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This thread's for the Spider-Man comics and spin-offs, whether they're decades old or brand new.

  • Apart from the main Marvel Universe titles, Ultimate Spider-Man, Spider-Man "What If?" stories, crossovers, guest appearances in other books, Alternate Universe tales and things like Marvel's manga adaptations are all on-topic here.
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Technically, Marvel's Infinity Comics (and their predecessors, Infinite Comics) are webcomics, not comic books, but it's fine to talk about their Spider-Man stories here.

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Since everyone likes talking about him. I know little about him(Ironically,I got nearly all I know about him from a Batman thread),but he's apparently important so I made this thread. Enjoy.

Edited by MacronNotes on Jul 10th 2023 at 10:58:13 AM

Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#12626: Feb 22nd 2018 at 7:13:31 AM

The Marvel Solicitations reveals someone will die in Issue 800, and Renew Your Vows is going to go back to when Annie was a kid.

Eldritcho Since: Nov, 2016
#12627: Feb 22nd 2018 at 8:09:48 PM

[up]

Going back is nice; i was way more interested in her as a kid than as a teenager (though thats not to say the current issues are bad).

Is it going to be a flashback you think, or are we just going to jump around the timeline from now on? Because personally, i could totally get behind a book that switches backhand forth between arcs, or something of the like.

lycropath Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#12628: Feb 22nd 2018 at 8:29:56 PM

[up][up] Gawd damn, my man Flash is gonna die isn't he?

Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#12629: Feb 23rd 2018 at 3:47:05 AM

[up][up] I hope we do, they sort of hinted at jumping through the various points in time during the third part of "Eight Years Later" with some of Annie's flashbacks

Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#12630: Feb 28th 2018 at 1:32:37 PM

So in Spectacular Spider-Man#300 it's revealed Felicia once proposed to Spidey and Doom's time machine is modified so that Peter can't alter the present day no matter how much he screws up in the past

Over in Spider-Gwen Gwen beats up Captain America and Mean Murdoch, but is sent into the past of 616 (which freaks out the Watchers) and bumps into original Gwen Stacy

vicarious vicarious from NC, USA Since: Feb, 2013
vicarious
#12631: Feb 28th 2018 at 2:12:34 PM

Oooh, second spoiler sounds good

Mizerous Pet Owner from Hell Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: Brewing the love potion
Pet Owner
#12632: Feb 28th 2018 at 8:02:39 PM

Also from Jason's twitter page.

Just Makima.
windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#12633: Feb 28th 2018 at 10:10:51 PM

[up][up][up]it wasn't a proposal. it was a ploy to distract Peter

Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#12634: Mar 1st 2018 at 7:34:21 AM

[up] That'll teach me to react after seeing just one panel

Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#12636: Mar 1st 2018 at 8:22:30 AM

[up] What was it Dan Slott used to say about a Monkeys Paw? [lol]

edited 1st Mar '18 8:23:02 AM by Lionheart0

Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#12637: Mar 1st 2018 at 10:25:42 AM

New love interests will be introduced, guess that means MJ and Peter won't be a couple after Issue 800, though Spencer does mention he'll be using her and Felicia in the interview

Peter will have a new roommate too.

edited 1st Mar '18 10:25:48 AM by Zarius

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#12638: Mar 1st 2018 at 11:33:29 AM

As long as Spencer avoids any Nazi apologia, I don't think it will be too bad.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#12639: Mar 1st 2018 at 1:09:54 PM

Wasn't the Secret Empire thing meant as a protest against Nazis taking over?

But everyone treated it as if it was showing it as a good thing?

I assumed it was a hamfisted, "Don't elect Nazis."

Also, am the only guy who hates Peter isn't a tech mogul anymore?

edited 1st Mar '18 1:10:10 PM by CharlesPhipps

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Mr.Badguy Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#12640: Mar 1st 2018 at 1:18:40 PM

His Captain Samerica run was basically a soliloquy about how Both Sides Are The Same and the only moral choice is to do nothing at all, and Sam learns his place in life and hands the mantle back to the real Cap.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#12641: Mar 1st 2018 at 1:21:00 PM

Ah, I stand corrected.

Mind you, I always assumed Falcon Cap would be temporary because there's no reason Falcon shouldn't be his own awesome hero.

Dude needs his own series (I admit, I only bought Captain America when Falcon was Cap so I may be a hypocrite here).

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#12642: Mar 1st 2018 at 1:55:27 PM

Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of. That we'll get another round of the Adventures of Captain Toothless that'll somehow present "Norman Osborn" and "arresting Norman Osborn" as equally bad options because "arresting white collar criminals destroys the economy somehow"(an actual argument Spencer made in Captain Samerica).

He's allergic to resolving anything in a manner other than a "pretentious faux neutral fart of impotent fist-shaking", and that's the kind of writing comics desperately need less of right now.

edited 1st Mar '18 1:57:38 PM by Luminosity

Deadpoolrocks Since: Sep, 2010
#12643: Mar 1st 2018 at 2:21:56 PM

[up][up]...

he has his own series. right now. he's fighting supernatural threats

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#12644: Mar 1st 2018 at 3:04:28 PM

Awesome.

I now have a reason to pick up Marvel after its Crisis on Infinite Earths and suddenly Nazis ruling America in my escapist fiction instead of just reality.

[zing]

edited 1st Mar '18 3:04:43 PM by CharlesPhipps

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#12645: Mar 1st 2018 at 3:59:22 PM

Even better, the HYDRA takeover was welcomed with open arms by Marvel's idiot civilians! They were not faced with protests, lawsuits, investigations, and massive opposition including from their ostensible own side unlike some people I could name.

Secret Empire is a story about how this fantastic escapist universe is worse than real life.

edited 1st Mar '18 3:59:37 PM by HamburgerTime

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#12646: Mar 1st 2018 at 4:06:39 PM

Marvel citizenry: the worst.

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#12647: Mar 1st 2018 at 4:07:37 PM

Is that a surprise? The citizens of the MU are people who have advocated the extermination of their friends, neighbors, and children if they can make sparks with their hands or have a tail.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Eldritcho Since: Nov, 2016
#12648: Mar 1st 2018 at 4:40:19 PM

[up] That doesn't make it any better.

[down] Its awful storytelling is what it is.

edited 1st Mar '18 5:02:50 PM by Eldritcho

Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#12649: Mar 1st 2018 at 4:59:47 PM

Marvel civilians are supposed to be saved by heroes, but you gotta admit that pretty often their behavior makes you feel kinda apathetic if a big group gets turned into a stain in the pavement.

Wake me up at your own risk.
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#12650: Mar 1st 2018 at 5:01:26 PM

It's doubly disgusting because Hydra would be explictly Nazis in the MU.

"Hey, Steve Rogers is President."

"AWESOME!"

"He's also building an army of terrorists like the kind which have murdered thousands over the years and were led by Hitler's Right and Left Hand Men."

"...shouldn't we test him for mind control?"

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.

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