How about Chemo? He’s just full of the stuff, it had to be inserted at some point.
Oh, damn, I keep reading this wrong, it’s not RADIOACTIVE insertion, is it? Oops.
I keep giggling at insertion, too, because I’m juvenile.
As much as I like what Busiek did with Sally Avril in Untold tales of Spidey, it’s a prime reason why (many?/most?) retro insertion characters CAN’T work well. if the story has the impact that Sally’s did, that impact should have reverberated throughout the whole series through the years. except it couldn’t have, because until UT, Sally WASN’T an important character. so the impact ends up being lost, because we know that this isn’t really an important story.
I’m trying to avoid spoiling UT/the Sally storyline for anyone who hasn’t read it, so I’m fearing my point is dulled due to that. just everyone buy the Omnibus of UT that’s coming out soon, and then you’ll get my point. maybe.
It’s the same reason that if we see the “future” of a character, and a past storyline is being told at the same time, the impact is dulled. (See the new Action Comics — this is taking place 5 years ago, but in the “current” stories, things are “ok”, so a bit of the suspense goes away.)
Of course, there are exceptions….
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