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cart1 said:Spider-girl 100 WAllPaper at Marvel.com
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Marvel held their latest press conference with the members of the comics' press Thursday to talk about the end of Spider-Girl with July's issue #100, as well as the start of Tom DeFalco and Pat Olliffe's May-debuting limited series Last Planet Standing, which may or may not mark the end of the MC2 Universe.
This call's featured guest was Tom DeFalco. Preview artwork follows this re-cap...
The conference was opened by DeFalco who opened with a recap of Spider-Girl's history. DeFalco explained that Spider-Girl is the daughter of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Parker, which is set in an alternate timeline.
DeFalco joked about the "just do six more" philosophy that has been behind the book's run, but noted that "I think our 'just do six more' is going to run out with issue #100."
DeFalco said that since the title has been revived and saved from certain death so many times, he is having a hard time believing that this may in fact be the final end for the series and the character.
Moving on to Last Planet Standing, DeFalco said that the upcoming mini-series was spawned from the success of last year's Last Hero Standing, noting that the original mini-series sold twice the normal Spider-Girl numbers, which resulted in the call to do another mini-series.
"We haven't seen a real, exciting cosmic story from Marvel in many years," DeFalco said in regards to the seed for Last Planet Standing. The writer went on to explain that the storyline of the mini-series deals with evolution, case in point, that Galactus is looking to grow and change.
During the work on Last Planet Standing, DeFalco said that the creative team got word that Spider-Girl was coming to an end with issue #100, the option to end the entire "MC2" universe has been put on the table as a possible ending for the story. DeFalco said that the last five pages of Last Planet #5 are yet to be written and drawn, and could go either way, but, he commented, "I'm hoping for a happy ending."
Asked about his desires for the MC2 Universe, DeFalco said that he would rather see it expand, rather than merge, or be brought in to a larger universe. The writer noted the difficultly in making a go with one single title in a universe, with no cross-marketing or options for readers other than one series and one glimpse into an entire universe.
DeFalco also noted the idea of moving "May Day" Parker into the regular Marvel Universe, saying that if she was moved there, the entire tenor of the book would change, and as a character, May would become solely interested in returning to her family in a different universe. "The hazard of that," DeFalco said, " is that it's a temporary story, and has a closed door at the end."
Asked if there was anyplace he wanted to be able to go with the character but wasn't able, editor Tom Brevoort said "Issue #101," while DeFalco searched for words. Later, DeFalco said that, given the "position" of the character within her universe, he and his team had carte blanche all along. "Is there more we'd like to do? I'd assume so. Every time I look at these characters, I find new shades within the gray."
Asked if there were more plans for Spider-Girl Digests, David Gabriel said that Marvel does plan on continuing them, collecting the series. Gabriel noted that there will be an A-Next digest coming, as well as a Fantastic Five digest. Additionally, Marvel's new program with Spider-Girl hardcovers will be continuing.
Marvels VP of Sales David Gabriel also said that the Spider-Man Family one-shot did very well, and another is scheduled for August. As for what the feature story will be, Gabriel said that there is a 25th Anniversary of some sorts coming up in the Spider-Man family, which will be the focus of the feature story.
There will be other Spider-Man Family specials coming in 2006 as well.
Finally, "No comment," was DeFalco's answer as to whether or not Spider-Girl #100 will be the writer's previous "final story," he'd written for the last Spider-Girl cancellation scare. "Once I write that story, I'm done," he said, explaining why he chooses not to comment about it. As far as he is concerned, once he writes that story, he's done with the character, and chooses not to talk about it.
Marcdachamp said:Ok, so I've been thinking. I've heard a lot of vague talk about Mayday's fate after issue #100, and I think I have an idea of what might happen, and, if I'm correct, it could be quite cool.
Last Planet Standing may or may not feature the final appearence of the MC2. Meanwhile, Quesada has hinted that we may not have seen the last of Spider-Girl. I recently talked to Allan Heinberg over at Jinxworld about making Cassie Lang become Stinger over in Young Avengers. He told me that he had no plans for it, but that he was "a big MC2 fan" and to "stay tuned".
My theory is that May somehow gets sent to the 616 after Last Planet Standing and becomes a Young Avenger. Think about it. Marvel can make her more relevant by having her in the 616, she's a young version of a current Avenger, and it could make for some very interesting stories. Maybe we could even see her try to find her younger self (although I doubt Marvel would allow the last part). They could even relaunch her book and probably grab a lot more readers!
Yes, it would mean not seeing her in the MC2, but at least we'd still get a monthly dose of her!
Hey Abaddon, you just made a GREAT decision bruh! Things have been VERY good with this comic- despite the "cancellation" threats! Hobgoblin is back, and in the current issue of Spider-Girl! Ya better get it, cause i hear it's selling out BIG TIME!Abaddon said:I kinda fell out of the series a while back,but I think I'll pick up the last few issues.
Abaddon said:Is it really Kingsley?
Rez said:But what is the special announcement?!!!!!