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===Mary Jane Watson, Bobby Carr, and Jackpot=== |
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It is established that Mary Jane and Peter were in a long-term relationship, but things ended badly, and their relationship is now frosty at best. As far as Peter |
It is established that Mary Jane and Peter were in a long-term relationship, but things ended badly, and their relationship is now frosty at best. As far as Peter (or anyone else) remembers, he and Mary Jane did not get married, but cohabited as a couple since the day of the aborted wedding. It is unclear whether Mary Jane has an awareness of her previous marriage to Peter, and their deal with Mephisto; |
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In one conversation, Spider-Man asks, "Do I know you?", to which MJ responds, "We've met. In another life." Spider-Man is not aware it is MJ he is speaking to; she is concealing her identity as per her current boyfriend's (film star Bobby Carr) wishes. |
In one conversation, Spider-Man asks, "Do I know you?", to which MJ responds, "We've met. In another life." Spider-Man is not aware it is MJ he is speaking to; she is concealing her identity as per her current boyfriend's (film star Bobby Carr) wishes. |
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However, based on their dialog from "One Moment In Time" neither MJ nor Peter, seem to have any recollection of the deal. |
However, based on their dialog from "One Moment In Time" neither MJ nor Peter, seem to have any recollection of the deal. |
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| "Brand New Day" | |
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 Cover of The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3, 558 (Jul, 2008)Art by Barry Kitson. | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Publication date | January – July 2008 |
| Genre | |
| Title(s) | The Amazing Spider-Man #546-564 |
| Main character(s) | Spider-Man Harry Osborn Mister Negative Jackpot Menace Freak |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Dan Slott, Marc Guggenheim, Bob Gale, and Zeb Wells |
| Artist(s) | Steve McNiven, Salvador Larroca, Phil Jimenez, Chris Bachalo, Marcos Martin, and Barry Kitson |
| Inker(s) | Dexter Vines, Andy Lanning, and Tim Townsend |
| Colorist(s) | Morry Hollowell, Dave Stewart, Jason Keith, Jeromy Cox, and Antonio Fabela |
"Brand New Day" is the title of a run of comic book storylines, published by Marvel Comics in 2008. It chronicles the start of Spider-Man's adventures in the aftermath of the big status quo change in the "One More Day" storyline, and the banner runs across the front covers of The Amazing Spider-Man #546-564, along with Spider-Man: Swing Shift (Director's Cut) (the new status quo was actually first published in June 2007 with the release of Free Comic Book Day 2007: Spider-Man #1 (Free Comic Book Day issue), which was reprinted with new material as Spider-Man: Swing Shift (Director's Cut) in 2008).
Following this, Marvel made The Amazing Spider-Man the company's sole Spider-Man title, upped its frequency of publication to three issues monthly (following the cancellations of the other Spider-Man titles The Sensational Spider-Man volume 2 and Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man in 2007), and inaugurated the series with a sequence of "back to basics" story arcs. Since the "Brand New Day" storyline began in issue #546 (January 2008), there have been a total of 61 issues of The Amazing Spider-Man released. If the title had shipped only once a month in the current 40 issue run (as of September 30, 2009), issue #607 would not have shipped until February 2013. This also marks the first time since 1976 that only one regularly-published title features Spider-Man in its title (Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #1 December 1976).
Plot
The new status quo
Following the events of "One More Day", Spider-Man's marriage to Mary Jane Watson has been erased, resulting in adjustments to his own history. Spider-Man's secret identity has also been forgotten by everyone, including people who knew his identity before his public unmasking. Harry Osborn is again alive; he has been living in Europe for years. Aunt May is alive and well and volunteers in a homeless shelter. Peter has his original mechanical webshooters. Although "some people" vaguely recall that Spider-Man unmasked himself during the events of "Civil War", they do not remember whose face was under the mask, and even if this is brought to their attention, they soon cease to worry about it.[1]
Brand New Day
Spider-Man has not been seen for one hundred days because of the Superhuman Registration Act. Peter Parker is living at Aunt May's house while he searches for an affordable apartment. Peter decides to check in on the Daily Bugle, to discover that the Bugle is suffering from extreme financial difficulties. J. Jonah Jameson suffers a heart attack, due to stress.
In light of the Bugle's financial difficulties, Robbie asks Peter to do what he can to get Spider-Man pictures that he believes would boost circulation, which convinces Peter to return to the web-slinging. Robbie is finally getting on top of things as Dexter Bennett, a celebrity businessman, arrives to inform him that he's bought all of Jameson's Bugle shares and is now running operations.
After encountering supervillain Menace, Peter is concerned that Harry might have returned to his goblin-glider ways, but Harry's girlfriend, Lily Hollister, provides an alibi.
Mary Jane Watson, Bobby Carr, and Jackpot
It is established that Mary Jane and Peter were in a long-term relationship, but things ended badly, and their relationship is now frosty at best. As far as Peter (or anyone else) remembers, he and Mary Jane did not get married, but cohabited as a couple since the day of the aborted wedding. It is unclear whether Mary Jane has an awareness of her previous marriage to Peter, and their deal with Mephisto; In one conversation, Spider-Man asks, "Do I know you?", to which MJ responds, "We've met. In another life." Spider-Man is not aware it is MJ he is speaking to; she is concealing her identity as per her current boyfriend's (film star Bobby Carr) wishes. However, based on their dialog from "One Moment In Time" neither MJ nor Peter, seem to have any recollection of the deal.
Spider-Man speculates that Mary Jane Watson may be the new registered superhero Jackpot. Jackpot herself tells Spider-Man that her real name is Sara Ehret, but when Spider-Man visits this woman, she denies all knowledge of this. Sara is later seen approaching Mary Jane at the airport for an autograph.
New supporting cast
Carlie Cooper
Carlie is a very close lifelong friend of Lily Hollister. She works as a forensics expert in the crime scene unit. New to her job, she shows interest in the more "exotic" cases, but has to start at the bottom. Her father is Ray Cooper, a deceased cop who was well-respected by his peers. While preparing a body found in the river for the Medical Examiner, she finds a spider-tracer in its mouth, which initiates the police warrant for the "Spider-Tracer Killer" (believed by most to be Spider-Man).
She is kidnapped by Dr. Rabin, an insane professor intent on using human sacrifices to appease an ancient Mayan god. He drags a bound and gagged Carlie out into a blizzard and attempts to murder her and offer her to the god, but she is saved when Spider-Man arrives and defeats Rabin.
Dexter Bennett
The new owner of the Daily Bugle, which he renames the DB. He has a personal vendetta against both Spider-Man and Peter Parker, which leads Peter and Robbie Robertson to leave the paper.
Lily Hollister
Harry Osborn's girlfriend. Her father, Bill Hollister, is running for the Mayoralty of New York, chiefly at her insistence.
Vin Gonzales
Vin works for the NYPD, and hates Spider-Man, thinking that the webhead is up to no good. However, his friend Al O'Neil, who also works for the NYPD, disagrees. Peter moves into Vin's apartment and becomes his roommate [2]. When Peter is fired from the DB, he doesn't want Vin to know, because he fears Vin would think he was rooming with a flake. When he does find out he is furious that Peter lied to him; however, they have since reconciled.
Other characters
Ryan Maxwell, the man who sued Spider-Man
Ryan Maxwell is a construction worker. After Dexter Bennett changes the name of the Daily Bugle, he is working on taking down the giant letters from the top of the newspaper's building when Menace knocks his co-worker Bill off their suspended platform. Spider-Man arrives to catch Bill, but his webbing is attached to the underneath of the platform and the cables break under the pressure, causing Ryan to fall as well, along with the giant "U" of "Bugle". Spider-Man catches both the giant U and Ryan with his webbing, but Ryan's neck is injured.
Ryan later approaches the lawyer Matt Dowd, asking if he can sue Spider-Man for knocking him off a building. Dowd tells him that because his identity is unknown, they can file a "John Doe" complaint and serve him by publication; if he doesn't respond, they get a default judgment against him.
Bruno Karnelli
Bruno is the overweight son of a Karnelli and a Manfredi, and credits his parents' marriage with bringing the two crime families together, although he feels put out that he has not been invited to their big meeting. He has made a deal with Mister Negative, who has promised to make Bruno head of both families. After Sean Boyle accidentally plants a spider-tracer on him, Spider-Man follows him (hoping it will lead him back to Boyle) as he is pulled into a blue van and kidnapped. Bruno is tied to a table by Mister Negative and his Inner Demons as they extract a large amount of blood from him, until they are interrupted by Spider-Man, who lets them escape in order to save Bruno. From what he's seen of Bruno, Spider-Man reckons that the only way he would become leader of the crime families is if everyone else up for the job is killed, which makes Bruno realize that this has been Mister Negative's plan all along. Bruno then tells Spider-Man where to find them.
New villains
Sean Boyle, Spider-mugger
Boyle sells his wallets and the webshooter (which he thinks is a watch) to his fence, Dooley, at the Blind Spot, a waterfront bar for crooks. Dooley considers the webshooter useless and returns it to Boyle, who puts it on only to discover what it actually is - accidentally shooting a spider-tracer onto the back of Bruno Karnelli, who is also at the bar. Boyle hides this from Dooley and starts using the webshooter to restrain his victims, until he realises that he must have stolen it from the real Spider-Man and one of the wallets he's given to Dooley contains his ID. He returns to the Blind Spot and asks for it to be returned, attacking Dooley with webbing, but Dooley turns it around on him and starts strangling Boyle with it. Later on, as Dooley drives off, Spider-Man finds Boyle's lifeless body with the webshooter and tracer still on him. Gonzales and O'Neil witness Spider-Man doing this and assume he's killed Boyle.
Overdrive
Introduced in Free Comic Book Day's Swing Shift, he can "pimp out any ride".
Mister Negative
Secretly Martin Li, caring owner of a homeless shelter; when he switches to his "negative mode", he becomes a strong crime boss named Mister Negative.
Menace
The newest goblin to invade Spider-Man's adventures, Menace has a particular interest in the Mayoral elections. The character's identity is shrouded in mystery through the course of Brand New Day.
Freak
After ingesting drugs and The Lizard's stem cell research specimens, an addict morphs into a mammal-like being. Unlike Lizard, Freak has his own mind when transformed, and is obsessed with getting high. When nearly killed, Freak enters a metamorphosis state, inside a cocoon, which hatches and unleashes a significantly mutated Freak, who can't be defeated the same way as before.
Paper Doll
A young girl who is obsessed with actor Bobby Carr since her teens. She has the power to become paper thin and blend into backgrounds. She notably has Blue hair and yellow eyes. She targets people who slander Bobby Carr and compresses them into her paper thin condition, thus killing them.
