Full Transcript for THE COULSON CHRONICLES: The Infinity Watch (2024) #1 and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1

00:03:48,034 been anticipating 88 00:03:48,814 --> 00:03:50,354 because of the 89 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,360 the annuals that they had, where they had 90 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,680 that crossover. And in every single one of 91 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,159 those annuals, except for the final one, there 92 00:03:58,159 --> 00:04:00,580 was a backup story giving the background 93 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:02,500 to Coulson 94 00:04:03,854 --> 00:04:06,594 coming back to the Marvel Comic Book Universe 95 00:04:07,375 --> 00:04:08,914 and not as a 96 00:04:09,294 --> 00:04:10,275 devil worshiping, 97 00:04:11,294 --> 00:04:13,455 bad guy. And and that's good. That's a 98 00:04:13,455 --> 00:04:14,034 good thing. 99 00:04:14,414 --> 00:04:15,689 And he is now 100 00:04:16,490 --> 00:04:16,990 deaf. 101 00:04:19,290 --> 00:04:21,769 So is it better? Well, yes. It is. 102 00:04:21,769 --> 00:04:22,589 Because, ultimately, 103 00:04:22,889 --> 00:04:25,850 they have retained his core character, and that 104 00:04:25,850 --> 00:04:28,670 is what's important here is that Colsonness 105 00:04:29,290 --> 00:04:30,889 that you are going to get here. So, 106 00:04:31,904 --> 00:04:33,345 or at least hopefully that we're going to 107 00:04:33,345 --> 00:04:34,944 get here. So I'm gonna start by talking 108 00:04:34,944 --> 00:04:36,785 about your friendly neighborhood Spider Man. I'm gonna 109 00:04:36,785 --> 00:04:39,665 talk about how this comic book ties into 110 00:04:39,665 --> 00:04:41,745 that animated series, but also how that animated 111 00:04:41,745 --> 00:04:42,245 series 112 00:04:42,545 --> 00:04:46,169 relates to Tom Holland's Spider Man, relates to 113 00:04:46,169 --> 00:04:47,629 the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 114 00:04:48,329 --> 00:04:50,189 And the answer to that question, 115 00:04:51,129 --> 00:04:52,430 honestly, is it doesn't, 116 00:04:54,649 --> 00:04:57,464 except in the sense that everything does because 117 00:04:57,464 --> 00:04:59,544 it all can be a multiverse. And so 118 00:04:59,544 --> 00:05:00,845 everything that they do 119 00:05:02,904 --> 00:05:05,305 relates to each other because they're happening side 120 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:08,425 by side in in that multiverse. And I 121 00:05:08,425 --> 00:05:11,084 just watched an episode of Lower Decks today, 122 00:05:11,620 --> 00:05:13,699 And the season this final season of Lower 123 00:05:13,699 --> 00:05:16,199 Decks has to do as a through line 124 00:05:16,980 --> 00:05:18,759 of breaches in the multiverse. 125 00:05:19,459 --> 00:05:22,100 And so as they're going along with their 126 00:05:22,100 --> 00:05:22,600 regular 127 00:05:22,980 --> 00:05:24,899 adventures, it's it's kinda like the X Files 128 00:05:24,899 --> 00:05:26,339 when they would have the monster of the 129 00:05:26,339 --> 00:05:28,454 week, but then there'd be, like, some sort 130 00:05:28,454 --> 00:05:29,354 of tag 131 00:05:29,735 --> 00:05:31,814 scene where the cigarette smoking man shows up 132 00:05:31,814 --> 00:05:33,735 and says, hey, Mulder. Did you think about 133 00:05:33,735 --> 00:05:35,495 this? And and Mulder's like, of course, I 134 00:05:35,495 --> 00:05:37,175 did because I'm Mulder, and I'm always thinking 135 00:05:37,175 --> 00:05:38,794 about that stuff. And then, 136 00:05:41,334 --> 00:05:42,074 and then 137 00:05:42,599 --> 00:05:44,919 Scully comes and says, well but but it's 138 00:05:44,919 --> 00:05:47,199 not possible because it's not scientifically feasible. And 139 00:05:47,199 --> 00:05:48,680 and then and then that's the end of 140 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:49,259 the episode. 141 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,599 Well, they have been dealing with sometimes in 142 00:05:52,599 --> 00:05:54,439 the forefront of an episode and sometimes just 143 00:05:54,439 --> 00:05:56,120 kind of the background of an episode or, 144 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:56,620 like, 145 00:05:57,254 --> 00:05:59,014 the episode will start, and they're just finishing 146 00:05:59,014 --> 00:06:01,975 up an investigation on a breach, in between 147 00:06:01,975 --> 00:06:03,035 universes. And 148 00:06:03,574 --> 00:06:05,675 one of the universes was the purple universe, 149 00:06:06,214 --> 00:06:08,694 where it's the same as their prime universe, 150 00:06:08,694 --> 00:06:11,354 except everything's purple. And it's kind of funny. 151 00:06:11,879 --> 00:06:15,180 I have appreciated this season for being less 152 00:06:15,959 --> 00:06:19,160 about be, about being jokey jokes, where it's 153 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,720 just we're gonna have characters say things because 154 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:23,019 they know about things 155 00:06:23,319 --> 00:06:25,100 that we as the viewers know about, 156 00:06:25,814 --> 00:06:27,334 but that I just can't wrap my head 157 00:06:27,334 --> 00:06:29,834 around. Like, how do they know exactly what 158 00:06:30,694 --> 00:06:33,834 Spock was thinking in this random episode? 159 00:06:34,694 --> 00:06:35,974 That's not the kind of thing that we 160 00:06:35,974 --> 00:06:38,694 put in the general public record, so to 161 00:06:38,694 --> 00:06:39,414 speak. And so, 162 00:06:41,019 --> 00:06:43,819 yeah, it's just they're they're getting beyond that. 163 00:06:43,819 --> 00:06:45,360 We're we're and it's it's less 164 00:06:46,060 --> 00:06:47,740 well, it's very self aware still, but it's 165 00:06:47,740 --> 00:06:48,800 less self aware. 166 00:06:49,259 --> 00:06:51,579 And so they did this most recent episode 167 00:06:51,579 --> 00:06:53,579 is the penultimate episode. Next week is the 168 00:06:53,579 --> 00:06:54,800 series finale. 169 00:06:55,375 --> 00:06:58,495 And in this episode, there's some talk about 170 00:06:58,495 --> 00:07:00,495 multiverses, and one of the characters is just 171 00:07:00,574 --> 00:07:01,555 I hate multiverses. 172 00:07:02,014 --> 00:07:04,574 It's so boring, and and it's just boring 173 00:07:04,574 --> 00:07:07,615 and derivative, lazy copies of universes we

already 174 00:07:07,615 --> 00:07:08,115 know. 175 00:07:08,495 --> 00:07:08,995 And 176 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:11,900 he's kinda speaking, I think, for the audience 177 00:07:11,900 --> 00:07:12,720 a little bit. 178 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:16,080 That said, the episode itself is pretty good. 179 00:07:16,540 --> 00:07:17,040 So, 180 00:07:17,660 --> 00:07:19,420 you know, whatever you wanna say about, 181 00:07:19,819 --> 00:07:20,319 Multiverses, 182 00:07:20,779 --> 00:07:22,220 then they turn around and do a pretty 183 00:07:22,220 --> 00:07:24,735 good Multiverse episode. So I'll throw that out. 184 00:07:24,735 --> 00:07:26,254 And I know that on Welcome to Level 185 00:07:26,254 --> 00:07:27,694 7, I have talked about how I'm not 186 00:07:27,694 --> 00:07:29,455 a big fan of lower decks, and I'm 187 00:07:29,455 --> 00:07:30,895 not. I'm not a big fan of lower 188 00:07:30,895 --> 00:07:33,615 decks, but I do watch every episode the 189 00:07:33,615 --> 00:07:34,115 morning, 190 00:07:34,655 --> 00:07:36,254 of release. And it's a part of my 191 00:07:36,254 --> 00:07:38,990 Thursday morning routine where I wake up, make 192 00:07:39,449 --> 00:07:41,129 breakfast. For a while there, I I would 193 00:07:41,129 --> 00:07:43,209 make breakfast while I and watch Frasier while 194 00:07:43,209 --> 00:07:45,050 I'm making breakfast and then watch Lower Decks 195 00:07:45,050 --> 00:07:46,910 while I'm eating breakfast, or sometimes 196 00:07:47,370 --> 00:07:49,610 it'll be, watching Lower Decks while I'm doing 197 00:07:49,610 --> 00:07:51,129 laundry or something like that. But it's part 198 00:07:51,129 --> 00:07:53,129 of my Thursday morning routine because Thursday is 199 00:07:53,129 --> 00:07:53,685 my day off 200 00:07:55,764 --> 00:07:56,805 from my day job. So I I have 201 00:07:56,805 --> 00:08:00,105 been enjoying this season, and the multiverse 202 00:08:00,485 --> 00:08:00,985 is 203 00:08:01,845 --> 00:08:04,745 used to its fullest potential and extent, 204 00:08:05,605 --> 00:08:07,365 with this episode. And I'm not gonna talk 205 00:08:07,365 --> 00:08:08,904 much more about that. 206 00:08:09,810 --> 00:08:10,550 That said, 207 00:08:12,129 --> 00:08:12,629 anything 208 00:08:13,009 --> 00:08:14,069 can be multiverse. 209 00:08:14,449 --> 00:08:16,689 Right? I mean, any anything can be. And 210 00:08:16,689 --> 00:08:17,189 so 211 00:08:17,730 --> 00:08:19,330 kind of the stance we take on Welcome 212 00:08:19,330 --> 00:08:21,730 to Level 7 is it's not a part 213 00:08:21,730 --> 00:08:22,629 of the multiverse 214 00:08:23,685 --> 00:08:24,185 until 215 00:08:24,724 --> 00:08:25,224 they 216 00:08:25,524 --> 00:08:28,485 directly reference it on screen as part of 217 00:08:28,485 --> 00:08:29,305 this continuity. 218 00:08:30,004 --> 00:08:31,764 What does that mean for what the Marvel 219 00:08:31,764 --> 00:08:34,964 Cinematic Universe or the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse looks 220 00:08:34,964 --> 00:08:35,865 like right now? 221 00:08:36,490 --> 00:08:37,309 It means 222 00:08:37,850 --> 00:08:38,350 the 223 00:08:38,970 --> 00:08:39,870 Spider Man, 224 00:08:41,450 --> 00:08:45,230 series from the seventies live action series 225 00:08:45,769 --> 00:08:47,470 might not be a part of the multiverse 226 00:08:47,610 --> 00:08:48,990 yet. They have not 227 00:08:49,875 --> 00:08:51,815 pulled it into the fold, so to speak. 228 00:08:52,195 --> 00:08:54,934 The Lou Ferrigno Incredible Hulk series, 229 00:08:55,315 --> 00:08:57,875 not a part of the multiverse yet. It 230 00:08:57,875 --> 00:08:59,554 could be at any time. At any time, 231 00:08:59,554 --> 00:09:01,735 they can make a reference to to that. 232 00:09:01,955 --> 00:09:04,480 And and suddenly, it's that whole series of 233 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,440 The Incredible Hulk and the TV movies are 234 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:08,419 all part of this 235 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:10,019 all encompassing 236 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:11,860 multiverse. And 237 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:14,159 there's something about it, you know, kind of 238 00:09:14,159 --> 00:09:16,154 getting going back to those in The Incredibles 239 00:09:16,375 --> 00:09:18,634 quote, where if everyone's special, no one's special. 240 00:09:19,335 --> 00:09:21,495 There there's something about the multiverse just kind 241 00:09:21,495 --> 00:09:23,975 of taking everything into the fold that just 242 00:09:23,975 --> 00:09:24,475 feels 243 00:09:25,014 --> 00:09:26,455 I don't know. It just makes it less 244 00:09:26,455 --> 00:09:28,695 special. Like, The Incredible Hulk as a series 245 00:09:28,695 --> 00:09:30,455 is a very, very special thing because it 246 00:09:30,455 --> 00:09:30,955 exists 247 00:09:31,340 --> 00:09:33,100 in its own realm and it does its 248 00:09:33,100 --> 00:09:35,419 own thing. And when they had those, 249 00:09:36,059 --> 00:09:38,299 TV movies where he meets Daredevil and he 250 00:09:38,299 --> 00:09:40,139 meets Thor and they were trying to do 251 00:09:40,139 --> 00:09:42,480 some backdoor pilots for other series, 252 00:09:43,100 --> 00:09:45,105 and there was even a talk It didn't 253 00:09:45,105 --> 00:09:46,705 get very far, but there was even talk 254 00:09:46,705 --> 00:09:48,004 about, the 255 00:09:48,384 --> 00:09:50,384 camera, the actor's name, Nicholas. I can't remember 256 00:09:50,384 --> 00:09:52,384 his last name, but the the Spider Man 257 00:09:52,384 --> 00:09:54,485 from the seventies actually being, 258 00:09:55,664 --> 00:09:56,565 part of a crossover 259 00:09:57,690 --> 00:10:00,429 TV movie with Lou Ferrigno and Bill Bixby 260 00:10:00,490 --> 00:10:02,970 in an Incredible Hulk, TV movie. They never 261 00:10:02,970 --> 00:10:04,490 did it, and and I I don't know 262 00:10:04,490 --> 00:10:06,730 how far that the talks actually went, but 263 00:10:06,730 --> 00:10:08,110 there was talk of it. 264 00:10:08,649 --> 00:10:09,309 But, anyway, 265 00:10:09,914 --> 00:10:10,414 I 266

00:10:10,875 --> 00:10:12,794 once they started realizing that they might be 267 00:10:12,794 --> 00:10:13,934 getting into the multiverse, 268 00:10:15,115 --> 00:10:17,375 I I started wondering, like, is this gonna 269 00:10:17,434 --> 00:10:19,934 feel unwieldy? Is it gonna feel less special? 270 00:10:20,394 --> 00:10:23,754 And in some ways, it is less special. 271 00:10:23,754 --> 00:10:26,500 It means that, yes, a character might die, 272 00:10:26,500 --> 00:10:28,180 but that character could be brought back at 273 00:10:28,180 --> 00:10:30,180 any point because of the multiverse. And, yes, 274 00:10:30,180 --> 00:10:32,519 it's a different variation. It's a variant. 275 00:10:32,980 --> 00:10:35,080 And and, yes, they've done some great things 276 00:10:35,139 --> 00:10:36,440 with the variants 277 00:10:36,740 --> 00:10:37,559 and with 278 00:10:38,335 --> 00:10:41,134 the multiverse. Loki is a great example of 279 00:10:41,134 --> 00:10:41,955 an amazing 280 00:10:42,894 --> 00:10:45,695 show that really embraced the multiverse and and 281 00:10:45,695 --> 00:10:48,495 told some really well made stories. And the 282 00:10:48,495 --> 00:10:51,054 multiverse of madness, the doctor Strange movie, not 283 00:10:51,054 --> 00:10:52,629 not a bad usage of it. And the 284 00:10:52,629 --> 00:10:54,250 Spider Man, Far From Home. 285 00:10:54,629 --> 00:10:57,269 Was it far from home? Homecoming, far from 286 00:10:57,269 --> 00:10:57,769 home. 287 00:11:00,629 --> 00:11:02,870 No Way Home. No Way Home. That that 288 00:11:02,870 --> 00:11:05,190 was also a a a good story. So 289 00:11:05,190 --> 00:11:07,274 I knew that the stories could and and 290 00:11:07,274 --> 00:11:08,495 probably would be 291 00:11:08,875 --> 00:11:10,014 decent and and 292 00:11:10,554 --> 00:11:11,134 and enjoyable. 293 00:11:11,754 --> 00:11:12,254 But 294 00:11:12,715 --> 00:11:15,534 once you bring in a multiverse, there's no 295 00:11:15,595 --> 00:11:17,355 putting the genie back in the bottle, and 296 00:11:17,355 --> 00:11:19,695 suddenly anything's possible. And 297 00:11:20,959 --> 00:11:22,799 it just it takes away from some of 298 00:11:22,799 --> 00:11:25,279 the specialness to me where you're pulling away 299 00:11:25,279 --> 00:11:27,199 from these characters that you're spending time with 300 00:11:27,199 --> 00:11:29,299 and saying, yeah, but we can have more, 301 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,259 more, more. And it just feels like that 302 00:11:32,319 --> 00:11:32,819 indulgent 303 00:11:34,195 --> 00:11:37,014 fan service rather than, you know, telling 304 00:11:37,794 --> 00:11:39,654 cohesive stories that are relatable 305 00:11:40,115 --> 00:11:42,355 and with your following characters that you want 306 00:11:42,355 --> 00:11:44,214 to follow along. And it's not just I'm 307 00:11:44,595 --> 00:11:46,375 because now now suddenly you're following 308 00:11:46,860 --> 00:11:47,600 the actor 309 00:11:48,139 --> 00:11:50,620 who is doing other variations. I mean, Deadpool 310 00:11:50,620 --> 00:11:52,080 and Wolverine just 311 00:11:52,620 --> 00:11:55,899 again embraced it and did some fun things 312 00:11:55,899 --> 00:11:56,799 with it. But 313 00:11:57,339 --> 00:11:58,240 then also, 314 00:11:58,860 --> 00:11:59,360 again, 315 00:11:59,820 --> 00:12:00,720 brought in 316 00:12:01,285 --> 00:12:03,605 and and that's where talking about the whole, 317 00:12:03,605 --> 00:12:04,105 like, 318 00:12:06,485 --> 00:12:07,304 on screen, 319 00:12:08,884 --> 00:12:09,384 validation 320 00:12:09,924 --> 00:12:12,024 of of what is multiverse. Well, 321 00:12:12,644 --> 00:12:14,725 Deadpool and Wolverine brought in all the X 322 00:12:14,725 --> 00:12:17,170 Men movies. All of them. They're all in 323 00:12:17,170 --> 00:12:19,990 there. And the Fantastic Four movies. Now, 324 00:12:20,450 --> 00:12:23,730 fan forecast or fan fortis for stick or 325 00:12:23,730 --> 00:12:25,970 however you wanna say, a Fantastic 4 that 326 00:12:25,970 --> 00:12:28,450 was not as well received back in, what, 327 00:12:28,450 --> 00:12:30,465 20, 2019 or whatever it was. 328 00:12:31,825 --> 00:12:33,585 There has not been on screen validation for 329 00:12:33,585 --> 00:12:36,384 that. But as far as the Fantastic Four 330 00:12:36,384 --> 00:12:37,764 and Rise of the Silver Surfer, 331 00:12:39,504 --> 00:12:41,985 pretty much they they said this is Johnny 332 00:12:41,985 --> 00:12:44,165 Storm played by Chris, 333 00:12:46,419 --> 00:12:47,960 not Chris Pine, not Chris Hemsworth. 334 00:12:48,500 --> 00:12:50,840 Chris Evans. That's the Chris I'm looking for, 335 00:12:51,220 --> 00:12:51,720 who's 336 00:12:52,179 --> 00:12:53,960 a a current Hollywood Chris. So 337 00:12:54,740 --> 00:12:57,399 your friendly neighborhood Spider Man has been confirmed 338 00:12:57,620 --> 00:12:58,360 by the creators 339 00:12:59,274 --> 00:13:01,375 not too long ago or not I mean, 340 00:13:01,434 --> 00:13:02,955 not too long after they were they had 341 00:13:02,955 --> 00:13:03,855 announced things 342 00:13:04,394 --> 00:13:05,214 as being 343 00:13:06,554 --> 00:13:08,894 a separate universe. This is 344 00:13:09,674 --> 00:13:10,414 was originally 345 00:13:11,450 --> 00:13:12,910 pitched to us 346 00:13:13,610 --> 00:13:15,230 as an upcoming series 347 00:13:15,529 --> 00:13:18,330 that would tell Tom Holland's origin story. And 348 00:13:18,330 --> 00:13:19,850 they said we stayed away from doing the 349 00:13:19,850 --> 00:13:21,769 origin story when he first appeared because you've 350 00:13:21,769 --> 00:13:22,990 seen it already. 351 00:13:23,355 --> 00:13:25,274 You've seen it 2 times on screen with 352 00:13:25,274 --> 00:13:27,294 the 2 different, with with, 353 00:13:27,914 --> 00:13:30,875 Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield. We've seen it 354 00:13:30,875 --> 00:13:32,714 already. We've seen that origin story and Uncle 355 00:13:32,714 --> 00:13:34,095 Ben and all that stuff. 356 00:13:34,714 -->

00:13:35,995 And we're not we don't need to do 357 00:13:35,995 --> 00:13:38,370 that here. And so we never saw, like, 358 00:13:38,370 --> 00:13:40,450 what what spider bit him and things like 359 00:13:40,450 --> 00:13:41,269 that. Well, 360 00:13:42,049 --> 00:13:43,190 it turns out 361 00:13:43,570 --> 00:13:46,049 that this was supposed to be, when they 362 00:13:46,049 --> 00:13:47,509 originally talked about it, 363 00:13:48,289 --> 00:13:50,389 this was going to be Tom Holland's background 364 00:13:50,964 --> 00:13:53,544 and his origin story and all of that. 365 00:13:54,725 --> 00:13:55,464 It's not. 366 00:13:55,845 --> 00:13:58,725 It's not. They then reversed their the story 367 00:13:58,725 --> 00:14:00,105 on that, and they said, actually, 368 00:14:00,725 --> 00:14:03,464 it is basically a what if 369 00:14:04,460 --> 00:14:07,019 story. And so this is part of the 370 00:14:07,019 --> 00:14:07,519 MCU's 371 00:14:08,059 --> 00:14:08,559 multiverse 372 00:14:10,139 --> 00:14:10,639 officially, 373 00:14:11,899 --> 00:14:13,279 but it is not 374 00:14:13,980 --> 00:14:15,440 a part of the 616 375 00:14:15,820 --> 00:14:16,320 MCU. 376 00:14:17,214 --> 00:14:19,294 And that's disappointing to me. And that actually 377 00:14:19,294 --> 00:14:21,534 makes Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Man, the the 378 00:14:21,534 --> 00:14:24,495 animated series, a little less enticing for me 379 00:14:24,495 --> 00:14:25,695 when it was going to be a part 380 00:14:25,695 --> 00:14:27,315 of that character's backstory 381 00:14:28,174 --> 00:14:30,254 instead of just a character who's very, very 382 00:14:30,254 --> 00:14:31,394 close to that one. 383 00:14:32,610 --> 00:14:34,209 What it does for them is it did 384 00:14:34,209 --> 00:14:34,709 open 385 00:14:35,250 --> 00:14:35,909 up opportunity 386 00:14:36,289 --> 00:14:39,089 for him to interact with characters that in 387 00:14:39,089 --> 00:14:39,750 the MCU 388 00:14:40,289 --> 00:14:42,929 he had not interacted with by the time 389 00:14:42,929 --> 00:14:45,110 he stepped into Civil War. 390 00:14:45,644 --> 00:14:47,644 His first appearance in Civil War was his 391 00:14:47,644 --> 00:14:50,605 first opportunity to really interact with most of 392 00:14:50,605 --> 00:14:52,705 those characters, all of those characters, really. 393 00:14:53,884 --> 00:14:56,764 And in the your friendly neighborhood Spider Man, 394 00:14:56,764 --> 00:14:58,685 they are changing that, and he is going 395 00:14:58,685 --> 00:15:00,205 to be able to interact with any characters 396 00:15:00,205 --> 00:15:01,264 they want him to. 397 00:15:02,019 --> 00:15:03,160 And so it 398 00:15:03,539 --> 00:15:05,620 it and on the on the plus side 399 00:15:05,620 --> 00:15:08,360 for them, it allows them to go beyond 400 00:15:09,139 --> 00:15:12,340 what a normal prequel does. Because when you 401 00:15:12,340 --> 00:15:14,899 do a prequel series, you are beholden to 402 00:15:14,899 --> 00:15:17,335 what is supposed to come after it because 403 00:15:18,514 --> 00:15:20,995 it's already been written. The future has been 404 00:15:20,995 --> 00:15:22,875 written for that character. And so you have 405 00:15:22,875 --> 00:15:25,175 to be careful how you write his present 406 00:15:25,634 --> 00:15:27,575 when you're doing that prequel 407 00:15:28,035 --> 00:15:29,555 story. They don't have to worry about any 408 00:15:29,555 --> 00:15:30,915 of that. And so they're going to be 409 00:15:30,915 --> 00:15:31,735 getting into 410 00:15:32,490 --> 00:15:35,149 having him appear with characters who have already 411 00:15:35,450 --> 00:15:37,789 appeared on screen as his first 412 00:15:38,169 --> 00:15:41,289 opportunity to meet them. Well, he can meet 413 00:15:41,289 --> 00:15:42,429 them earlier now. 414 00:15:42,889 --> 00:15:43,789 So it does, 415 00:15:44,090 --> 00:15:46,649 from a storytelling perspective, make things easier for 416 00:15:46,649 --> 00:15:48,575 them. But on the other hand, 417 00:15:49,595 --> 00:15:50,334 as someone 418 00:15:50,875 --> 00:15:54,095 who likes the challenge of something like that, 419 00:15:54,475 --> 00:15:55,995 I do wish that they had gone with 420 00:15:55,995 --> 00:15:58,394 the challenge and went ahead instead said, this 421 00:15:58,394 --> 00:15:58,894 is 422 00:15:59,514 --> 00:16:00,575 Tom Holland's 423 00:16:01,034 --> 00:16:03,730 origin story, or at least if not his 424 00:16:03,730 --> 00:16:06,149 origin story, this is his story 425 00:16:06,690 --> 00:16:08,450 as he was learning to be Spider Man 426 00:16:08,450 --> 00:16:11,509 and growing into that homemade costume 427 00:16:11,889 --> 00:16:13,430 that he has at the beginning 428 00:16:13,809 --> 00:16:14,930 of things with, 429 00:16:16,345 --> 00:16:18,345 where before he gets a suit from from 430 00:16:18,345 --> 00:16:19,965 Tony Stark. So 431 00:16:20,585 --> 00:16:22,825 yeah. So this comic book, the way this 432 00:16:22,825 --> 00:16:24,745 fits in, I wasn't sure what this would 433 00:16:24,745 --> 00:16:27,325 be, but it is an official prequel. However, 434 00:16:27,705 --> 00:16:30,345 it doesn't feel like a prequel because there's 435 00:16:30,345 --> 00:16:31,804 a couple things in here 436 00:16:32,290 --> 00:16:35,330 that reference things you would see in the 437 00:16:35,330 --> 00:16:36,149 first episode 438 00:16:36,690 --> 00:16:37,670 of the show. 439 00:16:38,610 --> 00:16:40,230 How do I know that? Because 440 00:16:41,330 --> 00:16:43,090 in the middle of the comic, it's actually 441 00:16:43,090 --> 00:16:45,175 not quite the exact middle. It's one page 442 00:16:45,175 --> 00:16:46,695 away from the exact middle where the staples 443 00:16:46,695 --> 00:16:48,154 are. But in the middle of the comic, 444 00:16:48,215 --> 00:16:50,535 there is a caption box that says, see 445 00:16:50,535 --> 00:16:53,095 the first episode of your friendly neighborhood Spider 446 00:16:53,095 --> 00:16:55,175 Man on Disney Plus for

details of the 447 00:16:55,175 --> 00:16:55,675 mysterious 448 00:16:56,375 --> 00:16:56,875 attack. 449 00:16:57,870 --> 00:17:00,830 Yes. This is referencing things that happen in 450 00:17:00,830 --> 00:17:03,629 the first episode of the show. And so 451 00:17:03,629 --> 00:17:05,230 I can't tell if this is kind of 452 00:17:05,230 --> 00:17:05,730 a 453 00:17:06,269 --> 00:17:08,849 side quill more than a prequel in that 454 00:17:09,069 --> 00:17:11,630 the Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Man show, that 455 00:17:11,630 --> 00:17:13,815 first episode has things happen. There is an 456 00:17:13,815 --> 00:17:16,234 attack on the school that causes an explosion. 457 00:17:17,414 --> 00:17:17,815 And, 458 00:17:18,694 --> 00:17:21,255 and this this, the comic book actually starts 459 00:17:21,335 --> 00:17:23,734 the attack has already happened. And then you 460 00:17:23,734 --> 00:17:25,990 see him get bit by the spider. And 461 00:17:25,990 --> 00:17:27,429 I'm not going to talk about how he 462 00:17:27,429 --> 00:17:29,429 gets bit by the spider. Apparently, the first 463 00:17:29,429 --> 00:17:31,589 episode of the show actually does give more 464 00:17:31,589 --> 00:17:34,069 details where the spider comes from, but it's 465 00:17:34,069 --> 00:17:36,069 a little bit confusing because of that. Because 466 00:17:36,069 --> 00:17:38,630 I'm like isn't aren't wasn't his show going 467 00:17:38,630 --> 00:17:39,909 to be the origin? Weren't we going to 468 00:17:39,909 --> 00:17:41,325 see this in the show? This is a 469 00:17:41,325 --> 00:17:43,244 prequel to the show, but they're showing things 470 00:17:43,244 --> 00:17:44,684 that I think we're going to show up 471 00:17:44,684 --> 00:17:45,964 in the show, and I said the word 472 00:17:45,964 --> 00:17:47,744 show way too many times here. 473 00:17:48,204 --> 00:17:49,105 But anyway, 474 00:17:50,125 --> 00:17:53,025 in the comic book then, they are investigating 475 00:17:53,484 --> 00:17:56,304 the explosion that happened in that episode. 476 00:17:56,700 --> 00:17:58,779 And so I'm curious, does this take place 477 00:17:58,779 --> 00:17:59,919 in between scenes? 478 00:18:00,539 --> 00:18:02,720 Does this take place in between episodes? 479 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:05,179 I'm not sure how this is is this 480 00:18:05,179 --> 00:18:06,240 is going to work. 481 00:18:06,779 --> 00:18:08,539 The good thing is once you get beyond 482 00:18:08,539 --> 00:18:10,399 that kind of initial scene, 483 00:18:10,765 --> 00:18:13,085 it does become something that does feel like 484 00:18:13,085 --> 00:18:16,204 it's a story that belongs here by itself. 485 00:18:16,204 --> 00:18:17,505 It's it's self contained 486 00:18:18,365 --> 00:18:19,644 in the sense that it's going to be 487 00:18:19,644 --> 00:18:21,585 a 5 issue series. It's gonna be continued 488 00:18:21,724 --> 00:18:23,825 to be continued between each issue, 489 00:18:24,450 --> 00:18:25,109 but it 490 00:18:25,569 --> 00:18:28,210

does, feel a little bit were weird at 491 00:18:28,210 --> 00:18:28,710 first. 492 00:18:29,169 --> 00:18:31,269 And the other thing that felt weird was 493 00:18:31,490 --> 00:18:34,210 in this first scene, actually, technically, the second 494 00:18:34,210 --> 00:18:35,730 scene, but we'll get into that. In this 495 00:18:35,730 --> 00:18:38,369 first scene, he meets for the first time, 496 00:18:38,369 --> 00:18:39,669 Nico Minoru. 497 00:18:40,525 --> 00:18:42,944 Now you might recognize that name from another 498 00:18:43,085 --> 00:18:46,785 MCU project that may not be Prime Universe 499 00:18:46,924 --> 00:18:48,144 MCU anymore. 500 00:18:50,204 --> 00:18:52,605 Although, since this is its own universe, it 501 00:18:52,605 --> 00:18:53,424 doesn't necessarily 502 00:18:53,884 --> 00:18:56,109 push that show out. But Nico 503 00:18:56,970 --> 00:18:58,029 Minoru Minoru 504 00:18:58,569 --> 00:19:00,589 is a character from The Runaways. 505 00:19:01,289 --> 00:19:03,609 And so The Runaways, when I was first 506 00:19:03,609 --> 00:19:05,690 reading this and didn't realize that this was 507 00:19:05,690 --> 00:19:07,390 not Prime MCU, 508 00:19:08,674 --> 00:19:10,534 I thought, well, that just pushed out, 509 00:19:11,315 --> 00:19:13,954 runaways from the prime MCU, but this doesn't 510 00:19:13,954 --> 00:19:15,954 push it out. It doesn't pull it in 511 00:19:15,954 --> 00:19:17,634 either. I mean, that's the other thing that's 512 00:19:17,634 --> 00:19:19,394 confusing right now is just how do all 513 00:19:19,394 --> 00:19:21,315 of these different things that they are coming 514 00:19:21,315 --> 00:19:24,375 out with fit into that multiverse thing. 515 00:19:25,450 --> 00:19:27,609 It's not a bad thing as long as 516 00:19:27,609 --> 00:19:29,769 they would maybe, you know, clear things up. 517 00:19:29,769 --> 00:19:30,269 Unfortunately, 518 00:19:30,809 --> 00:19:33,289 the timeline book that they put out clears 519 00:19:33,289 --> 00:19:36,269 things up only as far as the MCU 520 00:19:36,409 --> 00:19:39,785 movies and tie ins that we already knew 521 00:19:39,785 --> 00:19:41,945 were officially tied in, Loki and things like 522 00:19:41,945 --> 00:19:43,465 that. Agents of S. H. I. E. L. 523 00:19:43,465 --> 00:19:45,644 D, we all know that that's a whole 524 00:19:46,505 --> 00:19:47,005 bondoogle 525 00:19:47,785 --> 00:19:50,205 boondoggle. I don't know. It's a whole problem. 526 00:19:50,345 --> 00:19:51,404 It's a whole thing, 527 00:19:52,250 --> 00:19:54,490 with with how does that fit into things 528 00:19:54,490 --> 00:19:56,649 because it clearly did when they were creating 529 00:19:56,649 --> 00:19:58,649 it, and the intention was that it clearly 530 00:19:58,649 --> 00:19:59,149 did. 531 00:19:59,529 --> 00:20:01,309 But then they did things 532 00:20:01,609 --> 00:20:02,829 where they split. 533 00:20:03,529 --> 00:20:05,529 And the movie continuity and the TV show 534 00:20:05,529 --> 00:20:06,909 for Agents of Shield continuity 535 00:20:07,855 --> 00:20:10,654 definitely split. And so were they together? Do 536 00:20:10,654 --> 00:20:10,894 they 537 00:20:11,454 --> 00:20:13,534 were they never together? Like, that's something that's 538 00:20:13,534 --> 00:20:15,214 going to have to be retconned at some 539 00:20:15,214 --> 00:20:15,714 point 540 00:20:16,095 --> 00:20:17,474 if someone who cares 541 00:20:18,335 --> 00:20:20,015 were to be put in part in charge 542 00:20:20,015 --> 00:20:20,755 of something 543 00:20:21,134 --> 00:20:23,154 that would allow them to, you know, 544 00:20:23,670 --> 00:20:24,410 clear it 545 00:20:24,710 --> 00:20:26,549 up. I don't think anyone really cares about 546 00:20:26,549 --> 00:20:29,110 clearing it up anymore. AgentShield is done, and 547 00:20:29,110 --> 00:20:30,390 they don't need to worry about it. They 548 00:20:30,390 --> 00:20:32,410 don't need to explain themselves to anyone. 549 00:20:32,869 --> 00:20:34,789 And not a lot of people that I'm 550 00:20:34,789 --> 00:20:36,494 aware of are going back to Agents of 551 00:20:36,494 --> 00:20:38,174 Shield. However, there are some of you out 552 00:20:38,174 --> 00:20:39,934 there, and some of you have discovered our 553 00:20:39,934 --> 00:20:40,434 podcast 554 00:20:40,894 --> 00:20:43,134 because you've rediscovered Agents of Shield. And I 555 00:20:43,134 --> 00:20:45,454 wanna say welcome to the podcast. I'm so 556 00:20:45,454 --> 00:20:48,974 glad that you're enjoying our coverage of Agents 557 00:20:48,974 --> 00:20:49,634 of Shield. 558 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,240 It was a great show. It's amazing show, 559 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,340 and I love the character of Coulson. 560 00:20:54,799 --> 00:20:55,619 And so, 561 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:57,299 yeah, does this 562 00:20:57,759 --> 00:21:01,359 push Runaways out? No. That's assuming that Runaways 563 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:03,119 is actually ever in in the first place, 564 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:03,494 though. 565 00:21:04,134 --> 00:21:07,255 And and with the whole Darkhold and, basically, 566 00:21:07,255 --> 00:21:09,174 the Darkhold that showed up in Multiverse of 567 00:21:09,174 --> 00:21:11,515 Madness and Darkhold that showed up in Runaways 568 00:21:11,974 --> 00:21:13,654 and Darkhold that showed up in Agents of 569 00:21:13,654 --> 00:21:17,069 Shield feel like 3 different things, which would 570 00:21:17,069 --> 00:21:19,390 suggest potentially that we are looking at 3 571 00:21:19,390 --> 00:21:20,289 different universes. 572 00:21:21,470 --> 00:21:23,390 Is it a bad thing? Well, yes. I 573 00:21:23,390 --> 00:21:25,009 definitely had some disappointment 574 00:21:25,390 --> 00:21:28,429 when I started realizing they're kicking my show 575 00:21:28,429 --> 00:21:28,929 out. 576 00:21:30,075 --> 00:21:32,154 My show being ages of field, not not 577 00:21:32,154 --> 00:21:33,434 Agatha all along and and, 578 00:21:33,994 --> 00:21:35,054 runaways. But, 579 00:21:36,075 -->

00:21:37,515 but at the same time, my show still 580 00:21:37,515 --> 00:21:39,434 exists, and it was still good. And it 581 00:21:39,434 --> 00:21:42,095 was still so much fun, and it's still 582 00:21:42,634 --> 00:21:44,414 highly, highly recommended. 583 00:21:46,779 --> 00:21:49,019 So one thing that this comic does that 584 00:21:49,019 --> 00:21:50,079 I did like, 585 00:21:51,339 --> 00:21:53,339 although at first, I wasn't sure, is that 586 00:21:53,339 --> 00:21:56,000 it definitely starts out in that cliched 587 00:21:56,539 --> 00:21:57,519 trope where 588 00:21:58,154 --> 00:21:58,894 the superhero 589 00:21:59,275 --> 00:22:02,575 is in a horrible, horrible spot and then 590 00:22:03,115 --> 00:22:04,174 asks the question, 591 00:22:04,634 --> 00:22:06,654 you're probably wondering how I got here. 592 00:22:07,115 --> 00:22:08,875 And but the way it does it is, 593 00:22:09,195 --> 00:22:11,390 Spider Man saying, don't worry. I'm not going 594 00:22:11,390 --> 00:22:13,470 to say you you're probably wondering how I 595 00:22:13,470 --> 00:22:14,049 got here. 596 00:22:15,069 --> 00:22:17,230 And then the next caption says, I am 597 00:22:17,230 --> 00:22:19,409 painfully aware of exactly how I got here. 598 00:22:19,549 --> 00:22:21,869 I decided to become your friendly neighborhood Spider 599 00:22:21,869 --> 00:22:23,914 Man. And that was probably a really bad 600 00:22:23,914 --> 00:22:25,994 idea. That's the first two pages. And then 601 00:22:25,994 --> 00:22:27,755 as he and then he's thrown off a 602 00:22:27,755 --> 00:22:28,894 building, and then 603 00:22:29,595 --> 00:22:32,075 but let's freeze the frame, rewind, and start 604 00:22:32,075 --> 00:22:33,775 back at the beginning. So it's totally, 605 00:22:34,394 --> 00:22:36,095 like, embracing the cliche, 606 00:22:36,929 --> 00:22:38,609 and I get it. I get what they're 607 00:22:38,609 --> 00:22:39,429 doing there. 608 00:22:39,730 --> 00:22:40,549 It's clunky. 609 00:22:41,490 --> 00:22:42,849 If I was an editor and I would 610 00:22:42,849 --> 00:22:44,230 be looking at this and saying, 611 00:22:44,609 --> 00:22:46,369 don't worry. I'm not gonna say you're probably 612 00:22:46,369 --> 00:22:48,129 wondering how I got here. And then the 613 00:22:48,129 --> 00:22:50,544 very next line is I am painfully aware 614 00:22:50,544 --> 00:22:51,904 of how I got here. That that's a 615 00:22:51,904 --> 00:22:53,845 little clunky transition. But 616 00:22:54,865 --> 00:22:57,265 does it work? It does. It does. And 617 00:22:57,265 --> 00:22:58,404 it's definitely, 618 00:22:58,865 --> 00:23:01,105 I think, playing with and making fun of 619 00:23:01,105 --> 00:23:03,444 the trope and and having fun with it, 620 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,940 but also starting with high stakes. 621 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:08,339 I do feel like that the explosion 622 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,179 and the attack at the school, 623 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:12,880 I I don't know if they could actually 624 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,039 have portrayed it because it's gonna be in 625 00:23:15,039 --> 00:23:15,700 that episode. 626 00:23:16,414 --> 00:23:18,335 However, I feel like that would have been 627 00:23:18,335 --> 00:23:19,394 a high enough stakes 628 00:23:19,855 --> 00:23:21,615 to start with here. But, 629 00:23:23,615 --> 00:23:24,894 at the end of the episode or at 630 00:23:24,894 --> 00:23:26,494 the end of the issue, I should say, 631 00:23:26,654 --> 00:23:28,255 they don't come back to wrap around to 632 00:23:28,255 --> 00:23:30,255 the beginning of this. So I do wonder 633 00:23:30,255 --> 00:23:31,930 if in issue 4, I keep wanting to 634 00:23:31,930 --> 00:23:34,350 say episode, in issue 4 or 5, 635 00:23:34,809 --> 00:23:36,809 if that's where we're going to come back 636 00:23:36,809 --> 00:23:38,990 to this. So we get to see 637 00:23:39,529 --> 00:23:41,450 him get bit by the spider. We get 638 00:23:41,450 --> 00:23:44,250 to see him talking about his uncle and 639 00:23:44,250 --> 00:23:46,644 how his uncle has has already died. And 640 00:23:46,644 --> 00:23:48,484 so I'm not sure what the time frame 641 00:23:48,484 --> 00:23:50,085 is between when he gets bit by the 642 00:23:50,085 --> 00:23:52,105 spider and when his uncle gets killed. 643 00:23:53,765 --> 00:23:55,924 But we are definitely in Friendly Neighborhood Spider 644 00:23:55,924 --> 00:23:58,404 Man, the cartoon, going to be exploring that 645 00:23:58,404 --> 00:24:00,509 for the character of Spider Man. The other 646 00:24:00,509 --> 00:24:02,190 thing that we are gonna be exploring that 647 00:24:02,190 --> 00:24:05,630 gets told in almost every version of the 648 00:24:05,630 --> 00:24:07,470 origin story or at least the ones that 649 00:24:07,470 --> 00:24:09,950 matter and that is the whole wrestling match 650 00:24:09,950 --> 00:24:12,430 where he is taking on a wrestler as 651 00:24:12,430 --> 00:24:14,130 he is learning his powers. 652 00:24:14,744 --> 00:24:16,265 How do I know that? Because that's the 653 00:24:16,265 --> 00:24:19,085 cover for issue number 2. It's him 654 00:24:19,384 --> 00:24:20,684 in the wrestling ring 655 00:24:20,984 --> 00:24:22,684 throwing a giant 656 00:24:22,984 --> 00:24:23,484 wrestling 657 00:24:23,944 --> 00:24:25,484 shaped bodied man, 658 00:24:26,505 --> 00:24:27,565 out of the ring. 659 00:24:28,009 --> 00:24:29,529 And so I definitely feel like we're gonna 660 00:24:29,529 --> 00:24:31,609 be getting that chapter of things. I'm just 661 00:24:31,609 --> 00:24:33,309 not sure how that fits into the hole, 662 00:24:33,849 --> 00:24:34,669 where he 663 00:24:35,450 --> 00:24:38,109 chooses not to do something, not my problem, 664 00:24:38,970 --> 00:24:41,230 and allows a bad guy to get away 665 00:24:41,369 --> 00:24:43,744 while, you know and then and then that 666 00:24:43,744 --> 00:24:45,904 bad guy kills uncle Ben. Because it felt 667 00:24:45,904 --> 00:24:47,345 like there's a line in here

where he 668 00:24:47,345 --> 00:24:48,704 talks about how I don't wanna be the 669 00:24:48,704 --> 00:24:50,865 guy that everyone just knows of as the 670 00:24:50,865 --> 00:24:52,325 guy whose whose uncle died. 671 00:24:52,704 --> 00:24:53,204 And 672 00:24:53,825 --> 00:24:55,505 and so I I I don't know how 673 00:24:55,505 --> 00:24:56,884 the time frame works here. 674 00:24:57,890 --> 00:24:59,429 All that said, this is 675 00:25:00,210 --> 00:25:02,049 shaping up to be, I think, a fun 676 00:25:02,049 --> 00:25:04,609 retelling of early Spider Man Adventures. That's what 677 00:25:04,609 --> 00:25:06,789 they're hoping for from the cartoon series, 678 00:25:07,329 --> 00:25:08,690 the which we will be covering here on 679 00:25:08,690 --> 00:25:10,690 Welcome to Level 7. I'm not sure how 680 00:25:10,929 --> 00:25:11,750 what frequency. 681 00:25:12,644 --> 00:25:13,625 As you can see, 682 00:25:14,085 --> 00:25:16,805 the frequency of welcome to level 7, if 683 00:25:16,805 --> 00:25:18,505 you were to ask me what's the frequency, 684 00:25:18,565 --> 00:25:19,065 Bennett, 685 00:25:19,684 --> 00:25:21,605 the frequency has not been as hot as 686 00:25:21,605 --> 00:25:23,605 I would like it to be. I haven't 687 00:25:23,605 --> 00:25:26,950 recorded many episodes with Samantha or with Stuart 688 00:25:26,950 --> 00:25:29,109 lately because I have a backlog of episodes 689 00:25:29,109 --> 00:25:30,630 that I need to edit about Agatha all 690 00:25:30,630 --> 00:25:33,269 along. And so we're we're getting there. We're 691 00:25:33,269 --> 00:25:34,549 we're getting there. But, 692 00:25:35,109 --> 00:25:36,630 I wanted to hop on the mic and 693 00:25:36,630 --> 00:25:38,710 talk about this comic book. It's really more 694 00:25:38,710 --> 00:25:40,490 timely than Agatha all along, obviously. 695 00:25:41,164 --> 00:25:42,524 But the truth of the matter is I'm 696 00:25:42,524 --> 00:25:44,444 more excited about these comics than I am 697 00:25:44,444 --> 00:25:46,144 about Agatha all along. 698 00:25:46,845 --> 00:25:47,964 But I do need to get to it. 699 00:25:47,964 --> 00:25:48,784 And, Samantha, 700 00:25:49,085 --> 00:25:50,784 Stuart, I'm sorry that I haven't. 701 00:25:51,085 --> 00:25:53,024 It's hard. It's hard. You know? 702 00:25:54,149 --> 00:25:55,049 So anyway, 703 00:25:55,429 --> 00:25:57,669 let's talk about the Infinity watch, which is, 704 00:25:57,909 --> 00:25:59,750 the main event here. Although, I might talk 705 00:25:59,750 --> 00:26:01,829 about it less than I talked about, Friendly 706 00:26:01,829 --> 00:26:03,349 Neighborhood Spider Man because I don't think I'll 707 00:26:03,349 --> 00:26:05,369 have as many rabbit trails to go down. 708 00:26:05,654 --> 00:26:06,154 This, 709 00:26:06,615 --> 00:26:08,535 Infinity watch is something I was expecting them 710 00:26:08,535 --> 00:26:09,815 to do. I knew they were going to 711 00:26:09,815 --> 00:26:11,255 do. I talked about a little bit with 712 00:26:11,255

--> 00:26:12,934 Stuart. I did not talk about it in 713 00:26:12,934 --> 00:26:14,154 a specific episode 714 00:26:14,775 --> 00:26:16,535 about the comics and I did not talk 715 00:26:16,535 --> 00:26:18,394 about it with the comic book time machine. 716 00:26:18,980 --> 00:26:20,500 And so some of this might be new 717 00:26:20,500 --> 00:26:21,640 information, but 718 00:26:22,259 --> 00:26:23,539 by the time they got to the end 719 00:26:23,539 --> 00:26:24,440 of those annuals 720 00:26:24,820 --> 00:26:27,140 and that whole Thanos thing that they were 721 00:26:27,140 --> 00:26:28,039 doing there, 722 00:26:28,340 --> 00:26:30,740 I you could tell they were building up 723 00:26:30,740 --> 00:26:32,840 to a team up with these 724 00:26:33,315 --> 00:26:35,734 people who are their stone bearers. 725 00:26:36,194 --> 00:26:38,115 And so it's a it's a superhero team 726 00:26:38,115 --> 00:26:40,034 book. The Infinity Watch is a superhero team 727 00:26:40,034 --> 00:26:42,674 book. It includes Colleen Wing, so she's a 728 00:26:42,674 --> 00:26:45,154 known character in the Marvel Comics universe. It 729 00:26:45,154 --> 00:26:47,680 includes Coulson, also a known character, And it 730 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:48,180 includes, 731 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:50,259 what's the guy's name? 732 00:26:51,279 --> 00:26:52,880 I'm trying to remember his name. Apex, I 733 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:54,640 think. I'm looking through the comic to find 734 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:55,759 the name. I probably should just look it 735 00:26:55,759 --> 00:26:57,119 up online, have the list in front of 736 00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:59,200 me, but that's not what I'm doing. Apex, 737 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,519 who appeared in Thor comics ahead of time, 738 00:27:01,519 --> 00:27:03,845 and it includes the other new characters who 739 00:27:03,845 --> 00:27:05,765 have the soul stone. And so you have 740 00:27:05,765 --> 00:27:08,984 all the stones. There's time, space, soul, power, 741 00:27:09,365 --> 00:27:10,424 reality, mind, 742 00:27:10,884 --> 00:27:13,605 and death. Death being the new stone that 743 00:27:13,605 --> 00:27:14,105 is, 744 00:27:14,884 --> 00:27:17,845 now Phil Coulson, who has taken on that 745 00:27:17,845 --> 00:27:18,345 job. 746 00:27:18,789 --> 00:27:21,029 He he is not just a character in 747 00:27:21,029 --> 00:27:23,130 this book who has a superhero 748 00:27:23,990 --> 00:27:24,490 life. 749 00:27:25,109 --> 00:27:27,990 He also is at the same time going 750 00:27:27,990 --> 00:27:29,049 and escorting 751 00:27:29,670 --> 00:27:31,210 everyone who is 752 00:27:31,534 --> 00:27:33,474 dying in this universe 753 00:27:34,174 --> 00:27:36,734 to the afterlife. He goes to them and 754 00:27:36,734 --> 00:27:38,835 appears to them as they expect to be 755 00:27:39,054 --> 00:27:40,674 to be seeing death appear. 756 00:27:41,214 --> 00:27:42,815 And so when he first shows up in 757 00:27:42,815 --> 00:27:45,130 this comic, he looks like the Grim Reaper 758 00:27:45,130 --> 00:27:47,710 because of the expectations that some of his 759 00:27:48,170 --> 00:27:48,670 clients 760 00:27:49,369 --> 00:27:51,049 he doesn't call them clients. I am. But 761 00:27:51,049 --> 00:27:52,890 some of the expectations of people who have 762 00:27:52,890 --> 00:27:54,809 have just died or about to die, that's 763 00:27:54,809 --> 00:27:56,269 what they're expecting to see. 764 00:27:56,585 --> 00:27:58,285 And so he does take on the regular, 765 00:27:59,065 --> 00:28:00,744 Agent of S. H. I. E. L. D. 766 00:28:00,744 --> 00:28:04,204 Look being in a suit and tie with 767 00:28:04,744 --> 00:28:06,365 a skull for a lapel 768 00:28:06,984 --> 00:28:08,579 pin in this in this comic. 769 00:28:09,140 --> 00:28:11,220 And what's interesting, though, is as they go 770 00:28:11,220 --> 00:28:13,140 into battle, because there are some bad guys 771 00:28:13,140 --> 00:28:14,980 who come and who are able to drain 772 00:28:14,980 --> 00:28:17,700 the Infinity Stone powers. That's what they do 773 00:28:17,700 --> 00:28:21,319 is they drain and eat Infinity Stone powers 774 00:28:21,380 --> 00:28:23,399 and stone bearers as well. 775 00:28:23,779 --> 00:28:24,279 And 776 00:28:25,085 --> 00:28:26,924 when he is fighting these guys, he says, 777 00:28:26,924 --> 00:28:27,424 hey. 778 00:28:28,045 --> 00:28:30,205 Is there a nonlethal setting for my death 779 00:28:30,205 --> 00:28:32,945 powers? And so that's why I do appreciate 780 00:28:33,005 --> 00:28:34,845 what they have done with Colson here. He 781 00:28:34,845 --> 00:28:37,484 is death. Yes. He has the role and 782 00:28:37,484 --> 00:28:38,705 the job of 783 00:28:39,970 --> 00:28:42,369 escorting people when they have died. He's not 784 00:28:42,369 --> 00:28:44,529 going around killing people, you know, but he's 785 00:28:44,529 --> 00:28:46,769 going around and and being the guy that 786 00:28:46,769 --> 00:28:49,169 they're gonna see when they die. And it's 787 00:28:49,169 --> 00:28:49,669 kinda 788 00:28:50,130 --> 00:28:52,849 interesting to have him have that aspect of 789 00:28:52,849 --> 00:28:55,075 things. But then also along with that, as 790 00:28:55,075 --> 00:28:56,914 he goes into action as a superhero, he 791 00:28:56,914 --> 00:28:57,975 doesn't want to kill. 792 00:28:58,515 --> 00:28:59,875 Even though these bad guys are really bad 793 00:28:59,875 --> 00:29:01,795 guys, and they're doing some bad things, and 794 00:29:01,795 --> 00:29:02,295 they, 795 00:29:02,674 --> 00:29:04,215 there's no reasoning with them. 796 00:29:05,234 --> 00:29:05,975 And so 797 00:29:06,755 --> 00:29:08,914 what happens in the midst of this is 798 00:29:08,914 --> 00:29:10,535 there is someone who 799 00:29:10,970 --> 00:29:12,750 shows up with those bad guys 800 00:29:13,609 --> 00:29:16,329 who ends up needing the help of the 801 00:29:16,329 --> 00:29:16,829 stone 802 00:29:17,529 --> 00:29:18,829 bearers. And 803 00:29:19,130 --> 00:29:20,570 the

twist is I don't want to get 804 00:29:20,570 --> 00:29:22,570 into the twist too much. I'm trying to 805 00:29:22,570 --> 00:29:24,029 decide how much to spoil 806 00:29:24,684 --> 00:29:25,424 or not. 807 00:29:25,964 --> 00:29:28,045 And so I'm not gonna spoil anything as 808 00:29:28,045 --> 00:29:30,125 far as what the twist is, but he 809 00:29:30,125 --> 00:29:32,445 needs all of them and all of their 810 00:29:32,445 --> 00:29:32,945 powers. 811 00:29:33,565 --> 00:29:34,384 He himself 812 00:29:35,964 --> 00:29:39,009 is a stone bearer. And so he's coming 813 00:29:39,150 --> 00:29:41,809 to specifically request their help 814 00:29:42,349 --> 00:29:42,849 with 815 00:29:43,630 --> 00:29:45,730 fixing what the other bad guys 816 00:29:46,029 --> 00:29:47,150 because, well, I don't know if he's a 817 00:29:47,150 --> 00:29:48,750 good guy or bad guys for I mean, 818 00:29:48,750 --> 00:29:50,849 without binary, good bad, good evil, 819 00:29:51,944 --> 00:29:53,964 white hat, black hat kind of a thing. 820 00:29:55,464 --> 00:29:57,625 They did something to his universe, and now 821 00:29:57,625 --> 00:29:58,285 he needs 822 00:29:58,744 --> 00:29:59,244 the 823 00:30:00,025 --> 00:30:01,884 reality bending powers 824 00:30:02,505 --> 00:30:04,440 of this team to help them. And the 825 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:06,279 other interesting thing as they are going through 826 00:30:06,279 --> 00:30:08,599 all of this story is that they are 827 00:30:08,599 --> 00:30:10,940 kind of talking about when we are together, 828 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,000 we are a God. We are God. Like, 829 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,140 we are so powerful 830 00:30:14,519 --> 00:30:15,900 with the the reality 831 00:30:16,835 --> 00:30:20,214 stone allowing this the reality stone bearer to 832 00:30:20,674 --> 00:30:22,214 literally shape reality 833 00:30:22,595 --> 00:30:24,134 however she wants to, 834 00:30:24,835 --> 00:30:25,494 to death, 835 00:30:26,355 --> 00:30:29,075 to, you know, controlling time and being able 836 00:30:29,075 --> 00:30:30,835 to move through time and being able to 837 00:30:30,835 --> 00:30:31,815 move through space 838 00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:33,799 and being able to, 839 00:30:34,339 --> 00:30:37,539 pull in and and speak to souls and 840 00:30:37,539 --> 00:30:39,319 all the things that they're able to do, 841 00:30:40,019 --> 00:30:42,259 they are a very, very powerful team. That's 842 00:30:42,259 --> 00:30:43,539 one of the things I was curious about. 843 00:30:43,539 --> 00:30:45,460 Like, what's going to happen when you bring 844 00:30:45,460 --> 00:30:47,720 these characters together into a team 845 00:30:48,154 --> 00:30:50,575 that would be overpowered, that that that could 846 00:30:50,875 --> 00:30:51,934 very, very 847 00:30:52,315 --> 00:30:52,815 seriously 848 00:30:53,115 --> 00:30:54,575 be an overpowered team 849 00:30:54,875 --> 00:30:56,255 for any kind of 850 00:30:57,034 --> 00:30:58,894 of foe and any kind of antagonist. 851 00:30:59,595 --> 00:31:01,514 And so the they bring in this small 852 00:31:01,514 --> 00:31:03,269 team of antagonists who are able to kind 853 00:31:03,269 --> 00:31:04,490 of fight them to a standstill 854 00:31:05,190 --> 00:31:05,690 until 855 00:31:06,710 --> 00:31:08,950 the other guy reveals himself. And then it's 856 00:31:08,950 --> 00:31:09,850 like, okay. 857 00:31:10,549 --> 00:31:12,630 We've got a we've got an antagonist here, 858 00:31:12,630 --> 00:31:13,210 a team, 859 00:31:13,590 --> 00:31:15,704 that they actually is a match for them. 860 00:31:16,184 --> 00:31:17,784 Well, then this other guy is a match 861 00:31:17,784 --> 00:31:19,384 for them as well as he's making his 862 00:31:19,384 --> 00:31:21,065 case and asking for what he wants, and 863 00:31:21,065 --> 00:31:22,984 they are not willing to give him what 864 00:31:22,984 --> 00:31:25,224 he wants right away. They and he's not 865 00:31:25,224 --> 00:31:28,424 willing to wait. And so the the ending 866 00:31:28,849 --> 00:31:31,089 like, there's some weird stuff going on here. 867 00:31:31,089 --> 00:31:34,630 There's some mind bending, reality bending, story bending 868 00:31:34,690 --> 00:31:37,410 stuff going on here. Some 4th wall breaking 869 00:31:37,410 --> 00:31:39,430 potentially, if not 4th wall breaking, 870 00:31:39,970 --> 00:31:40,950 then potentially 871 00:31:42,244 --> 00:31:44,505 it's it's kinda getting into that Grant Morrison, 872 00:31:46,244 --> 00:31:46,744 meta 873 00:31:47,365 --> 00:31:47,865 storytelling. 874 00:31:48,325 --> 00:31:51,125 And and so there's there's some interesting stuff 875 00:31:51,125 --> 00:31:53,045 going on here. I wasn't sure what to 876 00:31:53,045 --> 00:31:53,545 expect, 877 00:31:54,085 --> 00:31:56,005 but I did know that this would be 878 00:31:56,005 --> 00:31:57,365 a comic book that was going to go 879 00:31:57,365 --> 00:31:58,849 on my poll list. I have 880 00:31:59,309 --> 00:32:01,470 3 comics on my poll list right now 881 00:32:01,470 --> 00:32:02,929 as far as ongoing series. 882 00:32:03,309 --> 00:32:06,509 Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Man, Infinity Watch, and 883 00:32:06,509 --> 00:32:07,009 Gatchaman, 884 00:32:07,789 --> 00:32:10,690 which is based on the anime series Gatchaman, 885 00:32:10,910 --> 00:32:13,224 which spawned the Battle of the Planets, which 886 00:32:13,224 --> 00:32:14,045 is a 887 00:32:14,424 --> 00:32:15,724 huge, huge influential 888 00:32:16,345 --> 00:32:16,845 cartoon 889 00:32:17,144 --> 00:32:19,884 from my youth that is still influencing me 890 00:32:20,105 --> 00:32:20,605 today 891 00:32:21,065 --> 00:32:21,785 when I, 892 00:32:22,184 --> 00:32:23,565 do some of my storytelling 893 00:32:23,945 --> 00:32:26,059 as far as some of the characters and 894 00:32:26,059 --> 00:32:28,940 team dynamics and things that I've done and 895 00:32:28,940 --> 00:32:30,080 am doing. 896 00:32:31,420 --> 00:32:33,340 More on that later. I'm not gonna talk

897 00:32:33,340 --> 00:32:35,420 too much about, you know, future things that 898 00:32:35,420 --> 00:32:37,099 haven't happened yet, but that are in the 899 00:32:37,099 --> 00:32:39,515 planning stages. But that's another reason why I 900 00:32:39,515 --> 00:32:41,375 haven't been able to get into 901 00:32:42,315 --> 00:32:42,894 the podcast 902 00:32:43,195 --> 00:32:44,875 editing the way I would like to. I'm 903 00:32:44,875 --> 00:32:46,575 still part of that whole 904 00:32:47,035 --> 00:32:49,434 Larry Boy project for Veggie Tales, but I 905 00:32:49,434 --> 00:32:50,875 have some other things that I'm trying to 906 00:32:50,875 --> 00:32:53,170 get going and and we'll hopefully be able 907 00:32:53,170 --> 00:32:54,070 to talk about, 908 00:32:54,529 --> 00:32:55,349 on microphone 909 00:32:56,049 --> 00:32:58,309 in the not too distant future. So 910 00:32:59,650 --> 00:33:01,330 there was a rabbit trail, but not as 911 00:33:01,330 --> 00:33:03,090 big of a rabbit trail as the friendly 912 00:33:03,090 --> 00:33:05,590 neighborhood Spider Man rabbit trails were. 913 00:33:06,049 --> 00:33:09,045 I recommend this, but it's a hesitant recommendation. 914 00:33:09,265 --> 00:33:11,904 It's not for everyone. It features characters that 915 00:33:11,904 --> 00:33:13,585 you're not going to be familiar with unless 916 00:33:13,585 --> 00:33:14,725 you read those annuals. 917 00:33:15,265 --> 00:33:18,065 Those annuals are part of this story, and 918 00:33:18,065 --> 00:33:20,465 they directly lead into this story. So if 919 00:33:20,465 --> 00:33:22,880 you're picking this number one issue up, hoping 920 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:24,420 you're gonna get to know all the characters, 921 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,059 you will get a sense of the characters 922 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,440 personalities. That comes through very well in the 923 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:29,940 writing, 924 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:31,679 which by the way, let's talk about the 925 00:33:31,679 --> 00:33:34,400 credits. Derek Landy is the writer. Penciler was, 926 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:35,140 Rari 927 00:33:35,484 --> 00:33:37,964 Coleman. Anchor was Scott Hanna. Colorist was Brian 928 00:33:37,964 --> 00:33:39,105 Reber, and Eric 929 00:33:39,484 --> 00:33:39,964 are 930 00:33:40,444 --> 00:33:40,944 Arkanagia. 931 00:33:41,724 --> 00:33:43,904 And the letterer was Corey Pettit. 932 00:33:44,764 --> 00:33:46,365 And so this 933 00:33:46,845 --> 00:33:48,944 as far as the writing goes, the characters 934 00:33:49,740 --> 00:33:51,740 come through. You'll get a sense for who 935 00:33:51,740 --> 00:33:52,559 they are 936 00:33:53,660 --> 00:33:56,079 as far as personality types. 937 00:33:56,460 --> 00:33:57,980 You will not get a sense of who 938 00:33:57,980 --> 00:33:59,420 they are as far as where they came 939 00:33:59,420 --> 00:33:59,920 from 940 00:34:00,299 --> 00:34:03,579 unless there's there's there's very few lines of 941 00:34:03,579 --> 00:34:04,079 exposition. 942 00:34:04,684 --> 00:34:06,204 There is one line where the person with 943 00:34:06,365 --> 00:34:08,525 or the the robot guy with the soul 944 00:34:08,525 --> 00:34:10,364 stone says, do you think the soul stone 945 00:34:10,364 --> 00:34:13,105 chose me because I don't have a soul? 946 00:34:13,484 --> 00:34:13,984 And, 947 00:34:14,605 --> 00:34:16,684 the time guy, who they were just talking 948 00:34:16,684 --> 00:34:19,085 about how maybe the time stone chose you 949 00:34:19,085 --> 00:34:20,980 because you want to change the past. And, 950 00:34:20,980 --> 00:34:21,480 you 951 00:34:21,780 --> 00:34:24,099 know, so you don't get a whole lot 952 00:34:24,099 --> 00:34:25,400 more than that. 953 00:34:26,340 --> 00:34:28,900 There's a brief mention that Colleen Wing is 954 00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:30,980 the one person out of this whole team 955 00:34:30,980 --> 00:34:34,039 who wasn't the first choice of the stone 956 00:34:34,295 --> 00:34:36,695 because the first choice was killed in that 957 00:34:36,695 --> 00:34:38,155 in that annual. So, 958 00:34:38,775 --> 00:34:40,934 yeah, I I'm not a huge fan of 959 00:34:40,934 --> 00:34:43,015 this team book. I am a fan of 960 00:34:43,015 --> 00:34:45,735 a character on this team, and that's why 961 00:34:45,735 --> 00:34:48,215 I'm buying it, and that's why I'm interested 962 00:34:48,215 --> 00:34:48,954 in it. 963 00:34:49,255 --> 00:34:49,755 And 964 00:34:50,090 --> 00:34:52,190 I will be reading it. And so monthly, 965 00:34:52,250 --> 00:34:53,710 you can probably expect 966 00:34:54,010 --> 00:34:56,489 maybe not every month, but but generally speaking, 967 00:34:56,489 --> 00:34:58,250 I'll be talking about more of these comics 968 00:34:58,250 --> 00:34:59,710 in comic book episodes. 969 00:35:00,010 --> 00:35:02,750 The same with, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Man, 970 00:35:02,889 --> 00:35:05,230 which was written by Christos Gage, 971 00:35:05,715 --> 00:35:07,175 drawn by Eric Gapster, 972 00:35:07,635 --> 00:35:10,195 colored by Jim Campbell, and lettered by Joe 973 00:35:10,195 --> 00:35:10,695 Caramagna. 974 00:35:12,355 --> 00:35:14,195 Now, the one thing I will say about 975 00:35:14,195 --> 00:35:16,135 the Infinity watch is the artwork 976 00:35:17,555 --> 00:35:18,055 sometimes 977 00:35:18,515 --> 00:35:21,489 is dynamic. And then there was one splash 978 00:35:21,489 --> 00:35:21,989 page 979 00:35:22,369 --> 00:35:23,989 that felt more like a cover. 980 00:35:24,529 --> 00:35:26,130 They're supposed to be in an action pose, 981 00:35:26,130 --> 00:35:28,369 but they are just standing there, and it's 982 00:35:28,369 --> 00:35:30,789 not dramatic at all. It was very interesting, 983 00:35:31,329 --> 00:35:32,849 when I turned the page, and it just 984 00:35:32,849 --> 00:35:34,069 wasn't this very dramatic 985 00:35:35,335 --> 00:35:36,394 pose. And 986 00:35:36,775 --> 00:35:37,755 so, yeah. I 987 00:35:38,215 --> 00:35:38,715 I 988 00:35:39,015 -->

00:35:41,035 enjoyed it. It was good 989 00:35:41,414 --> 00:35:43,655 enough for me to say I'm not gonna 990 00:35:43,655 --> 00:35:46,055 feel bad picking up issue number 2. I'm 991 00:35:46,055 --> 00:35:48,215 not gonna feel any kind of trepidation picking 992 00:35:48,215 --> 00:35:50,590 up issue number 2. But both of these 993 00:35:50,590 --> 00:35:52,670 comics aren't they're not things I'm super excited 994 00:35:52,670 --> 00:35:54,130 about. They're just things I'm 995 00:35:54,590 --> 00:35:55,650 interested in. 996 00:35:56,030 --> 00:35:57,789 And that's my comic book collection in a 997 00:35:57,789 --> 00:36:00,429 nutshell, stuff I'm interested in. There's no comics 998 00:36:00,429 --> 00:36:02,190 of any value other than they had value 999 00:36:02,190 --> 00:36:03,710 to me at the time when I purchased 1000 00:36:03,710 --> 00:36:05,735 them because I was interested in it, and 1001 00:36:05,735 --> 00:36:07,655 I wanted to read it, and I liked 1002 00:36:07,655 --> 00:36:08,315 it. So 1003 00:36:08,855 --> 00:36:10,934 with all that said, I wanna say once 1004 00:36:10,934 --> 00:36:12,934 more to you. Thank you so much for 1005 00:36:12,934 --> 00:36:15,015 spending time with me and for listening to 1006 00:36:15,015 --> 00:36:17,434 me ramble, and have fun talking about 1007 00:36:17,889 --> 00:36:21,190 comic books and characters that I like. And 1008 00:36:21,329 --> 00:36:23,190 as far as the Colson Chronicles 1009 00:36:23,809 --> 00:36:26,530 and the Friendly Neighborhood Spider Man comic book 1010 00:36:26,530 --> 00:36:28,210 stuff, I'm not sure if I'm gonna break 1011 00:36:28,210 --> 00:36:29,969 it out into their own episodes or if 1012 00:36:29,969 --> 00:36:31,575 I'm just gonna do, like, every once in 1013 00:36:31,575 --> 00:36:32,974 a while, do something like this, where I'm 1014 00:36:32,974 --> 00:36:34,355 just talking about MCU 1015 00:36:34,655 --> 00:36:35,555 comic books 1016 00:36:36,255 --> 00:36:37,875 comic books related to the MCU. 1017 00:36:38,494 --> 00:36:40,815 And yeah. So as far as that goes, 1018 00:36:40,815 --> 00:36:42,575 I I don't know. I'm not gonna do 1019 00:36:42,575 --> 00:36:44,894 any deep dives into okay. Here's all the 1020 00:36:44,894 --> 00:36:47,039 Agatha all along comics. I'm not not anything 1021 00:36:47,039 --> 00:36:49,680 like that. It's just gonna be really following 1022 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:52,260 Colson and following the friendly neighborhood Spider Man. 1023 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:52,820 So 1024 00:36:53,199 --> 00:36:55,300 that's what you can look forward to, but 1025 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,000 yeah. Until next time, I just wanna say 1026 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,474 wherever you are, wherever you are going, I 1027 00:37:00,474 --> 00:37:02,795 wanna say thank you so much for spending 1028 00:37:02,795 --> 00:37:04,795 time with me as you're going there, and 1029 00:37:04,795 --> 00:37:06,014 I also wanna wish 1030 00:37:06,394 --> 00:37:06,974 you Godspeed.