Spider-Oracle Petitions (01-Sep-2003)

Let's get you some answers, Willi, my friend.

1. Pete hasn't really quit or been fired from the Bugle.
2. As a freelancer, he can show up there as little or as much as he wants. However, with his new teaching job, he hasn't had much opportunity to go there lately.
3. Aunt May and MJ haven't talked about Peter's less frequent visits to the Bugle, but it's safe to assume they support his career as a teacher.
4. Peter is still friends with all the Bugle staff.
5. Reporter Eddie Brock wrote a story exposing the serial killer Sin-Eater. When Spidey and DD captured the real Sin-Eater, Eddie's story was exposed as false and he was fired. Convinced that Spidey was evil for causing his unemployment, Eddie (bonded with the alien symbiote as Venom) seeks to kill Spider-Man, killing whoever gets in his way. Makes a whole lot of sense, doesn't it?
6. If you can't say anything nice...
7. Despite a brief stint as a "supermodel" during the Mackie/Byrne era, MJ isn't what most people would consider rich. She and Peter are quite comfortable, though. At least for the moment.
8. They have moved back in together, and their marriage seems fully back on track.
9. Mark Bagley.
10. If you give me a dollar.

Well, STF, Jean was a police captain who first met Spidey in MARVEL TEAM-UP #48- 51. Throughout the following years, she and Spidey were friendly with each other, despite her gruff attitude. It was always nice for Spidey to know he had at least one friend on the police force. In a storyline that ran in SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #107-110, Jean was shot and killed by the Sin-Eater. While tracking down his friend's killer, Spider-Man learned that Jean had had deeper feelings for him, leaving him even more devastated. Try and find the DEATH OF JEAN DeWOLFF trade paperback if you can.

SPIDER-GIRL is a great book, GC, but it doesn't look like a movie is in her future anytime soon. And as for the new Scarlet Spider (Felicity Hardy), when asked if she'll be showing up soon, writer Tom DeFalco gives an affirmative "Oh YEAH!"

Hi, Dunedian-Bor. You can check out the list of who knows Spidey's identity here: SpiderFan.org - Help : FAQ : Who Knows. As for Firestar, there have been plans in the past to have a Spidey/Iceman/Firestar team-up in the regular Marvel Universe, but none of them have worked out so far.

1. The most popular theory is that their falling out was over the identity of the Green Goblin. Steve wanted GG to be revealed as just some guy who was never seen before, while Stan felt they owed the readers some kind of big revelation, hence GG turning out to be Peter's friend's father.
2. TANGLED WEB was not at all popular. Certainly not selling as much as a Spider-Man book should. A couple of stories got some raves in the industry, but by and large, it was shunned.
3. Scorpy was last seen in PP:SM #54, and a few months before that in the one- shot SPIDER-MAN: SWEET CHARITY.

Though the hair is similar, Sandman's is not identical to the Osborn hair (Just don't try to make me articulate the exact difference; I'm no hair stylist). That, of course, didn't stop John Byrne from deciding to make Norman Osborn and William Baker cousins in CHAPTER ONE #0. Thankfully, that's out the window.

Carnage last reared his poorly conceived head in WEBSPINNERS #13-14. Though he's still alive, Carnage is not set to appear again anytime soon, Brian, though you do have Ultimate Carnage to look forward to within the next year.

1. Why does Venom have a spider on his chest and back? Well, the most likely answer is that the symbiote was originally all black, but when it first came into contact with Spider-Man in SECRET WARS #8, it read Spidey's mind and altered it's appearance to resemble the costume of Spider-Woman II (Julia Carpenter) whom Spidey and the other heroes had just met. And as for the teeth & tongue, that's all artistic embellishment.
2. The reason Carnage is somewhat different from other symbiotes is that it was born on a different planet than the others (namely, Earth).
3. While it may look like Venom is using webbing identical to Spidey's, it was established in ASM # 300 that Venom's "webbing" is indeed part of his own alien mass that he has to regenerate.

What you have there, Paul, is the first of a two-part story that originally appeared in DAREDEVIL vol. 1 #16-17. You can find the answer to your question by reading our in-depth review of the story written by our own Al Sjoerdsma here, of the story named None are So Blind. Of course, you really need to read the story for yourself, and the easiest and cheapest way is to find a copy of ESSENTIAL DAREDEVIL #1.

Nothing easier, Greg. It reprints ASM vol. 2 #40-45.

1. Hmmmm.... I'm starting to think we should add this to the FAQ. The short answer is, writer Kevin Smith is busy doing important Hollywood stuff and can't be distracted by a little thing like doing his job. The last issue of the miniseries to come out (#3) was released on October 16, 2002, so we're closing in on the 1-year anniversary. Expect the final two issues to come out anytime between tomorrow and doomsday.
2. Nobody else has immediate plans for Felicia, so if you want your Black Cat fix, Julio, it might be time to hit the back-issue bins.

1. Sure Latro. Caesar was about 6'1" and tipped the scales at 240 lbs.
2. Well, I'm afraid that Doc Bromwell was just a minor recurring character from the Lee/Ditko and Lee/Romita days. Not much was established about him or his life. Though now that I think about it, I can easily picture him wearing the FACADE armor....