This is my 99th POST! Tomorrow, I am putting off The Mast's 30 Days of Comicdom in favour of doing something rather special for my 100th post. I've no idea what I'll do and such, but I want it to be special.
I have an idea, but we'll see what feels right.
The Mast's 30 Days of Comicdom (Day 13): What Is Your Least Favourite Event?
If you know me well, or if you've watched this week's episode of Direct Edition, you may guess what the winner of this category would be. I was going to pick War of the Supermen, which I was thoroughly let-down by, but there's only one winner really. My LEAST favourite event of all time is...
One More Day.
Absolute...garbage.
I think Spider-Man revealing his identity in Civil War was needed. It needed to happen for the event to gain the weight it did. They pulled this deus ex machina as a means of re-setting the consciousness of Marvel's inhabitants. It was Marvel's way of making his identity a secret again.
What happened? Well, because I know some who haven't read Civil War, I will say it like this. Something happens that makes Spider-Man desperate. In his desperation, he and Mary-Jane make a deal with Mephisto in order to rectify the desperate situation. In exchange for this, Spider-Man and Mary-Jane's marriage will be erased from history, consciousness and memory. It'll be like they've never even met.
This caused mass amounts of historical continuity errors and, among other things, a tidal wave of scathing fan backlash.
I think that such a deus ex machina was needed because Spidey couldn't go on with a public identity. My issue concerned the fact of how it was done. There are probably a million and one ways to reset the man's secret rather than the way they did it.
People, believe it or not, love Mary-Jane and Peter being together. Their wedding issue is famous for good reason, it's an excellent and memorable piece. In the chaotic world of superheroism, it was a big step for Parker to take.
So...all of that was gone and fucked out the window.
It was followed by Brand New Day, the continuation of Spidey's new status quo. That was also terrible. As it stands, there's an event occuring called One Moment in Time. It's written by Joe Quesada (Marvel's Editor in Chief and man responsible for O.M.D. and B.N.D.) and looks to reset Spidey and Mary-Jane back to how they were, I believe.
It's about time, but it smacks of Marvel giving the nod to say that they fucked up with One More Day. I don't think Quesada deserve the abuse and reactionary idiocy that has been levelled, though. He made a mistake and shit happens.
It really is just a terrible, awful story in premise and execution. The last time Marvel messed up this big was with The Clone Saga. It wasn't as bad in terms of being out of the blue or continuity ruination, but it was dire in terms of plot. It, too, was a Spider-Man story. None touch One More Day, though. That is why it's my least favourite event.
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As I head into my centennial post, I want to say that I appreciate every one of you who has ever browsed my blog, commented or given me feedback. Constructively negative or positive, I appreciate it.
Thank you, very much.
Until next time, peace.
-The Mast
