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Peter's humor gets labeled as self-deprecating a lot, which it can be sometimes but not always -- there's a really definite sarcastic edge here: "just imagine what I could do if I WASN'T a phony coward!" This is the kind of line you KNOW is delivered with confidence.
"S. Rosen, Spidey's second cousin on his uncle's side!" Not to like continually bring up the Peter Parker's Jewish thing, but Peter Parker is extremely Jewish.
Thinking about this like, Sue's "premonitions" are often played off as ye olde female intuition in early Fantastic Four but you don't alert all the other superhero teams bc your wife has a feeling SOMETHING might be off. What I'm saying is, psychic Sue Storm.
finally a picrew that accurately shows how huge my pupils are https://t.co/n82BUFz0tl
this is an interesting case of how to read tone as we go forward -- I think it's p obvious the "60yo" line is supposed to be a joke, as in, she older, here, but given that she's identified as 70 later when Peter's in his mid-20s, I think it's also fair to take it at face value.
There is something really great about how harsh of a critic Peter is of himself in the early days. Criticizing himself for not quitting Spider-Man not because being Spider-Man is a recognized calling but because he views himself as "too conceited."
anyway this is apparently the first appearance of Ned Leeds. I loathe him.