Spider-Man Family v2 #9
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:18 pm
Spider-Man Family v2 #9
Story #1: The Guy Who Turns Into the Hulk
Writer: Paul Tobin
Artist: Derec Aucoin
Characters Appearing:
Doctor Octopus, Hulk, Marvel Girl, Spider-Man
Synopsis:
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey), Spider-Man, and Bruce Banner are hanging out in New York. We learn through dialogue and a flashback that Banner and Marvel Girl were aboard the SHIELD Helicarrier when a UFO was sighted. Fury didn't want to pursue it with Banner on board, so he released Banner into Marvel Girl's custody and contacted Spider-Man to help her out.
They keep stumbling into criminal activity, which Spider-Man and Marvel Girl need to deal with while keeping Banner out of the way. Spider-Man keeps hearing news reports about Doctor Octopus going on a rampage, but he can't respond because he's trying to keep Banner out of trouble. Finally, when they learn that Doc Ock has taken a hostage, they go to stop him, telling Banner to stay out of the way.
Doc Ock defeats Spider-Man and Marvel Girl. Banner learns that the reason he's been staying so calm is that SHIELD injected him with a dampening agent. This makes him angry, and after being grabbed by Doc Ock, Banner turns into the Hulk and smashes him. The Hulk leaps off into the distance and then the police arrive to haul off Doctor Octopus.
Flashback:
Nick Fury, Hulk
Continuity Notes:
I don't see any glaringly obvious reasons why this couldn't be canon, but I don't know how it lines up with the different characters' chronologies. The entire story takes place over a few hours, and the flashback happens immediately before the main story. Here are some placement clues that I noticed:
Marvel Girl is wearing her classic green dress with yellow mask, gloves, and boots. She was on board the SHIELD helicarrier (no explanation given) before the story began.
Spider-Man is in his standard Red & Blue (no underarm webs).
Banner is wearing a tweed jacket and bowtie. The Hulk has no dialogue, but it's pretty clear that this is the Savage Hulk given the way everyone is terrified of Banner transforming. Sometime before the story began, Banner had been captured by Shield agents and was being held for observation.
Doctor Octopus is taken away by the police at the end of the story.
It appears to be summer time (or at least relatively warm weather). The trees are green and leafy and several random people are shown wearing short sleeves.
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Story #2: Identity
Writer: Tony Lee
Penciler: Ramon Bachs
Characters Appearing:
Aunt May, Spider Man
Synopsis:
Peter Parker is at the corner grocery, when someone dressed as Spider-Man enters. Peter learns that "Spider-Man" has been visiting every night for the last month and they've been giving him free food.
Peter follows the imposter and learns that its actually a homeless kid. He goes home, and after a brief talk with Aunt May he decides to look for the kid and find out his story. Spider-Man finds the kid being beaten by thugs in an alley. He starts to help, but gets hit from behind and knocked down. The kid jumps in to help him and Spider-Man scares the thugs away. Spider-Man tells the kid he has a plan to help him out.
The next night Peter arrives at the grocery where the kid is now working stocking shelves. The owner tells Peter that Spider-Man returned the previous night and asked if they would hire the kid.
Continuity Notes:
The story takes place in two evenings. The first nine pages occur in one Friday night beginning at 8:55 PM. The tenth and final page happens on Saturday at 8:55 PM.
Spider-Man is wearing his standard Red & Blue (no underarm webs). He's living with Aunt May who doesn't seem to know that he's Spider-Man. As Peter Parker he is wearing glasses throughout. When he sees the imposter take off his mask he thinks "He's a kid, no more than my age, living on the streets."
Everyone is wearing jackets or sweatshirts outside, but there's no snow on the ground and some trees with leaves are visible in the background of one panel. It starts raining when Peter's on his way home, but is no longer raining when he goes out again later.
The owner of the grocery (Fong's) is named Mrs. Fong. I don't see an obvious MCP listing for her, so I'm assuming she's a one-off character.
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Story #3: Reprint of Venom: Lethal Protector #3
V:LP 3 is already in the MCP.
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Story #4: Reprint of Spider-Man: Death & Destiny #3
SM:D&D 3 is already in the MCP
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Story #5: Impending Doom
Original Story and Art: Yamanaka Akira
Translation: Yuko Fukami
English Adaptation: Marc Sumerak
Characters Appearing:
Doctor Doom, Human Torch, Spider-Man, Thing
Synopsis:
Spider-Man meets the Human Torch and the Thing who have followed Doctor Doom to Japan. After Johnny goes off on his own, Spider-Man and the Thing find that Doom has captured him.
Continuity Notes:
This is a Spider-Man J story.
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Story #1: The Guy Who Turns Into the Hulk
Writer: Paul Tobin
Artist: Derec Aucoin
Characters Appearing:
Doctor Octopus, Hulk, Marvel Girl, Spider-Man
Synopsis:
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey), Spider-Man, and Bruce Banner are hanging out in New York. We learn through dialogue and a flashback that Banner and Marvel Girl were aboard the SHIELD Helicarrier when a UFO was sighted. Fury didn't want to pursue it with Banner on board, so he released Banner into Marvel Girl's custody and contacted Spider-Man to help her out.
They keep stumbling into criminal activity, which Spider-Man and Marvel Girl need to deal with while keeping Banner out of the way. Spider-Man keeps hearing news reports about Doctor Octopus going on a rampage, but he can't respond because he's trying to keep Banner out of trouble. Finally, when they learn that Doc Ock has taken a hostage, they go to stop him, telling Banner to stay out of the way.
Doc Ock defeats Spider-Man and Marvel Girl. Banner learns that the reason he's been staying so calm is that SHIELD injected him with a dampening agent. This makes him angry, and after being grabbed by Doc Ock, Banner turns into the Hulk and smashes him. The Hulk leaps off into the distance and then the police arrive to haul off Doctor Octopus.
Flashback:
Nick Fury, Hulk
Continuity Notes:
I don't see any glaringly obvious reasons why this couldn't be canon, but I don't know how it lines up with the different characters' chronologies. The entire story takes place over a few hours, and the flashback happens immediately before the main story. Here are some placement clues that I noticed:
Marvel Girl is wearing her classic green dress with yellow mask, gloves, and boots. She was on board the SHIELD helicarrier (no explanation given) before the story began.
Spider-Man is in his standard Red & Blue (no underarm webs).
Banner is wearing a tweed jacket and bowtie. The Hulk has no dialogue, but it's pretty clear that this is the Savage Hulk given the way everyone is terrified of Banner transforming. Sometime before the story began, Banner had been captured by Shield agents and was being held for observation.
Doctor Octopus is taken away by the police at the end of the story.
It appears to be summer time (or at least relatively warm weather). The trees are green and leafy and several random people are shown wearing short sleeves.
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Story #2: Identity
Writer: Tony Lee
Penciler: Ramon Bachs
Characters Appearing:
Aunt May, Spider Man
Synopsis:
Peter Parker is at the corner grocery, when someone dressed as Spider-Man enters. Peter learns that "Spider-Man" has been visiting every night for the last month and they've been giving him free food.
Peter follows the imposter and learns that its actually a homeless kid. He goes home, and after a brief talk with Aunt May he decides to look for the kid and find out his story. Spider-Man finds the kid being beaten by thugs in an alley. He starts to help, but gets hit from behind and knocked down. The kid jumps in to help him and Spider-Man scares the thugs away. Spider-Man tells the kid he has a plan to help him out.
The next night Peter arrives at the grocery where the kid is now working stocking shelves. The owner tells Peter that Spider-Man returned the previous night and asked if they would hire the kid.
Continuity Notes:
The story takes place in two evenings. The first nine pages occur in one Friday night beginning at 8:55 PM. The tenth and final page happens on Saturday at 8:55 PM.
Spider-Man is wearing his standard Red & Blue (no underarm webs). He's living with Aunt May who doesn't seem to know that he's Spider-Man. As Peter Parker he is wearing glasses throughout. When he sees the imposter take off his mask he thinks "He's a kid, no more than my age, living on the streets."
Everyone is wearing jackets or sweatshirts outside, but there's no snow on the ground and some trees with leaves are visible in the background of one panel. It starts raining when Peter's on his way home, but is no longer raining when he goes out again later.
The owner of the grocery (Fong's) is named Mrs. Fong. I don't see an obvious MCP listing for her, so I'm assuming she's a one-off character.
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Story #3: Reprint of Venom: Lethal Protector #3
V:LP 3 is already in the MCP.
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Story #4: Reprint of Spider-Man: Death & Destiny #3
SM:D&D 3 is already in the MCP
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Story #5: Impending Doom
Original Story and Art: Yamanaka Akira
Translation: Yuko Fukami
English Adaptation: Marc Sumerak
Characters Appearing:
Doctor Doom, Human Torch, Spider-Man, Thing
Synopsis:
Spider-Man meets the Human Torch and the Thing who have followed Doctor Doom to Japan. After Johnny goes off on his own, Spider-Man and the Thing find that Doom has captured him.
Continuity Notes:
This is a Spider-Man J story.
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