CBR forums are going crazy about hating the new Jackpot I special issue and Mary Jane’s new status quo.
Screw them. I love her.
Im not ashamed that I love Jackpot
CBR forums are going crazy about hating the new Jackpot I special issue and Mary Jane’s new status quo.
Screw them. I love her.
Sure Lowe, that'll sell your garbage.
I’m not Lowe nor a shill.
But I love MJ Jackpot
Hmm, that's exactly what Low would say in this situation
so just shit taste and zero literacy got it
I personally find nothing redeeming about it. People have been pretty vocal of how they don’t want 616 MJ as a superhero and this entire thing is attached to a run that has done both Peter and MJ’s characters dirty. It’s really a terrible idea to try selling people in this
>This thing that everyone agrees is bad? It's actually good!
Care to explain what you love about it?
MJ being independent and kicking ass on supervillains.
Then i hope you get enough issues for a good tpb.
So a random woman fighting villains.
Why do you like Jackpot more than Black Cat?
Lol right now I think everyone likes felica more then MJ now shut the frick up.
I like the evolution of MJ to a hero in her own right.
I also like it gives her perspective on how Peter has been Spider-Man.
That cover is ghastly.
Look, I don't hate MJ as Jackpot, but this is a concept that actually doesn't work. There's two big problems here:
1º) Her outfit suit her, but it makes her look like a blackjack dealer on a casino, and that's kinda ridiculous. When I met John Romita Jr last summer, I comment him <<I see MJ like this, all I can think is "Viva Las Vegas">>. He cracked out laughing.
2º) Her powers are too unpredictable, and they are not trustworthy. I mean, you can get something incredible like warping reality or something stupid like turning into pudding. Many compare this with Ben 10, but at least Ben knows already all his alien forms. MJ as Jackpot can get anything and there's no way to know if it will work. Also, there's the imminent danger of the three skulls.
And her first issue already proved a big problem. Her power comes from a device, and without that device, she's powerless and she can easily die. And if someone attacks that device, there can be a disaster.
So, sorry, but this is my final evaluation:
- Mary Jane as Jackpot? BAD
- Mary Jane as Spinneret? GOOD
OP here.
Look, i personally prefer MJ as Iron Spider.
But if they want to fully separate MJ from depending on the spider motif because of Peter, I understand why she’s not Spinneret or Iron Spider.
Just give me MJ in tight red outfit.
I like Iron Spider as well.
However, they can't remove the spider's motif from MJ because of her connection with Spider-Man. Her character is simply too rooted in it.
It's like in the Venom's movies. I mean, sure, Venom out of Spider-Man's shadow can work, but there will always be the feeling something is missing here. In this case, it's represented by Venom missing his white spider's logo.
>Her powers are too unpredictable, and they are not trustworthy.
Huh.
oh god, she's also a hero now?
does every fricking character have to be turned into a hero? is that like a rule?
Hey, the supporting cast of all superheroes end up in this kind of messes. Especially the love interests who needs a way to skip the old "damsel in distress" role:
- Lois Lane as Superwoman.
- Betty Ross as Red She-Hulk.
- Jane Foster as Thor.
- Pepper Potts as Rescue.
You get the idea.
Isn't she rejuvenated and on Infinity formula now?
I heard that even Vicki Vale is some sort of serial killer in the Telltale Batman games.
Yeah, even when they're made to be outright evil. Women, woooo!
You know? I expect something big in the future from Hallow's Eve and her masks.
Do you remember the first Timeless' issue? Back in 2020. There was a picture of a red haired woman in a Spider-Man outfit and a female Black Panther with white hair.
How about it those where MJ and Felicia wearing magical masks from Spider-Man and Black Panther?
They already admitted that most of that was a fake out. Its part of the reason why the end of beyond pissed so many people off because timeless promised people a Ben ongoing in LA
Pic?
Here:
https://mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73/w:auto/h:auto/q:75/https://bleedingcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/timeless-j.jpg
That event could still happen, if they cure Ben of his Chasm's condition.
After all, the whole thing of Punisher leading the Hand took 4 or 5 years to happen. (I think).
Her current design is a mess and should be streamlined.
This looks hotter, but is also a shit design. She's just a mess of a character. They should end this quickly and make her go back to being normal MJ
Frick that.
She’s doing just fine.
Haha, yes. Total Spider-Man supporting cast destruction.
When's Aunt May getting powers? JJJ? How about super-Robbie ongoing? Oooh, what about we bring in the cancer kid from Stern's run and retcon him Deadpool's sidekick? Wouldn't put something moronic past modern writers.
Fricking ridiculous shit. Feels like nobody involved with making Spider-Man comics understands the appeal of Spider-Man in the first place.
Unlike those characters, MJ is in the prime of her life.
She has what it takes to be a superheroine..
In the comics when JJJ was mayor of New York they gave him spider powers for some reason. So at one point he got randomly attacked and beat his attackers by shooting web at them. Spider-Man then called him Spider-Stache.
I'm fairly sure this was related to something in the plot.
No you don't get it, Spider-Man HAS to be down on his luck all the time!! He's a a relatable loser!! Losers don't have a wide cast of friends!
I can't type for shit right now because of a headache, but I hope I got my point across.
what do you love about it ? i read the first issue and it was lame. oddly almost felt like a better superhero comic than what asm has been lately but still bad and asm is trash so not a high bar
Frick off Nick
Thanks, shill.
Sorry your taste is so sgit.
Does MJ squirt?
Like Paul doesn't eat pussy, you saw his man bun
>CBR forums
Those still exists? Why?
They all are loud and hating Jackpot and Gang War right now while praising USM
That's hilarious
If CBR, Reddit, shilltubers and Cinemaphile hates this shit, i agree with them for once.
>pic related of hickman right now watching this shitshow unfold at the SM editorial while he is free of it
who is Cinemaphile in this?
Butcher, easily.
>Butcher
Cinemaphile
>CBR
Love Sausage
>Frenchie
Youtubers
>M.M.
Reddit
This is extremely fricking stupid
Superior
I like MJ as Jackpot and I like how thematically both she and Felicia have opposite luck powers.
Maybe MJ, Felicia, and Peter can sit down with Scott, Jean, and Logan.
They can learn how everyone is really poly deep down, and all the advantages you get from forming a throuple.
Just think how much more efficient laundry would be.
you should be
Sony has a Jackpot movie in the works
You've got shit taste is all.
MJ as a superhero misses the point
MJ has evolved
No.
No she became shit
I like the idea of MJ with powers and thought it should have happened when the original Jackpot came out as a way to get her the frick out of Spider-Man and actually commit to making BND work
But I don't like her with theses powers and this original and that costume, it's not timeless or iconic.
If MJ was just a mutant with good luck powers the reverse of Black Cat it would be perfect, you could explain how she survived her plain crash and general she gets into, it could add a wrinkle to the relationship with her father, or how it affects her carrer in Hollywood. The bracelet built by her alternate reality boyfriend is fricking stupid, it'll never stand the test of time. The only good I see in this book is it gives new artists practical experience drawing a bunch of super hero stuff in NYC with one main character.
MJ and Black Cat being opposites does add an interesting dynamic and create some conflict.
I guess that's what happens when the powers are confusing; a story with no stakes since the reader doesn't know when the heroine is in danger.
Review for jackpot is here
"While reading Jackpot I kept thinking of the line from Mean Girls, “Stop trying to make fetch happen.” Mary Jane is now a superhero, sure, but does it work? And also, who wants this superhero entirely based on one line of dialogue she said once? That dialogue is incredibly famous, of course, but it also required some convoluted backstory to get those powers into her grasp. Regardless, Marvel is publishing the one-shot Jackpot #1 this week to tie into the “Gang War” event. Is it good?
Jackpot #1 is fairly mediocre for a superhero comic. It’s not bad, but it also doesn’t do anything all that impressively. It drops us into a fight between Jackpot and Francine Frye, aka Electro. It’s your standard “you’re probably wondering how I got here” start. We then cut to MJ and her new boyfriend, Paul, who is going through grief counseling due to their losing their adopted kids, who were never real at all. It never probes their relationship too deeply and instead simply reminds us of their dynamic.
"Part of the problem with this comic is it never dares to evolve or probe anything too deeply. The “Gang War” event is more of a background element, for instance, and the reason Mary Jane must suit up as Jackpot. The usual tropes of heroes saving the day not because they want to but because they must are relayed, and there’s more than one bad guy to beat down.
Jackpot’s powers are also vague and confusing. If you were a casual fan who didn’t know a thing about Jackpot, you’d assume her power is tech-based without any chance involved, which is what made her powers compelling in the first place. When she does use her powers, they sort of just work, sometimes in confusing ways. At one point, I think she uses vines to help slow down Armadillo, but that’s just a guess. There’s another moment where MJ should plummet to her death, but she somehow grabs onto a rail. Given she’s using her very non-superhero body to do this, you’d think she’d react in a way any of us would if falling to our deaths, but it’s treated like no big deal.
Joey Vazquez draws the superhero fights well, although the stakes and danger are always low. If you know Electro, you know she’s not a murderer, and it’s unclear what Electro is up to. They fight, Paul and MJ craft a plan that doesn’t work, and then they fight some more. However, Vazquez draws an excellent Spider-Man who pops into the story briefly.
"Jackpot is a very basic superhero yarn. There’s fighting and, primarily, a reminder Jackpot exists. The lack of character work or any real ramifications of the events in this story mattering makes this a relatively easy book to skip while we wait for Jackpot to have any relevance at all"
https://aiptcomics.com/2024/01/17/jackpot-1-review/
Just say you've not read any pre OMD Spider-Man comics.
OP here.
Started reading during Maximum Carnage. Back when Peter’s parents were brought back (they were robots) and Mary Jane smoked cigarettes.
https://www.thepopverse.com/nycc-marvel-comics-spider-man-gang-war-panel-liveblog-2023
>Jackpot #1 talk now. The series will be written by Celeste Bronfman, who Zeb Wells met in the She-Hulk writers room. He introduced her to Nick Lowe, who was impressed by the backup stories she wrote.
Hold on, this Jackpot comic was written by one of the writers on the She-Hulk show?
The ENTIRETY of the spider writers are from the she hulk show Welld included, it’s why the line is such shit
>I’m not ashamed that I love Jackpot
you absolutely should be
All women despise you, Cebulski, and you will never be Hispanic.
It'll be a good theme episode for later Spider-Man adaptations, where their iteration of MJ will get powers for one episode or arc, learn what it's "really" like to be Spider-Man, and that will solve some emotional development with her and that adaptation's version of Peter.