Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Your Friendly Neighborhood Anterograde Amnesiac Spider-Man

Just call him The Amazing Short-Term Memory-Loss Man:
Secret Wars #3 panel
All panels in this post are from Secret Wars #3 (July 1984), written by Jim Shooter
art by Mike Zeck, John Beatty, and Christie Scheele

Secret Wars #3 panel

Secret Wars #3 panel

Secret Wars #3 panel


In the end, it was just good ol' Professor Xavier mucking about with Spidey's neurons for a good laugh. Hey, it got boring there on Battleworld; Chuck had to find some fun somewhere!

But...knowing his agenda, Joe Quesada would be smart to repurpose this segment and solve what he considers one of Marvel's greatest problems, not in an extended crossover series event...but in four simple panels:
Secret Wars #3 panel

Secret Wars #3 panel

Secret Wars #3 panel

Secret Wars #3 panel


Problem...solved!


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4 comments:

  1. SallyP6/20/2007 12:25 PM

    Zing!

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  2. Jeremy Rizza6/20/2007 6:24 PM

    Hey, it worked for the pre-Crisis Wonder Woman one of the times Steve Trevor got kacked.

    (But seriously... "Gwendy?" Can we make him forget that nickname, too?)

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  3. S Bates6/21/2007 7:37 AM

    Excellent!

    And the Maddie Pryor comment at the end - priceless!

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  4. Anonymous6/23/2007 2:39 PM

    OH SNIPPITY SNAP, REED!

    Eh, but Louise Simonson took care of that toot sweet.

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