THE NEW Ultimate Spider-Man MEGATHREAD!

[SAVETHEB]

Um, yes.

http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/06/21...not-a-spoiler/

That's a cute little press release but perhaps dont call the story DEATH OF SPIDER-MAN. How shocking would it have been to see Peter die and not have it be spoiled SIX MONTHS AGO?! The Walking Dead has THE BEST shocking moments because they never spoil anything to get more sales. It's content over profit. Not the other way around.

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Who hurt you? What happened to make you hate so much? It's okay, you can tell us. We're all friends.

Is there a premise? If you think I'm being irrational, please explain. I don't hate Bendis, he's one of my favorite authors. But racism is what it is.

[MayorMitch100]

Is there a premise? If you think I'm being irrational, please explain. I don't hate Bendis, he's one of my favorite authors. But racism is what it is.

I honestly do not see the racism here. You are making comments that make you sound like a desperate fanboy angry at a creator because they killed your favorite character. You are making points that are essentially grasping at straws to find something wrong with this news because you feel someone should. You are entitled to your opinion, but when you start making rash generalizations about something you know very little about you come off as pathetic.

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I honestly do not see the racism here. You are making comments that make you sound like a desperate fanboy angry at a creator because they killed your favorite character. You are making points that are essentially grasping at straws to find something wrong with this news because you feel someone should. You are entitled to your opinion, but when you start making rash generalizations about something you know very little about you come off as pathetic.

Well, that wasn't much of a premise. I actually think killing off Peter brought closure to what, up until now, has been one of my favorite series, ever.

To play the devil's advocate, one could make the argument that there's nothing racist about promoting a book solely based on skin color, because it isn't derogatory or doesn't perpetuate stereotypes. One could argue it's progressive (as Bendis does) in the sense that proportionately, black people are "underrepresented" in graphic novels... as are one-eyed people, disabled people, gingers etc. More specifically, you could argue that because spider-man is a VERY popular trademark, that this is significant in the same way that having a black president is significant... a sign of the times, etc.

If the news was Spider-man: GINGER! Wouldn't it be retarded? Just a little?! Well, not if you have ginger kids, who need a ginger protagonist that they can finally relate to... I just wonder how all those white children will manage to relate to a black ultimate spider-man... And yes, that was sarcasm.

[Spidey616]

[The Hodag]

I can tell Link is gonna be a barrel of laughs.

[Otto361]

I'm still waiting for the Asian-in-a-wheelchair Spider-Man.
Maybe when Marvel reboots this title again in a few years.

[BENDIS!]

This is retarded. Not just racist... but retarded. To be more specific, promoting a new Ultimate Spider-Man solely on the basis of skin color isn't progressive. It's modern blacksploitation for guilty white liberals. If Nick Fury was the new Spider-Man I'd have been excited, and you could claim that it's progressive in the sense that the character's skin color is irrelevant. Even ultimate Ben Reilly. But to create a new, black Spider-man for the sake of having a black spider-man, promoting it on that basis is idiotic beyond words. The "creative" choice and publicity is entirely race-driven.

Martin Luther King once dreamed of a day where people judged him solely by the content of his character, where race would be irrelevant; not a promotional tool in selling comics to children.

Martin Luther King also once dreamed of a day where anonymous internet tough guys would call people names and bash stuff they haven't even seen yet.

AND THAT DAY IS HERE!!

[The Hodag]

Maybe when Marvel reboots this title again in a few years.

There're times it's fair to pick on reboots. When a series goes 150 issues+ before it does it, and even then only reboots numerically, not continuity-wise...not one of the better targets.

[VenomMelendez]

Yes!

Black Spider-Man!

I got what I wanted. New character.

And based on Donald Glover, awesome!