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The Maker is one of those incredible comic book creations that came about through years of mediocrity and frustration and finally Bendis going "%#] it, let's break some shit" followed by Jonathan Hickman's doctoral thesis on well and truly breaking that shit, like ALL the shit
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The Maker is one of those incredible comic book creations that came about through years of mediocrity and frustration and finally Bendis going "%#] it, let's break some shit" followed by Jonathan Hickman's doctoral thesis on well and truly breaking that shit, like ALL the shit
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Esad Ribic
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Esad Ribic
"...the man behind all this..their Maker...it's Reed Richards."
November 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"...the man behind all this..their Maker...it's Reed Richards."
And even Wolfman put Golden Age Supes in a pocket dimension to save him, which Waid rightly pointed out was still a cage of sorts.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
And even Wolfman put Golden Age Supes in a pocket dimension to save him, which Waid rightly pointed out was still a cage of sorts.
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Here's the case David Bentley Hart makes for "joyfully praise" over more traditional translations like "confess"
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Here's the case David Bentley Hart makes for "joyfully praise" over more traditional translations like "confess"
"God chose the lowborn things of the cosmos and the things treated as nothing, the things that have no being, in order that he might nullify the things that do have being, so that no flesh at all might boast before God...'Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.'"
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"God chose the lowborn things of the cosmos and the things treated as nothing, the things that have no being, in order that he might nullify the things that do have being, so that no flesh at all might boast before God...'Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.'"
Peter is terrified of being publicly exposed as Spider-Man; Norman Osborn's most deep-seated fear is being mocked
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Peter is terrified of being publicly exposed as Spider-Man; Norman Osborn's most deep-seated fear is being mocked
It's a great reversal of the iconic ASM 39 imagery where Goblin co-opts Spider-Man's trick (using rope or cable instead of webbing) to display his dominance; with the foothold neck grip, Spidey turns Goblin's aerial dominance against him, humiliating and literally steering him.
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It's a great reversal of the iconic ASM 39 imagery where Goblin co-opts Spider-Man's trick (using rope or cable instead of webbing) to display his dominance; with the foothold neck grip, Spidey turns Goblin's aerial dominance against him, humiliating and literally steering him.
Fascinated by late antiquity concept of guardian angels as doppelgangers of their earthly charges. You see this in Acts 12:15 and Matthew 18:10.
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Fascinated by late antiquity concept of guardian angels as doppelgangers of their earthly charges. You see this in Acts 12:15 and Matthew 18:10.
Really terrific footnote by David Bentley Hart concerning Romans 9-11 as Paul's extended meditation affirming universalism.
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Really terrific footnote by David Bentley Hart concerning Romans 9-11 as Paul's extended meditation affirming universalism.
John 8:1-11, translation and footnote by David Bentley Hart.
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
John 8:1-11, translation and footnote by David Bentley Hart.
"To perdition with your silver, and with you, because you imagined you could procure God's gift with money." Acts 8:20 (translation by David Bentley Hart)
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"To perdition with your silver, and with you, because you imagined you could procure God's gift with money." Acts 8:20 (translation by David Bentley Hart)
Acts 19:13-17 is one of the book's most striking (and humorous) passages.
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Acts 19:13-17 is one of the book's most striking (and humorous) passages.
"Stay calm, it's only a minor spike! It'll soon stabilize!"
November 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
"Stay calm, it's only a minor spike! It'll soon stabilize!"
🧵My thoughts on the John Lennon/Plastic Ono album. Keep in mind that I discovered solo Lennon late in life (my Reaganite parents loathed the Beatles in general and Lennon in particular). As it turns out, even in mid-life one takes joy in things their parents simply don't get.
November 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🧵My thoughts on the John Lennon/Plastic Ono album. Keep in mind that I discovered solo Lennon late in life (my Reaganite parents loathed the Beatles in general and Lennon in particular). As it turns out, even in mid-life one takes joy in things their parents simply don't get.
One of the most unintentionally funny lines is Barry following up the destruction of Xanshi wishing tragedy only happened to far away planets, not Batman sidekicks, proving once again Barry is the worst
November 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
One of the most unintentionally funny lines is Barry following up the destruction of Xanshi wishing tragedy only happened to far away planets, not Batman sidekicks, proving once again Barry is the worst
Only the coolest of nerds go as post-accident incapacitated Ock!
November 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Only the coolest of nerds go as post-accident incapacitated Ock!
So let's fast-forward to SSM Annual 8 (July 5 1988) where the High Evolutionary reveals that cloning is much too advanced for an ESU professor and the only thing you can pull off with public university resources is overwriting someone's dna and memories.
October 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
So let's fast-forward to SSM Annual 8 (July 5 1988) where the High Evolutionary reveals that cloning is much too advanced for an ESU professor and the only thing you can pull off with public university resources is overwriting someone's dna and memories.
The first Carrion met an untimely end when he was eaten alive by an amoeba enhanced with Peter Parker's dna (yes, really).
October 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The first Carrion met an untimely end when he was eaten alive by an amoeba enhanced with Peter Parker's dna (yes, really).
If Isabella's recollection of Mantlo's recollection is accurate, the resurrection that kicked off the second Clone Saga would have occurred 15 years earlier (albeit in a much different fashion); if Breevort's speculation is correct, it would have been the resurrection that ended the 90s Clone Saga.
October 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
If Isabella's recollection of Mantlo's recollection is accurate, the resurrection that kicked off the second Clone Saga would have occurred 15 years earlier (albeit in a much different fashion); if Breevort's speculation is correct, it would have been the resurrection that ended the 90s Clone Saga.
According to Jenny Blake Isabella, Bill Mantlo originally intended for Carrion to be revealed as the Peter Parker clone, but the idea was vetoed by then ASM writer Marv Wolfman mid-story, resulting in an unsatisfactory rewrite.
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
According to Jenny Blake Isabella, Bill Mantlo originally intended for Carrion to be revealed as the Peter Parker clone, but the idea was vetoed by then ASM writer Marv Wolfman mid-story, resulting in an unsatisfactory rewrite.
Carrion was a zombified clone of Miles Warren who possessed the ability to levitate, read minds and kill with a touch.
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Carrion was a zombified clone of Miles Warren who possessed the ability to levitate, read minds and kill with a touch.
Carrion I was created by Bill Mantlo and Jim Mooney. He first appeared in PPTSSM 25 (Sept 26 1978).
October 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Carrion I was created by Bill Mantlo and Jim Mooney. He first appeared in PPTSSM 25 (Sept 26 1978).