1340. The Return of the Superior Spider-Man

Sameth on Dec. 29, 2018

Between Ultimate Spider-Man being dead (at the time) and Doc Ock stealing Peter’s body, I absolutely hated Superior Spider-Man because I felt like they were getting rid of Peter Parker. I read Ultimate Spider-Man with Miles Morales and Superior Spider-Man, but I was angry at the lack of Peter Parker. I ended up liking Kaine’s run of Scarlet Spider more than USM or SSM because a cynical clone of Peter was the closest thing I could get.

Eventually we did get Peter back (because they can’t have a Spider-Man movie in theaters with no Peter Parker in the comics) and I continued reading Miles in USM and prayed Otto never came back to the same degree he was in Superior Spider-Man. Well…that was until the most recent clone story arc and the Spider-Geddon storyline. Since we have Peter in the main comics now, Miles in his own, and Doc Ock in his own, I’m actually interested in Superior Spider-Man now.

I don’t dislike other people being Spider-Man…so long as we have a Peter Parker series (‘cause he’s still my favorite Spider-Man…and I think he’s THE Spider-Man whereas Miles is A Spider-Man and Otto is A Spider-Man). Hell, I liked Spider-Man 2099 for a while because he wasn’t a Peter Parker replacement, he was a superhero with a similar motif.

Long story short, I plan on reading Superior Spider-Man despite my distaste of the original run.

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lothar at 5:48PM, Dec. 30, 2018

I love toys , reminds me of being a kid once. im gunna go play legos

meemjar at 1:09PM, Dec. 29, 2018

I liked Otto's more Machiavellian approach to being Spider-Man. He made his own successes that Peter didn't. He actually put a scare into the Kingpin ("He means to kill us all and damn the consequences!") and put a scare into the whole underworld when he mutilated Blackout. Appropriately, only the Goblin wasn't scared.

Sameth at 1:14PM, Dec. 29, 2018

Seeing his approach to being Spider-Man was interesting and I'm glad they brought him back overall. As I said, I just don't want them getting rid of Peter to do it. In hindsight, doing it the way they did it made sense. I'm just being petty over it, really. If I went back and reread the original Superior Spider-Man run, I'd probably like it more for the reasons you listed.

1340. The Return of the Superior Spider-Man

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