Astonishing Spider-Man


~UPDATE~

Greetings readers, fans, and viewers of the internet! This is JMC-77, who is planning to give a quick overview of who I am and what is going on...

I am quite young, as I am studying.

I am a huge comic fan of respective franchises such as TMNT, X-Men, Spider-Man, Green Lantern, and the Fantastic Four.

I love a passionate love for animated shows such as the 2003 TMNT cartoon, Samurai Jack, Spider-Man TAS, Transformers, Beast Wars, the 2003 Star Wars: Clone Wars micro-series, and X-Men TAS.

Pizza is my all-time favourite food. My favourite pizza chain is Dominos'.

And now, I will give a summary of why I am writing ASM. As I have noticed in the recently released Spider-Man books, that there is a lack of quality, substance, character, and story:

1) Peter Parker became an overgrown, incompetent man-child who uses silly pop-references and is an object of contempt and a nuisance among the hero community.

2) Mary Jane is a spiteful and petty woman harbouring a meaningless grudge against Pete.

3) The plots are largely lackluster, with noticeable plot holes.

And so, I've decided to write ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN! Here are thins I would to give to fans as well as fix things in a plausible way:

1) Resurrect the pre-OMD Spider-Man and Mary Jane.

2) Write the character as an adult (mature and responsible).

3) Drop the zany and hateful tones of Slott and Zdarksy's runs in favour of a more mature and humanistic direction.

4) I took the 5th season of Samurai Jack and the original Halo Trilogy as inspiration for my storytelling.

5) Bring in new supporting characters and villains, such as the Outsiders and the War Hunters and their leader Abraxas.

6) Now, about Abraxas... Simply put, he is the shadowy leader of the War Hunters, and is charismatic as he is mysterious. I prefer build on his origins, personality, motivations and abilities first. He is a Machiavellian schemer, as he relies on tactics to break his enemies mentally, and use fear and surprise. However, he is a fearsome fighter.

7) After coming back to the MU (which has been corrupted by Mephisto and the post-OMD heroes' pride and greed), the Pre-OMD Spider-Man returns home a cynical, bitter, and pessimistic veteran suffering PTSD. However, he is a hero at heart, and is loyal, dedicated, and sensitive. Plus, his story is about him finding redemption which shows him grow from a depressed drifter to a more wiser and hopeful man.

8) Drop Slott's love for mean-spirited trolling and silly slapstick (Web-Dipers *Don't ask*) in favour of toning down for more subtle and intelligent humour (namely wit and wordplay).

9) Focus on more down-to-earth dialogue and worldly themes such as PTSD (as mentioned above).

10) Make sure Peter Parker is the Heart of the MU, and its greatest and most heroic individual. (Plus, you should know this: his post-OMD counterpart was so despised that he was purposefully left out on Wolverine's birthday party for Wolverine (2010) #5.1. That is completely insulting for fans of the character and contradicts his friendships with other heroes such as Daredevil and the Human Torch. I would like to deconstruct this by showing them that it can do more harm and damage than they think.)

11) Write Spider-Man and MJ's pre-OMD counterparts as the antithesis of their post-OMD doppelgängers: mature, heroic, competent, resourceful, determined, and strong-willed.

12) Give their post-OMD counterparts respectful and sympathetic send-offs. (I recommend blaming Joe Quesada for the poor writing of the title than the characters actually).

13) Write Spider-Man back to his roots as an independent, free-spirited loner than rely on constant team-ups and the Avengers all the time (which unfortunately caused the main title to pretty become Marvel Team-Up).

If you guys/gals like what I am doing so far, then you can offer some ideas for what I can do with my story (plus I've taken inspiration from others fans of Spider-Man with how to write Spider-Man with Slott out of the way).

Hope you guys enjoy the story, and I can't wait to what ideas you can propose! Plus, with you guys, I feel pretty assertive and grounded in my approach and your ideas is able to boost it up. Thanks! ;)


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