Several of this week’s Marvel Comics carries a surprise eight-page backup story commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Soon after, Marvel made it available for free on Marvel Unlimited, Marvel.com (opens in new tab), and other major digital platforms. ‘The Four Fives’ centers on …
Read More »Ben Reilly seems poised to return for new Amazing Spider-Man Beyond era
When Nick Spencer departs as writer of Amazing Spider-Man with #74, it seems like a familiar face will be returning to the title – none other than Ben Reilly, the so-called Spider-Clone who once replaced Peter Parker as Spider-Man in the ’90s during ‘The Clone Saga’ (and Newsarama’s pick for …
Read More »Spider-Mans sister Teresa Parker returns in Amazing Spider-Man #67 preview
Teresa Parker is back – and she’s quite a bit more cutthroat than her big brother, Peter Parker/Spider-Man. In June 2’s Amazing Spider-Man #67 (opens in new tab), Peter Parker’s little sister – you know, the rogue SHIELD agent – returns to break the villain Chameleon out of prison. Here’s …
Read More »Peach Momoko creates “anime-inspired” Marvel Comics variants in July
Marvel Comics is beginning to gear up for its pre-July 2021 solicitation cycle and the latest edition is the first look at a series of variant covers by Marvel Stormbreaker artist Peach Momoko that the publisher calls “anime-inspired.” Peach Momoko “anime-inspired” Captain Marvel #30 variant cover (Image credit: Marvel Comics) …
Read More »Conan the Barbarian caught in web of Spider-Man with Savage Avengers #20 variant cover
Alex Horley has finally gotten an opportunity to draw two of his favorite heroes from his childhood together: Spider-Man and Conan. Marvel has commissioned Horley to draw a variant cover for Savage Avengers #20 (opens in new tab) featuring the two, who are members of the eclectic team. “A marvelous …
Read More »One of the most notorious Spider-Man stories ever returns in Amazing Spider-Man #60
This week’s Amazing Spider-Man #60 (opens in new tab) from writer Nick Spencer and artists Mark Bagley, John Dell, Andrew Hennessey, and Rachelle Rosenberg delves into Peter’s emotions over his most recent adventures – and spells major potential fallout from his distant past. What happens next could alter Peter’s relationship …
Read More »Best Shots review: Amazing Spider-Man #58 is a haunting look at the lives of those affected by all the superheroics
After the lengthy ‘Last Remains’ arc (opens in new tab), Nick Spencer, Marcelo Ferreira, and company begin spinning a new thread for the wall-crawler with ‘Negative Space’ beginning in Amazing Spider-Man #58 (opens in new tab). Amazing Spider-Man #58 credits Written by Nick Spencer Art by Marcelo Ferreira, Wayne Faucher, …
Read More »New Marvel Clone Saga with Miles Morales: Spider-Man #25 will have “ramifications that will be felt for years”
Following Monday’s brief teaser, Marvel Comics has now released more details about its new ‘Clone Saga’ story which kicks off in April’s Miles Morales: Spider-Man #25 from series writer Saladin Ahmed and artist Carmen Carnero. To accommodate the monumental Miles Morales story, the ‘anniversary’ issue, as Marvel dubs it, will …
Read More »King in Black sends comic book collectors in search of obscure Steve Ditko-drawn Marvel back issue
Just when you thought it was safe to leave the quarter bins… cover to 1980’s Marvel Spotlight (vol. 2) #9 (Image credit: Marvel Comics) (opens in new tab) The sudden and unexpected hot back issue of the day is Marvel Spotlight (vol. 2) #9. This obscure 1980 book was quarter-bin …
Read More »Eight years before Marvels Spider-Man, there was Ben Coopers Spider Man costum
Spider-Man was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1962, but could he have been inspired by a children’s Halloween costume produced as early as 1954? The question – and costume – come to light from a collectibles dealer named Ben Cimino, who discovered a 1954 catalog and Halloween …
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