Bronkster

WARNING! If you haven’t read part 4 of One More Day proceed at your own discretion. Plot points will be discussed without spoilers.

I figured this was big enough to have its own thread.

I’m not even sure how to process this. I had halfway expected the decision to end Peter and MJ’s marriage to save Aunt May, but to casually toss in erasing Peter revealing his identity was a pathetic display of poor writing. Does this mean half the events in the Civil War didn’t happen now? I’m not opposed to change, but I honestly don’t understand how I’m supposed to view the Marvel Universe at this point with regard to plot or continuity. (yeah, I know continuity is a vague concept in comics, but this comes off worse than one of DC’s old Imaginary Stories from the 1960s)

I’m also confused with the ending – Was that just a flashback for the reader’s benefit to show how wonderful Peter’s life was back when he was still living with Aunt May, or is this the result of Mephisto’s magic and reality has simply jumped so that Peter is now younger in the present day Marvel world? Are we going to see Peter shed his body again?

Also, the little girl, whom I thought was the daughter Pete and MJ had that was kidnapped by Normal Osborn (and then forgotten about) – that’s now the daughter they would’ve had??

This is a mess. Even going beyond that Peter would entertain the idea of altering events as they should happen – regardless of his guilt – and MJ going along with it, it rips apart the core of who Peter is. Spider-man was created out of guilt, and Aunt May dying from a bullet meant for Peter would’ve added to that character’s motivations in life. But no. We get a magic wish and all is better now. I am amazingly disappointed with this story.

If Stan Lee were dead, he’d be spinning in his grave.

Bronkster

Just for the heck of it, I'm copying over some comments from the December thread since they fit here (hope y'all don't mind):

JasonF

Funny you should mention Stan Lee -- the Man turned 85 today (or yesterday, I suppose, since it's just after midnight as I write this).

Anyway ... One More Day. Man, this was a terrible story. I don't even know what else can be said about it. It's just a shitty story with Spider-Man and Mary Jane acting completely out of character. And it makes Spider-Man look like a complete pussy -- when he has to choose between his wife and his mommy, he picks his mommy with no hesitation. Meanwhile Mary Jane (it is implied) sells her soul to the devil.

And the explanation for why the devil wants the exact same thing that Joe Quesada wants (the end of Spidey's marriage) is lame. Peter and Mary Jane had one of the only marriages based on true love in the entire Marvel Universe? First of all, that's bullshit. We've seen plenty of marriages based on true love among the characters in the books, let alone the billions of non-characters who presumably populate Marvel Earth just as they populate regular Earth. Second of all, their love was so strong that they threw it all away to save Peter's mommy figure?

I just ... wow. I bought the first three issues because they were so bad that there was some entertainment to be had just laughing at the damned story. The fourth issue didn't even have that. It was just plain awful.

Jackskeleton

Fuck you Joe Q. Fuck you in the ass.

Graftenberg

Joe Q is the devil!

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So where does this leave Harry? Was he ever the Green Goblin? Was he ever married to Liz? If he wasn't then they never had their son Norman which would also take away a lot of Harry's father Norman's motivations since his return at the end of the clone story. How many storylines of the past 20 years did this fuck up?!?

Super X

And, you know, if you make a deal with the devil, he usually finds a way to make it backfire on you. Something like the "Ghost Rider" movie. Aunt May survives, but then, say, dies of natural causes the next day. That, at least, would add a sense of irony to this whole mess. As it is, I can understand why JMS initially asked to have his name taken off the book.

Superboy

Okay Jack, you need to calm the fuck down. First of all, here's a quick rundown on everything you need to know about The Brand New Day!

1. Civil War apparently didn't happen

2. "The Other" didn't happen either

3. Neither did "Sins Past"

4. Almost 99% of the stories written by Howard Mackie, John Byrne, Peter David, Tom Defalco, and David Micheline are being wiped out of existence.

...hey, this thing isn't so bad after all!

stingermck

Well at least the last Spidey book I bought, was this years Sensational Annual. You know, where MJ refuses to turn Peter in, and stands by him no matter what. Guess that can be my ending for now.

DGibFen

That's my biggest question. What does this mean for the Marvel universe as a whole? If Civil War didn't happen, then Steve Rogers shouldn't be dead!

Wanna bet in two years we find out that he gets out of some "alternate universe"?

boredsilly

From what I understand, Spider-man did all of the things he did in the past, and that isn't altered, people just don't remember it anymore. That's the only way it could "work", because otherwise the Marvel U would start to collapse on itself. So MJ didn't get plucked out of time, it's just no one can recall her marriage to Peter, on top of false memories implanted in pretty much everyones head.

But then Peter has been de-aged right? So that kind of throws a few kinks in that idea.

MovieExchange

Oh my god, I am so happy I stopped buying comics. I think I would have made a road trip to Marvel headquarters and burned the fucking place down if I had actually bought that shitfest of a wrap-up issue. I knew that eventually they'd find a way to undo Peter revealing his identity, but damn....

As I said in one of the other threads - fuck Joe Q. Fuck him in the ass with a wooden dick, then break it off and beat him with the rest of it.

Once again, Marvel shows that they don't give a shit about continuity or long-time fans. One of their editors flat-out fucking SAID IT... so how long will it be before more people wake up and just stop buying their books?

zombiezilla

That's why I only read the Ultimate MU; they've got a good 15 years or so left before they have to start fucking with it too much.

'Course, I also re-read all the old stuff from '61 to about 1990.

Jackskeleton

Rather odd what they did to Harry in the Ultimate universe this week considering what happened in One More Day..

Fuck'n Joe Q.

Fielding Mellish

So - if Spidey's clock has been set back to 1986 - does this mean Venom has ceased to exist?

Kraven Sr. is alive again?

Reagan is still President?

Whallopin' websnappers, this sucks ass.

yecul

It's very doubtful that they will use this as an opportunity for some nostalgia stories and other hijinks before all is set right again. Though I bet they keep his identity a secret. Maybe just have them be in a relationship instead of married.

You know, status quo. Nah, that isn't possible. I'm sure this time it's going to be permanent lasting more than a year.

slop101

This really cannot be said enough times.

Has the fat fuck responded to these criticisms of OMD? Because they are universal, and on one likes it at all. I mean, it's not a "love it or hate it" thing, it seems like 99.9% of people HATE it, and there has to be a response to that, right?

JasonF

http://comicbookresources.com/news/n...m.cgi?id=12664

This interview is being published over the course of the week. As of this post, only Part 1 is up, and it's pretty softball. Maybe later parts will hit a little harder.

slop101

Rogue588

But...wasn't the reason the Ultimate universe created so that the creators could do precisely what Cocksucker Joe Q has just done in OMD?

stingermck

My new sig at 'Rama

Rex Power Colt-Robot Man

My thought exactly. Q is bringing the UM into the regular universe for some reason. And bravo on the new sig sir!

boredsilly

I actually think the Ultimate Universe is going to implode soon. They are starting to really go crazy with events in that line too. Kind of takes the sails out of the idea that you can read one title to get the full story, no?

Newsarama has a nice roundtable explaining why this, on the surface, seems like a really bad idea. Nothing that you all haven't said, but there definitely are fewer "Fuck Joe Q"'s in their write up .

Patman

I happened to be at another LCS to look for the 2nd issue of Angel, and noticed part 4 of OMD on the shelf, so I leafed through it, and my mouth was on the floor after reading that most unholy of retcons ever perpetrated on the comic-buying public.

What's sad for me is that McNiven is now going to be doing Spider-Man, but there's no way I'm supporting this mess of an egg that JoeQ has laid. Bah. It also galls me that they had the nerve to charge another $1 more per issue on the OMD issues. Please.

Rogue588

I will say this though...Joe Q did do one thing right by this OMD storyline...

He got rid of those damn "organic" webshooters.

slop101

I never had a problem with the "organic" web-shooters and always felt that they should've been that way from the start.

But it's not a big deal that they're gone either.