Spidey update

whats up,,,
i used to be a big spidey man in my early teens..when everything was simple,, villain would arise,, spidey would kick his ass,, goes home to MJ,, everyones happy,,, until it got to complecated... I finally decided to give up on spiderman after they finished with theire spider clonage bull ****... then i pretty much boycotted marvel when they took away wolverines metal and turned him into a beast,,, and onslaught killed everyone and the marvel universes started at zero... So a lil over 10 yrs later,, im interested to know whats going on.. who can fill me in??

whats happening with spidey??,, is ben reily (scarlet spider, aka spidey clone) still around??? whats up with the new yellow suit?? whats all this civil war talk??

oh ya and what the ****s up with ultimate spider??? spidey transformed into a teen geek again,,, lil scrawny looking and ****/..

[Happenstance]

Actually Ultimate Spider-Man is the only good thing about Spider-Man these days.

Petes origin in 616 has been changed so now a crappy spider god basically gave him powers, the ugly suit is from iron man and pete is now his lacky.

Ben Reilly died in 616 but will be coming back to USM soon. Civil War is the latest "massive event" in which the government wants all the heroes to register their real names and come clean with the public so the super hero community is split.

[AlteredEgo]

actually i find that wikipedia is usually a pretty good source for an overall view of whats been going on as of late. im sure some beg to differ, but it works for the casual reader(ie me).

[kieron39]

they changed his 616 origin?!?! WTF?
thats real stupid....can you explain, theres to much info on wikipedia

[AlteredEgo]

i dont think that they actually changed as much as they did just questioned it. -er, i know that doesnt help explain much, but its kind of a long story and im off to sleep now.

[WOLVERINE25TH]

WRONG! Spider-Girl is the best Spider title right now.

And Ben Reilly rules.

[Doc Destruction]

Spider-Girl is indeed the best Spidey title right now. Not even a contest.

[Happenstance]

Thats if you like Spidergirl, personally I just couldnt get into it. Nothing really wrong with it, I think it was just me hating seeing Pete sitting on the sidelines not doing anything.

[kieron39]

to bad spider-girl finishes soon

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Hey, if you wanna pass up a damn good book because of some stupid hangup, can't help ya.

Okay, in short fer Spidey:

-Spidey's suffered from lackluster stories and art since the clone saga ended, had a reboot that barely started gettin' better, then went back to original numbers with 500.

-Aunt May now knows who he is. Oh, yeah, she's alive again. Apparently th' one that died was a genetically altered actress. A pseudo clone, if you will.

-JMS threw some life into the series and got generally positive reviews until...

-He revealed Gwen's absence from th' comics in th' 70s was because she had a night of passion with Norman Osborn, had his kids in France who grew up quickly due to th' Goblin formula, and was tricked into goin' after Peter as new Goblins.

-JMS further screwed up by sayin' Spidey's powers are apparently mystical in origin and he's one of many Spider-Men in history, he died and was reborn with additional powers. Many of which have not been used since they debuted. Marvel freely admits this idea was dumb.

-He's got a new costume designed by Iron Man which sucks on purpose because it's only temporary. He's on the Avengers and after th' Parker house was torched they all live in Avengers Tower.

-And Joe Q and JMS have a mad-on fer th' marriage which they seek to end next year citing it as th' cause of ALL of Spidey's current problems. Goblin kids, new origins, and crappy costumes apparently are all just victims of th' marriage.

In even shorter: It's a bad time to be a Spidey fan. I could go into more detail, but why even bother?

[Doc Destruction]

Perhaps, but the writing is the most solid, Spidey-like writing out there right now. Unless Slott writes another Human Torch/Spider-Man mini.

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Which's why it's gettin' canned. Nobody reads good, solid books unless it's one of th' big titles. And that's why crap like The Other is allowed to dominate, 'cause we tell Marvel this is what we want.

Look at Thing, done at 8.
Marvel Team-Up probably won't last past this arc.
Spider-Girl's been strugglin' fer a while.

I'm just surprised She-Hulk isn't in danger yet.

[Deathlok2001]

What about Sensational Spidey? It looks like a very good book, Medina art, Puma, Chameleon upcoming......

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Yeah, Sen's gettin' there. Waitin' to see how th' arc wraps up before givin' final judgement myself.

[MajinShenron]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_%28comics%29

All you need to know about Civil War

[shinlyle]

Originally Posted by WOLVERINE25TH

Yeah, Sen's gettin' there. Waitin' to see how th' arc wraps up before givin' final judgement myself.

Well, considering what happens in Civil War #2, you'll have a hard time getting me to buy ANYTHING Spidey-related. I'll probably keep getting Spider-Girl. That's probably it.

[Doc Destruction]

Yeah, I'm VERY seriously thinking about cutting all 616 books minus Nextwave after this.

[shinlyle]

Originally Posted by Doc Destruction

Yeah, I'm VERY seriously thinking about cutting all 616 books minus Nextwave after this.

I'm already there. I was going to drop ALL of my Marvel books, but I'm just having a hard time letting go of the following:

-Daredevil
-Punisher (MAX)
-Spider-Girl
-Ultimates 2
-Ultimate Spider-Man

Everythign else has pretty much been dropped already, or it is something I'm just reading to be reading it...and those are gone as of now.

I just believe Marvel went this route. Nevermind....Joe Q's still in charge....I can believe it.

[Joker]

all your questions except for the USM one have been answered, so in short, it's a what if book. "What if Peter Parker had gotten his powers in 2000 instead of the 1960's?" It's also very very good.

[Joker]

Originally Posted by shinlyle

I'm already there. I was going to drop ALL of my Marvel books, but I'm just having a hard time letting go of the following:

-Daredevil
-Punisher (MAX)
-Spider-Girl
-Ultimates 2
-Ultimate Spider-Man

Everythign else has pretty much been dropped already, or it is something I'm just reading to be reading it...and those are gone as of now.

I just believe Marvel went this route. Nevermind....Joe Q's still in charge....I can believe it.

if I ever find out you dropped Max Punisher for any reason, I will hunt you down, cut open your stomach, and leave you in the woods

[WOLVERINE25TH]

Well, I know I'm definitely droppin' Black Panther, Nextwave, Powers, ASM & FSM after Civil War. More will be added by th' time that rolls around.

[shinlyle]

Originally Posted by The Joker

if I ever find out you dropped Max Punisher for any reason, I will hunt you down, cut open your stomach, and leave you in the woods

Man...that was a great issue, wasn't it? Garth Ennis may be the best writer in comics right now.


Don't worry, it's safe. Hell it's one of 2 classic heroes that I still enjoy...the other being Daredevil. Besides....Punisher MAX and DD are the only two books that make me just scream "DAAAAYAAMN" every issue. Not many comics do that for me anymore. Punisher actually makes me giggle at some parts.

Does that make me sick in the head?

[Joker]

Originally Posted by shinlyle

Does that make me sick in the head?

to answer your quesiton, I will simply tell you that when frank fed that guy to the shark last issue, I was laughing like a madman

Punisher: You're a gangster?

Guy: I'm a hardcore motha f**kin gangsta! I can get cho' whateva you need!

Punisher: Nice to meet you. I'm the Punisher.

[Joker]

Originally Posted by WOLVERINE25TH

Well, I know I'm definitely droppin' Black Panther, Nextwave, Powers, ASM & FSM after Civil War. More will be added by th' time that rolls around.

If I find out you dropped Nextwave, I swear to god I will send killer Kooala bears and teradactyl men after you

[shinlyle]

Originally Posted by The Joker

to answer your quesiton, I will simply tell you that when frank fed that guy to the shark last issue, I was laughing like a madman

Punisher: You're a gangster?

Guy: I'm a hardcore motha f**kin gangsta! I can get cho' whateva you need!

Punisher: Nice to meet you. I'm the Punisher.

How about when he threw the lady through the shatterproof window...? Beautiful. I llaughed hysterically when it showed the blood spatters on the glass from outside.