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[Themanofbat]

Marvel Knights: Spider-Man #1

"Down Among The Dead Men"- 23 Pages

Writer - Mark Millar
Artist - Terry Dodson
Inker - Rachel Dodson
Cover - Terry Dodson

 

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Sensational Spider-Man #1

"Of Mists And Mirrors" - 22 Pages

Writer - Dan Jurgens
Artist - Dan Jurgens
Inker - Klaus Janson
Cover - Dan Jurgens

Variant Cover

 

[Themanofbat]

Sensational Spider-Man Annual #1

"Gifts" - 23 Pages

Also: 10 pages as described below

Writer - J. M. Dematteis
Artist - Shawn McManus
Inker - Shawn McManus
Cover - Shawn McManus

II - "The Return Of Spider-Woman" - 10 Pages

Writer - Mark Gruenwald
Artist - Pat Broderick
Inker - Pat Broderick

 

[Themanofbat]

Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1

"To Serve And Protect?" - 20 Pages

Writer - Kurt Busiek
Artist - Pat Olliffe
Inker - Al Vey
Cover - Pat Olliffe

 

[Themanofbat]

Untold Tales of Spider-Man Annual #1

"It's Always Darkest..." - 25 Pages

Also: 15 pages described below

Writer - Kurt Busiek
Artist - Tom Lyle
Inker - Robert Jones
Cover - Tom Lyle

II - Pinups - 7 Pages

Headsman, Commanda, Eel, Scarlet Beetle, Black Knight, Gordon "The Terrier" Savinski, Radioactive Man

III - "The Devil And Mrs. Parker" - 5 Pages - Petey By Fred Hembeck

IV - "Untold Tales You'll Never See!" - 3 Pages

 

[Themanofbat]

Tangled Web #1

"The Coming Of The Thousand" - 22 Pages

Writer - Garth Ennis
Artist - John McCrea
Inker - James Hodgkins
Cover - Glenn Fabry

 

[Themanofbat]

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1

"Shock" - "The Other: Evolve Or Die"

Part One - 22 Pages

Writer - Peter David
Artist - Mike Wieringo
Inker - Karl Kesel
Cover - Mike Wieringo

Variant Cover

 

[Themanofbat]

Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man #1

"Crash And Burn" - 28 Pages

Also: 10 pages as described below

Writer - J.M. Dematteis
Artist - Michael Zulli
Inker - Michael Zulli
Cover - Michael Zulli

II - "The Kiss" - 10 Pages

Writer - J.M. Dematteis
Artist - John Romita
Inker - John Romita

Variant Cover

Variant Cover

 

[Themanofbat]

Venom #1

"Shiver" - 22 Pages

Writer - Daniel Way
Artist - Francisco Herrera
Inker - Carlos Cuevas
Cover - Francisco Herrera

 

[Themanofbat]

Venom Super Special #1

"Monsterworld!" - 22 Pages

Also: 32 Other Pages as described below

Writer - David Michelinie
Artist - Kyle Hotz
Inker - Armando Gil
Cover - Kyle Hotz

II - "Things Undreamt Of..." - 10 Pages - Spider-Man

Writer - Dan Slott
Artist - Mark Bagley
Inker - Arne Starr

Back Cover

Writer - Terry Kavanagh
Artist - Kevin J. West
Inker - Hector Collazo

 

[Themanofbat]

Spider-Man Team Up #1

"Double Or Nothing" - 38 Pages

Writer - Mark Waid & Tom Peyer
Artist - Ken Lashley
Inker - Al Milgrom
Cover - Ken Lashley

 

[Themanofbat]

Spider-Man Family #1

"Homesick" - 22 Pgs

Also: 71 pages as described below

Writer - Sean McKeever
Artist - Terrell Bobbett
Inker - Gary Martin
Cover - Marcelo DiChiaro

II - "Catfight" - 10 Pgs - Hellcat & Black Cat

Writer - Fred Van Lente
Artist - Frederica Manfredi
Inker - Terry Pallot

III - "Sand Blasted" - 20 Pgs - Reprinted from Untold Tales Of Spider-Man #3

Writer - Kurt Busiek
Artist - Pat Olliffe
Inker - Al Vey & Pam Eklund

IV - "He Who Laughs Last...!" - 17 Pgs - Reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man #176

Writer - Len Wein
Artist - Ross Andru
Inker - Tony Dezuniga

V - "A New Assassin From Beast Road" - 20 Pgs - Spider-Man J

Writer - Yamanaka Akira (Adapted by Yuko ***ami & Zeb Wells)
Artist - Yamanaka Akira
Inker - Yamanaka Akira

Also: 4 pages of Mini Marvels by Chris Giarrusso spread throughout the issue.

Variant Cover

 

[Themanofbat]

Thank God... it's over...

I've been working with Eric Gillette (SHH user Samruby) of www.samruby.com (which is WITHOUT A DOUBT the BEST Spidey site out there), and he's been upgrading his cover scans to look much sharper and better than ever... so for those spots with red X's, I'll be editing them as he changes them.

And once more, I'd like to give Eric my eternal gratitude for using his cover scans sans permission, but since he's such a great guy, I know he doesn't mind...

Nonetheless, without his site and covers, the 3 Countdown threads for all 3 Spidey Movies would never have been possible.

So thanks Eric... you're one of the few good guys left.

And thanks to all of you viewers of this thread... because if I didn't think any of you were checking it out, it might not have been so much fun in posting them.

And finally, special thanks goes to iloveclones for posting the covers while I went on a long-overdue vacation last December, as well as to Thewifeofbat for posting them while I was unecessarily put on probation a few months back by the powers that be...

Thanks clonesy, and thank you honey... :heart:

And finally... enjoy the movie everybody...

Cheers...

TMoB

 

[USMC]

Great job!

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Congratulations. I imagine this is something that started off very easy with 1 cover a day, and got progressively harder and more time-consuming as you got through the double and then single digits. Well, now you can finally relax.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Well... until the countdown for Spider-Man 4 begins anyhow. ;-P

 

[Ultimate Hero]

Thanks very much for this TMOB, I've been watching this thread ever since it started and it's certainly made the countdown a lot easier!


Thanks again!

 

[Kraven]

Neat little countdown, I almost can't believe it's already here. It doesn't seem very long ago that you started this thread with the issue from "The Other". Time really does go by fast.

 

[mre]

Thanks TMOB, what a great thread!

 

[Themanofbat]

Ok... I know there are "zero" issues out there, but I'm not going to bother.

However, I will post this one last cover... the most IMPORTANT cover of all time in Spidey lore.

Enjoy the movie everybody...

Cheers...

 

[iloveclones]

You definately the man, TMOB.

 

[Themanofbat]

This thing needs to be on the first page...

Any thoughts on the movie from my regular comic cover viewers?

 

[Themanofbat]

My review after seeing it the first time...

While I shared many of the minor complaints of my fellow SHHype posters, as time has gone on, the more I realize it was an absolutely fantastic movie. Maybe not on par with Spidey 2 (which was beyond terrific), but a good solid movie nonetheless.

And the reason I feel it was rushed in the begining was that we had already seen the first 35 minutes of the movie compacted in the 7 minute preview seen a month earlier. Once we got beyond that, it went along nicely. And this was definitely Tobey Maguire's movie and his moment to shine. He played a better Peter Pecker in this movie than he did in Spidey 2 (where he was just a tad too overdramatic).

Nice touches in the movie... Peter Parker coming on to Betty Brant, J.Jonah Jameson screaming for "Parker" during the fight scenes (wondering where his star photographer was), etc...

I also like the fact that practically every actor since movie One makes reappearances in some way... gives the whole trilogy a nice sense of connection & continuity.

4 1/2 out of 5 stars.

And after the second viewing, I liked it even more.

 

[SpideyZERO]

Really enjoy the covers posted. Thanks man!

 

[iloveclones]

Well, I loved it. I never really liked Tobey for Peter (too whiny for me), but I love when he turns into Spider-emo. I was surprised at how much I (again) enjoyed the villains, especially Topher Grace. He was a real surprise, because, frankly, I wasn't expecting much of him (never a big fan of Venom either). My favorite moment of the film came after he "killed" Sandman. I turned to my girlfriend and said, "Do you know how he defeated him the first time in the comics? With a vacuum cleaner." It just seemed so ridiculous to say it out loud, almost like a punchline to a bad joke.

I think they tried to jam too much in one movie. Any scene where villains team-up always come across as really hokey to me. I would rather them stick with one main villain as the centerpiece story. Spidey has such a great Rogue's gallery that could be used in opening scenes or montages. I mean, who really wants to see a whole movie of the Shocker. Or Hammerhead. Or the Scorpion? But a scene or two? That's be cool. I would love to see a scene of a Spider-Slayer with Jonah's face chasing him around. But not for a whole movie.

Although I've liked giving the villains some depth, it worked especially well for Doc Ock and Sandman, I would really like to see a movie where the villain was just balls to the wall, take over the world, nasty and evil. Amp up Electro and let him just completely go to town.