Of all the ways that Peter Parker's life could play out, "Spider-Dreams" is truest to the everyman; essentially happy, but his greatest joys are mingled with deep sorrows.
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Great thread David, thank you. I don't remember reading this tale even though I have #700. Probably too upset about the body swap at the time. I'll have to dig it up and re-read it.
I love the duality of JMD's stories and the layers upon layers of meaning he puts in them.
Thanks so much for reading, Franz! I definitely think "Spider-Dreams" was overshadowed by Peter Parker's death in ASM 700. It's one of my favorite JMD Spidey stories!
Such a lovely, bittersweet sequence from DeMatteis/Camuncoli, with the backdrop functioning as a metaphor for the seasons of Peter Parker's life. Noon, sunset, twilight.
After struggling to honor Ben Parker's legacy for nearly his entire life, Peter resembles him in almost every way, having stepped up to support his great grandson after he lost his father (in this case by abandonment).
What began with a young man feeling the weight of the world on his shoulders ends with him sharing a birds-eye view of the city with his great grandson.
So there you have it! In kickstarting this thread for bluesky I deliberately chose "Spider-Dream" as my first favorite Spidey story because what better place to start than at the end? And as far as I'm concerned, the story that began in Amazing Fantasy 15 concludes with this moment.
Script: Tom DeFalco
Layouts: Ron Frenz
Finishes: Joe Rubenstein
Finished Pencils: Tom Morgan & James Fry
Additional Finishes: JR Sr.
Background Inks: Russ Steffens
Art Assist: Jack Fury
Colors: George Roussos
Letters: Joe Rosen
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I love the duality of JMD's stories and the layers upon layers of meaning he puts in them.
"Lo, There Shall Come A Champion!"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Layouts: Ron Frenz
Finishes: Joe Rubenstein
Finished Pencils: Tom Morgan & James Fry
Additional Finishes: JR Sr.
Background Inks: Russ Steffens
Art Assist: Jack Fury
Colors: George Roussos
Letters: Joe Rosen
Editor: Jim Owsley
EIC: Jim Shooter