what is Marvel Comics thinking? Spoiler alert! don't click if you haven't read the new issue

[Bombero1956]

In issue 700 they kill off Peter Parker and replace him with Dr. Octopus. His new name will be The Superior Spiderman. How does a villain all of a sudden become a hero? Will DC replace Batman with the Joker?

[mythology]

1. It won't last

There's another Spider-Man movie coming out in a year or two.

I'll give it a few issues, but I'm not sure it will be a great story arc.

[Hayabusa]

2. OK, I need this issue

for the sheer "What-the-fuck"ery of it all.

[AmyDeLune]

3. Nobody stays dead in the Comic Book Universe...

except Batman's parents and Peter Parker's Uncle Ben.

[kentauros]

4. All I want to know

is if someone will resurrect American Splendor

[Locut0s]

5. Despite their success at the box office sadly both DC and Marvel are a shadow of their former.....

glory when it comes to actual comics. They have both turned to "shock" stories to improve flagging sales. I'm sure they will kill off Peter Parker then resurrect him, them kill him off them bring him back from an alternate dimension, then.... blah blah blah as long as they can keep afloat