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Conan The Barbarian Mocks Spider-Man's "With Great Power" Speech

It's Spider-Man proverb time! Today sees Conan The Barbarian team up with The Rhino to rob a Manhattan Bank in Savage Avengers #20. Because that's just the kind of thing that Conan does, why would anyone have a problem with that? And in doing so, reveals that this is the Rhino's modus operandi, make a big fuss, rob the bank and fight the superhero (usually Spider-Man) and then have a partner who does the actual, theft under all the fuss. Then break out later and split the profits…

Which does, admittedly, make a lot more sense and maybe shows the Rhino isn't quite as stupid as he has sometimes been portrayed. Of course, the difference, in this case, is that Spider-Man knows Conan, so the plan doesn't quite work out – even as Conan is trying to get Spider-Man's clothes off. And just has Conan has disdain for the very concept of a bank, so he has contempt for Spider-Man's unpaid act to defend such a bank. And Spider-Man's justification for what he does.

As written by Stan Lee in Amazing Fantasy #15, it has become the most famous phrase associated with Spider-Man, even if it gets paraphrased quite a lot. "With great power must come great responsibility."

Echoing through the decades, through the comic books…

…and films…

But Conan The Barbarian? Not so much. He'd have been quite happy for Uncle Ben to die, what's all the fuss about, he's an old man, at least he died a warrior's death, etc.

Not the only Spider-Man going through a little challenge to his philosophy, as a confrontation between Miles Morales and his best friend Ganke, leads Miles to wonder if being Spider-Man is actually making him a worse person.

As Spider-Man has usually tried to ignore, power corrupts…

MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN #25
MARVEL COMICS
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(W) Saladin Ahmed, Cody Ziglar (A) Carmen Nunez Carnero, Daniel Acuna (CA) Taurin Clarke
THE CLONE SAGA – MILES MORALES-STYLE!
•  We finally see the full extent of what the Assessor did when he kidnapped Miles back in #7.
•  This oversized anniversary issue lets the clones loose in Brooklyn and messes with Miles life even more than Peter Parker's Clone Saga messed HIS life up. Rated T In Shops: Apr 28, 2021 SRP: $4.99

SAVAGE AVENGERS #20
MARVEL COMICS
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(W) Gerry Duggan (A) Patrick Zircher (CA) Valerio Giangiordano
• A marvelous Marvel team-up between Conan and the Rhino goes awry when Spider-Man threatens to ruin their good time. Parental Advisory In Shops: Apr 28, 2021 SRP: $3.99

I bought my copies from Piranha Comics in Kingston-Upon-Thames. Piranha Comics is a small south London comic store chain with a small south-east store in Kingston-Upon Thames's market centre, and a larger south-west store in Bromley, with an extensive back issue collection and online store. With a new store planned for Watford, if you are in the neighbourhood, check them out. 

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