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The next mayor of (Marvel's) New York City is ...
- Posted on April 15, 2009 - 07:06 AM by Kevin Melrose
Amazing Spider-Man #591
Note: This post contains spoilers for Amazing Spider-Man #591.
By this point, Marvel Comics has the recipe down pat for sparking mainstream-media interest: Take a comic-book icon like Spider-Man or Captain America, and add a dose of real-world politics.
It worked for Civil War, and "The Death of Captain America," and Spider-Man's encounter with Barack Obama (it really worked with that last one).
The latest mash-up, revealed this morning by A.M. New York several hours before comic shops even opened, occurs in this week's Amazing Spider-Man #591. (A big spoiler is right there on the tabloid's cover.)
It seems that Michael Bloomberg is mysteriously absent from the Marvel Universe, and that a figure very familiar to comics fans has just been elected as mayor of New York City.
“What happened to Mayor Bloomberg in the Marvel Universe?” Executive Editor Tom Brevoort rhetorically asks A.M. New York. “I don’t know, crushed by a rock, killed during the Skrull invasion? Could’ve been anything.”
So who'll be moving into Gracie Mansion? Who can make Spider-Man declare "This is not happening"?
Continue reading to find out.
Again, be warned: There are spoilers below.
From "Amazing Spider-Man" #591
Apparently it's not a dream! Not a hoax! Daily Bugle Publisher J. Jonah Jameson has been elected mayor of New York City.
Mark Waid tells A.M. New York said that the initial idea was to make Jameson the most hated mayor in the city's history. But when the economy began to tank, plans were altered.
“We kind of changed courses on Jonah and decided that being a man who could pinch a nickel until it bleeds is actually maybe not the worst thing for New York right now,” Waid says.
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4 Comments
Danny Potter
April 15, 2009 at 7:35 am
hey if JJJ as mayor doesn't work out they can always get mephisto to undo it... you know there is always an out, nothing at Marvel is set in stone... just ask spidey
Jaap!
April 15, 2009 at 8:55 am
Can we pleeeeaaase get over One More Day? As a fandom? Yes it was dumb but it's also kind of dumb to still whine about it, a year later.
Also JJJ as mayor can be really interesting.
Jer
April 15, 2009 at 10:51 am
To be fair, the folks whining about Spidey being married whined for well over two decades. And then finally got their way and got him un-married. So whining about the diabolical divorce a year later doesn't seem all that dumb to me.
This actually sounds kind of neat, though. Kind of like when DC made Luthor the President. The premise was good, but the follow-through was kind of weak. Interesting to see if Marvel handles it better than DC did (of course they also start from JJJ not really being a "villain" so much as a "pain in the neck", so it may work even better as a premise).
JohnnyZito
April 16, 2009 at 4:19 pm
I think this is a great idea. Best thing that's been done with the character in years.