A real-life toymaker wanted there to be a Spidermobile, so the comics bosses told the comics creators they had to put one in the comics, but the comics didn’t disguise the fact it was stupid.
Actually, Mell has been on permanent “leave” since departing this earthly plane on May 24, 2016, and Momma has been all reprints for years. We can still be grateful he left so much good work behind that we continue to enjoy.
It would be interesting to know what strains of alien (?) DNA persist in those predominantly human-appearing individuals who think that “foods” like asparagus and broccoli are even remotely palatable. I don’t mean there should be any antagonism between us and them; there’s no reason we can’t all get along — as long as they stop trying to foist their flavor preferences on those of us whose experience of those flavors honestly is very different from theirs.
I don’t know if the paid memberships are less time-consuming to navigate than the free one, but to my mind the paid memberships are way too expensive for what is offered, and the free membership is far too much of a time-waster. So it’s Goodbye to Comics Kingdom for me, unless they go back to their previous format, or (preferably) implement one that’s actually user-friendly.
Such is the lore of Frigidairagorn in the Red Book of Westinghousemarch.