"THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN" by J. Michael Straczynski: Issues 1-3 Comic Dub
ManiacalZ for Spider-Man / Peter Parker
Peter in his late ‘20s. Pete is at his most human with JMS. He and MJ are on a married break from each other, leaving Peter depressed and lost. He doesn’t know which direction to take his life. Peter’s arc of finding purpose and happiness is the focus of Stracyzynski’s whole run. Pete narrates almost all of the comic. Narration should really feel like he’s having a conversation with the audience. A more mature version of Josh Keaton's Spidey would be great - similar to his performance in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.
(joking, distracting himself from what’s bothering him) “I just want to... go. And I’m not going to stop until I get tired. Unfortunately, it takes a real long time for me to get tired. By that time, I could be in New Jersey. And I don’t even know anybody in New Jersey…”
(shaken up, contemplative) “I remember what it was to get beaten up all the time. I remember the frustration. The fear. The rage. The mindless rage that makes you feel you’d do anything to get back at the ones who bring you pain for no reason other than they think it’s fun. That could have been me."
(to Doctor Strange) “This gonna take long? ‘Cause I could head down to Times Square.. Grab a pizza.. discover Radium.. Work out the whole unified field theory..”
