Lantern Venom
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Every time I see that, I hear the random woman from my theater gasp followed by utter silence.
Bone chilling.
I remember my daughter doing the same thing. She told me later that she was so used to seeing the hero save his love interest that she never really thought Gwen would die. Of course, I knew the story, but I wasn't sure that Webb would actually go through with it. I remember the silence of the theater after that as well. There is something about that cracking sound that never loses its power.
I gave my daughter "The Night Gwen Stacy Died" to read later on and told her how it shook up the comic world at the time. TASM2 really cemented that moment in her mind as something landmark in American pop culture, and I'll always cherish that.