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Mark Haslett Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: April 19 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4998
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Posted: November 23 2020 at 12:31pm | IP Logged | 1
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These pages are just delightful!
Is it safe to say this is the John Byrne-preferred way to draw the webbing under Spider-Man's arms? The scalloping brings Steve Ditko to mind, first and foremost!
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Peter Martin Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: March 17 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 13152
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Posted: November 23 2020 at 12:34pm | IP Logged | 2
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Another fun page -- it would be great as a Marvel Team-Up or Amazing Spider-Man story, but I can see why you chose to excise it from an X-Men story. Fun to venture with Spider-Man as he wall-crawls around.
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Wallace Sellars Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: May 01 2004 Location: United States Posts: 16720
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Posted: November 23 2020 at 3:09pm | IP Logged | 3
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I prefer Spider-Man with the underarm webbing.
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Mark Haslett Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: November 23 2020 at 5:22pm | IP Logged | 4
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The underarm webbing is a key component of the costume, imho.
The design of the underarm webbing has gone through many changes.
This scalloped version takes me right to the pages of Amazing Fantasy 15. It feels deeply... (grasping to capture the feeling) best I can come up with is "authentic".
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Wilson Mui Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: June 27 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4157
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Posted: November 23 2020 at 9:17pm | IP Logged | 5
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I like how you portray Spider-Man as equally comfortable standing on the walls and ceiling as he is the floor. When did you start drawing him like that? I don't recall you drawing him like that back in the MTU days.
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John Byrne
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Joined: May 11 2005 Posts: 122816
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Posted: November 24 2020 at 6:52am | IP Logged | 6
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The MTU days were more about my level of comfort than his.
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Richard Stevens Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: May 04 2004 Location: United States Posts: 1633
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Posted: November 24 2020 at 7:21am | IP Logged | 7
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I love JB's Spidey. He's a real mensch. He looks out for others, takes the danger on himself where he can, and isn't put off by appearances. The average person might see Kurt as a monster, but not Spider-Man.
He's seen so many other people have physical transformations over the years, for good and ill. I wonder if on some level his spider-sense helps him judge a person's character?
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John Byrne
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Posted: November 24 2020 at 7:38am | IP Logged | 8
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In theory, I suppose his spider-sense would tell him if someone was a threat.
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Jeffrey Rice Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: November 24 2020 at 7:39am | IP Logged | 9
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JB's Spider-Man is my absolute favorite version of the character. And underarm webs are key.
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Eric Sofer Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: January 31 2014 Location: United States Posts: 4317
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Posted: November 24 2020 at 9:25am | IP Logged | 10
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And something else I've noticed about Spider-Man. In terms of victory, the number one guy you want on your team is Captain America - he always finds a way to win. And Spider-Man is number two. He has the heart, the grit, the determination to always win out in the end. I mean, every super hero eventually wins, sure*, but Spidey seems to have a talent for it - again, as Cap does.
*Or becomes evil, but what fun is that?
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Michael Penn Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: April 12 2006 Location: United States Posts: 11173
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Posted: November 24 2020 at 10:27am | IP Logged | 11
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Part of what made the Ditko-Lee run great was that its stories didn't just show Spider-Man beating the villains (nothing special there) but also beating the odds. Toe-to-toe, Spider-Man shouldn't stand a chance against the likes of Doctor Octopus, the Lizard, Electro, Sandman, etc.
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Eric Sofer Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: November 24 2020 at 12:23pm | IP Logged | 12
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Michael, I might disagree with you on a few of Spider-Man's rogue's gallery - but he couldn't just whump 'em into submission. He had to be SMART to win, and that's what's fun!
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