I got a kick out of Spider-Girl. Generally I think there are too many offshoots and variants of existing characters, but her story was set in one possible future so it worked for me and did not dilute the concept. I haven't seen much of her lately though, perhaps she has been set aside to make way for more Spider-Gwen stories. I am kind of hoping to see her in one of the Spider-Verse animated movie sequels, but I haven't seen or heard anything to indicate that there are plans for that.
Great pairing and an exceptional cover! Nice job.
ReplyDeleteYou're right that "Mayday" Parker is not among those announced for the planned Spider-Women spinoff, nor Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. If Sony and Marvel play it smart, though, they'll have Peter go ahead and settle down with MJ, give Miles Morales a good run as Spider-Man, and bring May up to be the third person in the line (and later she can pass it on to Cindy Moon or Miguel O'Hara).
ReplyDeleteSince the Peter who got MJ was considered too lucky and happy, everything else has gone the way of a certain devil type. "May day" is too much a reminder of the Great old days Peter was too lucky to get. Lets hear it for the powers that have been and be.
ReplyDeleteRemember, with great power comes ....a bigger paycheck and forcing your attitude on others beneath you.
Actually, Ross, if this were done as a real-world publication, it could work! The connective premise might be slim; but, there is textual precedent, just the same. Halo's original host was Violet Harper. And Oliver Queen's former ward finally confirms that she was a semi-distant cousin on his late father's side. But, while going through the personal effects of one of Violet's folks, Roy discovers a GL power ring!
ReplyDeleteIt turns out to have belonged to the late Donna Parker. One-time school teacher; single working mom; and widow of Richard Parker's namesake uncle. Thereby making Mayday Parker the latter's great-grandniece!
"That's my theory and I'm sticking to it." --Carycomic :-)
For those too young to remember? It was established in GREEN LANTERN CORPS QUARTERLY #4 that Donna Parker was the widow of Korean War veteran Richard Parker. And that, to support herself and her three children, she had gone back to working as a school teacher (part-time, presumably). It was this example of selfless dedication and courage that was sensed by the Guardians of the Universe and which led them to recruit her (however temporarily) as the Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814 during Abin Sur's enslavement by the malevolent energy being known as Balzona of the Larifars.
ReplyDeleteBut, it was never canonically revealed what Donna Parker's maiden name was; so, she could very well have been born "Donna Harper." She might even have been born and raised in Metropolis as the love-child of Mary Harper by Intergang founder "Ugly Bruno" Mannheim! Which, in turn, could be one of the many reasons why Mary's brother Jim grew up to become a police officer (among other things).---Cary
One last after-thought for today: if DC and Marvel ever did have the good sense to publish a real-world version of this story, a war between the Aurakles and Larifars (in Mayday's time period) might be the excuse for Spider-Girl or Halo doing the initial time-traveling.
ReplyDeleteIt's late evening, so that makes it Bizarre Ideas Time:
ReplyDeleteCogsworth and Miss Minutes.
Bob Greenwade: as dependable as clockwork. :-)
ReplyDeleteDick Tracy meets Groo.
ReplyDeleteHas anything changed? Every day now, I have to copy and paste to get to the cover, and work on removing things that aren’t part of the link. I click the “view on Patreon” and am told I need to join to view. I’m sorry to complain, but it’s very frustrating.
ReplyDeleteI haven't changed anything everything seems to work fine on my end. Anyone else having issues?
ReplyDeleteI haven’t seen this problem. What sort of device are you using to view the blog, Bobbo?
ReplyDeleteProbably the same glitch that makes Google think I'm only posing as myself.
ReplyDeleteBut, while I'm here; how about making this cover the middle part of a trilogy in relation to the previous day's cover? If nothing else, it would eliminate a good deal of the long-winded back story I posted above!
ReplyDeleteI’m on an iPad and until recently, I had no problems as I would click the link under the cover in the email. That link no longer works for me.
ReplyDeleteI haven’t had any updates on the iPad so I don’t have a clue.
I've found some browsers work better than others on Ipads.
ReplyDeleteSorry to be late to the party on this one, but WOW! What a great composition for the cover. Brilliantly done, Ross!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Shag!
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