Agatha's referring to Satana's look from Witches in 2004--that long ago? It was Satana, Jennifer Kale, and Topaz teamed-up, for...reasons? Was that a swipe on Charmed? But, we've mentioned before, Deadpool Team-Up #892 is a load-bearing point of continuity around here; Sat mentions being forced back to her old style, which she's seemingly stuck with ever since.
I was kidding, but I think Tarantula was hunted by Kraven recently! It maybe involved Kraven gathering up a bunch of assorted animal-themed Spider-Man villains and chasing them around to make himself feel big and making you feel bad when fifth-stringers like the Gibbon get got. I forget if Kraven got completely too swell-headed and went after ostensible teammates like Chameleon, Rhino, or Doc Ock. (Doc Ock would not put up with that crap!)
Is King Cobra in the wrong for wanting to stick to the tried-and-true theme? The Serpent Society was a business, and had a lot more sunk into marketing and infrastructure, like their snake-saucers and crap. Feel like they wouldn't want to just throw that away like Twitter throwing away "tweets" and everything. I don't know that we've ever seen Constrictor and Tarantula together; but they're at about the same level, so it made sense to me they'd at least be acquainted. (Don't ask if this is the original Tarantula or the later one: I know the Spidey books brought back heaps of dead guys and I think they've definitely lost track over which ones were considered 'clones' and which were considered 'real.')
Honestly if you were as powerful a magic user as Agatha is why would you want to look your age? Good for her wanting to finally sit comfortably after all these years.
ReplyDeleteI thought you were joking, but damn if that really is true & Tarantula lets Kraven hunt him for money, I legit feel bad for the guy now. I mean even though he’s a supervillain doesn’t mean he still doesn’t have bills to pay. Even supervillains are forced to give utility companies money. Honestly utility companies are the real evil in the world.
Branding definitely is everything. It takes YEARS to build a brand up into something universally recognized, so no I definitely don’t fault King Cobra for having standards. More villain teams should.
Hey, Electro’s from the utility company! If anything, that would mean he’s Spidey’s most evil villain and I sincerely doubt that.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree that magic users should choose their own looks- isn’t that the Wanda-Vision Agatha Harkness though (still haven’t seen the show, I’ve got the basics of who and what)? They don’t usually match comics looks to the shows and movies anyway.
Tarantula has definitely been near spiders- there was that whole thing where he turned into a giant spider monster in the 80’s. It’s just about the only thing about the Stern/Romita Jr. run that I wasn’t into.
He did? Damn. Reminds me of that one evil scientist, Dr. Bradley Shaw, from that one episode of the early 80's Spider-Man cartoon that turned into a giant man-spider.
ReplyDeleteNo they don't match outfits in the shows & movies to the comics & that legit used to bother me before I had to check myself & remind myself that it's not the same thing as the comics & and never will be.
I think it was 50/50 a reference to The Fly and Spidey’s own mutation storyline from around #100. To be honest, the 90’s Spider-Man series is my point of reference for man-spider transformations. I suppose it all comes down to personal preferences though.
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