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Spider-Man's New Writer Knows His Retro Schtick

abrahamjoseph — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:53:25 PDT

@Ryan H:
UGH I KNOW

the joe kelly run on that book introduced me to the wide world of sadism, metatextuality, identity theft, and how to win a fight with captain america (you kick him really hard in the nuts).

@themidnighter:
also underrated: christopher priest's run on "deadpool" and joe kelly's run on "x-men". the joe kelly / steven t. seagle run on the flagship x-books has sadly been forgotten. i miss maggot!

abrahamjoseph

Spider-Man's New Writer Knows His Retro Schtick

themidnighter — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:35:58 PDT

@Macloserboy: I have to wholeheartedly disagree with you there. Joe Kelly took the travesty of Jeph Loeb's characterless mishmash of a Supergirl relaunch and did something unique and special with it. He turned her into the closest approximation of a real life teenage girl I've seen in comics. She was unlikable, selfish, and kind of a bitch. But, by the end, she grew into... not-a-bitch. Sure she's still not Miss Daisy Sunshine offensively sweet and flawless fantasy girl-next-door caricature, but is that what you really want? Joe Kelly's Supergirl is one of the underrated gems of modern super hero comics.

themidnighter

Spider-Man's New Writer Knows His Retro Schtick

Macloserboy — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:20:18 PDT

My only exposure to Joe Kelly is Supergirl and I hope that was the exception and not the rule because it blew chunks.

Macloserboy

Spider-Man's New Writer Knows His Retro Schtick

Ryan H — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:44:31 PDT

Of course, Deadpool also featured the routine mental and physical torture of an old blind lady and a body count that has to be seen to be believed. Man, how I miss that comic.

Ryan H