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Spider-Man Commentary: Revenge of the Living Brain

"S02E13 "Revenge of The Living Brain""  is another close transcript of an IRL-episode, in this case "The Living Brain." The major changes:

1. In the IRL-episode, Anya Corazon changed into her Spider-Girl costume and entered the Raft along with Miles, where she handled all the fighting, making Miles redundant. In my continuity, Anya Corazon does not have spider powers, so I had to make some adjustments there.

2. I tweaked the end to amp up the fake-out. In the original, the new Spider-Man just swings away after destroying the Living Brain, and a little later there's a cut to him, perched alone, gloating maniacally about having pulled off the body heist.

But I wanted to make the ending a little creepier. I also wanted to parody the kind of scene that usually climaxes these kinds of stories. In any other show or storyline, the good guy would fight off the bad, and afterward there would be a little bit of banter between the hero and his friends. For this one, I wanted to play it exactly in the typical manner before throwing the stinger/reveal in at the very end.