A fun little side-piece to my two Spider-Man: No Way Home
related posts Raimi-Verse
References in the MC2 and MC2 in
the TASM-Verse, today we’ll be taking a very brief look at the Raimi-Verse
in the Swiney-Verse.
A lifetime ago I wrote about the Sensational
Swiney-Girl and I later mentioned the character’s
appearance as a playable
character in the Spider-Man Unlimited mobile
game. But let's skip ahead and recap
starting with Amazing Spider-Man Family #4 where Tom
Defalco leaves hoof-marks on his own creation 'Spider-Girl’
when he and artist Shawn Moll introduce May 'Mayday'
Porker, The Sensational Swiney-Girl. Miss Porker is the daughter of Peter
Porker (definitely a pig) and Mary Crane Watsow (and not Mary
Jane Waterbuffalo) and as such her origin somewhat mirrors our own Mayday's.
Beginning by going into action to help her father against the Green Gobbler,
(apparently Norman Osbird's son out to for revenge) Swiney-Girl
goes on to face the Hay-Monger in Amazing Spider-Man Family
#5 and in an epic two-part story in the Spider-Ham 25th
Anniversary Special One-Shot, faces off with Crayfin the Bunter.
Anyway, lets look at the references to the original Spider-Man
movie of the Raimi-Verse in the Swiney-Verse. In the origin story of Swiney-Girl
seen in Amazing Spider-Man Family #4, we see a flashback to Peter
Porker’s final battle with the Green Gobler (yes, I checked the
spelling with the issue itself, one ‘b’) which is a clear nod to the first Spider-Man
movie’s final confrontation with the Green Goblin. In the film, the Green
Goblin presents Spider-Man with a sadistic choice atop the bridge;
dangling a tram full of children in one hand and Mary Jane in the other.
Later in the same issue, we get another direct nod to the climactic
battle of 2002’s Spider-Man film, when, in another flashback to Spider-Ham’s
last showdown with the Green Gobler, we see Porker’s mask is
damaged, exposing part of his face. This reference was pointed out by the MC2
A Day blog, please check it out here.
I’ve enjoyed revisiting the Swiney-Girl stories while
working on this post, I wish we had a few more. They deserve to be collected in
a trade paperback at some point. Do you agree, let me know!
Until I get my own Ham Hock 3000 prosthesis and continue my
bovine bravery, I remain
frogoat