tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37640729750734278332024-03-25T23:58:48.762+10:00A Comic OdysseyA little blog (mostly) about Spider-Girl and the MC2.frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.comBlogger387125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-14409211698503252882024-03-20T22:54:00.000+10:002024-03-20T22:54:08.735+10:00Jubilee in the MC2<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I’ve been rewatching <b>X-Men: The Animated Series</b> in
preparation for the revival and continuation series <b>X-Men ’97</b> and with
that in mind, I thought now was the perfect opportunity to cover both shows’
protagonist and audience surrogate as she appears in the <b>MC2</b>. This is <b>Jubilee
in the MC2</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the <b>Main Marvel Universe</b> <b>Jubilee</b> made her
debut in the pages of <b>Uncanny X-Men #244</b>. Her first name, <b>Jubilation</b>,
was apparently revealed in the pages of <b>X-Men Annual #13</b> with her surname, <b>Lee</b>,
first given in <b>X-Men Annual #14</b>. As for her first appearance in the <b>MC2</b>,
<b>Jubilee</b> showed up in a brief cameo within <b>What If #105</b> alongside
other members of the <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/05/history-of-mc2-avengers.html"><b>Avengers</b></a>
including the <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-vision-in-mc2.html"><b>Vision</b></a>,
<a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-next-infinity-comic-review.html"><b>Jolt</b></a>,
<a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-next-ages-j2.html"><b>J2</b></a>,
<a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/03/speedball-in-mc2.html"><b>Speedball</b></a>
and <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/10/thunderstrikes-costumes.html"><b>Thunderstrike</b></a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jumping back in time ever so slightly, <b>A-Next #1</b>
delivers the new <b>Avengers</b> team’s origin which involved <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-masterson-family-tree.html"><b>Kevin
Masterson</b></a> transformation into the new <b>Thunderstrike</b> as a result
of the machination of <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/06/loki-in-mc2.html"><b>Loki</b></a>.
During this adventure, we learn <b>Jubilee</b> is too busy leading the <b>X-People</b>
to join the team as a full-time member but notes she should reach out to <b>J2</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After a tease of this in the final panels of <b>J2 #1</b>,
we see this play out in the next issue where a visiting <b>Zane Yama aka J2</b>
fights to liberate the mind-controlled <b>X-People</b> including team leader <b>Jubilee</b>
from the thrall of the villainous villainess <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-wyngarde-family-tree.html">Enthralla</a> </b>(<b>J2 #2</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Jubilee</b> is called upon by <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/06/mainframes-robotic-shells.html"><b>Mainframe</b></a>
to evaluate the <b>Avengers</b> newest recruits, <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/02/american-dream-in-avengers-earths.html"><b>American
Dream</b></a>, <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/04/freebooters-costumes.html"><b>Freebooter</b></a>,
<a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/02/bluestreaks-costumes.html"><b>Bluestreak</b></a>
and <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-harkness-family-tree.html"><b>Crimson
Curse</b></a>. Unfortunately, this all comes as a shocking surprise to the
other members of the team (<b>A-Next #4</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/06/cyclops-in-mc2.html"><b>Cyclops</b></a>
stops by to test the <b>Uncanny X-People</b>, they are aided by <b>J2</b> who, <b>Jubilee</b>
notes, helped the team improve their previous time, increasing by a single
second for a total of five measly seconds (<b>J2 #7</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Next, <b>Jubilee</b> leads her <b>X-People</b> against <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-logan-family-tree.html"><b>Rina
Logan</b></a> aka <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2024/03/wild-thing-in-x-men-92-house-of-xcii.html"><b>Wild
Thing</b></a> in an initiation trial for probationary membership on the
team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Rina</b> rejects this offer,
declaring that she was only taking the test as favour for her father, <b>Wolverine</b>
(<b>J2 #11</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In <b>Wild Thing #3</b> we learn that <b>Mr
Woodhill</b>, the social studies teacher at <b>Upper Saddle River High</b> was
involved in a crash ten years prior, spending a year in the hospital as a
result. While there <b>Woodhill</b> was transformed into a <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/01/wild-thing-6-untold-story.html"><b>Sleeper
Sentinel</b></a>, including suppression implants to ensure he remained unaware
he was a cyborg. <b>Jubilee</b> explains that the <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/06/history-of-mc2-x-men.html"><b>X-Men</b></a> had
years ago attempted to find all the <b>Sleeper Sentinels</b> but some
-such as <b>Mr Woodhill</b>- had gone undetected. Using a program devised
by <b>Dr McCoy</b> and <b>Forge</b>, the <b>Sleeper
Sentinels</b> would have their <b>Sentinel</b> activation
nullified, allowing them to continue believing they were ordinary humans (<b>Wild
Thing #3</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In <b>Spider-Girl #32</b>, we catch a tantalising glimpse of
the largely unseen interim <b>Avengers</b> team who attempted to fill the void
left after many of the original <b>Avengers</b> perished on their final
mission. <b>Jubilee</b> was a member of this line-up alongside <b>Nova</b>, the
<b>Steel Spider</b>, <b>Jolt</b> and <b>Speedball</b>. I have to point out the
subtle changes <b>Jubilee</b> makes to the costume she wears depending on which
team she’s representing at any given time.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-hrOSQAmf8SiOIo1InwO06MCtzBozWaT3K7Zi_Pwn4LgWDE_A1YSZaJ5E0LPmh9yxfZsXeXi3yEpV5H1Nstu4uYKO6TmKTgr3Ug0vPBtdQa6FTVlRzRJQvcwTMI6zx7hDID_vsWDZ91tDH7t-yqJKvhCaTnA0aYbJV64-S54812iPjfk3L4_Sk0KrKlE/s3056/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20032-014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-hrOSQAmf8SiOIo1InwO06MCtzBozWaT3K7Zi_Pwn4LgWDE_A1YSZaJ5E0LPmh9yxfZsXeXi3yEpV5H1Nstu4uYKO6TmKTgr3Ug0vPBtdQa6FTVlRzRJQvcwTMI6zx7hDID_vsWDZ91tDH7t-yqJKvhCaTnA0aYbJV64-S54812iPjfk3L4_Sk0KrKlE/w416-h640/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20032-014.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Jubilee</b> and her <b>X-People</b> are not seen again
until a large assembly of the <b>MC2’s</b> super heroes gather
at <b>Avengers Headquarters</b> in preparation for battle with <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2012/05/kicking-death-in-nuts-literally.html"><b>Seth</b> <b>the
Serpent God of Death</b></a>. Despite this, the assembled heroes end up trapped
within an impenetrable barrier until <b>Spider-Girl</b> weakens <b>Seth</b> enough
to free them. Notably, <b>Jubilee</b> is seen alongside former <b>Avengers</b>
teammate <b>Nova</b> (<b>Spider-Girl #58</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When <b>May ‘Mayday’ Parker’s</b> classmate is outed as a
mutant to all of <b>Midtown High</b>, <b>Nancy's</b> locker is vandalised
and graffitied with anti-mutant messages. At home, <b>Nancy's</b> parents
argue over their daughter’s situation and <b>Nancy's</b> siblings are
ostracised at school. Later while attempting to get some air, <b>Nancy</b> is
accosted by several hooded figures (<b>Spider-Girl #67</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The group attacking <b>Nancy Lu</b> are revealed
to be fellow students from <b>Midtown High</b>. When <b>The Buzz</b> (aka <b>JJ</b>)
and <b>Spider-Girl</b> intervene, <b>Nancy</b> reveals
she's more afraid of hurting others due to a lack of control of her abilities
than being hurt herself. After being approached by <b>Jubilee</b>, who <b>Nancy</b>
had met previously when she attempted to recruit her to the <b>X-People</b>
(events referenced in <b>Spider-Girl #23</b>), <b>Nancy</b> makes the
decision to go with the <b>X-People</b> to better master her powers (<b>Spider-Girl
#67</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When various superheroes active and retired start
disappearing, <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/12/mc2-in-other-media-2023.html"><b>Stinger</b></a>
of the <b>Avengers</b> contacts <b>Jubilee</b> to ask if the <b>X-People</b>
have any suspects. However, believing the attacks may be focused on mutants due
to <b>Wolverine</b> and <b>Cyclops’</b> abductions, <b>Jubilee</b> informers
her they have decided to continue their investigations without outside
assistance (<b>Last Hero Standing #2</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAen-_D9gov9LxJZIiNbvsz9N8iXjApOj4HiCiIckq_Mb6rqD2x8hWOwxHyfUvd-5OzfHdPRXLKlPCAlayVJiL9Cjz8P77bBAkQq0JbIYRKS9O2BmcSRPHKlmUeO5hoHobnamBMXDy5e5P_XwaaM3G97ETidukMHz10DxbY98OC9kXtd_ldyLLe0PLGg/s3056/Last%20Hero%20Standing%2002%20(of%2005)-009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAen-_D9gov9LxJZIiNbvsz9N8iXjApOj4HiCiIckq_Mb6rqD2x8hWOwxHyfUvd-5OzfHdPRXLKlPCAlayVJiL9Cjz8P77bBAkQq0JbIYRKS9O2BmcSRPHKlmUeO5hoHobnamBMXDy5e5P_XwaaM3G97ETidukMHz10DxbY98OC9kXtd_ldyLLe0PLGg/w416-h640/Last%20Hero%20Standing%2002%20(of%2005)-009.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Despite this, <b>Jubilee</b> still reports the return of <b>Wolverine</b>
and <b>Cyclops</b> to <b>Stinger</b> shortly afterwards, even with the apparent
disappearance of <b>Wild Thing</b> (<b>Last Hero Standing #3</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The next time we see <b>Jubilee</b> is during the events of
the <b>Last Planet Standing</b> mini-series when <b>Galactus</b> is finalizing
his final solution which will ultimately destroy the entire universe. <b>Jubilee</b>
is briefly seen along with her <b>X-People</b> among many other heroes (<b>Last
Hero Standing #4-#5</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Jubilee</b> and the <b>X-People</b> again joins a
large assembly of super heroes who show up to help <b>Spider-Girl</b> when
she is captured by the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/01/phil-urich-secret-villain-mc2-theory.html">Hobgoblin</a></b> aka<b> Roderick
Kingsley </b>(<b>Amazing Spider-Girl #15</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Continuing the returning divide between the rest of humanity
and mutants, with <b>Magneta’s</b> <b>Sisterhood of Mutants</b> attempting to
recruit confused <b>Midtown High</b> student <b>Sara Hingle</b>, <b>Jubilee</b>
and the <b>X-People</b> attempt to locate her and in the process cut out <b>Spider-Girl</b>
(<b>Amazing Spider-Girl #23</b>).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgyD8Y3I-8latyexFt1V1RIr9NnFOkMDRkUBFcWh8n0rvJNzGUo9wZ8I6dnU8KJXs9MSfX4rew_jHGRWUfi3CmsfxPLqBBs43uwM30SIHK7cb4VChstOay85Kl_JLA7cxfNFQg6CiukE_ROBFtE2lYvFBLM96UTEVwjdVeZLuv0mh8xVVdw4Id7HuM_kA/s3056/Amazing%20Spider-Girl%20(2006-2009)%20023-002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgyD8Y3I-8latyexFt1V1RIr9NnFOkMDRkUBFcWh8n0rvJNzGUo9wZ8I6dnU8KJXs9MSfX4rew_jHGRWUfi3CmsfxPLqBBs43uwM30SIHK7cb4VChstOay85Kl_JLA7cxfNFQg6CiukE_ROBFtE2lYvFBLM96UTEVwjdVeZLuv0mh8xVVdw4Id7HuM_kA/w416-h640/Amazing%20Spider-Girl%20(2006-2009)%20023-002.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzZjkSsTHMvjkrodJRyGhdKx5rgB9_yM3-YY-oY9vo1jYmT_UdwATjEO85bQc4A1bcXdLjf-Nlc3SwltGetQzA6fFhINRhb_ziSG2NW0y1iDSkP0Rm2Fsy7BbfKhOBFzip9h8-pr9TvYJi7lIpc_Jv2MvMahHmuhyzwAhsQXEUEhQ4UVVuc9YXnUMjhA/s3056/Amazing%20Spider-Girl%20(2006-2009)%20023-003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzZjkSsTHMvjkrodJRyGhdKx5rgB9_yM3-YY-oY9vo1jYmT_UdwATjEO85bQc4A1bcXdLjf-Nlc3SwltGetQzA6fFhINRhb_ziSG2NW0y1iDSkP0Rm2Fsy7BbfKhOBFzip9h8-pr9TvYJi7lIpc_Jv2MvMahHmuhyzwAhsQXEUEhQ4UVVuc9YXnUMjhA/w416-h640/Amazing%20Spider-Girl%20(2006-2009)%20023-003.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Having been pushed into attacking the anti-mutant <b>Humanity
First </b>organisation, <b>Sara </b>finds herself in battle with <b>Jubilee’s</b>
entire <b>X-People</b> team. With <b>Jubilee</b> and the rest of her team
side-lined, trainee member <b>Nancy Lu</b> aka <b>Push</b> faces <b>Hingle </b>(now
calling herself <b>Nucleus</b>) alone until aided by <b>Spider-Girl </b>(<b>Amazing
Spider-Girl #24</b>). After <b>Magneta</b> uses <b>Nucleus</b> as a human bomb,
many of the <b>X-People</b> are taken to hospital with the rest ensuring the
surviving <b>Sara</b> is taken to a secure facility (<b>Amazing Spider-Girl #25</b>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Finally, <b>Jubilee</b> appears in flashback story set
between the pages of <b>A-Next #1</b> while the various heroes are celebrating
on <b>Asgard</b>. Feeling humiliated in front of <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/06/loki-in-mc2.html">Loki</a></b>, <b>Tyrus
the Terrible</b> leads a group of trolls in ambushing <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/10/thunderstrikes-costumes.html">Thunderstrike</a></b> and <b>J2</b> for
a rematch. But after a brief battle, the trolls flee when confronted by <b>Jubilee</b>
and the rest of the assembled soon-to-be <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/05/history-of-mc2-avengers.html">Avengers</a></b>
alongside <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/03/thor-in-mc2.html">Thor</a></b> (<b>Avengers
Unlimited Infinity Comic #37</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That’s it for now, but with the last appearance it should be
clear there’s always room for more appearances. I’ve often said I want a series
to focus on the mutants of the <b>MC2</b>, particularly the <b>X-People</b> and
a major reason is because I love seeing <b>Jubilee</b> as the leader of her own
team. He started as the audience surrogate youthful character so this feels
like she has reached her full potential.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I get to say ‘To me, my X-People’, I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat<o:p></o:p></p>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-1211357275972103792024-03-09T02:36:00.000+10:002024-03-09T02:36:20.070+10:00Wild Thing in X-Men '92: House of XCII<p><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>I’ve taken a hiatus from the blog recently and today’s post
will only be brief. With the <b>X-Men ’97</b> animated series releasing soon as
a continuation of the iconic <b>X-Men: The Animated Series</b>, I thought it
might be nice to take a quick look at an <b>MC2</b> character who made a
surprising appearance in that world…well, sort of?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/06/history-of-mc2-x-men.html">X-Men</a>:
The Animated Series</b> has at this point had various continuations which
inevitably exist as alternate universes. In <b>2022 Marvel Comics</b> published
one such example in the form of the mini-series <b>X-Men ’92: House of XCII</b>
which sees the story of the cartoon continue by adapting elements from the
recent ‘<b>Krakoa Era</b>’ of the numerous <b>X-Titles</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We learn in <b>X-Men ’92: House of XCII #1</b> that the sentient
island <b>Krakoa</b> became a safe-haven for all mutants following the tragic
death of <b>Jubilee</b>. However, the account of <b>Jubilee’s</b> death is
greatly exaggerated, as she is kept hidden on the island by <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/05/professor-charles-xavier-in-mc2.html">Professor
Xavier</a></b> and <b>Magneto</b>, maintaining her status as martyr.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As it turns out, <b>Jubilation Lee</b> aka <b>Jubilee</b>
discovered she had the secondary mutation ability of ‘<b><i>Explosive Reality Reset</i></b>’
(meaning she lived multiple lifetimes) after she was initially killed by <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/01/wild-thing-6-untold-story.html">Sentinels</a></b>.
Having died multiple times by the mutant hunting machines and learning that her
remaining lives were finite, she faked her final death and in the process
unified <b>Mutantkind</b> against the <b>Sentinels </b>(<b>X-Men ’92: House of
XCII #2</b>). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">During her ninth life, <b>Jubilee</b> led a <b>Generation X</b>
team whose members included the recently deceased <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2012/09/exiles.html">Morph</a></b> (aka <b>Kevin
Sidney</b>), <b>Genesis</b> ( aka <b>Evan Sabahnur</b>, a clone of <b>Apocalypse</b>),
<b>Cable</b> (apparently <b>Nathan Summers</b> merged with <b>Krakoa</b>), <b>Diamondheart</b>
(aka <b>Emma Frost</b>), another unidentified member and <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2017/03/wild-thing-random-appearances.html">Wild</a>
<a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/12/wild-thing-handbook-correction.html">Thing</a></b>
aka <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-logan-family-tree.html">Rina
Logan</a> </b>(<b>X-Men ’92: House of XCII #2</b>).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /> <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDWLrAJyHkBbYq7LfdhYV1efsZpkdIorVIiXrsXIXshj6cQ6N3j_obdQjrIw8t5VUiR9iJcECQBHQssgpTUOqRO6xiBRfyzihBIcjXtKthU4QGwAQ4OqeBWm_dRR_Wx_A5xLON5ZijYz8B05k4Kb-wEACt4QMCc1tDgXo1LHMqqgKFbdKdVmdzHdy574/s3056/X-Men%20'92%20-%20House%20Of%20XCII-028.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDWLrAJyHkBbYq7LfdhYV1efsZpkdIorVIiXrsXIXshj6cQ6N3j_obdQjrIw8t5VUiR9iJcECQBHQssgpTUOqRO6xiBRfyzihBIcjXtKthU4QGwAQ4OqeBWm_dRR_Wx_A5xLON5ZijYz8B05k4Kb-wEACt4QMCc1tDgXo1LHMqqgKFbdKdVmdzHdy574/w416-h640/X-Men%20'92%20-%20House%20Of%20XCII-028.png" width="416" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When the <b>Generation X</b> team faced the <b>Nimrod
Sentinels</b>, it was revealed <b>Jubilee</b> had only one remaining life left,
leading to her aforementioned final bid to ensure <b>Mutantkind</b> survived.
Inevitably, <b>Jubilee’s</b> own survival in her last life was revealed and she
ultimately sacrificed herself using the <b>Phoenix Force</b> to reset the
universe once more, albeit with no recollection of her past lives. Series
writer <b>Steve Foxe</b> <a href="https://aiptcomics.com/2022/09/19/x-men-monday-172-steve-foxe-x-men-92/">intentionally
left the ending vague</a>, with one potential interpretation being that <b>Jubilee</b>
reset the universe to the one of <b>X-Men: The Animated Series </b>(<b>X-Men ’92:
House of XCII #3-#5</b>). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So, a version of <b>Wild Thing</b> exists in an <b>X-Men:
The Animated Series</b>-adjacent universe, if nothing else! Artist <b>Salva
Espin</b> does a fantastic job rendering <b>Rina</b> in a style which is so close to the animated
series, it’s uncanny.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I get back on my feet and give some attention to this
blog, I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-63015333975212046112024-01-11T13:40:00.010+10:002024-01-11T13:57:44.748+10:00Spider-Symmetry: Harry and Normie Osborn<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Occasionally I like to highlight the <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/10/spider-symmetry-venom.html">visual</a>
or <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/10/spider-symmetry-mary-jane-and-smythe.html">narrative</a>
symmetry between the <b>Spider-Man</b> and <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/05/spider-symmetry-with-misery.html">Spider-Girl</a></b>
comics. Today I wanted to demonstrate another fine example of artist <b>Ron
Frenz</b> showering adoration upon one of the comic industry’s most
underappreciated artists, <b>Sal Buscema</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> <br /><br /></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ki87rfTsSGk6LBUzhwO9Ok-9jjStGI6VAN37dJTHjWvWWW99rn8_RyIuDeKcwdzGNspTpJKo1zBEyMdu1gOOiMZfVkxrlLGjsgtRTlxYRSE5fmDK4CYhIKPFyq-zJELN0WFB9OMhHH1sE23TFkUZkrAELhIO5NqWGK9PwNrDWbskRt_yHAFItvvuxgE/s3928/Spider-Symmetry-Harry%20and%20Normie%20Osborn.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="3928" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ki87rfTsSGk6LBUzhwO9Ok-9jjStGI6VAN37dJTHjWvWWW99rn8_RyIuDeKcwdzGNspTpJKo1zBEyMdu1gOOiMZfVkxrlLGjsgtRTlxYRSE5fmDK4CYhIKPFyq-zJELN0WFB9OMhHH1sE23TFkUZkrAELhIO5NqWGK9PwNrDWbskRt_yHAFItvvuxgE/w640-h316/Spider-Symmetry-Harry%20and%20Normie%20Osborn.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Presented for your consideration, <b>Spectacular Spider-Man
#189</b>, where a deranged <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/12/harry-osborn-in-mc2.html">Harry
Osborn</a></b> is arrested and being loaded into the back of a van before
threatening to reveal Spider-Man’s secret identity.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now, compare this with the ending of <b>What If #105</b>
wherein <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-osborn-family-tree.html">Normie
Osborn</a></b> is being loaded into the back of a van and graces everyone with <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2016/10/spider-girl-theme-song.html">his own
rendition</a> of the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/01/la-fantomefifth-avenue-phantom.html">1967
Spider-Man<span style="font-weight: normal;"> theme song</span></a></b>, complete
with altered lyrics tailored to <b>Spider-Girl</b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiI-Buhv25TM8tReSNIvgfFdUrSDaOfOr4e88FONgfGRXZOHEfpIiv-TtP5fq_uus4BQOLhvpbw_KKRJWvs5A2N6we9UYSQ6qH7iDJ8yy8ib2oYFEPpwkN6OhOjWg-UEUtD1Xo4IK5KKs0nbpeTuXWfuKAKjszL-p1PWO3mi8rsTgyAu2iDxkWs3bpH8/s3056/What%20If%20105-025.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiI-Buhv25TM8tReSNIvgfFdUrSDaOfOr4e88FONgfGRXZOHEfpIiv-TtP5fq_uus4BQOLhvpbw_KKRJWvs5A2N6we9UYSQ6qH7iDJ8yy8ib2oYFEPpwkN6OhOjWg-UEUtD1Xo4IK5KKs0nbpeTuXWfuKAKjszL-p1PWO3mi8rsTgyAu2iDxkWs3bpH8/w416-h640/What%20If%20105-025.png" width="416" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I figure out the full lyrics and find footage of this
lost cartoon, I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat<o:p></o:p></p>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-14004146542430345802024-01-10T04:38:00.002+10:002024-01-10T04:38:41.854+10:00Julia Carpenter in the MC2<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">With <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/07/sony-vs-marvel-how-it-affects-mc2.html"><b>Sony
Pictures</b></a> <b>Madame Web</b> movie right around the corner, now is a good
time to take a look at one of the film’s main cast of characters as she appears
in our favourite comic imprint. Today, we will cover <b>Spider-Woman</b> aka <b>Julia
Carpenter in the MC2</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeCy7ik5wfVxD4O79UUSjVrL4dceob1N8Q1TNqsIHe3ihILrlNUW0vURugfJF9lI-NpcozgXPO2xheyy9vq8F6EWKaQ0Z2HAb1onqqkcQ3a17kSz-aoiDlazsVAh0b1oGUVzAj7jQ2QCYpa3ANcuIpdsP2RDJCr3zfAXgNg7k0h9fcvUQgLcCcDk1aI20/s1560/Julia%20Carpenter%20in%20the%20MC2%20main%20image%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="1560" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeCy7ik5wfVxD4O79UUSjVrL4dceob1N8Q1TNqsIHe3ihILrlNUW0vURugfJF9lI-NpcozgXPO2xheyy9vq8F6EWKaQ0Z2HAb1onqqkcQ3a17kSz-aoiDlazsVAh0b1oGUVzAj7jQ2QCYpa3ANcuIpdsP2RDJCr3zfAXgNg7k0h9fcvUQgLcCcDk1aI20/w640-h362/Julia%20Carpenter%20in%20the%20MC2%20main%20image%202.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">First appearing in <b>1984's Marvel Super Heroes Secret
Wars #6</b> in shadow and making her first full debut in <b>Marvel Super
Heroes Secret Wars #7</b>, <b>Julia Carpenter</b> was introduced as
the second <b>Spider-Woman</b>, and the inspiration for <b>Spider-Man’s</b>
own <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-venom-symbiote-family-tree.html">black-suit</a>
<a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/10/venom-in-mc2.html">design</a></b>,
though her origin would remain a mystery for quite some time. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Born <b>Julia Cornwall</b> in <b>Los Angeles,
California </b>to <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-carpenter-family-tree.html">Elizabeth<span style="font-weight: normal;"> and </span>Walter Cornwall</a> </b>, <b>Julia</b> befriended
fellow college student (and later federal agent) <b>Valerie Cooper</b> before
she met, fell in love with married <b>Larry Carpenter</b>. <b>Julia</b> dropped
out of college, working to support <b>Larry</b> as he studied for a
career in public relations (<b>Avengers West Coast #84</b>). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> <br /></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">After graduating college, <b>Larry Carpenter</b> (who
first appeared in <b>Iron Man #214</b>) often focused his time and
attention on his work and extra-marital affairs, rather than <b>Julia</b> despite
the two having a young daughter- <b>Rachel Carpenter</b>-together. <b>Rachel
Carpenter</b> (who also made her debut in <b>Iron Man #214</b>) was
five years old when <b>Julia</b> divorced <b>Larry</b> and
the courts granted custody of <b>Rachel</b> to <b>Julia</b>. Now
a single mother struggling to make ends meet, <b>Julia</b> moved <b>Julia</b> to <b>Denver,
Colorado</b>. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_hyphenhyphenDZh3P2ZL_Ahz50Yn-FynkiU1DuZvuFU-kmox-_HG_ehVQnLEn9YAqRo4axHFQgFtljgHByJkImyIKvGJz_OqYLjZrruNPmqyPKYaVZ3I6HA1OyW7itgxS0nDB7Uc2SXkel1IeiACdF_Q7Gs6qyi9ebIQsLWLk9jgmcpXJReeg4gCnNF27bWc5fdk/s1458/Avengers%20West%20Coast%2084-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1458" data-original-width="971" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_hyphenhyphenDZh3P2ZL_Ahz50Yn-FynkiU1DuZvuFU-kmox-_HG_ehVQnLEn9YAqRo4axHFQgFtljgHByJkImyIKvGJz_OqYLjZrruNPmqyPKYaVZ3I6HA1OyW7itgxS0nDB7Uc2SXkel1IeiACdF_Q7Gs6qyi9ebIQsLWLk9jgmcpXJReeg4gCnNF27bWc5fdk/w426-h640/Avengers%20West%20Coast%2084-2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Unbeknownst to <b>Julia</b>, a seemingly chance meeting
with <b>Val Cooper</b> would lead to <b>Julia</b> gaining
her spider-powers. <b>Val</b> hired <b>Julia</b> as a test
subject for a secret government project, telling <b>Julia</b> it was
for exercise research when the experiments were to create government-controlled
super humans for the <b>Commission of Superhuman Activities</b> (<b>CSA</b>).
After being subjected to weeks of intense athletic training, <b>Julia</b> was
secretly injected with a large dose of a special spider-serum. While <b>Dr
Napier</b> claimed this was an accident, the researchers had been
dosing <b>Julia</b> with higher and higher amounts over time. The
'accident' yielded the desired results and <b>Julia</b> quickly
discovered she had developed her own unique set of spider-powers including the
ability to generate psionic 'webbing' (<b>Avengers West Coast #84</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Despite appearances, <b>Val Cooper</b> had not
encountered <b>Julia</b> by mere luck. <b>Julia</b> would
learn much later that the story she had believed was fabricated. The <b>CSA</b>'<b>s</b> ambition
to have government super-agents had led to them hiring lead scientist <b>Dr
Carter Napier</b>. <b>Napier</b> and his team of scientists had
sought out rare plants and spider venoms only found deep in the <b>Peruvian
Amazon</b>. The expedition had been led by jungle guides <b>Elizabeth</b> and <b>Walter
Cornwall</b>, <b>Julia's</b> own long-absent parents. It was through
this connection that <b>Val Cooper</b> learned of <b>Julia's</b> financial
struggles and combined with her prior knowledge of <b>Julia's</b> athletic
prowess, found the perfect candidate for the experiments (<b>Spider-Woman Vol.2
#2</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After the events of <b>Secret Wars</b>, <b>Julia</b> spent
time working for the <b>CSA</b>, being assigned to work alongside <b>Freedom
Force</b> in battling the <b>X-Men</b> and later capturing
the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/05/history-of-mc2-avengers.html">Avengers</a></b>.
Feeling it was not right, <b>Julia</b> freed the <b>Avengers</b> and
was declared a fugitive by (<b>Uncanny X-Men #206</b>, <b>X-Factor #8-9</b>, <b>Avengers
Annual #15</b>). With <b>Julia</b> absent for long periods of
time, <b>Larry</b> successfully sued for custody of <b>Rachel.</b> Aided
by <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/04/iron-man-in-mc2.html">Iron
Man</a></b>, <b>Julia</b> turned herself in to the <b>CSA</b>,
working as an undercover agent under the orders of <b>Mike Clemson</b>, a
man who was openly hostile toward her. Meanwhile, the general public continued
to believe she was a wanted criminal (<b>Iron Man #214</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Julia</b> encountered the <b>Avengers</b> in <b>California</b> after
moving there to be close to her daughter again. After aiding the team in their
battle with the <b>Pacific Overlords</b>, <b>Julia</b> joined
the <b>West Coast Avengers</b> team, finally allowing <b>Julia</b> to
officially clear her name and quit the <b>CSA</b>. Around this time, <b>Julia</b> revealed
her superhero identity to <b>Rachel</b>. <b>Julia</b> would serve with
the <b>Avengers West Coast</b> branch until the team was disbanded. (<b>Avengers
West Coast #70-102</b>). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When the <b>West Coast</b> branch of the <b>Avengers</b> disbanded, <b>Julia</b> joined
the newly formed <b>Force Works</b> alongside with several other
former-<b>West Coast</b> team members. <b>Rachel</b> moved into
the teams headquarters- <b>The Works</b>- alongside her mother. However,
in the wake of the events of <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/11/why-isnt-iron-man-dead-in-mc2.html">The
Crossing</a></b>, the <b>Force Works</b> team disbanded (<b>Force
Works #1-22</b>). After this, <b>Julia</b> next appears in a back up
story in <b>Sensational Spider-Man Annual '96</b>, which takes place after
the events of <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/11/carlos-pachecos-influence-on-mc2.html">Onslaught</a></b>.
In this adventure, <b>Julia</b> is operating solo in <b>Los
Angeles</b> when she encounters the animated <b>Spider-Woman</b> costume
of <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-high-evolutionary-and-jessica-drew.html">Jessica
Drew</a></b>. It leads her into an encounter with <b>Shadowoman</b> and <b>Lindsey
McCabe</b> where they save <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/05/omissions-and-additions-high.html">Jessica
Drew</a></b> from the other dimensional <b>Void-Eater</b>. The story
concludes by implying <b>Jessica</b> may want her old super hero
moniker back, and an editorial box tells readers to look for a follow up story
in the pages of <b>Spider-Man Team-Up</b>. Sadly, this would never come to
pass as this story was writer <b>Mark Gruenwald's</b> final published
work before his death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Following this, <b>Julia Carpenter</b> next shows
up post-<b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/11/history-of-mc2-heroes-rebornheroes.html">Heroes
Return</a></b> for cameo appearances in <b>Avengers Vol. 3 #1-4</b> and <b>Captain
America Vol. 3 #3</b>. As I've mentioned in prior posts, it's unclear what
parts of this era occurred or did not occur in the history of the <b>MC2</b>.
Around this time in the <b>Spider-Man</b> books, <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/12/doctor-octopus-in-mc2.html">Doctor
Octopus</a></b>' <b>Spider-Woman</b> (<b>Charlotte Witter</b>) was
taking the powers of the various other <b>Spider-Women</b>. However,
things appear to have played out differently in the <b>MC2</b>, as this is
where events had already begun to diverge.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Julia Carpenter</b> makes her <b>MC2</b> debut
in <b>Spider-Girl #37</b> where she seeks out <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/09/peter-parkers-lost-leg-physiological.html">Peter
Parker</a></b> for assistance finding the original <b>Spider-Man's</b> family
so she can bring in <b>Jessica Drew's</b> son, <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-drew-family-tree.html">Gerry
Drew</a></b> aka the new <b>Spider-Man</b> before <b>Gerry</b> comes
to harm as a result of his rare blood disease. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BnWa74gb4Pxd8CgluKyxYy9DOXOwAFC3IeMu1OxEE1pRXkdmTjysXVKVRxbcai9ATErKHVm89CElgvR8vj4IHsK7UkRSVUEVkDzJvs3peOlUuHKLdQka94xqLPhdCOmKi6JkVKX1OIvCslq0DDhvv2wA1yODrBrnXFgEHlpzKIOMViAIet3TsAHhCLw/s1500/Spider-Girl%20037-012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1006" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BnWa74gb4Pxd8CgluKyxYy9DOXOwAFC3IeMu1OxEE1pRXkdmTjysXVKVRxbcai9ATErKHVm89CElgvR8vj4IHsK7UkRSVUEVkDzJvs3peOlUuHKLdQka94xqLPhdCOmKi6JkVKX1OIvCslq0DDhvv2wA1yODrBrnXFgEHlpzKIOMViAIet3TsAHhCLw/w430-h640/Spider-Girl%20037-012.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In <b>Spider-Girl #39</b>, <b>Julia</b> mentions
that <b>Jessica</b>, herself, <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/11/mattie-franklin-in-mc2.html">Mattie Franklin</a>,</b> and <b>Cassandra
Webb </b>aka <b>Madame Web</b> had all previously used <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/08/who-saved-peters-life-mc2-theory.html">Peter</a></b> to
get messages to <b>Spider-Man</b>. <b>Julia</b> also appears to
have detailed knowledge of <b>Jessica</b> and <b>Gerry's</b> history,
implying the two <b>Spider-Women</b> have maintained contact until
recently.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYrPcyJ5kSUfo5w9W0eAP1ScRc2r5shmzk7eMJEU-csjYq0cTX6mdFQtttb60JDMOJ4E_PhMEeDcCeddXleSwY6fOrhyphenhyphenbp1BCEpYNDFnNFJ_tKt8T1lCadMFBzNhStXYiRxY-cG9QmpFavLapD7hfb7uRegJhmuyQL4LLuAYrcHbHqI37j2cKAXxDzxA/s3056/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20039-008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYrPcyJ5kSUfo5w9W0eAP1ScRc2r5shmzk7eMJEU-csjYq0cTX6mdFQtttb60JDMOJ4E_PhMEeDcCeddXleSwY6fOrhyphenhyphenbp1BCEpYNDFnNFJ_tKt8T1lCadMFBzNhStXYiRxY-cG9QmpFavLapD7hfb7uRegJhmuyQL4LLuAYrcHbHqI37j2cKAXxDzxA/w416-h640/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20039-008.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><o:p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9bQe3ibwEjG0Xzq_cnBry30gNhCl4XvjDnBM1cVcRMgF5Fi3QbBU8AQERmB8NGR-e0BJBJNFU07_PmvTrqOoMu6awjQ4XbN9eBSYnmJdFdqbssz3WybU0buqmn6NtFTUuoDPJCj4f5Ocg-3yQXmlBvKAq_3C3cFuXszQaC7y8k0wptb9jlQ-86DjGgs/s3056/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20039-014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9bQe3ibwEjG0Xzq_cnBry30gNhCl4XvjDnBM1cVcRMgF5Fi3QbBU8AQERmB8NGR-e0BJBJNFU07_PmvTrqOoMu6awjQ4XbN9eBSYnmJdFdqbssz3WybU0buqmn6NtFTUuoDPJCj4f5Ocg-3yQXmlBvKAq_3C3cFuXszQaC7y8k0wptb9jlQ-86DjGgs/w416-h640/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20039-014.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><br /></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> As with the previous issue, the connection between the
three <b>Spider-Women</b> is reinforced with a flashback in <b>Spider-Girl
#40</b> showing <b>Julia</b> in her <b>Spider-Woman</b> costume
meeting up with a costumed <b>Mattie Franklin</b> and a plain
clothed <b>Jessica Drew</b>. It’s notable that <b>Jessica</b> is
in plain clothes and apparently depowered while <b>Julia</b> seems to
retain her abilities, judging by her costumed appearance. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiH-sxUrUsBCm6CMF6sqN7EJESa-ljW3E_2Bo_-kA56mp_TSa1XIOz0MyQQiOxZy7stw-dPevNMeWVinjvs6_vuf5Oo1m2x6SSfIWTlafaYchlf9xiiSrQTPljWJaP1z6qVNqDakEUeXzIyqrMQo_cXIp8BGQzka8W-jzz9X4iomSQyHltNx9QQmPUXyk/s3975/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20040-013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="3975" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiH-sxUrUsBCm6CMF6sqN7EJESa-ljW3E_2Bo_-kA56mp_TSa1XIOz0MyQQiOxZy7stw-dPevNMeWVinjvs6_vuf5Oo1m2x6SSfIWTlafaYchlf9xiiSrQTPljWJaP1z6qVNqDakEUeXzIyqrMQo_cXIp8BGQzka8W-jzz9X4iomSQyHltNx9QQmPUXyk/w640-h492/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20040-013.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Julia</b> and <b>Peter</b> track
down <b>Jessica</b> at her home and confront her, with <b>Jessica</b> telling
the two that <b>Gerry</b> won't stop his reckless behaviour as superhero
without a good reason. <b>Peter</b> approaches <b>Gerry</b> in
costume as <b>Spider-Man</b> and convinces him to retire until he can
get treatment from <b>Reed Richards</b>. <b>Julia</b> notes that
despite being believed dead, the original <b>Spider-Man</b> returned
when needed (<b>Spider-Girl #42-43</b>). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxZ4dLSn7KIheBNsNGtDXz-EwPmAudFkoVNSbTHGyFW18LHGJO3HrwIvBqKRVFiHdrTCpoCwgkR0i90b0S-mQ4q61_rkNjl9UdsXH3pttE0Yx4FaDL7LGTQJRZ_RnX_GZwVqKG-REIc828M92SbZPrbZfZBiRW1sR3wvWIbr4LqWKcIXNot_xSTaY_Ss/s3056/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20042-008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxZ4dLSn7KIheBNsNGtDXz-EwPmAudFkoVNSbTHGyFW18LHGJO3HrwIvBqKRVFiHdrTCpoCwgkR0i90b0S-mQ4q61_rkNjl9UdsXH3pttE0Yx4FaDL7LGTQJRZ_RnX_GZwVqKG-REIc828M92SbZPrbZfZBiRW1sR3wvWIbr4LqWKcIXNot_xSTaY_Ss/w416-h640/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20042-008.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><o:p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9570ovG8ThfjdA4Ddnh_NjMNKFDDAzeEUcgsB0e4ZWPUaaCtap1NIcDJt097bCeEQOL7cAmRqGUAlVBY-wwYAZo6iOESlnQZTk0SHnrU_wGkHVHj6powkTu2rVKANeXQbnw4zejRrq1sWp5RY360NJxP1MFI3IgsIwxz7Vme8aQYEFmoQryCuHu_eJ0/s3056/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20042-017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9570ovG8ThfjdA4Ddnh_NjMNKFDDAzeEUcgsB0e4ZWPUaaCtap1NIcDJt097bCeEQOL7cAmRqGUAlVBY-wwYAZo6iOESlnQZTk0SHnrU_wGkHVHj6powkTu2rVKANeXQbnw4zejRrq1sWp5RY360NJxP1MFI3IgsIwxz7Vme8aQYEFmoQryCuHu_eJ0/w416-h640/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20042-017.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><br /></o:p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEr_MRnV6zU6vHketcEhQmSzR-ONYhqMe62QJro_fSGdl5cFRO6o-sqaZa6VHWicMKx5LTeoYY27gC7ncENhXLJ5R86WxBvxofbPcqp0azaAMnOacckla75eypoNeqpZvYDQfDF6vQbt1j2q9O-XcyTEKuN2gh3ci4sEf0mQ2TCv1nevumzu3JsHPpW7U/s3056/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20043-020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEr_MRnV6zU6vHketcEhQmSzR-ONYhqMe62QJro_fSGdl5cFRO6o-sqaZa6VHWicMKx5LTeoYY27gC7ncENhXLJ5R86WxBvxofbPcqp0azaAMnOacckla75eypoNeqpZvYDQfDF6vQbt1j2q9O-XcyTEKuN2gh3ci4sEf0mQ2TCv1nevumzu3JsHPpW7U/w416-h640/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20043-020.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Julia’s</b> appearances in the <b>MC2</b> raise a lot of
unanswered questions, such as whether she retained her spider-powers (it seems
likely, though it’s never stated) and we get no mention of her own daughter <b>Rachel</b>
who would surely be an adult by this point. Maybe someday we’ll learn more.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I discover <b>Dr Napier</b> was in the <b>Amazon</b>
with my parents researching rare plants and spiders, right before they… didn’t
die, I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-58076965311389228572023-12-29T20:52:00.004+10:002023-12-29T20:57:14.991+10:00MC2 in Other Media 2023<p> For the end of the year, I have put together a video to show off the various appearances of <b>MC2 </b>characters in other media throughout <b>2023</b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj51S3hbqcjPVrSaWCW7chpvV2D7_BPXnXOjdYORPzjL13ljEtTi9Xp8H5D_wnXkX9UMwpq1ZUnKM3u1bhTF6YTjM7PlbCA2k2B6v7sw-stcFHKhWr2e853DyjmTiE4ZVQA3QpENTo35QHUs8N6vZ-O0mE6Psr57ooduWDO4DOW3ZgwMiBSNeSoIfTyBw/s1848/MC2%20in%20Other%20Media%202023%20main%20image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1848" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj51S3hbqcjPVrSaWCW7chpvV2D7_BPXnXOjdYORPzjL13ljEtTi9Xp8H5D_wnXkX9UMwpq1ZUnKM3u1bhTF6YTjM7PlbCA2k2B6v7sw-stcFHKhWr2e853DyjmTiE4ZVQA3QpENTo35QHUs8N6vZ-O0mE6Psr57ooduWDO4DOW3ZgwMiBSNeSoIfTyBw/w640-h242/MC2%20in%20Other%20Media%202023%20main%20image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZjRQImAqYWM" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZjRQImAqYWM"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>In order of their appearance, they are as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/04/aftershock-in-moon-girl-and-devil.html">Aftershock</a></b></p><p>Voiced by <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/09/is-mc2s-aftershock-in-moon-girl-and.html">Alison Brie</a></b></p><p><b>Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur</b></p><p>'<i><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/02/moon-girl-and-devil-dinosaur-episode-1.html">Moon Girl Landing</a></i>'</p><p><b>February 10, 2023</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/03/mc2-influences-in-ant-man-and-wasp.html">Cassie Lang</a></b></p><p>Portrayed by <b>Kathryn Newton</b></p><p><b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/07/stinger-in-mcu.html">Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania</a></b></p><p><b>February 17, 2023</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/05/baby-mayday-in-across-spider-verse.html">May 'Mayday' Parker</a></b></p><p>Voiced by <b>Michelle Ruff</b></p><p><b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/05/history-of-mc2-mayday.html">Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</a></b></p><p><b>June 2, 2023</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/10/spider-girl-in-marvels-spider-man-2.html">Spider-Girl</a></b></p><p><b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/10/did-marvels-spider-man-2-just-reference.html">Marvel's Spider-Man 2</a></b></p><p><b>October 20, 2023</b></p><p><br /></p><p>It is my hope that the <b>New Year</b> will bring more appearances by <b>MC2</b> characters in other media, or at the very least some more comic book appearances! <b>Happy New Year</b> everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p>Until I figure out how to video edit in a timely manner, I remain</p><p><br /></p><p>frogoat</p>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-15256832026995935962023-12-22T18:01:00.000+10:002023-12-22T18:01:08.845+10:00Christmas in Latveria<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">‘Tis the season! Once again, we near the end of the year,
the time of decking halls, panic buying gifts and general chaos. To mark the festive
season I wanted to take a look at the time the <b>MC2’s</b> <b>Avengers</b>
went to <b>Latveria</b> for <b>Christmas</b> and found…<b>Doom</b>!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzubwG7iwba69hnJeCOc9SyfXMe0P8ZDRStHPSwxyMjVaTDWrslANO8IYNIVSTxMZBMTQA4T1dganOxNP4vN4ijg_QmzGTOWVzOVw4qq2tYJsNoUUE4FeYZ5WkuzmOwl_t4M7wfMWb8wcebI3a-pBtXQQx1D4rh3GGx_9Gqu4FjeYxxxq5ssFqi3OSvk0/s911/Christmas%20in%20Latveria.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="911" data-original-width="580" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzubwG7iwba69hnJeCOc9SyfXMe0P8ZDRStHPSwxyMjVaTDWrslANO8IYNIVSTxMZBMTQA4T1dganOxNP4vN4ijg_QmzGTOWVzOVw4qq2tYJsNoUUE4FeYZ5WkuzmOwl_t4M7wfMWb8wcebI3a-pBtXQQx1D4rh3GGx_9Gqu4FjeYxxxq5ssFqi3OSvk0/w408-h640/Christmas%20in%20Latveria.png" width="408" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Our story opens with a prologue set in the ruins of <b>Doomstadt</b>,
the former capital of the Balkan nation of <b>Latveria</b>. Two <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/05/shield-in-mc2.html">S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents</a></b>
discuss the destruction wrought by the long-ago war between <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/11/namor-in-mc2.html">Namor the
Sub-Mariner</a></b> and <b>Doctor Doom</b> as they search for a lost little
girl. The pair are forced to cut their search short when they are attacked by <b><a href="http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/dmkiller.htm">Killer Robot’s</a></b>.
As they flee, they catch a glimpse of a distant figure on a rampart. Has <b>Doctor
Doom</b> returned? (<b>A-Next #5</b>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCA7z6vAwjVU5tn18iEED8kE6iENr_ls84TDqXEV_UFn4lPva1fEHOQ3rje5FCjnx1Su7apwZAUbEQJOYtHB7ZNaBo1CCu31-nk63EL5zESaIZGihOyMhaM55yvSPXjznq1CY3fVwvjmfXxskom4yLbfHXuerr1o47Gl1hTCtbceIsZ2Q6Gf4gNSjTT0/s3056/A-Next%20(1998-1999)%20005-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCA7z6vAwjVU5tn18iEED8kE6iENr_ls84TDqXEV_UFn4lPva1fEHOQ3rje5FCjnx1Su7apwZAUbEQJOYtHB7ZNaBo1CCu31-nk63EL5zESaIZGihOyMhaM55yvSPXjznq1CY3fVwvjmfXxskom4yLbfHXuerr1o47Gl1hTCtbceIsZ2Q6Gf4gNSjTT0/w416-h640/A-Next%20(1998-1999)%20005-001.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A few days later at the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/05/history-of-mc2-avengers.html">Avengers</a>
Headquarters</b> in <b>New York</b>, <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/03/j2s-costumes.html">J2</a></b> aka <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-yama-family-tree.html">Zane Yama</a></b>
finds <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/10/thunderstrikes-costumes.html">Thunderstrike</a></b>
aka <b>Kevin Masterson</b> reviewing old files about his father <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-masterson-family-tree.html">Eric
Masterson</a></b>, the original <b>Thunderstrike</b>. Meanwhile, a frustrated <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/03/mc2-influences-in-ant-man-and-wasp.html">Stinger</a></b>
(<b>Cassie Lang</b>) brushes off <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/07/american-dreams-costumes.html">American
Dream</a> </b>(<b>Shannon Carter</b>) before confronting <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/06/mainframes-robotic-shells.html">Mainframe</a></b>
about the unconfirmed reports of the return of <b>Doctor Doom</b>. While the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/07/history-of-mc2-fantastic-four.html">Fantastic
Five</a></b> have been tasked with investigating, <b>Cassie</b> and her father <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-lang-family-tree-updated.html">Scott
Lang</a></b> (the former <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/03/ant-man-in-mc2.html">Ant-Man</a></b>)
convince them to let a team of <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-next-infinity-comic-review.html">Avengers</a></b>
go instead. However, <b>Cassie</b> is surprised to learn from <b>Mainframe</b>
she’ll be accompanied by the new additions to the team <b>American Dream</b> and
her fellow <b>Dream Team</b> members <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/02/bluestreaks-costumes.html">Bluestreak</a></b>,
<b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/04/freebooters-costumes.html">Freebooter</a></b>
and <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-harkness-family-tree.html">Crimson
Curse</a> </b>(<b>A-Next #5</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Attempting to patch things up with her new team mates, <b>Cassie</b>
tells them her real reason for wishing to travel to <b>Latveria</b> so much; <b>Kristoff
Vernard</b>, a young boy and ward of <b>Doctor Doom</b> who she met and befriended
when they all lived in the <b>Baxter Building</b> with the <b>Fantastic Four</b>.
The pair grew close over the years until <b>Kristoff</b> returned to his home
country <b>Latveria</b> when he heard a war was brewing between <b>Doom</b> and
<b>Namor</b>. With <b>Latveria</b> devastated in the ensuing conflict, <b>Doctor
Doom</b> was missing in action and believed dead, while <b>Cassie</b> lost all
contact with <b>Kristoff Vernard</b> (<b>A-Next #5</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As <b>Thunderstrike</b>, <b>Kevin Masterson</b> visits his
father <b>Eric’s</b> grave, thinking about how he is trying to make him proud.
A nearby awkward <b>J2</b>, unsure of what to do eventually puts his hand on <b>Kevin’s</b>
shoulder to show his support before unintentionally reverting back into <b>Zane
Yama</b>. <b>Kevin</b> invites <b>Zane</b> to join him for pizza (<b>A-Next #5</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Arriving in the city of <b>Doomstadt</b>, the <b>Avengers</b>
team plan to search <b>Castle Doom</b> for the missing girl, but are attacked
by the <b>Killer Robots</b>. The <b>Avengers</b> make short work of them,
especially once <b>Crimson Curse</b> demonstrates her abilities. Uncovering underground
tunnels, <b>Stinger</b> ditches the others, shrinking to make her way through a blocked
passage (<b>A-Next #5</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Back in New York, <b>Zane</b> is impressed by <b>Kevin’s</b>
apartment, including his <b>Stunt Master</b> poster. While <b>Kevin</b> feeds
his cat <b>Alex</b>, <b>Zane</b> noticed a bunch of unopened letters from <b>Kevin’s</b>
stepfather, <b>Bobby Steele</b>. Kevin reveals the two aren’t on the best of
terms and that his mother would often have to play peacemaker between them. <b>Zane</b>
responds that he dreams about having a father in his life and that <b>Kevin</b>
is lucky to have had two and encourages him to call <b>Bobby</b> for Christmas
(<b>A-Next #5</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hearing a child’s voice, <b>Stinger</b> eventually finds the
missing girl <b>Greta</b> is not alone and appears to be talking with <b>Doctor
Doom</b>. Listening to the pair talk, <b>Stinger </b>hears the girl ask <b>Doom</b>
about his scary mask but before she can get a look beneath, the rest of the <b>Avengers</b>
bust into the room. <b>Stinger</b> flies between them, demanding they stop
their attack. With <b>American Dream</b> trusting her, <b>Stinger</b> explains
the masked figure isn’t the real <b>Doctor Doom</b>. <b>Cassie</b> removes her
helmet as <b>Doom</b> removes his mask to reveal himself as <b>Kristoff Vernard</b>
and the pair embrace (<b>A-Next #5</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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Doom’s</b> vast arsenal of advanced weapons of mass destruction never fell into
the wrong hands. As <b>Doctor Doom’s</b> heir, <b>Kristoff</b> alone was given full
access to all of Doom’s creations and ideas and therefore he concealed his own existence
to ensure they could not be exploited. <b>Kristoff Vernard</b> bids <b>Cassie</b>
a sad farewell and disappears (<b>A-Next #5</b>).<o:p></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Returning to the outer perimeter with young <b>Greta</b>,
the <b>Avengers</b> tell <b>S.H.I.E.L.D.</b> they saw no one else within the area
just as <b>Castle Doom</b> is destroyed in an enormous flash of green light. As
snow begins to fall, <b>Greta</b> tells the disbelieving <b>S.H.I.E.L.D.</b>
agent that <b>Father Christmas</b> destroyed the castle as a gift to the world.
With the <b>Avengers</b> coming together as a team, <b>American Dream</b> backs
up the girl’s story as <b>Stinger</b> wishes her a <b>Merry Christmas</b> (<b>A-Next
#5</b>). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope everyone has a wonderful time over the holidays and lets
hope the New Year brings us all something positive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I stop believing, I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-82290175616704796302023-12-17T16:52:00.000+10:002023-12-17T16:52:31.175+10:00Harry Osborn in the MC2<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>*This post was intended to be uploaded in time for Marvel’s
Spider-Man 2 but was delayed several times for various reasons. Hopefully you
still get something out of it.*<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/07/sony-vs-marvel-how-it-affects-mc2.html"><b>Sony</b></a> and <b>Insomniac
Games’</b> release of <b>Marvel’s Spider-Man 2</b> on <b>Playstation
5</b>, I thought I might take the opportunity to delve into a related character
who appears in the <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/08/video-games-in-mc2.html">video game</a>;
today I want to look at <b>Harry Osborn in the MC2</b> and his impact on
his son.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">First, some basic information: <b>Harry Osborn</b> first
appeared in <b>Amazing Spider-Man #31</b> alongside his friend and fellow
former<b> Standard High </b>student <b>Gwen Stacy</b>, who are both
unintentionally ignored by <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/09/peter-parkers-lost-leg-physiological.html"><b>Peter
Parker</b></a>. Later, <b>Peter</b> would befriend <b>Harry</b> and date <b>Gwen</b>.
How things change! <b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/12/norman-osborn-in-mc2.html"><b>Norman
Osborn</b></a> first appeared in <b>Amazing Spider-Man #14</b> as the villain
the <b>Green Goblin</b>, in his civilian identity (albeit unidentified) in <b>Amazing
Spider-Man #23</b> before being named and revealed as <b>Harry’s</b> <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-osborn-family-tree.html">father</a>
in <b>Amazing Spider-Man #37</b>. <b>Norman’s</b> apparent death in <b>Amazing
Spider-Man #122</b> is the catalyst for a great many things, prominent among
them is <b>Harry’s</b> discovery of his father’s villainous alter ego and
later, the revelation that <b>Peter</b> was <b>Spider-Man</b> (<b>Amazing
Spider-Man #135</b>). This would lead <b>Harry</b> to assume the identity of
the<b> Green Goblin </b>himself, beginning in <b>Amazing Spider-Man #136-#137</b>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Following this, <b>Harry</b> would be institutionalised and
placed under the care of psychiatrist <b>Dr. Bart Hamilton</b>, who hypnotised <b>Harry</b>
and learned all about the <b>Green Goblin</b> before assuming the identity for
himself only to die shortly afterwards in an explosion. As a result of
Hamilton’s treatment, <b>Harry</b> would lose his memory of <b>Spider-Man’s</b>
secret identity (<b>Amazing Spider-Man #151, #167, #177-#180</b>).<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijPeHJYlzh1qGilS8Xs9Ovv8ti0Q9Jw9iTyi9MzQKHrXW6XaSoM0qFntuCIRPsU4l1l4vgipK_zY4YUnoZ_8y4Xih7pYaGYOEbpUKVjVIkT9_vtw-u1s9N5OUnCmtLsoGvqlINY_Buv54JGNHIlxpiQd1baiMslePw2zFO4SGgRmX5GjMp8Heh6Dqjoi0/s3056/Amazing%20Spider-Man%20151-005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijPeHJYlzh1qGilS8Xs9Ovv8ti0Q9Jw9iTyi9MzQKHrXW6XaSoM0qFntuCIRPsU4l1l4vgipK_zY4YUnoZ_8y4Xih7pYaGYOEbpUKVjVIkT9_vtw-u1s9N5OUnCmtLsoGvqlINY_Buv54JGNHIlxpiQd1baiMslePw2zFO4SGgRmX5GjMp8Heh6Dqjoi0/w416-h640/Amazing%20Spider-Man%20151-005.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Resuming a relatively normal existence, <b>Harry</b> marries
<b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/06/allan-family-tree.html">Elizabeth
‘Liz’ Allan</a></b> off-panel, as revealed in <b>Peter Parker, the Spectacular
Spider-Man (vol. 1) #63</b>. <b>Harry</b> and <b>Liz</b> eventually
have a baby together in <b>Amazing Spider-Man #263</b> whom they
name ‘<b>Norman Harry Osborn</b>’ in <b>Amazing Spider-Man #265</b>.
If you are reading this post you almost certainly know the significant role ‘<b>Normie</b>’
plays in the <b>MC2</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Suffering a mental breakdown partly due to the events of <b>Inferno</b>
and partly as a result of moving into his old family home, <b>Harry’s</b>
repressed memories of his father’s alter ego and his own stint as the <b>Green
Goblin</b> return and he reassumes the identity of the <b>Green Goblin</b> to
battle the <b>Hobgoblin</b> (<b>Jason Macendale</b>) when he threatens <b>Liz</b>
and <b>Normie</b> (<b>Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 1) #146</b>, <b>Web of
Spider-Man #47</b>, <b>Amazing Spider-Man #312</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Things come to a head after a brief and misguided attempt at
heroism as the <b>Green Goblin</b> is ended by <b>Spider-Man</b>, with <b>Harry</b>
finally remembering his friend <b>Peter Parker</b> is <b>Spider-Man</b> (<b>Web
of Spider-Man #67</b>). Hearing voices, <b>Harry</b> soon begins seeing visions
of his father, <b>Norman Osborn,</b> scolding him for how he is raising <b>Normie</b>,
which are countered by visions of <b>Peter</b> as <b>Spider-Man</b> until <b>Harry’s</b>
psyche sides with his father, and he launches an attack on <b>Spider-Man</b> (<b>Spectacular
Spider-Man #177-#180</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After inducing a hallucinogenic and traumatic trip caused by
one of <b>Harry’s</b> pumpkin bombs and an encounter with <b>Vermin</b>, <b>Spider-Man</b>
has a revelation and offers up his own life to <b>Harry</b>, causing the latter
to flee, conflicted, but threatens he will reveal <b>Peter’s</b> secret identity
(<b>Spectacular Spider-Man #181-#184</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After disappearing for a time, <b>Harry</b> returns and
begins playing mind games with <b>Peter</b>, having exposed himself to a
version of the <b>Green Goblin Formula </b>(<b>Spectacular Spider-Man #188</b>).
As the <b>Green Goblin</b>, <b>Harry</b> kidnaps <b>Liz</b>, <b>Liz’s</b> step-brother
<b>Mark Raxton</b> and <b>Normie</b> and forces them all to sit down for a
family dinner but is defeated by <b>Spider-Man</b> and taken by the authorities
in a series of very notable panels (<b>Spectacular Spider-Man #189</b>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In <b>Spectacular Spider-Man #190</b>, <b>Harry</b> is undergoing
sessions with <b>Dr. Ashley Kafka</b> but these do not appear to be going well.
The <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-rhino-in-mc2.html">Rhino</a></b>
aka <b>Alexsei Sytsevitch</b> is hired by <b>Harry</b> to attack <b>Peter
Parker</b> in an assault on his <b>friend’s</b> personal life, a move which will
become his trademark. Enraged, Peter changes into <b>Spider-Man</b> and
brutally beats the <b>Rhino</b>. Transferred to the Vault prison, <b>Harry</b>
learns from a visiting <b>Liz</b> that the charges against him are likely to be
dropped as much of the evidence relates to his father, <b>Norman’s</b> actions
as the <b>Green Goblin</b> instead. Evidently unwell because of the <b>Goblin Formula</b>,
<b>Harry</b> breaks free of his restraints and tells <b>Liz</b> not to let <b>Normie</b>
become weak. After being confined, <b>Harry</b> smiles about the news of <b>Peter’s</b>
parents apparent return from the dead, something we’ll later learn was another
of <b>Harry’s</b> long game manipulations (<b>Amazing Spider-Man #369</b>) <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Peter</b> gets a big surprise when he returns home to
find <b>Harry</b> has been released and the charges against him dropped. The
shock encounter and lingering threat causes a fight between <b>Peter</b> and <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/10/spider-symmetry-mary-jane-and-smythe.html">Mary Jane</a></b> which ends with <b>Mary Jane</b> storming out only to be captured by <b>Harry</b>
the <b>Green Goblin</b> (<b>Spectacular Spider-Man #199</b>).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /> <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq5R9033Op6_CfhrgZh51Zay4bo8UWLhf1iuxYQ7aBD_kATLYlag6WFzSQ-CUG9FABD6Vzkc_Ded7lAEzYOzcSoxgwbmLiMNIOLEL2Dkx0h_NLNiQbfX2z2CfTIpSXDneQgrRL-D9uMwttTikfKBnfSi5l5RbPtV9MRL1ywr3Clz2DNSltX2AzM7lFXFI/s1903/PPK199021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1903" data-original-width="1275" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq5R9033Op6_CfhrgZh51Zay4bo8UWLhf1iuxYQ7aBD_kATLYlag6WFzSQ-CUG9FABD6Vzkc_Ded7lAEzYOzcSoxgwbmLiMNIOLEL2Dkx0h_NLNiQbfX2z2CfTIpSXDneQgrRL-D9uMwttTikfKBnfSi5l5RbPtV9MRL1ywr3Clz2DNSltX2AzM7lFXFI/w428-h640/PPK199021.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Taken to the bridge where <b>Gwen Stacy</b> was killed by <b>Norman
Osborn</b>, <b>Harry</b> promises <b>Mary Jane</b> she has nothing to fear from
the <b>Green Goblin</b> regardless of what happens between him and <b>Peter</b>.
He brings Mary Jane back home and after a tense confrontation with <b>Peter</b>,
returns to his own home downstairs where he flies into a rage, threatening <b>Liz</b>
when she tries to convince him to seek help (<b>Spectacular Spider-Man #200</b>).
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<p class="MsoNormal">Over the following weeks, dressed as the <b>Green Goblin</b>,
<b>Harry</b> begins following <b>Peter</b> as a form of intimidation. He
approaches <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-jameson-family-tree.html">J
Jonah Jameson</a></b> and tells him he is establishing the <b>Norman Osborn Foundation</b>
to do charitable work and restore his father’s name in the process. In truth, <b>Harry</b>
plans to detonate explosives at the <b>Foundation’s</b> opening gala and level
a city block. <b>Mary Jane’s</b> attempts to reach both <b>Liz</b> who is in
complete denial and <b>Harry</b> fail and the <b>Green Goblin</b> and <b>Spider-Man</b>
engage in a brutal battle. <b>Harry</b> reveals the <b>Goblin Forumla</b> he
took was different from his father’s, one that hadn’t been finished when <b>Norman</b>
died (<b>Spectacular Spider-Man #200</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Drugging <b>Spider-Man</b>, Harry begins the countdown with
the intent of killing them both in the explosion, believing the world and their
loved ones will better off without them. Suddenly realizing <b>Mary Jane</b>
and <b>Normie</b> are still in the building and with <b>Spider-Man</b> barely
able to move, <b>Harry</b> races to save them. Returning to rescue his best
friend, <b>Harry</b> manages to get <b>Peter</b> out moments before the whole
building is destroyed only to collapse to the ground. Realizing the
experimental <b>Goblin Formula</b> was the cause, <b>Harry</b> dies soon after,
holding <b>Peter’s</b> hand (<b>Spectacular Spider-Man #200</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Harry’s</b> mental illness and death would go on to leave
a deep scar on the psyche of young <b>Normie Osborn</b>, with his hatred for <b>Spider-Man</b>
manifesting in his violent play with <b>Spider-Man</b> toys and years later when
he assumed the identity of the <b>Green Goblin</b> himself to seek revenge
beginning with <b>What If #105</b>, in which he is defeated by <b>May ‘Mayday’
Parker</b> aka <b>Spider-Girl</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Undergoing psychological treatment with <b>Dr Fowkes</b>, <b>Normie</b>
recounts a reoccurring dream resembling a fairy tale. In the dream he envisions
his grandfather <b>Norman</b> as a kind and generous king killed by the monstrous
<b>Spider-Man</b> and his father <b>Harry</b> as the son of the king who is
also killed before the kings return and eventual final death. <b>Normie</b>
says he sees himself as the kings grandson, destined to triumph over ‘evil’.
However, this retelling of the same dream is part of a plan to lure the guards
into a false sense of security and aid his escape with a fail-safe switch he’d
built to call his <b>Goblin Glider</b>. This ‘dream’ suggests <b>Normie</b> was,
in some twisted sense, aware of his family’s dark history even if his
child-like tale portrayed his father and grandfather as the heroes (<b>Spider-Girl
#19</b>).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMM1cP70LZUiVvqu3X9q6m103rzju3U79PSwwz3f-ybGIuIp-pf8bg7cLWoNs1ysnXcycPyaORqV1IdgEai0OYdQFSFMsxjXo7t3fMN2Or18x6QTWD4_DVl4T1wFpI3Qa4pgIF7nJfQZbMbU-9SuvLRHo41NBXktBycvcz24ypLyhTKrPtvc0wuHm4-_I/s3056/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20019-014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMM1cP70LZUiVvqu3X9q6m103rzju3U79PSwwz3f-ybGIuIp-pf8bg7cLWoNs1ysnXcycPyaORqV1IdgEai0OYdQFSFMsxjXo7t3fMN2Or18x6QTWD4_DVl4T1wFpI3Qa4pgIF7nJfQZbMbU-9SuvLRHo41NBXktBycvcz24ypLyhTKrPtvc0wuHm4-_I/w416-h640/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20019-014.jpg" width="416" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttvpB0FnTYhVE5FnKpVxu7dP_a5RZHYJMSLUGIKyAeH24MLZFlLCqgX7FHbHYIV03VGFElA7qFOOmcpMW22mcwFSDnxj7frkJPbDJfNbC85sW_OElmcyMIP1MeJ9c4WuxKd3qHB8YekVK6z2sNaK5CTYIwaF_Ws42x1GPbvE5u58srX3BH4ssXm10aew/s3056/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20019-015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttvpB0FnTYhVE5FnKpVxu7dP_a5RZHYJMSLUGIKyAeH24MLZFlLCqgX7FHbHYIV03VGFElA7qFOOmcpMW22mcwFSDnxj7frkJPbDJfNbC85sW_OElmcyMIP1MeJ9c4WuxKd3qHB8YekVK6z2sNaK5CTYIwaF_Ws42x1GPbvE5u58srX3BH4ssXm10aew/w416-h640/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20019-015.jpg" width="416" /></a></div></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Undergoing new psychological treatment under a <b>Dr Lorch</b>,
<b>Normie</b> admits he feels happiness was never an option for him and that it
was always assumed he’d follow after his father and grandfather as a costumed
criminal and eventually die as they did. Seemingly accepting the opportunity to
change his perceived destiny and live a long and fulfilled life, <b>Normie</b>
instead ties up his doctor and again escapes, intending to end the <b>Spider-Goblin
War</b> with the death of himself or <b>Spider-Girl</b> (<b>Spider-Girl #26</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Having easily captured the recently de-powered <b>Mayday</b>,
<b>Normie</b> taunts and provokes her before brandishing a knife. Normie argues
that the two of them must battle until one of them dies but <b>May</b>
challenges this by reminding him of how their father’s were friends until the
end. <b>May</b> tells <b>Normie</b> she wont give up on him and that she would
never kill him, to which Normie declares he wishes she had if only to spare
them the grief. <b>May</b> realizes that <b>Normie</b> was hoping she’d break
free and kill him in the struggle over the knife because he too can’t bring
himself to kill her either. <b>Normie</b> cuts <b>Mayday</b> free and the two
embrace, having done what their parents couldn’t and ended the war between
their families without bloodshed (<b>Spider-Girl #27</b>). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Having been shot four times by the super-criminal assassin <b>Mr
Nobody</b>, <b>Normie</b> lay in a coma on the verge of death. A vision of his grandfather
<b>Norman</b> appeared before him and violently confronted him about his
betrayal, telling <b>Normie</b> he’d failed just like his father. Just then a
vision of <b>Harry</b> steps between them to protect his son but soon proves no
match for <b>Norman</b> who berates him by telling him his death was a result
of choosing <b>Peter</b> and <b>Mary Jane</b> over his father. Fortunately, the
spirit of <b>Liz</b>, <b>Normie’s</b> mother drives <b>Norman</b> away and
gives her son the choice to keep fighting or pass on. <b>Normie</b> chooses life
(<b>Spider-Girl #63</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Harry Osborn</b> may have died while his son <b>Normie</b>
was young but his impact lingers in varied ways, both for better or for ill in
the form of the shadow of the <b>Green Goblin</b>. His tortured life and
upbringing led him down a dark path but he still managed to die a good man.
These effects are seen through <b>Normie’s</b> own struggle with mental illness,
grief and the weight of his family’s legacy. A huge thanks to <b>arias-98105</b>
and <b>The Green Goblin’s Hideout</b> fansite.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I get a post out on time, I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat<o:p></o:p></p><br /><br /><br />frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-16062924596634976662023-11-06T13:02:00.000+10:002023-11-06T13:02:11.962+10:00Moonshadow: Kraven's Daughter<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">With <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/07/sony-vs-marvel-how-it-affects-mc2.html"><b>Sony</b></a> and <b>Insomniac
Games’</b> release of <b>Marvel’s Spider-Man 2</b> on <b>Playstation
5</b>, I thought now was the most opportune time to take a quick look at something
the game touches on itself: the <b>Kravinoff Family</b>. No, today we won’t be
doing a Family Tree, but instead we’ll be talking about a character who didn’t make
it to the printed page: <b>Kraven’s</b> daughter in the <b>MC2</b>. Let me
explain.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Among the many unused ideas and concepts conceived by <b>Ron
Frenz</b>, shared on his own <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1471756726682402&set=a.110820296109392">Facebook
page</a> is ‘<b>Gazelle Kravenoff</b>’ aka <b>Moonshadow</b>, and I quote <b>Ron</b>
here ‘<i>The daughter of <b>Kraven the Hunter</b> and <b>Calypso</b>!</i>’ <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now a quick history for everyone! <b>Kraven the Hunter</b>
first appeared in <b>Amazing Spider-Man #15</b>, created by <b>Stan Lee</b> and
<b>Steve Ditko</b>. <b>Kraven’s</b> real name ‘<b>Sergei Kravinoff</b>’ was
apparently first revealed in the <b>Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe:
Deluxe Edition #7</b> from <b>1986</b>, though it should be noted that the initial
<b>1983</b> volume of the <b>Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (vol. 1)
#6</b> gave <b>Kraven’s</b> real name as ‘<b><i>Sergei Kravin</i></b>’ and
makes what I believe is the first reference to his <b>Russian</b> heritage and
parents, the latter of which are strangely absent from the <b>Deluxe Edition’s</b>
list of known relatives. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Writer <b>J.M. DeMatteis</b> and artists <b>Mike Zeck</b>
and <b>Bob McLeod</b> gave the world <b>Kraven’s</b> definitive depiction in
the critically acclaimed <b>1987</b> story <b>Fearful Symmetry: Kraven’s Last Hunt</b>
published in six parts across all three <b>Spider-Man</b> titles at the time in
<b>Web of Spider-Man #31-32</b>, <b>Amazing Spider-Man #293-294</b> and <b>Spectacular
Spider-Man #131-132</b>. The story simultaneously elevated <b>Kraven’s</b>
status among <b>Spider-Man’s</b> rogues gallery by having the hunter bury the
hero alive and assume his identity and remains impactful for its psychological
explorations of both men ultimately culminating in <b>Kraven</b> ending his own
life.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As for <b>Calypso</b>, she’s a <b>Haitian Voodoo</b>
priestess and lover of <b>Kraven’s</b>, created by writer <b>Denny</b> <b>O’Neil</b>
and penciller <b>Alan Weiss</b>. First appearing in <b>Amazing Spider-Man #209</b>,
<b>Calypso</b> would later gain notoriety in the <b>Torment</b> storyline when
she enthralled <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-lizard-in-mc2.html">The Lizard</a></b>
aka <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-connors-family-tree.html">Curt
Connors</a></b> and forced him to commit murder in a plot to kill <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/09/peter-parkers-lost-leg-physiological.html">Spider-Man</a></b>
following <b>Kraven’s</b> death<b> </b>(<b>Spider-Man #1-5</b>). While she has
always been known as <b>Calypso</b>, the character’s full name was first
revealed as ‘<b>Calypso Ezili</b>’ in <b>1991’s</b> <b>Gamer’s Handbook of the
Marvel Universe Volume 7</b>. <b>Ezili</b> is a variant spelling for a member
of the <b>Vodou</b> or <b>Voodoo</b> pantheon of spirits.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We don’t have many additional details for <b>Gazelle’s</b>
character, and <b>Ron</b> himself mentions during an interview for the podcast <b><a href="https://spidey-dude.com/make-mine-mayday-episode-43-tom-defalco-ron-frenz-and-pat-olliffe-conversation-audio-edition/">Make
Mine Mayday Episode 43</a></b> he didn’t even pitch the concept to <b>Spider-Girl</b>
co-creator <b>Tom Defalco</b>. What’s noteworthy is her alternative name, <b>Moonshadow</b>,
which is a direct reference to <b>Kraven’s Last Hunt</b> writer <b>J.M. DeMatteis’</b>
creator-owned series of the same name, itself a reference to the song by singer/songwriter
<b>Cat Stevens</b>. Talk about fearful symmetry!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That’s all I have for you all today. If there’s an
opportunity to delve further into the <b>Kravinoff Family Tree</b>, I’d jump at the
chance so just let me know! Perhaps <b>Gazelle</b> aka <b>Moonshadow</b> will
see print someday? A very big ‘thank you’ to <b>arias-98105</b>, <b>Ron Frenz</b>,
the <b>Make Mine Mayday</b> podcast and the <b>Marvel Appendix</b> without
which this post wouldn’t have been possible.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I dig myself out of a grave after being buried for two
weeks, I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat<o:p></o:p></p>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-82438989522586761302023-10-25T23:11:00.006+10:002023-10-25T23:13:31.014+10:00Spider-Girl in Marvel's Spider-Man 2<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">While I’m still hoping to finish and publish a post about <b>Harry
Osborn</b>, a massive bushfire near my home has put the kibosh on that for the
moment. Fortunately, after <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/10/did-marvels-spider-man-2-just-reference.html">my
last post</a> about a possible reference, <b>Reddit</b> user <b>RubbishBunny118</b>
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SpiderGirl/comments/17dwcai/comment/k6ckrsk/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3">brought
to my attention</a> a far more direct <b>MC2</b> reference by <b>Insomniac</b>
in a side-quest mission of <b>Marvel’s Spider-Man 2</b>. Some minor spoilers for
the game ahead!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The ‘<b>Spider-Spy?</b>’ mission unlocks the <b>Spider-Bot</b>
collectibles, which are scattered all over the game’s playable map of <b>New
York</b>. On the <b>Upper West Side</b>, one of the three <b>Spider-Bots</b>
that can be discovered is the <b>Spider-Girl Spider-Bot</b>. Upon collecting it,
<b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/09/peter-parkers-lost-leg-physiological.html">Peter</a></b>
will remark ‘<i>I don’t know what it is, but I just love this Spider-Bot.</i>’<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When viewing the <b>Spider-Girl Spider-Bot</b> in your
Collection, the description reads ‘<i>Would you look at that—this one has May’s
favourite colours!</i>’ The ‘<b>May’</b> referred to is <b>Peter’s <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/12/aunt-may-in-mc2.html">Aunt May</a></b>,
but this is no doubt a sly nod from <b>Insomniac</b> to <b>Peter</b> and <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/08/who-was-mary-macleod.html">Mary Jane’s</a></b>
daughter!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The hunt for this little <b>Spider-Bot</b> helped take my
anxious and depressed mind of looming natural disasters for a little while, and
I don’t mind admitting it was the third-last one I found! Anyway, I appreciate
these references to the <b>MC2</b> from<b> Insomniac</b> and I’m glad to see
they’ve apparently done their homework. Stay safe out there, everyone!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I catch up on my backlog of posts, I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-26269715328631205242023-10-23T01:45:00.000+10:002023-10-23T01:45:17.295+10:00Did Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Just Reference the MC2?!<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Like many people over the last few days, I’ve been
thoroughly enjoying playing <b>Marvel’s Spider-Man 2</b> from <b>Insomniac</b>
on <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/08/video-games-in-mc2.html">Playstation
5</a></b>. Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows I love the <b>MC2</b>,
but I was honestly not expecting a potential reference to one of the <b>MC2’s</b>
groundbreaking couples. Let me explain. Minor spoilers for the game ahead!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUJXOTF-w26RqytlUlcMz72txhLvCOQCSMUyHjN9NHvmJq8-nYFMO8aJv7KwvSJ1BbUiwbHDblquxU-EEdVyJXLn4v4oYDot8ONCwL1ZBW-p_p-E4NdDadzKVjxK7Zvm6hB76sdTA5xk1tcmk7mG8KVKLX9KwWfwrdm3iAjQcLSMCLxztUSiTjuaDudI/s1920/Marvel's%20Spider-Man%202-%20Black%20Cat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUJXOTF-w26RqytlUlcMz72txhLvCOQCSMUyHjN9NHvmJq8-nYFMO8aJv7KwvSJ1BbUiwbHDblquxU-EEdVyJXLn4v4oYDot8ONCwL1ZBW-p_p-E4NdDadzKVjxK7Zvm6hB76sdTA5xk1tcmk7mG8KVKLX9KwWfwrdm3iAjQcLSMCLxztUSiTjuaDudI/w640-h360/Marvel's%20Spider-Man%202-%20Black%20Cat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">During the mission ‘<b>Make Your Own Choices</b>,’ <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/05/baby-mayday-in-across-spider-verse.html">Miles
Morales</a></b> aka <b>Spider-Man</b> is attempting to locate <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/06/felicia-hardy-in-mc2.html">Felicia
Hardy</a></b> aka the <b>Black Cat</b> to warn her about the threat of <b>Kraven’s</b>
hunters. Of course, he arrives too late and <b>Felicia</b> is already on the move
attempting to flee <b>New York</b> by stealing the <b>Wand of Watoomb</b> from <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/04/doctor-strange-in-mc2.html">Doctor
Strange’s</a></b> <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/09/whats-deal-with-deacons-den.html">Sanctum
Sanctorum</a></b>. While fighting off the hunters, <b>Miles</b> learns from <b>Felicia</b>
that she wanted to use the <b>Wand</b> in order to reach <b>Paris</b> where her
girlfriend is in danger. After defeating droves of the hunters, <b>Miles</b>
helps <b>Felicia</b> use the <b>Wand of Watoomb</b> to open a portal to <b>Paris</b>,
near the <b>Eiffel Tower</b> and away from the threat of <b>Kraven the Hunter</b>
to whatever fate has in store for her there.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEenuUA0p62atR-pP5VFcFCoEwkL3OfwtOvAKi50JK3V4Q3h9NAnvcAzN-Xs7tZdu-ONa9GtnJOpYdUiA9kzfg7qdAtKbY1H2kGRJuSVg_h-TJVcsoyNOVjD4LM8buj4JEWtkHTPnfMvHIxXZY5ztpDWaBL7d-1gN3lIWJgzr8AF_m3EkX2DaRoc5m2NY/s1920/Marvel's%20Spider-Man%202-%20Black%20Cat%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEenuUA0p62atR-pP5VFcFCoEwkL3OfwtOvAKi50JK3V4Q3h9NAnvcAzN-Xs7tZdu-ONa9GtnJOpYdUiA9kzfg7qdAtKbY1H2kGRJuSVg_h-TJVcsoyNOVjD4LM8buj4JEWtkHTPnfMvHIxXZY5ztpDWaBL7d-1gN3lIWJgzr8AF_m3EkX2DaRoc5m2NY/w640-h360/Marvel's%20Spider-Man%202-%20Black%20Cat%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What does this have to do with the <b>MC2</b>? Well, the <b>MC2</b>
was the first to establish <b>Felicia’s</b> <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/06/lgbt-representation-in-mc2.html">bisexuality</a>
by revealing her new partner was a woman named <b>Diana. </b>In <b>Spider-Girl
#47</b>, <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/08/who-was-mary-macleod.html">Mary</a> <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/10/spider-symmetry-mary-jane-and-smythe.html">Jane<span style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></a></b>invites
both <b>Felicia</b> and her partner <b>Diana</b> over for a
cup of tea. <b>Diana</b> mentions the couple were previously living
in <b>Paris</b> but have moved back so that <b>Felicia’s</b>
daughter <b>Felicity</b> can reestablish a relationship with her father, <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/09/hardythompson-family-tree-redux.html">Flash
Thompson</a></b>. When <b>Mary Jane</b> asks how long the two have
known each other, <b>Felicia</b> states ‘<i>it’s going on six years
now</i>’ and mentions that <b>Diana</b> used to be a contract
operative for her detective agency.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUv-oOk85vd94r55e6DbfLghBowmntCzrLBmSsVb-M5kY3UpVrzVICBLSzNLyOV0qVS16VB6M3LYA99Hf-QUeggORAiIElCcwAL3uapPl21dLJOjqFs8F9Nc3FtOatQ9R4m5qkLUn_801TQj_ShPLnn2z0YoEYH-gna2gj5eHPYWV6Koe0wmYElkcsFdE/s3056/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20047-014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUv-oOk85vd94r55e6DbfLghBowmntCzrLBmSsVb-M5kY3UpVrzVICBLSzNLyOV0qVS16VB6M3LYA99Hf-QUeggORAiIElCcwAL3uapPl21dLJOjqFs8F9Nc3FtOatQ9R4m5qkLUn_801TQj_ShPLnn2z0YoEYH-gna2gj5eHPYWV6Koe0wmYElkcsFdE/w416-h640/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20047-014.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Could this be the unidentified girlfriend <b>Felicia</b> mentions
in the <b>Marvel’s Spider-Man 2</b> video game? I’m willing to believe so, at
least. I can’t think of any other romantic partners of Felicia with a
connection to <b>Paris</b>. Let me know what you think!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I stop jumping to conclusions, I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-59034838003398362162023-09-26T12:54:00.002+10:002023-09-26T12:54:54.064+10:00The Connors Family Tree<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">With <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/07/sony-vs-marvel-how-it-affects-mc2.html">Sony</a></b>
and <b>Insomniac</b> about to release <b>Marvel’s Spider-Man 2</b> on <b>Playstation
5</b>, I thought I might take the opportunity to revisit a related character
set to appear in the <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/08/video-games-in-mc2.html">video game</a>;
today I want to look at <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-lizard-in-mc2.html">The Lizard</a></b>
and the <b>Connors Family Tree</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0PrF_1QA21qKdXzuH5SI-F8OQBa8rCzwGLfwfas3SXrAXgLKhTxOaCnKt7h5wI0Q7Wq8zr2EoK67_BeZR-lSyF7bA4u6OyZPdTfv-rb0HTEwGES46h3vTVejWD_MPjrq5PpEtP8ZSsliciChuTYUAF4MGbf7EQNPnelA_ZfIgY2lWBbsUMBXeEtCV60/s997/Connors%20Family%20Tree.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="845" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0PrF_1QA21qKdXzuH5SI-F8OQBa8rCzwGLfwfas3SXrAXgLKhTxOaCnKt7h5wI0Q7Wq8zr2EoK67_BeZR-lSyF7bA4u6OyZPdTfv-rb0HTEwGES46h3vTVejWD_MPjrq5PpEtP8ZSsliciChuTYUAF4MGbf7EQNPnelA_ZfIgY2lWBbsUMBXeEtCV60/w542-h640/Connors%20Family%20Tree.png" width="542" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For the purposes of these family trees, I accept that <b>MC2</b> characters
share their published history (up to a point) with their <b>616/Main
Marvel Universe</b> counterparts. I make exceptions for any retcons
implemented after the point the <b>MC2</b> diverges from the <b>616</b> and
in cases where it's explicitly or implicitly different (<b>Aunt May</b> really
died) or when a writer later introduces a previously unheard of relative
(the <a href="http://frogoat.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/the-lang-family-tree.html"><b>Lang
family</b></a> and the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-pym-family-tree.html">Pym family</a></b>)
who is never mentioned, seen or heard of in the <b>MC2</b>. With the last
exception, I would add them to the family tree in later updates should they be
mentioned in <b>MC2</b> material at any point.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Created by <b>Stan Lee</b> and <b>Steve Ditko</b>, <b>Doctor
Curtis ‘Curt’ Connors</b> first appeared in <b>Amazing Spider-Man #6</b>. There
we learn <b>Curt</b> was a surgeon who lost his right arm during ‘the War’ and
since then had studied reptile life, becoming a world’s leading authority.
Developing a serum based on lizard’s ability to grow lost extremities, <b>Curt</b>
ingested it as the first human test subject. Initially his lost limb is regrown,
but the serum has the unintended side-effect of transforming <b>Connors</b>
into <b>The Lizard</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As <b>Spider-Man</b>, <b>Peter Parker</b> uses his
scientific acumen to develop an antidote that reverts <b>The Lizard</b> back to human
form as <b>Connors</b> again. <b>Spider-Man</b> keeps <b>Connors</b>
transformation a secret and as photographer <b>Peter Parker</b> convinces <b>Jameson</b>
the reports of a man-sized <b>Lizard</b> are a hoax (<b>Amazing Spider-Man #6</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It’s also in <b>Amazing Spider-Man #6</b> that we meet Curt’s
young son <b>William ‘Billy’ Connors</b> and <b>Mrs Connors</b>, who goes unnamed
until <b>Amazing Spider-Man #44</b> where we first learn her name is <b>Martha</b>.
If you haven’t guessed by now, the <b>Lizard</b> antidote doesn’t last and <b>Connors</b>
would often transform in times of great stress or shock such as when he first
encountered <b>Morbius</b> who was in battle with the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/04/six-armed-spider-man.html">Six-Armed
Spider-Man</a></b>. This is one of many occasions where an apparent cure is not
permanent, this one utilizing an enzyme from <b>Morbius</b> to remove <b>Spider-Man’s</b>
extra limbs and revert the <b>Lizard</b> back to <b>Connors</b> (<b>Amazing
Spider-Man #101-#102</b>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After his return following the events of <b>Marvel Super
Heroes Secret Wars </b>where <b>Connors</b> was again transformed into <b>The
Lizard</b>, <b>Martha</b> was unable to cope and took <b>Billy</b> away. While separated
from his wife and son, <b>Connors</b> managed to control his transformation into
<b>The Lizard</b>, realizing it was an aspect of himself. Reconciling the two personalities
granted Connors enough control of <b>The Lizard</b> to save his family without
killing their kidnapper, <b>The Owl</b>, though Martha still needed time to consider
their situation (<b>Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #127</b>). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This positive turn of events would be short lived as <b>Curt</b>
found himself adversely affected by the events of <b>Inferno</b> and was unable
to prevent another transformation into <b>The Lizard</b>. Soon after, the <b>Voodoo</b>
priestess <b>Calypso</b> used her abilities to drive Connors as <b>The Lizard</b>
into a bestial state bereft of any humanity leading to six people being
slaughtered. Fully under the sway of <b>Calypso</b>, <b>The Lizard</b> is sent
to attack <b>Spider-Man</b> before she poisons him as an act of revenge for the
death of her lover <b>Kraven the Hunter</b>. <b>Calypso</b> eventually brings
the building down on the three of them, though all three survive (<b>Spider-Man
#1-#5</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Curt</b> remains missing following his torment under <b>Calypso</b>,
and we learn he was fully aware during the experience. Still trapped in form of
<b>The Lizard</b>, <b>Connors</b> metabolism was altered by <b>Calypso’s</b>
magic causing him to change from warm to cold blooded at random, leaving him in
a state of confusion, despair, and rage as he wandered the sewers. Discovering
a secret lab left behind by <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/12/doctor-octopus-in-mc2.html">Doctor
Octopus</a></b>, <b>Connor’s</b> human mind conceived a method that might scientifically
recreate and reverse the magical effect that had controlled him, allowing him
to be rid of his reptilian persona forever. However, this required untainted
DNA, leading <b>The Lizard</b> to seemingly attack <b>Billy Connors</b> to obtain
a sample of his blood. Traumatised and wishing to kill <b>The Lizard</b> for
the suffering their family has suffered through the years, <b>Billy</b> follows
<b>Spider-Man</b>. Fortunately <b>Curt’s</b> plan works, repressing the <b>Lizard</b>
persona, and he tells his son he wants to be the father <b>Billy</b> deserved
all along (<b>Amazing Spider-Man #365</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On trial for the crimes of <b>The Lizard</b>, <b>Curt
Connors</b> voluntarily commits himself to the <b>State</b> for incarceration
in <b>The Vault</b>, requesting a laboratory be set up there so he may pay his
debt to society using his scientific knowledge to do meaningful work (<b>Amazing
Spider-Man Annual #27</b>). <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Curtis Connors</b> undergoes integration therapy with <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-jameson-family-tree.html">Dr
Kafka</a></b> which allowed <b>The Lizard</b> persona to find common ground. This
connection is severed when <b>Calypso</b> breaks into <b>The Vault</b> to free
her ‘pet’, forcing <b>Connors</b> to once more transform into <b>The Lizard</b>
and immediately kill the witch. Leaving a trail of bodies, <b>The Lizard</b> heads
to its home in the <b>Florida Everglades</b>. Meanwhile, a bounty hunter named <b>Warrant</b>
kidnaps <b>Billy Connors</b> to use in his mission to capture or kill <b>The Lizard</b>.
With <b>Spider-Man</b> attempting to rescue <b>Billy</b> and save <b>The Lizard</b>,
the battle ends with the savage reptile sinking in quicksand and apparently
dying (<b>Web of Spider-Man #109-#111</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the final panel of <b>Amazing Spider-Man Super special #1</b>
we glimpse a reptilian figure emerge from the <b>Florida Everglades</b>. Next,
in <b>Spider-Man Super Special #1</b>, the creature heads north by burrowing beneath
the earth, drawn by an instinctive psychic pull. Reaching Delaware, the
creature kills and feeds on campers and we see a very different looking <b>Lizard</b>.
Emerging in <b>New Jersey</b>, this bestial <b>Lizard</b> creature makes short
work of a <b>SWAT</b> team before continuing its journey north (<b>Venom Super
Special #1</b>) seemingly drawn to the new chemical signature of <b>Cary Armstrong</b>,
a man revived, regenerated, and empowered by <b>Dr Noah Purl</b> who used a
similar process to his former partner <b>Curt Connor’s</b> <b>Lizard</b>
formula to save the man (<b>Spectacular Spider-Man Super Special #1</b>). The monstrous
<b>Lizard</b> attacks again, targeting <b>Purl</b> but prevented from killing
him by the intervention of the <b>Scarlet Spider</b> (<b>Ben Reilly</b>) before
being lured into a trap and captured with the help of <b>Armstrong</b> (<b>Web
of Spider-Man Super Special #1</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Without explanation, <b>Connors</b> returns as a specialist
for the ailing <b>Peter Parker</b> (<b>Sensational Spider-Man #7</b>) but is
unable to identify the cause of his friend’s decline -being unaware <b>Peter</b>
was formerly <b>Spider-Man</b> and was at the time believed to be a degenerating
clone- and cannot offer <b>Mary Jane</b> any guarantee of his recovery (<b>Amazing
Spider-Man #414</b>) though he manages to stabilize Peter’s blood pressure and
heart rate following a seizure, he doesn’t know if he will survive the night
(<b>Spider-Man #71</b>). Peter seemingly dies only to revive shortly afterwards
with his powers returning, though not before <b>Connors</b> has departed the
hospital. Shortly afterwards, the monstrous finned <b>Lizard</b> reappears, and
battles <b>Ben Reilly’s Spider-Man. </b>Called back to his patient, <b>Curt
Connors</b> is pleased at <b>Peter’s</b> recovery only for the fight with <b>Spider-Man</b>
and the <b>Lizard</b> to interrupt the pair and causing Connors to flee. <b>Peter</b>
attempts to assist <b>Reilly</b>, informing <b>Ben</b> after the creature
escapes that it wasn’t <b>Curt Connors </b>(<b>Spectacular Spider-Man #237</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Curt</b> returns to his home in <b>Florida</b> and
reminisces about his past. It is here we learn that <b>Connors</b> is <b>obsessive-compulsive</b>,
and he pushed himself through grade school, college and medical school,
graduating top of his class. Drafted into the service, <b>Curt</b> performed
emergency surgery on the battlefield until shrapnel from a phosphorus grenade shredded
his right arm. Caught up in his work, he failed to properly care for his arm,
and it became gangrenous and required amputation. Unable to continue as a
surgeon, <b>Connors</b> turned to <b>herpetology</b> with a focus on the regenerative
ability of retiles. Eventually his study resulted in his horrific
transformation into <b>The Lizard </b>(<b>Spectacular Spider-Man #238</b>). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We also learn that after a rocky period, <b>Martha</b> had
been patient and understanding, encouraging <b>Curt</b> to get counselling for
his anxiety, for which he was taking anti-anxiety medication. A few months
prior, <b>Connors</b> had taken on a new lab assistant, <b>Aldo</b> who worked
with him to isolate the unique fluids that would trigger the <b>R-complex</b> to
remove every last trace of <b>The Lizard</b> persona from his physiology.
Developing a new formula led to poor results until <b>Aldo</b> suggested they
needed to try it on <b>Connors</b> or <b>The Lizard’s</b> own altered <b>DNA</b>.
<b>Curt</b> realized his anxiety medication may be an unaccounted variable, but
soon after he found <b>Aldo</b> near death after testing the new serum on a
segment of <b>The Lizard’s</b> severed tail. The serum caused an entire
humanoid <b>Lizard</b> creature to grow from the tail completely devoid of
humanity driven only by brutal primal instincts. In the present, this <b>Lizardman</b>
attacked the <b>Connors</b>, and <b>Curt</b> triggered his transformation into
<b>the Lizard</b>, who made short work of the creature before battling <b>Ben Reilly’s
Spider-Man </b>(<b>Spectacular Spider-Man #238</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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commands various reptiles to attack him and </span><b style="text-align: left;">Connor’s</b><span style="text-align: left;"> own son, </span><b style="text-align: left;">Billy</b><span style="text-align: left;">.
Feeling humanity had failed as a dominant species, polluting, and killing the
planet, </span><b style="text-align: left;">The Lizard</b><span style="text-align: left;"> wished for reptiles to assert their place. With </span><b style="text-align: left;">The
Lizard</b><span style="text-align: left;"> pinned beneath a log amid rising waters, </span><b style="text-align: left;">Connors</b><span style="text-align: left;"> manages to
transform back and free himself, saving his son in the process (</span><b style="text-align: left;">Spectacular
Spider-Man #239</b><span style="text-align: left;">).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwuAXzBOSXRkDxMYZ4BN8YJqYqGkJFM-Miq6_K-pKZSSU_8O1lg8I3xv7ntLkvXY7MUwvsGnG9DNd91i9wjUi2vkzoH8NG3dPJ_UrY4rz4tg3Ehfk7Q-xZjF5oA6NB8U4P1TTEFHcyO1hJoa7aXWZBxPUrZ398A1Qs2UY3KBkGOZAlNVLTU2BvWtSt2H4/s3056/Spider-Man%20-%20The%20Complete%20Ben%20Reilly%20Epic%20v05-403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwuAXzBOSXRkDxMYZ4BN8YJqYqGkJFM-Miq6_K-pKZSSU_8O1lg8I3xv7ntLkvXY7MUwvsGnG9DNd91i9wjUi2vkzoH8NG3dPJ_UrY4rz4tg3Ehfk7Q-xZjF5oA6NB8U4P1TTEFHcyO1hJoa7aXWZBxPUrZ398A1Qs2UY3KBkGOZAlNVLTU2BvWtSt2H4/w416-h640/Spider-Man%20-%20The%20Complete%20Ben%20Reilly%20Epic%20v05-403.jpg" width="416" /></a></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Finally, in our last pre-<b>MC2</b> published story we have <b>Spider-Man
Unlimited #19</b>, wherein <b>Connors</b> is on a lecture tour but the <b>Lizard</b>
is exerting some influence over him, using a version of the original <b>Lizard</b>
formula to turn addicts into his thralls and planning to save the planet from
humans by turning humans into lizards by using a new formula in the water
supply. This plot is stopped by Spider-Man with help from <b>Martha Connors</b>
who appeals to her husband’s humanity, realizing <b>The Lizard</b> is
manifesting <b>Curt’s</b> own depression and anger at what destruction mankind
has inflicted upon one another. During this story we also learn <b>Curt</b>
(possibly under the influence of <b>The Lizard</b> persona) had tested the
formula on his own son <b>Billy</b>, who had been acting out and engaging in
petty crime. The story concludes with <b>Connors</b> choosing to go away for
treatment for his issues and the family seemingly reconciled for a somewhat
happy ending.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This brings us to <b>Amazing Spider-Man Family #1</b> and
the first of the (sadly cut short) <b>Mr. and Mrs. Spider-Man</b> series
of short stories. This story takes place at some point after the infant <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/05/history-of-mc2-mayday.html">May
Parker</a></b> is rescued and returned to <b>Peter</b> and <b>Mary
Jane Parker</b> by <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/11/history-of-mc2-kaine.html">Kaine</a></b> and
prior to <b>Peter’s</b> <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2013/08/baby-may-and-continuity-fun.html">final
battle</a> with the <b>Green Goblin</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After having had a few ‘gloriously normal’ weeks as a
family, <b>Peter</b> and <b>Mary Jane</b> leave <b>May</b> with <b>Anna
Watson</b> to meet <b>Dr Connors</b> and his wife <b>Martha</b> for
dinner. However, <b>Curt</b> hasn’t returned from <b>Empire
State University</b> and isn’t answering calls. <b>Martha</b> reveals
that she and their son <b>Billy</b> have been unwell with symptoms
that led <b>Curt</b> to suspect their drinking water in <b>Florida</b> was
compromised. With <b>Billy</b> appearing very unwell, <b>Peter</b> and <b>Mary
Jane</b> head to <b>Empire State Universit</b>y to check on <b>Dr
Connors</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Mary Jane</b> and <b>Peter</b> discover <b>Curt’s</b> <b>Empire
State University</b> laboratory has been smashed up and find his notes for
a formula to purify the water in the <b>Everglades</b>, however the
process could threaten the reptiles there. Believing this conflict between his
family and the environment may have driven <b>Curt</b> over the edge,
and with <b>Mary Jane’s</b> blessing <b>Peter</b> sets out
to find <b>Connor’s</b> as <b>Spider-Man</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Finding <b>Connors</b> has transformed into <b>The</b> <b>Lizard</b>, <b>Spider-Man</b> battles
various reptiles to reach the doctor’s alter ego. <b>The Lizard</b> reveals
he is trying to protect his reptilian family from <b>Connor’s</b> water
treatment plan until <b>Spider-Man</b> tells him that <b>Connors</b> intentionally
called forth the <b>Lizard </b>because he didn’t want to use a
formula that would only save one of his families at the cost of the other.
Apparently accepting <b>Curt</b> saw the reptiles as family too,
the <b>Lizard</b> reverted back to <b>Connors</b>. <b>Dr</b> <b>Connors</b> returned
to the drawing board, determined to find a mutually beneficial solution to the
problem, once more hiring <b>Peter</b> as a lab assistant to help in
this endeavour.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfrNDfplBBowp6OOOxIhGykTMmur4bXz1mGXnikCT8CwstcC1RWJOkWgrcGjvw8a6DInN610JECKcXot3A5g0EW2Kf5l4sENGGl_-ZBfKMmf1YaBaeFk-HjDMGg92IHGAiWAV6ar6EhhXOcn_qXH3QC4TpLdljVN9F4LBJI5j26InzPw0n_tsH1ogqu8/s3056/Amazing%20Spider-Man%20Family%20(2008-2009)%20001-037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfrNDfplBBowp6OOOxIhGykTMmur4bXz1mGXnikCT8CwstcC1RWJOkWgrcGjvw8a6DInN610JECKcXot3A5g0EW2Kf5l4sENGGl_-ZBfKMmf1YaBaeFk-HjDMGg92IHGAiWAV6ar6EhhXOcn_qXH3QC4TpLdljVN9F4LBJI5j26InzPw0n_tsH1ogqu8/w416-h640/Amazing%20Spider-Man%20Family%20(2008-2009)%20001-037.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_E8NVrt9ECT17kRSP930fUMK7N2D0JKiBJNFoixWJaJrB_MIQNN-PsYWyWqqi9LgWq8UZ-GJz75za27OaS6G-sk18Z8JCs7lrLV7mntIXQ9keaScP_XS78cCmHnBG5g3zRbs5Pu_bDIm5681nbbTzjzKb3xhq_96zIiMtwYicuCw5if0v-bypkX3AUk/s3056/Amazing%20Spider-Man%20Family%20(2008-2009)%20001-038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_E8NVrt9ECT17kRSP930fUMK7N2D0JKiBJNFoixWJaJrB_MIQNN-PsYWyWqqi9LgWq8UZ-GJz75za27OaS6G-sk18Z8JCs7lrLV7mntIXQ9keaScP_XS78cCmHnBG5g3zRbs5Pu_bDIm5681nbbTzjzKb3xhq_96zIiMtwYicuCw5if0v-bypkX3AUk/w416-h640/Amazing%20Spider-Man%20Family%20(2008-2009)%20001-038.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">That’s it for <b>The Lizard in the MC2</b>, though it’s
worth noting with this story taking place nearly 15 years in the past, we don’t
know the ultimate fate of <b>Dr Curt Connors</b> and his scaly other
half. Another odd note is <b>Martha Connors</b> acting as though
she’s meeting <b>Mary Jane</b> for the first time, despite having met
more than once prior to this occasion in the <b>Main Marvel Universe</b>.
But we can give her a pass here as she states she and <b>Billy </b>haven’t
been very well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have omitted a few characters from this Family Tree as
they don’t appear in stories published prior to the likely divergence point for
the <b>MC2</b> or for reasons I’ll elaborate on separately. Here they are for the
sake of completeness: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->An unidentified sister of <b>Martha’s</b>
(according to <b>X-Men: First Class #2</b> and the <b>Official Handbook of the
Marvel Universe</b>) though <b>Curt</b> refers to <b>Billy’s</b> <b>aunt</b> seen
in <b>Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 2) #11</b> as ‘sis’ in <b>#12</b> and calls
him her ‘brother’ in <b>#13</b>. She appears to have a husband and children,
all unidentified.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>Doctor Vincent Stegron</b>, aka <b>Stegron,
the Dinosaur Man</b> who used a version of <b>Connors’</b> formula combined
with dinosaur DNA to become a dinosaur-hybrid (<b>Marvel Team-Up #19</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>The Iguana</b>, mutated by <b>Connors’</b> <b>Enervator</b>
device and accidentally gained the memories of <b>Connors</b> in the process.
Your option may vary as to whether he counts as a relative of the <b>Connors</b>,
I’ve chosen to omit the character (<b>Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
#32</b>). If you like <b>Iguana</b>, check out <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/12/mc2-in-tasm-verse.html">The Amazing
Spider-Man</a></b> video game, where he actually gets some love.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b>Melati Kusuma </b>aka <b>Komodo</b>, a woman
who lost both her legs in an accident and while interning under <b>Curt Connors</b>,
stole and modified his formula for her own DNA (<b>Civil War: Battle Damage
Report #1</b>, <b>Avengers: The Initiative #1</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Hopefully I haven’t missed or
forgotten anything but if I have, please let me know! While the <b>Lizard’s</b>
<b>Tale</b> is often repetitive, I find the slow and gradual changes and
developments that happened at times interesting enough, if only some of it hadn’t
been ignored, forgotten, or undone by future events. <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">A
huge thanks as always to </span><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;">arias-98105</b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;"> for valuable assistance.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Until I find a real, permanent
antidote to cure <b>Curtis Connors</b>, I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">frogoat<o:p></o:p></p><br /><br />frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-21038033820979227532023-09-15T14:27:00.000+10:002023-09-15T14:27:19.816+10:00What's the Deal with Deacon's Den?<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Every now and then I like to shine a light on some of the
more obscure <b>MC2</b> characters. In that tradition, today’s post we will be
taking a look at the mysterious and magical mentor of <b>Doc Magus</b>, the man
known only as <b>Deacon</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xMa5l9tEGfhJEO_Rg5J6SdEr6RPU-b-yUUQqNmjzV7G3-qwjvPYQuXC-togf3zwJfHh-yIw90NBdMZTpw4lI-0gg8IW483qXgIkz8Zl1RtM0sgJsQ7GI69ruf2XIyK7ck____mQvPcOFmJ7NzgAd-s9kunaEZ0eKG_p6GyNpiVAgP95gFg9T-Ppoes8/s2103/Deacon's%20Den%20main%20image%203.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="2103" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-xMa5l9tEGfhJEO_Rg5J6SdEr6RPU-b-yUUQqNmjzV7G3-qwjvPYQuXC-togf3zwJfHh-yIw90NBdMZTpw4lI-0gg8IW483qXgIkz8Zl1RtM0sgJsQ7GI69ruf2XIyK7ck____mQvPcOFmJ7NzgAd-s9kunaEZ0eKG_p6GyNpiVAgP95gFg9T-Ppoes8/w640-h248/Deacon's%20Den%20main%20image%203.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">First appearing alongside the young <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/03/doc-magus-in-multiverse-of-madness.html">Sorcerer
Supreme</a></b>, <b>Doc Magus</b> in <b>A-Next #3</b>, <b>Deacon</b> is the one
to suggest <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/03/doc-magus-sorcerer-supreme-of-mc2.html">Doc
Magus</a></b> aka <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/04/doc-magus-whos-your-mama.html">Dormagus</a></b>
recruits the recently reassembled new team of <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-next-infinity-comic-review.html">Avengers</a></b>
to counter <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/04/doctor-strange-in-mc2.html">Doctor</a>
<a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/04/doc-magus-whos-your-daddy.html">Strange</a></b>
and his <b>Defenders</b> team comprised of the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/04/hulk-in-mc2.html">Incredible Hulk</a></b>
aka <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/08/son-of-hulk.html">Bruce Banner</a></b>
and <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/11/namor-in-mc2.html">Namor</a></b>
the <b>Sub-Mariner</b>. While it’s not identified in this issue, we can presume
this location is <b>Dormagus’</b> ‘<i>Sanctum Sanctorum</i>’.<o:p></o:p></p>
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own title, we learn that <b>Deacon</b> too possesses magical ability when he
aids <b>Doc Magus</b> by casting <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/03/j2s-costumes.html">Zane Yama</a></b>
aka <b>J2’s</b> astral form into a strange nightmare dimension. He is relieved
when the pair of heroes return unscathed, having seen their unconscious bodies
spasm while they were in peril (<b>J2 #4</b>).</o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It’s not until <b>J2 #12</b> we learn that the <b>Doc Magus</b>
operates out of his <b>‘</b><i>Sanctum Sanctorum</i><b>’</b> which is really
just the back room of <b>Deacon’s Den</b>, a comic book store owned and operated
by <b>Deacon</b>. When <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/11/sachi-yama-in-616.html">J2</a></b> and
<b>Doc Magus</b> ignore <b>Doctor Stange’s</b> warning and journey into a
pocket dimension via the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2013/09/mc2-across-multiverse.html">Crossroads
of Infinity</a></b> to rescue <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/05/professor-charles-xavier-in-mc2.html">Cain</a>
<a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-xavier-marko-family-tree.html">Marko</a></b>
aka <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/06/history-of-mc2-x-men.html">The
Juggernaut</a></b> they discover it’s a trap too late and become trapped when
their gateway back to Earth is destroyed by <b>Nemesus</b>. Notably, the energy
backlash from this is shown to surround <b>Deacon</b> and his eyes glow red as
he senses what has happened.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuinBf4oWdbf7hFvpou39tAUb_cufVbQQz6vP73kWwGpF_MBkXRpLIUj3xn-MSfZxtEhnpV_dIjNrm2kzrhp9JAJ_OC96SXDWg71UnCmgQ7SSLvHyqe_EQlnZNPfT49Z93xJie_NosX9r6OF_bUWF7c5Q_XboiYkECNAn_zLun0IUdaGDREqEEZ_717KY/s2583/J2_12_0005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2583" data-original-width="1680" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuinBf4oWdbf7hFvpou39tAUb_cufVbQQz6vP73kWwGpF_MBkXRpLIUj3xn-MSfZxtEhnpV_dIjNrm2kzrhp9JAJ_OC96SXDWg71UnCmgQ7SSLvHyqe_EQlnZNPfT49Z93xJie_NosX9r6OF_bUWF7c5Q_XboiYkECNAn_zLun0IUdaGDREqEEZ_717KY/w416-h640/J2_12_0005.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Found and assisted by <b>Zane’s</b> curious school
associates, Deacon reveals he instinctively raised a protective shield around
the gateway. With the help of the highschooler’s they manage to create a trail
for the heroes to follow home…using <b>Dormagus’</b> comic book collection. The
bizarre events are explained away by <b>Cain Marko</b> as a temporal anomaly,
and we learn via <b>Zane’s</b> closing monologue that <b>Deacon’s Den</b>
closed down within a week and was replaced by a dry cleaner business (<b>J2 #12</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">While <b>Zane</b> believes <b>Deacon’s</b> <b>Den</b> to
have closed down, it’s possible it makes an off-panel appearance as a target of
<b>Mr. Abnormal’s </b>crime-spree. The super stretchy criminal notably steals a
complete collection of <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/05/dc-in-mc2.html">Police Comics</a></b>
from a comic shop, so perhaps it was <b>Deacon’s Den</b>? Either way, <b>Mr.
Abnormal</b> is defeated by the combined efforts of <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/03/speedball-in-mc2.html">Speedball</a></b>
and <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/09/spider-girls-spider-signal.html">Spider-Girl</a>
</b>(<b>Spider-Girl #15</b>).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ROoZEekBQNB9He4njA6eKnwb4VItgB5jSNx_mBi_kMx2809Db4DXON9iCbCpc15Ke_bpUISeNx-09_ahY3o4d5mQNOd1_4S2NSON3Uo4oo5XHPihWwNW_vuq_Ef7N_AspqmuiuKMC7xCPaBlj6Y3nBe_qe0HS9-OIcXsa7I1ICzwjE7SXC7RMmZTvNU/s3056/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20015-008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ROoZEekBQNB9He4njA6eKnwb4VItgB5jSNx_mBi_kMx2809Db4DXON9iCbCpc15Ke_bpUISeNx-09_ahY3o4d5mQNOd1_4S2NSON3Uo4oo5XHPihWwNW_vuq_Ef7N_AspqmuiuKMC7xCPaBlj6Y3nBe_qe0HS9-OIcXsa7I1ICzwjE7SXC7RMmZTvNU/w416-h640/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20015-008.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMefQPP7uwU3xItFk0YVQVqDVEvuVMEDmXjL8rGbpKAZDu5Ekh9xXamLsZxbdhmUBHKIouEnnZims24OtkkzT3eXVdiBz8nJD61RhjXYWbdm4WYEWmepluBPk2d0i2EhCNFlmK8T2CnJVW_fwXH_T7NjsrTppN_05akXp5TtwVaQhnKYnLC3FQD0fIAaM/s3056/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20015-009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMefQPP7uwU3xItFk0YVQVqDVEvuVMEDmXjL8rGbpKAZDu5Ekh9xXamLsZxbdhmUBHKIouEnnZims24OtkkzT3eXVdiBz8nJD61RhjXYWbdm4WYEWmepluBPk2d0i2EhCNFlmK8T2CnJVW_fwXH_T7NjsrTppN_05akXp5TtwVaQhnKYnLC3FQD0fIAaM/w416-h640/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20015-009.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwZo5WdeCRkeyk95umu1E4nI8u0eCHGRjJGf_Y8sFC43CPPQ8rYsKaKklRfCVmcpzeApLC5r--NeKu3JmwH7dbbtxiCV2PtyaIgBuJ8WCoL9udPVjPpgP4pNIh4kckfaJUS2Tm-vDAIlYV6SWImfGBZ7sXRbLeob1_Aeg4MeiWoHeRXzjkeYMrNfx6jQ/s3056/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20015-010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwZo5WdeCRkeyk95umu1E4nI8u0eCHGRjJGf_Y8sFC43CPPQ8rYsKaKklRfCVmcpzeApLC5r--NeKu3JmwH7dbbtxiCV2PtyaIgBuJ8WCoL9udPVjPpgP4pNIh4kckfaJUS2Tm-vDAIlYV6SWImfGBZ7sXRbLeob1_Aeg4MeiWoHeRXzjkeYMrNfx6jQ/w416-h640/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20015-010.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Deacon’s Den</b> is definitely open and running again by
the time the events of <b>Spider-Girl #71</b> take place, with a ‘New’ sign and
different appearance. <b>Deacon</b> is seen working the counter when J2 and
Spider-Girl come seeking Doc Magus, who is once again using the store’s back
room as his <i>Sanctum Sanctorum</i>. The three heroes thwart an invasion of invisible
<b>Darklings</b> sent by <b>Nemesus</b>, though <b>Deacon,</b> sadly, isn’t an
active participant in events this time around. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A little while later, during the events of <b>Last Hero
Standing</b>, we get a confirmation that <b>Deacon’s Den</b> is located in <b>Manhattan</b>
when <b>Doctor Strange</b> unsuccessfully attempts to recruit his son <b>Doc
Magus </b>to his <b>Defenders</b> team so they can find the growing number of
missing heroes. <b>Deacon</b> tells Dormagus he shouldn’t have turned down the assistance
but gives up when the young Sorcerer Supreme brushes him off too. Shortly
afterwards, <b>Doc Magus</b> is captured by the mastermind behind the plot, the
<b>Asgardian</b> god of mischief <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/06/loki-in-mc2.html">Loki</a></b>, leaving
behind nothing but a smoking crater in the ground for the intestinally
distressed <b>Deacon</b> to discover (<b>Last Hero Standing #2</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When up and coming comic creators <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-mystery-of-jimmys-sister.html">Jimmy</a>
<a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-yama-family-tree.html">Yama</a></b>
and <b>Reynard ‘Wes’ Westin</b> approach <b>Deacon</b> in the hope he’ll stock
their <b>Spider-Girl</b> comic in his store, he initially declines but is
convinced when <b>Jimmy</b> promises an appearance from the super heroine (<b>Amazing
Spider-Girl #4</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Of course, <b>Jimmy</b> asks his girlfriend <b>Heather Noble</b>
to dress up as the fictional version of <b>Spider-Girl</b> from the comic he
and <b>Wes</b> developed together. The promotional event at <b>Deacon’s Den</b>
is advertised in the newspaper which draws the attention of the villainous <b>Hobgoblin
</b>(<b>Amazing Spider-Girl #5</b>). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sure enough, with <b>Heather</b> in costume as <b>Spider-Girl</b>,
the <b>Hobgoblin</b> descends on <b>Deacon’s Den</b> (which also stocks <b>MC2</b>
<b>comics</b>, dontcha know) and kidnaps her. The <b>Hobgoblin</b> uses <b>Heather</b>
as bait to draw out the one, true <b>Spider-Girl</b>. While the promotion had a
good turn out, <b>Deacon</b> picks the perfect moment to ask if <b>Jimmy</b>
and <b>Wes</b> obtained <b>Spider-Girl’s</b> permission to use her in their comic
which, of course, they did not. <b>Spider-Girl</b> manages to save <b>Heather</b>
and fight off the <b>Hobgoblin</b> with some unexpected assistance (<b>Amazing
Spider-Girl #6</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This next one isn’t an appearance of either <b>Deacon</b> or
his <b>Den</b> but I’ve included it for the sake of completeness. <b>Wes</b> is
seen with a newly bought comic (complete with carry bag) heading for a bus stop
before a surprise encounter with <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-venom-symbiote-family-tree.html">April
Parker</a></b>.<b> </b>Does <b>Wes</b> frequent <b>Deacon’s Den</b> and why
does he fold his precious comics?<b> </b>(<b>Spectacular Spider-Girl vol. 1 #4/Amazing
Spider-Man Family #8</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We get our last glimpse of <b>Deacon</b> in a fleeting cameo
many overlooked in the <b>MC2</b> story published as a back-up feature in the <b>Secret
Wars: Spider-Island</b> mini-series. Yes, that’s <b>Deacon</b> carrying a sign
decrying this <b>Battleworld</b> of <b>Doctor Doom’s</b> as a lie. So, once
again, <b>Deacon</b> can see things beyond those of normal men. Thanks to <b>Ron
Frenz</b> for confirming this appearance! (<b>Secret Wars: Spider-Island #1</b>)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Deacon is something of an enigma, he appears to live a
mundane existence as a lowly comic book store owner, while displaying mystic
abilities and being involved with events that are far more bizarre. Perhaps we’ll
learn more about him someday? Thank you to <b>arias-98105</b> for help with
this post!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I buy a comic book store rather than buy from them, I
remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat<o:p></o:p></p>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-65966891228531609472023-09-12T00:06:00.004+10:002023-09-12T00:37:40.725+10:00 A Timeline of the Frogwares Sherlock Holmes Games<p>Below is an old Tumblr post I worked on a few years ago. It's quite a departure from my usual content but something I was very proud of and remain passionate about. Hopefully, time willing, I will do an updated timeline reflecting the timeline seen in the newest entries in <b>Frogwares' Sherlock Holmes</b> video game series, Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One and it's sequel (and remake of an older release) Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened. Without further ado, here it is:</p><p><span face="Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #494949; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #494949; font-weight: bold;">A Timeline of the Frogwares Sherlock Holmes Games</span></p><div class="copy" style="color: #6e7173; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; padding: 10px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Most of the following is based on direct information found in the various Sherlock Holmes video games made by Frogwares. While the games make several references to the original Canon as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, they function separately as perhaps an alternate version of events with new material. For example, when some of the Canon cases are adapted or elements of cases are borrowed for the games original cases. That said, we can at least refer to and compare the Canon with the games own timeline for clues as to how it all lines up…or doesn’t line up at times.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">I’ll attempt to provide sources where necessary for any claims I make that aren’t overtly referenced in the games themselves. I will be looking exclusively at the mainline games from Frogwares, not the more casual games released on handheld devices etc. Spoilers ahead, obviously.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>1869+ - Chapter One (2021)</b></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="2160" data-orig-width="3840" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="2160" data-orig-width="3840" height="281" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/4ccd47ad528cc75ceb74d5bc70553088/78f0975053c096ef-b4/s500x750/e8c7871d7ba74878ee5efd68f47a8b6cb131bcef.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">*As this game has not been released at the time of this writing, this is all based on the details we have from trailers and interviews*</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Acting as a prequel to all previous entries in the series, Chapter One is <a href="https://href.li/?https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-sinking-city-devs-are-tackling-sherlock-holmes/1100-6477645/#comments-block-33494790" style="color: #6e7173;">said to revolve around a 21 year old</a> Sherlock returning to his former family home on a Mediterranean island to investigate his mother’s death. As shown in the first trailer, Holmes’ mother is given the name ‘Violet Holmes’ on her gravestone, along with the years ‘1829-1869′ which evidently refer to the year of her birth and death. It’s possible the game takes place in 1869 shortly after Violet’s, though this hasn’t technically been confirmed as yet. In fact, the previous game Devil’s Daughter has a brief reference from Holmes to his mother dying when he as very young, so it’s possible this was foreshadowing. If the game does take place in 1869, it makes Holmes significantly older in his later adventures than might have been expected. Alternatively, perhaps Holmes returns to investigate Violet’s long-ago death following the introduction of new information. Other trailers say the game takes place ‘at the end of the 19th century’. Time will tell.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>1888 - Versus Jack the Ripper (2009)</b></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="900" data-orig-width="584" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="900" data-orig-width="584" height="770" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/3bae61e8432f51d1e429e012b72a83f2/78f0975053c096ef-2d/s540x810/df1cd7333cdea871597fd8db179f3e527809c9ad.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Events of this game <a href="https://href.li/?http://www.gameboomers.com/wtcheats/pcSs/SHvsRipper/SHvsRipper.htm" style="color: #6e7173;">occur</a> from the 31st of August to the 9th November 1888 and loosely follow the historical events surrounding the mystery of Jack the Ripper. The location of Whitechapel is seen again in Testament of Sherlock Holmes and mentioned in Crimes & Punishments. At present this is the earliest point in the Frogwares Sherlock Holmes timeline, though evidently the next entry Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One will be set far earlier, dealing with a 21 year old Sherlock.</p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="575" data-orig-width="941" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="575" data-orig-width="941" height="306" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/5a3edee2e640c80b1e14a45c35e76d50/78f0975053c096ef-56/s500x750/b6454e6973ab205cf72986d42422310fccbedfd8.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>1894 - The Awakened (2007)</b></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="600" data-orig-width="500" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="600" data-orig-width="500" height="600" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/38b1bbd47b3f7bf789829f03f06aff7c/78f0975053c096ef-e6/s500x750/d0fdba48949e6c50fa4899b1e093d0f7d343eae0.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">The game establishes in the <a href="https://href.li/?https://youtu.be/t8R6PzMghkI?t=97" style="color: #6e7173;">opening scenes</a> that it takes place ‘<i>Two years ago, London, 6th of September 1894</i>′ and spans a few months, ending in ‘<i>Scotland, Ardnamurcham Lighthouse, December 1894</i>′. During this time, Holmes’ and Watson’s journey spans from London to Switzerland to New Orleans back to London and finally the aforementioned Scottish lighthouse. Notably, while investigating the Swedish Edweiss Institute, Holmes discovers a seemingly brain damaged and amnesiac but very much alive Professor James Moriarty. During his escape, Sherlock triggers the Professor’s memories of his archenemy, which will lead to complications later on. Also, aside from the obvious Lovecraftian references and a few to the previous entry’s Silver Earring characters, we also get some solid D & D nods and brief encounter with a boy by the name of Hercule Poirot. </p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="470" data-orig-width="623" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="470" data-orig-width="623" height="377" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/ed38cf50a5c92045536819ff18998cf3/78f0975053c096ef-c1/s500x750/7c912d89dccd108f24954364950a237583819d9c.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>1895 - Crimes & Punishments (2014)</b></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="2118" data-orig-width="1514" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="2118" data-orig-width="1514" height="699" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/86a58a5d1098ab868f95f0779402bebc/78f0975053c096ef-0b/s500x750/c9bf78e405e27c7123090b373ea617bc924d7f29.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">This game is probably my favourite in the series. It’s also the first to present a collection of smaller mysteries, rather than an overarching plot. That said, the game does present a loose thread throughout the background of the various and otherwise unconnected mysteries which leads to the final case involving the anarchic and socialist group known as The Merry Men. The first case -an adaption of <i>The Adventure of Black Peter-</i> can be definitively dated as taking place in 1895 due to the titular victim being born in 1845 and established as 50 years of age when he dies. According to the original Canon, Peter died July 1895, meaning at least this single mystery may take place right around the time of the <i>Arsène Lupin</i> game, either before or after. </p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="603" data-orig-width="742" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="603" data-orig-width="742" height="406" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/62391057d3f37a235b9600e148320b99/78f0975053c096ef-c4/s500x750/90880aed22198bb4bc1928a0855f83e2e2ae7f34.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"> The second case is loosely based on <i>The Lost Special</i>, a not-quite-Canon story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle which was released in 1898 but set in 1890. However, the thread about The Merry Men makes it apparent that the game’s version of the adventure occurs after the previous case, so potentially still in 1895.The following case is an original one called <i>Blood Bath</i> and features a suspect named Sir Percival Blinkhorn. I mention this because there is a nod to this character in The Devil’s Daughter which gives his date of death as 1895, making it pretty easy to pin down when this mystery takes place. Additionally, because Crimes & Punishments presents the player with moral choices at the conclusion, via the mention in Devil’s Daughter we also have a canonical outcome for the case. </p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">The next case is a fairly close adaption of The Adventure of the Abbey Grange set in 1897, but based on a photo dated 1893 that is said to be from ‘<i>a year and a half ago</i>’ this case mystery could be easily placed in either 1894 <i>or</i> 1895 much like the other cases before it. A document seen later in the case complicates matters by giving the murder victim’s date of death as November 7th 1894. Still, it may be possible to explain this, as in both the original story and this game’s case Holmes tells the guilty (though noble) party to return for his love in one year’s time. Perhaps the main case is set in 1894 before the rest of the game’s adventures? This is supported by the fact The Merry Men are not mentioned during the case, making it’s placement less connected to the prior mysteries. </p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="338" data-orig-width="451" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="338" data-orig-width="451" height="338" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/c31d7210c57795b1181374fcf2b931bc/78f0975053c096ef-e2/s500x750/e8317c7b199d2ec8110a7ad73daa0dd6f873b2e1.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="451" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">The following case is a wholly original adventure taking place at the Kew Gardens and thanks to a few documents found throughout the investigation, it’s evident that it occurs in 1895. The concluding case of the game is also an original one called A Half Moon Walk which brings The Merry Men into the finale. This case sees Holmes and Watson in Whitechapel once more and features references to the Ripper, naturally. This case specifically identifies fireworks being used in celebration of Queen Victoria’s Birthday and Sherlock notes it is May, which lines up with the real world event but indicates Black Peter may have occurred earlier in the year than previously thought. Confirmation of the year 1895 is found when comparing dates of the theft of jewellery said to be a decade prior in 1885. Curiously the games ending cinematic makes mention of a woman moving in next door, presumably intended at the time to foreshadow the next game in the series.</p><figure data-orig-height="350" data-orig-width="297" style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="350" data-orig-width="297" height="350" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/5b73d68d885e317b5bc9f54e10b01940/78f0975053c096ef-91/s400x600/b809f13ccee3560d99e400eeec0d05f73f878e20.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="297" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="437" data-orig-width="429" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="437" data-orig-width="429" height="437" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/eb0d1a2093ece933d2c40677d4cfccb9/78f0975053c096ef-a3/s500x750/89d182933d8997724e0cb8f4cf11bcd57a94149c.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="429" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>1895 - Versus Arsène Lupin/Nemesis (2007)</b></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="720" data-orig-width="540" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="720" data-orig-width="540" height="667" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/a56902c4c4713478b53fc2ad9787d693/78f0975053c096ef-a2/s500x750/1249a89f91d14878ac5ae79c26bc43d2b7cd1e2c.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">This battle of wits spans <a href="https://href.li/?http://www.gameboomers.com/wtcheats/pcSs/SherlockHolmesvsArseneLupin.htm" style="color: #6e7173;">less than a week</a> from the 14th to 19th of July 1895, with the titular French gentleman thief sets challenges for the master detective across London landmarks. Lupin is foreshadowed in the previous game, Awakened by way of a newspaper article detailing one of his exploits. Furthermore, we get another retroactive reference to the thief during the chronologically earlier Jack the Ripper game when Holmes receives ‘<i>A gift from a young admirer</i>’: a bottle of French champagne from ‘<i>Raoul d’Andresy.’</i> The game also has overt references to the previous game thanks to Watson’s troubled nightmares and a Cthulhu statue.<i> </i>Oh, and there’s a cute Batman reference for those paying attention!</p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="425" data-orig-width="949" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="425" data-orig-width="949" height="224" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/e2c5a05b77035844dc5d1e01cf179f75/78f0975053c096ef-50/s500x750/1309e00524783cf5420195ef00d7daebffb94b11.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>1896 - Mystery of the Persian Carpet (2008)</b></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="300" data-orig-width="620" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="300" data-orig-width="620" height="242" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/579c97cd2a0d4dd36d0abc018b5b9893/78f0975053c096ef-9e/s500x750/40b180bce1fa579efb73b1d83af434d46d702990.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">More of a side-story, this game begins on the 7th of August 1896 and appears to span only a few days. This game usually isn’t included with the main series of games, often being grouped with the handheld releases instead. I don’t have much to say about this entry, I’m afraid. It relies mostly on reused assets from the previous release in the form of still images for it’s mostly click and find gameplay. If anyone knows of any connections to other games in-universe, let me know!</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>1897 - Secret of the Silver Earring (2004)</b></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="782" data-orig-width="640" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="782" data-orig-width="640" height="611" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/c5d7b664259bf856a237a2d415ee8398/78f0975053c096ef-14/s500x750/472b89892eefa601a5b2c16fae5cb448f9d85a31.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">This game also spans a <a href="https://href.li/?http://www.gameboomers.com/wtcheats/pcSs/SilverEarring.htm" style="color: #6e7173;">brief period of time</a>; the 14th to the 18th of October 1897. A character mentioned in this game (Hermann Grimble) is mentioned as having been burgled in a later game in the series, Arsène Lupin, making another retroactive connection between two of the games.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>1898 - Testament of Sherlock Holmes (2012)</b></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1080" data-orig-width="1920" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="1080" data-orig-width="1920" height="281" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/63ab655a911f100dc11e029edd14ae59/78f0975053c096ef-6e/s500x750/bb3d05773445304928ecddbbd1378529f7100e80.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">While the framing scenes of this games’ narrative features three little children reading from Watson’s journal at an indeterminate point in the future (though one that becomes more clear as the story progresses), the main story concerning Holmes begins in September 1898 as seen on the newspaper articles throughout the game. We also see returning characters Lucy and Danny from the Jack the Ripper game make appearances. Far more importantly, this game sees the return of mastermind and archfoe Moriarty and marks the first appearance of his daughter (unnamed at this point) in it’s closing moments. Moriarty dies for real this time, leaving his young daughter behind. Holmes adopts her.</p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="431" data-orig-width="769" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="431" data-orig-width="769" height="280" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/c264cd024e8dc13e8f35858da46368e0/78f0975053c096ef-42/s500x750/4708c600253a2dbb2436a70bc1aa244fc53723b8.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>1899 - The Mystery of the Mummy (2002)</b></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1088" data-orig-width="770" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="1088" data-orig-width="770" height="706" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/75239f8b7c448299af796df4a5bbed07/78f0975053c096ef-8c/s500x750/a5fc617be6b1bb44f80d65817e30a34094fc0945.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">The one that started the Frogwares video game series of Sherlock Holmes adventures. This story is very clearly set in ‘London 1899′ based on the opening cinematic, and features a solo Holmes answering a request from his distant cousin Andrew’s soon-to-be-wife Elisabeth Montcalfe. The case involves investigating the Montcalfe manor for clues relating to the disappearance and apparent death of Elisabeth’s father Lord Montcalfe, a respected Egyptologist. Dr Watson only appears in the final cinematic of the game, having been on vacation with Mrs Watson, which is I believe the only mention in the games of John’s marriage. This is also -on the surface- the latest chronological adventure for Sherlock, however I have one more I’d like to touch on that I believe *should* take place afterwards.</p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="344" data-orig-width="517" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="344" data-orig-width="517" height="333" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/c2e095b64dd3f3d431027f6474c8ec3f/78f0975053c096ef-28/s500x750/69e80b1a203700dff27225108808f618c6bdc360.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>1895 or 1904/5 - The Devil’s Daughter (2016)</b></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="2545" data-orig-width="2000" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="2545" data-orig-width="2000" height="636" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/edad169479c3f6f1dd131f347bd8d6e2/78f0975053c096ef-5b/s500x750/842d07de9d351ea82beced3037b3a3e4b9ea277b.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">I’m going to be throwing speculation and a corrections into this entry’s timeline. Why? Because without it, the timeline falls apart and I feel it’s easily remedied with a little effort. This game forms a more connected plot which plays across the smaller cases Holmes investigates. The overarching plot surrounds new neighbour Miss Alice De’Bouvier. I think the previous entry, Crimes & Punishments was intended to lead directly into this game, with the teaser of a new female neighbour but as you’ll see that doesn’t make sense. Not only do we meet Miss De’Bouvier, but we also get to know Holmes’ young adopted daughter Katelyn who has been sent home from boarding school unexpectedly. Katelyn is the daughter of James Moriarty first seen as a small child in Testament. Kate becomes aware of the facts of her parentage by the game’s conclusion. Now, the first case, Prey Tell, provides our first continuity problem thanks to a boy named Tom from Whitechapel whom Holmes deduces was ‘born in 1887′ and is ‘8 years old’. This obviously places the game’s events no later than November 6th-7th 1895 (which is further confirmed by pre-paid rental slips and letters seen a little later), which doesn’t fit with Katelyn being a part of Holmes’ life before the events of her introduction in Testament set in 1898. I attribute this discontinuity to Frogwares changing plans during production, as they also made the creative decision to change the physical appearance of both Watson and Holmes and recast the voice actors in an evident attempt to softly refresh the series. There’s a potentially self-aware nod to this changed timeline: Tom has a copy of The Strand Magazine which first printed ‘<i>The Adventure of the Norwood Builder</i>’ by Doyle in his possession. This Canon story is set in 1894 but was published in 1903 however the cover in-game gives it an 1893 cover date, a whole decade earlier than in the real world. Further discontinuity occurs when Katelyn is gifted a copy of ‘Dracula’ by Alice. If the story were to take place in 1895, then Dracula wouldn’t be in print for another two years in 1897 let alone, as is mentioned, banned from Katelyn’s boarding school library.</p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="430" data-orig-width="840" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="430" data-orig-width="840" height="256" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/b4e44b65aa46bd677fc174f4e2bbff01/78f0975053c096ef-fe/s500x750/755fe45ced9b5d4d7c3d93b2820c7b50c291a516.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="647" data-orig-width="1313" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="647" data-orig-width="1313" height="246" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/0f1ecea72b206485c121ccd241542f2e/78f0975053c096ef-92/s500x750/c60f783eec265e9b1be9f6d74056fe8463669438.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">The second case, A Study in Green is where we see the earlier mentioned reference to Sir Percival Blinkhorn. Additionally, Miss Alice gives Katelyn a copy of <i>The Adventure of the Empty House</i>, which in the real world was published in 1903 and is set in 1894. It details Sherlock’s miraculous return following his apparent death 3 years prior during his struggle with Moriarty. A victim in this case may be a reference to Tarzan, being named Zacharias Greystoke. Oh, and a Sir J Brombsy is also among the list of deceased donors, presumably a relative to the family seen in the Silver Earring game. An expedition in 1881 is said to have been 14 years prior.</p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="434" data-orig-width="848" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="434" data-orig-width="848" height="256" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/c70f59c9f7c3855217d4f07a36b04ac8/78f0975053c096ef-62/s500x750/3afe9edafeda8f5c872955a0a17a869d7d3b8556.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="434" data-orig-width="843" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="434" data-orig-width="843" height="257" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/085636d40a999795b6a05ae673325eec/78f0975053c096ef-9c/s500x750/568badf63f6abf5a54390b75c4f16fbb96ea73dc.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="383" data-orig-width="692" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="383" data-orig-width="692" height="277" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/881d9d801c0de07179ff9154c5f9009a/78f0975053c096ef-db/s500x750/7a3f81d3ccc58dd718af9166286c7f684326b901.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">The third case presents us with Miss Alice’s birth certificate which gives the year 1867 and we know she is at least 21 years of age (though, evidently older) thanks to another letter. Sherlock discovers he played a major role in Alice’s father being arrested in 1875 which is said to be 20 years prior, again setting the events of this game in 1895. While it’s not impossible that Holmes was active in 1875, it does make it an extremely early adventure based on the Canon, one that predates Watson’s first meeting with Sherlock.</p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="590" data-orig-width="1271" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="590" data-orig-width="1271" height="232" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/20ad8371fd0e038b53dc1c9f852e9074/78f0975053c096ef-fe/s500x750/4cb6b285055aeaa17ec4b1f105493b6333efadc7.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="428" data-orig-width="816" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="428" data-orig-width="816" height="262" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/7072a6544d251de108a89088a0387e31/78f0975053c096ef-ea/s500x750/c072ac8fcdd5c9c29387f5cbc7e012c7aa9b7534.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="355" data-orig-width="691" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="355" data-orig-width="691" height="257" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/c346c4b5b1b1257e31cd5c9866944287/78f0975053c096ef-d6/s500x750/fa83174c00f62c949fa8e0558d8f615026bfe1b0.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="430" data-orig-width="835" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="430" data-orig-width="835" height="257" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/2dce56a13d735d219294d35be7e52198/78f0975053c096ef-21/s500x750/97ecea1c50829d3ae007e2314b7990de4ac65d5d.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Despite all of these clear and established dates, we still have to consider how this story fits into the continuity of the other games, particularly Katelyn only entering Holmes care in 1898 as established in Testament. A part of me suspects the writers simply liked the concept of Holmes raising the daughter of his greatest foe and perhaps preferred to have this occur earlier, to line up better wth Moriarty’s original death in the Canon during The Final Problem. Either way, I find it more satisfying to use a looser approach to this entry: ignore the established dates from documents and simply place it where it best fits in the game series order of events over all. Essentially, I propose we adopt a sliding timeline to the series, almost. I don’t believe there are any in-dialogue references to the years in question, so we could apply the same lower-tier canonicity to the dates in documents as one might to movie props that contradict the year given on screen or in dialogue. There’s some fun little discrepancies in the fourth case that make me more certain that the game should at least take place at a later year then indicated.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">The fourth case Chain Reaction (and my person favourite of the game) involves investigating a traffic ‘accident’. A key aspect of the mystery involves a stolen technical cab from the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, which is in fact<a href="https://href.li/?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Electric_Railways_Company_of_London" style="color: #6e7173;"> a real company that upgraded the existing system</a> of underground railway between 1903 and 1905 to use electricity. If this adventure and the rest of the game were to take place in 1895, this would be an anachronism. Hence why I propose a date of 1904 (or 1905 if you prefer a nice round decade jump) which allows for the electrical system to exist and also gives Katelyn a sensible placement in the timeline after the events of Testament. In fact, it also allows Katelyn to be the older child who attends boarding school, reads Dracula (published in 1897) and generally behaves like a girl older than the small child seen in Testament. Perhaps 6 years older? Of course, this requires us to ignore the specific dates in all the previous cases in the game, but as none of them appear to be tied to anything that absolutely requires them to take place in 1895, I think it would be just as easy to move them forward a decade without affecting anything relevant to the narrative.</p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="457" data-orig-width="826" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="457" data-orig-width="826" height="277" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/8d8940c03ac208883ec67278336d1b55/78f0975053c096ef-32/s500x750/2cb39ee90da6f682e35d6f36c4a6bba777e74db7.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">So, yes, it’s not a perfect solution but it does correct the continuity errors inherent by placing this story earlier than Holmes’ first meeting with Katelyn in1898. 1904 or 1905 is a better placement for the narrative of the Devil’s Daughter. This is where I think the games narrative <i>should</i> be set. I personally believe the superficial appearances of Watson and Holmes further justify this approach, as visual design and details change throughout the series based on the development teams influences and preferences at the time and can thus be dismissed when they are contradictory to the overall narrative. Who knows, maybe Watson just changed the dates and this game is merely a retelling with his usual embellishments?</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Anyway, that was my attempt at a timeline for this great series of games. If you have any notes, please don’t hesitate to share them! </p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Until I stop saying 'Slava Ukraini', I remain</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">frogoat</p></div>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-46602819697740108552023-09-03T16:40:00.005+10:002023-09-03T17:54:26.227+10:00The MC2 and the Ultimate Universe<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">It looks like <b>Marvel Comic’s Ultimate Universe</b> is
having something of a resurgence with the release of the <b>Ultimate Invasion</b>
mini-series and the <a href="https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-ultimate-universe-with-spider-man-x-men-black-panther/">upcoming</a>
<b>Ultimate Universe</b> relaunch. So, of course, I wanted to see if there were
any connections between the <b>MC2 and the Ultimate Universe</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNi6vPjxwHahXYtvzwDHyblUAT2CvUlKr0tyHhLCvr4eUJeuX9NbDmDPEExdT9eAucqudWlIJT2RU2zq7Fj9y8n1oqXzb6PiQSd_cN_2OwqOM6jgO9FGNH1iBlIFSrssTaLqYN-A5zLMALIYVpmNKIANhtNhCeiRm4ftPGOnvcnHzEzRqkezy_JwBQxE/s2576/MC2%20and%20the%20Ultimate%20Universe%20main%20image.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="2576" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNi6vPjxwHahXYtvzwDHyblUAT2CvUlKr0tyHhLCvr4eUJeuX9NbDmDPEExdT9eAucqudWlIJT2RU2zq7Fj9y8n1oqXzb6PiQSd_cN_2OwqOM6jgO9FGNH1iBlIFSrssTaLqYN-A5zLMALIYVpmNKIANhtNhCeiRm4ftPGOnvcnHzEzRqkezy_JwBQxE/w640-h310/MC2%20and%20the%20Ultimate%20Universe%20main%20image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There’s a humourous nod to the then-fledgling <b>Ultimate Spider-Man</b>
series in the pages of <b>2002’s</b> <b>Spider-Girl #49</b> during the
flashback to <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-amazingly-bombastic-bag-man.html">Peter</a>
<a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/04/six-armed-spider-man.html">Parker</a></b>
aka <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/08/who-saved-peters-life-mc2-theory.html">Spider-Man’s</a></b>
final battle with <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/05/osborn-name-origins.html">Norman</a>
<a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-osborn-family-tree.html">Osborn</a></b>
aka <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/12/norman-osborn-in-mc2.html">The
Green Goblin</a></b> which resulted in <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/09/peter-parkers-lost-leg-physiological.html">Peter</a></b>
losing his right lower leg and <b>Norman’s</b> death. Interrupted during the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/11/mattie-franklin-in-mc2.html">Gathering
of Five</a></b> ceremony, <b>Osborn</b> declares he ‘<i>was on the verse of
ultimate POWER!</i>’ to which Spider-Man quips ‘<i>Sorry about that! I guess
you’ll just have to settle for <b>Ultimate Spider-Man</b>—which is a lot more
entertaining!</i>’ <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7y5KQoNHioQGlKovRGiJfTfV5C4g-EAgX0UcUHY6BqGIJwCzTBn8ajGodOf7kZU2liiDujAmlYKz4LVZLucFc0kdyEH8bAxNR8FHYwX2xc6jMSwDjzPyRlq8pV4bxViaVt-L8Szg6JCDM0dAUXAPAsqK0bdmEB8BOLB9yZZZAtxFrrrN4406NyLoKxvk/s3056/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20049-017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7y5KQoNHioQGlKovRGiJfTfV5C4g-EAgX0UcUHY6BqGIJwCzTBn8ajGodOf7kZU2liiDujAmlYKz4LVZLucFc0kdyEH8bAxNR8FHYwX2xc6jMSwDjzPyRlq8pV4bxViaVt-L8Szg6JCDM0dAUXAPAsqK0bdmEB8BOLB9yZZZAtxFrrrN4406NyLoKxvk/w416-h640/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20049-017.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><o:p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-aZruBgSm3MoctTA4HJpNJvbQoISRcYtdc6XVFJUjx7PmRRgxfMvRp7iESZ1mJYaLxyWV2Q3N8VIJpzEiuavSTwluJbR6NOHCZIG_77ymq6wmGwJzGv0nx0nMdw3tEdhb5wOacolNN6UzcD9OsVTrm0JS57NB9rbvnCOFCsiZLoACjZ0-W8OYyRwB4Xs/s3056/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20049-018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-aZruBgSm3MoctTA4HJpNJvbQoISRcYtdc6XVFJUjx7PmRRgxfMvRp7iESZ1mJYaLxyWV2Q3N8VIJpzEiuavSTwluJbR6NOHCZIG_77ymq6wmGwJzGv0nx0nMdw3tEdhb5wOacolNN6UzcD9OsVTrm0JS57NB9rbvnCOFCsiZLoACjZ0-W8OYyRwB4Xs/w416-h640/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20049-018.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><br /></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ironically, while we saw the <b>MC2’s Spider-Man</b> and <b>Green
Goblin</b> face off in their final fight, their counterparts were also squaring
off in the pages of <b>Ultimate Spider-Man</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNODROiscN72j0qQIEaDoPWe1Nuvt4PDv7Cf3495F1aCfKEWmQALnJFhkzgZe9f_sMDN5FvkOxoBrAd4ScTJ7Wt2SMu-J0gtwh7YSr_MqjDg3nG_fHqM3IqrS0S3wWeqC13pzni5EZwCEdJR5tMSQrMiOv8XYKr2bkRawFnhslzyLY4fhHJIp_Um_aDF4/s900/Ultimate_Spider-Man_Vol_1_24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="608" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNODROiscN72j0qQIEaDoPWe1Nuvt4PDv7Cf3495F1aCfKEWmQALnJFhkzgZe9f_sMDN5FvkOxoBrAd4ScTJ7Wt2SMu-J0gtwh7YSr_MqjDg3nG_fHqM3IqrS0S3wWeqC13pzni5EZwCEdJR5tMSQrMiOv8XYKr2bkRawFnhslzyLY4fhHJIp_Um_aDF4/w432-h640/Ultimate_Spider-Man_Vol_1_24.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now here’s a more direct connection from the pages of <b>Ultimate
Comics Ultimates #30</b>. When <b>Kang</b> (actually an alternate reality future
<b>Susan Storm</b> from <b>Universe-13074</b>) warns the villainous <b>Reed
Richards aka The Maker </b>(of the <b>Ultimate</b> <b>Universe-1610</b>) of the
coming cataclysm that will destroy everything. Informing him of the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/02/when-thanos-met-spider-girl.html">Infinity
Gems</a></b> (of which the <b>Ultimate Universe</b> apparently has 8 in total) needed
to avert this disaster, <b>The Maker</b> and his team of<b> ‘Dark Ultimates’</b>
battled the <b>Ultimates</b> for their possession. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-odk5G0kywkZjaBik_unPOWQZADCZU1Ggw7I_d7CMZfTMQ5E_EJI-Q9Nn4otXsjdqrVmXVHIsTpeUG9GOkgtQAi3oYJ_PD7AfEPyl5QAsOEgKk8XoBV9yOwBIKdjyKO64K4Szv0Eld6QbbHhC1t9w0oGUltq8KXGxUqkH2jyu27p-6RytzIcQGVM0pc/s3056/Ultimate%20Comics%20Ultimates%20030-013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-odk5G0kywkZjaBik_unPOWQZADCZU1Ggw7I_d7CMZfTMQ5E_EJI-Q9Nn4otXsjdqrVmXVHIsTpeUG9GOkgtQAi3oYJ_PD7AfEPyl5QAsOEgKk8XoBV9yOwBIKdjyKO64K4Szv0Eld6QbbHhC1t9w0oGUltq8KXGxUqkH2jyu27p-6RytzIcQGVM0pc/w416-h640/Ultimate%20Comics%20Ultimates%20030-013.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGKewW_meQ1oVrR7LAlZAESNxxy7Ef0GDIQlddVutjBgCbUghvpon0Nc2pTrqrETFPBawvZx6BfshCl0FXKb48sreH3Ilo-hd-t51ChEZXg1c6u0vJpGZtIanvKauj6N3Cs4O3H4gTujTE_8iQ6Mm89rqW2IE1JNl4dODtr7LwtN7l28yuANxr_k4kbw/s3056/Ultimate%20Comics%20Ultimates%20030-014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGKewW_meQ1oVrR7LAlZAESNxxy7Ef0GDIQlddVutjBgCbUghvpon0Nc2pTrqrETFPBawvZx6BfshCl0FXKb48sreH3Ilo-hd-t51ChEZXg1c6u0vJpGZtIanvKauj6N3Cs4O3H4gTujTE_8iQ6Mm89rqW2IE1JNl4dODtr7LwtN7l28yuANxr_k4kbw/w416-h640/Ultimate%20Comics%20Ultimates%20030-014.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">However, just as <b>Tony Stark</b> aka <b>Iron Man</b> gains
control of the <b>Infinity Gems</b> using his armour, everyone is struck down
by an energy flux that shows visions of the various characters’ alternate
universe counterparts. Among them, <b>Ben Grimm</b> aka <b>The Thing</b> see’s
his counterpart from the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/07/history-of-mc2-fantastic-four.html">Fantastic
Five</a></b> of <b>Universe-982</b> better known as the <b>MC2</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltO8aM3EyB6_cG-XndcUbFleZP0ii1GJ1w8P1Wz6xX51MjGonDn17z5_VTRT0IYJxuTf0MyPfE4c7pMml8IZ8LdYkxjj4s-XwVQShSG5x0iap_GJ3mO7nZfIIM0H0FYmGE1PYE3CpGix7w6FWk83Jhw_0z8Cqfa48tzC5tHG5oeos3x8gT7C0tDNROr0/s3056/Ultimate%20Comics%20Ultimates%20030-015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltO8aM3EyB6_cG-XndcUbFleZP0ii1GJ1w8P1Wz6xX51MjGonDn17z5_VTRT0IYJxuTf0MyPfE4c7pMml8IZ8LdYkxjj4s-XwVQShSG5x0iap_GJ3mO7nZfIIM0H0FYmGE1PYE3CpGix7w6FWk83Jhw_0z8Cqfa48tzC5tHG5oeos3x8gT7C0tDNROr0/w416-h640/Ultimate%20Comics%20Ultimates%20030-015.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As for the cause of the sudden energy flux everyone
experienced its origin lies in the pages of the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/02/mc2-avengers-cameos.html">Age of
Ultron</a></b> event wherein the space-time continuum itself is broken as
result of it’s abuse in an attempt to stop the reign of <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/10/ultron-in-mc2.html">Ultron</a> </b>(<b>Age
of Ultron #10</b>). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Once again, I have to stress just how significant this
time-breaking is/was and how useful a piece of continuity it truly is for any
*ahem* future <b>MC2</b> writers who may wish to make use of the fallout from
the events of <b>Age of Ultron</b> to ignore certain plot points. As always a
huge thank you to <b>arias-98105</b> for helping me out on this one!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until we get an <b>Ultimate Comics Ultimate MC2 Universe</b>
reboot requel relaunch crossover spectacular in 10 years time, I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat<o:p></o:p></p>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-57480992755162673532023-08-28T16:10:00.002+10:002023-08-28T16:10:44.910+10:00Who Was Mary MacLeod?<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I am going far a field for this one! I had trouble
justifying my recent little post about <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/04/william-wild-will-fitzpatrick.html">William
‘Wild Will’ Fitzpatrick</a></b> as it wasn’t directly related to the <b>MC2</b> at
all, and was just something I wanted to cover to break me out of my writer’s
block. Today is a similar post not directly pertaining to the <b>MC2</b>, but I
am hoping to build this and the previously mentioned post along with other
related posts into a rather large combined entry in the <b>MC2 Family Tree</b> series.
Today, we will be looking at the <b>Marvel</b> character <b>Mary
MacLeod</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAyB6Z1PNbh4nbzs1sPvTmHPP2LY-LorKJD48dizZtXwDJD-9En0EWM3yIWYmxp6rCpc2_d801FbsLeJqDQ41Hd4XNIZFrMYAeerw435eCWmhtThL2zK7_MPEhfg6LFwEAthiKJ3-5ytoiiCMSVYGf4tWHV791pdeEpyDEhqtW1k9Kr5MyrPEpqfO-zg/s1612/Mary%20MacLeod%20main%20image%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="1612" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAyB6Z1PNbh4nbzs1sPvTmHPP2LY-LorKJD48dizZtXwDJD-9En0EWM3yIWYmxp6rCpc2_d801FbsLeJqDQ41Hd4XNIZFrMYAeerw435eCWmhtThL2zK7_MPEhfg6LFwEAthiKJ3-5ytoiiCMSVYGf4tWHV791pdeEpyDEhqtW1k9Kr5MyrPEpqfO-zg/w640-h346/Mary%20MacLeod%20main%20image%201.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Who is <b>Mary MacLeod</b>? Why am I talking about her? What
does she have to do with anything? Well, let us start at the beginning…which is
also the end. Confused? Let me explain. In <b>1990</b> the long-gestating,
gorgeously illustrated graphic novel <b>Spider-Man: Spirits of the Earth</b> by
<b>Charles Vess</b> was released. In its pages <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/09/peter-parkers-lost-leg-physiological.html">Peter</a></b>
and <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/10/spider-symmetry-mary-jane-and-smythe.html">Mary
Jane</a></b> take ‘<i>a sort of second honeymoon</i>’ to <b>Scotland</b> when <b>Mary
Jane</b> is bequeathed the estate of her relative, <b>Mrs MacLeod</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_G5QB3ab9BIqtlxQUPcjEZnaZZaf3TvlJcQa6LoseyrBp33eecW2BQRvCh1SzjAtACwQPUx2rKU7vNHLmDA-6nEAzqj2PvpmM2a_806OnQik3wqADYwgMiynF6vgn1dcG5Sl8D3MJ_v-N0w1jpfHLeC1fCMoyoiRyRrOGzahGuVnkO_4D6TwhmuqaMcY/s3056/Amazing%20Spider-Man%20-%20Spirits%20of%20the%20Earth%20(1990)-008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_G5QB3ab9BIqtlxQUPcjEZnaZZaf3TvlJcQa6LoseyrBp33eecW2BQRvCh1SzjAtACwQPUx2rKU7vNHLmDA-6nEAzqj2PvpmM2a_806OnQik3wqADYwgMiynF6vgn1dcG5Sl8D3MJ_v-N0w1jpfHLeC1fCMoyoiRyRrOGzahGuVnkO_4D6TwhmuqaMcY/w416-h640/Amazing%20Spider-Man%20-%20Spirits%20of%20the%20Earth%20(1990)-008.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We learn from a letter written and mailed before <b>Mrs
MacLeod’s</b> death that her home county of <b>Ross-Shire</b> (which is a real
place by the way) is being bought up by business developers with plans to
destroy the area’s natural beauty. Travelling to <b>Scotland</b> to untangle legal
matters, <b>Peter</b> and <b>Mary Jane</b> rent a room in the village’s local inn
for a week. The publican <b>Alan Sinclair</b> correctly identifies the couple
as ‘<b><i>Mr and Mrs Parker</i></b>’ and informs <b>Mary Jane</b> he has been
expecting ‘<b><i>the niece of Mary MacLeod</i></b>’ for some time. While the village
is not named, we can use context and geography to identify it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The village is near <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncraig_Castle">Duncraig Castle</a></b>
(another real place, though greatly fictionalised here) overlooking <b>Lochalsh</b>
or <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Alsh">Loch Alsh</a></b> (that’s
‘<b>Lake’ Alsh</b> for those not in the know, yet again a real place) and
thanks to the letter <b>Mary MacLeod</b> wrote to her niece, we even have the postcode
‘<b>IV40</b>’. Putting all this together, it appears the village just might be <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_of_Lochalsh">Kyle of Lochalsh</a></b>
which looks out at <b>Loch Alsh</b> and is located a few minutes’ drive from <b>Duncraig
Castle</b>. An essay written by <b>Charles Vess’</b> which was published alongside
the story confirms these very real locations he visited on his many travels to <b>Scotland’s
Highlands</b>, with an additional point of interest being that <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilean_Donan">Eilean Donan Castle</a></b> seems
to be the visual inspiration for <b>Duncraig</b> <b>Castle</b>, given it resembles
a castle unlike <b>Duncraig</b>. Further, <b>Mr Vess</b> begs forgiveness from the people of the
<b>Highlands</b> ‘<i>for stretching and rearranging their landscape and
villages to suit the requirements of my story.</i>’ A class act.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let us circle back to <b>Mary MacLeod</b>. As mentioned
above the barkeep <b>Alan Sinclair</b> refers to <b>Mary Jane Parker</b> as <b>Mary’s</b>
niece, but also says ‘<i>A fine lady was our <b>Mary</b>, she spoke of you manys
the time. It’s pleased I am to be meetin’ a relation of herself.</i>’ When Mary
Jane and Peter visit the church graveyard, <b>Mary Jane</b> reflects ‘<i>the
letters she wrote always made me feel so close. I almost felt as if I knew her.</i>’
In the <b>MacLeod Croft</b>, while looking at <b>Mary’s</b> photos, <b>Mary
Jane</b> notes ‘<i>look…her whole life is in these pictures and, oh <b>Peter</b>,
here she is at my christening.</i>’ Together, these comments paint a picture of
a solitary older woman who cherished her niece or grand-niece as she had no family
of her own. While the honorific ‘Mrs’ may indicate <b>MacLeod</b> is <b>Mary’s</b>
married name, ‘Mrs’ is also used for older women and those who preference it.
If <b>MacLeod</b> were the maiden name, it could be argued that <b>Mary Jane’s</b>
mother <b>Madeline</b> was also a <b>MacLeod</b> before marriage which would
make <b>Mary Jane’s</b> family heritage almost indisputably <b>Scottish</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As I’ve touched upon in my <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-osborn-family-tree.html">Osborn
Family Tree</a></b> and <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-osborn-family-tree.html">Osborn Name
Origins</a></b> there are some interesting real-world tidbits we can learn from
surnames and their origins. <b>Watson</b> is a <a href="https://www.houseofnames.com/Watson-family-crest/Scottish">common</a> <b>Scottish</b>
and <b>English</b> with <a href="https://www.houseofnames.com/Watson-family-crest/Scottish">ancient</a> <b>Anglo-Saxon</b>
origins. <b>MacLeod</b> as a <a href="https://www.houseofnames.com/macleod-family-crest">surname</a> is of <b>Scottish</b>
origin, being an anglicised form of the <b>Scottish</b> <b>Gaelic</b> surname <b><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacLe%C3%B2id">MacLeòid</a></i></b><i> </i>meaning
‘<i><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 107%;">son of Leòd</span></i>’ and derived
from <b>Old Norse</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Finally, we learn that <b>Mary</b> attended the christening
of <b>Mary Jane</b>, presumably an infant at the time, which further defines
the family’s religion or cultural practices as some form of <b>Christianity</b>,
which fits well with a <b>Scottish</b> background with it is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Scotland">largest religious
denomination</a> in the country. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This last point is not factual, but worth meditating on. The
story of <b>Spirits of the Earth</b> features three <b>Mary’s</b>: <b>Mary
MacLeod</b> who’s correspondence and passing brings Peter and Mary Jane to
Scotland where the events unfold, <b><a href="http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/darkmair.htm">Dark Mairi of the Shore</a></b>,
a mysterious and magical old woman who communes with the fairies and spirits,
and <b>Mary Jane Parker</b> who becomes heavily involved in events, even aiding
<b>Mairi</b> by adding her own youthful spirit and energy to bring down a
cavern at the stories climax. Notably, when glimpsed from afar, <b>Mairi</b>
appeared as a youthful redheaded woman with a resemblance to <b>Mary Jane</b>.
I wonder if <b>Mary MacLeod</b> had red hair too?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Despite not even appearing once, <b>Mary MacLeod</b> provides
us a rare glimpse into the broader history, culture, religion, and geography surrounding
<b>Mary Jane Watson’s</b> family. It is also nice to know that should the <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-parker-family-home.html">Parker
Family</a> ever travel to <b>Scotland</b>, they have a nice little cottage with a
sublime view waiting for them. A wholehearted special thanks to both <b>maydaymemer</b>
and <b>arias-98105</b> for their help on this one, it’s greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Until I crack the Watson Family Tree and retire to the
Isles, I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat<o:p></o:p></p>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-16405605141475879882023-08-21T19:54:00.005+10:002023-08-21T20:05:11.585+10:00Venom and Eminem<p>Today I present for your consideration an old post I wrote back in <b>2018ish</b> on <b>Tumblr (</b>when it was relevant) following the release of <b>Sony's </b>first <b>Venom </b>movie. It's a bit of a departure from my usual musings but I'm fairly happy with the analysis younger me produced. My hope is that I can preserve some of my older material here for future me to re-discover. Who knows, maybe someone else will find it interesting? Anyway, enjoy!</p><p> <span style="color: #494949; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Venom and Eminem</span></p><div class="copy" style="color: #6e7173; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; padding: 10px;"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I’ve recently had a few people ask me my opinion on the song ‘Venom’ by Eminem for the soundtrack of the titular film. So here we go:</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Despite perhaps not being top-tier in terms of his best work, Eminem’s Venom song does hold more merit than might be thought from your first listen. </p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="825" data-orig-width="550" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="825" data-orig-width="550" height="750" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/f96b2c31a84683ba579cac5aead7a961/ed335262876decce-e2/s500x750/eff3b3af3ebcb0e8fbcc32aa386deac9c6e63b7f.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">For those only familiar with his early hits or present day charting singles, Eminem frequently utilizes more than one persona for his various songs: Eminem (the Rap God), Marshall Mathers (the man behind the facade) and Slim Shady (the dark and offensive Evil Twin). </p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="913" data-orig-width="736" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="913" data-orig-width="736" height="620" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/f5620ad86acfd5b2cebdca56996fa5f0/ed335262876decce-ca/s500x750/4ce3041afa78f9b8c1246894b4a6d71c8e73408c.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Through his early career the artist became mostly associated with his Slim Shady persona, partly because of which songs became hits and which lyrics drew negative media attention and partly because he encouraged it and even enjoyed it. <br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Over the years, he’s come out with many songs discussing his meteoric rise to fame, his poor handling of the popularity and the scrutiny of media associated with living in the public eye. His marriage fell apart, he was banned in places and demonstrated against. He was a villain because he gave into his dark impulses and didn’t care who got hurt as a result. Sound familiar?</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1559" data-orig-width="993" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="1559" data-orig-width="993" height="785" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/da8b027c35d7ee4edde5e6270c2f45af/ed335262876decce-9e/s540x810/3e6cc0fc7410d89b198993144ac1911ade71baad.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1946" data-orig-width="1280" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="1946" data-orig-width="1280" height="760" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/7bcf1f49f2c0a41c3a15d94461a5f1bf/ed335262876decce-e0/s540x810/b00a6c6cca2b5b93f622a19bef6de2005ea499d0.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1928" data-orig-width="1280" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="1928" data-orig-width="1280" height="753" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/68a0a50de630d27ce97c3123a8f87f62/ed335262876decce-65/s540x810/7afc5393475bfc704510adc3d122c8bae8221881.jpg" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Venom started out as a villain who gained popularity exceptionally quickly and was later transitioned into an anti-hero as a result. Often described as an evil counterpart to Spider-Man, the combination of the alien symbiote and former journalist turned obsessive Spidey stalker Eddie Brock, Venom never actually corrupted it’s former host Spider-Man. In fact, until Eddie came along the symbiote was merely a glorified tool, an extension of the hosts will. Under Eddie’s influence Venom suddenly became a fearsome malevolence that hurt and killed those in their way without remorse and justified and rationalized their actions so as to never blame themselves. </p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><blockquote style="border-left: 4px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); margin: 10px 0px 10px 10px; padding-left: 15px;"><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>'Ever since I came along<br />From the day the song called “Hi! My Name Is” dropped<br />Started thinking my name was fault<br />'Cause anytime things went wrong<br />I was the one who they would blame it on<br />The media made me the equivalent of a modern-day Genghis Khan’</i></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">–Guts Over Fear</p></blockquote><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Further into his career, Em tried to transition himself into a more sympathetic light, with more singles and album tracks focusing on his personal struggles and private life, while still maintaining the harder edge and unapologetic attitude that made him famous. In terms of trajectory, this very much mirrors Venom’s repositioning into an anti-hero in the comics. In more recent times we’ve seen Em address his own status as a villain in the industry including attempts to make amends with such songs as 'Headlights’ and 'Bad Husband’ as well as more vulnerable songs like 'Walk on Water’ and ‘In Your Head’. </p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><blockquote style="border-left: 4px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); margin: 10px 0px 10px 10px; padding-left: 15px;"><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>‘H<a href="https://href.li/?https://genius.com/Eminem-in-your-head-lyrics#note-13276215" style="color: #6e7173;">ailie, baby, I didn’t mean to make you eighty/Percent of what I rapped about</a>/ <a href="https://href.li/?https://genius.com/Eminem-in-your-head-lyrics#note-13291406" style="color: #6e7173;">Maybe I shoulda did a better job at separating/Shady and entertaining from real life/But this fame thing is still the hardest thing to explain/It’s the craziest shit I/Ever seen, and back then it was like I ain’t even/Bothered taking into consideration/You one day being older and may hear me say things</a>/<a href="https://href.li/?https://genius.com/Eminem-in-your-head-lyrics#note-15493451" style="color: #6e7173;">I didn’t (A) mean and (B) just ain’t me</a>/’</i></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">–In Your Head</p></blockquote><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">There’s almost a one to one comparison between the character of Venom and the artist Marshall Mathers. Eddie blames others or deflects responsibility for his behaviour, as Em often dismissed criticism of his foul and offensive lyrics as just his art - the work of his evil other half, Slim Shady- not intended to be taken seriously. Both became overnight hits, both became more sympathetic overtime and both seemingly flit between the role of villain and anti-hero in their respective mediums and in the eyes of fans.<br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">The song Venom itself makes for a microcosm of themes. The song starts by claiming it’s for those who’ve been given a ’<i>raw deal</i>’ and are feeling angry. This can be read as referring to both Eddie Brock and Marshall himself when they were at low points in life. then we are introduced to a few themes with <i>'When something’s in your mitochondrial/ 'Cause it latched on to you’</i> conjuring images of the alien symbiote and <i>'Knock knock, let the devil in, malevolent/ As I’ve ever been, head spinnin’, this medicine’</i> using the symbiote as a metaphor for his past drug dependence and bad behaviour. These ideas reoccur throughout the song, with shifting meanings as the song progresses. <i>'shoulda been dead a long time ago’</i> can also be read as referring to both Em’s near death experience via overdose before going sober and Eddie Brock’s attempted suicide and/or cancer diagnosis before finding the symbiote.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">The chorus makes reference to the erratic behaviour of both Eddie and Marshall with <i>’ Venom, (I got that) adrenaline momentum/ And I’m not knowin’ when I’m/ Ever gonna slow up and I’m/ Ready to snap any moment I’m/ Thinkin’ it’s time to go get 'em/ (W-w-when they get bit with the-)/ Venom’</i>. There’s also not-so-subtle references here to the adrenaline rush a person feels when using certain drugs, which also describes the way Eddie feels when empowered by the alien symbiote. </p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Another commonality, Venom and Eminem are known for using descriptions of over the top violent acts, often for humourous effect. The humour is also juxtaposed against the dark themes of the song or the actions taken. This can be seen to address the power fantasy of both Eddie Brock’s newfound abilities and Marshall’s fame and influence, which inevitably results in them abusing their abilities and status. Tell me that doesn’t remind you of anyone else?</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="867" data-orig-width="879" style="margin: 0px; position: relative;"><img alt="image" data-orig-height="867" data-orig-width="879" height="493" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/d3f2ea5db644cb00214d372f0e01bd49/ed335262876decce-30/s500x750/76c3301f235ecf3efd9dcd1fa55a3165d96007f0.png" style="max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></figure><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><blockquote style="border-left: 4px solid rgb(220, 220, 220); margin: 10px 0px 10px 10px; padding-left: 15px;"><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>'Then I wait to face the demons I’m bonded to/ 'Cause they’re chasin’ me but I’m part of you/ So escapin’ me is impossible/ I latch onto you like a—parasite/ And I probably ruined your parents’ life/ And your childhood too/'Cause if I’m the music that y'all grew up on/I’m responsible for you retarded fools/ I’m the super villain Dad and Mom was losin’ their marbles to/ You marvel that? Eddie Brock is you/ And I’m the suit, so call me—/ Venom’</i><br /></p></blockquote><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">While the symbiote is initially used as a way to talk about the dark side of Marshall’s personality, fame and former drug addiction, by the song’s conclusion he admits that despite his decade of sobriety and efforts to change, the darkness always resided within him. Unlike Eddie Brock, Marshall is taking responsibility for his actions. However, if Em is the symbiote suit, then he’s granting great power, and it’s up to the audience (’<i>Eddie Brock is you’</i>) to use it responsibly.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Or maybe it’s all just a catchy song to sell records?</p></div>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-88701456910500923572023-08-18T19:34:00.000+10:002023-08-18T19:34:14.500+10:00Video Games in the MC2<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">For today’s post, I wanted to try something a little
different, by taking a look at video games and how they are referenced in the
pages of <b>MC2 comics</b>. Video games, like comics are another often
overlooked part of the pop culture landscape which gets little respect so this
cross-pollination of media is an interesting lens to look through and get a
glimpse of the world as it was at various points in the <b>MC2’s</b>
publication history. This is <b>Video Games in the MC2</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdHHPVH7Cv1mJWkQCONqRgQi_1Vjn1EWBeImqOiYlBFL1kAjzScpZi7LG_KFxvj4FRhQD5InruNu96vFr2KCZlIeVz0tGrqMr08seLIbfiHwA_AOpbyw2np1Z3ed3Wc2rZflLK-1Vyr87DPy_SQUGRKnw0MP4dL3clPqf723qhvMIWa7S_HDrhhvtRrmY/s1456/367502074_165594253220578_7148543865589804137_n.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="912" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdHHPVH7Cv1mJWkQCONqRgQi_1Vjn1EWBeImqOiYlBFL1kAjzScpZi7LG_KFxvj4FRhQD5InruNu96vFr2KCZlIeVz0tGrqMr08seLIbfiHwA_AOpbyw2np1Z3ed3Wc2rZflLK-1Vyr87DPy_SQUGRKnw0MP4dL3clPqf723qhvMIWa7S_HDrhhvtRrmY/w400-h640/367502074_165594253220578_7148543865589804137_n.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">First up, we have an unidentified (and possibly fictional) video
game that <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/03/j2s-costumes.html">J2</a></b>
aka <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-xavier-marko-family-tree.html">Zane
Yama</a></b> is seen playing in <b>A-Next #9</b>. <b>J2</b> tells <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/06/mainframes-robotic-shells.html">Mainframe</a></b>
he is playing ‘<i>one of those <b>first person shooters</b>’</i>. Playing the
game helped him decide how he would vote when the team were debating whether to
make the perilous journey to another universe. Notably, the <b>console’s
controller</b> has a retro design with only two face buttons which are contrasted
by other elements; it is wireless and has a small screen and works in
conjunction with what appears to be either <b>Virtual Reality glasses </b>or <b>3D
glasses</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Next up, we have another video game device which <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-logan-family-tree.html">Rina
Logan</a></b> aka <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/01/wild-thing-6-untold-story.html">Wild
Thing</a></b> enjoys playing. This one is a hand-held console that uses a <b>VR
headset</b>. If <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/10/bullseye-in-mc2.html">Elektra</a></b>
is to be trusted on matters of up-to-date gaming technology, this unidentified
console uses cartridges rather than disks. <b>Rina</b> has hacked and modified
the fighting action game, allowing her to customise the main character’s appearance
to resemble her costumed alter-ego, <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2017/03/wild-thing-random-appearances.html">Wild
Thing</a></b>. This was apparently for a computer class project for which <b>Rina</b>
received an ‘<b>A</b>’ grade. <b>Kuroyama</b>, the villainous assassin of the <b>Hand</b>,
now rebuilt as a cyborg with a built-in <b>attack computer</b> that uses a <b>virtual
reality matrix</b> is inadvertently defeated with one hit after appearing
within <b>Rina’s</b> video game (<b>Wild Thing #2</b>).<b> <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ePGQscLDTusofhNgTFGbSqsnOf1dPXdLY-OrWKQh7oR5_rtNwrvmNkQjpCQVPihz8uGh_IWgy_lOO7GDNmgYVLyrQ8OUaBIviXZybLy_A63GzYVpoy0KI3AaZAwt8VVp_L8Hjz-q2WL3xPDh556IGct6MauzEhB142u0A1z5vmqPQgXVmhFYGLNIt3I/s3056/Wild%20Thing%20002-002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ePGQscLDTusofhNgTFGbSqsnOf1dPXdLY-OrWKQh7oR5_rtNwrvmNkQjpCQVPihz8uGh_IWgy_lOO7GDNmgYVLyrQ8OUaBIviXZybLy_A63GzYVpoy0KI3AaZAwt8VVp_L8Hjz-q2WL3xPDh556IGct6MauzEhB142u0A1z5vmqPQgXVmhFYGLNIt3I/w416-h640/Wild%20Thing%20002-002.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIxXbQwdHjqSICys3KcZy2bnPDX1oV2i81bm-8TD9zQhO9_ruJaD7NcwkToYlAjZSAk2wvlO2lXG9qBwPF-B3T5MAEtNXMwZVPHrbOPFsqGzWONhKJ6Xlyz9jGYg_nTXk2pKxONvqbi6MsawUu6k9gGgZbsoKzVKJDf5vHaqTmljNj6JViTB4WwFw3qM/s3056/Wild%20Thing%20002-009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p class="MsoNormal">Apparently in keeping with the <b>MC2’s</b> tradition of ‘themed
months,’ we get another video game reference in another second issue. This time
in <b>Fantastic Five (vol. 1) #2</b> we are introduced to <b>Doctor Lenny
Gilcrest</b>, a genius who designed a best-selling video game while still in high
school who now works for <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/06/maria-hill-in-mc2.html">S.H.I.E.L.D.</a></b>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Gilcrest’s</b> first project for <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/05/shield-in-mc2.html">S.H.I.E.L.D.</a></b>
is a <b>Super Android</b> dubbed <b>Superoid</b> which the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/07/history-of-mc2-fantastic-four.html">Fantastic</a><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/11/carlos-pachecos-influence-on-mc2.html">
Five</a></b> help field test. When <b>Lenny</b> is captured, the <b>Superoid</b>
is quickly hijacked by the <b>Wizard’s Warriors</b> thanks to <b>Gilcrest’s</b>
habit of using the same programming command structure for all his video games. I
am curious if one of <b>Lenny’s</b> video games was among those played by <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-next-ages-j2.html">J2</a></b> or <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/06/mc2-lost-issues.html">Wild Thing</a></b>?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just two months later in the pages of <b>Wild Thing #4</b> we
see <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/11/sachi-yama-in-616.html">J2</a></b>
playing what is almost certainly a <b>Sega Dreamcast</b> console, judging by
the distinct controller. The <b>Dreamcast</b> would have been a very relevant console
to reference, given its <b>North American</b> release in <b>September 1999</b>,
mere months before this issue was released. Not a lot of lead time for artist <b>Ron
Lim</b>, but the <b>Dreamcast</b> had already debuted in <b>Japan</b> the year
before making it more plausible. I initially thought <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/09/missed-mc2-costumes.html">Juggie
Junior</a></b> was playing <b>Doom</b>, but having checked online, it appears
the title never officially came to the <b>Dreamcast</b>. Suffice it say, the
game appears to be another <b>first-person shooter</b> in the same vein as the <b>Doom
</b>series.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The <b>Wild Thing</b> series is apparently the unlikely
focus for this post, because in the very next issue we get a throw away
reference to <b>Rina’s</b> school crush <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/12/wild-thing-handbook-correction.html">Colin
Brewster’s</a></b> father. According to <b>Colin</b>, his dad created a
computer game with a giant robot that resembled their crash-site discovery: <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-iron-despot.html">The Iron
Despot</a>. After his initial excitement, <b>Colin</b> soon realizes this is no
game and eventually the day is saved when <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/06/history-of-mc2-x-men.html">Wild
Thing</a></b> tricks the <b>Iron Despot</b> into a sinkhole (<b>Wild Thing #5</b>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In <b>Avengers Next #1</b> we glimpse yet another <b>first-person
shooter</b> that <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/05/professor-charles-xavier-in-mc2.html">J2</a></b>
and <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/02/bluestreaks-costumes.html">Bluestreak</a></b>
are playing together in <b>Avengers Compound</b>. The controllers appear to be <b>Xbox
360 controllers</b> given their shape, design, and wireless status. This
suggests they are playing on an <b>Xbox 360 console</b>, which was first released
in late <b>2005</b> which fits with the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-next-infinity-comic-review.html">Avengers
Next</a> mini-series</b> which came out a year later in late <b>2006</b>
Notably, the game display on the television has three player screens, so presumably
<b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/02/bluestreaks-costumes.html">Bluestreak</a></b>
is multitasking. We can also see three gamertags listed: <b>896-T</b>,<b>
569-BStreak</b> and <b>998-J2</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That is it for today’s post but if I scrounge up enough material,
I may produce a sequel to this post. I think it is interesting to look at the <b>MC2</b>
through the lens of the video game industry and see what was in the zeitgeist during
the imprint’s run. It is fun to think the <b>MC2</b> saw <b>VR games</b> as the
future for the video game industry way back in the late 90’s and I had a blast
trying to figure out what consoles were real and which were fictional. Special
thanks to <b>arias-98105</b> and the <b><a href="http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/index.html">Video Game Console
Library</a></b>, I could not have produced this post without their help.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I learn how to mod old video games to add custom <b>Spider-Girl</b>
player models, I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-85184303499982833642023-07-27T21:36:00.001+10:002023-07-27T22:27:48.991+10:00Mayday's Eyes<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">With <b>Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</b> bringing
more attention to our favourite <b>MC2</b>-alumni with the introduction of <b>Peter
B Parker</b> and <b>Mary Jane Watson-Parker’s</b> adorable baby daughter <b>Mayday
Parker</b>, I thought now would be the perfect time to discuss <b>Mayday’s Eyes</b>.
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">One of the most notable talking points in the lead-up to <b>Across
the Spider-Verse</b> was baby <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/05/baby-mayday-in-across-spider-verse.html">Mayday’s</a></b>
unique eye colour choice; <b><i>heterochromia</i></b>. This was seen in the
officially released concept art which coincided with the first trailer’s debut
online. With one iris <b>blue</b> and the other <b>brown</b> the design was
distinctive, but having viewed the film, it did not appear to have been retained
for the character as she appeared on screen. Unless I am mistaken, baby <b>Mayday</b>
on the big screen had two <b>blue eyes</b>. Presumably in both cases the intent
was to show <b>Mayday</b> inherited her eye colour from her parents, with <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/09/peter-parkers-lost-leg-physiological.html">Peter B</a></b> having <b>brown eyes</b> and this <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/10/spider-symmetry-mary-jane-and-smythe.html">Mary
Jane</a></b> having <b>blue eyes</b> in her brief appearances. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now, let’s take look at the eye colour of the <b>MC2’s</b> <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/10/halloween-spider-girls-birthday.html">May
‘Mayday’ Parker</a></b>. While the comics have often been inconsistent with varying
eye colours between issues, there is one colour that <b>Mayday</b> appears to
have more consistently: <b>blue</b>. This is supported by a rather obscure source
for official character information: <b>Spider-Girl Battlebook: Streets of Fire</b>.
As I <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2013/06/mays-weight.html">mentioned</a>
a very long time ago, with a cover date of <b>November 1998</b>, this was the
first published source to provide officially approved physical characteristics
for <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/09/spider-girls-spider-signal.html">May
‘Mayday’ Parker</a></b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">However, when the <b>Official Handbook of the Marvel
Universe: Women of Marvel 2005</b> gave us a full profile for <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/06/spider-girls-first-web-shooters.html">Spider-Girl</a></b>,
<b>Mayday</b> was instead listed as having <b>brown</b> eyes. This was corrected
to <b>blue</b> once again when the <b>Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
A to Z Hardcover Vol. 11</b> updated the profile information. It is worth
noting that the <b>Main Marvel Universe</b> and <b>MC2 Mary Jane</b> is firmly established
to have <b>green eyes</b> and similarly, <b>Peter</b> has <b>hazel eyes</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now, let us look at one other aspect of <b>May ‘Mayday’ Parker’s</b>
eyes you may not have considered: poor vision. If we go all the way back to the
beginning with <b>What If #105</b>, we do briefly glimpse <b>May</b> rocking
glasses, presumably for some kind of vision impairment. Notably, this instance
takes place shortly after <b>Mayday’s</b> powers first manifested during a
basketball game and she does not continue to wear them in future appearances. As
far as I can tell, the only other occasions of <b>May</b> donning eyewear are
for the purposes of fashion, disguise, or safety such as <b>Spider-Girl</b> <b>#42</b>, <b>#60</b>,<b> #65</b> and <b>Amazing Spider-Girl #20</b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNh9mNHzwVV52NulIYiRAXcdxMIJ2IAKEVd7ikBljLQJ_6YBiJthCX1S2zgvRVIT6NWHq_SGwwhz7bPk4aTIyref6eMP4Wtk2kk7TN_6Hv_QhEKGnXUYHg54hDuuddZEoTLnEqmgNdmm7zmzXbGvkJceHL7Xzvb3CFufnGF-A0gMMddjvqqwLmMh8YIA/s3056/What%20If%20105-012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfNh9mNHzwVV52NulIYiRAXcdxMIJ2IAKEVd7ikBljLQJ_6YBiJthCX1S2zgvRVIT6NWHq_SGwwhz7bPk4aTIyref6eMP4Wtk2kk7TN_6Hv_QhEKGnXUYHg54hDuuddZEoTLnEqmgNdmm7zmzXbGvkJceHL7Xzvb3CFufnGF-A0gMMddjvqqwLmMh8YIA/w416-h640/What%20If%20105-012.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><p></p>
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text-align: center;"><br /></div>What is interesting is <b>May</b> did not revert to using glasses
when she lost her spider-powers following her battle with <b>Killerwatt</b> in <b>Spider-Girl
#25</b>. Maybe <b>Mayday</b> only uses glasses in some circumstances or her
spider-powers had already ‘<i>healed</i>’ any deficit in her eye-sight? It is
not a certainty, though <b>Peter</b> has not returned to using his glasses on
the occasions his own spider-powers have been lost.<o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I gain some perspective and take a long-sighted view on
what I focus on, *<i>eye</i>* remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><br /><br />frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-81928197910482108502023-07-06T15:49:00.000+10:002023-07-06T15:49:49.913+10:00The Skrull Incident<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Hey, looks like the latest <b>Marvel Cinematic Universe
Disney+</b> show <b>Secret Invasion</b> is bringing the <b>Skrulls</b> back in
a big way. What better way to celebrate than to take a look at a part of the <b>MC2’s</b>
unexplored history by trying to uncover as much as possible about the mysterious
event known as ‘<b>The</b> <b>Skrull Incident</b>’.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71xP94tUs1Z998wh1K21vowWj2xVXMdO0IkAKGECxq3zaReyPnqNJ5cit15nwlK2w2iowAG-yXPW44h080CNvl10v1sLjTRL6Mqawp5FGUgaMR3nnd-k44-JL4e2In9HnffgGYAY0z3RArC3fsIUX1Gt1GKexPe6XOyGM9YdHLZwSB0kRTL_esUv9FE0/s1200/The%20Skrull%20Incident%20main%20image%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71xP94tUs1Z998wh1K21vowWj2xVXMdO0IkAKGECxq3zaReyPnqNJ5cit15nwlK2w2iowAG-yXPW44h080CNvl10v1sLjTRL6Mqawp5FGUgaMR3nnd-k44-JL4e2In9HnffgGYAY0z3RArC3fsIUX1Gt1GKexPe6XOyGM9YdHLZwSB0kRTL_esUv9FE0/w640-h320/The%20Skrull%20Incident%20main%20image%202.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The first (and unless I am mistaken <i>only</i>) mention of ‘<b>The
Skrull Incident</b>’ was in <b>A-Next #2</b>, when <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-orbital-defense-grid.html">The Orbital
Defense Grid</a></b> detects the approach of a <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/03/kree-in-mc2.html">Kree</a></b> spacecraft
and fires upon it, resulting in the craft splitting into two before crashing
into the <b>Washington National Park</b>. With the newly formed new <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-next-infinity-comic-review.html">Avengers</a></b>
team called in to investigate by <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/07/bill-foster-in-mc2.html">Bill Foster</a></b>,
we learn a little history behind the <b>Orbital Defense Grid</b> when <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-next-ages-mainframe.html">Mainframe</a></b> off-handedly
mentions to <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/10/thunderstrikes-costumes.html">Thunderstrike</a></b>
that the <b>Grid</b> was erected years prior when the government was
convinced by the events of the last known alien <b><i>invasion</i></b><i>,</i> which
he identifies only as '<b>The Skrull Incident</b>'. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZl4J6cddHxsH3SkqmgodtulEhxqrd6eXWhtqTZgVD_-_A-fC6MiUqx1xaUNgX-7pSoHkoteZzxVf66_E40Awh3TwL7g9C2Fry7f-D_RS2wBiFd0ELYp5bFGMljDHos5Y7gQKIGahNjKbANpnduNrS_KbqjJHLrFk8BwkhbHNMctgj-8JZXeffvrvsTk/s1600/Skrull%20Incident%20Invasion%20which%20led%20to%20Defensive%20Grid%20a-next2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1062" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZl4J6cddHxsH3SkqmgodtulEhxqrd6eXWhtqTZgVD_-_A-fC6MiUqx1xaUNgX-7pSoHkoteZzxVf66_E40Awh3TwL7g9C2Fry7f-D_RS2wBiFd0ELYp5bFGMljDHos5Y7gQKIGahNjKbANpnduNrS_KbqjJHLrFk8BwkhbHNMctgj-8JZXeffvrvsTk/w424-h640/Skrull%20Incident%20Invasion%20which%20led%20to%20Defensive%20Grid%20a-next2.png" width="424" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A collection of satellites positioned in orbit around the
planet <b>Earth</b>, the <b>Orbital Defense Grid</b> comes
equipped with long-range sensory instrumentation and offensive weaponry
capabilities allowing it to detect and destroy incoming space debris,
extraterrestrial spacecraft, and various other threats to the planet from outer
space (<b>A-Next #2</b>, <b>Spider-Girl #34</b>, <b>#46</b>, <b>#86</b>).
We also learn in <b>Last Planet Standing #2</b> that <b>Reed
Richards</b> helped design the <b>Orbital Defense Grid</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Circling back to the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/03/skrulls-in-mc2.html">Skrulls</a></b>,
we learn in <b>Spider-Girl #3</b> that <b>Lyja</b> is
married to <b>Johnny Storm</b> and in <b>Fantastic Five (vol. 1)
#2</b> we are first introduced to the couple's son, <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/09/how-old-is-torus-storm.html">Torus
Storm</a></b>, a <b>Human/Skrull</b> hybrid. <b>Torus</b> possesses
both his mother's <b>Skrullian</b> ability to shape-shift and his
father's pyrogenic powers. Despite his (very) young age, <b>Torus</b> often
attempts to aid his family in battle by altering his form into that of a
muscular adult male while utilizing his flame-blasts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here's where we connect some dots from prior exploratory
posts and add some speculation. As I mentioned in the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/07/history-of-mc2-fantastic-four.html">History
of the MC2: The Fantastic Four</a></b> post approximately five or so years
prior to the events of <b>Fantastic Five Vol. 1 #1</b>, the <b>Fantastic
Four</b> prepared to battle<b> Hyperstorm</b>, a cosmically powered
warlord from an alternate future who had built a doomsday weapon in the <b>Negative
Zone </b>(<b>Fantastic Five Vol. 1 #4</b>, <b>Spider-Girl #87</b>). <b>Lyja</b> was
pregnant at this time and did not join the team on their mission (<b>Fantastic
Five Vol. 1 #4</b>). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Presumably, <b>Lyja</b> <b>Storm </b>is
heavily pregnant with none other than <b>Torus</b> in the scenes
depicting the <b>Fantastic Four</b> preparing to leave for the
mission. Now this is significant because as I mention above, we know this
mission was only ‘<i>five or so years</i>’ prior to the <b>MC2’s</b> present
day. So, as I calculated in the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/09/how-old-is-torus-storm.html">How old
is Torus Storm post</a></b>, <b>Lyja</b> and <b>Johnny’s</b> son <b>Torus</b>
is only around 5 or 6 years old.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7kLru-DO8Vs0WwkGB50L5jfnIOuq2OWLf7HnecxP2vTGhK9KYSSermDW5Sw0l0YeCepd4S1P5Ns3Cda-ih0t1c4Feh4Q4gu7f4nxCWrxbyoDcQfKAK5WoqC0PWHt2KDqcubADxtTmhPW5nBBt_r5pqQlUku6YFROXy1r1uv4evdeltc-pGe0g0MK8ZA/s1600/Hyperstorm%20returned%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1072" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7kLru-DO8Vs0WwkGB50L5jfnIOuq2OWLf7HnecxP2vTGhK9KYSSermDW5Sw0l0YeCepd4S1P5Ns3Cda-ih0t1c4Feh4Q4gu7f4nxCWrxbyoDcQfKAK5WoqC0PWHt2KDqcubADxtTmhPW5nBBt_r5pqQlUku6YFROXy1r1uv4evdeltc-pGe0g0MK8ZA/w428-h640/Hyperstorm%20returned%203.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From the book <b>Comic Creators on Fantastic Four</b> by <b>Tom
Defalco</b>, we got this comment from <b>Fantastic Four</b> and <b>Fantastic
Five</b> artist <b>Paul Ryan</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Tom Defalco: You felt Johnny and Lyja should have
actually had a baby, right? Do you want to explain why?</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Paul Ryan: </b><i>I thought it would have been a new
dynamic for <b>Johnny</b>, in that he would have to start facing some
grown-up responsibilities. I thought that it could make for an interesting
character, too, because the child of a <b>Skrull</b> and a human
would be totally unique – and it could lead to some interesting story arcs in
which the <b>Skrull Empire</b> wanted to get hold of the child for
some reason. We could have done things with the child itself, like accelerated
growth rate; maybe the <b>Skrulls</b> mature faster. Also, things
could have been very interesting where the child had the ability to face-shift,
as well as he cosmic ray-based powers of heat and flame, which is something you
experimented with in <b>Fantastic Five</b>. Finally, I thought it might
bring <b>Johnny</b> and <b>Lyja</b> closer together, and
there could have been some exciting story possibilities there.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I think the late, great <b>Mr Ryan</b> provides us
with a very good explanation for why young <b>Torus Storm</b> looks
and behaves more like a 10-year-old than a 5-year-old. <b>Skrull</b> hybrids
are a rarity, and one that we know little about. But further to this point is <b>Mr
Ryan’s</b> comment about the <b>Skrull Empire</b> wanting to get hold of the
child.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As mentioned earlier, the <b>Orbital Defense Grid</b> was
commissioned following the events of the mysterious '<b>Skrull Incident</b>' (<b>A-Next
#2</b>) which was some years prior. This alongside <b>Apox the Omega
Skrull's</b> out of date references to heroes such as <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/11/thena-whos-your-mama-part-2.html">Thor</a></b>, <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/04/captain-america-in-mc2.html">Captain
America</a></b> and <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/11/why-isnt-iron-man-dead-in-mc2.html">Iron
Man</a></b> strongly suggests the <b>Skrull Empire</b> has not
had contact with Earth since - a fact the <a href="http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/apoxomegaskrull.htm">marvunapp entry
for Apox</a> pointed out (<b>Spider-Girl #47</b>). Notably, in both battles
with <b>Apox</b>, he refers to the <b>Fantastic Five</b> as ‘<i>the team once
known as the <b>Fantastic Four</b></i>’ and <b>Skrull’s</b> aboard the <b>Skrull
Worldship</b> also refer to the team as the <b>Fantastic Five</b> suggesting the
<b>Skrull Empire</b> is aware of the change in team name (<b>Spider-Girl #47</b>,
<b>Spider-Girl #86-#87</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is also worth pointing out that apart from <b>Apox</b>,
no one from the <b>Skrull Empire</b> approached <b>Earth</b> directly,
as evident from the <b>Skrull Worldship's</b> position far away from
the planet at the edge of the <b>Milky Way Galaxy </b>(<b>Spider-Girl
#87-88</b>). It is also suggested that <b>Apox</b> may have attacked
the <b>Fantastic Five</b> against orders as a result of his delusion
of godhood. While we do not know much about the state of the <b>Skrull
Empire</b>, we do know that it is currently led by an <b>Emperor</b> (<b>Spider-Girl
#88</b>) who presumably presides over the <b>Skrull High Command </b>(<b>Spider-Girl
#86-88</b>) in a regime that <b>Lyja</b> refers to as '<i>virtual
slavery</i>' (<b>Spider-Girl #88</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With all these points laid out, I would like to posit a hypothesis.
I believe the so-called ‘<b>Skrull Incident</b>’ involved an invasion resulting
in a large-scale attack upon <b>Earth</b> with a potential goal or motivation related
to <b>Torus Storm</b> and his hybrid <b>Skrull/Human</b> nature. Presumably
this occurred around 5 to 6 years prior to the <b>MC2</b> present-day, either
during <b>Lyja’s</b> pregnancy or shortly afterwards, potentially after the
team officially rebranded as the <b>Fantastic Five</b> or simply while they operated
with additional family members on a regular basis as the <b>F4</b>. Whatever the
details, the invaders are defeated and the <b>Skrull Empire</b> seemingly do
not attempt further attacks until the present day.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the aftermath of
this <b>Skrull</b> <b>Invasion</b>, the government was convinced to erect <b>The
Orbital Defense Grid</b>, possibly due to the security risk shape-shifting
imposters pose to world authorities. <b>Reed Richards</b> (through his <b>Big Brain</b>
robot proxies if we assume it takes place after his accident) helps to design
this <b>Defensive Grid</b>, with long-range sensors that reach nearly to the
edge of the <b>Milky Way Galaxy</b>. This <b>Grid</b> proves effective in
detecting and deterring potential alien invasions and is outfitted with
offensive weaponry capable of destroying space debris and other threats. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Let me know what you think of this theory, it has been a
long time brewing in the ol’ brain pan and involves a variety of different
minor points of continuity being put together. Do you agree, disagree, or have
a different theory?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I stop plucking at the various loose threads of the <b>MC2’s</b>
untouched history, I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat<o:p></o:p></p>
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<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-7856152406948338542023-06-30T21:34:00.000+10:002023-06-30T21:34:39.546+10:00Maria Hill in the MC2<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">With the release of <b>Marvel’s Secret Invasion</b> series
on <b>Disney+</b> prominently featuring former <b>Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.</b> <b>Maria
Hill</b> as portrayed by <b>Cobie Smoulders’</b> who has played the character
in the <b>Marvel Cinematic Universe</b> since <b>2012’s The Avengers</b>, I
thought now would be an opportune time to finally cover <b>Maria Hill in the
MC2</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Maria Hill</b> made her debut in the pages of <b>New Avengers
#4</b> in <b>2005</b> though was apparently originally meant to first appear in
the <b>Secret War mini-series</b> before lengthy delays saw it released far
later. In either event, she replaced <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/03/nick-fury-in-mc2.html">Nick Fury</a></b>
as <b>Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.</b> during that period.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Meanwhile in the <b>MC2</b>, we see some familiar faces
amongst the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/05/shield-in-mc2.html">Agents
of S.H.I.E.L.D.</a></b> during the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/11/carnage-in-mc2.html">Carnage</a></b> story
arc, with <b>Maria Hill</b> making the scene in <b>Amazing
Spider-Girl #9.</b> On behalf of her ‘<i>superiors</i>’ <b>Agent Maria Hill</b> tasks <b>Special
Agent Arthur Weadon</b> and his team of former villains led by <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/11/history-of-mc2-kaine.html">Kaine</a></b>
with safeguarding the transport of an item referred to only as '<b>Specimen 297</b>'
(actually a piece of the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-venom-symbiote-family-tree.html">Carnage
symbiote</a></b>) through <b>New York City</b>. When the transport convoy
is attacked by a faction of <b>S.H.I.E.L.D.</b> Agents led by <b>Contessa
Valentina Allegra de Fontaine </b>(who will no doubt warrant her own post
someday) and the <b>Specimen</b> accidentally let loose in the
city by <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/10/halloween-spider-girls-birthday.html">Spider-Girl</a></b>,
<b>Carnage</b> is reborn.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With the <b>New York City Police Department</b> on the scene
(including <b>Police Scientist</b> <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/09/peter-parkers-lost-leg-physiological.html">Peter
Parker</a></b>), <b>Special Agent Maria Hill</b> obstructs <b>Captain Ruiz’s</b>
investigation of the situation before chastising <b>Special Agent Arthur Weadon</b>
and his team’s failure to protect the <b>Specimen</b>. <b>Nick Fury</b> makes
his first on-panel appearance in the <b>MC2</b> - albeit shrouded in
shadow-when he assures <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/10/president-of-united-states-of-america.html">President
G.W. Bridge</a></b> the situation would be resolved despite the
complications as he has his best Agent on the case. After an attack by <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/10/where-is-cletus-kasady-in-mc2.html">Carnage</a></b>
at <b>Café Indigo</b>, <b>Hill</b> dispatches <b>S.H.I.E.L.D.</b> agents and <b>Weadon’s</b>
team to track down <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/10/attack-of-50-foot-spider-girl.html">Spider-Girl</a></b>
for questioning about her involvement (<b>Amazing Spider-Girl #10-#11</b>). <o:p></o:p></p>
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is reacquired during a battle with <b>Carnage</b>, with <b>Maria Hill</b>
sending <b>Weadon’s</b> team and <b>S.H.I.E.L.D.</b> after her once more which
results in <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/10/carnage-was-nearly-avenger.html">Carnage</a></b>
attacking all of them. Fortunately, <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/06/spider-girls-first-web-shooters.html">Spider-Girl</a></b>
manages to save everyone involved, but her baby brother <b>Benjy</b>, now
merged with a part of the <b>Carnage symbiote</b>, is taken by the villain. <b>Hill</b>
calls for emergency aid before following them to <b>Midtown Medical Center </b>(<b>Amazing
Spider-Girl #12</b>).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We learn through the
investigative work of <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/07/kaines-costume.html">Kaine</a></b>
and <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/10/history-of-mc2-daredevil.html">Darkdevil</a></b>
the true plot: the <b>United States</b> was unwilling to destroy
the <b>Carnage symbiote</b> despite the <b>United Nations</b> stance
on the use of bio-weapons, <b>G.W. Bridge</b> and <b>Nick Fury</b> organised
for the team of disguised <b>S.H.I.E.L.D.</b> Agents to 'steal'
the <b>Specimen</b>, setting up <b>Weadon's</b> team to fail. This
was all to demonstrate the dangers to the congressional committee wishing to
keep the symbiote for bio-weapon research under the guise of finding a cure for
cancer (<b>Amazing Spider-Girl #12</b>).<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOF2wowxqNJ7ZJtDbYp-rmPTNO0Wxqu0WWena5vqeXmnArO2hVFQ4ianivNiCyVRbO8o5fVNxs9XITMara-RXol1a01BOc39TFcaQfF00WQu3khQoj0laOUPTR_-Dy3S5a5FqKR93MD0BeURa7Rb32wOlfjoXy0SDU5Ph1O3c7FdO9QVrr69Knle4Uls/s1953/ASG_12_DCP_0017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1953" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOF2wowxqNJ7ZJtDbYp-rmPTNO0Wxqu0WWena5vqeXmnArO2hVFQ4ianivNiCyVRbO8o5fVNxs9XITMara-RXol1a01BOc39TFcaQfF00WQu3khQoj0laOUPTR_-Dy3S5a5FqKR93MD0BeURa7Rb32wOlfjoXy0SDU5Ph1O3c7FdO9QVrr69Knle4Uls/w420-h640/ASG_12_DCP_0017.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Maria Hill</b> reports back to <b>Nick Fury</b> that <b>Specimen
297</b> has been fully neutralized. Despite the operation not going as planned,
the situation was salvaged thanks to <b>Spider-Girl's</b> intervention,
providing the <b>President</b> with a sound rationale to convince the
congressional committee to destroy the remaining <b>Specimen</b> (<b>Amazing
Spider-Girl #12</b>).</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEO_ZH7pKJ4PbfJB6SissJhmhOhbUHSWqP0SfnAGcGzdWiHGT7HuzbRqpSdT-CviAOd0-lFnkSatrpyaDOcjv9WYUpfn3tc-e7DPHR38t0Wuwg9wz-52LFnRgkheZNNUBBE76SmacwhaOmOyEiACR2bO9ke2VPxxcMeG7lIH3v4MWidjVw8iqpRB1_CSM/s1977/ASG_12_DCP_0032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1977" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEO_ZH7pKJ4PbfJB6SissJhmhOhbUHSWqP0SfnAGcGzdWiHGT7HuzbRqpSdT-CviAOd0-lFnkSatrpyaDOcjv9WYUpfn3tc-e7DPHR38t0Wuwg9wz-52LFnRgkheZNNUBBE76SmacwhaOmOyEiACR2bO9ke2VPxxcMeG7lIH3v4MWidjVw8iqpRB1_CSM/w414-h640/ASG_12_DCP_0032.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgft9ZCyz92aiIyteCK4eAmmfw0bIysXk1_ghQPNuq3jhhkbf2z5ic0ecc3yVzbVZ3ZoL7LC1E3wVn9okpW1jNYvppH1_JEasSshehoEQhu-Bbd10MjEkN5cCMDU4bYg4xMNPTTo4zdaVIqngvlyb3Jx6sgFvSrCHtEwredx6BdVDKxXpoT31rkkfWoQ8Q/s1977/ASG_12_DCP_0033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1977" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgft9ZCyz92aiIyteCK4eAmmfw0bIysXk1_ghQPNuq3jhhkbf2z5ic0ecc3yVzbVZ3ZoL7LC1E3wVn9okpW1jNYvppH1_JEasSshehoEQhu-Bbd10MjEkN5cCMDU4bYg4xMNPTTo4zdaVIqngvlyb3Jx6sgFvSrCHtEwredx6BdVDKxXpoT31rkkfWoQ8Q/w414-h640/ASG_12_DCP_0033.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As for where <b>Special Agent Maria Hill</b> next appears in
the <b>MC2</b>, we turn to the <b>American Dream</b> mini-series.
These appearances are tricky. <b>Maria Hill</b> shows up so you would
think she was working for <b>S.H.I.E.L.D.</b> but dialogue and recap
pages both state she is working for the <b>National Security Force</b>. I
would be inclined to accept that <b>Hill</b> simply changed employers
since her last appearance, except every issue after she shows up in <b>American
Dream #2</b> clearly depicts her in full <b>S.H.I.E.L.D.</b> uniform
and leading other agents also clad in <b>S.H.I.E.L.D.</b> uniform.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Maria Hill</b> calls into <b>Avengers Compound</b> to order
<b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-next-ages-american-dream.html">Shannon</a>
<a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-carter-family-tree.html">Carter</a></b>
aka <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/07/american-dreams-costumes.html">American
Dream</a></b> to cease her inquiries into the crystalline creatures she had
encountered. After some consideration and discussion with the rest of the <b>Avengers</b>,
<b>American Dream</b> decides to continue her investigation while seeking a
missing person (<b>American Dream #2</b>). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Returning to <b>Avengers Compound</b> with a federal warrant
to assume custody of a crystal creature, <b>Hill</b> proceeds to chastise <b>American
Dream</b>, and tells her again to back off before she and the rest of the <b>Avengers</b>
are charged with treason. This prompts <b>American Dream</b> to resign from the
<b>Avengers</b> to protect them while she pursued the matter solo (<b>American
Dream #3</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For good measure, <b>Hill</b> angrily makes a third trip to <b>Avengers
Compound</b> to arrest <b>American Dream</b> after she is spotted at a
classified crime scene, only to be told by <b>Edwin Jarvis</b> that he does not
know where the former Avenger has gone. After threatening to take <b>Jarvis</b>
in as an accessory, <b>Thunderstrike</b> steps in to defend him, questioning
why <b>Hill</b> is trying to stop the investigation. We soon learn that <b>S.H.I.E.L.D.</b>
is attempting to discover how to destroy the crystalline creatures to prevent
them falling into enemy hands, unaware they are actually illegal immigrants who’ve
been unwillingly transformed by the villain <b>Silikong</b>. When the one in
their custody reawakens, <b>Hill</b> finds herself shorthanded (<b>American
Dream #4</b>).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDEGfd44SQ2IXPkXLvvclMHKz7NKXNlNvfb_oPggwBwSpobl2OZWPEU0GBcZ5a4gR5TYVZrtC7SPP2Hy2h77sWuf1dcoZHM1-hVUBTqBizrOJAtYlnffDTnGU0ztybU3ScSzx8Blz1kTzeGIpnkhK6uh80b7980NCgDGrESeRJRa9BVU5jUy65GjMDCb4/s1961/AD004-008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1961" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDEGfd44SQ2IXPkXLvvclMHKz7NKXNlNvfb_oPggwBwSpobl2OZWPEU0GBcZ5a4gR5TYVZrtC7SPP2Hy2h77sWuf1dcoZHM1-hVUBTqBizrOJAtYlnffDTnGU0ztybU3ScSzx8Blz1kTzeGIpnkhK6uh80b7980NCgDGrESeRJRa9BVU5jUy65GjMDCb4/w418-h640/AD004-008.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9yzTbgBaoYO9wqOpcC8iL7UNQlcK5M8axwdKIz_UmWngMWSAo6tHsp4PftLpMBA_p0OGM-DkeVO5ZTxYQ5FvbVgRdaXpyBwDGi8TmaHhrkaasptveJyNZtFfNxQD7VzITnv49ycsiRoOlMQB1e_xeJ0lkkzwPmef9YWTK-1w6pK3jvidNfFDEqIOwgk/s1936/AD004-017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9yzTbgBaoYO9wqOpcC8iL7UNQlcK5M8axwdKIz_UmWngMWSAo6tHsp4PftLpMBA_p0OGM-DkeVO5ZTxYQ5FvbVgRdaXpyBwDGi8TmaHhrkaasptveJyNZtFfNxQD7VzITnv49ycsiRoOlMQB1e_xeJ0lkkzwPmef9YWTK-1w6pK3jvidNfFDEqIOwgk/w424-h640/AD004-017.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPPaJQSJAPKnOfRtu2gPwMXoK_7EpPs-dD03yQHZX3LJ0GgZUxnfcdV4AhNhlcjPj3_GylHJMS59gNhfGeU8oJEZDcgwmnNywrl2VWeXjbXcs49DdJm5E-TqNGmASkBpya4GD5dLULvNvsFH1owOAk2mPzoMoA5pkuqM--vDpYCKiipBMNwyF2FTC0vI/s1970/AD004-018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1970" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPPaJQSJAPKnOfRtu2gPwMXoK_7EpPs-dD03yQHZX3LJ0GgZUxnfcdV4AhNhlcjPj3_GylHJMS59gNhfGeU8oJEZDcgwmnNywrl2VWeXjbXcs49DdJm5E-TqNGmASkBpya4GD5dLULvNvsFH1owOAk2mPzoMoA5pkuqM--vDpYCKiipBMNwyF2FTC0vI/w416-h640/AD004-018.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While across town the <b>Avengers</b> locate and aid <b>American
Dream</b> in her fight against the combined forces of <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/01/hank-pym-in-mc2.html">Hope</a> <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-pym-family-tree.html">Pym</a></b>
aka <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/07/why-cant-hope-pym-shrink.html">The
Red Queen</a></b>, <b>Ion Man</b>, <b>Silikong</b> and his crystalline creatures,
<b>Maria Hill</b> and her agents struggle against their single foe until the
control over the creatures is stopped by <b>Dream</b>. This leads <b>Special
Agent Maria Hill</b> to admit she has some grovelling to do and we later learn
that <b>Hill</b> has arrested <b>Silikong</b> and will try to reverse the
process used on the victims of his experiments (<b>American Dream #5</b>).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Maria Hill in the MC2</b> is a good example of a <b>Main
Marvel Universe</b> character who debuted after the point at which the <b>MC2</b>
diverges, with very different events unfolding. Her appearance in the <b>MC2</b>
acts as a nice nod to the <b>New Avengers</b> era of the <b>Main Marvel Universe</b>
in much the same way as references to <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/03/luke-cage-in-mc2.html">Luke</a> <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/02/luke-cage-in-mc2-update.html">Cage</a></b>
established his membership on that team in the <b>MC2’s</b> own history. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I perform dual duties as an <b>National Security Agent</b>
and an <b>Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.</b>, I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat<o:p></o:p></p>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-4146532162927600872023-06-22T12:57:00.000+10:002023-06-22T12:57:43.040+10:00The Prowler and the Tiger: The Brown Family Tree<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">With <b>Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</b> making a
serious impact at the box office and with <b>Spider-Punk</b> aka <b>Hobie</b> <b>Brown</b>
being among its most well-received characters, I figured now is a great time to
take look at the family tree of <b>Hobart ‘Hobie’ Brown</b>. Here is the <b>Brown
Family Tree</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For the purposes of these family trees, I accept that <b>MC2</b> characters
share their published history (up to a point) with their <b>616/Main
Marvel Universe</b> counterparts. I make exceptions for any retcons
implemented after the point the <b>MC2</b> diverges from the <b>616</b> and
in cases where it's explicitly or implicitly different (<b>Aunt May</b> really
died) or when a writer later introduces a previously unheard of relative (the <a href="http://frogoat.blogspot.com.au/2017/09/the-lang-family-tree.html"><b>Lang
family</b></a> and the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-pym-family-tree.html">Pym family</a></b>)
who is never mentioned, seen or heard of in the <b>MC2</b>. With the last
exception, I would add them to the family tree in later updates should they be
mentioned in <b>MC2</b> material at any point.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Prowler</b> was created by <b>Stan Lee</b>, <b>John Romita
Sr</b> and <b>Jim Mooney</b> with the credited help of a 13-year-old <b>John
Romita Jr</b>, who had <a href="https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-legends-revealed-200-part-2/">conceived of
a character</a> named ‘<b>The Prowler</b>’ and his father encouragingly showed
it to <b>Lee</b> who liked the name and used, while <b>Romita Sr</b> utilized
an <a href="https://www.cbr.com/spider-man-tv-terror-prowler/">unused design
from the cancelled and unfinished</a> <b>Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #3</b>
for the character’s costume.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">First appearing in <b>Amazing Spider-Man #78</b>, <b>Hobart</b>
‘<b>Hobie’ Brown</b> was an inventive and gifted young man who worked as a
window washer. When he presented his designs for safety equipment to his racist
employer after being prompted by his girlfriend <b>Mindy S. McPherson</b>, <b>Hobie</b>
was dismissed before his designs were even seen. Following this and more
provocations from his boss, <b>Hobie</b> quit his job. Determined to make something
of himself, <b>Hobie</b> decides to <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-prowler-in-mc2.html">use his equipment</a>
to steal as ‘<b>The Prowler</b>’ and later recover and return the loot as <b>Hobie</b>
to become a hero.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyAAHMOH8QdU98OpD7wIm-XCqTG809YWIQ5NbUyhKSa5ULlc92EiR0wBoeN3KsDo2ZylXhTvWeS8fewNO_b9hHWPEUX7_7j3MDgDCdaGPFubFOmNGcLAnazIm5CMT-RlX0AnQ4t57Pbst9y89zOrNbnf_mZIa65PWtwmBSnnQZNCBu_MQczE2KscmiW-s/s3056/Amazing_Spider-Man_Vol_1_78%206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyAAHMOH8QdU98OpD7wIm-XCqTG809YWIQ5NbUyhKSa5ULlc92EiR0wBoeN3KsDo2ZylXhTvWeS8fewNO_b9hHWPEUX7_7j3MDgDCdaGPFubFOmNGcLAnazIm5CMT-RlX0AnQ4t57Pbst9y89zOrNbnf_mZIa65PWtwmBSnnQZNCBu_MQczE2KscmiW-s/w416-h640/Amazing_Spider-Man_Vol_1_78%206.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><o:p></o:p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfinmzDzGjYdy1J_h_YJRm5KIMuQM5QjFnLUARhKm8EMCkBeNkQKsudf9r9MfV1dNcHceBVlOuj6dH3u621lm6sgzyROMc--fN2bJIMoTWdHr1lJwGpCwj-H1kufHI-lS0kYUf_sdfZmx4puS8G8NE5jAOuJj14B9OTy6C2lsuWvVpqkxm1G6Fx2p9sV0/s3056/Amazing_Spider-Man_Vol_1_78%208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfinmzDzGjYdy1J_h_YJRm5KIMuQM5QjFnLUARhKm8EMCkBeNkQKsudf9r9MfV1dNcHceBVlOuj6dH3u621lm6sgzyROMc--fN2bJIMoTWdHr1lJwGpCwj-H1kufHI-lS0kYUf_sdfZmx4puS8G8NE5jAOuJj14B9OTy6C2lsuWvVpqkxm1G6Fx2p9sV0/w416-h640/Amazing_Spider-Man_Vol_1_78%208.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, <b>The
Prowler’s</b> first mark was the office of <b>J. Jonah Jameson</b> and he was interrupted
by <b>Peter Parker</b> who disguised his change into <b>Spider-Man</b> by
flinging himself out of a high window of the <b>Daily Bugle</b> building. Traumatised
at the thought he had killed someone, <b>The Prowler</b> attempted to flee only
to find himself facing <b>Spider-Man</b>. Using one of his gas pellets to
disorientate the web-head, <b>Hobie</b> makes his escape and his racked with
guilt over his actions. Hoping to make things right, he decides to lure <b>Spider-Man</b>
into a trap in order to catch him and salvage the situation. Having prepared
for his gas pellets with a gas filter beneath his mask, <b>Spider-Man</b> this
time easily defeats <b>Hobie</b> and learns of his situation, and after
assuring him <b>Parker</b> was unharmed, the hero lets him go free (<b>Amazing
Spider-Man #79</b>). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A short time later, after <b>Peter Parker</b> revealed his
super hero identity as <b>Spider-Man</b> to his friends while delirious, he
enlists the help of <b>Hobie Brown</b>. Using his <b>Prowler</b> equipment, <b>Hobie</b>
poses as <b>Spider-Man</b> in front of <b>Peter’s</b> friends including <b>Captain
George Stacy</b> which, unbeknownst to <b>Hobie,</b> allays suspicion and protects
<b>Peter’s</b> secret identity. This marks the first time an <b>African American</b>
wore the webs, making <b>Hobie Brown</b> the first black <b>Spider-Man</b> way back
in <b>1970</b> (<b>Amazing Spider-Man #87</b>). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After <b>Captain Stacy</b> is killed during a battle between
<b>Spider-Man</b> and <b>Doctor Octopus</b>, <b>Hobie</b> believes he has been used
in a murder plot as a result of the prior favour and sets out as <b>The Prowler</b>
again to take down <b>Spider-Man</b>. Injured in the clash, <b>Hobie</b> is
taken to a hospital by <b>Spider-Man</b>, who disposes of his <b>Prowler</b> equipment
to conceal his friend’s identity. It is worth noting that <b>Hobie</b> and <b>Mindy</b>
are considering getting married by this point in time (<b>Amazing Spider-Man
#93</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Showing up next in the black and white <b>Deadly Hands of
Kung-Fu #21</b>, we learn that <b>Hobie</b> married <b>Mindy</b>, found a good
job where he is treated with respect and for a year had worked with a kid named
<b>Manuel Lopez</b> in a ‘Big Brother’ program. When <b>Manuel</b> is killed
and the hero <b>White Tiger</b> aka <b>Hector Ayala</b> is initially blamed, <b>Hobie</b>
battles him as <b>The Prowler</b> until convinced he is innocent. It is worth
noting that within this same story, in an interlude taking place far away, <b>Abe
Brown</b> also makes an appearance.<o:p></o:p></p>
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text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">After the debacle of ‘</span><b style="text-align: left;">Defender for a Day</b><span style="text-align: left;">’ </span><b style="text-align: left;">Hobie</b><span style="text-align: left;">
decides to hang up his suit and he and </span><b style="text-align: left;">Mindy</b><span style="text-align: left;"> move to a house in </span><b style="text-align: left;">Queens</b><span style="text-align: left;">,
but when his suit is stolen and his </span><b style="text-align: left;">Prowler</b><span style="text-align: left;"> identity used to commit a robbery
and murder, </span><b style="text-align: left;">Spider-Man</b><span style="text-align: left;"> confronts him before tracking down and stopping
the real culprit: ‘</span><b style="text-align: left;">Red’</b><span style="text-align: left;"> aka </span><b style="text-align: left;">The Cat Burglar</b><span style="text-align: left;"> (</span><b style="text-align: left;">Defenders #62-#64</b><span style="text-align: left;">,
</span><b style="text-align: left;">Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #47</b><span style="text-align: left;">).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">When <b>Mindy’s</b> job as bookkeeper for <b>Transcorp </b>(a
front organisation for corrupt industrialist <b>Justin Hammer</b>) leads to her
being framed to take the fall for the company’s shady dealings, <b>Hobie</b> follows
a trail to <b>Los Angeles</b> where he teams up with <b>Spider-Man</b> to get
the necessary evidence back from <b>The Black Fox</b> to exonerate his wife. As
an aside, <b>Mindy</b> is here referred to as ‘<b>Mindy S. Brown</b>’ in a news
report (<b>Amazing Spider-Man #304-#305</b>). <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After a failed attempt to save a fellow construction worker
from falling to his death, <b>Hobie</b> designs a compact glider in hopes that
it could save others. Unaware of their duplicitous nature and hoping to instil
some confidence in her husband, <b>Mindy</b> shows the design to <b>Hammer
Industries</b> and tells him they are interested in buying. Concerned about a
design flaw and aware of <b>Hammer’s</b> prior involvement in framing <b>Mindy</b>,
<b>Hobie</b> breaks into their manufacturing plant to take back his designs, only
to find himself confronted with another costumed figure using a prototype of his
glider design. After disabling the glider and saving the man from the fall, <b>The
Prowler</b> instructs him to declare the glider a failure (<b>Spectacular
Spider-Man Annual #9</b>).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMl4IF7p9ht9TCHli1-xiqSeUuLaZCV-GAGB5E2rodtXnDyYviWMx-9DREHm_wu50AD8IFjYyXP2vhKHUWrj4xROLE094L9IQTL6o5dcuvfDlu7C9K6qHJfCaXSx7enTGpU8lFe2bNGPtnaTfxAphGtKSuGLCYq4ttD5W0wgScu589Dwe3zEK3QmOuWuI/s1917/PPKannual009033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1917" data-original-width="1275" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMl4IF7p9ht9TCHli1-xiqSeUuLaZCV-GAGB5E2rodtXnDyYviWMx-9DREHm_wu50AD8IFjYyXP2vhKHUWrj4xROLE094L9IQTL6o5dcuvfDlu7C9K6qHJfCaXSx7enTGpU8lFe2bNGPtnaTfxAphGtKSuGLCYq4ttD5W0wgScu589Dwe3zEK3QmOuWuI/w426-h640/PPKannual009033.jpg" width="426" /><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1275" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2XNRZugOoOPF6tgRcEYqCyYuPTHB-zzzOVzvjb1w3hkxTriekD0sJL49cN5tfzv68hTtz5lx--hURC3r44HDSv_T6CzlSeUlrKkUlH6bjAD4_e2mdp2lSI6rSt90a7ybq4yPHRYrxEfXjeKPWity7RPRR7QiQP_veiMoxOIR6nrV82ViLDIXI_fn2S_c/w426-h640/PPKannual009034.jpg" width="426" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p class="MsoNormal">We learn in <b>Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #10</b> that <b>Hobie</b>
has been receiving martial arts training from <b>Abraham ‘Abe’ Brown</b>, his brother.
Unless I am mistaken, this is the first time we learn they are related, with <b>Hobie</b>
lashing out at <b>Abe</b> for leaving him and their <b>mother</b> right after
their father was killed. Working for <b>Silver Sable</b> after proving himself during
a misunderstanding in <b>Web of Spider-Man #50</b>, <b>The Prowler</b> finds
himself outmatched against the <b>White Ninja</b>, who is revealed as <b>Abe</b>,
also working for <b>Sable</b> to teach <b>Hobie</b> respect, humility and not
to rely on his technology.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR45r8LQTtILzZXDU5f_fzhnUhlvjftzr8IUSghuBrs5BUNvacNMsXFGQtfWlOwGPIiqgnwmjJjWIEhYNgpd_BJQU4xAlEe7VEgrIJd8lT0OA99BpdWD3BCltz1_A0RN3eZik8v8TnW0O7jge-GYFlYGlkBbmT9pL9uPPLR22UHqhQGn2V2t8H_LU1KIA/s3056/Spectacular%20Spider-Man%20Annual%20010-027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR45r8LQTtILzZXDU5f_fzhnUhlvjftzr8IUSghuBrs5BUNvacNMsXFGQtfWlOwGPIiqgnwmjJjWIEhYNgpd_BJQU4xAlEe7VEgrIJd8lT0OA99BpdWD3BCltz1_A0RN3eZik8v8TnW0O7jge-GYFlYGlkBbmT9pL9uPPLR22UHqhQGn2V2t8H_LU1KIA/w416-h640/Spectacular%20Spider-Man%20Annual%20010-027.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkp_CQACucz_tRW0Ulmg4ou2GeG3xtFs3o9DM1WSF1vP5bwCv4OBRTIppEk96e-8DLokKF7pbzlujFEX2yzMT0YHmYJs10q2vfB6kmRjvEIZUZOfkHGOADpQG7DslL_PsU6ziNgM4XuZHFEZf4aHR8GjnrtCKCFusx_jAGZndYfumpr-ZF1bRTswksJmg/s3056/Spectacular%20Spider-Man%20Annual%20010-028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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who first appeared in <b>Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1</b> as a skilled martial
artist who was trained by <b>Master Kee</b> alongside <b>Lin Sun</b> and <b>Robert
Diamond</b> in <b>San Francisco</b>. When their master is slain, the three set
out to avenge him, each wearing one of the three <b>Jade Tiger Amulet</b>
pieces (originating from <b>K’un Lun</b>) as the <b>Sons of the Tiger</b>. During
a flashback we learn that at age 10, <b>Abe</b> was attacked by the racist <b>Skull</b>
gang which led to him seeking self-defence training from <b>Master Kee </b>(<b>Deadly
Hands of Kung-Fu #7</b>). Eventually, the <b>Sons</b> would part ways and their
<b>Amulet</b> pieces were used by <b>Hector Ayala</b> to become the <b>White
Tiger</b>, though the trio would occasionally reunite and work alongside the
likes of <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/02/luke-cage-in-mc2-update.html">Luke
Cage</a></b>, <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/09/iron-fist-in-mc2.html">Iron Fist</a></b>
and the <b>Daughters of the Dragon</b>, <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/06/misty-knight-in-mc2.html">Misty
Knight</a></b> and <b>Colleen Wing</b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After several appearances working solo and as part of <b>Silver
Sable’s Outlaws</b> team, we get more information about <b>Hobie</b> and <b>Abe’s</b>
father in <b>Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #12</b>. Encountering a former soldier
who served alongside <b>‘Tiger’ Brown</b>, the brothers learn how their father
was killed in <b>Cambodia</b> more than twenty years prior.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In his first mini-series, <b>Hobie</b> mentions to <b>Abe</b>
he has managed ‘<i>since dad split when I was just out of diapers and mom
turned to a bottle for comfort</i>’ (<b>The Prowler #1</b>). This statement
seems somewhat at odds with what we previously learned about <b>Hobie</b> and <b>Abe’s</b>
family history but perhaps ‘Tiger’ left the family before later dying oversees.
While <b>Mindy</b> was aware that her husband worked with <b>Silver Sable</b>,
she learns of his <b>Prowler</b> identity for the first time in <b>The Prowler
#2</b> following a battle with <b>Nightcreeper</b>, <b>Hobie’s </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>coworker <b>Eric Cross</b> unknowingly utilizing
<b>Prowler</b> technology. Confronted with the question of why he wants to be a
hero, <b>Hobie</b> recalls childhood memories of being bullied without the
protection of his older brother <b>Abe </b>(<b>The Prowler #3</b>). While he
manages to stop the <b>Vulture</b> from taking over at his new job with <b>Bestman
Electronics</b>, <b>Mindy</b> moves to <b>California</b> to pursue her career
while <b>Hobie</b> remains in <b>New York</b> (<b>The Prowler #4</b>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Hobie</b> is paralysed while participating in ‘<b>The
Great Game</b>’ alongside fellow <b>Outlaw</b> teammate <b>Rocket Racer</b> (<b>Spider-Man
Unlimited #14</b>). Learning of his accident, <b>Mindy</b> returns to <b>New
York</b> to help care for her husband all while attempting to juggle her career.
<b>Hobie’s</b> <b>Prowler</b> equipment is again stolen, this time by emergency
room orderly <b>Rick Lawson</b> turned criminal who finds himself targeted for
revenge by the <b>Vulture</b>. With the detective work of the hospitalised <b>Hobie</b>,
<b>Spider-Man</b> finds and saves <b>Lawson</b> from <b>Vulture’s</b> clutches.
<b>Hobie</b> and <b>Mindy</b> tell <b>Spider-Man</b> that his nerve trauma is
improving with physical therapy. As a side-note <b>Mindy</b> is again identified
as ‘<b>Mindy Brown</b>’, not ‘<b>Mindy McPherson</b>’ (<b>Sensational
Spider-Man #16-#18</b>).</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8hVXibk9synx0qJ3ie43PAqRtSVnBhUW5wuW-yu2FAexnhC9hy9JwGevRUdGQ2IPn9tmBJiITO9U-NR0kG2CRu79xZ11vV6PM-BUbJG8HsA7p2FhOal0J2IsLgnWHld6P0grKjsLg_WpAmZPy_G3vuDk2sOPcBuZTGVlyQ48Hi1crbd1fo1ePcVQd50/s3056/Spider-Man%20Unlimited%20(1993-1998)%20014-039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8hVXibk9synx0qJ3ie43PAqRtSVnBhUW5wuW-yu2FAexnhC9hy9JwGevRUdGQ2IPn9tmBJiITO9U-NR0kG2CRu79xZ11vV6PM-BUbJG8HsA7p2FhOal0J2IsLgnWHld6P0grKjsLg_WpAmZPy_G3vuDk2sOPcBuZTGVlyQ48Hi1crbd1fo1ePcVQd50/w416-h640/Spider-Man%20Unlimited%20(1993-1998)%20014-039.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfjdnVk8ut6QFz51YacuyCcIScaRAV-iu4FF1a3FjmiII3K1VGPgqKOSf7umpuSL7OqVTh1Ui_6C3N6Bxr0Tc013I063Jz39mutorw4xid1B5Y8zO2cj9NHCtCw8SKrcNTEPWeiX9ISu_MYm_LFZXbqhxhB0J2PY1rePZeis_JLKnULJtr-hEivx78tQ/s3056/Spider-Man%20Unlimited%20(1993-1998)%20014-040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p class="MsoNormal">With a bounty on his head, <b>Spider-Man</b> enlists <b>Hobie’s</b>
expertise to adopt a new identity. Utilizing <b>Hobie’s</b> jet pack, which was
too heavy for a normal human to carry, <b>Spider-Man</b> suited up as the superhero
<b>Hornet</b> until the <b>Vulture</b> recognized him as the web-swinger and
blurted it out (<b>Sensational Spider-Man #25-#28</b>).</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Alright, that is us caught up to the point the <b>MC2</b>
diverges from the <b>Main Marvel Universe</b>. Now let us do some tidying up. <b>Mindy’s</b>
surname is <b>McPherson</b>, but she is sometimes referred to by <b>Hobie’s</b>
surname, <b>Brown</b>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Mindy’s</b>
full name is revealed in <b>The Prowler’s</b> profile in the <b>Official
Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Update ‘89 #6</b> where it is also stated she retains
her maiden name, a fact supported by more recent <b>Official Handbooks</b>. As
an aside, <b>Manuel ‘Manny’ Lopez</b> is also listed as a known relative in the
<b>Update ’89</b> <b>Prowler</b> profile via the ‘Big Brother’ program, which
is also reiterated in the <b>All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A
to Z #8</b> but has been removed from <b>The Prowler</b> profile printed in <b>Official
Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Harcover Volume 9</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You might have noticed that modern <b>Handbooks</b> mention <b>Hobie</b>
has ‘<i>seven other unidentified older siblings</i><b>’</b> in addition to <b>Abe</b>.
For the longest time I could not figure out where this information came from
until I realized it mustn’t be from an appearance of <b>Hobie’s</b>, but one of
<b>Abe’s</b>. It was evidently an early appearance too, as it is even referenced
the <b>Marvel Legacy: The 1970’s Handbook</b> which confines its information to
works published before <b>1980</b>. Fortunately, after some digging, I found it
in <b>Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #8</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As an added bonus, a family member I haven’t seen referred
to in any Handbook: a Grandmother <b>Abe</b> mentions flippantly in <b>Deadly
Hands of Kung Fu #3</b>, probably because it’s unclear if he’s joking. I will
add her to the <b>Brown Family Tree</b> regardless for the sake of being comprehensive.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sadly neither <b>Hobie Brown</b> nor his alter ego <b>The
Prowler</b> make an actual appearance in the <b>MC2</b>, though if you’ve been
following this blog for a while, you’ll know that the only mention we have
of <b>Hobie Brown’s</b> alter ego is in <b>Amazing Spider-Girl
#4</b> where the television celebrity Bounty Hunter <b>Julius ‘Mad
Dog’ Rassitano</b> notes he is using ‘<b>The Prowler’s</b> steel-tipped
claw’ along with various other gadgets formerly belonging to different super
villains.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">However, it should be noted that <b>Julius</b> also
admits later that much of his equipment and gadgets come from his television
program’s prop department. I say most because he does also appear to possess some
genuine articles, such as confiscating the retractable legs of <b>Stilt-Man</b> when
he captured the villain or purchasing the suction-grippers of <b>The
Beetle</b> on eBay (<b>Amazing Spider-Girl #5</b>).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVSAkS43HpXGWdN1MFPjDWn-JSiD-14I-L1IXO8XLp06sguE0rj4a41-JOY4ZsVZXbtV-d_4dWuJ0I-byTQUOi6h10iHi61xGCXLHI7nW7l3WzT7-EsNBGuZedirBmv-S1_NKLbb25zBG9R6QGAoEIip-0vu2ZpAaUNcKb3tRej8FN-evQSuH8GSwWqIc/s1981/img018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1981" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVSAkS43HpXGWdN1MFPjDWn-JSiD-14I-L1IXO8XLp06sguE0rj4a41-JOY4ZsVZXbtV-d_4dWuJ0I-byTQUOi6h10iHi61xGCXLHI7nW7l3WzT7-EsNBGuZedirBmv-S1_NKLbb25zBG9R6QGAoEIip-0vu2ZpAaUNcKb3tRej8FN-evQSuH8GSwWqIc/w414-h640/img018.jpg" width="414" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is unknown what the status of <b>Hobie Brown</b> is
in the <b>MC2’s</b> present-day, but the appearance of his alter
ego’s gauntlet gadgets does leave the potential for a future appearance someday
should the <b>MC2</b> ever grace the comics world again.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wsuqsaC08V1VFrBMi-7H35GdScaUCdGHCjhoAS987zjnG44xjjoujuuHNLDDNYSaJXCaQbg0FDS1QMn_PXae9xxsumLYupigBcCPDPsFjvs3gxpG9Scfaz0oRUWVizhKuQ_POrnA0x9INs-xrSFNeF4PX-IXaxtj5midzZCpff8fY8jR7fHZwy5gL0o/s1974/img019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1974" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wsuqsaC08V1VFrBMi-7H35GdScaUCdGHCjhoAS987zjnG44xjjoujuuHNLDDNYSaJXCaQbg0FDS1QMn_PXae9xxsumLYupigBcCPDPsFjvs3gxpG9Scfaz0oRUWVizhKuQ_POrnA0x9INs-xrSFNeF4PX-IXaxtj5midzZCpff8fY8jR7fHZwy5gL0o/w414-h640/img019.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Abe Brown</b> along with fellow <b>Sons of the Tiger</b>,
<b>Lin Sun</b> and <b>Robert Diamond</b> all appear in the <b>MC2</b> proper, in
the pages of <b>J2 #11</b>. When <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/07/american-dreams-costumes.html">American
Dream</a></b> of the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/05/history-of-mc2-avengers.html">Avengers</a></b> turns
down an invitation to participate in a martial arts contest,<b> J2 </b>aka<b> Zane
Yama</b> takes it upon himself to attend in her place. Travelling via
mystical amulet to a small island, <b>J2</b> meets the (apparently)
blind <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/08/howard-duck-in-mc2.html">Howard the
Duck</a></b>, the self-proclaimed <b>Master of Quack-Fu</b>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From <b>Howard</b> we learn that a few dozen of
the world's greatest martial artists were invited to the contest, but only a
few of the previous generation's '<i>old fogies</i>' showed up. Among these ‘<i>old
fogies</i>’ is <b>Shang-Chi</b>, sparring with <b>Shen Kuei</b> aka <b>Cat</b>
and we glimpse <a href="http://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/09/iron-fist-in-mc2.html">Iron Fist</a>,
the three original members of the <b>Sons of the Tiger</b> and <b>White
Tiger</b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_ADK2oxRM6Bkdk0UyHFiA_Td9GZqv4PEo2T8UU0P_RsAVbhoZajqEm7MpC5Uwepr1UgDqkcseglwggTOQK8bopR9iAgeMR4YTC4-p12NPx-PdEF-TWNlQ1XMdRVo4tanKOzhT_6gIW-_vm3I_ORGAbHQePnHBT2sKrOgaTcrTmDr5FXM1WNSq81oBzA/s2559/J2_11_0007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2559" data-original-width="1680" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_ADK2oxRM6Bkdk0UyHFiA_Td9GZqv4PEo2T8UU0P_RsAVbhoZajqEm7MpC5Uwepr1UgDqkcseglwggTOQK8bopR9iAgeMR4YTC4-p12NPx-PdEF-TWNlQ1XMdRVo4tanKOzhT_6gIW-_vm3I_ORGAbHQePnHBT2sKrOgaTcrTmDr5FXM1WNSq81oBzA/w420-h640/J2_11_0007.jpg" width="420" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></a></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Suspecting a trap, <b>Howard</b> had hoped to
stack the deck in his favour with <b>American Dream</b>, Stuck with <b>J2</b> instead, <b>Howard</b> attempts
to train the big lug to defend himself but has no success. When <b>J2</b> reverts
back to <b>Zane Yama</b> after his powers temporarily wear off, he
encounters <b>Blind Al</b>. Concerned for <b>Zane's</b> well-being
in the upcoming contest, <b>Al</b> attempts to get past <b>Weasel</b> to
talk to the mystery person who organised the contest: <b>Wade Wilson</b> aka <b><a href="http://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/05/deadpool-in-mc2.html">Deadpool</a></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTPZCU4S6nYQixnXwswMdltQIXcJAGxZBBqpYoerJIRtFP2aLduDNp2q1vigwO2h5wEXHJD_JB6qmcFGceNzX4asHP8KEF35qXa9Exmon1GsRW_wxGy6THiZFfqtNavywhbiaHaSnJVhxeGHzMenvhmzWTIXyKd1kosZi8cz3pyXqQ3AfDAPxSGDPO1s/s2549/J2_11_0010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2549" data-original-width="1680" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTPZCU4S6nYQixnXwswMdltQIXcJAGxZBBqpYoerJIRtFP2aLduDNp2q1vigwO2h5wEXHJD_JB6qmcFGceNzX4asHP8KEF35qXa9Exmon1GsRW_wxGy6THiZFfqtNavywhbiaHaSnJVhxeGHzMenvhmzWTIXyKd1kosZi8cz3pyXqQ3AfDAPxSGDPO1s/w422-h640/J2_11_0010.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Having followed <b>Blind Al</b>, <b>Zane</b> learns
the contest will have a deadly ending. Encountering <b>Deadpool</b>, <b>Zane</b> turns
back into <b>J2</b> to duke it out with the mercenary. <b>Deadpool</b> reveals
he set up the contest to alleviate his boredom. Having overheard his
plans, <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/09/shang-chi-in-mc2.html">Shang-Chi</a></b>, <b>Iron
Fist</b>, <b>White Tiger</b>, <b>Cat,</b> and the <b>Sons
of the Tiger</b> proceed to kick <b>Wade’s</b> butt off-panel.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEArUWdT4FhJH4a2b2lkmgqcecSXJX7NOMqMc5oRJgX4rzh4Bxs8xCTnUAL__1nalVqiQ8LTDkUlypdhrKyMkFI4WOxRfHMGADnlsng6wmV-sAhLl751PP63oON7-M1QtxvcFyqR1skY5YEiYnu-jrK5d4bzjzLozOjL2EMIXRj6S5XA0uNWnEnqzqCs/s2558/J2_11_0015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2558" data-original-width="1680" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEArUWdT4FhJH4a2b2lkmgqcecSXJX7NOMqMc5oRJgX4rzh4Bxs8xCTnUAL__1nalVqiQ8LTDkUlypdhrKyMkFI4WOxRfHMGADnlsng6wmV-sAhLl751PP63oON7-M1QtxvcFyqR1skY5YEiYnu-jrK5d4bzjzLozOjL2EMIXRj6S5XA0uNWnEnqzqCs/w420-h640/J2_11_0015.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpg6HaucGkd0_BMb4fbg0Gegm-nwAdtRTMMtjvuVBaHkuCmAV48fWaHCUcxbuHq-gqtDzmjIYb0dUppx-uTMomQ_bFYpyJfAAzFgPimDvepDyVt2I1i6UzJFUKPRo1WzUAUVtzv2LumQL_Hsho0VWPy7oRIGR2TBMNfoz9eF_5omOn9AYh5pE7E2B0e8U/s2568/J2_11_0016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2568" data-original-width="1680" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpg6HaucGkd0_BMb4fbg0Gegm-nwAdtRTMMtjvuVBaHkuCmAV48fWaHCUcxbuHq-gqtDzmjIYb0dUppx-uTMomQ_bFYpyJfAAzFgPimDvepDyVt2I1i6UzJFUKPRo1WzUAUVtzv2LumQL_Hsho0VWPy7oRIGR2TBMNfoz9eF_5omOn9AYh5pE7E2B0e8U/w418-h640/J2_11_0016.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTao3OqZ2dUJIsQniY3YcnOlUntRVoRgyWNBI0uVyJNT1hJqui9dHKIU7Nr7E7uk_EK7M4KkCw0E7NZBIQouILzapIn62z8wjMxZcH7wNOoR8vOwOu4SM1G1yLbcrQOCZmiy_lnb-8g5EZk2i21f_dyofAAQU62T1qEz3v8yU0dakE-q10eS9V113Dq9I/s2599/J2_11_0017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2599" data-original-width="1680" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTao3OqZ2dUJIsQniY3YcnOlUntRVoRgyWNBI0uVyJNT1hJqui9dHKIU7Nr7E7uk_EK7M4KkCw0E7NZBIQouILzapIn62z8wjMxZcH7wNOoR8vOwOu4SM1G1yLbcrQOCZmiy_lnb-8g5EZk2i21f_dyofAAQU62T1qEz3v8yU0dakE-q10eS9V113Dq9I/w414-h640/J2_11_0017.jpg" width="414" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><br /><o:p></o:p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8AYTzj1fXRSUtTqVlWdkxvNc1N-Er1r8t1xmPrCxLjQgJ_glkT-Y39pwKtNsVQPXAAAqoctjMIsrn4BgaKc9Jdv8WbNJJKnLMQr3qPOaMR1cG6Pu6pE9XpsGZ2cxhGvxS1NXF3HCIc92Jxm5zc_hk3FA7ioCoNmfNucdARQ9TcTTTnCVEYl7Hg5QFIAI/s2572/J2_11_0020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2572" data-original-width="1680" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8AYTzj1fXRSUtTqVlWdkxvNc1N-Er1r8t1xmPrCxLjQgJ_glkT-Y39pwKtNsVQPXAAAqoctjMIsrn4BgaKc9Jdv8WbNJJKnLMQr3qPOaMR1cG6Pu6pE9XpsGZ2cxhGvxS1NXF3HCIc92Jxm5zc_hk3FA7ioCoNmfNucdARQ9TcTTTnCVEYl7Hg5QFIAI/w418-h640/J2_11_0020.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">That is it, everyone! Hopefully you learned something new about
the <b>Brown Family Tree</b>. I know I learned a lot while researching the history
of <b>Hobie</b> and <b>Abe Brown</b>¸ and I have barely scratched the surface. It
is my genuine wish that characters like <b>Hobart ‘Hobie’ Brown’s</b>
significance to the comic book medium were recognized and acknowledged by more
fans.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I figure out who the rest of <b>Brown</b> siblings are
and why they’ve never appeared, I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat<o:p></o:p></p><br /><br />frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-52089545631101963472023-06-07T15:31:00.003+10:002023-06-07T15:31:46.759+10:00Ben Reilly in the MC2<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">With <b>Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</b> in
cinema’s and featuring everyone’s favourite <b>Spider-Clone</b>, <b>Ben Reilly</b>
as the <b>Scarlet Spider</b>. Not only am I fan of the character, he holds a
very significant role in the <b>MC2</b>. Let us take a look at the legacy of <b>Ben
Reilly in the MC2</b>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGjCAtp7uxZp80nrt4RFl9HNasLpLBlHfqTyZtDusq5JIN-R7WffsVioYGMQ_662ghYOa3UZ1N2elaUlwFYFhQs1xAr2G2VDAcjvuNR7EQxTvrbWB983csTFVZuuXmKGFEzhOY-QMFkcfQu4dSs2I3fYB1dJB5CNmCUoGbodYieUQlxX2rSSRvH_k/s3011/Ben%20Reilly%20Banner%20main%20image%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1783" data-original-width="3011" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGjCAtp7uxZp80nrt4RFl9HNasLpLBlHfqTyZtDusq5JIN-R7WffsVioYGMQ_662ghYOa3UZ1N2elaUlwFYFhQs1xAr2G2VDAcjvuNR7EQxTvrbWB983csTFVZuuXmKGFEzhOY-QMFkcfQu4dSs2I3fYB1dJB5CNmCUoGbodYieUQlxX2rSSRvH_k/w640-h378/Ben%20Reilly%20Banner%20main%20image%201.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Let us briefly review the history of the character in the <b>Main
Marvel Universe</b>. First appearing as only a clone of <b>Peter Parker</b> aka
<b>Spider-Man</b> in the pages of <b>Amazing Spider-Man #149</b>, the character
was created by <b>Professor</b> <b>Miles Warren</b> aka <b>The</b> <b>Jackal</b>.
In the real world, the character of the <b>Spider-Clone</b> was created by <b>Gerry
Conway</b> and <b>Ross Andru </b>during the original <b>Clone Saga</b>. Taking
a new name in honour of his <b>uncle’s</b> first name and his <b>aunt’s</b>
maiden name, <b>Ben Reilly</b> would spend five years travelling and living a
very different life to <b>Peter Parker’s</b> before eventually returning to <b>New
York</b> when he learned that <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/12/aunt-may-in-mc2.html">Aunt May</a></b>
was gravely ill, making his presence known to <b>Peter</b> at the end of <b>Spectacular
Spider-Man #216</b> leading into <b>Web of Spider-Man #117</b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBoPKxOmxZYG7-rC0snasuSveoJoG44xsubCx6favzCCItlZJeHVIF9-Y9a0H0Kk9MQlT4mUe58UDanCl6hv9n9QkPYZ6p7RA0AwXWbBnEGfZsbnE0wJ8E72zW9CeXnj6jZYq9v2W-3WVG_L60NKk3Ng-E4oxoznYDabJFAGmbaJS0aCuAFiufIPE/s1500/RCO013_1469503363.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1061" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBoPKxOmxZYG7-rC0snasuSveoJoG44xsubCx6favzCCItlZJeHVIF9-Y9a0H0Kk9MQlT4mUe58UDanCl6hv9n9QkPYZ6p7RA0AwXWbBnEGfZsbnE0wJ8E72zW9CeXnj6jZYq9v2W-3WVG_L60NKk3Ng-E4oxoznYDabJFAGmbaJS0aCuAFiufIPE/w452-h640/RCO013_1469503363.jpg" width="452" /></a></b></div>. <o:p></o:p><p></p>
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Saga</b> here. I will simply point out a few of the relevant occasions referenced
in the <b>MC2</b>, starting at the very beginning with <b>What If #105</b>.
There, in the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-parker-family-home.html">Parker
Family Home</a></b>, <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/10/spider-symmetry-mary-jane-and-smythe.html">Mary
Jane</a></b> explains to her daughter <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/05/history-of-mc2-mayday.html">May ‘Mayday’
Parker</a></b> how <b>Peter</b> <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/09/peter-parkers-lost-leg-physiological.html">lost
his leg</a> in final battle with the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/12/norman-osborn-in-mc2.html">Green
Goblin</a></b> aka <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/12/norman-osborn-in-mc2.html">Norman
Osborn</a></b>. <b>Mayday</b> soon uncovers her ‘<b>Uncle Ben’s</b>’ own <b>Spider-Man</b>
costume and <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/06/spider-girls-first-web-shooters.html">web-shooters</a></b>
and it’s these she wears as <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/09/spider-girls-spider-signal.html">Spider-Girl</a></b>
for her very first battle against the newest <b>Green Goblin</b> aka <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-osborn-family-tree.html">Normie
Osborn</a></b>. Afterwards, <b>Mayday</b> gives the costume a fiery funeral
with her parents but soon after sews herself a new costume with the same design
as <b>Ben’s</b>. With only minor changes over time this remains <b>Spider-Girl’s</b>
recognizable and iconic look to this day.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When the enigmatic vigilante <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2012/08/lets-talk-about-darkdevil.html">Darkdevil</a></b>
made his first appearances, his costume patterned after the deceased hero <b>Matt
Murdock</b> aka <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/10/history-of-mc2-daredevil.html">Daredevil</a></b>,
theories about his secret identity were rife. It was revealed in the three-issue
mini-series <b>Darkdevil</b> that the titular character was in fact the son of <b>Ben
Reilly</b> and <b>Elizabeth Tyne</b> known as <b>Reilly Tyne</b>, who had been
spared from certain death as a result of his degenerating cells by <b>Ben’s</b>
clone brother <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/11/history-of-mc2-kaine.html">Kaine</a></b>
only to be possessed by the demon <b>Zarathos</b>, before the latter was driven
out <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by the spirit of <b>Matt</b> <b>Murdock
</b>(<b>Darkdevil #1-#3</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Elizabeth Tyne</b> is briefly shown behind bars, a direct
reference to her fate following the events of the mini-series <b>Spider-Man:
Redemption</b> which ended with both <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/01/kaines-journey.html">Kaine</a></b>
and <b>Tyne</b> turning themselves in for their crimes. While we know <b>Kaine</b>
broke out after <b>Ben’s</b> death, <b>Elizabeth</b> apparently remained in prison
and, in the <b>MC2</b> canon, gave birth to her and <b>Ben’s</b> son, <b>Reilly
Tyne</b>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcM0482cklIh1H4dbJIAYyQZ5EYb8U1405dSov5xapTpVxQ7QmpZx-tNwMsbisS-d6jSp6g9ur5R8aEcXWfptFnXgXp4AONMefLB1n_ZUZiPiwFastyvAQVA_x-eAYn-2ebCUaJjxOcyAKkZm_qmCQZhwAjK3KhNbPETSuxGRojiSD0etz8T2tLAR/s3056/Spider-Man%20Redemption%204-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcM0482cklIh1H4dbJIAYyQZ5EYb8U1405dSov5xapTpVxQ7QmpZx-tNwMsbisS-d6jSp6g9ur5R8aEcXWfptFnXgXp4AONMefLB1n_ZUZiPiwFastyvAQVA_x-eAYn-2ebCUaJjxOcyAKkZm_qmCQZhwAjK3KhNbPETSuxGRojiSD0etz8T2tLAR/w416-h640/Spider-Man%20Redemption%204-1.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6yUH7mNEXIjAkfZo2M_g6EmcG8LMKAwB4LnS1dG3dBcz9w-o0XZ4ezo0yH9opKSpIjxjgflde0Bcqv6YvNURPdx0pxs36LFsX7nqOZtOntllpM268Ps4tMWtYFXeZ0sLKhQ26o5pwslFRTGWBHkkdP5TX9H6hq8Vpq-uGHvH79XqewealrNgwD_Sb/s3056/Spider-Man%20Redemption%204-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6yUH7mNEXIjAkfZo2M_g6EmcG8LMKAwB4LnS1dG3dBcz9w-o0XZ4ezo0yH9opKSpIjxjgflde0Bcqv6YvNURPdx0pxs36LFsX7nqOZtOntllpM268Ps4tMWtYFXeZ0sLKhQ26o5pwslFRTGWBHkkdP5TX9H6hq8Vpq-uGHvH79XqewealrNgwD_Sb/w416-h640/Spider-Man%20Redemption%204-2.jpg" width="416" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEyibRDpkr1nEC1XINhIpUlnjV0fCJ_Y5G8lKj_jxA9M_hWgttUqv9UqjUKyR5YDp2jPI1ta6eXljqsCNCaVaER96b3zdx4C3h-_S3HfrUBRgW2sJbmIRT0qBxT6yt6IcK1sum--9HasA1C1Yn2xYIg2IZCA9fUNNSDDknCiiZawvqqAgv0QiTD1a/s3056/Spider-Man%20Redemption%204-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEyibRDpkr1nEC1XINhIpUlnjV0fCJ_Y5G8lKj_jxA9M_hWgttUqv9UqjUKyR5YDp2jPI1ta6eXljqsCNCaVaER96b3zdx4C3h-_S3HfrUBRgW2sJbmIRT0qBxT6yt6IcK1sum--9HasA1C1Yn2xYIg2IZCA9fUNNSDDknCiiZawvqqAgv0QiTD1a/w416-h640/Spider-Man%20Redemption%204-3.jpg" width="416" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KHzikXOiHcxB4mMiBPrGlZcMSoCyClQwqzgS04Z2doHdUF10zqgPvXmc_xTE0gxDonSVkT7b6A0ucF5Dm0uXbtVHbHlq4ZDdT5emM5tvedWuaB_LVU6qIfKONkmsWmCbsu6Cw3eCLAeoROy-Jxj3XQV9naXBNIf2hhHOQUrhbi0vBK7e-7F4zzv1/s3056/Spider-Man%20Redemption%204-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KHzikXOiHcxB4mMiBPrGlZcMSoCyClQwqzgS04Z2doHdUF10zqgPvXmc_xTE0gxDonSVkT7b6A0ucF5Dm0uXbtVHbHlq4ZDdT5emM5tvedWuaB_LVU6qIfKONkmsWmCbsu6Cw3eCLAeoROy-Jxj3XQV9naXBNIf2hhHOQUrhbi0vBK7e-7F4zzv1/w416-h640/Spider-Man%20Redemption%204-4.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><o:p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ476F6LM1HQUeWsAHOABtZTAfO1b9xY55ygCPtG-J6R-6oLuIjHysk8kYj4izltQlK5gmNxNNpewdcAO_6-2zxwNoLuL_Yykanik4t8iwpAGayJ7uofrWX4y4tkx60dqyT3zAOHNwWvi7ZMv3IP0-M4QntM5e4SsDIzJambnDTJe-6aJK9c-tXXEq/s3056/Spider-Man%20Redemption%204-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ476F6LM1HQUeWsAHOABtZTAfO1b9xY55ygCPtG-J6R-6oLuIjHysk8kYj4izltQlK5gmNxNNpewdcAO_6-2zxwNoLuL_Yykanik4t8iwpAGayJ7uofrWX4y4tkx60dqyT3zAOHNwWvi7ZMv3IP0-M4QntM5e4SsDIzJambnDTJe-6aJK9c-tXXEq/w416-h640/Spider-Man%20Redemption%204-5.jpg" width="416" /></a></div></o:p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">References to <b>Ben Reilly’s</b> activities
during the <b>90’s</b> <b>Clone Saga</b> appears in <b>Spider-Girl
#44</b> when <b>Peter</b> provides <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/05/history-of-mc2-mayday.html">Mayday</a></b> with
a heavily edited and censored version of some of the significant events
including flashbacks to <b>Ben Reilly’s</b> time on the road (<b>Spider-Man:
The Lost Years #1-#3</b>), his aforementioned return and encounter with <b>Peter</b>
(<b>Spectacular Spider-Man #216</b>, <b>Web of Spider-Man #117</b>), alongside <b>Peter
</b>battling <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/10/where-is-cletus-kasady-in-mc2.html">Cletus
Kasady</a></b> aka <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/11/carnage-in-mc2.html">Carnage</a> </b>(<b>Spectacular
Spider-Man #217</b>), seeing off <b>Peter</b> and a heavily pregnant <b>Mary
Jane </b>( at some point after <b>Spectacular Spider-Man #229</b>) and <b>Ben</b>
suited up in his <b>Spider-Man</b> costume (<b>Sensational Spider-Man #0</b>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxSzIAKgLyL5QYBkSsozlVK3xw2bOZaVDQhF71thDWmeIA2AYzJCpGtJJv3UrV6BXZDHiV2AQ2_j7Pn4m-BG6AH9IgaYmAigTPGN0kTlhlp5gNDTelYWXpZfd8sO6obXKKrtAeehPmLi1HNVczpsWtz7sUBKNsbG-Pt4qqHvKyLbQTpWKRissP99L/s3000/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20044-012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxSzIAKgLyL5QYBkSsozlVK3xw2bOZaVDQhF71thDWmeIA2AYzJCpGtJJv3UrV6BXZDHiV2AQ2_j7Pn4m-BG6AH9IgaYmAigTPGN0kTlhlp5gNDTelYWXpZfd8sO6obXKKrtAeehPmLi1HNVczpsWtz7sUBKNsbG-Pt4qqHvKyLbQTpWKRissP99L/w424-h640/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20044-012.jpg" width="424" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxSzIAKgLyL5QYBkSsozlVK3xw2bOZaVDQhF71thDWmeIA2AYzJCpGtJJv3UrV6BXZDHiV2AQ2_j7Pn4m-BG6AH9IgaYmAigTPGN0kTlhlp5gNDTelYWXpZfd8sO6obXKKrtAeehPmLi1HNVczpsWtz7sUBKNsbG-Pt4qqHvKyLbQTpWKRissP99L/s3000/Spider-Girl%20(1998-2006)%20044-012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Peter</b> also notes that <b>May</b> reminds him of <b>Ben</b>
quite a bit as they both approached web-swinging the same way; with optimism
and enthusiasm. Finally, <b>Peter</b> tells <b>Mayday</b> how <b>Ben</b> died a
hero by sacrificing himself to save <b>Peter</b> from the original <b>Green
Goblin</b>, <b>Norman Osborn</b>, as seen in <b>Peter Parker: Spider-Man #75</b>.
<b>May</b> realizes this is the same man responsible for her kidnapping as a
baby and <b>Peter’s</b> lost leg (<b>Spider-Girl #44</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Desperate to be <b>Spider-Girl’s</b> partner and having read
a book about <b>Spider-Man</b> written by <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/01/phil-urich-secret-villain-mc2-theory.html">Ben
Urich</a></b>, <b>Felicity Hardy</b> (daughter of <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/09/hardythompson-family-tree-redux.html">Flash
Thompson</a></b> and <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/06/felicia-hardy-in-mc2.html">Felicia
Hardy</a></b> aka the <b>Black Cat</b>) is inspired to don a costume patterned on
that of the original <b>Scarlet Spider</b> (<b>Spider-Girl #46</b>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We learn through flashbacks that <b>Kaine</b> initially
tracked down <b>Alison Mongrain</b> on his journey to avenge his fallen brother,
<b>Ben Reilly</b>, leading to him learning of <b>Norman Osborn’s</b> kidnapping
of <b>Peter</b> and <b>Mary Jane’s</b> baby <b>May</b>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After rescuing and reuniting <b>May</b> with
her mother, <b>Kaine</b> makes <b>Norman</b> his target though he apparently did
not confront him before the fateful final battle between <b>Spider-Man</b> and
the <b>Green Goblin</b> resulted in <b>Osborn’s</b> death. In the present while
again pursuing <b>Mongrain</b>, <b>Kaine</b> tells <b>Felicity</b> he is pained
to see her garbed in <b>Ben’s</b> costume as he never got to beg his
forgiveness for the wrongs he had inflicted upon him before he was killed (<b>Spider-Girl
#48-#49</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This brings us to <b>Spider-Man Family Vol. 1 #1</b>.
Therein we have a story (seemingly) set during the mostly unexplored point in
time after <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/05/history-of-mc2-mayday.html">Baby May</a> is <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/01/kaines-journey.html">rescued and
returned</a> to <b>Peter</b> and <b>Mary Jane Parker</b> by <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/11/history-of-mc2-kaine.html">Kaine</a> but
before <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/09/peter-parkers-lost-leg-physiological.html">Peter<span style="font-weight: normal;"> loses his leg</span></a></b> in his final
battle with <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/12/norman-osborn-in-mc2.html">Norman
Osborn</a> aka the <b>Green Goblin</b>. Lured into a trap by the
villain <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/07/mysterio-in-mc2.html">Jack O’
Lantern</a></b> aka <b><a href="http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix7/madjackmagbeck.htm">Maguire Beck</a></b>, <b>Spider-Man</b> meets
and teams-up with <b>Araña</b> and her *sidekick* <b>Miguel</b> as
they battle a museum room full of <b>Spider-Man</b> robot’s designed
to resemble various costumes and points in <b>Peter’s</b> career.
Among these we see a robot that appears to be clad in the <b>Scarlet
Spider</b> costume and another in <b>Ben’s</b> own<b> Sensational
Spider-Man</b> costume. Both of these robotic duplicates are
destroyed by <b>Spider-Man</b> who alongside <b>Araña</b> and <b>Miguel</b> go
on to defeat the mastermind <b>Jack O’ Lantern</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In <b>Spectacular Spider-Girl (vol. 1) #1</b>/<b>Amazing
Spider-Man Family #5</b> ‘<b><i>Gwen Reilly</i></b><i>’</i> appears out of
nowhere at the <b>Parker’s</b> door step, claiming to be <b>Ben
Reilly’s</b> daughter. However, this is revealed to be an elaborate scam,
with ‘<b><i>Gwen</i>’s</b>’ real name being <b>Connie Frederickson</b>, a
con artist who had previously used the alias <b>Connie Osborn</b>. <b>Connie</b> is
the daughter of <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-osborn-family-tree.html">Kolina Frederickson</a></b> (<b>Norman’s</b> private
nurse mentioned above) and -apparently- <b>Norman Osborn </b>(<b>Spectacular
Spider-Girl (vol. 1) #3</b>/<b>Amazing Spider-Man Family #7</b>). Recruited
into the <b>Order of the Goblin</b> by <b>Fury the Goblin Queen</b>, <b>Connie</b> was
given plastic surgery to resemble <b>Gwen Stacy</b> and sent to toy
with the <b>Parker’s</b> (<b>Spectacular Spider-Girl (vol.1) #4</b>/<b>Amazing
Spider-Man Family #8</b>). However, <b>Connie</b> was killed shortly
afterwards by <b>Elan DeJunae</b> who wished to eliminate any one
else with a potential claim to the legacy of <b>Norman Osborn</b> and
distract <b>Spider-Girl</b> in the process (<b>Spectacular
Spider-Girl (vol. 1) # 2</b>/<b> Amazing Spider-Man Family #5, Spectacular
Spider-Girl (vol. 1) #8/Web of Spider-Man (vol. 2) #4</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Ben Reilly</b> is one of the most significant and
impactful characters in the <b>MC2</b>. He acts as <b>Mayday’s</b> ‘<b>Uncle
Ben</b>’ and she embodies him both in costume and in aspects of her approach to
heroism. <b>Ben’s</b> death had a life-changing impact on his clone brother <b>Kaine</b>,
who initially sought revenge on his killer but eventually found his own path to
atonement. <b>Reilly Tyne</b>, <b>Ben’s</b> and <b>Janine’s</b> son, continues
in his father’s footsteps as the heroic vigilante <b>Darkdevil</b> and <b>Felicity
Hardy</b> has taken on <b>Ben’s</b> former costumed identity as the new <b>Scarlet
Spider</b>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rest in Peace, <b>Ben</b>.
You showed us it is our choices which define us, not the nature of our
creation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I figure out which is the clone and which is the other
clone, I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat<o:p></o:p></p><br />frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-12773559528216654292023-05-31T13:10:00.000+10:002023-05-31T13:10:27.679+10:00Spider-Man 2099 in the MC2?!<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The release of <b>Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</b>
is upon us and with it we will get to see <b>Miguel O’Hara</b> make his first
full appearance on the big screen following his cameo teaser in the end credits
of <b>2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse</b>. I am very excited for this
and so today I wanted to look at how <b>Spider-Man 2099 and the MC2</b> are
connected. I’ve already written individual posts about <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/04/six-armed-spider-man.html">Six-Arm Spider-Man</a></b>,
the original <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/01/spider-mans-spider-armor.html">Spider-Armor</a></b>
and the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-amazingly-bombastic-bag-man.html">Bombastic
Bag-Man</a></b> so be sure to give those a read too.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">First, some context, as always! <b>Spider-Man 2099</b> first
appeared in <b>Spider-Man 2099 #1</b> (unless you want to count a preview of that
issue in <b>Amazing Spider-Man #365</b>) and was created by writer <b>Peter
David</b> and penciller <b>Rick Leonardi</b> with <b>MC2</b>-alumni <b>Al
Williamson</b> on inking duties. On <b>Earth-928</b> in the year <b>2099</b>, the
brilliant scientist named <b>Miguel O’Hara</b> worked as project head for the megacorporation
<b>Alchemax’s</b> genetics program. After being forced into a human trial of
his work results in the test subject dying, <b>Miguel</b> attempts to quit <b>Alchemax</b>
in protest, but is poisoned with the addictive <b>Alchemax-</b>distributed drug
called <b>Rapture</b> by his boss <b>Tyler Stone</b> to ensure he remained with
the company.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As <b>Rapture</b>
bonds to a person genetically, it leaves a person permanently addicted. <b>Miguel</b>
breaks into his <b>Alchemax</b> lab and attempts to restore his genetic code
using the blueprint of it he had on file. However, his disgruntled co-worker <b>Aaron
Delgato</b> tampers with the equipment causing <b>O’Hara’s</b> genetic code to
be combined with the genetic code of a spider <b>Miguel</b> had been
researching earlier in hopes of endowing humans with extra abilities like the ‘<b>Heroic
Age</b>’ figure, <b>Spider-Man </b>(<b>Spider-Man 2099 #1</b>).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_LpwrJ6Sm6hkZ0XuTC-idoJdg-1tADpGNZyXUd7oosE9VxY-jZGQULBXW8yItK1MNi3vaZrL7z6-uDm50oybddlPjhfYwrm2T5hFSVuXg2euAtbYCYzntYxiJ_xqrF6JceYUqNd6OINh9qGb3XubJWPQPebIWKf8aC-RZg2VmadnHXuEeBcqFyrB/s3056/Spider-Man%202099%20v01-020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_LpwrJ6Sm6hkZ0XuTC-idoJdg-1tADpGNZyXUd7oosE9VxY-jZGQULBXW8yItK1MNi3vaZrL7z6-uDm50oybddlPjhfYwrm2T5hFSVuXg2euAtbYCYzntYxiJ_xqrF6JceYUqNd6OINh9qGb3XubJWPQPebIWKf8aC-RZg2VmadnHXuEeBcqFyrB/w416-h640/Spider-Man%202099%20v01-020.jpg" width="416" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_LpwrJ6Sm6hkZ0XuTC-idoJdg-1tADpGNZyXUd7oosE9VxY-jZGQULBXW8yItK1MNi3vaZrL7z6-uDm50oybddlPjhfYwrm2T5hFSVuXg2euAtbYCYzntYxiJ_xqrF6JceYUqNd6OINh9qGb3XubJWPQPebIWKf8aC-RZg2VmadnHXuEeBcqFyrB/s3056/Spider-Man%202099%20v01-020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJz5W04TcMsX2xUJILJO86z4RFDq28VCwOdDO7VlJM52LWM5iRuJNuivsqp8y63FTAXiBP2kJbq2Jq0yRZ7PpkOA_Ff6RwSDRxnZPIhTEkxileQcHkE_MwmMOUJwrly86ecwnI8f9XJh29xUDuH0uTtr4NSKWLPM4LHJoKvDxCJw5K5MujFlFxaVb/s3056/Spider-Man%202099%20v01-021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJz5W04TcMsX2xUJILJO86z4RFDq28VCwOdDO7VlJM52LWM5iRuJNuivsqp8y63FTAXiBP2kJbq2Jq0yRZ7PpkOA_Ff6RwSDRxnZPIhTEkxileQcHkE_MwmMOUJwrly86ecwnI8f9XJh29xUDuH0uTtr4NSKWLPM4LHJoKvDxCJw5K5MujFlFxaVb/w416-h640/Spider-Man%202099%20v01-021.jpg" width="416" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></a></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiap2mTeu7MuBzHM8adp-nrnDwe3hVu0SmJuZniz71tOGvmkuui0k2GRpMYqb53i2hmn-QgUVtKxEEay_kbd_VVDpH8RgY6txLZ3fTEloMHiuQYBiES93BTZw22Q99cVDX35RF85Ydm8TV1OZhVdC6TSqMGdldKZDHL9Gs36Dy60Y40iQyWEkTXs7LQ/s3056/Spider-Man%202099%20v01-023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiap2mTeu7MuBzHM8adp-nrnDwe3hVu0SmJuZniz71tOGvmkuui0k2GRpMYqb53i2hmn-QgUVtKxEEay_kbd_VVDpH8RgY6txLZ3fTEloMHiuQYBiES93BTZw22Q99cVDX35RF85Ydm8TV1OZhVdC6TSqMGdldKZDHL9Gs36Dy60Y40iQyWEkTXs7LQ/w416-h640/Spider-Man%202099%20v01-023.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <b>Aaron</b> dies following an ensuing explosion and <b>Miguel</b> learns he has gained spider-powers while escaping the <b>Public Eye</b>. With the aid of torn ‘<i>light byte’</i> cloth from a<b> ‘</b>skysail’ gifted by a <b>Thorite</b> (a believer in the second-coming of <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/03/thor-in-mc2.html">Thor</a></b>) and an old black and red <b>Day of the Dead</b> costume made from <i>unstable molecule fabric</i>, <b>O’Hara</b> fashions a disguise to throw <b>Alchemax’s</b> cyborg tracker <b>Venture</b> off his trail as he back-tracks through his apartment. After a chase across the city of <b>Nueva York</b>, <b>Miguel</b> as <b>Spider-Man</b> is captured but manages to free himself using his talons and battles <b>Venture</b>, discovering his ability to produce webbing and in the process defeating the bounty hunter. Thus, the year <b>2099</b> gained its own <b>Spider-Man</b> (<b>Spider-Man 2099 #2-#3</b>).<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyU7kCKqF60iU9--w9tsulSrDP7NK9JmGefjqITsokuiVNgcNHktnsJVHnonNzMfQzD_GK13gN_Pdiz5bNjH6tVdqycs7P8arN_hpT1k6NC8tphwGCW0cIyRlCEG4lary2Ttuo0aCVohXIY7uhh0XZtPPDfqc_xNIoNknajZgrpY6s2l0jjEKFI-h9/s3056/Spider-Man%202099%20v01-028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyU7kCKqF60iU9--w9tsulSrDP7NK9JmGefjqITsokuiVNgcNHktnsJVHnonNzMfQzD_GK13gN_Pdiz5bNjH6tVdqycs7P8arN_hpT1k6NC8tphwGCW0cIyRlCEG4lary2Ttuo0aCVohXIY7uhh0XZtPPDfqc_xNIoNknajZgrpY6s2l0jjEKFI-h9/w416-h640/Spider-Man%202099%20v01-028.jpg" width="416" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyU7kCKqF60iU9--w9tsulSrDP7NK9JmGefjqITsokuiVNgcNHktnsJVHnonNzMfQzD_GK13gN_Pdiz5bNjH6tVdqycs7P8arN_hpT1k6NC8tphwGCW0cIyRlCEG4lary2Ttuo0aCVohXIY7uhh0XZtPPDfqc_xNIoNknajZgrpY6s2l0jjEKFI-h9/s3056/Spider-Man%202099%20v01-028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZ6xKPm5gpRlF5xWnQQVGvP4TeABUWC9DDJogex8bAceVWv9_eGHs8LXS8KHO_NMFgtzD4kuXQARFWcGY7pR9GWPoZaNMH1AmecZRfWmOphcYPccvKhuMG0nWNNznrcFMbn7MJKv45Q1YIaz22bS_rnQke-3ZwcSZRkHuLBcMIaMlqQEVK2LFi1KY/s3056/Spider-Man%202099%20v01-029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZ6xKPm5gpRlF5xWnQQVGvP4TeABUWC9DDJogex8bAceVWv9_eGHs8LXS8KHO_NMFgtzD4kuXQARFWcGY7pR9GWPoZaNMH1AmecZRfWmOphcYPccvKhuMG0nWNNznrcFMbn7MJKv45Q1YIaz22bS_rnQke-3ZwcSZRkHuLBcMIaMlqQEVK2LFi1KY/w416-h640/Spider-Man%202099%20v01-029.jpg" width="416" /></a></div></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_g-c55qht7HgnJQGqnt-91lDsYgkAX0zHDGrboSAitT29XfkvwH26Rm3HWKb6KcOu49PE3TCqJA2m7LTElHH_f4lnCw30yjCoH6Pt4-5cykPBLX7FoxORRyjKiPhYh_c-eWldxzFQ9cANQGuv-d5Q3w9JxoRnFVO8WpKult7hmjeZXI_uGodvsKa/s3056/Spider-Man%202099%20v01-031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_g-c55qht7HgnJQGqnt-91lDsYgkAX0zHDGrboSAitT29XfkvwH26Rm3HWKb6KcOu49PE3TCqJA2m7LTElHH_f4lnCw30yjCoH6Pt4-5cykPBLX7FoxORRyjKiPhYh_c-eWldxzFQ9cANQGuv-d5Q3w9JxoRnFVO8WpKult7hmjeZXI_uGodvsKa/w416-h640/Spider-Man%202099%20v01-031.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In <b>Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man</b>, a special
one-shot story, <b>Miguel O’Hara</b> finds himself unexpectedly transported to the
present day, waking up next to <b>Mary Jane Parker</b>. Meanwhile <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/09/peter-parkers-lost-leg-physiological.html">Peter
Parker</a></b> finds himself in <b>Nueva York</b> in <b>2099</b> evading the <b>Public
Eye</b> before battling the <b>Vulture</b> of <b>2099</b>. <b>Miguel</b> learns
thanks to a trip to the <b>Daily Bugle</b> that he ended up in this time as a
result of the small company <b>Fujikawa</b> (in <b>O’Hara’s</b> time known as <b>Stark-Fujikawa</b>)
demonstrating a new energy source, temporal energy, which will lead to the end
of the <b>Heroic Age</b> with the heroes of <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/08/who-saved-peters-life-mc2-theory.html">Peter’s</a></b>
time vanishing mysteriously.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meanwhile, with the
help of <b>Miguel’s</b> brother <b>Gabriel</b>, <b>Peter</b> learns the centre
of technology and research in <b>Nueva York</b> is the <b>Alchemax Building</b>
and decides to start his search for a way home there. After a proper conversation
with <b>Mary Jane</b>, on his way to the source of energy waves only perceptible
to his accelerated vision, <b>Miguel</b> is waylaid by a fight with <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/10/venom-in-mc2.html">Eddie Brock</a></b>
aka <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-venom-symbiote-family-tree.html">Venom</a></b>.<b>
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energy waves, the two Spider-Men finally meet one another. Finding themselves
in a desolate future landscape, they encounter the <b>Hobgoblin</b> of the year
<b>2211</b> who attacks the two heroes with <b>Retcon Bombs</b>, intending to
erase them from the time stream, only to be thwarted by the <b>Spider-Man</b>
of <b>2211</b>. As they are being sent back to their own times, Miguel and
Peter tell each other they became Spider-Man because they had to, with <b>Miguel</b>
adding he was partly inspired by <b>Peter</b>, in much the same way <b>Peter</b>
was by his <b>Uncle Ben</b>. With the day saved, <b>Miguel</b> discovers that
history seemingly has not changed, but the date the heroes vanished in the past
is no longer recorded and now no one remembers it. <b>Peter</b> reunites with <b>Mary
Jane</b>, telling her he knows his actions affects and inspires people who are
not even born yet.<div><o:p></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now, how does all this have any bearing on the <b>MC2</b>?
Well, we know for sure these events transpired in the past of the <b>MC2’s
Peter Parker</b> thanks to an unlikely source; <b>Spider-Man Family
Vol. 1 #1</b>. Therein we have a story (seemingly) set during the mostly
unexplored point in time after <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/05/history-of-mc2-mayday.html">Baby May</a> is <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/01/kaines-journey.html">rescued and
returned</a> to <b>Peter</b> and <b>Mary Jane Parker</b> by <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/11/history-of-mc2-kaine.html">Kaine</a> but
before <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/09/peter-parkers-lost-leg-physiological.html">Peter<span style="font-weight: normal;"> loses his leg</span></a></b> in his final
battle with <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/12/norman-osborn-in-mc2.html">Norman
Osborn</a> aka the <b>Green Goblin</b>. Lured into a trap by the
villain <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/07/mysterio-in-mc2.html">Jack O’
Lantern</a></b> aka <b><a href="http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix7/madjackmagbeck.htm">Maguire Beck</a></b>, <b>Spider-Man</b> meets
and teams-up with <b>Araña</b> and her *sidekick* <b>Miguel</b> as
they battle a variety of museum like room full of <b>Spider-Man</b> robot’s
designed to resemble various costumes and points in <b>Peter’s</b> career.
Among these we see a robot <b>Spider-Man <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in <b>Miguel
O’Hara’s</b> <b>Spider-Man 2099</b> costume. This robotic <b>Spider-Man
2099</b> duplicate is destroyed by <b>Spider-Man</b> who
alongside <b>Araña</b> and (the other) <b>Miguel </b>go on to
defeat the mastermind <b>Jack O’ Lantern</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6y3yiI627c99nC8hVRcFOxG_-8mAXvjG7qpO4Mp9xb_TzsLjw-n9Poj33R9Hfvc9j7vdR8g_FCX_XeK2f_zJDRUt_tyGjNq8YxZv4HjQVIUTCYK47DqjxyeDUTpe0T6u6HB8acCqC0BcppeGnCM5HCWe4GiXHE9FEz8KcWAq0kxl-rlubId40AVK5/s3056/Spider-Man%20Family%20(2005-)%20001-006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6y3yiI627c99nC8hVRcFOxG_-8mAXvjG7qpO4Mp9xb_TzsLjw-n9Poj33R9Hfvc9j7vdR8g_FCX_XeK2f_zJDRUt_tyGjNq8YxZv4HjQVIUTCYK47DqjxyeDUTpe0T6u6HB8acCqC0BcppeGnCM5HCWe4GiXHE9FEz8KcWAq0kxl-rlubId40AVK5/w416-h640/Spider-Man%20Family%20(2005-)%20001-006.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFM_OEKxdoND2FZFBUV_ZsYPL-jMlvdl-TAsYf-MNJMBpoFgOx4xTLG77NIW3OA0CixxCBxk-TCS0mVv7g1uknWRkx7SCR0dlK_9oCpVS2VqFF59mthNEWWgFks6-fmQKzrk06MAuqYocymMiwx_LgAM0HhqODEHZbi6onI0YgBc8gphy0qSL7mnmr/s3056/Spider-Man%20Family%20(2005-)%20001-007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFM_OEKxdoND2FZFBUV_ZsYPL-jMlvdl-TAsYf-MNJMBpoFgOx4xTLG77NIW3OA0CixxCBxk-TCS0mVv7g1uknWRkx7SCR0dlK_9oCpVS2VqFF59mthNEWWgFks6-fmQKzrk06MAuqYocymMiwx_LgAM0HhqODEHZbi6onI0YgBc8gphy0qSL7mnmr/w416-h640/Spider-Man%20Family%20(2005-)%20001-007.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPL-LbSQcPyn02zgTacqAvqn0-LDhY6S9beAc85fnTeScMtNCFO1bnNSCx4tYNP32pGlMkJvolwyhziui1oePNO-EQ7PNu7xyuJI5Q8W6bvm8Ple_UX-Z4P-w5JEvc3XnngQX8vWOGVws7CxIIOddeivpOII_CcrOGFkNnrvjDikkDMqgpNVq_Pow/s3056/Spider-Man%20Family%20(2005-)%20001-008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPL-LbSQcPyn02zgTacqAvqn0-LDhY6S9beAc85fnTeScMtNCFO1bnNSCx4tYNP32pGlMkJvolwyhziui1oePNO-EQ7PNu7xyuJI5Q8W6bvm8Ple_UX-Z4P-w5JEvc3XnngQX8vWOGVws7CxIIOddeivpOII_CcrOGFkNnrvjDikkDMqgpNVq_Pow/w416-h640/Spider-Man%20Family%20(2005-)%20001-008.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmmlTbEzUAF9DqEmQGtj7ZOax_iLXYV2IL9qGNqnVCqEC7DftazR28bLFEkAohe4AmO4Zlrd-J_oohX1WiZTgQYn3hOhtFBV5ULKVfmwhB-eC1s3AK8BEQ2VBO4OV7oOfwFlqEzZ-asuO_LUytXnFeMyzSOw2j91oWE56G00haD8exj4HGqd9oZA1f/s3056/Spider-Man%20Family%20(2005-)%20001-009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmmlTbEzUAF9DqEmQGtj7ZOax_iLXYV2IL9qGNqnVCqEC7DftazR28bLFEkAohe4AmO4Zlrd-J_oohX1WiZTgQYn3hOhtFBV5ULKVfmwhB-eC1s3AK8BEQ2VBO4OV7oOfwFlqEzZ-asuO_LUytXnFeMyzSOw2j91oWE56G00haD8exj4HGqd9oZA1f/w416-h640/Spider-Man%20Family%20(2005-)%20001-009.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Much like with the case of <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/04/six-armed-spider-man.html">Six-Arm
Spider-Man</a></b>, the original <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/01/spider-mans-spider-armor.html">Spider-Armor</a></b>
and the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-amazingly-bombastic-bag-man.html">Bag-Man</a></b> there
is the lingering question of how <b>Jack O’ Lantern</b> came to know
of the connection between <b>Spider-Man</b> and the <b>Spider-Man
2099</b> costume given it’s not particularly spider-themed. The answer is
fairly straightforward. Given the fact <b>O’Hara</b> spent a decent amount of
time at the <b>Daily Bugle</b> and openly announced he was <b>Spider-Man</b> from
the year <b>2099</b> to a room full of reporters, it is not hard to believe that
word got out, even if it was distorted. Thus, <b>Jack O’ Lantern</b> incorrectly
assumed the two were the same person.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbi5CBlxPqnm6kwlWnTERq6pe5H-wFfdYay-r3CWUDsO1npE2vv5T-0FJ_scx3Pf9JdvFT6ZvfbVD4dW32_AEBRm-v5kmaO9e5iwgwq-i5x3RNBJ_QIjgxbRWW8sM1q6x6JwtQYjgvP_Dhw8T_ZoRXtfhbWefEADdXCWcmG-9t9tBWwBs0GcTxqTlT/s3056/RCO017_1607963201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbi5CBlxPqnm6kwlWnTERq6pe5H-wFfdYay-r3CWUDsO1npE2vv5T-0FJ_scx3Pf9JdvFT6ZvfbVD4dW32_AEBRm-v5kmaO9e5iwgwq-i5x3RNBJ_QIjgxbRWW8sM1q6x6JwtQYjgvP_Dhw8T_ZoRXtfhbWefEADdXCWcmG-9t9tBWwBs0GcTxqTlT/w416-h640/RCO017_1607963201.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Unless I’m mistaken, the <b>Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man</b>
story is the first instance of a legacy <b>Spidey</b> character meeting their
namesake (and no, I’m not counting clones as legacy characters). This may also
be the beginning of the ‘<b>Spider-Verse</b>’ concept as it is known today.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I miss out on seeing <b>Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</b>
on opening day due to a temporal anomaly, I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat</p></div>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-43315375606846727212023-05-29T04:47:00.002+10:002023-05-29T04:57:31.403+10:00Omissions and Additions: The High Evolutionary and Jessica Drew<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I always appreciate feedback on the posts I produce,
especially if it leads me to learn something new. And so today I would like to
make a small supplemental entry to my post about <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-high-evolutionary-and-jessica-drew.html">The
High Evolution and Jessica Drew</a></b>. Thanks to <b>Richard</b> at the <a href="https://mc2aday.blogspot.com/">MC2 A Day</a> blog for pointing out these
omissions and additions. Without further ado, let us jump straight into it!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBPlb-4K2r3ni-l5bD7-lDNGQa1j3Bc5EKioX_vBcAv4hd9pza22f1p-1IGZ-5zVwL_R3PKZJ_eDcB4FuCTTUM4gJBD-hA0iKLsbbTRCAaRmPwfmEDkaR8uiNeXgDf6kA5C_Ri-xhZKkyEW6jTFbinI5w54Zj30igvzSHe5_lThF60OT8gx5lFbDl/s2688/High%20Evolutionary%20and%20Jessica%20Drew%20main%20image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="2688" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhBPlb-4K2r3ni-l5bD7-lDNGQa1j3Bc5EKioX_vBcAv4hd9pza22f1p-1IGZ-5zVwL_R3PKZJ_eDcB4FuCTTUM4gJBD-hA0iKLsbbTRCAaRmPwfmEDkaR8uiNeXgDf6kA5C_Ri-xhZKkyEW6jTFbinI5w54Zj30igvzSHe5_lThF60OT8gx5lFbDl/w640-h246/High%20Evolutionary%20and%20Jessica%20Drew%20main%20image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As I noted last time, the <b>High Evolutionary</b> blasts
off into space with his <b>Knights of Wundagore</b> in <b>The Mighty Thor #135</b>
(<b>1966</b>), while the evolved cow-woman <b>Bova</b> remains behind with the
child <b>Jessica Drew</b> as seen in <b>West Coast Avengers Annual #3</b> (<b>1988</b>).
However, we first see <b>Jessica</b> under the care of <b>Bova</b> in a
flashback from <b>Spider-Woman #20 </b>(<b>1979</b>) where we see it did not
take long for her to realize she was unique among the <b>New Men</b> of <b>Wundagore</b>
who ostracized her, keeping with her earliest origin story. This is where we
first see a young <b>Jessica</b> alongside <b>Bova</b> watching the <b>High
Evolutionary’s</b> ship leave earth. We also first learn that Bova raised <b>Miss
Drew</b> to maturity before she was sent to an orphanage in a nearby village to
be nurtured by her own kind. From here, the events play out similar to previous
depictions, with <b>Jessica</b> being ostracized even among humans before her deadly
bio-electric venom-blast leads the villagers to attempt to destroy her. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Jessica</b> is rescued by the leader of <b>Hydra’s</b>
European branch, <b>Count Otto Vermis</b>. Outfitted with a special costume and
trained, <b>Drew</b> was brainwashed into believing she was an evolved spider
in order to alienate her further, ensuring her loyalty to <b>Vermis</b>. <b>Jessica</b>
recalls how she escaped <b>Hydra’s</b> clutches and learned more of her past
from <b>Mordred</b> and a magician named <b>Magnus,</b> noting she only knows
what these men had revealed to her. This issue also marks the inevitable
meeting between <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-amazingly-bombastic-bag-man.html">Spider-Man</a></b>
and <b>Spider-Woman</b>, with <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/09/peter-parkers-lost-leg-physiological.html">Peter
Parker</a></b> giving <b>Jessica’s</b> super heroic alias the benefit of the
doubt in a burglary case due to his own storied history of misunderstandings
and bad publicity<b> </b>(<b>Spider-Woman #20</b>). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jumping back just a few short months to <b>Avengers #186</b>,
published in <b>May 1979</b>, <b>Bova</b> recounts her own origin to the <b>Avenger
</b>named<b> Pietro Maximoff</b> aka <b>Quicksilver</b>, beginning with the <b>High
Evolutionary</b> evolving her as one of his first projects and tasking her with
the caring for the children his <b>New Men</b>. <b>Bova</b> notes that the <b>High
Evolutionary</b> was preoccupied with matters coinciding with the unexplained
return of his assistant <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-drew-family-tree.html">Jonathon
Drew</a></b>. Via these flashbacks we see that while <b>Jonathon</b> and the <b>High
Evolutionary</b> were occupied, the pregnant woman <b>Magda</b> arrived seeking
asylum and the two became very close over the weeks preceding the birth of <b>Magda’s</b>
twins: <b>Pietro</b> and <b>Wanda,</b> later known as the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/01/scarlet-witch-in-mc2.html">Scarlet
Witch</a></b>. During their birth, <b>Bova</b> noted <b>Wanda’s</b> tiny form
mirrored the mysterious lights which filled the sky that night. These strange
lights, of course, relate to the manifestation of <b>Chthon</b>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Shortly after the twins are delivered, <b>Magda</b> disappears,
leaving only a note expressing fear that her unnamed husband might force the revelation
of her children’s existence from her if she remained alive. This is a direct reference
to <b>Uncanny X-Men #125</b> and the master of magnetism himself, <b>Magneto</b>,
but we will save talking about him for another time. We then glimpse the subsequent
tragic events involving <b>Madeline</b> and <b>Robert Frank</b> and their own stillborn
child, followed by the <b>High Evolutionary</b> appearing before <b>Django</b>
and <b>Marya Maximoff</b> to entrust them with <b>Wanda</b> and <b>Pietro</b>. With
<b>Pietro</b> unable to recollect his childhood clearly, <b>Bova</b> relates
her own sense of emptiness when she elected to remain behind ‘<i>for…personal
reasons</i>’ as the <b>High Evolutionary’s</b> <b>Wundagore Citadel</b> left
for the stars. This is evidently in reference to the aforementioned <b>Spider-Woman
#20</b> and <b>Bova’s</b> duty as carer for the young <b>Jessica Drew</b> (<b>Avengers
#186</b>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It must be noted that all these interconnected and
overlapping characters and events were woven together by the writer (or
co-plotter) of <b>Avengers #186</b>, <b>Spider-Woman #20</b> and the various ‘<b>Evolutionary
War</b>’ <b>Annual’s</b> back-up stories which detail the history of the <b>Herbert
Wyndham</b> aka the <b>High Evolutionary</b>; none other than the <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-carpenter-family-tree.html">keeper</a>
of <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/04/sharon-carter-in-mc2.html">continuity</a>
<a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/07/mc2-untold-valkyrie.html">himself</a>,
<b>Mark Gruenwald</b>. Rest in Peace, <b>Mr Gruenwald</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I become miraculously infallible like <b>Mobius M. Mobius</b>,
I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat<o:p></o:p></p>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764072975073427833.post-87618634934627327772023-05-24T04:03:00.002+10:002023-05-24T04:05:55.262+10:00The High Evolutionary and Jessica Drew<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I wanted to write a post that ties into the hype surrounding
<b>Marvel Studio’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3</b> but at first, I could not
think of any good connections to the <b>MC2</b>. Then it hit me, the <b>High Evolutionary</b>!
‘But wait, he doesn’t appear in the <b>MC2</b>,’ I hear you shout. This post
also managed to tie into the upcoming <b>Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</b>,
too! Buckle up, this one is a doozy! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Herbert Wyndham</b> aka <b>The High Evolutionary</b>
first appeared in <b>The Mighty Thor #134</b> (following a mention in the
previous issue) in which <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/03/thor-in-mc2.html">Thor</a></b> finds
himself brought before the <b>High Evolutionary</b> by the <b>Knights of
Wundagore</b> while seeking the missing <b>Jane Foster</b>. Thor learns from
Jane that she is acting as a teacher to the <b>High Evolutionary’s</b> <b>New-Men</b>.
However, <b>Thor’s</b> arrival distracted the <b>High Evolutionary</b> from his
latest experiment at genetic acceleration, causing his wolf subject to evolve
far further than intended into the extremely powerful and hate filled <b>Man-Beast</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">After the <b>Knights</b>
join forces with <b>Thor</b> to save the <b>High Evolutionary</b> and defeat
the <b>Man-Beast</b> and his newly created evil <b>New-Men</b>, the <b>High
Evolutionary</b> leads his <b>Knights of Wundagore</b> to the stars to seek out
a new home in his spacefaring <b>Citadel</b> (<b>The Mighty Thor #135</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The <b>High Evolutionary</b> has his creator complex all
over the<b> Marvel Universe</b> and the <b>MC2</b> is no exception. As you may
be aware, <b>Jessica Drew</b> aka the original <b>Spider-Woman</b> appears in
the <b>MC2</b> as the <a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-drew-family-tree.html">mother</a>
of <b>Gerry Drew</b>, the new <b>Spider-Man</b>. Well, <b>Jessica’s</b> origins
are intrinsically linked with the <b>High Evolutionary</b> and by extension, so
are <b>Gerry’s</b>. To make sense of this we must review <b>Jessica’s</b> convoluted
origins.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Jessica Drew</b> first appeared in <b>Marvel Spotlight
#32</b> where she was called <b>Arachne</b> and was referred to as ‘<i>a
spider-woman</i>’. Sent by <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/04/william-wild-will-fitzpatrick.html">Hydra</a></b>
to kill the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/05/shield-in-mc2.html">Director
of S.H.I.E.L.D.</a></b>, <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/03/nick-fury-in-mc2.html">Nick Fury</a>,
</b>we get the first version of her origin: a spider evolved by the <b>High
Evolutionary</b> as the first female of his ‘<b><i>New Men</i></b>,’ she fled and
lived among humans until she accidentally killed a man. Apparently amnesiac, ‘<b><i>Arachne’</i></b>
was taken in by a <b>Hydra</b> Area Commander named <b>Count</b> <b>Otto Vermis</b>
who brainwashed and manipulated her to use as his superpowered weapon. Once the
truth of <b>Hydra’s</b> evil machinations is revealed and <b>Otto Vermis</b>
dies in an explosion, ‘<b><i>Arachne’</i></b> is left alone in the world with
her fractured memory.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Next up, following a team-up with <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/09/shang-chi-in-mc2.html">Shang-Chi</a>,
Ben Grimm</b> aka <b>The Thing</b> of the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2018/07/history-of-mc2-fantastic-four.html">Fantastic
Four</a> </b>is embroiled in a <b>Hydra</b> plot while in <b>London</b>. Having
been captured and brainwashed again, <b>Spider-Woman</b> is sent to capture <b>Ben’s</b>
girlfriend, <b>Alicia Masters</b> whom <b>Hydra</b> uses as a test subject for
a serum based on <b>Spider-Woman’s</b> body chemical. The serum transforms <b>Alicia</b>
into a rampaging humanoid spider-creature but with the intervention of <b>The</b>
<b>Thing</b>, <b>Spider-Woman</b> and the newly arrived <b>Invisible Woman </b>the
<b>Hydra</b> agents lose their control and eventually <b>Alicia</b> is restored
to normal. Naturally, shortly afterwards <b>Grimm</b>, <b>Alicia</b> and <b>Spider-Woman</b>
are embroiled in a conflict involving the mystical elemental beings known as
the <b>Brothers Four</b> and <b>Modred the Mystic</b>. It is <b>Modred</b> who
informs <b>Spider-Woman</b> she is, in fact, a human. The pair depart together
with <b>Modred</b> promising to help restore her past memories (<b>Marvel Two-In-One</b>
<b>#29</b>-<b>#33</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We do not have to wait long for version two of her origin, with
<b>Spider-Woman #1</b> revealing the memories and knowledge <b>Modred</b>
unlocked including her real name, <b>Jessica Drew</b>, and that her parents, <b>Jonathon</b>
and <b>Meriem</b> (of the myriad misspelt monikers) were friends with <b>Herbert
Wyndham</b>. Both scientists, <b>Jonathon</b> studying arachnids and <b>Herbert</b>
studying evolution, agree to work together, and along with <b>Meriem</b> and a
young <b>Jessica</b>, move to <b>Transia</b>. Discovering uranium beneath the
land, they use the wealth to build the scientific station <b>Wundagore</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Months later, <b>Jessica</b> falls deathly ill due to the
radiation exposure. <b>Wyndham</b> places <b>Jessica</b> in a cryogenic unit,
with <b>Jonathon</b> injecting her with a serum he derived from spider extract
in hopes it will help her adapt to survive the radiation. Realizing the serum
required months to incubate, <b>Wyndham</b> offers to use his genetic accelerator
on <b>Jessica</b> before she runs out of time. <b>Meriem</b> apparently dies from
the strain and <b>Jonathon</b> vanishes, leaving <b>Herbert</b> to attend to <b>Jessica’s</b>
repeated treatments through the years as the serum interacted with the accelerator
in unexpected ways. Many years later, <b>Wyndham</b> having adopted the
identity of the <b>High Evolutionary</b> watched as <b>Jessica</b> emerged from
cryostasis, leading us back to her first appearance in <b>Marvel Spotlight #32</b>.
Oh, and she meets and saves <b>Gerald</b> ‘<b>Jerry’ Hunt</b> a liaison at <b>Scotland
Yard</b> working for <b>S.H.I.E.L.D.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhF0AHsCL6ug_-IDyR-1FSLnzA0RxTfPgbq4mIj7WceCGiJnR5yTlSyJDV5XicNg_Yaau8-Xn4vMckBY-7COZ-JLT0_YHAMkKqo6DUpAmymdcRYATrQlTprC3S4p8F4m4IR4SgO54KiDt4eEchnA0NIGsGLFjVwzmCRmO26QLzqaGzfNXgMwTjHLks/s3000/Spider-Woman%201-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2100" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhF0AHsCL6ug_-IDyR-1FSLnzA0RxTfPgbq4mIj7WceCGiJnR5yTlSyJDV5XicNg_Yaau8-Xn4vMckBY-7COZ-JLT0_YHAMkKqo6DUpAmymdcRYATrQlTprC3S4p8F4m4IR4SgO54KiDt4eEchnA0NIGsGLFjVwzmCRmO26QLzqaGzfNXgMwTjHLks/w448-h640/Spider-Woman%201-4.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We get glimpses of <b>Jessica’s</b> origin again in <b>Spider-Woman
#35</b> while hallucinating during a battle with <b>Angar</b> <b>the Screamer</b>,
this time with the addition of the <b>Arthurian</b> sorceress <b>Morgan Le Fay</b>
intruding on her memories. In <b>Spider-Woman #37</b> <b>Jessica</b> tells <b>Nick
Fury</b> that her first concrete memory was being (physically) aged ten, being
told by the <b>High Evolutionary</b> that she had been in cryogenic hibernation
since infancy and that both her parents were gone. Additionally, <b>Jessica</b>
mentions she had been extensively educated while in cryo-sleep, to a level second-only
to the <b>High Evolutionary</b>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As an aside, the <b>Morgan Le Fay</b> subplot made it seem
that <b>Jessica’s</b> mother, <b>Meriem</b>, was not dead and was actually the
villain known as <b>Viper</b> or <b>Madame Hydra </b>(<b>Spider-Woman #41-#44</b>).
This proved to be false memories implanted by <b>Morgan Le Fay</b> and the <b>Elder
God</b> <b>Chthon </b>(<b>Captain America #281</b>, <b>Official Handbook of the
Marvel Universe (Vol. 2) #14</b>). These presumably included affecting everyone’s
perception regarding <b>Jessica</b> and <b>Viper’s</b> apparent close physical resemblance.
We will learn what really happened to <b>Meriem Drew</b> with this next origin
update…<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As part of ‘<b>The Evolutionary War</b>’ crossover event which
ran across various comic title’s annuals in <b>1988</b>, we got a more complete
origin for <b>Herbert Wyndham. </b>We learn that a struggling <b>Wyndham</b> was
working on his genetic accelerator in his mother’s basement in <b>September</b>
<b>1928</b> before first meeting <b>Jonathon Drew</b> at an <b>International
Conference on Genetics</b> in <b>Geneva, Switzerland</b> the following month. A
<a href="http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/phaedr.htm">mysterious stranger</a> outside
a pub gifts the drunken <b>Wyndham</b> all the necessary information needed to
break and map the genetic code (<b>X-Factor Annual #3</b>). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Having been expelled from <b>Oxford University</b>, and with
only two-thirds of the notes translated by<b> 1930</b>,<b> Wyndham</b> has a
success with his genetic accelerator only for it to be shot dead by neighbours
shortly afterwards. Deciding he needs somewhere secluded to work, <b>Herbert</b>
reaches out to his friend <b>Jonathon Drew</b> in hopes of pooling resources to
set up their own research facilities. Having recently inherited a tract of land
in the <b>Balkans</b> from her (never identified) maternal uncle, <b>Meriem</b>
suggests they convert it into a laboratory and the four, including young <b>Jessica</b>,
make the move together (<b>The Punisher Annual #1</b>).<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTFDEwnTao0M7Tga2IA3_S7BFdfFZTiKbTxUqxVFLE01imJkjuuyouNMa6VywLDh8bMv5A0d57-6OPhDzaLx7Q9ZQIYT25Sgnk5PtWX-S6NQ5t4Hely3cx3uSzoGt6YqlYyxgBJ34RSf-X-0Xpz2BtnkowoFaS7irn42v8KjDUR3ETUuBU7lALdi3/s3056/The%20Punisher%20(1987-1995)%20Annual%20001-033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTFDEwnTao0M7Tga2IA3_S7BFdfFZTiKbTxUqxVFLE01imJkjuuyouNMa6VywLDh8bMv5A0d57-6OPhDzaLx7Q9ZQIYT25Sgnk5PtWX-S6NQ5t4Hely3cx3uSzoGt6YqlYyxgBJ34RSf-X-0Xpz2BtnkowoFaS7irn42v8KjDUR3ETUuBU7lALdi3/w416-h640/The%20Punisher%20(1987-1995)%20Annual%20001-033.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnofoW4sRLbGG2TA8FMHzbdN3Yp2IqJXcw2OmgWjE0CaFwUYTbHRxZXVMQIdv8a0OoDUYzcv3jGQ2OpVjiHMPx2U5oYkovj1UiSZ6Ie40b4sD-FcNQdCTlw_dv5pTMwdBp9xbyOBMWCWVxtxT_v4fDF6_UGJBY5iK0KIEp7XZKc-ywhZSdTV_QKVqo/s3056/The%20Punisher%20(1987-1995)%20Annual%20001-034.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnofoW4sRLbGG2TA8FMHzbdN3Yp2IqJXcw2OmgWjE0CaFwUYTbHRxZXVMQIdv8a0OoDUYzcv3jGQ2OpVjiHMPx2U5oYkovj1UiSZ6Ie40b4sD-FcNQdCTlw_dv5pTMwdBp9xbyOBMWCWVxtxT_v4fDF6_UGJBY5iK0KIEp7XZKc-ywhZSdTV_QKVqo/w416-h640/The%20Punisher%20(1987-1995)%20Annual%20001-034.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJG-n3yNIOurvemE6X7Gd1h_PEYcSuKUrY32CQxvyCNL_WICoXaQAmu6WcyK3qXJqwzhlJRM5R2cGfiDZbGcccJwEoCun2XaW79bmc54cCDEH7EaOTWwJq84O5kYbzp5jT0x_O9KwkP9JTUW4DUu5A74-FoqQahl9YADz0hsJx_Zr4VmGfbZlIRrU/s3056/The%20Punisher%20(1987-1995)%20Annual%20001-035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJG-n3yNIOurvemE6X7Gd1h_PEYcSuKUrY32CQxvyCNL_WICoXaQAmu6WcyK3qXJqwzhlJRM5R2cGfiDZbGcccJwEoCun2XaW79bmc54cCDEH7EaOTWwJq84O5kYbzp5jT0x_O9KwkP9JTUW4DUu5A74-FoqQahl9YADz0hsJx_Zr4VmGfbZlIRrU/w416-h640/The%20Punisher%20(1987-1995)%20Annual%20001-035.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38ByYXUuC7-FnOs29Iv3hkgpE4N3PXNc67Eu-ZNb-2B6RZCVkaBnXeEsPDcSGkA4x5IICTFw752Tym4yKVutLPODjw4Zg2l93oYYsaJKkRye_zJ5jIb_A8Sdl2mciWnniWHxm-2XS80v4AfDxbD2EMIXdqg3S75a_bMwTFAve_BRPV4iH8v0S5qPP/s3056/The%20Punisher%20(1987-1995)%20Annual%20001-036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg38ByYXUuC7-FnOs29Iv3hkgpE4N3PXNc67Eu-ZNb-2B6RZCVkaBnXeEsPDcSGkA4x5IICTFw752Tym4yKVutLPODjw4Zg2l93oYYsaJKkRye_zJ5jIb_A8Sdl2mciWnniWHxm-2XS80v4AfDxbD2EMIXdqg3S75a_bMwTFAve_BRPV4iH8v0S5qPP/w416-h640/The%20Punisher%20(1987-1995)%20Annual%20001-036.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Discovering radioactive uranium beneath <b>Meriem Drew’s</b>
land on the eastern side of <b>Wundagore Mountain</b>, <b>Herbert</b> and <b>Jonathon</b>
begin a mining operation which pays for the construction of their <b>Citadel of
Science</b>. <b>Jessica </b>meanwhile is frightened by something or someone outside
her window following a visit alongside her mother to their neighbour <b>Baron</b>
<b>Russoff</b> who spoke of werewolves (<b>Silver Surfer Annual #1</b>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">By March 1931, the <b>Citadel of Science</b> was well underway
(with some assistance again from the mystery man) when <b>Jessica</b> falls ill
while playing with clay alongside her friend <b>Phillip Masters</b>, due to
exposure to radiation from the nearby mine. <b>Herbert </b>determines the radiation
level has been building for months and places her in a cryogenic unit to slow
down her cellular decay. <b>Jonathon </b>uses a serum derived from spider-extract in
hopes her body will adapt to survive the radiation as would a spider. But with
the serum requiring a month’s incubation period and <b>Jessica</b> too close to
death to wait, <b>Herbert </b>offers to use his <b>genetic accelerator</b> to speed up
the process. <b>Meriem</b> objects to using <b>Jessica</b> as a guinea pig and
after a disagreement with <b>Jonathon</b>, goes for a walk only to be found
dead by <b>Herbert</b> later that night, slain by the lycanthropic <b>Baron
Russoff</b> (ancestor of <b>Jack Russell</b> aka the <b>Werewolf by Night</b>).
<b>Herbert </b>avoids telling <b>Jonathon </b>the truth of her death (<b>New Mutants Annual
#4</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A month later, a despondent <b>Jonathon</b> leaves the <b>Citadel</b>
to <b>Herbert</b> and returns to <b>America</b>. With the comatose <b>Jessica</b>
the only other human, <b>Herbert</b> spends a month forging his iconic armour
to defend against the werewolf creature and captures it (<b>Fantastic Four
Annual #21</b>). Revealed as <b>Baron</b> <b>Russoff</b>, <b>Wyndham</b> agrees
to contain him during his transformations in exchange for studying him. Surprised
by the sudden return of <b>Jonathon Drew</b>, possessed by the mystic <b>Magnus</b>,
who speaks of <b>Morgan Le Fay’s</b> followers who used the evil tome known as
the <b>Darkhold</b> to summon <b>Chthon</b>. When he proved indomitable, <b>Chthon</b>
was bound within <b>Mount Wundagore</b>. After <b>Magnus</b> was killed by <b>Morgan
Le Fay</b> for hiding away the <b>Darkhold</b>, centuries later he returned as a
possessing spirit, warning of <b>Chthon’s</b> threat due to <b>Wyndham’s</b>
machines drilling machines beneath the mountain. As a man of science, Wyndham
does not accept this story, instead believing his friend is suffering under a delusion
(<b>Amazing Spider-Man Annual #22</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For over a decade<b> Magnus</b> (still inhabiting <b>Jonathon</b>)
oversees the educating of <b>High Evolutionary’s</b> genetically accelerated ‘<b>New
Men</b>’ in medieval tradition as highly skilled and principled warrior <b>Knights
of Wundagore</b>. Meanwhile, a heavily pregnant woman is brought into the <b>Citadel
of Science, </b>just as <b>Magnus</b> senses the <b>Darkhold’s</b> presence
nearby and departs <b>Jonathon’s</b> body. The <b>Knights</b> fight and seemingly
drive off <b>Chthon’s</b> defences, with <b>Magnus</b> managing to holt the demon’s
manifestation while simultaneously the woman <b>Magda</b> gives birth to twins
as a magical flash from <b>Chthon</b> touches one of them: <b>Wanda Maximoff</b>,
later known as the <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2021/01/scarlet-witch-in-mc2.html">Scarlet
Witch</a> </b>(<b>Uncanny X-Men Annual #12</b>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-0VTw-z780P5-RQcN9EcFVw2zILtM7Hm_w69VDP3W_bLsRKsEjbYlWTGX9b-sLJ8kDh22rFWVEWA26YBZM9QhBTxXF84Gf8l-0baN50CFg7V6zUCP1fS9WfRbjOhI911n2OFaTZbsPCXOzsccPA3QgSs9b_ekJZLNZzdRvuO2N1M4N5hCV0Waqab/s3056/Uncanny%20X-Men%20(1963-2011)%20Annual%20012-051.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-0VTw-z780P5-RQcN9EcFVw2zILtM7Hm_w69VDP3W_bLsRKsEjbYlWTGX9b-sLJ8kDh22rFWVEWA26YBZM9QhBTxXF84Gf8l-0baN50CFg7V6zUCP1fS9WfRbjOhI911n2OFaTZbsPCXOzsccPA3QgSs9b_ekJZLNZzdRvuO2N1M4N5hCV0Waqab/w416-h640/Uncanny%20X-Men%20(1963-2011)%20Annual%20012-051.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_WnEIShbEZWdvYwqT-9DYHbdFsZu8_sYzMiAQs1SuSH8J4Y4pAlRdZHhUzFmp96pf9Vq0_wblw4mEJiMkbSo5XNAsTjMcuGAtEkt6_6x1nWQ0LzSuwweUNiRuLpfL1LNuYeyeIfafdjIcXAFsQ4liSm6GnlZronfMjrWcHX1eldco-ZheJ8bq2hr/s3056/Uncanny%20X-Men%20(1963-2011)%20Annual%20012-052.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_WnEIShbEZWdvYwqT-9DYHbdFsZu8_sYzMiAQs1SuSH8J4Y4pAlRdZHhUzFmp96pf9Vq0_wblw4mEJiMkbSo5XNAsTjMcuGAtEkt6_6x1nWQ0LzSuwweUNiRuLpfL1LNuYeyeIfafdjIcXAFsQ4liSm6GnlZronfMjrWcHX1eldco-ZheJ8bq2hr/w416-h640/Uncanny%20X-Men%20(1963-2011)%20Annual%20012-052.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooybx49eV4vGB_yDBdAVAjJSucnU6vCSONczK0Uv3MtpUNOKEHrCOBFISR0MMcXWkubPGJ7ZehOwnammiw02ELTvqyRkzuBpYtjMIWBO_NSILV20K6O4co8eyzmInpzcFBVCtTl7TQtZbbg4xKnSLS_v_7NypiHIzRTdCW0JfIdsHJkg5YZpM_6Yv/s3056/Uncanny%20X-Men%20(1963-2011)%20Annual%20012-053.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooybx49eV4vGB_yDBdAVAjJSucnU6vCSONczK0Uv3MtpUNOKEHrCOBFISR0MMcXWkubPGJ7ZehOwnammiw02ELTvqyRkzuBpYtjMIWBO_NSILV20K6O4co8eyzmInpzcFBVCtTl7TQtZbbg4xKnSLS_v_7NypiHIzRTdCW0JfIdsHJkg5YZpM_6Yv/w416-h640/Uncanny%20X-Men%20(1963-2011)%20Annual%20012-053.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYTY7CCQFp1fGz6lGDkawexE6KB6jEUlrW7InvpaM-FyQU9qUrztBxgSNswcsC4XSD-RwLvBOEqCqPR11zGdQ2LRai0Q73viKaMGoLrp4Arp_kyfdEBD0nh_8WlFdOUtA4VPcnP_mliICI4Y_e7oZYd1ORRUgYR_coaKX-k49RMDBpgZo5w4LgbJl/s3056/Uncanny%20X-Men%20(1963-2011)%20Annual%20012-054.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYTY7CCQFp1fGz6lGDkawexE6KB6jEUlrW7InvpaM-FyQU9qUrztBxgSNswcsC4XSD-RwLvBOEqCqPR11zGdQ2LRai0Q73viKaMGoLrp4Arp_kyfdEBD0nh_8WlFdOUtA4VPcnP_mliICI4Y_e7oZYd1ORRUgYR_coaKX-k49RMDBpgZo5w4LgbJl/w416-h640/Uncanny%20X-Men%20(1963-2011)%20Annual%20012-054.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGn4cDbYPr-OlGov4JidHSaPU3eNXm9Vynz6g5S_qRFgmpLG_UY5E0ccaZGaQVxtRY2v8K9RQldVObP9MyU3HtLhqOR3NUmNg8NZyFeVipd4vGYB4-4kgKjlxhaIGjTTiuKWqLNBkZbzsSISs43pR1Gh-NArGk7gybTiwbh5Bve9JxSftreWy7Hna2/s3056/Uncanny%20X-Men%20(1963-2011)%20Annual%20012-055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="1988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGn4cDbYPr-OlGov4JidHSaPU3eNXm9Vynz6g5S_qRFgmpLG_UY5E0ccaZGaQVxtRY2v8K9RQldVObP9MyU3HtLhqOR3NUmNg8NZyFeVipd4vGYB4-4kgKjlxhaIGjTTiuKWqLNBkZbzsSISs43pR1Gh-NArGk7gybTiwbh5Bve9JxSftreWy7Hna2/w416-h640/Uncanny%20X-Men%20(1963-2011)%20Annual%20012-055.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Following this costly encounter, the <b>High Evolutionary</b>
is now convinced of his old friend’s statements about the demon. <b>Magnus</b> shortly
after leaves <b>Jonathon’s</b> body, reminding the <b>High Evolutionary</b> not
to neglect <b>Jessica</b>. <b>Bova</b>, the cow woman who acted as <b>Magda’s</b>
midwife informs the<b> High Evolutionary</b> the mother has left her twin
children with instructions to find them a good home. Meanwhile, former
superheroes <b>Robert</b> and <b>Madeline</b> <b>Frank</b> (who is also due to
give birth) arrive at the <b>Citadel</b> and two days later <b>Madeline</b>
dies during childbirth and their child is stillborn, with a distraught <b>Robert</b>
fleeing. At the same time, after decades in cryostasis, <b>Jessica</b> awakens
and his placed in the care of <b>Bova</b>. Soon after, the <b>High Evolutionary</b>
appears before <b>Django</b> and <b>Marya</b> <b>Maximoff</b> and entrusts them
with the twins <b>Pietro</b> and <b>Wanda</b> (<b>Web of Spider-Man Annual #4</b>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Following the events of <b>The Mighty Thor #134-#135</b>, <b>Bova</b>
and the young <b>Jessica Drew</b> stayed behind, observing as the <b>High Evolutionary</b>
and his <b>Knights</b> pilot the rocket propelled <b>Citadel of Science</b> into
space (<b>West Coast Avengers Annual #3</b>). Thus ends the relevant portion of
the <b>High Evolutionary’s</b> origin as it pertains to <b>Jessica Drew</b> and
her family. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now, how does all this have anything to do with the <b>MC2</b>?
Let us take a look at the origin of <b>Gerald</b> ‘<b>Gerry’ Drew</b> aka <b>Spider-Man</b>.
It’s from another former <b>Spider-Woman</b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-carpenter-family-tree.html">, <b>Julia
Carpenter</b></a> that we learn the identity of the <b>MC2’s </b>new<b>
Spider-Man</b>: the son of <b>Jessica Drew</b> and <b>Gerald</b> <b>‘Jerry’</b>
<b>Hunt</b>, <b>Gerry</b> was born with a rare blood disease. In a desperate
attempt to save her son, <b>Jessica</b> pulled out her father’s old notes,
apparently following the same process as that which saved her life as a child.
However, while <b>Gerry</b> did end up with spider-like powers, he was not
cured of his disease (<b>Spider-Girl #39</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2020/05/history-of-mc2-mayday.html">May ‘Mayday’
Parker</a></b> as <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2022/09/spider-girls-spider-signal.html">Spider-Girl</a></b>
confronts <b>Gerry</b> in an attempt to get him to stop risking his life as <b>Spider-Man</b>
and seek medical assistance, he recounts his origin to her. <b>Gerry</b>
believes he ruined his mother’s attempt to settle down and live a normal life
when he was diagnosed with his blood disease, for which his father blamed <b>Jessica</b>
and abandoned them. Not giving up on <b>Gerry</b>, <b>Jessica</b> tried to cure
him by recreating the experiment that had transformed her into<b> Spider-Woman</b>.
During the long and painful process, <b>Jessica</b> would distract <b>Gerry</b>
with stories of other super heroes with the boy’s favourite being the original <b><a href="https://frogoat.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-amazingly-bombastic-bag-man.html">Spider-Man</a></b>.
When <b>Gerry</b> developed his own spider-powers he decided to follow in the
family tradition, but elected to pattern himself after his childhood idol
instead of his mother’s costumed look (<b>Spider-Girl #40</b>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In <b>Spider-Girl #42</b>, when <b>Peter Parker</b> and <b>Julia
Carpenter</b> visit <b>Jessica Drew</b>, she blames herself for <b>Gerry’s</b>
blood disease. Recounting how she only wanted him to get better when she tried
to recreate the experiment that made her <b>Spider-Woman</b>, <b>Jessica</b>
notes that the process did at least super-charge him as it granted him
spider-powers. <b>Jessica</b> remembers reading stories about the world’s
greatest super heroes to him while he was trapped in his tube. When they
realized he would never be cured, <b>Gerry</b> decided to put his new powers to
use to live his remaining days to his fullest (<b>Spider-Girl #42</b>). <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is also worth mentioning that <b>Gerry</b> notes having
his surname legally changed from <b>Hunt</b> to <b>Drew</b> after his parents
were divorced (<b>Spider-Girl #42</b>). Fortunately, <b>Peter</b> assumes his
old identity and as <b>Spider-Man</b> convinces <b>Gerry</b> to hang up his
webs and seek treatment with <b>Reed Richards</b> for which <b>Jessica</b>
thanks <b>Peter</b> before accompanying <b>Gerry</b> to his treatment (<b>Spider-Girl
#43</b>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So there you have it; not only does <b>Jessica Drew</b> have
ties to the <b>High Evolutionary</b>, but so does <b>Gerry Drew, </b>thanks to
them both utilizing <b>Herbert Wyndham’s</b> technology and processes, in
addition to <b>Jonathon Drew’s</b> spider extract.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There are far more connections and characters that play into
the <b>High</b> <b>Evolutionary’s</b> connections with the wider world of the <b>Marvel
Universe</b>, but I have omitted them for the sake of focus and clarity. While
I briefly mentioned the <b>Maximoff</b> twins, I have not even touched on <b>Miles
Warren</b>! That is probably best saved for its own post someday. This was a
tough one to research and I did not even touch upon the later retcons to <b>Jessica’s</b>
origin as they are outside the purview of this <b>MC2</b>-centric history. I
hope you enjoyed it.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until I figure out what the deal was with <b>Meriem’s</b>
maternal uncle (seriously!), I remain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">frogoat<o:p></o:p></p>frogoathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150614802074456890noreply@blogger.com0