Of course, since then, Dan Slott has left the title he said he never would, and Nick Spencer is the new writer for Amazing Spider-Man #1 with Ryan Ottley as artist And, of course, Marvel has a new Editor-in-Chief And there is no suggestion that they are bringing back the Spider-Marriage But Nick Spencer, it[...]
All of everything is at stake in this battle.[caption id="attachment_881162" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Amazing Spider-Man #1 cover by Ryan Ottley[/caption]Amazing Spider-Man #1The new Amazing Spider-Man swings into action (how many times has that one been used in relation to Spider-Man?) under creators Nick Spencer and Ryan Ottley Aliens are invading the Earth, because Peter can never catch a break.[caption id="attachment_881163" align="aligncenter"[...]
Can you guess who it is? We'll give you a hint...That's right, Secret Empire writer Nick Spencer is taking over as writer, while Marguerite Sauvage will provide art As expected, the press release teases a "bold new era" for the series, and we're afraid to imagine exactly what that will consist of Probably someone getting turned[...]
We can’t guarantee 100% accuracy, of course.In this issue of Improbable Previews, we’ve gotten our hands on some unlettered Ryan Ottley art from his and Nick Spencer's Amazing Spider-Man #1, which were posted in the middle of a CBR fluff interview broken up into five clickable parts What will happen when the man behind Secret Empire[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Wong and the Midnight Sons make their final stand against the hordes of Hell and the demonically-possessed Avengers. Before long, Mephisto himself arrives to gloat over having killed Johnny Blaze. However, Mephisto does not know that the Ghost Rider has become the king of Hell, and the tides may soon turn in favor […]
2016 and 2017 were rough years for Nick Spencer, maybe the worst in a decade since he was driven from Cincinnati after losing his City Council bids First, despite dedicating most of his waking hours to tweeting, sometimes hundreds of times per day, about Hillary Clinton, she was still defeated by Donald Trump in the 2016[...]
The first thing that jumped out at us, looking through the solicits, was the one for Amazing Spider-Man #1 and #2:
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 & #2
NICK SPENCER (W) • RYAN OTTLEY (A/C)
ISSUE #1 - VARIANT COVER BY JIM CHEUNG
ISSUE #1 - VARIANT COVER BY JEROME OPENA
ISSUE #1 - VARIANT COVER BY SHANE DAVIS
ISSUE #1 - VARIANT[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Wong has an almost-heart-to-heart with Ghost Rider in a flashback. In the present, Wong's team try to remove the flaming Mjolnir off Blade. Wong and Bats try to fend off the possessed Doctor Strange. Once the hammer returns to the possessed Thor, Wong's team enters heated battle against the possessed Avengers. Meanwhile, the […]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] With the Avengers helping mourn and honor the fallen in Las Vegas from Secret Empire, Doctor Strange arrives to offer a ray of hope. He has regained his expansive powers and resurrects the parts of Las Vegas that fell, its citizens included. Joyous celebration quickly turns to shock and horror when the Hotel […]
It will be up to Doctor Strange and his allies to put this hellish genie back in is brimstone bottle. Donny Cates, Nick Spencer, and Rod Reis will be headlining this one.[caption id="attachment_797338" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Ninja-K vs the Valiant Universe #2 cover by Kevin Wada[/caption]Ninja-K vs the Valiant Universe #2While the first issue of this one didn't quite work[...]
The solicit for the first issue, hitting stores in February, is probably a little more accurate:
DOCTOR STRANGE: DAMNATION #1 (OF 5)
DONNY CATES & Nick Spencer (W) • ROD REIS (A/C)
Variant Cover by RON LIM
Variant Cover by TBA
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER by GREG SMALLWOOD
Trading Card Variant Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHERThe city of sin gets its biggest[...]
Everyone has been wondering what Nick Spencer will be up to in Marvel Legacy (except for Rich Johnston, who is sure it will be a Spider-Man book) Well, now we have the answer, at least for five issues: a new Doctor Strange mini along with Donny Cates and artist Rod Reis, called Doctor Strange: Damnation[...]
This is a great version of Captain America.It’s kind of ironic that Nick Spencer wrote Sam Wilson: Captain America, but he kind of fumbles the ball with the story here This is the last flight of Sam Wilson as Captain America, and he doesn’t even wear the colors or pick up the shield for the[...]
But despite all of this, one lingering question is on the minds of the entire nation: what does Nick Spencer think about this?Determined to find out and get rich on clicks in the process, we instructed our top investigative reporters to scour the Secret Empire writer's Twitter account and report back with the insider information[...]
X-Men tie-ins because that story is awful.I stuck with the Avengers through the Jonathan Hickman days, though I did splinter off to the Avengers World title when it started, which was primarily written by Nick Spencer I liked Hickman and Spencer’s work quite a bit, but it never quite reached the level of enjoyment I[...]
As the comics community grappled with an alt-right troll movement feigning outrage to get a writer fired from a book as part of harassment-fueled campaign to save comics from "SJWs," Nick Spencer took to Twitter Friday night to tell funny stories about his cat in an attempt to provide a humorous respite from all the[...]
Because I am not only a masochist but a curious masochist as well.That, and I really do think Nick Spencer is a talented writer Secret Empire just happened to turn out to be his self-combusting magnum opus that will be attached to his name for many unfortunate years to come.I loved his Sam Wilson: Captain[...]
Being gluttons for punishment, we watched it to hastily transcribe the comments of Marvel guests Tom Brevoort, Alanna Smith, and Nick Spencer.Here are the highlights:Brevoort, on how Secret Empire ended:
It turns out the reason cap was this way had to do with some shenanigans by the cosmic cube [...] Two guys punched and hit one another[...]
Superstar writer Nick Spencer has heard the reports of the comics industry's demise, and he thinks they're a bit premature.[caption id="attachment_712365" align="aligncenter" width="600"] With apologies to KC Green[/caption]2017 has been a down year for comics, and Bleeding Cool reported last week that comics sales had "fallen off a cliff" with August's Diamond Sales Charts[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"]Secret Empire #10 is finally here, and the behemoth steamroller of an event from Marvel and writer Nick Spencer is finally over And after the writer and publishers' constant calls to wait and see, to read every issue no matter what your initial reaction is, and ideally spend hundreds of dollars on the various spinoffs[...]