Comics Spider-Man for September 2008

[Spider-ManHero12]

These look and sound amazing! Also, Venom: Dark orgins Issue #2 cover blew me away!

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #570
Written by DAN SLOTT
Pencils & Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Monkey Variant by MIKE MCKONE
NEW WAYS TO DIE
It's the Spider-Fight of the century: SPIDER-MAN versus VENOM versus ANTI-VENOM! Who will be the last web-slinger
standing? The guy with radioactive spider-blood? The man with the original symbiote? Or...hold on...just who or what is Anti-Venom anyway?! Also: a regular Spidey cast member falls prey to Menace! And Aunt May sees a suspiciously secret side of the F.E.A.S.T. center...
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #571
Written by DAN SLOTT
Pencils & Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
NEW WAYS TO DIE
How do you top last week's Spider-Mano-a-mano-a-mano? How about with an all-goblin throwdown?! It's the true goblin taking on the new goblin as NORMAN OSBORN squares off against MENACE! Also: more SPIDEY/THUNDERBOLTS action! And one of Spider-Man's greatest foes finally uncovers one of his best kept secrets...
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

[/URL]AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #572[/B]Written by DAN SLOTT
Pencils & Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
NEW WAYS TO DIE
Bullseye and the Thunderbolts target Spider-Man...in a way he's never been targeted before! Also: Oscorp's secret scandal, but who's behind it? Harry or Norman? And a classic Spider-Man foe returns to the fold! Spider-Man's Brand New Day is over, and now all that's left for him are NEW WAYS TO DIE!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

VENOM: DARK ORIGIN #2 (of 5)
Written by Zeb Wells
Pencils & Cover by Angel Medina
When a man claiming to be the Sin-Eater -- the serial killer tormenting Spider-Man and all New York City -- contacts the young Eddie Brock at the Daily Globe, Eddie takes his shot at career-making news. Who cares if the story's full of holes? Watch the corruption that poisons Eddie's soul until it's as black as a certain alien symbiote…and witness the creation of one of Spider-Man's great foes! By writer Zeb Wells (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and artist Angel Medina (SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN)!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #2 (of 5)
Written by TERRY MOORE
Pencils by CRAIG ROUSSEAU
Cover by TERRY MOORE
Monkey Variant Cover by ADRIAN ALPHONA
Eisner-award winner TERRY MOORE's take on everyone's favorite redhead rolls on! MJ's strapped for cash, so it's time to join the workforce…aaaaaand it doesn't go all that great. Oh, and who's spreading rumors about MJ being all spoiled and stuck up? Not the best idea in the world to be hatin' on Spidey's girl…
32 PGS./All Ages …$2.99

AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #24
Written by TOM DEFALCO
Pencils & Cover by RON FRENZ
"The End of MAY!" Part 5 of 5
As Nucleus unleashed her full power, Spider-Girl finally confronts the brand-new May for one of the most explosive, shock endings of all!
32 PGS./Rated A …$2.99

Pictures can be found here.

http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.3921.First_Look~colon~_September_2008_Spider-Man_Comics

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Love the Bullseye cover. That should be a good fight!

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Love the Bullseye cover. That should be a good fight!

Indeed, I can't wait.

 

[kguillou]

I'm so pumped for this "new ways to die" arc, this is gonna be Slott's proving grounds to really show us what he's got. If this turns out good, i'll stay on board for BND, if not, well...

 

[Hobgoblin]

Hmmm....the Green Goblin vs Menace...

Crack his skull, Norman. Show him what a real Goblin can do.

 

[SpideyZERO]

Dark Origin sounds good!

 

[Blader5489]

"New Ways to Die" sounds really, really good. I haven't been this hyped for a Spidey arc in years.

It also sounds like the Brand New Day banner will finally be dropped from the book's title in September.

 

[shinlyle]

I'll take Dark Origins and Amazing Spider-Girl. Also, whenever they announce Ultimate Spider-Man.

Amazing Spider-Man sounds great....except for the whole "Brand New Day" thing.

 

[Spec Spider-Man]

September Sounds cool, can't wait!

 

[Miken Ayers]

Dark Origin sounds good!

I guess if this was the early 90s when that symbiote crap still flew.

 

[moraldeficiency]

I guess if this was the early 90s when that symbiote crap still flew.

Hey now, it's an origin story written by wells. After his Doc Ock story you should give the man the benefit of the doubt, he's earned it.

 

[Jack O Lantern]

Is Dark Origins a revamp of the venom story or a retelling? Is it in continuity or not?

I might pick it up especially if it shows a piece of the unmarried Peter and Mary Jane.

And Doc Ock: Year One was epic.

 

[moraldeficiency]

I'm not 100% sure but between year one and the fantastic runaways/young avengers civil war mini well's get's a lot of credit in my book.

 

[Infidel]

Sales should be about 45,000 by that time.

 

[Arcturus]

I'm going to make sure I get Dark Origins.

 

[spida-man]

I can't wait!!
especially since my b-day is in september. so many good things happening this september it seems like

 

[Dangerous]

Dark Origins sounds interesting.
I just want to know whether it's a fleshed out in continuity retelling, or a revamped origin.
If it's a revamp, I'm going to be less interested.

GG verses Menace in ASM, who'd have thought it?
Let's hope Menace is not predictably wiped away by GG.

 

[Venom 1988]

Dark Origins sounds interesting.
I just want to know whether it's a fleshed out in continuity retelling, or a revamped origin.
If it's a revamp, I'm going to be less interested.

Seeing as thats Sin-Eater's arm on the cover, I'm going with the former.

 

[stillanerd]

Okay, based on those solicits for ASM #570 through #572, I'll predict the following:

*Anti-Venom is really Mr. Negative after he absorbs the symbiote that leaves Gargan or when he comes into contact with Venom, in that Mr. Negative will be revealed that he can absorb the "negative energy" of others (which explains why the guy at the shelter was cured) and channel it.

*The cast member that falls prey to Menace--but doesn't die--is Harry Osborn, which is what results in the Green Goblin vs. Menace fight in that Norman wants revenge for Menace attacking his son and stealing Oscorp property.

*The "greatest foe who finally uncovers one of Spidey's best kept secrets" is likely going to be The Green Goblin or Venom once again learning (or rather remembering) learning either Peter is Spider-Man or that Mary Jane knows who Spider-Man really is.

*This results in the Thunderbolts trying to get to Spider-Man by going after Mary Jane, believing that she knows who Spider-Man really is, in attempt to lure him into a trap. Of course, prior to this, Peter finally learns that MJ is Robert Carr's "mystery girl."

*The secret scandal is that Harry had a hand in the creation of Menace using modified Green Goblin equipment, but he doesn't know who got a hold of the Menace equipment, and that his ex-wife Liz reveals this to the press.

*The return of the classic foe is probably going to be the original Kraven the Hunter brought back from the dead.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Behind the Symbiote: Zeb Wells on Venom: Dark Origins
By Steve Ekstrom
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Venom: Dark Origins #1
In August, Eddie Brock and his evil symbiote go back to basics with Marvel’s release of Venom: Dark Origins. Hot on the heels of the “New Ways to Die” storyline in Amazing Spider-Man, Dark Origins takes a look at Eddie Brock’s life before and after his fateful merger with the symbiotic alien suit Spider-Man acquired during the first Secret War. Writer and member of the Spidey Brain Trust, Zeb Wells, is joined by artist Angel Medina as they explore the murky past of one of Spider-Man’s deadliest foes.

Newsarama sat down with Wells to talk about Eddie Brock’s connection with the evil symbiote and what to expect this fall in Venom: Dark Origins.

Newsarama: Zeb, Venom: Dark Origins will be telling the definitive origin of one of Spider-Man's deadliest enemies. How cut and dry is this origin story? What kinds of added dimensions can readers expect from a miniseries such as this?
Zeb Wells: I think Eddie Brock/Venom has one of the cleanest origins out there (once you get past explaining the mix up with an alien costume fabricator, of course.) The Black Costume and Eddie Brock both felt betrayed by Spider-Man (for dubious reasons) and found each other. Elegant, character motivated... great. So, for me, the fun is showing readers how each of them got to the point where a rejection turned them into a blood thirsty monster. So in a perfect world this mini will be 10% cut and dry, 90% added dimension. But that ratio can change when you get to a scene you know Angel Medina would just kill. I mean, you want to see how he’s going to show Eddie’s first bonding with the symbiote and give him the room to play.

NRAMA: The character has changed quite a bit in the past few years; will Dark Origins mark a status quo return for Venom? Or will that be happening elsewhere?

ZW: I’m writing this mini like all I’d known of Venom was from his appearances up to Amazing Spider-Man #300 (with a nod here and there to other Venom milestones,) so you could say this is a return to the status quo, but it doesn’t affect how the character has evolved in other books. Hopefully, it slots in nicely with Dan Slott and JR Jr.’s unbelievable kick ass “New Ways To Die” arc.

NRAMA: Will there be any other familiar faces in Venom: Dark Origins? Spider-Man will be there, naturally...who else?

ZW: We got some Sin Eater, Eddie’s Dad, Eddie’s wife, Mary Jane, the symbiote’s “family”... you heard me.

NRAMA: In your mind, what is the biggest hurdle to leap over when it comes to writing this character? Does the work of previous writers make this job more difficult or is that just part of the fun of taking the character forward?

ZW: I kind of love looking at strong origin stories and trying to fill in the blanks while being respectful to the canon. A lot of awesome origin tales have been told in a total of two comic book pages. It’s fun to get in there and flesh things out.
But it does get a little tricky when there are conflicting accounts of the origin story, which you have to expect when a character is around for 20 years. There was the suggestion in recent stories that the symbiote found Eddie Brock because he had cancer. The symbiote was attracted to the adrenaline his body was producing. I chose to stick with the original, character driven reason for their merger. It was too meaty to pass up.

NRAMA: When all is said and done--will Venom still be this embittered anti-hero style character? Or are readers getting back to basics with Venom starting with Dark Origins and his appearance in New Ways to Die in Amazing?

ZW: I can’t speak for Dan; but, by the nature of the series, I’m taking the character back to basics.

NRAMA: What do you think are some of the defining character traits of Eddie Brock? Is he merely misunderstood or is this guy truly a real S.O.B.?

ZW: Eddie Brock, pre-Venom, definitely has some problems. He’s so desperate for attention that he protects a serial killer for a good story. This is a sociopath. If I had to give him a defining characteristic, I’d say that he is desperate to be the “good guy,” the “hero,” but doesn’t have the strength of character to do it honestly. He cheats. Of course, post-Venom, his ample self-loathing is transferred to Spider-Man and this defines him.

NRAMA: From your past experiences with the character--even as a reader--what is the previous defining moment for Venom/ Eddie Brock? How do you plan to help the character grow past that?

ZW: His defining moment was not taking responsibility for the Sin-Eater debacle. Until he does, he cannot grow as a character. He’ll always hate Spider-Man for ruining his life.

NRAMA: What other projects do you have coming out in the near future?
ZW: I’m trying to make room in my schedule for more Spider-Man right now, and I’ll be pitching a bunch of stuff, but nothing concrete on the plate right now.

NRAMA: Do you think other characters from Spider-Man's rogue's gallery could benefit from something similar to Venom: Dark Origins?

ZW: Yeah, all those perfect Stan Lee/Steve Ditko origins are out there...perfectly told in one page, but containing enough depth to support a miniseries.

NRAMA: To get the speculation started; give something for Venom fans to think about until the release of the first issue of the series.

ZW: Eddie Brocks first date. You know you want to see it.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

I'd LOVE to see Zeb flesh out a few other Spidey Rogues origins: The Lizard, The Vulture, Mysterio...

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Great interview!

 

[Dangerous]

Covers.... please....

 

[Themanofbat]

Pictures can be found here.

http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.3921.First_Look~colon~_September_2008_Spider-Man_Comics

Covers.... please....

The covers can be seen at the aforementioned link...

 

[Donald Thomas]

ZW: Eddie Brock, pre-Venom, definitely has some problems. He’s so desperate for attention that he protects a serial killer for a good story. This is a sociopath. If I had to give him a defining characteristic, I’d say that he is desperate to be the “good guy,” the “hero,” but doesn’t have the strength of character to do it honestly. He cheats. Of course, post-Venom, his ample self-loathing is transferred to Spider-Man and this defines him.

NRAMA: From your past experiences with the character--even as a reader--what is the previous defining moment for Venom/ Eddie Brock? How do you plan to help the character grow past that?

ZW: His defining moment was not taking responsibility for the Sin-Eater debacle. Until he does, he cannot grow as a character. He’ll always hate Spider-Man for ruining his life.

Aloha,
It's so great when a writer really GETS what a character is all about.Over the years the waters have gotten very murky regarding just what Eddie Brock is all about.I'm looking forward to this mini.
Spidey rules