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Peter Parker and MJ in IF 8

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SPIDER-MAN/PETER BENJAMIN PARKER
...
ASM 151
PPTSS 217/2
ASM 152
HTD 1
IF 8
M/TU 39
M/TU 40
DD 135
ASM 153
ASM 154
ASM 155
...
I don't think this placement is correct. At the end of ASM 152, MJ is not speaking to Pete after he's left her at JJJ's party (we learn about their fight in ASM 153). In IF 8, MJ is seen with Pete and even claims they are on a date. This doesn't sound like the kind of behaviour you'd expect if she wasn't speaking to him, as is the case between ASM 152 and 153.

This might be a somewhat tenuous basis upon which to base a change, but I think it works better and the motivation for the original placement isn't clear to me.

New placement suggestion: in ASM 154, Spidey mentions that things are patched up with MJ (in fact we see this in 153), but there's no real space for IF 8 until after ASM 154 is done. I would suggest moving IF 8 to between ASM 154 and 155, as there is a gap of a few days into which it could fit nicely. The same goes for Mary-Jane.

SPIDER-MAN/PETER BENJAMIN PARKER
...
ASM 151
PPTSS 217/2
ASM 152
HTD 1
M/TU 39
M/TU 40
DD 135
ASM 153
ASM 154
IF 8
ASM 155
...

WATSON-PARKER, MARY JANE
...
ASM 152
ASM 153
IF 8
ASM 156
...


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Re: Peter Parker and MJ in IF 8

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I haven't gone to the books to verify, but I suspect that the current placement came from either the Amazing Spider-Man Index, or the Marvel Team-Up Index.

You have to show us why the current order cannot work.


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i looked in those indexes and didn't see anything mentioning iron fist 8. in fact, the MTU index contradicts the current order. for MTU 39, Spidey's last appearance is listed as HTD 1, not IF 8. furthermore, it states in the MTU 39 entry:
This story is said to take place on a Friday in August. This accords well with the date of Betty Brant and Ned Leeds's wedding, given as August 27 in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #143. Inasmuch as this story takes place shortly before the story in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #154 (which has the Sandman's next appearance after MARVEL TEAM-UP #40 and follows the story in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #153 by about a day), the stories in this issue and the next must occur between AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #152 and 153. August is two or three months after the story in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #152, well into Peter Parker's summer vacation, and it is almost certain that Peter begins his summer vacation with the trip to Cleveland to meet Howard the Duck in HOWARD THE DUCK #1. Therefore Spider-Man's appearances between AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #152 and 157 take place in the following chronological order:

HOWARD THE DUCK #1. J. Jonah Jameson sends Peter Parker on a trip to Cleveland on a Daily Bugle assignment to obtain photographs of a "duck that talks like a man." Peter is not seen asking for a leave of absence from classes, so the trip probably occurs sometime during Peter's summer vacation.

MARVEL TEAM-UP #39 and 40. "August" here means "early August," no doubt.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #153. The Homecoming Dance seen in this story has to be a topical reference. Homecoming celebrations take place in late September or early October, at the start of the school athletic season. Since it is known that MARVEL TEAM-UP #40 precedes AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #154, and the latter precedes Ned and Betty's wedding in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #165, the story in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #153 must also take place in August. The Homecoming Dance is probably connected with a class reunion and not a true homecoming dance. Such reunions generally take place during summer vacations.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #154 and 155. These stories closely follow the story in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #153 and tie up some of its loose ends.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #156. The Brant-Leeds wedding, on August 27.
in the spider-man index, the entry for ASM 152 also makes no mention of IF 8:
Spider-Man and the Human Torch battle the second Big Man, the second Crime-Master, Fancy Dan, Montana, and the Sandman in MARVEL TEAM-UP #39 shortly after this story. They are joined by the Sons of the Tiger in MARVEL TEAM-UP #40.
as for specific reasons why the current order cannot work, we just have to take peter parker at his word. in ASM 153 he specifically says:

"yep, life would be just spiffy...if i could get a certain mary jane watson to talk to me! not that i really blame the lady, mind you. i just wish she'd give me a chance to apologize for...hey!"

shortly after, mary jane says to peter "no, little mary jane is just something to be brought to parties and ignored while you go galavanting around town snapping your precious 8x10 glossies! after what you did peter parker--i'd have to be out of me mind to let you talk to me!"

it's clear that she has not spoken to him since he ran out of the party in ASM 151. since they are seen together and, according to mj, "on a date" in IF 8, this cannot have happened between ASM 151 and when they made up in ASM 153. so, it cannot go where it is now if we're to take that conversation between pete and mj to mean anything.

where it should go is more debatable. there is no space in ASM 153 after they make up to insert IF 8, and ASM 154 is set "a few short hours later" - presumably that night. IF 8 could go there I guess, but since ASM 155 states that the events of ASM 154 happened "a few days" earlier, that seems like a more reasonable place to put it.
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Re: Peter Parker and MJ in IF 8

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EDIT: Wow -- beaten by 5 minutes.

The ASM index (issue #6, p.20) has only this to say:

"Proper chronological ordering of the stories in issues #153-186 requires analysis of Marvel stories outside the Spider-man series. This analysis is not yet finished and will appear elsewhere."

Meanwhile, the MTU index (issue #2, p.26), says that before Marvel Team-Up #39, Spider-Man last appeared in Howard the Duck #1.

Neither issue mentions Iron Fist #8 at all.

And I agree with newtron's reasoning ... Peter and MJ going on a date at that point is *extremely* unlikely.

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as an only somewhat related follow-up (because it's around the same time period), does anybody have any comments on peter parker's appearance in daredevil 135?

the current chronology has it between m/tu 40 and asm 153. i know newspaper dates aren't supposed to be very good clues for placement, but the bugle in dd 135 has an april 11, 1976 date. this doesn't match up with it being august in spidey's own issues (and the index quoted above), and the daredevil issue isn't mentioned in the indexes.

anyway, i won't push this point, i'm just curious if anyone knows why it was originally placed there.
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Re: Peter Parker and MJ in IF 8

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I suspect that the Index overlooked IF 8. Newtron's chronology makes sense, and all these stories occur during the summer; the reference to "April 11" in DD 135 is topical. I don't have that issue, so I have no details about Peter's appearance.
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a follow-up: i've been reading through the archives and came across the original post that mentions pete and mj's appearance in this issue. from archive #47:
Thread 27

Posted: 17 May 2004 06:02 am Post subject: Appearances in IRON FIST
By RLG

Peter Parker and Mary Jane appear in IRON FIST #8 on pg 7, pn 1. I'm not 100% sure where this fits in with their chronologies, but this should be close (providing that the "summer" reference is accurate.)

SPIDER-MAN/ PETER BENJAMIN PARKER

ASM 152
HTD 1
IF 8 - new
MTU 39


WATSON-PARKER, MARY JANE

ASM 152
IF 8 - new
ASM 153
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Re: Peter Parker and MJ in IF 8

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Looks like after much discussion on calendar dates, Newtron's proposal was accepted, but it doesn't look like anyone checked the plot threads. Now you all know that i like to follow the internal calendars as shown in the comics whenever possible, but not to the exclusion of the plot.

IF 8 follows a plot-line from DD@ 4 (mistakenly shown in the footnote as DD@ 1), in which the arrest of Maggia Chieftan Ruffio Costa leaves the New York Families in disarray, allowing Chaka Khan to attempt a takeover of the Maggia in IF 8. DD@ 4 and DD 139-144 take place during November.

For Spidey & MJ, this occurs after they begin dating. They patch things up between them in ASM 165-166, which takes place over Christmas, and by PPSSM 5 they are dating.

For Iron Fist, IF 8-10 must take place prior to IF 11-13, which take place as Jean Grey is released from hospital, between UX 103 & UX 104, in Early January. According to IF 9, this is taking place in Mid-Summer, but that simply doesn't work, and must be dismissed, which is not unusual for Chris Claremont, whose calendar is often at variance with other comics, with whom his characters must interact.

This leaves a very narrow window of opportunity for IF 8 to occur for Spidey & MJ, probably immediately after PPSSM 4-5.

While i'm in this area, there's a flashback i read somewhere, which shows MJ reminiscing in a cafe, with a flashback to where she gives Pete a christmas present during the time when they were on the outs. Unfortunately, i can't remember exactly where i read it, but it needs to be placed just prior to Pete & MJ's talk in ASM 165. Can anyone help?

Suggested updates:

SPIDER-MAN/PARKER, PETER BENJAMIN
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ASM 153
ASM 154
IF 8 * MOVE FROM HERE
ASM 155
ASM 156
ASM 157
ASM 158
ASM 159
ASM@ 10
ASM 160
ASM 161
ASM 162
---
ASM 165 (1 - 7) * TO BE SPLIT WHEN WE FIGURE OUT WHERE THE FB WAS SHOWN
???-FB * TO BE ADDED WHEN WE FIGURE OUT WHERE THE FB WAS SHOWN
ASM 165 (8 - 17) * TO BE SPLIT WHEN WE FIGURE OUT WHERE THE FB WAS SHOWN
ASM 166 (1 - 17)
M/TE 13
ASM 166 (18)
PPSSM 4
PPSSM 5
IF 8 * MOVE TO HERE
ASM 167
ASM 168
ASM 169
ASM 170
---

WATSON-PARKER, MARY JANE
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ASM 152
ASM 153
IF 8 * MOVE FROM HERE
ASM 156
ASM 158
ASM 160
ASM 161
ASM 162
M/TU 45
M/TIO 17
M/TE 12
ASM 163
PPSSM 1
M/TU 52
MSM 1
MSM 2
MSM 3
???-FB * TO BE ADDED WHEN WE FIGURE OUT WHERE THE FB WAS SHOWN
ASM 165
ASM 166
PPSSM 5
IF 8 * MOVE TO HERE
ASM 167
ASM 168
ASM 170
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Re: Peter Parker and MJ in IF 8

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I agree with StrayLamb. Moreover, putting IF 8-10 after PPSM 4-5 places it after DD@ 4:

SUB-MARINER/NAMOR MACKENZIE
...
SVTU 5
DD@ 4
SVTU 6

...

THING II/MAJ. BENJAMIN J. GRIMM
...
SVTU 5
SVTU 6
SVTU 7
M/TIO 24
M/TIO 25
M/SSPEC 1
M/TE 13

...

SPIDER-MAN/PETER BENJAMIN PARKER
...
MSM 1
M/SSPEC 1
ASM 165
ASM 166 (1 - 17)
M/TE 13
ASM 166 (18)
PPSSM 4
PPSSM 5
IF 8 <-- MOVE TO HERE

ASM 167
...

We also see here with the Thing that we must move M/TIO 25 before IF 8-10 for Iron Fist, I've checked and I don't see any problem.

I finally have corrections for IF 5-10:

IF 5 (2:3 - 2:4)-FB is missing, Danny receives a note and wants Misty's advice.
I don't see CHAKA KHAN in IF 5-7
IF 8 has two FB about Danny as a child, the first one as he's about 6, the second one just before they travel to K'un-Lun.

BEY, KHUMBALA
M/PRM 25
IF 1-FB-OP
IF 1 <-- DELETE
IF 7

CHAKA KHAN/ROBERT HAO
IF 5 <-- DELETE
IF 6 <-- DELETE
IF 7 <-- DELETE

IF 8
IF 9-FB --> CHANGE TO IF 9 (3:5 - 7:3)-FB
IF 9 (1 - 11:6) --> CHANGE TO IF 9 (9:6 - 11:6)-FB

PM&IF 72 (5:1)-FB
IF 9 (11:7)-FB-VO <-- ADD
IF 9 (11:7 - 17:6) --> CHANGE TO IF 9

IF 10 (1 - 17:4)
...

HAO, WILLIAM
IF 8
IF 9 (1 - 11:6) --> CHANGE TO IF 9 (9:6 - 11:6)-FB
PM&IF 72 (5:1)-FB
IF 9 (11:7)-FB-VO <-- ADD
IF 9 (11:7 - 17:6) --> CHANGE TO IF 9

IF 10 (4:1 - 4:2:1)-FB
...

HOGARTH, JERYN
PM&IF 110-FB
{IF 6} --> CHANGE TO {IF 6-FB}
IF 7
...

IRON FIST IX/DANIEL RAND
DHKF 23-FB [newborn]
IF 8 (11:2 - 11:5)-FB <-- ADD [around 6]
M/PRM 24-FB [around 10]
DHKF 19-FB [11]
IIF 27-FB
IF 8 (11:6 - 11:7)-FB <-- ADD [just before K'un-Lun]
PM&IF 100 (4:1)-FB [K'un-Lun]
{M/PRM 15 (4:4 - 6:6)-FB}
...
DHKF 32/2
IF 5-FB <-- ADD
IF 5
IF 6-FB
IF 6
IF 7
PM&IF 70 (9:7)-FB
M/TIO 25 <-- MOVE TO HERE
IF 8
IF 9 (3:5 - 6:1)-FB
PM&IF 72 (4:6)-FB
IF 9 (6:2 - 10:6)-FB --> CHANGE TO IF 9 (6:2 - 7:3)-FB
IF 9 (9:6 - 11:6)-FB <-- ADD

IF 9
IF 10 (4:1 - 4:2:1)-FB
PM&IF 72 (5:3)-FB
IF 10 (4:2:2 - 4:6)
IF 10 (1 - 17:4)
PM&IF 72 (5:4)-FB
IF 10 (17:5)
M/TIO 25 <-- MOVE FROM HERE
IF 11
...

JAMESON, JOHN JONAH JR.
...
DHKF 22/2
IF 10-BTS <-- ADD [editorial]
ASM 155
...

KNIGHT, MERCEDES "MISTY"
...
DHKF 31
IF 5-FB <-- ADD
IF 6-FB
...

RAND, HEATHER DUNCAN
DHKF 23 (11:1)-FB
DHKF 23 (11:3 - 11:5)-FB
IF 8 (11:2 - 11:5)-FB <-- ADD
DHKF 19-FB
IIF 27-FB
IF 8 (11:6 - 11:7)-FB <-- ADD
PM&IF 100-FB
{M/PRM 15 (4:4 - 6:6)-FB}
...

RAND-K'AI, WENDELL
...
DHKF 23-FB
IF 8 (11:2 - 11:5)-FB <-- ADD
PM&IF 75 (11:2 - 11:6)-FB
IIF 27-FB
IF 8 (11:6 - 11:7)-FB <-- ADD
PM&IF 100-FB
{M/PRM 15 (4:4 - 6:6)-FB}
...
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