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Comic Book Movie is gushing over the announcement one of the most overrated writers in comics, TV and film is coming back to write a story featuring the superhero JMS did no favors for back in the day, and the excuse here is that it's a miniseries set in Spider-Man's past:

J. Michael Straczynski, one of the most impactful writers in Spider-Man's history, returns to the webbed wonder's world this October with Amazing Spider-Man: Torn, a five-issue limited series. Straczynski will be joined by acclaimed artist Pere Pérez (TVA).

The prolific writer is known for his influential work throughout the Marvel Universe, including one of the most celebrated runs of Amazing Spider-Man. His stint on the series eventually got bogged down in editorial interference; Spidey joined The Avengers, found himself at the centre of a convoluted crossover called "The Other," and eventually made a deal with the devil in the hugely controversial "One More Day" arc.

JMS also intended to make Peter Parker the father of Gwen Stacy's children, but was forced into pivoting to Norman Osborn (the storyline has since been retconned and forgotten about).

Despite that, fans have hoped for JMS to make his return to Spidey storytelling. Now, he's back with an unforgettable Spider-Man saga that’s perfect for all fans, but this time, he’s digging into a very different part of Spidey history...

What fans, I wonder? Not this Spider-fan, and it's insulting to the intellect when news outlets like these keep invoking "the fandom" without any hard evidence. And the site's writer weaves pure comedy gold when he acknowledges the aforementioned storylines were embarrassments, and simultaneously, I don't think "The Other" was a crossover as Avengers: Disassembled was. It was just one of several stories from Spidey at the time, and not a good one. Was Sins Past actually forgotten, though? Only in the sense it's not worth remembering, based on what an atrocity it was, and the sex scene panel between Gwen and Norman alone was embarrassingly bad, because of how forced and contrived it was. Also note how Joe Quesada, who was influential in those decisions goes unmentioned here, their admittance of editorial interference notwithstanding.

I never asked for JMS to return to Spidey any more than any other writer who's let down Marvel fandom via petty opposition to the Spider-marriage. Assigning JMS to a title set in Spidey's past is no excuse either. And anybody who continues to buy comics written by somebody as pretentious and self-important as JMS was is only furthering a sad problem in comicdom. All Marvel fans who recognize why JMS was bad for Spidey in the long run would do well to avoid whatever he has in store here at all costs.

And "influential" and "impactful"? Only in the most negative sense. Most of what JMS wrote after Spidey was even less significant, and it could be said he's long become a has-been, if he ever even was successful in comics writing before, which he decidedly wasn't.

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