American comic book: Absolute Spider-Man

"Hello, Wang," Peter said into the phone.

“Peter,” the king replied, “the Supreme One has instructed me, no, every mage you know, not to offer you any assistance. You must solve the problems you are facing yourself.”

Peter scratched his head, wondering what the Supreme Deadbeat was up to.

"Oh, right, she also said you'd better not get injected with the Extremis virus; it's not a good choice for you. I'm hanging up." Without waiting for Peter's reply, Wang hung up the phone.

Why not inject the Extremis virus? Is it because of the spider totem?

Peter speculated.

In a previous conversation with the Ancient One, the Ancient One mentioned that once Peter's self-awareness returned to normal, the spider totem would spontaneously come to him.

As for how he found him, Peter probably got bitten by some unknown radiant spider.

Well, to be honest, Peter didn't take this issue too seriously.

Firstly, the cognitive confusion did not actually have a significant impact on his life. On the contrary, it allowed him to use many memes that his peers could not understand, giving him a significant advantage over them.

He now has magic, the Extremis virus that he can inject at any time, and a custom-made Iron Man suit that he can get with just a mention.

For him, having less of the spider totem's abilities wouldn't be a big deal, and having more wouldn't make much difference either.

Secondly, according to that guy's memory, it's quite common for people like Peter Parker to have a confused sense of self.

For spider totems, this situation presents not only psychological problems but also various physiological ones.

For example, in the early "Amazing Spider-Man" comics, Peter was torn between his dual identity for a long time, tired of being Spider-Man, and wanted to become a normal person again.

So he made his own serum to eliminate his abilities, but instead, his genes backfired, and he grew four extra arms, turning him into a six-armed monster.

The classic 94 animated series was similar; the humanoid spider on TV was a childhood nightmare for a generation.

Including the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movies, Peter Parker struggles between his ordinary life and his superhero identity for a long time. However, because he is unable to be in two places at once, his love, studies and future all collapse, and he develops a strong resistance and avoidance of responsibility.

He began to lose sight of who he really was and tried to completely abandon everything about Spider-Man and return to a normal life.

As his self-awareness collapsed, his superpowers also went completely out of control: he repeatedly failed to climb walls and fell from great heights; his spider-sense completely disappeared, and he was completely unaware of danger; even his signature spider silk was frequently unable to be shot, his physical strength rapidly declined, and he fell into weakness and confusion.

This also contributed to the famous scene: "my back".

Peter named it—"The greater the power, the more your back hurts."

Even in the trailer for the latest Spider-Man movie, "A New Day," Doctor Strange's Oblivion Curse takes full effect, completely erasing Peter Parker's memory of existence from the entire world (MJ, Ned, all his family and friends, and the Avengers).

He completely lost all social connections, his identity was wiped out, and he was all alone.

The complete disappearance of social interaction also means the rupture of personality anchors.

Prolonged extreme loneliness, intense solo combat, and physical and mental exhaustion caused the latent mutated gene implanted in his body by the spider to lose its mental restraint and go berserk, triggering a mutation: his body could produce spider silk on its own, his power became out of control, and he unconsciously formed cocoons in his sleep.

Some netizens even speculated that it might transform into a humanoid spider, just like in the animated version.

Of course, this isn't just a problem for Spider-Man; many other superheroes experience this as well.

For example, Tony's anxiety disorder a while ago was caused by his inability to distinguish between himself and the suit of armor, and which one was Iron Man.

To take an even more extreme example, there's Batman from DC Comics.

What's the situation with Batman?

His core personality is Batman; as for Bruce Wayne, he's just a mask Batman wearing to disguise himself as a normal person.

Peter had no doubt that if he slapped Batman's soul out of his body, he would not see a playboy in a suit, but a vengeful soul in a black suit.

Are there people whose self-awareness is highly integrated, and whose identities as a superhero and in normal life are highly unified?

Some brothers, some.

Captain America, Steve Rogers, that stubborn old man is one of them.

Whether he was the skinny Brooklyn kid who fought back against the bullies with a trash can lid before the serum injection, or the strong American hormone kid who was injected with the serum and raised the vibranium shield, Steve Rogers was the same person from beginning to end.

It's not like Batman, who has another personality, nor is it like Iron Man, who has camouflage.

He has no identity split or cognitive confusion; he belongs to the extreme type of personality that is absolutely unified and consistent inside and out.

He doesn't need to switch between "Steve" and "Captain America" ​​because Captain America is an extension of Steve Rogers himself.

Okay, back to the main point, Peter doesn't need to become someone like Steve.

So even when Peter sometimes imagines himself as the original owner of those memories in his mind, he doesn't react much.

Exploring human nature, philosophy, morality, faith, and existentialism is something that DC Comics should be doing. Haven't you seen that their flagship series lately is the "Absolute" comics?

Thinking about these kinds of things all the time could get you kicked out of the Marvel universe.

However, it seems that Supreme Old Debtor doesn't quite agree with Peter's idea.

Peter now strongly suspects that the Ancient One saw some future through the Eye of Agamotto, which is why she is specifically targeting him this time.

In particular, the prohibition against fighting the Extremis virus is clearly a way to avoid conflicts with the spider's genes.

So what exactly is the Ancient One planning?

What role did Peter play in her plan to completely transform him into a spider totem?

Why cut off all the help you can get from the magical world at this point in time?

Peter did not know the reason for these events.

If it weren't for the Connors incident, Peter and Gwen would probably be sitting side by side on the outer edge of the 86th floor of the Empire State Building, holding hands and whispering sweet nothings in the sky overlooking the city.

After all, Peter is now successful and famous, no longer the timid and bookish nerd he once was.

They say good things come to those who wait, and it's about time that my relationship with Gwen came to fruition.

Unfortunately, he can only spend his time dealing with Connors's matter for now.

This was his dereliction of duty, and he should be the one to make amends.

As the saying goes, good fortune never comes in pairs, but misfortunes never come singly.

What Peter didn't know was that, besides Connors, several other crises were about to erupt.

The challenges he faces are far more complex than just dealing with a lizard doctor.

The underground secret laboratory in the Osborne Building was empty except for Norman.

Norman picked up the vial of Green Goblin serum that gleamed with an eerie green light, his eyes swirling with greed for wealth, ambition for power, and thirst for strength.