Spider-Man’s road to recovery from his No Good, Very Bad Night has been kind of a protracted one – from the moment of his injury to his subsequent rescue – and it’s one for which he’s not been on-panel! A lot of people have talked about him, and about what he means to them, but Spider-Man hasn’t gotten a chance to talk about that night and how it affected him for himself. So, he’s doing that today!
Spider-Man’s whole thing is improperly processing traumatic events, so it makes sense to me that he goes a little Death Wish after getting jumped by the Red Skull and HYDRA. People with far fewer super-powers than him have gone much deeper into the deep end! I’m not saying I agree, mind you.
War Machine is often a sounding board for other Avengers in the Phil Wrede Marvel Action Figure Comic Universe; I think it’s because he knows what a good second banana has to do, from hanging out with Iron Man for so long. Sidekicks need to ask the right questions, to spark realizations in the mind of the hero, and to try and keep them on a good path. Maybe that’s just what a good friend does, too!
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