Spoilers ahead for Avengers Mech Strike #5!
Marvel's Thor has accidentally let slip what he truly thinks of his former Avengers ally Spider-Man. In Avengers: Mech Strike #5, on sale now in print and digital, Spider-Man and the Avengers are thrown up against twisted versions of themselves brought to their reality by Kang the Conqueror, and during the course of combat, Thor tells the world of what he really thinks of Spider-Man.
Avengers: Mech Strike - written by Jed MacKay, with art by Carlos Magno, colors by Guru-eFX, and letters by Cory Petit - started when Kang attacked Earth with an army ofgiant robot biomechanoids. Kang was then able to hack into the Celestial mainframe of Avengers Mountain, killing Black Panther in the process. Despite enlisting the help of Thanos, Kang has proven too much for the Avengers, who have been fought back, even despite their own giant mech suits. And now, with the chips seemingly down for Earth’s heroes, Kang unleashes his own team of “Avengers”—horrible monstrosities from across the multiverse, each one resembling a member of the team.
One of Kang’s Avengers included a giant, spider-like creature and it has engaged Thor in combat; Thor notes this version of Spider-Man has “surprising mettle,” or courage, implying he wouldn't expect as much of a fight from the Spider-Man he knows. Spider-Man overhears Thor’s observation and objects. Interestingly enough, this is one of many such snide comments strewn throughout the big battle: Captain Marvel comments on Thor’s smell, Hulk feels Captain America talks too much, and Black Widow tells the world she’s always wanted to stab Iron Man. The battle rages on, and Kang is ultimately defeated by the Avengers and the Black Panther, who has returned from the dead, given temporary cosmic powers by Eternity.
Thor’s comments about Spider-Man’s courage, or lack thereof, may be played for laughs here, but it is also a jab at the shifting perceptions of Spider-Man among the Marvel Universe. Readers know that Spider-Man is a great hero, and some of his peers would agree. But there are others who feel he is public enemy number one, and at times public opinion has indeed turned against him. But Spider-Man is one of Marvel’s bravest heroes—he continually puts himself in harm’s way, trying to save people, even when the public is against him. Time and time again, Spider-Man is thanked for his heroics with a slap in the face and another barbed editorial from J. Jonah Jameson, yet he soldiers onward. Thor may feel that Spider-Man is not brave, and maybe compared to Thor he is not, but Spider-Man has plenty of “mettle.”
Thor has told the world what he really thinks of Spider-Man in Avengers Mech Strike #5, but given all the readers know about the Wall-Crawler, it is clear Thor is wrong.
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