which easily parallels the events of the
Longshot/Mojo story in behaviour if not specifics. It seems all
too appropriate then that the two misadventures would end up
inherently linked.

While I was made aware of Magneto's specific escape plan prior to
reading this issue, the individual scenes were so compelling on a
page by page basis that I momentarily forgot where everything was
going. Vaughan has proven here to be capable of creating action
sequences that are event and character driven rather than art
driven. That's a definite plus, because some artists are incapable
(or perhaps not allowed) to go beyond a script to create
something worth studying. There's no generic fight pin ups here.

The colours continue to be the strong point of this comic's art
team. The effects are eye catching, the colour schemes create a
strong sense of atmosphere, and there's even some symbolism. But
the latter appears in this issue in the for of the large oddly
coloured 'money shot', which seemed designed to reflect Magneto's
dominant colour scheme somewhat. Usually I like stuff like that,
but in this case the colours seemed too inappropriate for the
subject. The pencils and inks were a little choppy, and there
were varying degrees of evocative strength in the images. It's
hard not to notice in the inherent weakness of the Immonen's
work, but overall it's still a positive display with some great
little details and expressions. Notable weak moments include
Lorna's inexplicably huge hair, and the X-team's all-too-cliche
sad reaction shot.

I should also mention the Vision backstory in this comic. It's
the second of six, but it's surprisingly accessible. The story is
quick and to the point. The colours are kind of boring, and the
art a little simple; but it's a strong story for four pages. The
final words are foreboding, but I feel common cause with the
subjects in feeling as if my efforts, (to read the story in my
case) were a little pointless. As a story on its own, this might
be worth reading, but I wouldn't go out and collect other titles
I don't want to see this tale come to its completion. (Especially
when I know it won't be really resolving what was foreshadowed in
this segment anyway)

Vaughan's run in general seemed to bend the relations between all
of the main characters, with several bonds being forged or broken
here and there; and all the while the X-men amassed a small array
of enemies most of which appeared in this final story, even if
they weren't necessarily important to the final plot. After
exposing the X-men to a new rogue's gallery, Vaughan brings the
X-men back to their roots with their oldest adversary in this
finale. Only occasionally was Vaughan's run truly focussed on the
mutant mythos, instead relying more heavily on personality
conflicts within the stories to drive interest and events. This
stands in contrast to the politically outspoken Millar and
conspiracy minded Bendis and their runs which reflected this. I'm
sure many X-fans will differ on the value of Vaughan's individual
interpersonal machinations, but overall I think it provided a
good contrast to the previous runs and a strong undercurrent to
all of the stories. Additionally, Vaughan established certain
behaviours and motivations in the protagonists and antagonists,
and that obviously serves the title well as it did earlier in its
life.

This final issue is not everything the build up would suggest it
should be, but it was just about everything it could have been.
So while I am disappointed that some plotlines came up short,
this is a more than satisfactory climax. Vaughan has closed a
chapter but left much still open for the next writer.

I often enjoy reading into the dialogue for a message from the
author, and Magneto's words in the final two pages are as clear
an example of that as you will find anywhere in Vaughan's work.
Hopefully the next author(s) are prepared to follow that advice.

ART: 3.5
STORY: 4.0
OVERALL: 3.5
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COMICS OBSCURA                                        Mike Curtis
                                           shandafa@cyberback.com

[COMICS OBSCURA are facts Mike Curtis has dug out during his 30
years of collecting Superman and writing about comics. His
website for his comic imprint is www.shandafantasyarts.net ]

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT STORY IF THEY WEREN'T WRITTEN BY
EDITOR FORRY

Comic book fans in the early 1960's first learned their heroes
had been on film in the magazine SCREEN THRILLS ILLUSTRATED,
published by FAMOUS MONSTERS mogul James Warren, with help from
FM editor and notorious punster Forry Ackerman.  One section of
the publication was PRIVATE SCREENING, an offshoot of FM's YOU
AXED FOR IT, where readers requested seeing stills from films.
In reading issue 3 of SCI, one sees the fine hand of Forrest
Ackerman in some of the fan names requesting looks at their
favorite movies.  A still of someone being cremated was asked for
by "Moe Fisto".  A still of Red Barry as RED RYDER was requested
by Eliot Laine (Will Bill Elliott and Rocky Lane also played Red
Ryder) and the name A.C.TOEN appears below a photo of Charlie
Chaplin.
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[9] Rich's Reviews                                Richard Vasseur
                                            richardv@sympatico.ca
                                       http://www.jazmaonline.com

[Rich has been collecting comic books for about 25 years. He
belongs to two comic book clubs Jazma and ORCA. He has been
writing reviews for Jazma's paper newsletter for about 2 years
and has his own review page at www.jazmaonline.com]

SPOILER WARNING: Some plot details may be revealed in these
reviews!

Title: Kolchak: Tales of the Night Stalker # 7
Publisher: Moonstone
Writer: Dave Ulanski
Penciler: Kirk Jarvinen
Inker: Keith Williams
Price: $ 3.50 US
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Comments: The story starts off nice and calm with Kolchak just a
reporter wanting to do his job. That is investigating shadow and
plant monsters.
  As we watch Kolchak we can see him using his investigative
skills to track down the story. He also uses the help of anyone
around him. He knows how to use any resource available.
  Saggoth the shadow monster isn't really a monster he is just
protecting his city. His shadowy form is a menacing creature of
the night.
  Poor Kolchak he does the right thing. He tries to help. He goes
after his story but he suffers for it. But he still goes on.

Title: Legion of Super-Heroes # 11
Publisher: DC
Writer: Mark Waid
Penciler: Barry Kitson
Inker: Mick Gray
Price: $ 2.99 US, $ 4.00 Can
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Comments: Invisible Kid gets the chance to shine. He takes
command and shows that he is a good leader.
  Now the art showing the being called Firm Concept is wonderful.
You can see the clouds and lightning they look almost as if they
are moving. It is also nice to see so many legionaires. They are
all well drawn.
  Brainiac 5 has set himself a near impossible task. We also see
him displaying emotion which he rarely does. So seeing tears from
him is unbelievable. The closeup of his face is amazing, so full
of sadness and frustration.
  The second story written by Mark Waid, penciled by Dale
Eaglesham and inked by Art Thibert is a story full of heroism. As
ordinary citizens act with courage. They are inspiring.

Title: House of M # 8
Publisher: Marvel
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Penciler: Olivier Coipel
Inkers: John Dell, Scott Hanna & Tim Townsend
Price: $ 2.99 US, $ 4.25 Can
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Comments: Almost all the mutants have lost their powers. The
Scarlet Witch turned all but a handful of mutants to just
ordinary humans. Iceman and Magneto are among those left
powerless. Even the Scarlet Witch took away her own powers so she
can live a life of carefree happiness. But how will this effect
the Marvel Universe? There will be ramifications.
  Seeing Magneto powerless you can see it is the worst thing that
could happen to him. He is devastated and a pitiful shell of his
former self. Seeing the Scarlet Witch completely cured and happy
was the one great thing that happened and it brings a feeling of
comfort.
  Things will never be the same after this.

Title: New Avengers # 12
Publisher: Marvel
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Penciler: David Finch
Inker: Danny Miki
Price: $ 2.50 US, $ 3.50 Can
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Comments: Hundreds of hand ninjas attack the Avengers. Now you
would think it would be action filled. But it is boring the
fighting. The banter is somewhat amusing. Spidey and Cap seem
almost to be competing at it.
  The Hand, Madame Hydra and a faction of Hydra with the Silver
Samurai are all joining together and what a fearsome assemblage
they make.
  We learn the secret behind Spider Woman's secrecy Madame Hydra
is in control of whether she keeps her powers or not and Hydra
gave her powers back to her. This should be explained more.
  The Silver Samurai looks fantastic suited back up wearing his
armor. And backed by an army of Hand warriors he is formidable
indeed.

Title: Amazing Spider-Man # 525
Publisher: Marvel
Writer: Peter David
Penciler: Mike Deodato Jr.
Inker: Joe Pimentel
Price: $ 2.50 US, $ 3.50 Can
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Comments: This story focuses on Aunt May. She is so strong, so
powerful, her inner strength is incomparable. Spider-Man may be
dying but May is so brave about it she is braver and more heroic
than any super-hero. The art showing her is perfect. A sweet
little old lady who is more than a match for anyone. She is one
great lady.
  Watching Spider-Man going downhill is sad. This once great hero
has fallen. He's dying yes but its his attitude, his personality
that is really deteriorating. Spidey is drawn nice with a dark
look.







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