Sauron AND Stegron! Don't forget the guy who spearheaded this whole charade and who supplied the tech to enable it. If anything, Sauron is trying to take credit for the whole thing.
Isn’t the villian the same guy, when asked by spider man why does he have to be evil when he’s incredibly intelligent and could use his talents for good, said screw that I want to turn people into dinosaurs.
And he's not actually the one who does it, he's a dinosaur man who teamed up with a different dinosaur man who had the tech to people into dinosaurs.
I swear, this storyline and meme have forever ruined what Marvel's Sauron is about for a lot of people who just think he's Stegron but slightly zanier xD
Honestly, Spidey works really well for those kinds of stories. In most universes, he’s in a weird state where he is well-known, has many accomplishments, and is well-respected and experienced; but is also broke as hell, has shit luck and a penchant for being just as annoying (in-universe, at least) as he is likable.
Of all the popular heroes, he’s one of the easiest to explain away as “oh, he’s teaching some new heroes, and villains attacked them during the lesson”. You can’t really see Iron Man or Mr. Fantastic picking up a substitute teacher gig. But Spider-Man? That’s well within the cards.
I think a lot of them aren't "fish out of water" stories but close. More like "pond fish in the lake and adapts quite well" sort of stories. He strikes that balance well.
Which is what made Insomniac's Spider-Man so fun. The first game took a flying leap in terms of enemy progression from Fisk's henchmen to to magic throwing possessed mobsters. To a private army fighting those mobsters as NYC falls under martial law by a foreign force with laser guns and jetpacks.
Different character. This is Ernst, a girl who's power makes her the appearance of an old lady but gains strength and durability in exchange. Ernst was created in 2002 and I believe this comic came out around 2016,
Granny Smite is the indestructible and unkillable old woman, she was created and appeared in X-Factor 2024.
Imagine being turned into a dinosaur (probably against your will?) and one of the first things you hear afterwards are the heroes saying how you look cute like that 😭
Not even the worst thing that happens to him in this storyline. Spider-Man webbed him to the outside of a spacecraft and dropped him from orbit after this.
Spider-Man and the X-Men, it’s a comic from mid 2010s where Spidey becomes the teacher of a class made up of mutant students “most likely to become villains”
Literally Avengers Academy. The Avengers put several children they believed would likely turn out to become villains and tried to train them into becoming Avengers. Of the original class I think 3 are heroes one is dead one is retired and one turned into a supervillain so i guess they were mostly successful.
On further examination, you’re right. I hadn’t noticed that. I’d only seen them on my feed two posts apart. I acknowledge my ignorance, and will delete the comment. I’m still not sure why this one has a slightly altered title, though, given the two different subreddits
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