Droping Amazing Spider-Man

[spideyboy_1111]

I thought in principal the Clone saga was a clever and brave idea, and a much better way of ending the marriage (As TMOTB has stated this was its purpose - make Pete Single again) - unfortunately it was really poorly executed. Look at it this way:

- Peter, Mary Jane and baby May all live happily ever after
- Peter (Ben) continues as a single Spider-man with that 'Parker luck'
- None of the previous spider-man history is erased- to the extent the events actually happened (and we still read them) just not to the current spider-man

or we have OMD

o it's definately a fitting end, and a much more preferred way imo... and i woulda been fine with it if peter was still spidey as well. scarlet and peter both having there own titles would have been cool, MJ would have Liz as a best friend both raising there kids together, bring in some other characters too for a supporting cast, and keep peter out fighting crime every once in a while and getting some what of a normal life while Ben does all the heavy work.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I wonder how sales would've been on each of the comics if they actually did publish a Peter Parker comic and a Ben Reilly comic. I probably would've read both. I never disliked Ben Reilly, I just didn't like the underhanded trick Marvel tried to use him for.

 

[Red]

I would have picked it up if they made an effort to make Ben his own character.

 

[Xofenroht]

I don't really want to see Ben Reilly back at all, even though he was Spider-Man when I started reading the titles regularly.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

I wonder how sales would've been on each of the comics if they actually did publish a Peter Parker comic and a Ben Reilly comic. I probably would've read both. I never disliked Ben Reilly, I just didn't like the underhanded trick Marvel tried to use him for.

i think it would have been a helllll of alot better alternative then what we have today.

i was toooo young back then and mostly wrapped up in the animated series, so when i'd buy comics, i'd simply just buy for who was on the cover, and what villains i loved. i just would buy the older the better and what my allowance could afford lol.

i probably didn't start buying new stuff on a regular basis till around JMS run started. and it was just spidey. But then during House of M i branched out

today i'd def buy both, back then i wouldn't have, but i think it would have salvaged alot

 

[Blader5489]

I wonder how sales would've been on each of the comics if they actually did publish a Peter Parker comic and a Ben Reilly comic. I probably would've read both. I never disliked Ben Reilly, I just didn't like the underhanded trick Marvel tried to use him for.

They did try that and it was a disaster. "The Amazing Scarlet Spider," anyone?

 

[spideyboy_1111]

They did try that and it was a disaster. "The Amazing Scarlet Spider," anyone?

it wasn't really the same thing that i was just explaining though... it was just throwing more ben, and even less peter

 

[Xofenroht]

I liked the Onslaught tie-ins, mainly because Peter Parker was involved.

 

[Themanofbat]

The problem was that Marvel wanted ONE Spider-Man, and that he be single, so the thought of the day was to make the "married" one a clone, and have the original Peter Parker aka Ben Reilly come back and reclaim the throne as the one & only Spider-Man.

A Scarlet Spider book, along with a Spider-Man book, would have still left Marvel with the presence of a married Spider-Man, which they did not want.

 

[Egotastic]

Speaking of the Scarlet Spider, did anyone else catch the reference in the last issue of ASM?

 

[iloveclones]

About the hooded sweater, yeah?

 

[CorpusBlack]

I've been wondering, maybe someone has some insight, but how long is Marvel going to publish ASM 3 times a month? Is it a permanent fixture for the foreseeable future or is it just temporary to get BND off the ground and quickly establish a new history? Also, how long are they going to label the books 'Brand New Day'?

 

[Blader5489]

I've been wondering, maybe someone has some insight, but how long is Marvel going to publish ASM 3 times a month? Is it a permanent fixture for the foreseeable future or is it just temporary to get BND off the ground and quickly establish a new history? Also, how long are they going to label the books 'Brand New Day'?

Starting next month, ASM will drop the "Brand New Day" banner.

 

[Themanofbat]

I've been wondering, maybe someone has some insight, but how long is Marvel going to publish ASM 3 times a month? Is it a permanent fixture for the foreseeable future or is it just temporary to get BND off the ground and quickly establish a new history? Also, how long are they going to label the books 'Brand New Day'?

It will be published 3x per month for the next little while... at least until the creative teams can no longer keep up and/or sales drop dramatically.

They've already plotted up until ASM #590 (at 3x per month), so you can probably expect it to go on into 2009...

 

[CorpusBlack]

Starting next month, ASM will drop the "Brand New Day" banner.

Thanks.

It will be published 3x per month for the next little while... at least until the creative teams can no longer keep up and/or sales drop dramatically.

They've already plotted up until ASM #590 (at 3x per month), so you can probably expect it to go on into 2009...

Cool. Thanks.

I have to say, I've been contemplating dropping ASM but the current issue was better that the last few months IMO. I'll wait to see how the rest of this month goes.

 

[bullets]

There was a time when asm was my favorite title. i haven't picked up anything sice the other and after what has recently transpired I'm afraid to look. This seems worse than the clone saga.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

my guess is they will hit 600, have some big story.. and then die down to 1 or at the most 2 a month

 

[UK_Stu]

my guess is they will hit 600, have some big story.. and then die down to 1 or at the most 2 a month

#600 is the one where he wakes up in the shower realising the last 5 years have all just been a bad dream

 

[Egotastic]

The only thing that could make that worth it, is if when Spider-Man unmasks, it's Patrick Duffy.

 

[Themanofbat]

There was a time when asm was my favorite title. i haven't picked up anything sice the other and after what has recently transpired I'm afraid to look. This seems worse than the clone saga.

You won't know until you actually give it a read...

 

[Egotastic]

And find out that it sucks?

Seriously though, Wells' first issue was pure Spider-Man gold, as far as I'm concerned. If all of BND had at least met that level of quality, than I might have been able to forgive OMD.

 

[Themanofbat]

And find out that it sucks?

Seriously though, Wells' first issue was pure Spider-Man gold, as far as I'm concerned. If all of BND had at least met that level of quality, than I might have been able to forgive OMD.

"Sucks" is very subjective...

 

[Egotastic]

So is "100% pure Spider-Man goodness."

 

[Themanofbat]

 

[TheCorpulent1]

What would you think if the Secret Invasion Spider-Man turned out to be the real deal and the OMD/BND Spidey were a Skrull, TMOB?