Spider-Girl #59

 


Writer: Tom DeFalco
Penciller: Ron Frenz

Synopsis: It's death and life as Spider-Girl has her showdown with Seth and a new character is born. 

Comments: Spider-Girl's fight with Seth takes its cues from Amazing Spider-Man #229-230, written by Roger Stern and drawn by John Romita Jr. where Spider-Man fought the Juggernaut and Amazing Spider-Man #269-70 by DeFalco/Frenz, where he fought Firelord. These stories deal with a fight against a much stronger foe on a construction site and in all three instances the hero thinks they've killed the bad guy, but is mistaken. 










I have re-read this comic multiple times, but I never noticed Spider-Girl kicking Seth in the groin until frogoat pointed it out. It's juxtaposed with Mary Jane giving birth, so there's a lot going down there. 




Seth definitely overcompensates for Spider-Girl kicking in the groin by turning into his giant snake form, calling it his "unfettered glory." May isn't impressed. Seth does have arms in this snake form, unlike when he fought Odin in DeFalco/Frenz's Thor #400. 





I like how the cavalry shows up and poor Spider-Girl and the readers miss the entire battle! 





Meet Benjamin Richard Parker. 





Comments

  1. RichardNovember 4, 2021 at 7:40 PM

    I wanted to add this to the post itself,but it would have messed up the order of the appearance of the posts, but I think I see a little Voldemort in Seth. I know Tom DeFalco used Seth before, but the snake themed guy talking about magic made me think about Harry Potter.

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    1. frogoatNovember 5, 2021 at 4:39 AM

      This is a possibility, we've seen little nods to the Harry Potter books in previous issues and it would have been extremely popular around this time.

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