Betty Brant in the MC2

 

A while back, I was wondering what became of Betty Brant in the MC2. I knew she’d appeared in the time travel adventure seen in Spider-Girl #10 and #11 but as far as I could recall she didn’t appear anywhere in the present day and we knew nothing of her fate. Well, I was wrong.

 

Here’s Betty Brant’s appearances in the aforementioned Spider-Girl #10-11 when Mayday travels back to the events of Amazing Spider-Man #25, which is incidentally my all-time favourite Lee/Ditko story.

 

But where does she appear in the MC2’s present day? As far as the internet is concerned, Betty Brant doesn’t appear again. I’ve consulted both Marvel Fandom and the Marvel Chronology Project to confirm this, and neither lists any further appearances for this version of the character.

 

But here she is, tucked away in a single panel of Darkdevil #1 interviewing mayoral candidate Glynis O’Neil. So, what can we learn from this cameo appearance? Betty continued to work as a journalist and is apparently highly regarded enough to interview prominent New York City politicians. While we don’t know who exactly she works for, the fact we see a tape recorder instead of a microphone suggests Betty continues to work for print media. I wonder if she still works for the Daily Bugle?

 

Until I run out of things to talk about in the wide world of the MC2, I remain

 

frogoat

 

Need To Clear Something Up

I just wanted to clarify something. I found this note on the Marvel Wikia page for the MC2 (more accurately under the alternate earth designation Earth-982 page):

In Amazing Spider-Girl # 19 (2008), Peter shows May a Daily Bugle headline. The paper clearly shows that the date is Tuesday, March 28, 1996 (a Thursday in our universe), meaning that the modern MC2 stories take place in the mid-nineties, ironic considering the MC2 universe was started, with Spider-Girl, in 1998.

Here's the image they are referring to from Amazing Spider-Girl #19 (2008):

'But wait!' I hear you say, 'clearly that proves the modern MC2 takes place in the mid-nineties!' Well, no. Not really. Why? Well for starters, there is this little wrinkle which comes from Spider-Girl #33 (2001):

No, you don't need to adjust your screen! It really does give the date as Saturday, February 19, 2017. WHA?! 'Well, what does that mean? Is the MC2 set in the future or the past?' I hear you ponder loudly. The answer is neither. The MC2 is happening right now.

 As I've covered before by deferring to the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Vol. 7: 'Though the MC-2 features a sliding timescale similar to Earth-616, it is not set in the future, but rather in the present, in this world, the Heroic Age occurred nearly fifteen years in the past.' 

 Essentially, any mentions of real-world current events or particular dates that will someday become impossible to reconcile should be either ignored or 'updated' with a more relevant substitute. Did a 60's Spider-Man comic reference the Beatles? Nowadays that reference might be to a more current music group such as One Direction (I'm so sorry, Bertone). 

Hopefully I've cleared that up and not made everything even less understandable.

Until I figure out how to explain quantum mechanics without the use of a Flux Capacitor, I remain

frogoat