THIS IS THE BEST BONUS STORY MARVEL HAS EVER PUBLISHED!!!
It’s funny b/c Spider-Man making no quips is usually code for “someone fucked up and Spidey’s on the warpath”. That’s probably why the fourth guy just said “uh-oh”.
not to mention since all the guys are actually conscious and upright in the van, it heavily implies that the villains, in fact, had just surrendered in naked TERROR, probably while begging Spidey to not rearrange their skeletons
the fishbowl head guy is Mysterio, who’s tangled with Spider-man enough times to know that when he’s not quipping, it’s generally a VERY bad sign, akin to when Batman starts smiling or LAUGHING.
about every time Spider-Man’s been quiet, near silent, or completely serious, it’s usually because someone’s screwed with his family badly and he’s hit the breaking point, or cause one of his loved ones is in danger/hurt/dying
When you ask most people what the best story Marvel has done with Kingpin as the villain
They will probably go with Frank Miller’s Daredevil work
This is because they are FOOLS
Because I can tell you right now that this is the best thing ever done with the character
Kingpin finds out that a bunch of heroes regularly get together to play poker and proceeds to crash their SUPERHERO POKER NIGHT…like literally just knocks on the door and strolls in like a baller
(Sidenote I love how the Human Torch is like ‘WHAT THE HECKIE’ at how surreal this is…the most infamous mob boss in new york, a man who regularly employs supervillains, RHINO PEOPLE and killer robots has just shown up at their front door like “I heard you guys were having a poker game and wanted to come hang out”…like he’s just their Weird Supervillain Neighbour)
But this isn’t what makes this story the best oh no
That’s what Kingpin will do with his winnings if he beats them
What would a depraved supervillain do with all that money you wonder?
Bribery? Fund some grand criminal enterprise? Use it to purchase illegal firearms or in some seedy druge deal?
Nope
He’s going to legally purchase a boat and give it a name that’s a fuck you to the heroes
And then just to rub it in their faces he’s going to ILLEGALLY BUY A CUBAN CIGAR
THIS IS AMAZING
This is like something right out of the Venture Brothers
The heroes arch nemesis, a man who regularly tries to murder them to death, shows up and is just like “And if I win…I SHALL USE YOUR MONEY TO ILLEGALLY PURCHASE A CUBAN CIGAR!”
I BET HE’S GOING TO SMOKE IT IN A MOVIE THEATRE TOO
OR THE NON SMOKING SECTION OF A RESTAURANT
THE FIEND
This is legitimately like something The Monarch or Marik from Yu Gi Oh Abridged would do…I cannot stop laughing at this scene okay it’s amazing
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