General Continuity Q&A thread

[EddieTheEditor]

Well, it strikes me that continuity questions that don't warrant there own thread could go here. I'll start:

Has any story ever explained why Ghost Rider doesn't hunt down the Punisher? After all, Frank's killed a looooooooot of people.

[Shawn Hopkins]

Almost none of them were innocent, though, if you believe the Marvel conceit that no innocent bystanders ever get shot, squashed, fried or have buildings dropped on them in superguy fights. Ghost Rider only hunts those who spill innocent blood and, as far as I've seen, they have to be nearby when it happens to trigger his vengeance. By human standards we might think the Punisher went too far, but Frank and the demon in Ghost Rider are pretty much on the same side because they both hunt and punish the guilty.

[EddieTheEditor]

Oh. That makes sense.

[creeper]

What happened with the Peter's parents are alive storyline in Spider-man? How did it end?

What did i hear about Green Goblin being behind it? How did he live?

[Shawn Hopkins]

Peter's parents turned out to be robots. I forget who was behind it, (want to say Arnim Zola for some reason) but if it was the Green Goblin it probably wasn't revealed until a couple years later, because the Goblin wasn't revealed to be alive until a much later arc, at the end of the whole clone business. It does seem right, though, and they probably revealed the person Peter though was responsible was working for the Goblin.

Edit: Apparently it was the Chameleon, working for the Harry Osborn Green Goblin, already dead at the time. But that might have been retconned.

http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/revi...erman/045.html

[areacode212]

What's the deal with this new Supergirl who showed up in Superman/Batman? Is it the same Kara that Peter David brought back last year?

[The Frog]

Why did Impulse change to Kid Flash?

[randomguy]

What's the deal with this new Supergirl who showed up in Superman/Batman? Is it the same Kara that Peter David brought back last year?

We don't know the full details on the new Supergirl yet, although all should be revealed by Superman/Batman #13. What we do know about her is dubious, because all the info comes from her and could be falsified. At any rate, here's what we've been told:

-Her name is Kara Zor-El, and she is Kal-el's cousin. She is a 100% Kryptonian (in this sense, she is identical to the pre-Crisis Supergirl who has, thus far, had no direct equivalent in the post-Crisis timeline).
-Much like Kal-el, she was placed on a rocket to avoid being killed in Krypton's destruction. However, the planet exploded before her ship was fired off. Fortunately for her, even though her ship was lodged in a sizeable chunk of the planet, it locked onto Clark's escape pod and followed it to Earth. It took longer to get here (about fifteen years).
-Darkseid is aware of her existence and origin, and wants to capture her and brainwash her into being his newest Fury. He also divulged the details of her existence (particularly how the Kryptonite meteor she was stuck in was being drawn to Superman) to President Lex Luthor, leading into a series of events which would eventually result in his "death". Luthor's current whereabouts are unknown, but we know he's involved in Identity Crisis somehow or another.
-She is an entirely new Supergirl (at least, in the post-Crisis), with no relation to Peter David's Supergirl, or to Cir-El, the Supergirl of the future who ceased to exist after Superman jumped all over the timeline. David's Supergirl is MIA right now, with a good chunk of people speculating that she might wind up in his Fallen Angel series at one point, although in my opinion she'd be woefully out of place there.

And that's all she wrote.

Why did Impulse change to Kid Flash?

Put simply, because he wanted more respect and to be taken more seriously. Bart Allen felt like the black sheep of the Flash legacy, constantly being underestimated and underappreciated. After being shot in the knee by Deathstroke, he decided it was time to get serious and show the other superhumans that he meant business. Ditching the Impulse name, and formally acknowledging himself as a member of the Flash family, was one of the ways he tried to accomplish this (in addition to reading the entire San Francisco Public Library).

Okay, I've got a question for anyone who might know the answer: Just what is Baby May Parker's status in the 616 Marvel timeline? Is she alive or dead, and do we know for sure?

[Stu]

Okay, I've got a question for anyone who might know the answer: Just what is Baby May Parker's status in the 616 Marvel timeline? Is she alive or dead, and do we know for sure?

Shortly after Revelations (the end of the clone saga, which saw Peter become Spider-Man again after Ben Reily passed away) we saw a woman who's name escapes me, talking to Norman Osborn.

I believe she was on a ship, in some foreign country. She was standing next to a crib playing with a baby which is believed to Peter's and Mary Jane's daughter.

Other than that (and the fact no one mentions anything that happens in the clone saga anymore) there's no solid proof to either anwser.

That paticular question has been bugging me for the past 7 years. The most annoying thing is it will probably never be anwsered. I think it's too big a plot hole to ignore, I mean, losing a kid is a life altering experience...

I'll try and find the comic to scan for you, randomguy.

EDIT: I found the page...still not entirely sure...

[EddieTheEditor]

Not really continuity, but this has been bugging me: In the latest She-Hulk, why did they bring Peter Parker into the lawsuit without first consulting Spider-Man? Why didn't Spider-Man just tell them to lay off Parker?

[Antiyonder]

Shortly after Revelations (the end of the clone saga, which saw Peter become Spider-Man again after Ben Reily passed away) we saw a woman who's name escapes me, talking to Norman Osborn.

I believe she was on a ship, in some foreign country. She was standing next to a crib playing with a baby which is believed to Peter's and Mary Jane's daughter.

Other than that (and the fact no one mentions anything that happens in the clone saga anymore) there's no solid proof to either anwser.

That paticular question has been bugging me for the past 7 years. The most annoying thing is it will probably never be anwsered. I think it's too big a plot hole to ignore, I mean, losing a kid is a life altering experience...

I'll try and find the comic to scan for you, randomguy.

EDIT: I found the page...still not entirely sure...

She is apparently dead now.

However, Tom Defalco and some of the other Spider-Man writers were planning to bring Baby May into the Spider-Man books. The package that Mongrain had originally was Baby May. In The Amazing Spider-Man #434 Norman Osborn's Scrier visited Alison Mongrain to retrieve the package. #435, Kaine (the disfigured clone of Peter) reclaimed the package from The Scriers. The plan after was for Kaine to return Baby May to Peter and Mary Jane as a favor to the late Ben Reilly. Reason for that was Kaine made peace with Ben (Spider-Man Redemption #4), and after learning that Ben was murdered, he was determinded to bring his murderer (Norman Osborn) to justice. The Return Of Baby May was scrapped by Bob Harris and John Byrne.

To see how this would have played out, read Spider-Girl #48-49.

[randomguy]

Thanks for the info, Antiyonder and Amazing Spidey. That one's been bugging me for years. I especially appreciate the scan. I remember Alison Mongrain now... she was seriously creepy.

That paticular question has been bugging me for the past 7 years. The most annoying thing is it will probably never be anwsered. I think it's too big a plot hole to ignore, I mean, losing a kid is a life altering experience...

Yeah, I can't stand it. Losing a kid is not the kind of thing you can just gloss over. I realize that Marvel is trying to just sort of ignore the Clone Saga, and I don't blame them, but certain things need to be addressed. Having a child die or get kidnapped on you is something that impacts people for the rest of their lives, yet Peter or MJ never even mention May anymore. I don't mind it if the decision is made for May to be killed off, but a definite answer as to her whereabouts would be appreciated. Besides... if Norman Osborn really did kidnap her, you know she's alive, because that's the kind of trump card that Norman would definitely hold on to.

Not really continuity, but this has been bugging me: In the latest She-Hulk, why did they bring Peter Parker into the lawsuit without first consulting Spider-Man? Why didn't Spider-Man just tell them to lay off Parker?

I think the point of that whole thing was to show that Spider-Man really wasn't thinking things through. In his zeal to take down JJJ, he forgot to really take into consideration all the pertinent factors. He got to far ahead of himself. I think that's reasonably in-character.

On a sidenote, that was the most awesome issue of any comic ever.

[creeper]

During one of the issues where scarlett spider took over, he fought venom. I could have sworn his spidey sense went off. Why is that? I though the symbiote canceled the spidey sense when he's around?

[wonderfly]

Was Frank Castle's family killed BEFORE or AFTER the events of Fantastic Four #1?

[InfinityBlade]

During one of the issues where scarlett spider took over, he fought venom. I could have sworn his spidey sense went off. Why is that? I though the symbiote canceled the spidey sense when he's around?

The symbiote bonded to PETER, not Ben. I believe that had something to do with it. ^^;

[AF$]

Was Frank Castle's family killed BEFORE or AFTER the events of Fantastic Four #1?

Well The Punisher didn't Debut until Amazing Spider-Man 129, and FF #1 was well before that, so unless there is something I am missing I would have to guess after.

[peterparker05]

Who is the current President in the DCU?

After the events of Superman/Batman #6, I thought that Lex Luthor was no longer the President and Pete Ross took his place. However, in JLA #100, it looked like Pete Ross was still the Vice-President as he referred to the President as still being in the air? Or was the man speaking not Pete Ross even though it really did look like him? If anyone could clear that up for me, that'd be great.

[zeppelined]

I've got one - what happened to Jocasta? Last I remember, she was in Tony Stark's computer systems, and helped him out as his assistant, talking to him while he was suited up, etc. Then, suddenly, he had this lame "Friday" holographic computer assistant. Where did Jocasta end up? Why did Tony get rid of her?