ION: I'm reading about Amazing Spider-Man #545, and Holy Shit, that is one ugly retcon. Apparently, the issue was written by Joe Quesada, because JMS wouldn't sign off on it.
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Tom Scola - Jan 04, 2008 10:18:49 am PST #1134 of 5059
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Steph L. - Jan 04, 2008 10:43:56 am PST #1135 of 5059
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
that is one ugly retcon
What is it, Tom?
Tom Scola - Jan 04, 2008 10:46:43 am PST #1136 of 5059
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While they were retconning away the fact that everyone knows Spider-Man's secret identity, they decided to retcon a few other things too, so now Peter Parker was never married to MJ, and Harry Osbourn is still alive.
Steph L. - Jan 04, 2008 10:48:01 am PST #1137 of 5059
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I thought Civil War was the reason for whitefont #1. As for whitefonts #2 and #3 -- WtfuckingF?!?
And HOW in the hell did they retcon those???
amych - Jan 04, 2008 10:48:37 am PST #1138 of 5059
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
So, not so much "retcon" as "don't pay any attention to the man behind the curtain".
Tom Scola - Jan 04, 2008 10:55:32 am PST #1139 of 5059
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I'm only reading about it second hand. There's a news article about it here:
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Steph L. - Jan 04, 2008 11:24:19 am PST #1140 of 5059
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I'm only reading about it second hand. There's a news article about it here:
Buh?
That's....actually dumber than Superboy-Prime punching a hole in reality.
And I don't say that lightly.
Theodosia - Jan 04, 2008 11:33:59 am PST #1141 of 5059
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Gosh, and I thought that 'Peter Parker's Clone' was a stupid idea....
DXMachina - Jan 04, 2008 11:39:15 am PST #1142 of 5059
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I saw the news over at Knut's livejournal. That is some kind of retcon. (Says he whose favorite book (LSH) is on it's fifth universe reboot, while characters from the original universe are traipsing around JSA, JLA, and Action.)
Jessica - Jan 04, 2008 3:12:07 pm PST #1143 of 5059
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
DH was interviewed about it by BBC Radio in Midtown Comics the other day. (Because he was flipping through the issue when they came in looking for sound bites.) He doesn't think they'll use him, though.
[eta: Oops, no they didn't. They were interviewing people about the "Spider-Man teams up with the UN" thing. Totally different Spidey thing.]