Revealed: Peter Parker’s successor as Spider-Man is…
And now — due in part to the abundance of social media and the intense interest in Spider-Man’s alter ego, Peter Parker — a firestorm has erupted, after Marvel revealed that Parker will die, and the role of Spider-Man will be taken over by his archenemy, Doctor Octopus.
The just-released “Amazing Spider-Man” #700 marks the end of one of the most popular comic book series of all time after 50 years. All parties involved maintain that the changes are quite permanent, and next month, the saga begins anew with the release of “The Superior Spider-Man” #1, with the Doc, Otto Octavius, stepping into the Spidey suit.
Otto believes that with the combination of his intelligence and Parker’s inherited memories and spider powers, he can be an uber-Spider-Man. He can live Parker’s life better than Peter could — from fighting crime to getting back together with on-again, off-again girlfriend Mary Jane Watson.
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I thought it would be Anthony Weiner. I know he loves the outfit.
forest on December 27, 2012 at 9:42 AM
Piers Morgan?
Mimzey on December 27, 2012 at 9:45 AM
This… has got to be a joke.
BigGator5 on December 27, 2012 at 9:49 AM
LOL. Publicity stunt.
Caiwyn on December 27, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Sometimes no ideas are better than bad ideas. How about Spiderman defeats somebody, then end the damn comic book.
Dongemaharu on December 27, 2012 at 9:51 AM
They trashed the character back when they turned Mary Jane into a super-model actress and had him marry her. Parker was no longer the down-and-out struggling loser people ordinary people could identify with. He was Bruce Wayne. So my reaction is “meh.” I don’t care.
DRayRaven on December 27, 2012 at 9:52 AM
My Spidey senses are tingling. They’re telling me that a major Dork Age is about to begin…
On a side note, anyone see this yet from Drudge?
‘Brighter than a full moon’: The biggest star of 2013 could be Ison, Comet of the Century!
Buy your Ison 2013 Apocalypse domain names now; there’s a quick buck to made off of all the disappointed Mayan 2012 Apocalypse weenies.
JimLennon on December 27, 2012 at 9:53 AM
does anyone above 12 care
IR-MN on December 27, 2012 at 9:55 AM
This is just stupid. I would think Spidey fans would rather the comic retire than deal with this asinine idea.
Darksean on December 27, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Marvel Comics jumps the shark once again.
HondaV65 on December 27, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Well… They could have gone the black Hispanic Muslim lesbian route.
MechanicalBill on December 27, 2012 at 10:12 AM
They should retire Spidey then pull this crap. I mean, come on! Doc Ock as Spider-Man! That’s like the Riddler becoming Batman. Gosh darnit Marvel! At least they didn’t make him a black Hispanic Muslim lesbian.
Mike Rathbone on December 27, 2012 at 10:32 AM
Don’t get the idea that it’s Doc Ock putting on a Spider-Man costume. Their minds have switched, he’s in Peter’s body and Peter is in Doc Ocks which just died.
JohnBrown on December 27, 2012 at 10:53 AM
Yawn. Yeah, this is totally permanent… until next year when the whole thing is retconned or rebooted or some other weird plot device to turn the whole thing into something more recognizable and grab more nerd money…
And I’ve actually been quite a nerd, too. Just never got into comics past Archie.
Gingotts on December 27, 2012 at 11:02 AM
This. Though this is almost as lame as Green Lantern is gay to only have it end up being Alan Scott, the most boring of the GLs that no one really cares about any more in a bad Earth-Two reboot
Doctor Zhivago on December 27, 2012 at 11:05 AM
Allahpundit?
radjah shelduck on December 27, 2012 at 11:12 AM
This will be about as permanent as when Marvel permanently killed all vampires in their universe and permanently undid the spell that allowed vampires to even exist in the Marvel universe.
And Doc Ock won’t be half the Spider-Man that Kraven the Hunter was.
Rip Ford on December 27, 2012 at 11:31 AM
Bring back Spiderman 2099, that was a pretty cool comic in the 90s and he was hispanic.
Otherwise, they might as well go with the black Hispanic Muslim lesbian.
Daemonocracy on December 27, 2012 at 11:36 AM
Yeah, permanent. Because all things are permanent in comics, especially killing off the trademark character right after making a movie about him.
Raise hands, major Marvel and DC characters who have ever permanently died!
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Meryl Yourish on December 27, 2012 at 11:41 AM
Uncle Ben, Bucky, and Tim Drake.
… oh, wait…
The Schaef on December 27, 2012 at 11:53 AM
Wow! Now there’s a blast from the past. I think I actually might have a few Spidey 2099 comics still hanging around in a box somewhere from when I was 14-15 or so… I seem to remember that Spider-man was half-Irish, half-Mexican…Miguel O’Hara?
I’m pretty sure I also have the Death of Superman and the fifty or so comics that followed as DC tried to undo it all.
JimLennon on December 27, 2012 at 12:03 PM
Ison = Wormwood?
One never knows…
Shepherd Lover on December 27, 2012 at 12:11 PM
As much as that never quite sat right with me – and Max Landis was much more upset about it and detailed his distaste eloquently here – I was much more bothered by the way they drove Hal Jordan over the edge, had him slaughter the entire Green Lantern Corps and make him the most evil guy in the universe.
Ironically, the only thing I hated more than how they did that is how they un-did it. Yellow alien in his brain made him do it, basically. Lame.
The Schaef on December 27, 2012 at 2:23 PM