Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Uncle Ben and Thomas Wayne

 

They are the father figures that helped define the heroic careers of Spider-Man and Batman- what if they had to step into those shoes for a night?  I could make for a fun and insightful tale.

9 comments:

Jason Toddman said...

Back in the 1970s Bucky Barnes was also one of those characters that was considered beyond bringing back other than in flashbacks. How time have changed. And I guess Jor_El has actually been done to death too. So, yeah, afaik these really the only two classic comic book characters left whose only claim to fame is staying dead and inspiring a superhero's career. I'd buy this one myself; especially if Batman and Spider-Man actually got some closure out of it like Goku did with Grandpa Gohan in the original Dragonball.

Detective Tobor said...

Nice, Ross, that you kept Thomas's original Bat-suit in the database.I prefer this version to the more recent Convergence mini series version of club owner. This story has that Brave & Bold special quality to it. Very Well done, Ross!

Carycomic said...

Jason and Tobor have pretty much summarized most of what I intended to say. The unvoiced remainder consists of purely a wild guess. Kid Eternity made this possible, behind the scenes. Probably as a sequel to STF #2954!*

*Which would technically make this Uncle Ben's 3rd appearance in the Rossverse.

Anonymous said...

If it wasn't for his moustache, I could swear that gangster in the lower right corner was Rats McTattler.

Bob Greenwade said...

Apparently, Ben couldn't get into Peter's shoes; he's in his socks!

Either way, Ross, this is a cool concept, executed quite right.

Anonymous said...

For a long time Gwen Stacy was also in the "they'll never bring them back" club. Now a version of her has been back long enough there might be comic readers who never knew she had died.

Carycomic said...

@Anon926: That might actually be Lew Moxon, also bftd.

Carycomic said...

That's @ May 15, 2020.

Anonymous said...

What a coincidence. I recently wrote a story in which Bruce Wayne adopts Peter after the burglar kills _both_ Uncle Ben and Aunt May.

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