Okay, this'll be quick since I'm on a lunch break here at the ol' comic shop as Santa Barbara gets a deluge of rain (by the by, thanks customers for braving the weather for your funny books!), but I just read Amazing Spider-Man #548 where something cool happened.
Spider-Man talked to a cabbie.
One of my favorite parts of the first Spider-Man movie is when the Green Goblin is threatening peril and danger and New Yorkers start throwing stuff at him. I love seeing the odd passer-by in the comic again, that Peter's life isn't so self-centric that we don't get a chance to see the people he's risking life and limb to save. What a novel idea!
It's just another notch up to why Spider-Man is awesome. You have to admit, a chat with Superman or Batman would be rather awkward, especially in the middle of do-gooding. You can't really recommend anything to Iron Man in the moment, even if it's a good stock tip. But Spider-Man can get away with riding a cab down busy New York streets but telling the cabbie lives are in danger and he needs the driver's help. The cabbie can strongly suggest Spider-Man get registered and save himself all this trouble. Spider-Man is just as equal as a guy in a cab, there's no lofty difference or authority to check. They both want to make sure innocents don't get hurt. The Marvel hero in all of us.
Man, comics are great.
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Okay, this'll be quick since I'm on a lunch break here at the ol' comic shop as Santa Barbara gets a deluge of rain (by the by, thanks customers for braving the weather for your funny books!), but I just read Amazing Spider-Man #548 where something cool happened.
Spider-Man talked to a cabbie.
One of my favorite parts of the first Spider-Man movie is when the Green Goblin is threatening peril and danger and New Yorkers start throwing stuff at him. I love seeing the odd passer-by in the comic again, that Peter's life isn't so self-centric that we don't get a chance to see the people he's risking life and limb to save. What a novel idea!
It's just another notch up to why Spider-Man is awesome. You have to admit, a chat with Superman or Batman would be rather awkward, especially in the middle of do-gooding. You can't really recommend anything to Iron Man in the moment, even if it's a good stock tip. But Spider-Man can get away with riding a cab down busy New York streets but telling the cabbie lives are in danger and he needs the driver's help. The cabbie can strongly suggest Spider-Man get registered and save himself all this trouble. Spider-Man is just as equal as a guy in a cab, there's no lofty difference or authority to check. They both want to make sure innocents don't get hurt. The Marvel hero in all of us.
Man, comics are great.