Jun 21st 2010 By: Caleb Goellner
Perhaps the most controversial superhero storyline in the past ten years, Spider-Man's "One More Day" polarized fans with Mephisto-powered reality warpage intended to unclutter the Webslinger's current continuity in one mysterious, marriage-stopping, Aunt May-saving swoop. The
comics crowd (
ourselves included) have had some theories on how the Marvel Universe really changed when this went down, but the publisher is finally filling in the details themselves with "
One Moment In Time" starting in July's
"Amazing Spider-Man" #638.
Here's how Marvel describes the storyline's kick-off:
ONE MOMENT IN TIME Part 1 & 2 The questions have been haunting readers throughout Spider-Man's Brand New Day and now the answers are here in four double-sized issues! What really happened at the wedding of Spider-Man and Mary Jane? What does Mary Jane know about Spider-Man today? How did ONE MORE DAY affect the Marvel U? Joe Quesada and Paolo Rivera are here to pull back the curtain and fill in every blank...but the answers may come at a cost to all that Peter Parker loves. This 4-part arc will hold answers, resolutions, and set up the course of Spider-Man's life for years to come... ...and all will be revealed with a whisper. And in Part 2, it's Mary Jane's turn to come clean. What secrets has she been keeping? And who REALLY saved Aunt May? You may think you know the answer, but you're about to find out the truth
Read the full preview after the jump.
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Monday 21 June
By Tyler W
Not a fan of that art for a Spidey book. Or of dwelling on continuity stuff. They're not giving me much reason to pick this up...
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Tuesday 22 June
By Miles
The faces aren't my preference, but I quite like the acting that is infused in the art.
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Monday 21 June
By one zen bullet
How long is this comic that they can devote six pages to what looks to be some serious moping around?
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Monday 21 June
By MaxEdison
Caleb, I think there's been a mistake, you've posted the same page five...oh.
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Monday 21 June
By Eric
C'mon, that last panel of Mary Jane pouring the wine is priceless. The art work may not be the absolute greatest, but I'd say it's pretty effective at telling a story. I think pretty much anyone could describe the action/emotions here... especially those familiar with Spider-Man (guess Pete turns down the wine due to Spider-Manly duties).
I for one am looking forward to this storyline. Not because I need an explanation or anything, I just think it has potential.
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Monday 21 June
By Cassandra
This just seems like the biggest cop-out ever, as per Joe Q. style.
Instead of changing said worst Spiderman comic decision ever they plan to justify it by bringing out all this supposed 'behind the scenes drama' to make us feel less bad about Mephisto breaking up this great couple? I for one will not be buying these comics.
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Monday 21 June
By Richenbaum
I never really get the feeling they're trying to make anyone feel better. seems to me like they've been blatantly rubbing everyone's faces in the MJ thing for the last few years, with all the missed calls and dates and etc. which send the MJ fans into a fit every time. this seems like the same principle. already everyone's all "OMG THEY'RE GONNA UNDO OMD FINALLY!", but of course they won't and people will get all internet upset about it again, but in reality barely anyone will actually stop buying the book. not enough to make a difference anyway. and so on and so on. it's pretty funny really.
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Monday 21 June
By berkalope
it's a real shame that Paolo Rivera just did the cover. when he worked on the mythos it turned out fantastic.
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Tuesday 22 June
By Tyler W
Apparently he's doing some of the flashback stuff too.
Monday 21 June
By David
Has ANYONE been burning with the desire to know what exactly happened instead of ASM Annual 21? Because I've been focusing on ignoring OMD entirely and focusing on the excellent Spider-Man stories Joe Kelly et. al are telling NOW, and this OMIT nonsense is the opposite of that. It turns the focus back to the past and steal the stage from the creative team that's doing such a bang-up job with it.
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