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Fifty Years Since Steve Ditko Quit Spider-Man
Stephen Sonneveld writes, Part I of IV: Kickstarting Next year marks the 50th anniversary of Steve Ditko's departure from Spider-Man, a character he co-created with Stan Lee in Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel) and continued to develop as writer and artist throughout a 38-issue run on The Amazing Spider-Man. Now in his 80's, Ditko is still producing comics with[...]
Mighty Marvel Geeks Issue 88: Avengers: Past, Present And Future
Then Kylan brings up Kevin Feige's comments on the role Spider-Man will have in the MCU and how the MCU will reference The TV shows Mike brings up that the Avengers: Age of Ultron originally had a different ending and talks about what could have been All this and more Mighty Marvel Geeks NCBD picks for[...]
Could Renew Your Vows #5 Reveal A Very Big Surprise For Iron Man? (SPOILERS)
I mentioned that Marvel Comics seemed to think that Renew Your Vows #5 the final issue of the Secret Wars crossover that reunites Peter Parker with Mary Jane Watson, with a superpowered child Anna, was big. Could this be why? And if so, will Marvel Knights Spider-Man #20 be in big demand? Which featured this scene, With the[...]
Advance Reorders – Everyone's Talking Renew Your Vows #5
Can Marvel ignore the appeal of a Peter/Mary Jane book for much longer? Oh and look, the new Saga trade is on the way… and the Lumberjanes collection seems to be selling fast! TOP 25 ADVANCE REORDER COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS/TPs Publication Price Publisher AMAZING SPIDER-MAN RENEW YOUR VOWS #5 SWA $3.99 MAR SAGA TP VOL 05 (MR) $14.99 IMA BATMAN #44 $4.99 DC JOURNEY STAR WARS FASE #1 (OF 4) $3.99 MAR SEX CRIMINALS[...]
What If… Spider-Man Had Grown Up In Smallville?
I always wondered what it would have been like if Spider-Man had grown up where I did, a small ex-mining town in West Yorkshire There would have been certain limitations And compared to Smallville, it was a metropolitan bustle of a place…. Thanks to KevlarYarmulke of r/comicbooks.   I always wondered what it would have been like if Spider-Man[...]
What Is Up With Renew Your Vows #5?
Could we get a Mary Jane Spider-Woman? Could we get a Hit Girl-styled new Spider-Girl with Annie? Could they form the basis of an upcoming Female Lead Spider-Man movie? Something's up This isn't business as usual…   This is the main cover to the Secret Wars spinoff title Renew Your Vows #5 For every 25 a comic store orders,[...]
Putting The Response To The Fantastic Four Into Perspective
Just how bad did the last three Spider-Man films do to lead Sony to make the deal? Spider-Man 3, Sam Raimi's last film which made Sony turn to a new vision and actor, that film came in at 63% And Amazing Spider-Man 2 which was considered a flop and ended Marc Webb's run with the[...]
Mighty Marvel Geeks Issue 79: The Fantastic Embargoes
Mike brings up rumours of the potential casting of the Spider-Man reboot and Eric is shocked at the  casting of J Jonah Jameson And they guys discuss the latest Netfilx/Marvel speculation, Thunderbolts anyone? Mighty Marvel Geeks NCBD picks for August 5, 2015 are: Darth Vader #8, Bucky Barnes: Winter Soldier #10, Ms Marvel #17, The Unbeatable[...]
Is The Russo Brothers Twitter Account Real?
On July 10th, the account posted a close up of some material that many websites took as a teaser for the upcoming Spider-Man costume for Captain America: Civil War. pic.twitter.com/XulEzGhV3a — Russo Brothers (@Russo_Brothers) July 10, 2015 Then it came to light that not only is that not the actual Russo Brothers, the sibling directors have no Twitter account[...]
Marvel Officially Announces Spidey!, A New Ongoing All-Ages Spider-Man Comic (UPDATE)
In an exclusive ComicBook.com story that Bleeding Cool first ran a couple of weeks ago, whch then led to questions about it being answered on the Sunday after, Marvel have announced Spidey!, a new ongoing Spider-Man series that's specifically All-Ages, telling stories of Spider-Man when Peter Parker was still in high school. Charting the four-colored time machine[...]
Ex-Bones Actor To Co-Write Spider-Man Reboot
Reports say that Marvel and Sony have found their writers for the upcoming reboot of Spider-Man Deadline is saying that the writing team of John Francis Daley and Jonathan M Goldstein will be scripting the new film that will star recently cast Tom Holland as Peter Parker. Daley and Goldstein recently wrote the script for the[...]
SDCC '15: Marvel – Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends
A Civil War and Ant-Man video though, so we learn that Scott Lang is a 'good' criminal, robbing from a rich corporation to give it back to the customers. Panelists include Robbie Thompson, Chip Zdarsky, Axel Alonso, Wil Moss and Sana Amanat. The Amazing Spider-Man reboot comes up, coming out October 7th Peter Parker going global, as[...]
Kevin Feige Quote Round Up
And we keep track of all of those things and are inspired by all of those things, so I'd love it to find an organic, meaningful and natural way for that to happen at some point in the not so distant future. Talking about what the new Marvel/Sony version of Spider-Man may feel like: It's the soap[...]
Sony, Sam Raimi And The Coherency Of Stan Lee
In which Sony execs Amy Pascal and Jeff Robinov discussed last year whether they should bring back Sam Raimi to the Spider-Man franchise. Amy Pascal:  Sam rami? Jeff Robinov: ? Amy Pascal: Should I bring him back Jeff Robinov: Does he have a good take?By the end he had gone a little Joel Schumacher…Do you know this partial novel[...]
Spider-Dad, Spider-Dad, Has Whatever A Spider-Dad Had….
We mentioned yesterday that the father of Tom Holland, the new Spider-Man, was a well-ish known British comedian and writer, Dominic Holland In my past life as an advertising copywriter, I'd made a few ads with him And despite not exactly being a sporty person, I'd read a number of his sports-based works The Ripple[...]
Tom Holland Shows Off His Spider-Man Moves In His Back Garden
Two days before the Spider-Man announcement, Tom Holland posted some of his moves from his South-West London home on Instagram… Fun fun fun A video posted by ✌️ (@tomholland2013) on Jun 21, 2015 at 7:37am PDT Bored A video posted by ✌️ (@tomholland2013) on Jun 21, 2015 at 7:44am PDT Bored A video posted by ✌️ (@tomholland2013) on Jun 21, 2015[...]
Tom Holland Cast As Spider-Man, Directed By John Watts
And he was an early Billy Elliot in the musical so he has the moves…. He will be the first Spider-Man set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios are proud to announce that after a full worldwide casting search, Tom Holland will play Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the next Spider-Man film, in theaters in IMAX and[...]
US Supreme Court Quotes Stan Lee When Deciding Spider-Man Patent Case
This morning the Supreme Court in the USA ruled on a case regarding rights payments to the toy, the Web Blaster, that lets kids create something akin to Spider-Man's comic book webbing, and licensed out by Marvel Enterprises. Patented by Stephen Kimble in 1990, the court decided against him. Case Collard, partner at the international law firm[...]