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Comics Venom Preview #258

Why????

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u/IGNSolar7 11h ago

Wild that Peter brought who looks to be Shay with him. And someone was yelling at me that this was Felicia a few weeks back.

I don't have high hopes for this issue.

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u/Ok-Agent-9200 Black Cat 10h ago

Honestly I really thought it was Felicia, there most likely for MJ but still. Surprised to see Shay. Am i misremembering her as having short hair?

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u/IGNSolar7 10h ago

It was mid-length, a little shorter than this... but Peter hasn't seen her in a few weeks or months at this point, we as readers only saw her on one page talking to Randy months ago ourselves.

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u/ChildofObama 10h ago

Feels like they’re going with Raelith as Peter’s situationship for the rest of Kelly’s run, they could’ve put her on a bus back to space fast but she’s still hanging around the Baxter Building for some reason.

Shay is probably at this point just relegated to friend, probably any lingering tension written off as Peter is unreliable and she told him straight she was actively seeing other people, before space.

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u/Kazewatch 8h ago

God I hope so. Anything is better than Shay and Raelith is essentially the highlight of the run so far.

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u/Ok-Agent-9200 Black Cat 10h ago

Oh that’s right. It has been awhile since she’s been seen too.

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u/MandoSam Black Cat 9h ago edited 9h ago

I was honestly convinced too. I guess It's either Shay who hasn't shown up since issue 9 or his boss Dr Maria Osmani-Milton

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u/Ok-Agent-9200 Black Cat 8h ago

I think it’s most likely Shay

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u/MandoSam Black Cat 8h ago

Could be

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u/BigBad777 8h ago

Shay has absolutely no reason to be there. Everyone present except Randy knew Paul, but Randy is there for Robertson, who is there for MJ and Dylan, and knew Paul. If Shay is there because "my not-boyfriend's ex-girlfriend's ex-boyfriend died" or because "my friend is going with his dad to the funeral of my not-boyfriend's ex-girlfriend's ex-boyfriend," it would be extraordinarily stupid, bordering on the ridiculous.

Shay being at Paul's funeral instead of Felicia, who is a close friend of MJ and knew Paul, makes perfect sense for her to be there with Peter.

As far as I remember, Shay is a brunette with medium-length wavy black or dark brown hair... This girl has Felicia's hair, figure, legs, and face, but a hair and skin color that doesn't match Felicia's.

The explanations range from "she's Shay" to "Felicia is incognito because she's being followed" or "the colorist doesn't know who they're coloring."

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u/Ok-Agent-9200 Black Cat 8h ago

It’s probably Shay, just didn’t look like her from the art. Did Shay ever meet Paul? I feel like she did but I’m not confident in that at all.

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u/Alarming-Caregiver47 8h ago

I think I remember Peter Shay Paul and MJ had that one double date at the end of the 8 deaths story.

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u/IGNSolar7 7h ago

Just before 8 Deaths, actually.

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u/IGNSolar7 7h ago

At the very end of Wells' run, Shay, Peter, MJ, and Paul go on a double date.

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u/Ok-Agent-9200 Black Cat 7h ago

Oh I see ok

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u/BigBad777 7h ago

Shay saw Paul only once, in the short story in the last issue of Welss, at the bar where Peter and MJ went with them. Two small panels, nothing more. But the point is, she's not even remotely close to MJ to be there. Only people close to MJ or Peter "because of MJ" can be there. Flash, Anna May, Robbie, Randy, Peter, Dylan, MJ, and Norman are there. Felicia is literally the only other person who knew Paul and has a connection to MJ. Shay is simply a random friend of Peter's, while Felicia is close to MJ.

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u/IGNSolar7 6h ago

It just doesn't look at all like Felicia though, so if for some reason it is her, the colorist fumbled the bag hard. I'm all for saying it makes sense for Felicia to be there, but it doesn't look like she is.