Fellow Spider-Man fan Michael Bailey interviewed me on his podcast “Views from the Longbox.” The two of us discuss our second favorite hero The Incredible Hulk. We discuss the comcis and the classic 1970s TV show. It’s a fun show and click on the play button to check it out.
Activision is asking for your help in choosing the box art for the new Spider-Man: Web of Shadows video game. You can go for the one with Spidey holding the world in his hands, or one with Venom and Wolverine making a cameo on the box art. Click here to cast your vote.
The History Channel has produced a documentary on the tech of Spider-Man. It examines real spiders, and we see if Spidey’s powers are possible in our world. Thanks to Blackspider2777 for posting all six parts on youtube. I’ll post two each day.
Choreographer Paul Rubinaka “The Fly Guy” has posted a video montage of his work as Spider-Man. Evidently, Rubin performed in the Spider-Man Live Stunt show that toured the United States. He’s actually very good! He’s currently choreographing the “Wicked” Broadway play. Also can someone tell me where this Spidey song is from playing over the video? I love it. Check it out and leave a comment.
WHO’S THAT GIRL?! Is the Cover Blurb for this ish, the MC-2’s second chapter of the exciting tale that titanic Tom, Ravishing Ron, and Sly Sal could be the only ones to muster! Read on True Believer, as we go into….
Amazing Spider-Girl #21
Writer: Tom DeFalco Artist: Ron Frenz Inker: Sal Buscema Story: Continuing from last issue, we get May with Gene, Peter attacking Normie, and the fight between up and coming Mutant: Nucleus! And on top of that, MOOSE! Come on everyone with me now: MOOOOOSE!
Fell Better? Good. Now onto the rest of the review.
We get Thrills, Spills and New Revelations with the ‘Brand New May’ Storyline, kicking off now! The Amazing Spider-Girl Team look to top themselves again in this story arc , with what I call the best start this series has had so far.
Amazing Spider-Girl#20 Writer: Tom DeFalco Artist: Ron Frenz Inks: Sal Bucemea. Editor: Molly Lazer
Story: We open with Peter and May making web-fuild. This is life in the May Parker House, and Mayday decides to take a new direction possibly, we find out who exactly our stalker is, and we have two new items, which of course I’ll discuss below.Read the rest of this entry »
The Muppets had Muppet Babies, so it’s only natural Marvel has babies too. Marvel and Lionsgate have released a new trailer for “The Next Avengers” DVD movie. Take a look and leave a comment about what you think of this newest Marvel movie.
Have you ever had your cell phone slide under your car seat while driving? Well Spidey can help you out. Gadget4all.com is selling this very cool Spider-Man cell phone holder. It has a suction cup that sticks to your windshield. It comes in a red or black suit Spidey. The cost is $17 before shipping and the arm is flexabible. It can hold a regular cell phone or a pda.
TVShowsondvd.com has posted the cover art for the first dvd of the Spectacular Spider-Man. The DVD will run 70 minutes and be edited together to make one full movie. The DVD will be called Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard.
The video will be anamorphic widescreen, and the only bonus material confirmed is some sort of music video. The retail cost will be $19.94 and it will be released on September 9th.
In our recent podcast, producer Greg Weisman said the initial plan is to release a dvd for every three or four episodes. After the four DVD’s of season one, we can then look for season sets.
If you were a kid of the 1980s, you have fond memories of the Atari 2600 Spider-Man game. Here is a review and has a bunch of great images of the game in action. Oh, how video games have advanced since 1983.
The Pulsehas posted an interview with legendary Spider-Man writer J.M. DeMatteis. He’s writing a single story in the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man family. The story focuses on the day after Uncle Ben’s death.
The interview also asks DeMatteis about the controversial Spider-Marriage.
THE PULSE: Some writers think a single Spider-Man works better than a married Spidey. How do you feel about that? Did you view his marriage as a hindrance?
DeMATTEIS: I wrote many, many stories about the Peter-Mary Jane marriage and never viewed it as a hindrance. (Strangely, when I wrote Superman I absolutely found the Clark-Lois marriage a hindrance. I think it’s because I believed in Peter and MJ’s love and commitment far more than I did in Clark and Lois’s. The Parker-Watson marriage seemed much more authentic to me.) That said, I was certainly aware that many other people did view the marriage as a problem. It made Peter seem too old, less of the clumsy, anxious kid he was in the Stan Lee era.
In fact, one of the things we’d hoped to achieve with the (dare I say it?) Clone Saga was a way to give the readers a single Peter Parker (Ben Reilly) and maintain the Peter-Mary Jane marriage, giving the Parkers the Happily Ever After they deserved. But we never did get a chance to reach that end-point.
THE PULSE: How is working on a Spider-Man story now different than when you were working on the series in the ’80s and 90’s? DeMATTEIS: We don’t have five hundred hologram covers—and there’s not a clone in sight!
Hey Guys, I know it’s been a while since I’ve done a review but I’ve decided to make up for it by tackling the Secret Invasion mini series. I’ll be doing both this and the BND mini as well. Wish me luck and I promise I’ll have as few delays as possible.
Secret Invasion #1 (of 8 )
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Pencils: Leinil Francis Yu Inks: Mark Morales Colors By: Laura Martin
Plot: SECRET INVASION IS HERE!! Years in the making, months in the teasing…and it all STARTS HERE!!
The shape-shifting alien race known as the Skrulls has secretly infiltrated every super-powered organization on Earth with one goal…full-scale invasion!
It seems we’ll have to wait until May 2011 before we get another Spider-Man movie. The L.A. Times interviewed “Spider-Man” producer Laura Ziskin. She says there is no screenplay, nor are Tobey Maguire, Kirstin Dunst or Director Sam Rami signed for a fourth movie. However Sony has paid Marvel to license the character for a fourth movie. No word if it will involve clones
Gametrailers.com has posted a behind the scenes video of the Spider-Man: Web of Shadows video game. It shows a lot of the gameplay, and it looks so cool. I can’t wait to get this game.
Now that the Merry Marvel Bullpen has finally fixed Spider-Man’s broken timeline, superstar creators like Bob Gale can bring us thrilling tales that the old status quo’s constraints made impossible – like the Enforcers in bumper cars!! In all seriousness, this cover could have been an instant classic, but the text ruins it. Why couldn’t they let the absurdity of the image speak for itself?
I’m gonna judge a book by its cover this time, because pummeling the reader over the head instead of just telling the story is a running theme in
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #563
“So Spider-Man Walks Into A Bar And…”
WRITER: Bob Gale
PENCILS: Mike McKone
INKS: Marlo Alquiza
COLORS: Jeromy Cox & Antonio Fabela
We wrap up our second hour with Amazing Spider-Man writer Roger Stern. We answer your dozens of message board questions, and learn what goes into making great Spidey stories. Click play below to listen to the show.
You had your chance last week to vote for Black Cat, now you get to vote for Mary Jane. The Spider-Man: Web of Shadows video game will have a booth at the San Diego Comic-Con. You can get your picture with the Cat or MJ. But you get to pick the model who best resembles Pete’s main squeeze. So who looks most like MJ? You can vote right here.
In doing youtube searches, I found this cool jazzy version of the Spider-Man theme. The Alison Brown quartet played in Schenectady’s Central Park on a July 2007 concert. Cool stuff, gotta love the banjo!
