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Amazing Spider-Man #380
Issue(s): Amazing Spider-Man #380
Cover Date: Aug 93
Title: "Soldiers of hope"
Credits:
David Michelinie - Writer
Mark Bagley - Penciler
Randy Emberlin - Inker
Mike Lackey - Assistant Editor
Danny Fingeroth - Editor
Review/plot:
Spider-Man and his allies fight Carnage and his allies.
They also calm the rioting crowds, each in their own (sometimes ridiculous) way.
And that results in a Care Bears moment.
I love that the one guy had to add that "most of us" qualifier. That guy in the back, with the mustache? He's not good people. He's an asshole.
Anyway, Shriek is able to fight back against the crowd's love.
She re-mobifies the crowd, and that's our cliffhanger.
Oh by the way, there are a lot of random super-heroes in this story, but you know who's not pulling his weight? Molten Man.
What's the deal, dude? Waiting around watching TV and waiting to be "saved". You have super powers! Get out there! If you're going to have super-powers and be in this story, you have to do something.
Quality Rating: D+
Historical Significance Rating: 1
Chronological Placement Considerations: This is part eleven of Maximum Carnage. Part twelve is in Spider-Man #37.
References:
- Mary Jane wouldn't give Peter her blessing when he rejoined the fight in Web of Spider-Man #102.
- Black Cat was injured in Web of Spider-Man #103 and does not rejoin the fight.
- Dagger was thought killed in Web of Spider-Man #101.
Crossover: Maximum Carnage
Continuity Insert? N
My Reprint: N/A
Inbound References (1): showCharacters Appearing: Aunt May, Black Cat, Captain America, Carnage Symbiote, Carrion II, Cletus Kasady (Carnage), Cloak, Deathlok (Michael Collins), Demogoblin, Doppelganger, Eddie Brock (Venom), Firestar, Iron Fist, Liz Allan, Mary Jane Watson, Mary Parker Duplicate, Molten Man, Morbius, Nightwatch, Normie Osborn, Richard Parker Duplicate, Shriek, Spider-Man, Venom Symbiote Previous:
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Comments
Can you blame that guy for wanting to steal that computer? Its hard drive is 80 megabytes!
One of the problems with Venom as a "hero" is that the villains have to be completely-over-the-top-evil to make him look heroic. So you get villains mind controlling innocent citizens to murder their children and commit rape.
By the way is there a blatant coloring error shown in the scans Fnord provided or were women threatening to throw their babies off rooftops all over town?
OH, man, that "heroes bring people to their senses" page is so much funnier than intended.
Alas, even the very talented Mark Bagley has trouble drawing little ones.
The woman they were threatening to violate should've kicked them all right in the middle of the gentleman's department.
Someone I knew very well drew a gun on us Sunday night. I assure you, you still feel like stomping them into the dirt. It's called 'fight or flight.'
But Cecil. He's "an accountant", which as we all know means he can't possibly be a sexual predator...for some reason.
Also I know comic books like to utilize "Light=Purification" tropes, but Firestar's "light" is from microwave energy. Unless you want a dose of concetrated radiation, I don't think it's going to "calm" anyone's psyche.
It is amazing that the guy in an American flag costume is the most genuinely dignified thing in this issue. I love that Cap's disapproval is enough to break the spell, not being sarcastic here at all. Though it probably helps with some of the other ways the heroes are snapping the others back to their senses.
