A Classic Spider-Man Character Just Died A Hero's Death

WARNING : This article contains SPOILERS forAmazing Spider - Man#800

Amazing Spider - Man#800 sees a classic Spider - Man character die in battle in social club to defeat Norman Osborn ’s Red Goblin . Writer Dan Slott is determined to terminate his decade - long streak on theAmazing Spider - Mancomic in style , as Peter Parker ’s close friends feel themselves in the line of flame once again . For Flash Thompson , Peter ’s one - time bully , it ’s the very last meter .

" Go Down Swinging , " Dan Slott ’s concluding Spider - Man story , has seen Peter Parker faced once again with the frightful threat of Norman Osborn . The former Green Goblin has hold fast with the Carnage symbiote , becomingthe brutal and murderous Red Goblin . Armed once again with the knowledge of Spider - Man ’s secret personal identity , the Goblin has targeted Peter ’s closest supporter and family . AndAmazing Spider - Man#800 wastes no clock time in putting their life in danger , opening with the Red Goblin heading out on a delegacy of murder , point Aunt May and Mary Jane Watson .

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Fortunately for Spider - Man , he has friends to call upon in his hour of need . Step forrader Flash Thompson , Peter ’s old school bully who has long since matured into a staple Spider - Man fictitious character . Thompson has once again bonded with a symbiote of his own , the Anti - Venom symbiote , and he ’s seek to be the one matter that can actually injure the Red Goblin . Flash may have been a dumb jock in in high spirits schoolhouse , but when he overhears another Marvel hero come to to Spider - Man as " Peter , " he ’s able to effortlessly put the piece together .

Thereunion of Spider - Man with the Venom symbioteseems like the issue ’s biggest wind . But by the level ’s terminal , sacrifices himself so as to save Peter Parker ’s Friend and family , garner the ire of the Red Goblin - and ultimately die by Osborn ’s hand .

It truly is a heartbreaking close to Flash Thompson ’s story . Spider - Man ’s secondary plaster cast is well known for being remarkably rich and well - developed ; of all superheroes , only Batman ’s world is quite so complex and character - rich . And over the year , Flash has transition from Peter ’s high school nemesis to becoming a hoagy beloved by lector . He gained military experience , and hurt terribly for it , losing his peg … but urge by his hero Spider - Man , Thompson forge for the administration asthe heroic Agent Venom .

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He ’s been a dependable hero for years now , whether bonded with a symbiote or not , and his story has been a muscular and emotional one . Now it ’s descend to a tragic but satisfying finale , reach his life for the grinder who inspired him , and with the full knowledge that " Puny Parker " was actually Spider - Man all along . It ’s a measure of how much the relationship between Peter and Flash has changed over the year that seeing Flash injure in this way causes Spider - Man to truly turn into Venom . But a dying Flash reminds Spider - Man who he is , and who he must be .

The issue ends with a funeral scene , as it must , with Peter Parker himself testify to the heroism and goodness of Flash Thompson . And so , in the true custom of comedian , Peter render an aroused eulogy that ’s sure to leave Flash fan all over the mankind heartbroken . Flash Thompson truly did " Go Down Swinging . " And he write Spider - Man as he did .