Kraven the Hunter returns, impersonating Spider-Man!
POINTLESS TRIVIA
BEN: Villain appearance count:
- Doctor Octopus: 5
- Green Goblin: 5
- Sandman: 4
- The Vulture: 3
- Mysterio: 3
- The Enforcers: 3
- Kraven the Hunter: 3
- The Chameleon: 2
- Electro: 2
- The Ringmaster and the Circus of Crime: 2
- Scorpion: 2
DUY: First appearance of Simba.
BEN: The Lion King?
DUY: How timely.
BEN: Kraven dressing up as Spider-Man is even more interesting many years later.
DUY: Kraven dressing up as Spider-Man, much like Ock using the word Superior, or any scene involving the Brooklyn Bridge, is kind of the mark that a story was a milestone. If you can't read a previous story without being reminded of that story that came afterwards, it's a landmark.
BEN: Really, any time Gwen appears it’s sort of like the specter of death is hanging over her. Sorry, spoilers. 47-year-old spoilers. Another milestone is whenever Mary Jane shows up in the shadows, you think of when she finally doesn't.
DUY: Peter thinking he wasn't at fault for looking like a snob to his peers is interesting. Because of course you were at fault. Being preoccupied doesn't mean you're blameless.
BEN: Especially when you just have to tell them your aunt is sick.
DUY: Peter thinking he wasn't at fault for looking like a snob to his peers is interesting. Because of course you were at fault. Being preoccupied doesn't mean you're blameless.
BEN: Especially when you just have to tell them your aunt is sick.
WHAT'S AGED THE WORST?
DUY: Peter can't have really been in love with Betty, right? He was eyeing Liz every chance he got and now he intends to move in on Gwen.
BEN: Yeah, it’s the way you think you love your eighth grade girlfriend.
NITPICKS
BEN: Kraven supposedly negates Spider-Man’s spider-sense, but then it’s visibly working for the next three pages in a row.
DUY: Kraven is supposedly "as good as he says," but he's still clearly not a match for Spider-Man. A huge letdown from the prior three issues.
BEN: He’s probably the only villain that has given it his all in every matchup and not really come close.
DUY: In the show, don't tell department, here's Gwen Stacy expressing interest in Peter.
DUY: You know what, we only have a handful of Ditkos here before he's gone forever, so I will just say I kind of love when he draws Spider-Man swinging straight-bodied, because it makes no sense.
BEN: I assumed that was him stretching out at the end of his swing before he descends and fires another web.
DUY: And this sequence has always had some impact on me . I think I saw it reprinted in one of those books about comics, and it looked so modern, so cinematic.
WHO WON THE COMIC?
BEN: Let’s assume I’m giving this to Gwen Stacy every time for the foreseeable future.
DUY: Yeah, probably Gwen by default. This issue isn't great for this category.
SEASON OPENER
BEN: To go with your television season analogy, this definitely feels like a season premiere episode. I’m calling it season three, with two running from #23 to #33. Season one was much more episodic and shall be known as “the season where the Human Torch guest-starred way too often.”.
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BEN: Yes.
DUY: So Amazing Fantasy #15 is the pilot, then Season 1 is from that onto before the Green Goblin/Crime Master War, more episodic, quite formulaic. Then Season 2 opens with the Green Goblin/Crime Master War and ends with the Master Planner Saga, which means it peaks there. I'm fine with that.
BEN: That's it for Spider-Rama this week.
DUY: Thank you, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko—
BEN: —for telling us we aren't the only ones.
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