Having discovered an elaborate plot to discredit and impersonate Spider-Girl by Liz Allen, Betty Brant has hatched a scheme of her own - going undercover as her friend Peter Parker to kidnap Liz Allen and take over her life... then discover exactly who is Mysterio?
Issue #25: The Menace of Mysterio
Download from Maskingwriter (Yahoo! Group)
Read it online on Google Drive (no login required)
Read it online on Google Drive (no login required)
This is it - arguably the very last issue of the series. If you are a fan of the series' twists and turns, I expect that more than likely, you'll hate me by the end (especially for the ending). Whether you love it or hate it, please speak up and tell me what you think.
That particularly applies if you ever want to see more issues. With the level of feedback the series has been getting recently, it's apparent that if I ever had any fans, they've long left. (I don't much blame them, to be honest - with a two year gap between the start of this arc and the end - but it was a tough arc to write!)
Anyway, I will no doubt blather on further about the series, any potential future and so on at some point. I'll admit tidying up this issue and writing the last few lines re-ignited my excitement for the next steps (Oh, that last scene) but, I'm trying to stay focused on my current project. Anyway! Here it is! Read! Enjoy!
That particularly applies if you ever want to see more issues. With the level of feedback the series has been getting recently, it's apparent that if I ever had any fans, they've long left. (I don't much blame them, to be honest - with a two year gap between the start of this arc and the end - but it was a tough arc to write!)
Anyway, I will no doubt blather on further about the series, any potential future and so on at some point. I'll admit tidying up this issue and writing the last few lines re-ignited my excitement for the next steps (Oh, that last scene) but, I'm trying to stay focused on my current project. Anyway! Here it is! Read! Enjoy!
As a FTM masking fan, I really enjoyed this issue - particularly the first half with Liz's kidnapping.
ReplyDeleteI felt more could have been done to extend that scene - to play it out, as it were. I would have loved to see Betty get a little daring with Peter's face and the captive Liz - maybe playing the villain a little more. I didn't really get the feel that the Chameleon was 'there' - if Betty had put a mask on Liz, or maybe roughed her up a bit more - something to make it seem like she wasn't 100% in control.
Overall, I really enjoyed it! I'd love to see more issues, but even so, it's the best masking series I've read online to date. Thank you for that.
Now I'd love to see what happened with Bryan and the Veil... and hey, crossover stories would be cool too! Maybe the Veil was financing the Chameleon or vice-versa...
That's interesting, Jace. I think in the end the entire sequence - becoming Peter, etc - was more my concession to Betty 'being' the Chameleon. She'd never have done that 'as herself'. Then again, I can see your desire. If I ever continue the series I have potential plotlines involving Betty submerging further into 'being' the Chameleon.
ReplyDeleteFunny you should mention the Veil, been thinking about it recently. May even do a rewrite or a reedited version of the first stories...