{"id":46014,"date":"2025-11-17T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T05:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=46014"},"modified":"2025-11-16T17:53:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:53:26","slug":"spider-man-77-addendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2025\/11\/spider-man-77-addendum\/","title":{"rendered":"Spider-Man '77 addendum"},"content":{"rendered":"

2014's \"Spider-Verse<\/a>\" crossover had one simple intention: involve every Spider-Man ever. And not just the Spider-Men, but the Spider-Women and the Spider-children, too! Which sounds like an achievable goal, but rights issues meant some Spider-Men weren't allowed. Yamashiro Takuya<\/a>, for instance, still belonged to Toei, who were less than thrilled when he and Leopardon<\/a> became a major part of the battle against Morlun<\/a> (at least until the Japanese fandom exploded with delight at seeing the duo finally acknowledged, so Toei struck a deal to give Marvel permission).<\/p>\n

However, not every Spider could get a prominent place in the plot. Some couldn't even be shown, only talked about. The story \"It's the Little Things\" in Spider-Verse<\/i> #2 saw a<\/a> pair<\/a> of random Spideys talking during a lull in the fighting, discussing the weird Spider-Men they'd seen. Like the one who sang show tunes<\/a>, or the one who talked like he was trying to teach basic reading skills<\/a>. They also saw \"the guy from Seabiscuit<\/i><\/a>\" and \"the guy from The Social Network<\/i><\/a>.\"<\/p>\n

The art in the story was full of cameos as well, from any number of What If<\/i>s and alternate realities. Especially the big final panel, where we saw the 1977 Spider-Man<\/a>, clear as day!<\/p>\n

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What, you don't see him? He's right there.<\/p>\n

No, there.<\/p>\n

Computer, enhance!<\/p>\n

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Yep, that's his big in-continuity appearance, a glimpse of bracelet 90% off the page. But no one else has ever worn anything like it, and it's put so prominently in the front of the image that we're clearly meant<\/b> to notice\/recognize it.<\/p>\n

<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>