Comic Book Noob Reacts To The Rise And Fall Of Superior Spider-Man For The First Time! 

There's a bit of a difference between somebody pretending to be you, and someone who has your memories pretending to be you.

''Writers gonna write this to hell?'' Oh buddy, i forgot its your first time with Spider-Man basically. Just know that writers have fetish of making Spider-Man's life miserable.

It's funny how Slott writes Spider-man. He does try to move things ahead, but also wrote Peter as a lot more immature than he'd had previously and would often just set things back to the status quo once he gets bored and teases MJ and Peters reunion, only to throw her away for long stretches of time.

Executive meddling, you love (hate) to see it.

Oh man I remember how poorly written Black Cat was in this era too. Her edgy revenge arc. That was the final straw for me!

Something I wanted to mention in the previous videos. It has been shown that stories about stable, healthy romantic relationships do not sell well. People get emotionally invested in a character's turbulent romantic life, until the Wedding Ring is on the finger then they stop caring. So Marvel and DC characters who have been around longer than most people who are alive, have to be in constant romantic turmoil. So love triangles are basically the standard default, Not the exception. So personally, when any comic character gets an adaptation that actually lets the character have a full Arc. I want them to follow what I call "The Romantic Rule of 2". 1. Every Hero/Heroine should have a First love, A Childishly simplistic understanding of love. That Love doesn't work out for some reason, but the Hero/Heroine has to learn something from it. And that maturity will help them with their future relationships. 2. Every character should end up with their true love, But it shouldn't be easy. Pop culture should encourage people with representation of real World complex but healthy relationships.

Please do more of these. It is honestly so refreshing to see someone react to comic book character histories. It is also fun to see someone new to comics react to how batshit crazy comic runs are. Like it can go from first 20 issues your character is an average vigilante to then he become a space knight or something because...comics. I also recommend a Marvelous Life. He does videos explaining to people events and characters from the Marvel universe. I especially recommend his video on X23. Shes this female clone of Wolverine who after being trained to be a tool her whole life she eventually escapes and learns how to be a person.

As a hardcore Batman fan these videos are fun for me to get my spidey knowledge up 🕷️🕸️

Its kinda a shame he didn't explain the Peter Parker vs Otto in the mind battle more since its really cool .How Otto wins effectively is both calling out Peter but also showing he's expertise of multiple fields including medical. Which its cool Otto beats out peter not at he's own game but due to Otto's own expertise. The issue is Otto doesn't see that he himself has value but only what he thinks matters which in this case is being better then spider-man

I can't wait for you to watch his video about Venom. Especially since the character has rarely gotten adapted well. The recent version in Spider-Man 2 especially was a really bad adaptation of Venom.

You have to watch the Ben reilly video next. He is my favorite spider-man. And nothing will repair my heart for what they did with him

In comics anna maria is the only person he care for, he loves her and she still has feeling for him but she know that they can't be together

Superior Spider-Man became my favorite Spider-Man.

One of my favorite runs I enjoyed Ock as Spidey

Otto didn't go back to being a villain so he could beat Norman, he literally just gave up completely on being a hero and beating Norman.

At the time it was hated but now its one of the most loved stories

I love ur commentary on this vid even though ur new to comics it sounds like you already have a deep understanding of peter’s character which is cool af!

My favorite part of Otto's "Elliot Tolliver" era was before spidergeddon when he went by "superior octopus" (same spider-powers and clone body, just with doc ock arms and a dif suit). Cause it kinda gave him his own identity as a hero instead of him trying to be Spider-Man, he only changed costumes back to spider-man because his superior ock costume was torn apart by the inheritors

7:35. the writer probably didn't read that issue XD

14:38 It's better shown later on but Anna has dwarfism

My question to every Spider-Man fan who reads this comment. How should Peter Parker Spider-Man's story end in your opinion? There have been a couple of really good "Final Story" for Peter Parker which is your favorite? Some people always want to see their heroes die in battle saving the world, But I'm more of a fan of them getting to retire and have a happy family.

You need to see some of the other versions of spider-man because some can be kinda evil

I again recommend the Lumi's Web Carnage Video.

ana maria is a diminutive woman she's just short also apparently in an alternate future Spider-Man is one of mephisto's biggest enemies and that's why he is constantly trying to screw over spider-men he even made a deal with miles.

Alex's Venom video is a must now!

The best spiderman comic book i like doc oc.

This one is kinda fine and good. Now, "Paul" on the other hand...

It’s so funny that our mentalities change over time because in the 90’s when Azrael was Batman, people said “Get this hack out of here! He’s not Batman!” But then with Otto, people at the end were “Nooo! Bring him back! He was a better Spider-Man!”

This superior spider man stuff was going on for nearly a decade too so like i think i understand the bringing him back but i wish they split it up between the old version of doc ock and a clone version of superior spider man

Based off the end credits scene of Spider-Man 2, I predict the third game will adapt Superior Spider-Man. That would be so awesome

Hope you'll watch the Fantastic Four video in this kind of style.

Blaze you should definitely check out the video for the Full Story of Ultimate Spider-Man by Comicstorian. Is one of THE BEST Spider-Man stories ever written.

If it makes you feel better, the decision to revert Otto back to his old villain-form was so unanimously hated by the fanbase that there is now a currently ongoing Superior Spider-Man Vol. 3, which seems to be leading to Otto's return as Superior Spider-Man... again... It still remains to be seen if it's permanent or not... I have trust issues with Marvel Editorial...

My favorite Spider-man run of all time is the ORIGINAL Ultimate Spider-Man. It has the BEST version of every secondary character in his orbit, plus reimagining some of his villains in very creative ways. I love the reality show star variant of Kraven the Hunter, for example. Especially as he’s a villain I absolutely detest. If he wanted to hunt “the most dangerous game,” he’d hunt Wolverine. Or Carnage. Hunting Spidey is just cowardice. The less said about the recent reboot, the better.

I really think you would love the Batman Year one / Dark Knight Returns (parts 1 and 2) movies. Both are based on graphic novels by Frank Miller and are still some of my favorites. Love your videos!

Can you a video from WatchMojo where they do a "Top 10 Spider-Man Costumes"?

Imagine if we get to see superior Spider-Man in a movie or a show but it will probably be a what if episode

Honestly it seems to be a mandate that main peter can't be with MJ and that kind of comes off in the writing where they do everything possible to side line her.

You hit the nail on the head like 1 minute into the video on what the problem is with this story. In order for Superior Spider-Man to work, everyone else had to be stupid. Even MJ, who historically KNOWS when someone is just pretending to be Spider-Man/Peter. As long as you're able to ignore this little fallacy, then sure, it's an amazing story. But I can't. I wish there was a better reason or justification why no one else figured it out. MJ should've figured it out issue 1. Also now you have a very good idea why Spider-Man fans HATE Mephisto. Anytime he appears in a Spider-Man or Spider-Man adjacent comic, it's guaranteed to be ass.

Comics Explained dude. That guy has so much comic book lore.

My favorite spider man of all time otto made The city safer

Mr. Bean vs Superman? Lmao

You should react to his Ultimate X-Men video, I never read the Ultimate X-Men books so it was enjoyable for me to watch

Ultimate Spider-man next

Comment NO.2 of recommending to watch "The bizarre world of Japanese Spider-man" by Lumi's Web

Imagine if Peter became a superior doc oc

You should definitely check out his video on ultimate Spider-man and the Scarlet spider

From the outside looking in and learning more about comics, the sad thing is that the characters cant reallt progress including Peter. It was similar in the Batman video, they just keep resetting things because some fans refuse to accept any change. Of course not all changes are good either. With different writers and interpretations of different characters(includinf bad ones), the characters are stuck in a timless loop of learning and resetting and growing then being traumatized again while some of the side characters are allowed to change or die. It seems to be an unfortunate part of the medium.

Revisiting Alex Lennen's videos through your reactions has been a blast! I don't know if or when you'd get around to it, but I'd love if you checked out PopCross Studios's Multiverse Tales series, or his newest one, Vigilants. His illustrations, stories and characters are amazing, it'll get you hooked right from the beginning!

Hell yeah check out Fantastic Four. EASILY my favorite IP from Marvel. Spider-Man is my overall favorite character from Marvel, but there's no corner of Marvel which makes me appreciate it's world building and the lane of characters as much as FF, it's so imaginative and like 80% of Marvel's cosmology comes from them. It's a shame FF as a concept, being so family oriented hasn't really survived in the public's eye after the 90's edginess, but I think the best showcase of how good they are can be seen through the ripple effect, pretty much ALL THE big baddies which originated from FF have been used for other heroes. Doctor Doom and Galactus being the most obvious one, they evolved from FF villains to MARVEL villains. Annihilus is a good one too. Kang being used in an MCU movie is also crazy, showcasing FF's influence. Silver Surfer just being a herald of Galactus is insanely popular etc. I also love Fantastic Four because they're unlike any other major superhero team. I will always love Justice League from the depth of my heart, it's THE definitive superhero team to me, but Fantastic Four I don't really like to look at as a superhero team, more so a team of adventurers, like Doctor Who/Star Trek esque shit, where they just explore the universe and the craziness from cosmic arrives to them. Speaking of Doctor Who, Reed's dynamic with Doom is basically just Doctor's and Master's dynamic with more capeshit, and I love me some Doctor Who as well as capeshit.

Great video i recommend watching his ben reily video its a great video

I really wish they would start giving Spiderman to people that actually like Spiderman. This is not a Spiderman story. It's a Doc Oc story. If you want to write about Oc, fine. Go do it in an Oc book. What? There is no Oc book? That's because no one cares enough for there to be one. That should tell you something.

Only problem with your reboot comment is that readers don’t know how many years a bad change will last, Peter and MJ breaking up in One more Day is still a thing 23 years later as far as I know, the most hated storyline next to sins past

Will you watch The Dark Knight Rises?

Watch The Dark Knight Rises

. (yay spider-man)

You should react to some fantastic four stuff.

If I were to describe Dan Slott in a single word, it would be "edgelord". If I were to describe his writing in a meme, it would be: "Drew like a dark, fucked up version of the Spider-Man haha. Just a glimpse into my dark reality. A full stare into my twisted perspective would make most simply go insane Imao." Dan Slott is an edgy subversive in a never-ending sea of edgy subversives. He is the comic book equivalent of all those people who make cheap, low-effort horror flicks every time an innocent children's character becomes public domain, with the only difference being that he masks his low-effort, shock value emo poetry as some deep, contemplative dive into human psyche.

Blaze needs to watch a video on Spider Man’s sidekick that they recently introduced

I don't think Otto's a hypocrite with Massacre. Otto's a murderer, no question, but he doesn't have brain damage incapable of emotion. Otto's emotions are what make him change. Massacre only felt something at the point of death. That wouldn't be good enough for a jury if he was on trial. The people should have enough common sense to get rid of monsters like this. I'm sorry, but the "nobody dies, not even bad guys" mentality that a lot of heroes have is ultimately more harm than good, considering most of them will never redeem themselves. I know it's not in Peter's character. But somebody has to do it.

Dont wanna be that guy, but will you be uploading your Dark Knight Rises reaction anytime soon?

@ 8:13 The narrator is projecting his opinions as if they were facts. Mary Jane wasn't done a disservice by not immediately knowing it wasn't Peter. She recognized Kraven wasn't Spiderman mainly because he was too big and didn't move or act like him. Otto, on the other hand, is different because he physically was Peter and had access to all of his memories as well as his memories of her. If Peter had gone to her instead of Carly Cooper to confess and ask for help, he might've gotten his body back before he had died.

Superior Spider-Man was the greatest modern Spider-Man run. Cope.

:) D