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Post by WildKnight on Feb 17, 2011 14:37:52 GMT -5
I'm old school. I only wanna see Spidey in the classic suit. Even the black and white symbiote costume is kind of "bleh" for me.
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Post by raynorn on Feb 17, 2011 14:46:05 GMT -5
The "Future Foundation" is a terrible name.
It sounds like a bunch of bankers funded by the bank bail out decide to buy power suits.
Tagline, "We're Invested In Your Protection" . . . off to the character kitchen.
Heroes: Critical Investment Dividends Bailout Boy Net Benefit
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Post by Beacon on Feb 17, 2011 16:40:09 GMT -5
I'm old school. I only wanna see Spidey in the classic suit. Even the black and white symbiote costume is kind of "bleh" for me. Even the red and blue has had so many variants over the years (eyes/lenses, spider symbol, armpit webs, ect) that the “classic suit” is actually a bunch of different ones. While the actual art style isn’t a favorite, I’ve always be partial to the early 90s Larson Red and Black design (which was really just the red and blue with some heavy handed inking). It kept the classic look but black is more spidery than blue. The "Future Foundation" is a terrible name. It sounds like a bunch of bankers funded by the bank bail out decide to buy power suits. Tagline, "We're Invested In Your Protection" . . . off to the character kitchen. Heroes: Critical Investment Dividends Bailout Boy Net Benefit Now I have a mental image of a “Stocks and Bonds” character with S&M gear. Aw, who am I kidding? I always have that mental image. The Future Foundation has been one of Hickman’s subplots for a while now. They were one of Reed’s side projects that basically did what the F4 were doing anyway but with a bigger team and support staff. Now it seems to be the F4’s replacement. Marvel gets a new #1, fans get a well-written book with Spider-Man for the first time in years, and Reed Richards doesn’t have to change his personalized stationary. Everybody wins!
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Post by raynorn on Feb 17, 2011 17:08:26 GMT -5
Stocks and Bonds are a pair of characters, like the wonder Twins only not related and very . . . different
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Post by WildKnight on Feb 17, 2011 17:22:37 GMT -5
I'm aware that there were minor variations to the costume over the years, but it was always more or less the same thing. Most of the differences you mention aren't actual changes to the costume, but differences in art style. For instance, when asked why Spidey was sometimes drawn with the webbing in the armpits and sometimes not, the answer was "because its hard to draw"... not "because we felt some ridiculous need to update his costume even though he's been one of the most popular fictional characters in America for decades."
It's like Superman. His costume has changed significantly over the years, but its always more or less the same getup. Every time they try to change his suit to "update" it, it looks awful.
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Post by Beacon on Feb 17, 2011 18:09:37 GMT -5
Sure they’re just variations on the same theme put is still think the original triangle S-shield is different enough from the modern irregular pentagon S-shield that it shouldn’t count as the same thing even though both are easily recognizable as the same character.
Plus, art styles aside, Spidey’s small eye slits are clearly part of a completely different mask than the huge reflective lenses.
I think the problem comes when you see a costume and wonder “who the heck is that” … like with the Civil War Iron Spidey costume.
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Post by WildKnight on Feb 19, 2011 6:41:31 GMT -5
When did Spider-Man ever have reflective eyes, other than in the movies? I only ever remember small white circles, or massive white... blobs. That emote. Somehow.
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Post by Beacon on Feb 19, 2011 10:21:58 GMT -5
When did Spider-Man ever have reflective eyes, other than in the movies? I only ever remember small white circles, or massive white... blobs. That emote. Somehow. When I was reading in the 90s they’d occasionally make it a point to say the lenses were mirrored. Peter David even wrote a (non-comic) short story retelling of the first handful of Spider-Man stories that make it clear it was that way from the beginning (also the “Masked Marvel” wrestling mask really was a pair of pantyhose) Of course they were usually drawn as white blobs/half-circles because they – like the webs – are hard to draw properly. You mostly see it on the occasional cover and painted comic. I suppose its kind of like how Moon Knight’s fans insist his costume is silver even though its generally shown as white.
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Post by WildKnight on Feb 19, 2011 10:35:04 GMT -5
Hrm. Fair enough.
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Post by dorkknight23 on Feb 21, 2011 10:53:08 GMT -5
I'm neutral about the rest of the FF's costumes, but I love the white and black Spidey outfit. It's actually probably my second favorite of his semi-permanent costumes (besides the classic Red and Blue, which I think we can all agree is pretty awesome.) Third probably is the black suit, then this stealth suit nonesense, and then the "Iron Spider" look he had for a while way at the bottom (cool idea, but just ugly looking.) My favorite of all time though (horribly dating myself a bit here)... I read this comic when I was little and wished he wore the web armor all the damn time.
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Post by Silentking Alpha on Feb 21, 2011 11:28:06 GMT -5
It looks cool but prefer the classic suit. Man, I love Spiderman. He is so amazing!
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Post by andyman on Feb 24, 2011 21:05:43 GMT -5
I have a Super Hero Squad mini of Spidey in the Spidey-Armor. I think it came with my Rhino figure.
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Post by WildKnight on Feb 24, 2011 21:28:23 GMT -5
That is correct. My son has the same pair.
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