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I forgot to note earlier that this intro to Kaine is SO funny because he says he's been nursing the same BOTTLE of vodka all night... later canon establishes he's a "three beers and unconscious" kind of lightweight. https://t.co/xeO219Ujhl
Louise is a standout for a number of reasons. I appreciate that she's not drawn young/"pretty", for one, but also because Spider-Man doesn't really do "bad women."
Enter Louise Kennedy, because she deserves her own tweet. Not a character I /like/ but one I find extremely interesting. Couldn't do this story without her.
Literally going "I DON'T HAVE A NAME I WAS NEVER BORN but you can call me by a creatively spelled Bible bad boy reference" as he swings out of the bar with his ass length Rapunzel hair. I love him so much.
cw// attempted suicide. this issue wraps up quickly but pretty perfectly -- and it's another case of Ben/Peter needing someone else to dig him out of his rage, to allow him to reframe things for himself. The vehemence of "I was wrong" and the way it's quietly repeated.
Obsessed with this whole sequence, anyway. It's so good -- the lighting, the way Ben just loses control, the way he laughs when the gun is pointed at him. The wild look at the end and how it fades into horror.
No good commentary here, I'm really just still admiring the amount of personality and character JRjr always gets into his Peter Parker. What a good face. What a jerk. I love him.
Even the decision here to have Ben see Miles Warren while Kaine is confronted by the Jackal -- that first moment does a lot for the roles they'll take on. The Jackal is openly monstrous, but Miles Warren isn't less of one for wearing a pleasant face.
My favorite Curt Connors design is Ruggedly Handsome Manly Man Scientist Curt Connors. I think the designs that have him a little more wrung out and weird looking work better, but they're not nearly as much fun. He looks like Indiana Jones.