tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post4987255964356608374..comments2024-03-26T20:11:01.933-04:00Comments on NOT BLOG X: PETER PARKER, SPIDER-MAN #84 - October 1997G. Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-14393612215260434412014-08-21T16:48:46.633-04:002014-08-21T16:48:46.633-04:00I'm trying to remember exactly how that Hulk s...I'm trying to remember exactly how that Hulk story ended. I believe a group of villains called the "New World Order" sent Juggernaut to fight a Hulk who'd been suped up by Apocalypse into the newest version of the Horseman War.<br /><br />I feel like it ended with the Juggernaut retrieving the Hulk's sword and bringing it back to the NWO, at which point it was revealed that the sword contained an explosive, which blew all members of the NWO to kingdom come, thereby weeding out more examples of "the weak."<br /><br />Obviously it makes sense for Juggernaut to survive the explosion, and maybe even for the sword to survive too, I guess ... ? <br /><br />Implying that the NWO are "welchers" for not delivering on any promised reward for his service seems odd, though, if he knows they were all killed.<br /><br />Maybe I'm misremembering the storyline. It certainly wasn't one of Peter David's most memorable.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298753675007196538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-78639294515584371972014-08-20T12:12:46.688-04:002014-08-20T12:12:46.688-04:00Well, simply the fact that Marvel sent the couple ...Well, simply the fact that Marvel sent the couple to marriage counseling could've been a step in the direction of splitting them up.<br /><br />I have never understood why, if Marvel was so adamant about separating Peter and Mary Jane (and I understand why they wanted to do it), they didn't just divorce them and be done with it. The argument that divorce would "artificially age" them is nonsense. People get married straight out of high school sometimes, and are divorced by 20. No one looks at these people and sees them as anything other than youngsters who made a mistake. A <b>baby</b> would artificially age them, but Marvel already put the kibosh on that idea, so a divorce would've been no big deal, and certainly far, far better than the Mephisto nonsense we were eventually given.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-30474407543711979282014-08-19T21:11:12.570-04:002014-08-19T21:11:12.570-04:00I assume the "tough year" is a reference...<i>I assume the "tough year" is a reference to being punched into a coma and then trapped inside the Cyttorak gem by Onslaught, right?</i><br /><br />Yes, in addition to whatever happened in <i>Incredible Hulk</i>, I suppose. Plus, he had to live in the Ultraverse during this time.<br /><br /><i>Regarding Mary Jane nagging: We've already seen that Marvel failed once in getting Spider-Man back to the single life by way of the Clone Saga. Maybe their new plan was simply to make her unbearable until readers wanted her gone? </i><br /><br />There was a fan theory around this time that this was Marvel's plan. Out of nowhere, Wizard began running rumors that Peter and MJ were getting a divorce around early 1998, as I recall. It's possible Marvel put that out to test fan reaction.G. Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-30753052384903682682014-08-19T14:39:04.008-04:002014-08-19T14:39:04.008-04:00I see what you're getting at, and that exchang...I see what you're getting at, and that exchange certainly is nonsensical, though in Mackie's defense, even Spider-Man is confused by Juggernaut's calling him out for "name-calling", as he immediately replies "What are you talking about?"<br /><br />I assume the "tough year" is a reference to being punched into a coma and then trapped inside the Cyttorak gem by Onslaught, right?<br /><br />Regarding Mary Jane nagging: We've already seen that Marvel failed once in getting Spider-Man back to the single life by way of the Clone Saga. Maybe their new plan was simply to make her unbearable until readers <b>wanted</b> her gone?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.com