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How many ways can they kill Spidey? "Turn Off the Dark" leaving NYC.

    I haven't read a Spider-Man comic book since the Brand New Day story line and the Disney acquisition of Marvel.  I gave up on comics, mostly because the story lines seemed to be changing too much to target an audience that did not age with it's characters.  That's besides the point, Spider-Man has always been one of my top reads as a kid, he brought me back to comics during Marvel's Civil War story line when I thought I was done reading, and when they changed his life by resetting him, I washed my hands of comics. I heard about his recent death from a friend and his "Doc Ock" replacement on line and it didn't matter because he was already murdered by greed as far as I was concerned.  Then I read today that Turn Off the Dark was leaving New York City today, Spidey is being moved to Vegas like some unpopular crooner from back in the day that has lost his popularity.  Maybe if he wasn't ruined so much people would still be interested.  How ...

Turn Off the Dark sheds some light on Spider-Man

    I finally got around to seeing Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, and I left there thinking the following about it: The story needed work. The musical numbers were a little longer than I'm used to ( I don't like musicals) Most importantly...none of that matters because it was still amazing!!!     Before I continue, I have to let you know that I pretty much grew up reading The Amazing Spider-Man , Web of Spider-Man , and Spectacular Spider-Man .  I got into Spidey watching a Saturday morning cartoon entitled Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, which introduced me to the Marvel Universe.  It was through Spider-man I met the X-men, The Hulk, and The Punisher as well as some really epic stories that helped shaped my young mind and know the difference between right and wrong.  Watching Peter Parker struggle through college, with money, maintaining a relationship and marriage was a good introduction to what life would be like as an adult....