Credits
Writer(s):
Alex Ross (Co-Plot); Jim Krueger
Penciller(s):
Jackson Guice
Inker(s):
John Romita; Al Milgrom; John Stanisci
Colorist(s):
Nick Bell
Letterer(s):
Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres:
superhero
Feature(s):
Spider-Man
Character(s):
Peter Parker [Spider-Man]; Venom [May Parker]; Spiders Man; GUESTS: Marshall Muldoon; Sergeant Luke Cage; Gwen Parker (illusion); Harry Osborn (illusion); Mary Jane Osborn (illusion); Spider-Man [Ben Parker] (illusion); CAMEO FLASHBACK: Mary Jane Parker; Gwen Stacy; Venom [Eddie Brock]; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]; Captain George Stacy; Dr. Octopus; Aunt May Parker; Anna Watson; Flash Thompson; Liz Allan; Betty Brant; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; The Skull; Namor, the Cursed
Synopsis:
Peter Parker disappears while trying to infiltrate the Church of Immortus to get to Spiders Man. May Parker, as Venom, is able to track down her father who has been put into a trance by Spiders Man. May enters Peter's psyche and finds he has created an ideal world where he has married Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane, May's mom, has married Harry Osborn and May has been replaced by a brother, Ben. May tries to talk her father out of this false reality but is plagued with doubts. Peter snaps out of his trance and actually thanks Spiders Man for showing him how much he cherishes his daughter.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
48
Notes:
Continued in Universe X (Marvel, 2000 series) #4; This is the infamous story that could have been dubbed "Milgrom's Bane" as it got him fired from his long time staff position at Marvel. In the original printing of the comic, Milgrom, who assisted John Romita in inking the "illusion sequences" of the story, scribbled "Bob Harras, ha ha, he's gone, good riddance to bad rubbish, he was a nasty, s.o.b." on the spines of books on a bookshelf on page 28, panel 3 of the story as a "tribute" to recently departed Editor in Chief, Bob Harras. The hidden message was quickly discovered in preview copies sent to retailers and Marvel pulped the run and reprinted the comic with the book spines blank. Al Milgrom was fired and lost the many years worth of benefits he had accumulated at the company. He was told that he could still work for Marvel on a freelance basis but they would take a portion of his pay to reimburse the company for the cost of destroying the original print run. In Milgrom's defense, he claims that the offending comment was caught and removed before the comic originally went to print but an earlier color plate was used in final production and the inclusion of the slur was an unfortunate accident. Ironically, this sort of mix-up is exactly what happened when the Universe X Volume 1 trade paperback was published two years later and the reprint of this story once again accidentally sported the secret message. At this point, the powers at be that Marvel shrugged their shoulders and let it slide.
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