I explained to Danny that I liked my villains a little more layered-some moral ambiguity, some shades of grey-and that, frankly, I'd had my fill of the psycho's and mass murderers running through the pages of half the comic books on the stands. (And those-heaven help us-were the heroes!) Peter Parker, on the other hand, was, is and always will be a kind, decent, compassionate, caring human being-something of a rarity in the comic book climate of the 90's.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I explained to Danny that I liked my villains a little more layered-some moral ambiguity, some shades of grey-and that, frankly, I'd had my fill of the psycho's and mass murderers running through the pages of half the comic books on the stands. (And those-heaven help us-were the heroes!) Peter Parker, on the other hand, was, is and always will be a kind, decent, compassionate, caring human being-something of a rarity in the comic book climate of the 90's." in the context of "J. M. DeMatteis, DARKNESS, LIGHT...AND FREE FOOD an introduction of Sorts to Maximum Carnage trade paperback (December 22, 2004)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.