Comics Summer 2011: "Infested" and "Spider-Island"

[imdaly]

Spider-Island Grows More Deadly
Marvel announces new tie-ins to the upcoming event.
May 13, 2011

Last time Marvel delivered a Spider-Man-centric event storyline, the result was The Gauntlet. 2011 holds what looks to be an equally major challenge for the wallcrawler - Spider-Island. In this story, Spidey finds himself far from the only resident of Manhattan to wield spider powers.

Unlike The Gauntlet, this event will have its own tie-ins outside the pages of Dan Slott's Amazing Spider-Man. Marvel revealed two of these books this week.

Spider-Island: Deadly Foes is a one-shot issue that focuses on The Jackal and Hobgoblin, two villains central to the conflict. Dan Slott, Fred Van Lente, and Christos Gage are collaborating on two tales that spotlight each villain. Giuseppe Camuncoli and Mick Oosterveer are providing pencils for the issue.

Meanwhile, Spider-Island: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu focuses on the martial artist heroes caught up in the battle for Manhattan. Antony Johnston is penning this three issue mini-series, which will see Spider-Man team up with Iron Fist and Shang-Chi (who also appeared in the FCBD prologue story). The Immortal Iron Fist character The Bride of Nine Spiders will also have a central role, though Marvel isn't revealing whether she acts as a hero or villain. Sebastian Fiumara is handling the art for this series.

Both of these Spider-Island tie-ins will debut in August. Stay tuned to IGN Comics for more on Spider-Island and the other major event comics making waves this summer.

Spider-Island: Deadly Foes #1 Cover:

Spider-Island: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1 Cover:

Source: IGN.com

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

^^ Those all sound fantastic!

 

[WolfCypher]

I know I should be more excited about Anti-Venom vs. Flash-Venom...but...with AV having no weaknesses...and AV being able to kill the Venom symbiote by mere contact...

I guess I am excited, but just curious how this fight can go down.

 

[Hypestyle]

I'd love to see a spider-powered Punisher show up and start blowing away villains.. and he has unique beef with the Jackal, who tricked him into going after Spidey way back when..

 

[AgentEnforcer]

Bring back Ben!

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Flash Venom vs. Anti-Venom = awesome, IMO.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Amazing Spider-Girl 1 cover is homage to ASM 300?

 

[spider13]

I cant wait to read it I will have to wait till 2012 because i don't read the recent comic as they come out.

 

[imdaly]

SPIDER-ISLAND Expands in September with AVENGERS One-Shot
June 8, 2011

Another Spider-Island tie-in is coming in September, this time a Spider-Island: Avengers #1 one-shot. The creative team is writer Christopher Yost and artist Mike McKone, who are currently paired on another event tie-in: the Fear Itself: Spider-Man three-issue miniseries.

The one-shot joins previously announced Spider-Island tie-ins Spider-Island: Cloak & Dagger, Spider-Island: The Amazing Spider-Girl, Spider-Island: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, a Spider-Island: Deadly Foes one-shot and the ongoing Venom series. The main Spider-Island story will be told in Amazing Spider-Man, starting with August's #667.

Seen on the cover are Hawkeye, Jessica Jones, Ms. Marvel, and — surely to attract the most attention — Frog Man. Marvel's press release follows:

They’ve endured a war, stopped an invasion, and prevented a siege...but can The Avengers do whatever a spider can? Marvel is pleased to announce Spider-Island: Avengers #1, a Spider-Island tie-in from the acclaimed team of Christopher Yost and Mike McKone (Avengers Academy)! Manhattan is over-run with wall-crawling New Yorkers and the Avengers must halt the mayhem! But as Earth’s Mightiest struggle against a spider-powered ultimatum on the United Nations, they’ll discover that with great power comes even greater adversity! Who can save the Avengers from an eight-legged Armageddon? Does all hope lie within Frog Man? (“Good lord, I hope not.”- Dan Slott) The answer will shock you this September, as the Avengers become Amazing in Spider-Island: Avengers #1!

SPIDER-ISLAND: AVENGERS #1
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST
Penciled by MIKE MCKONE
Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
Rated T+...$2.99
ON SALE SEPTEMBER!

Source: Newsarama.com

 

[Hobgoblin]

Anti-Venom vs Carnage. Now it can happen.

 

[spider13]

that doesn't sound fun.

 

[bugman]

as is usually the case these days, i have mixed feelings about all of this. i do miss nice, self-contained small stories, but i AM kinda provincial that way. i love the jackal, and i am excited about the prospect of a possible ben reilly return, a character i sorely miss. i actually liked the clone saga, both in the seventies and then later in the nineties. the 2nd clone saga just got to crazy and went outta contral (maximum clonage alpha and omega being the chief culprits). but for a time, when spidey's identity was in question, well, those were some of the most anxious--and exciting-- times i've experienced as a spider reader. not a big fan of humberto ramos on spider-man; reminds me too much of todd nauck.

 

[SpideyInATree]

They are saying that Ben Reilly is going to be coming back out of all this?

 

[Themanofbat]

They are saying that Ben Reilly is going to be coming back out of all this?

Who said THAT?

 

[imdaly]

...nobody's said that.

Jackal is back, and people immediately think that because he's back then Ben will be, too.

I'd LOVE to see that happen, but there's really no evidence at all that it will happen yet.

 

[spider13]

maybe another spidey clone.

 

[SpideyInATree]

...nobody's said that.

Jackal is back, and people immediately think that because he's back then Ben will be, too.

I'd LOVE to see that happen, but there's really no evidence at all that it will happen yet.

Ok I was going to say. From the sound of bugman's post it sounded like there was some sort of rumor that Ben Reilly was going to be making a comeback. Because the only thing that I saw out of all the Spider-Island images were the covers with the various Marvel heroes dressed in different Spider-Man outfits and a couple were in the Ben Reilly costume and the Scarlet Spider costume.

With Jackal being back in the picture it does certainly lead to some speculation but I don't see Ben coming back. That would be too awesome...now wouldn't it, Mr. Slott?

 

[imdaly]

Spider-Island-related issues announced in the September Solits from today:

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #669
Written by DAN SLOTT
Pencils & Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
Marvel Architects Variant also available
Marvel Architects Sketch Variant also available
"SPIDER-ISLAND" PART THREE!
The infestation has spread Big Time! How can the heroes of NYC hope to contain millions of spider-powered New Yorkers? A dangerous new role for Venom. And… is that a Six-armed Shocker?! All this plus: One of Spider-Island’s biggest mysteries revealed! Who is this threat from Peter Parker’s past?! And what is their involvement in all of this?! PHEW! This is a lot of comic!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #670
Written by DAN SLOTT
Pencils & Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
"Spider-Island" PART FOUR
Nearly 50 years in the making, the story which MUST BE READ: J. Jonah Jameson: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAYOR?!! ‘Nuff Said?
Almost, because if that wasn’t enough, a long running member of the Spidey cast has to make the ultimate sacrifice…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

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HERC #7 & #8
Written by Fred Van Lente & GREG PAK
Penciled by JUNE BRIGMAN
Covers by Carlo Pagulayan
SPIDER-ISLAND TIE IN!
You loved it when Herc dressed up as Thor, but can you handle the senses-shattering debut of... THE INCREDIBLE SPIDER-HERC?!?! And versus… THE X-MEN??? Though he is the newly self-appointed protector of Brooklyn, when a rash of unusual occurrences begin breaking out in Manhattan, Hercules finds himself "infested" with Spider-Powers of his own. Unfortunately, our web-slinging former demigod soon finds himself under the thrall of the insidious intelligence behind Spider Island and in a duel to the death against fellow champions The X-Men. Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente join up with artist June Brigman to deliver a pulse-pounding, wall-crawling [!!!] adventure with Marvel’s lovable lug, HERC!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

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SPIDER-ISLAND: DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU #2 (of 3)
Written by Antony Johnston
Art & Cover by Sebastian Fiumara
SPIDER-ISLAND TIE IN!
Harrowing horror and kung-fu kicking! Guest-starring Iron Fist, the Immortal Weapons, and more! The spider-powered infestation of Manhattan is in full disgusting swing…and in the midst of the outbreak, Shang-Chi discovers that even if we all survive Spider-Island, humanity itself faces the doomsday threat of an abominable monster! Antony Johnston (SHADOWLAND: BLOOD ON THE STREETS) and Sebastián Fiumara (LOKI) bring you this genre-smashing horror-fu adventure!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

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SPIDER-ISLAND: SPIDER-WOMAN #1
Written by Fred Van Lente
Penciled by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
Cover by STEFANO CASELLI
SPIDER-ISLAND TIE IN!
Jessica Drew and THE EVER-LOVIN' THING go toe-to-toe over the one thing that can cure SPIDER-ISLAND ... Ben Grimm's old girlfriend, ALICIA MASTERS? What dark secret from Spider-Woman's past threatens to overwhelm her present -- and what old (insect-themed) foe is THE JACKAL bringing back and powering up to destroy the Dark Angel of the Marvel Universe?
32 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ …$2.99

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Spider-Island: I LOVE NEW YORK CITY #1
Written by Greg Rucka, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Joe Caramagna, & Skottie Young
Art by Max Fiumara
Cover by Mike Del Mundo
SPIDER-ISLAND TIE IN!
Start Webbing the News! It’s a swinging tribute to New York City as the Big Apple is overwhelmed by the threat of Spider-Island! The citizens of the Big Apple nay have gained Spider-Powers, but that doesn’t mean they have any of the responsibility! See the summer’s biggest Spidey-Event through the eyes of folks just like you as they deal with the new found hero inside them all.
Plus award-winning writer Greg Rucka presents a very violent look at how the Punisher deals with a world where every criminal is now a super hero. (Here’s a hint: he doesn’t deal with it pleasantly.)
32 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ …$2.99

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[imdaly]

...Continued...

VENOM #7
Written by Rick Remender
Penciled by Tom Fowler
Cover by Tony Moore
SPIDER-ISLAND TIE IN!
Project Rebirth has been infested – and Venom’s going under DEEP cover to start exterminating some bugs starting with Anti-Venom! Tom Fowler (AGE OF HEROES) and Rick Remender (X-FORCE) bring you all the heart-stopping action and heart-wrenching drama as this summer’s Spidey Crossover continues!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

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SPIDER-ISLAND: AVENGERS #1
Written by Christopher Yost
Penciled by Mike McKone
Cover by Leinil Francis Yu
SPIDER-ISLAND TIE IN!
All of Manhattan has been transformed into an island of Spider-Men... and it's up to the Avengers to contain the chaos. But when a spider-powered Ultimatum attacks the United Nations, the Avengers are spread too thin... and must turn to the one man who can save them all: FROG-MAN. No, for real. We were just as surprised as you. PLUS! Squirrel Girl takes on the most unlikely foe of all!
32 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ …$2.99

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SPIDER-ISLAND: CLOAK & DAGGER #2 (of 3)
Written by Nick Spencer
Art by Emma Rios
Cover by Mike Choi
SPIDER-ISLAND TIE IN!
The insidious Mr. Negative poisons Cloak & Dagger against each other, as Spider-Man and his allies battle a deadly infestation in the thick of SPIDER-ISLAND! Ty and Tandy always balanced each other out, but the corrupting touch of Mr. Negative makes Cloak & Dagger fated enemies! Nick Spencer (SECRET AVENGERS, IRON MAN 2.0) and Emma Ríos (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, OSBORN) take the fan-favorite duo in unbelievable new directions!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

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SPIDER-ISLAND: THE AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #2 (of 3)
Written by Paul Tobin
Penciled by Pepe Larraz
Cover by Patrick Zircher
SPIDER-ISLAND TIE IN!
As the Society of the Wasps mobilizes an army to put a permanent end to ALL spiders, Spider-Girl to fight side-by-side with the Kingpin! But if Spider-Girl is Kingpin’s enforcer, where does that leave the Hobgoblin, and will he prove the deadliest threat of all? Paul Tobin (SPIDER-GIRL) and Pepe Larraz (WEB OF SPIDER-MAN) bring the battle of the bugs!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

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[Spider-ManHero12]

Nice!

 

[Themanofbat]

I'm half tempted to buy all the Spider-Island tie-ins, but I know I'll be dissappointed in half of them...

...sigh...

 

[SpideyInATree]

I'll just be getting the main Amazing Spidey title and the Venom title. I'll also be getting that Deadly Foes one shot that Slott and Gage are doing. That sounds pretty cool. However, for the most part the rest just kind of seem "eh". If I were super rich I probably would get them all just to go along for the ride but I am very NOT rich so I have to get what looks like it'll be worth it.

 

[spider13]

what are you talking about?

 

[Mary Jane Watson]

JJJ as Spidey...mhhm.. sound pretty sweet!

 

[ETGuy]

How many issues of ASM is Spider-Island taking up?