Just don't go there...like they did.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:45 am

Too risky. It's better the make something that net nerds will laugh about.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:26 am

Didn't anyone notice that Spy is now posting pencil sketches instead of wonderfully rendered finished images.
SLACKER!

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:35 am

Legendary wrote:I don't follow Spider-man, but wasn't there something a few months back where it was revealed that Spidey got his powers from a "totem force" of spiders or something?

You mean like in the Japanese version of Spiderman? (yes, yes, I got to drag that link out AGAIN!

Meeehehehehehheee!)

SUPAIDAAAMAAAAAN!

Linkara · Post by **Linkara** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:47 am

Yeah, we try to ignore that storyline.

Laemkral · Post by **Laemkral** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:20 pm

MixedMyth wrote:
Legendary wrote:I don't follow Spider-man, but wasn't there something a few months back where it was revealed that Spidey got his powers from a "totem force" of spiders or something?
You mean like in the Japanese version of Spiderman? (yes, yes, I got to drag that link out AGAIN! Meeehehehehehheee!)

SUPAIDAAAMAAAAAN!

I'm not clicking that.

Anyways, yes. The Ezekiel storyline introduced the possibility that Spider-Man's powers came not from the fact that the spider was irradiated, but because the spider itself wanted to give him these powers and had to do so before the radiation killed it.

The current arc in his story tends towards the totemic powers as we've seen them evolve and expand with Spider-Man: The Other, including his rebirth from death. However, the random mutations from earlier in the comics (Man-Spider) and his irradiated blood all tend towards the science explanation as being the more likely. My theory is that it's a bit of both. The powers come in part from the spider, but to some extent he's been changed by the radiation as well.

Really it was a very interesting twist into his origins, and a plausible one as quite frankly we've seen weirder in the Marvel universe. A spider totem that grants powers to a protector of the people every generation or so? Sure, why the fuck not.

Mo · Post by Mo » Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:22 pm

mcDuffies wrote:Pfff... superheroes...

Oh c'mon, you and I know you're a closet superhero comic fan!

Linkara · Post by **Linkara** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:38 pm

Laemkral wrote: Really it was a very interesting twist into his origins, and a plausible one as quite frankly we've seen weirder in the Marvel universe. A spider totem that grants powers to a protector of the people every generation or so? Sure, why the fuck not.

The problem is that while it's an interesting twist, having Spider-Man be destined or so or linking him to some mystic otherworldly force makes it a lot more difficult for the appeal of Spider-Man of being an everyday guy who happened to have a bad break.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:45 am

Mo wrote:
mcDuffies wrote:Pfff... superheroes...
Oh c'mon, you and I know you're a closet superhero comic fan!

It was for research purposes!!!

Killbert-Robby · Post by **Killbert-Robby** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:34 am

Marvel : When in doubt, pull the radiation out!

Seriously though, I'm LOVING THIS. This could become a safe sex campaign. And the HENTAI SPIN OFFS. This is all too good.

Signs of boredom :

Spider-man, Spider-man
Does whatever a spider can
Beds a wench, any size
STDs, they're just lies
Look out! Here comes the Spider-man!

Is he strong? Listen, chum!
He's got radioactive cum!
Can he jizz out a thread?
Take a look overhead.
Hey there, man-juice in your eye oh damn.

In the chill of night,
At the scene of the crime
Like a streak of light
Threads shooting in the sky

Spider-man, Spider-man
Friendly neighborhood Spider-man
Healthy dame, or a whore
Action is his reward

To him, life is a great big bang-up
Wherever there's a hand job.
You'll find the Spider-man!

Aiken · Post by **Aiken** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:36 am

MixedMyth wrote:
Legendary wrote:I don't follow Spider-man, but wasn't there something a few months back where it was revealed that Spidey got his powers from a "totem force" of spiders or something?
You mean like in the Japanese version of Spiderman? (yes, yes, I got to drag that link out AGAIN! Meeehehehehehheee!)

SUPAIDAAAMAAAAAN!

Why does spiderman need a car?
Why is his gianr robot shaped like a dog?
Why did I watch that when I knew it would make me want to cry?

Garneta · Post by **Garneta** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:38 am

Mo wrote:

In overalls reading a comic book? That's just about the cutest thing ever!

Mon Ami · Post by **Mon Ami** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:20 pm

Aiken wrote:
MixedMyth wrote:
Legendary wrote:I don't follow Spider-man, but wasn't there something a few months back where it was revealed that Spidey got his powers from a "totem force" of spiders or something?
You mean like in the Japanese version of Spiderman? (yes, yes, I got to drag that link out AGAIN! Meeehehehehehheee!)

SUPAIDAAAMAAAAAN!
Why does spiderman need a car?
Why is his gianr robot shaped like a dog?
Why did I watch that when I knew it would make me want to cry?

It made me giggle in shear mortification n___n

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:07 pm

Kat North wrote:
Mo wrote:
In overalls reading a comic book? That's just about the cutest thing ever!

Mo's been buying him new stuff!

Black Sparrow · Post by **Black Sparrow** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:33 pm

Mo's been corrupti- er... purifying him!

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:24 pm

Ooo...which Ultimate series is that? Is it Ultimate Spiderman? *cranes neck to try and see*

Jesusabdullah · Post by **Jesusabdullah** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:56 pm

MixedMyth wrote:
Legendary wrote:I don't follow Spider-man, but wasn't there something a few months back where it was revealed that Spidey got his powers from a "totem force" of spiders or something?
You mean like in the Japanese version of Spiderman? (yes, yes, I got to drag that link out AGAIN! Meeehehehehehheee!)

SUPAIDAAAMAAAAAN!

This is awesome.

I have to ask though: Why do they call him Spaiiiidah-mon! instead of using the Japanese words for spider and man and cramming THOSE together? I'm not complaining though, that's probably the best part about the whole thing.

Tellurider · Post by **Tellurider** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:03 am

What kind of radiation is it?

I mean there's different kinds.

And if it's going to kill MJ it would kill Spiderman too. Because radiation poisoning is what happens when your cells and DNA get fucked up by radioative emissions, and it's not like there's some kind of super DNA that's immune to radiation. That's not how it works. Spiderman would destroy himself with his own radioactivity, i.e. he wouldn't be Spiderman, he'd be Peter Parker, dead from radiation poisoning.

However, maybe it was cervical cancer. Low levels of radiation exposure that would not otherwise cause any harm, similar to exposue from the sun, could possibly have affected MJ's cervix, which would be exposed to less radiation since, obviously, the sun doesn't shine there, and due to rapid cell division in that area of the body, makes it prone to cancer. Cancer of the reproductive cells is usually fatal because reproductive cells are designed to divide rapidly, and the out-of-control growth that cancer causes is thus enhanced.

Nervous Spy · Post by **Nervous Spy** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:42 am

Tellurider wrote:What kind of radiation is it?

Not gamma radiation, obviously, since that would have turned him green.

Black Sparrow · Post by **Black Sparrow** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:45 am

Tellurider wrote:What kind of radiation is it?

I mean there's different kinds.

And if it's going to kill MJ it would kill Spiderman too. Because radiation poisoning is what happens when your cells and DNA get fucked up by radioative emissions, and it's not like there's some kind of super DNA that's immune to radiation. That's not how it works. Spiderman would destroy himself with his own radioactivity, i.e. he wouldn't be Spiderman, he'd be Peter Parker, dead from radiation poisoning.

However, maybe it was cervical cancer. Low levels of radiation exposure that would not otherwise cause any harm, similar to exposue from the sun, could possibly have affected MJ's cervix, which would be exposed to less radiation since, obviously, the sun doesn't shine there, and due to rapid cell division in that area of the body, makes it prone to cancer. Cancer of the reproductive cells is usually fatal because reproductive cells are designed to divide rapidly, and the out-of-control growth that cancer causes is thus enhanced.

*brain fizzles a little*

To be fair, this is a superhero comic... I mean, what kind of radiation would warp a spider so that it could bite someone and transfer its ablilities in the first place?

Glarryg · Post by **Glarryg** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:46 am

Tellurider wrote: However, maybe it was cervical cancer. Low levels of radiation exposure that would not otherwise cause any harm, similar to exposue from the sun, could possibly have affected MJ's cervix, which would be exposed to less radiation since, obviously, the sun doesn't shine there, and due to rapid cell division in that area of the body, makes it prone to cancer. Cancer of the reproductive cells is usually fatal because reproductive cells are designed to divide rapidly, and the out-of-control growth that cancer causes is thus enhanced.

Would Spider-Man's man-bits be just as prone to getting cancer this way, too?

Glarryg