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[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man #557

"Dead Of Winter" - 22 Pages

Writer - Zeb Wells
Artist - Chris Bachalo
Inker - Tim Townsend & Others
Cover - Chris Bachalo

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Amazing Spider-Man #557

"Dead Of Winter" - 22 Pages

Writer - Zeb Wells
Artist - Chris Bachalo
Inker - Tim Townsend & Others
Cover - Chris Bachalo

I'm surprised people don't bring up this arc more often when talking about good post-BND stories. This was, IMHO, the first good arc since the reboot. The villain had a really clever math-based motivation and the heroic bum was a great character. Plus, I'm a sucker for blizzard-based Spider-Man stories, like this one, the Spider-Ben story "Media Blizzard" and the classic Wendigo story from the 80's. There's something about Spidey being run-down, alone in an empty snow-choked New York and braving the freezing elements, which seems to heighten the danger. This arc also had one of the great covers too, which is not this one, but the I think #555 with Spidey trudging through vast white plains of snow. It gave a good sense of the cold and desolate alienation he is going through and it's beautiful.

 

[CantThinkOfAName]

Yeah, that was my favorite out of the original four stories for Brand New Day. While the other three were trying to introduce supporting characters and villains for the long run, this story was nice and self contained, and did in fact have a pretty cool villain as well as an enjoyably unlucky situation for Spidey. Wells and Bachalo were the best of the original team to me, it's too bad neither of them do many issues of ASM anymore.

 

[CantThinkOfAName]

Amazing Spider-Man #600

Second Printing Cover by John Romita Junior

That's a really cool cover that I didn't see before. Mmmm JRJR.

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man #556

"The Last Nameless Day" - 22 Pages

Writer - Zeb Wells
Artist - Chris Bachalo
Inker - Tim Townsend
Cover - Chris Bachalo

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Amazing Spider-Man #556

"The Last Nameless Day" - 22 Pages

Writer - Zeb Wells
Artist - Chris Bachalo
Inker - Tim Townsend
Cover - Chris Bachalo

That's the one. I already talked about the reasons why I love this cover. It's also very reminiscent of ASM #408. I am a sucker for snow covers.

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man #555

"Sometimes It Snows In April" - 22 Pages

Writer - Zeb Wells
Artist - Chris Bachalo
Inker - Tim Townsend
Cover - Chris Bachalo

Varient Cover by Simone Bianchi

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man #554

"Burned!" - 23 Pages

Writer - Bob Gale
Artist - Phil Jiminez
Inker - Lanning, Mike & Jiminez
Cover - Phil Jiminez

 

[CantThinkOfAName]

What a crappy story that was

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

What a crappy story that was

Gale. Rhymes with fail.

 

[Donald Thomas]

Gale. Rhymes with fail.

Aloha,
I'm sure his low ratings had something to do with him leaving.Successful movie scripts don't guarantee successful comic books.
Spidey rules

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Aloha,
I'm sure his low ratings had something to do with him leaving.Successful movie scripts don't guarantee successful comic books.
Spidey rules

He did write a pretty okay Daredevil arc once. And 'Back to the Future' is an undeniable classic (not so much the sequels). But yeah, his Spidey stuff was certifiably awful, like Terry Kavanagh territory.

 

[Themanofbat]

Gale is still a part of the Web-Heads... he just hasn't written any stories... I think they just use him for ideas.

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man #553

"Freak-Out!" - 22 Pages

Writer - Bob Gale
Artist - Phil Jiminez
Inker - Andy Lanning
Cover - Phil Jiminez

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man #552

"Just Blame Spider-Man" - 23 Pages

Writer - Bob Gale
Artist - Phil Jiminez
Inker - Andy Lanning
Cover - Phil Jiminez

Variant Cover by Adi Granov

 

[Donald Thomas]

Gale is still a part of the Web-Heads... he just hasn't written any stories... I think they just use him for ideas.

Aloha,
So, only Gugg not Gale is officially leaving?
Spidey rules

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man #551

"Lo, There Shall Be A Menace!!" - 22 Pages

Writer - Marc Guggenheim
Artist - Salvador Larroca
Inker - Salvador Larroca
Cover - Salvador Larroca

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

^^ One of my favorite covers from BND.

 

[CantThinkOfAName]

Gale is still a part of the Web-Heads... he just hasn't written any stories... I think they just use him for ideas.

He wrote a story in #600, as did Zeb Wells, but as far as I know, the main group is Dan Slott, Mark Waid, Joe Kelly, and Fred Van Lente, while Gale and Wells do a story every once in a while.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

I may be in the minority with this, but I actually really like Chris Bachelo's art.

 

[CantThinkOfAName]

Who said you're in the minority. He was my favorite of the original four

 

[Spidey_62]

Aloha,
So, only Gugg not Gale is officially leaving?
Spidey rules

Gale is going to be writing the upcoming online Spidey comics on Marvel's website; I don't think he's got any stories in the actual book in the can.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Who said you're in the minority. He was my favorite of the original four

I love how much affect he puts on the enviorments and such with his art style.

 

[Themanofbat]

Aloha,
So, only Gugg not Gale is officially leaving?
Spidey rules

I would say so... as of ASM #609, Gale, along with Kelly, Slott, Van Lente, Waid & Wells were still part of the WH's...

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man #550

"The Menace Of...Menace!!" - 22 Pages

Writer - Marc Guggenheim
Artist - Salvador Larroca
Inker - Salvador Larroca
Cover - Salvador Larroca