Spider-Girl #47

 



Writer: Tom DeFalco
Penciller: Ron Frenz

Synopsis: The Spiders (Spider-Girl, Spider-Man and the new Scarlet Spider) and members of the Fantastic Five face Apox the Omega Skrull. 

Comments: The title "Gods and Monsters" is quote from the movie, Bride of Frankenstein (1935). There is a movie about the last days of the director of the Bride of Frankenstein (1935) James Whale called Gods and Monsters (1998).

The Harry Potter book that Spider-Girl refers to is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix which was released in 2003 after a three year wait from the last one, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000). This comic came out in 2002, so the fans still had another year to wait. 




Another reference to Amazing Spider-Man #258. 






I remember the letters that came in for this scene. They printed one that was for gay relationships and one was against. Both letters were praised as well written. I hope the person who was anti-gay matured and grew along with society and into a better person. 

Peter's pose on the right is from Amazing Spider-Man #258. He's wearing an old Fantastic Four costume from that issue as well, but this time instead of a paper bag, he wears a mask Sue designed for the Thing, but he never wore until Tom DeFalco's run when he was protecting his face after being scarred by Wolverine.




 

The attack pose of Spider-Man and Spider-Girl is from Spectacular Spider-Man #217. 





May is established to be 15. 





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  1. frogoatOctober 24, 2021 at 11:49 PM

    I keep enjoying popping over to see what references and nods you'd picked up on. Excellent work!

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