Re: [BNW] [BNW]An answer and a question ...

["B.D. Flory" <bflory@frontiernet.net>]

> you can't go beyond it.  It's the whole superhero mentality. I think it
was 
> Hal Mangold that gave the best analogy.  Spiderman is a webslinger, as he

> runs through the city fighting crime he eventually gets better at 
> webslinging, bouncing off walls, dodging attacks, using his spidey-sense
etc 
> ..  but he dosen't all of a sudden gain the ability to fly, shoot laser 
> beams out his eyes (or other parts of his body), teleport, grow
adamantium 
> claws or anything else.

Faulty analogy.  In the "Acts of Vengeance" mega-crossover, Spidey "went
cosmic", and did indeed gain the ability to fly, manipulate matter,
teleport, etc.

<grin> Ain't Marvel screwy?

B.D. "comic fanboy" Flory