Sandman is probably one of the 'nicest' villains Spider-Man has. Former Avenger, regularly steps up to help people, best friends with Ben Grimm... he deserved some compassion in the end.

@ShynLamo

11 ай бұрын

Sandman only existed as he was by accident. His original reasons for villainy were all for the sake of others(his family) regardless of universe. The dude simply was a man who faced many unfortunate circumstances and in many situations just needed help from others and it took him getting heroes attention to solve the problem. Dude definitely always deserves the treatment and respect both spiderman and the thing gave him. Even if they fought it was always an understanding that this dude is just willing to do what he must to solve a problem he sees when society refuses to help him fix it.

@chiefcoiler

11 ай бұрын

He's friends with the thing? How the hell???

@madnessmp4

11 ай бұрын

@@chiefcoiler They both share the whole “I didn’t ask to be this way physically” thing. Plus Ben Grimm is super friendly. Who wouldn’t want to be friends with the thing?

@ronn-ammon8975

11 ай бұрын

​@@chiefcoiler: Also, The Thing once felt bad for him and let him escape. Sometime latter, an injured Thing was hospitalized and a bunch of villains showed up wanting to attack while he was most vulnerable. While some heroes arrived to confront them; Sandman slipped past all of them to get into the Things room w/ some cold beers and stayed, sharing the beers & talking football until the villains were driven off.

@ronn-ammon8975

11 ай бұрын

To me he was one of the most believable longtime villains to reform. Hated it when they reverted him to reunite the Sinister Six. Especially since there were suitable substitutes. And now that the Six is broken up again he gets killed off? Really hope (and doubt) this isn't the end of him.

Can't wait for Spider-Man to sit down with a dying Zeb Wells, his greatest arch-nemesis.

@robertofabrizioiparraguirr6038

11 ай бұрын

So he can forgive him for everything and move with his life.

@mauriciomagalhaes181

11 ай бұрын

Nope, pillow to the face is the best idea.

@cartoonishidealism582

11 ай бұрын

@@mauriciomagalhaes181 Calm down mate that’s a real person

@PersonatorTheKing

11 ай бұрын

*sad paul noises*

@mauriciomagalhaes181

11 ай бұрын

@@cartoonishidealism582 yeah, sorry

Spider-Man being the most kind hearted hero. Writers: and I took that personally

@marko-gj1uj

11 ай бұрын

Writers have worst fetishes ever

@inkchariot6147

11 ай бұрын

You can only get hired to write Spider-Man if you're a sadist.

@demonlordlatios25games50

11 ай бұрын

​@@inkchariot6147 no, the reason is being a gay twitter nazi for that not a sadist

@observerf-03p.d39

11 ай бұрын

​@@demonlordlatios25games50 Why not both?

@randomrhombeses4759

11 ай бұрын

@@demonlordlatios25games50 That also hates Spider-Man with a burning passion to the point they draw the most wholesome scene only to brutally end it with the saddest things ever making us all lose hope in humanity

I just want to bring up one of my favorite Sandman moments when they first started to reform him. It all started with the Thing buying Sandman a beer in a bar and gave him a lot of advice on how to move forward with his life. Then in a separate issue years later when The Thing was in the hospital all the villains tried to attack him and the heroes were defending him. But Sandman managed to sneak into the Thing's hospital room with a pack of cold beers. And they just sat together and drank for the rest of the day.

@notsuspicious3806

10 ай бұрын

when you talk about reform there's two meaning to that and I'll stick with both because it puts me more at ease.

Can we all appreciate how much emotion this man puts into every comic book he reads us. From scary Professor Pyg to Sandman's death, I always feel apart of the story. Thanks Mullet Man

@dhnation4975

11 ай бұрын

Yup. One of my favorite comic book youtubers.

@mrmythman5001

11 ай бұрын

Yeah the Dr Pyg video legit creeped me out lol

@ahmadmalaki8364

10 ай бұрын

A great comic can make us feel emotions that we might be embarrassed to show if you ask me

The fact that this is a story where JJ and Peter are on completely truthful terms is so cool. I really like the idea of spiderman trusting more people with the secret over time. It shows maturity and his heart

@RobinTheMetaGod

10 ай бұрын

Having maturity is fucking stupid.

@NinjaTyler

10 ай бұрын

It's just good story telling, I'm sick of secret identities being hidden from all but 3 people when telling 5 others would make everyone's lives significantly easier and better.

@Red_Ryry

10 ай бұрын

I really like stories where jjj knows Peter is Spider-Man like this one, because jameson has always had a huge amount of respect for Parker for who he is, but didn’t trust Spider-Man mostly because he didn’t know anything about who he actually was, when he finds out that Parker is Spider-Man and that it’s just an extension of him being who he is, he starts to change his tune, it’s almost like a mirror of flash Thompson where he was a huge Spider-Man fan because of how brave and selfless he is, but thinks Peter is nothing like that which is part of why he bullied him, but when he finds out they are the same, or like in that one comic where he never became Spider-Man and took a bullet for his aunt and uncle, flash gains a lot of respect for Peter because he values guts, strength of character.

I bought this comic two years ago, thinking it was gonna be a battle between spidey and my favorite marvel villain ever. I wasn't ready for what was in it. Truly an amazing story

@Raccon_Detective.

11 ай бұрын

He's also one of my favorite Marvel villains and if they were to ever bring him to the MCU this is how MCU Sandman should end. And with the right writer it can be a metaphor for dementia or alzheimers. I just love it when superheros tackle deep and close to home subjects, it really reminds you what superheroes are and what they are fighting for.

This is why Spiderman and The Flash are on the list of my favorite superheros. They sympathize with their villains instead of just treating them like they are nothing but a punching bag.

@ronn-ammon8975

11 ай бұрын

Don't think it lastig past one story; but ever see when a group of Spider-Man's former foes : Sandman, Prowler, Puma, Rocket Racer, Silver Sable(?) & Wil O' The Wisp, formed a (very) short lived team to help Spidey out? Don't remember These "Outlaws" staying together as a group, but some worked together for Silver Sable's agency. When a bunch(!) of your ex-enemies got your back, that's a HERO. Can't think of many other than Flash and Spidey that'd happen for.

@dudemetslagroom8065

11 ай бұрын

@@ronn-ammon8975 I have the beginning of that comic. There was like a shapeshifting imposter or something that had attacked She-Hulk disguised as spiderman right? And he was trying to find out what that was about

@NinjaTyler

10 ай бұрын

​@@ronn-ammon8975Batman has had it with a few here and there when the writers actually care, like Riddler was redeemed and made good and was a great help to Batman solving crimes together. Harley is mostly a good guy/anti hero now and often works for or with Batman, and he's helped several other villains either become regular citizens again or made them into allies instead.

@SuperIsaiah

10 ай бұрын

It's not about how villains are treated for me - Most heroes (Superman, Batman, etc.) will do the whole "you don't have to be a villain" spiel. I think what sets the Flash and Spiderman apart from others is the way they interact with people who aren't heroes or villains. Civilians are just almost ignored by the other heroes, like, yeah, they try to save lives, but they don't actually acknowledge them individually. Spiderman and Flash both have a relationship of most the people in their respective towns. Flash will spend his off time as a hero helping an old lady paint her fence, for example. They both are just friendly people, while the other heroes tend to be more like police, just doing their job to keep people safe, and that's it. This relationship aspect also makes it a LOT more tense when someone threatens to kill a ton of people. If the joker tells batman he's gonna bomb a hotel full of a thousand people, Batman's gonna try to stop him, but to him it's just "save a 1000 lives". But if someone threatens to destroy the flash or spiderman's town, it's not just human lives, it's the lives of friends.

@ReinaHamazaki

Ай бұрын

I can see the flash doing the exact thing!

There goes Flint Marko. A super villain, an elemental, a man, an Avenger.

@jackcouch8322

11 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, I forget sandman was an avenger for a little bit

@victornieves1794

11 ай бұрын

Until Marvel decides they want to bring him back.

@RedwoodTheElf

10 ай бұрын

@@victornieves1794 No doubt Hank Pym will detect something strange about this particular beach and use some kind of Pym Particle Projector and a stabalizer or something to reconstitute Sandman and then convert him back to a full human or something like "I've locked your particles back together, and you can function like a normal human, but if you ever turn to sand again, it's for good."

@dankerbooper741

9 ай бұрын

@@RedwoodTheElf And then one writer does a little run where Sandman turns his life around but another writer after that completely destroys that character arc and makes him a villain with all his powers back again (Fun!)

@randomindividual769

9 ай бұрын

​@@dankerbooper741and then another writer kills him! Rinse and repeat until the writing gets worse and worse until the characterization is unrecognizable and we are left with what used to be.

this shows that. being a good guy doesnt mean you fight bad guy then leave them to die. being a good guy is helping. those who are hurt

@KudoRedfox

11 ай бұрын

Anti-heroes leaves bad guys to die and heroes helps regardless they are evil or good

This just shows why Spider-Man is such a relatable character. It's not all about the canon events, multiverse, crossovers or any of that meta stuff. It's all about an idea that people can put on a mask to be the best version of themselves for everyone, no matter what. And with this... this shows that Miguel O' Hara or Zeb Wells know nothing about being Spider-Man. Cause like Stan Lee once said: That person who helps others simply because it should or must be done, and because it is the right thing to do, is indeed without a doubt, a real superhero. Rest in Great Power, Stan Lee. Thank you and goodbye.

@mayowaakinola5140

11 ай бұрын

@Mulletman_Comics Thanks for the like.

@streetgamer3452

11 ай бұрын

Miguel def gonna be humbled In the next movie and learn that lesson

@mayowaakinola5140

11 ай бұрын

@@streetgamer3452 YES! I would LOVE to see that.

@thefatbearcrew

11 ай бұрын

@@streetgamer3452 I would love it if somehow the original peter parker from spiderverse 1 made an appearance to tell him as he is basically a “perfect” spider-man in a way

@sanslvr

11 ай бұрын

The way you say Miguel and then Zeb Wells, I thought for a moment that they named Miguel after some shitty writer 😭

Since Adrian Toomes / Vulture in the Insomniac games has spinal cancer due to overuse of his wings and Otto can’t treat him locked up, it would move me to tears if this comic was used as reference. Peter even said in a holographic-recording to Miles that he wants to thank Vulture for being one of the reasons he strives to be greater. He’s a crook, sure, but he’s like a weekly lesson. Peter even wants to mail him a greeting card one day. Edit: Nope. Cancer killed Toomes before Kraven can.

@agentcooper194

11 ай бұрын

That sounds amazing.

@ellbent

11 ай бұрын

@@agentcooper194 orrr… Mr. Negative pats him on the back and he’s cured.

@agentcooper194

11 ай бұрын

@@ellbent That's another possibility. Honestly, I can see either happening with Adrian Toomes, Mr Negative, Curt Conners, or Harry Osborn. Or maybe Sandman escapes and we can still see this comic be adapted. But considering that Peter has the venom symbiote, it's safe to say that we're going to see a more aggressive Spider-Man.

@ellbent

6 ай бұрын

@@agentcooper194 Well fokk man, guess what?

this is why spider man is the best superhero of all time

@shadowaccount

11 ай бұрын

Ehhh

@GT_Mr.C

11 ай бұрын

@@shadowaccount wym “ehhh” 🤨🤨🤨

@minidreadproductions2566

11 ай бұрын

@@GT_Mr.C “look mom, I made a real rocket based on the macaroni prototype!”

@GT_Mr.C

11 ай бұрын

@@minidreadproductions2566 …whatever that means

@ecksdee9768

11 ай бұрын

@@minidreadproductions2566?

This is one of the reasons why Spider-Man is a genuinely _good_ hero. Despite all their conflicts, despite all Sandman did (although Flint wasn't nearly as bad as guys like Hobgoblin or Vulture) he didn't make his end more miserable, he tried to save him and when he couldn't, he made sure he died peacefully instead of alone and surrounded by hatred.

'Misery loves company.' That's Spider-man's relationship with the villians and vice versa.

@raduzbaduz491

11 ай бұрын

Is that a reference to metallica inamorata

What I love about Spiderman is that in every single iteration of him or her or whomever, they have the same personality. A heart of gold, always wanting to help, crack jokes, and save the day. Being the friendly neighborhood spiderman

"…to be treated like a human being". I think that's all anyone can ask for. I wonder if I can ever thank Zdarsky for his run and for life story.

I wasn’t really into the comic books growing up, but you’ve really shown me how amazing they really were and are. Really enjoyed all your videos, always excited for more from you.

love moments like these, kinda reminds me of the animal man issue where he talks to the suicidal villain with death touch

The hardest part of being Spider-Man is, you can’t save everyone.

@abigails4088

11 ай бұрын

it's the hardest lesson for any hero to have to learn... Miss ya, mom...

It’s nice to see that spider man cares for others even the villains

I always liked how Spider-Man, unlike other heroes, would always do his best to maintain an open dialogue with his villains, talking with them and asking about why they're doing what they are. Spider-Man villains are almost always given an easy path for de-escalation, if a villain said, "We don't have to fight, can we talk?", Spider-Man would be like, "I'd love to!"

Sandman deserves the Venom treatment. He's been shown to be a 'some-what' good natured guy, when he had a heart-to-heart with The Thing and sacraficed himself to stop Hydro-man, in Spectacular Spider-man when he stopped the Oil Tanker from exploding, in Spider-man 3 where he was a father just looking out for his daughter. I wish they let him be an anti-hero, still masking it with his gruff, tough guy persona but genuinely trying to make a change for the better. But they keep bringing him back to his supervillian ways.

@ronn-ammon8975

11 ай бұрын

Flint Marko was a better person than Eddie Brock ever was.

2:45 It's scenes like these that separates Hero's from Legends and Spider-Man just showed us why he is a legend.😌

I always love these human moments between characters. Especially heroes with villains. Just shows it’s not always about being mortal enemies but also the fleeting connections

I’m not crying, there’s just sand in my eye.

This is why Spiderman is the best hero and the greatest symbol of hope I've ever seen!

it’s stories like this that keep my resolve that no one is really evil, thanks Man

@NingenKaijin2006

11 ай бұрын

Knull the god of symbiote honest reaction: 😅😅😅😅😅

As I said spider-man isn't just another character he's a hero with a heart of steel

In the Transformers comic Stormbringer, there's a scene where a Decepticon named Iguanus is dying in a base. The next panel is Optimus Prime putting down his gun to take his hand so he wouldn't die alone. It's just one picture but it really reflects on the noble compassion of Optimus during a war. Just one of those little touches that show you who the good guys really are in comics.

@anthonyortiz350

9 ай бұрын

Could you please tell me where you found this comic?

@gavichealsomething2169

Ай бұрын

​@@anthonyortiz350I think it was published by IDW

For a second, I thought the title read “Spider-Man sits on a dying villain”

@Cake2019_6

11 ай бұрын

😂

Too bad such death scenes hold no weight considering comic book writers always bring characters back to life.

@ArlanKels

11 ай бұрын

He isn't really dead. Sandman has visions of the future, so the reader knows he isn't dead dead but rather just dispersed, lost, perhaps for a long long time. In fact that immortality and future stuff comes back into play down the line.

@nickalex4235

11 ай бұрын

​@@ArlanKels Sandman has insane power Ceiling I wonder how strong Post Sun explosion Sandman is

@dastvan8002

11 ай бұрын

Part of me wonders if this is what would happen to the Raimiverse’s Sandman

@mjknt-oe9jo

11 ай бұрын

@@ArlanKels you just proved his point

....Did anyone else get a sad deja vu from Odin and Infinity War's Snapping?

Dang this was poetic and gut wrenching ☹️

Peter Parker is probably the Superhero to talk to no matter what or who you are. Dude could pull a Goku and befriend literally anyone if he wanted to.

sandman probably felt like a make-a-wish kid waking up to spider man

i wish Marvel and DC showed this side of heroes in shows and movies more often, despite everything they go through, despite all there challenges, there only human, and sometimes writers tend to forget that

And that's how Spidey add another trauma to his list

Spiderman ALWAYS does both

I love how Zdarsky referenced the old Sandman comic where we see his life. I used to read it hundreds of times ❤

It’s beautiful enough to make a grown man cry, and that’s okay.

Your breakdown of comics are by far my favorite of the youtube folk doing things similar. Keep it up!

I really like how he put the wave sound just to get the feel out of this comic😊😊

This is why spidey is one of the best heroes out there:Peter's heart is gold.❤️

Bro.. that Ace ep in JL Animated is one of the best ep for JL and shows the humanity of batman one of my fav ep in tv

And so castles made of sand Slips into the sea Eventually

i wonder what stan lee would think of how they are torturing his favorite child right now

Kid did his Uncle Ben proud. Long live Spider-Man.

He didn’t treat him like a human being,he treated like a friend

Honestly Spider-Man is the Goat

This is so wholesome

This is why heroes like Batman and Spiderman are the best heroes, they don't instantly throw punches they always analyse the situation first and then take the measured and correct approach.

You have improved so much in your storytelling, fantastic job!

This writing for sandman is on par with the depiction of him in Spectacular Spider-Man. He dies in that show too. Okay, not really, due to the show's age rating but he would've died if they'd allow it

Spider-Man: Hello Batman from DC Batman: Hello Spider-Man from Marvel *Comforting a Person as They're About to Die*

The exact reason as to why Spider-Man is the best superhero that was ever written.

I wonder how Spiderman is able to keep it all together when he witnesses and experiences so many tragedies in his life.

Remember when batman was a kinda like spiderman just a little bit darker i miss that batman

These the kind of videos u make that I really enjoy

Gosh, that gave tears! Beautiful video, thank you.

This is one of the reasons why I love spider man, when one of the villains he knows is dying from something, he’s sees them not as a villain but as a human being, he’s willing to put in effort to save there life even tho it means that the villain could go back to being a villain after being healed

Poor Sandman. I remember when he reformed and joined Silver Sable. I had hoped he'd stay good but the writers couldn't let him be happy.

@ronn-ammon8975

11 ай бұрын

Hated how even after he'd been an Avenger(!), they reverted him back for a reunited Sinister Six, even w/ several viable substitutes around. Now after the Six is broke up again, he's gone for good? Hope not.

Spider-Man While Talking to His Foe The Sandman is one of the reasons why hes so Underated in one of Spider-Man's Rogues Gallery!❤️‍🩹

I always loved how Sand Man was just a normal guy who got the short end of the stick in life. He's a good guy who sometimes does bad things for good reasons.

I feel like one writer always seems to crop up when mentioning great or the best Spider-Man stories… Chip Zdarsky. Dude just seems to get Spider-Man

ok, now I GOTTA know what story that is, where the green goblin and spiderman just sit and joke around

@ronn-ammon8975

11 ай бұрын

Never read that one. But unless it was Harry instead of Norman; I don't know if I'd want to. I mean, EVEN w/ him apparently "de-Goblinized"; HTF can Peter ever be so comfortable w/ Norman f-ing Osborn?

these wholesome comics make me cry

My video buffered and it sounded like you said “the reason we all love Spider-Man is his indomitable ability to suck”! Some times the bad WiFi is funny.

Jesus, this one hit the feels as hard as the poor homeless girl who froze to death. Or the Cancer guy that Mr Fantastic couldn't cure...

This is how spiderman comic should be! Not the crap we get today

Spider man has alot of humility and will its what makes him grounded

This tore my heart out and gave it a hug wtf, this was amazing

There's something really beautiful about Sandman becoming one with the sand that hold these beautiful, peaceful memories :)

I like how he didn't want to know who he really was.

People often forget that Spider-Man Peter Parker has always treated others fairly, there has been little to no indication that he's ever belittled his enemies, he's always tried to have a conversation with to onow what is going on (only consecutive exception has ben Norman Osborn with or without being the Green Goblin)

actually now that you mentioned it, those are my favorite moments in comic books, one of my favorite scenes is the end of the killing joke, where batman and joker just have a chat, does anyone have a list of comics with these scenes? and can mullet man bring us more like these?

I've hated Spider-Man for as long as I could remember. Kraven's Last Hunt has always been my favorite Spidey comic for the simple fact that Spidey dies (plus it's incredibly well written). But man, this single video has me not only rethinking that position, but doing so with tears in my eyes.

@chonnelnofurro8344

10 ай бұрын

Why you hated spiderman that much?

You made a grown man cry, congrats...

Sandman seemed more broken than evil. I'm glad Spider Man stayed with him for his last moments

Loving your content man. You deserve more subs tbh

One of the reasons Spider-Man is the embodiment of a hero

I love the detail that in some of the panels on the beach you can see the sand already coming off

That was touching as heck.

Good shit my man

well.. this almost made me shed a tear

Man Zdarsky is such a good writer , super cool story!

i love how jj and spiderman got friends

I teared up, you read this so beautifully.

Spider man truly is a good person i feel like he and goku would be good friends

What a great cover-art. even more after watching the video and learning about this story

This comic remenberd me about a song called "castles made of sand"(I prefer the RHCP version, but Jimi Hendrix is good to) it is a good song for anybody who wants to listen to that.

It would have been epic with Venom,Eddie diying and spiderman going with the symbiote so it doesnt die alone,or the symbiote dying because of the constante mistreating of Eddie using it just for fighting,never been treated like a actual living being,and spiderman helps Eddie reconcile with the symbiote, in addition to him also asking for forgiveness for abandoning him,and helping Eddie to get thought going,and also reconciling with him.

Spidey didn't treat the Sandman like a human being, right? Like, he did...but more important, he treated him like a friend. He respected him despite their differences and conflicts. Hes the friendly neighborhood Spider-man after all. It's just nice how heroes like Spider-Man, Batman, the Flash, they can have these somber moments with some of their foes or otherwise misunderstood people, have these heart to hearts, and... yeah. Especially in their most dire moments. It's inspiring. Makes me want to be a better person.

This is my absolute favorite moment.

this shit tugged on my heartstrings, spider-man sitting next to a dying sandman hits different

Keep up the amazing work man also hey I sent you an e-mail about music and if you'd be interested.

So ...Sandman reforms, becomes a hero and gets accepted into the Avegers. Which is very credible since Flint Marko was never really about wanting to hurt people, so much as just trying to use his powers to make a quick, if illeagle, buck. Then in order to reunite the Sinister Six, Sandman is reverted back to being a villain; despite there being three(3) suitable substitutes (Hydroman, Quicksand, or Sandstorm); and how it made the Avengers look gulible. And now that the Sinister Six is broken uo again, he's what? Apparently disposable? I hope not. Maybe thus was just to make him sympathetic enough to get another shot at redemption?

Don't lie, we almost cried or shed a tear...

Saves on funeral costs at least I had to-

what a touching story. sometimes its easy to forget that these are human works of art that we are reading, what with all the action and exposition flying around from page to page. the one where spidey reveals his identity to j jonah was really moving as well. i think the biggest strength in spiderman as a character is that many of us see ourselves in him, in his constant struggles to just try and make things right, fair and just, in a world that is anything but. its beautiful. spiderman may just be the most human marvel character ever created.