Emperor Pan I
Respected Member
Ok So I realized this hasn't really been brought up in discussion, probably because the BND happened awhile ago before the comic forum. Regardless After Brand New Day has run it's course, I would like to hear what people think.
For anyone who doesn't Know:
One More Day Is the Spider-man story line where Aunt May is shot. dieing because Peter unmasked himself during Civil war. In an effort to save her he turns to mephisto who offers to save May at the expense of his Marriage to Mary Jane. They both accept and this leads to the Brand New Day storyline.
Following this Spider-man is relaunched, Single and living with Aunt May again, with no one knowing he is Spider-man anymore. Harry Osbourne is also resurrected and Mary Jane at some time broke up with Peter, never having married him.
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First Off let me just say Brand New Day was very badly handled. Using Magic and Mephisto as a plot device in a Spider-man story is just bad writing. But for all the points they lose for sloppy writing, they make so much more up by removing Mary Jane from the comics. She has been a blight on Spider-mans awesomeness for some time now. Every spider-man writer has said that Marrying the two was a bad idea. It limits storylines, and gets really boring. Stan Lee has also declared it was a good idea.
As for Brand New Day, I have enjoyed it. It's run was pretty solid, with very few moments where I wished things hadn't changed. It is fresh, and I hope it continues to stay that way.
The only thing that really worries me is if they decide to undo brand new day to reverse back to the old status quo. It would royal piss me off. and as stupid as One More Day was, the end result was far better than any storyline which undoes it. Something like that would make me drop the book entirely.
Thoughts?
For anyone who doesn't Know:
One More Day Is the Spider-man story line where Aunt May is shot. dieing because Peter unmasked himself during Civil war. In an effort to save her he turns to mephisto who offers to save May at the expense of his Marriage to Mary Jane. They both accept and this leads to the Brand New Day storyline.
Following this Spider-man is relaunched, Single and living with Aunt May again, with no one knowing he is Spider-man anymore. Harry Osbourne is also resurrected and Mary Jane at some time broke up with Peter, never having married him.
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First Off let me just say Brand New Day was very badly handled. Using Magic and Mephisto as a plot device in a Spider-man story is just bad writing. But for all the points they lose for sloppy writing, they make so much more up by removing Mary Jane from the comics. She has been a blight on Spider-mans awesomeness for some time now. Every spider-man writer has said that Marrying the two was a bad idea. It limits storylines, and gets really boring. Stan Lee has also declared it was a good idea.
As for Brand New Day, I have enjoyed it. It's run was pretty solid, with very few moments where I wished things hadn't changed. It is fresh, and I hope it continues to stay that way.
The only thing that really worries me is if they decide to undo brand new day to reverse back to the old status quo. It would royal piss me off. and as stupid as One More Day was, the end result was far better than any storyline which undoes it. Something like that would make me drop the book entirely.
Thoughts?