{"id":9640,"date":"2012-06-28T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T04:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=9640"},"modified":"2012-08-09T22:27:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T02:27:42","slug":"amazing-spider-man-minimate-mini-review-4-vigilante-spider-man-capt-stacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/06\/amazing-spider-man-minimate-mini-review-4-vigilante-spider-man-capt-stacy\/","title":{"rendered":"ASM Minimate Mini-Review #4 - Vigilante Spider-Man & Capt. Stacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Amazing Spider-Man #4 - Vigilante Spider-Man\/Capt. Stacy<\/h3>\n

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When Peter Parker<\/a> discovered the powers the radioactive spider-bite had given him, he decided to take to the streets to fight crime. Unfortunately, the police have no love for vigilantes in their city.<\/i><\/p>\n

The \"hero goes out and tries to work before he creates his iconic costume\" trope is something that comes from Frank Miller's Batman: Year One<\/i>, and is unique to superhero stories; after all, unless you have a character who wears a specific costume, you can't set stories before they wore it, can you? Pete's outfit is actually fairly low-key: black shoes, black pants, black shirt, black jacket, black hat... and a bright red mask with sunglasses. Nope, nothing conspicuous about that. Shouldn't he be wearing gloves, though? It seems like a bad idea to leave fingerprints all over the place.<\/p>\n

Peter's actions as a vigilante made him public enemy #1 in the New York City police department, largely due to the efforts of Captain George Stacy, the father of his would-be girlfriend Gwen<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

This is the world's first Denis Leary toy (unless you want to count Diego the Sabertoothed Tiger from the various Ice Age<\/i> films), which ain't half bad for a guy who became famous for ranting between commercials on MTV<\/a>. The likeness is great, which means customizers can get to work on their movieverse Green Goblin figures (what with Denis Leary and Willem Dafoe looking so much alike). Since he's a captain, he gets to wear a white shirt instead of blue, but he comes with the same accessories as the ESU troops<\/a>: helmet, vest, rifle, pistol and holster.<\/p>\n

It's weird that both Gwen and her dad are only available as Toys Я exclusives, but just like his daughter, Capt. Stacy is worth tracking down, and Vigilante Spider-Man is different enough from everything else you own to be cool.<\/p>\n

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