Spider-man sure looks like a PARTYING ANIMAL in these pics here in this last blog of "Why do I love Spider-man over any other comicbook character?", Well and he should he's with me Matt B. his BIGGEST FAN EVER. How did this happen you may ask?, well I'll tell you his BIGGEST FAN happen to be having a birthday at the said time in fact it was my 320th birthday at the time. (Damn don't I look great for an old man) just joking or am I?, Really that birthday was my favoritee one of all my years on this beautiful planet we call earth. Also he looks very religious looking as well doesn't he? (More that later in this blog). I recall wanting a very special cake that year, not just because I loved Spider-Man or because his movies see "Why do I love Spider-man over any other comicbook character (pt. 4 of 5: Spider-man movies)" but I also was happy because of a girl that I was getting to know at that time. I went digging into my old photos of Spidey & me from when I was a kid before this though I wanted an "ALIAS" cake from the TV show only to find out my work place had no cake patterns to do such a thing, so I went with my comic book hero instead: Spider-Man.
So why am I 360 right now right if I'm really only 36 years old, I thought as I got closer to being 30 I had want to play with my age each concerning year because I love being a kidder with myself most of all. So I decided I'd add another zero to my actual age so when I was 30 I always said "NAH, I'm really 300 years old, People that I know just get a kick out of it like I do. Hey that reminds me on my next birthday I'm going to be a whopping 370 years old, lucky me huh. Well like I said I went looking through old photos that I had of me & Spidey that was in that when he was in Columbus Georgia when they were opening that new mall called Columbus Square which I also have posted in the first blog in this series. I took the picture to work & they photo scanned it onto the cake, they also asked me would I like it to say something besides "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" I said sure how about "Happy Birthday to Spidey biggest fan!"
Then I had also had invited some coworkers from Albertson's to my party as well as family & friends. We had it at ROY'S a all you can eat buffet type of eatery, little did I or anyone in my family knew what I was in store for from my coworkers. They knew Spidey more than I did apparently for he showed up at MY party out of the New York blue. My niece Heidi was very scared of Spider- Man when he was picking up uncle Matt.
She was more afraid when he had actual started doing his Spider acrobatics around the room when he first got there, but when Spidey picked me up that set her into tears for a few minutes anyway, she was young so of course it very understandable from her point of view. As you can see I at least came to my party deck out in my own Spidey clothes with a Spidey tie that I had gotten a few years earlier. My younger sister was stationed in North Korea at this time, she had sent me a very nice Spider Man coat that she had made over there with my name on the coat as well as a huge John Romita SR piece of Spider Man art on it. All in all I wasn't just surprised at my 320th birthday party I was blown away by it, & still think till this day it was my best ever. I know that my family will agree with me on that note, so would Spidey since he was there too.
And now on to what I meant by "a lot more" in this blog. Another point of Spider Man history I would like to talk about is "Religion" in comics, Why did it take the event of 9/11 to have Marvel comics convince the concept it's needed in this format of telling stories that deal with the subject. Of course there had been many other "events that could of" lead to both main publishers of comics the other being Detective Comics to bringing "Religion", into their stories But like I've said before 9/11 brought all of America together as a whole, I also know that in their own way both comic companies have written about God for each of their main characters at one time or another. Each comic book writer brings with them a set of stories that they want to tell while they have their turn at writing whoever that character is. Sometimes they even might bring a religious aspect to the stories to get their point across intentional or non intentional. There are times when some comics are written directly for sharing the gospel's most are put in tracts that people give to help us remember God's message itself. There are few comic book writers that have it be that withinn the story it self they includee God saving you in some way too.
Here is a fine example of what I mean with my favorite super hero spidey himself, this story was written by Paul Jenkins I can't recall this story's title but it doesn't matter this opening page just reminds the comic reader God's very important to fictional heroes just as he is to us in real life. Writer JMS who before writing Amazing Spider-Man had never written a comic book, but has claim as creator of Babylon Five TV show which reviled Star Trek's: DS-9 had this panel of how Peter feels towards his wife Mary Jane per "One More Day" storyline.
What's very interesting about JMS is that he himself is an atheist, but writes the Spider-man character as a protestant Christian. Spidey is Marvel's every man he represents us as flawed as we are so why can't he be their own outward looking view of the comic universe's "Prodigal Son" as well.
In order for Marvel Comics to WIN Matt one of Spidey many #1 fans back to their reading core is this PLEASE reestablish Parker's Marriage & let the characters evolve in whatever fashion they will after CIVIL WAR So Peter now has to deal with the whole world knowing he's the wall crawler & Aunt May could pass on he & Mary Jane have kids one day so what those aren't great stories I guess huh?. Well here's what would truly bring ME back but will NEVER EVER HAPPEN a Marvel/Image crossover of Spider-Man vs Spawn & if Todd McFarlane drew it would be a HUGE PLUS as well. If your a comic fan reading this blog and would like to know what your favorite comic character religious beliefs are go to www@.religiousaffiliationofcomicbookcharacters.com.
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