Spider-Man: Blue
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Spider-Man: Blue is a limited series graphic novel written by Jeph Loeb and illustrated by Tim Sale. It ran for a total of 6 issues. Loeb and Sale had previously worked on other limited series: Daredevil: Yellow, Hulk: Gray, Catwoman: When in Rome, Superman For All Seasons, Batman: The Long Halloween, and its two sequels, Batman: Dark Victory and Batman: Haunted Knight.
[edit] Plot
It is Valentine's Day, and Spider-Man describes himself as feeling... "blue". Gwen Stacy, one of Parker's true loves, died a while ago, but he still feels blue for her to this day. So, Spider-Man recounts into a tape recorder how Gwen and he fell in love.
The series then recounts the events from The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #43-48 and #63, though it switches time order and implies that Kraven The Hunter, who appeared in #47, is behind all of the villains who attack Spider-Man. It retells Peter standing between Gwen and Mary Jane Watson, berated by his friend Harry Osborn. In the end, it is Valentine's Day, and Gwen asks Peter to be her valentine.
In the end, Peter states how her death has scarred him. Her one-time rival Mary Jane taught Peter to love again, but he reveals how much he misses Gwen. Suddenly, he notices his wife Mary Jane listening. Instead of being angry, Mary Jane feels deep sympathy for her husband and tells Peter to say hello to Gwen from her and to tell her how much she misses her, too. On this note, the story ends.
[edit] Note
- This is the first Spider-Man story drawn by Tim Sale.
[edit] Collection
The series was collected in a TPB in 2004.
