Another
Amazing Spider-Man 2 update comes once again from The Daily Bugle viral
website. This time there aren’t any villain hints, but a possible appearance from
the newspaper publisher J.J. Jameson.
October
30, 2013
An
Editorial from Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson
Last
night, I walked out of the 6-train at 96th Street, only to be greeted by a
freshly painted graffiti tag of a large red spider painted on a wooden
construction fence.
Generally,
I ignore the “modern art” of the masses. I must be far too uncivilized to
appreciate the subtle nuances of the work. But in this case, the meaning was
not open to interpretation.
Do
the young people of this city really want to turn the mysterious creature known
as Spider-Man into some kind of modern-day Robin Hood?
It
has been three months since the terrorist attack at Oscorp Tower in Midtown
Manhattan. Three months since a man who had changed into a seven-foot tall
lizard battled against another man in a red and blue unitard who could crawl up
walls. Three months since the city was introduced to a new status quo, one that
will adversely affect the entire planet. It has been three months, and we know
nothing more about the man called Spider-Man than we did on that terrible
night.
This
masked, web-slinging vigilante has refused to identify himself. He has given no
public statements. He has refused to be interviewed by the police. He has
repeatedly refused requests from the media, including from this paper, to provide
some assurance to the people of this city that he means us no harm.
Who
appointed him as the new sheriff in town? I didn’t. Did you?
What
gives him the moral, much less legal, authority to decide who deserves
punishment and how that punishment should be doled out?
Heroes
do not need to promote their actions, but they also do not hide from the people
they help. Until Spider-Man tells us more about himself, he is no hero. I dare
him to prove me wrong.
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