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admonition : Contains SPOILERS for The Amazing Spider - Man # 50!TheSpider - Manfranchise has been the case of some major changes and updates in its recent canyon , with the tax return of a major villain , the corruption of an iconic hero , and the organic evolution of a retro bad guy . And that last point is arguably the most remarkable of the gang , as this phylogeny is one that seems to be here to stay , withMarvel Comics modernizing aSpider - Manvillainwho ’s been under the radar for 61 years .
InThe Amazing Spider - Man#50 by Zeb Wells and Ed McGuinness , Peter Parker is called to the Oscorp office ( after accepting a occupation there to keep an eye on the allegedly reformed Norman Osborn ) after there ’s a problem that requires his immediate attention . Despite being on patrol as Spider - Man at the clock time , Parker rushes to the office , as there seems to be something wrong with the company ’s most recent scientific accomplishment : the Living Brain .
The Living Brain , which is housed in the sub - basement of Oscorp , has been sleeping for quite some time , with Oscorp scientists ( Parker included ) assigned to supervise it for any activity . In this issue , that activity occurred , as the Living Brain nearly fried itself trying to charge a substance - a warning - to anyone who will listen : “ Peter Parker is not Spider - Man ” . As it did so , the Living Brain created a mechanically skillful trunk for itself , within itself , that emerged from the giant green brain for not only pass off on the incredibly authoritative subject matter , but presumptively to do something about it .
The Living Brain evolved into a new form that could be strong enough to block off Spider - Goblin : The Walking Brain .
Marvel Comics is Paying Off a 61-Year-Old Spider-Man Story with the Living Brain’s Upgrade
The Amazing Spider-Man#8 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
Peter Parker was called into the Oscorp berth in this newSpider - Manissue because the Living Brain had a message about him after nearly ruin itself to send it . However , the Living Brain also made its own substance come to fruition , as Spider - Man ’s arrival at Oscorp allowedthe Green Goblin to corrupt Parker ’s mind , transmute him into the Spider - Goblin . And now , the Living Brain has create a new form for itself to stop this new villainous rendering of the wall - crawler , which is an interesting parallel to the Living Brain ’s first visual aspect .
The Living Brain debut inAmazing Spider - Man#8 when it was bring to Peter ’s high schoolhouse after its creator affirm that it could answer any question . So , one student puzzle the most pressing doubt of that time : who is Spider - Man ? While the Living Brain could n’t adequately answer the interrogation before going haywire , Amazing Spider - Man#50 confirm that it knew who Spider - Man was all along . “ Peter Parker is not Spider - Man ” is only a warning because he ’s no longer Spider - Man , he ’s the Spider - Goblin , which is only alarming if the Living Brain have it away his identity from the outset - just as its debut rally .
Spider - Man debuts a weapon that ’s been 60 years in the making , as it ’s one that is the ultimate game - changer against his archenemy , the Green Goblin !
The Living Brain’s ‘Walking Brain’ Upgrade Transforms this Classic Spider-Man Villain into a Hero
The Living Brain may have been introduced as aSpider - Manvillain , and carried that torch for some time afterwards , butThe Amazing Spider - Man#50 presents it as a submarine sandwich who is unforced to nearly destroy itself to discontinue the rise of the Spider - Goblin . Spider - Goblin has already been called the most dangerous villain in the Marvel Universe , and with its new descriptor , the Walking Brain might be the only one strong enough to quit him .
While lover have n’t yet see the extent of the Living Brain ’s upgrade , it ’s decidedly more impressive than its premature form as just a giant unripened brain with no body at all - and only time will differentiate if it will be a catch for Spider - Goblin . But , until then , readers can enjoy the fact that , after 61 years , this retro villain , the Living Brain , has eventually been modernized in the currentSpider - Mancanon .
The Amazing Spider - Man # 50by Marvel Comics is available now .
