April 2016 Spider-Solicitations With BD Commentary

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #10 & #11
DAN SLOTT (W) • GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI (A)
CoverS by ALEX ROSS
ISSUE #10 – CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• The 13th sign of the Zodiac is THE SPIDER?!?!?!
• Scorpio is on the verge of controlling the future and Spider-Man’s fight will take him on both sides of the English Channel.
• But when Scorpio compromises Parker Industries, what will this mean for Peter moving forward?!
32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T …$3.99 (EACH)

BD Commentary: Let’s hope we’re near the end of this storyline about the globe trotting, Iron Man/ Bruce Way Spider-Man. As I’ve mentioned on the podcast, and the front page reviewers have said, this is so far away from the default Spider-Man we know and love that it’s almost a different character. 

WEB-WARRIORS #6 
MICHAEL COSTA (W)
DAVID BALDEON (A)
Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
• With the threat of the ELECTROVERSE sated (for now), what’s an average day in the life of an interdimensional Spider-Man or Spider-Woman really like?
• Could it involve… MURDER?!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

BD Commentary: This feel more like a mini-series than an ongoing. The first two issues were fun but can this series last with just different versions of Spidey fighting different versions of his villains. Who knows, 2099 worked for awhile. 

 

SPIDER-MAN 2099 #9
PETER DAVID (W) • WILL SLINEY (A)
Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
• Miguel and Tempest – reunited! But Miguel isn’t about to get a happily ever after…
• The mysterious organization called FIST makes their next move, and Spider-Man 2099 gets a helping hand investigating what they’re up to.
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

BD Commentary: Speaking of different versions of Spider-Man. This one is the book I look forward to each month. Peter David knocked it out of the park with the first issue of the all new series. I’m also interested to find out how Tempest is back with us and I wonder if Miguel will find out about his child? 

SPIDER-MAN #3
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • SARA PICHELLI (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY MIKE PERKINS
• Miles finds himself face-to-face with his toughest villain yet- HIS GRANDMOTHER!!!
• And an Avengers-study session (date?) with Ms. Marvel goes horribly wrong!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

BD Commentary: My second favorite Spider-book of the month. It’ll be interesting to see how Miles and his family interact in the 616 universe. With our Peter Parker gone on globetrotting, out of character adventures, Miles fills the role well until Peter returns to NYC. 

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1.5
JOSE MOLINA (w) • SIMONE BIANCHI (a)
COVER BY SIMONE BIANCHI
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• The final battle with the villain whose power trumps death!
• You know their foe is dangerous if they have Spider-Man and the Santerians on the ropes!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

BD Commentary:The first two were really, really bad. Our front page reviewers gave them failing grades. It’ll be nice to end this one. It reminds me of the recent Marvel Knights Spider-Man that came out. 

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #8
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • MIKE DEODATo (A/C)
“THE WAR MACHINES” PART 3!
• Spider-Man, War Machine and Iron Man team up to stop a brand new threat to the Marvel Universe… like only they can. All this plus more hints to next summer’s insane Marvel blockbuster event.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

 BD Commentary: Bendis is knocking this book out of the park. Seeing as how this book has Mary Jane in it and Spider-Man, how can you go wrong? 

Gwenpool #1
CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (W) • GURIHIRU (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY FRANCISCO HERRERA
VARIANT COVER BY STACEY LEE
hip-hop variant COVER by WOO DAE SHIM
YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
BLANK COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
2015’s overnight internet sensation takes center stage in her own ongoing series! Gwen Poole used to be a comic book reader just like you…until she woke up in a world where the characters she read about seemed to be real! But they can’t be, right? This must all be fake, or a dream or something, right? And you know what that means…NO CONSEQUENCES! Could Gwenpool truly be Marvel’s least responsible and least role-modely character to date? She can if she tries!
40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99

BD Commentary: I’ve still not read the Gwenpool holiday special so I don’t know her origin. I can’t imagine the Gwen Stacy we all remember from the 1960s as ever becoming an assassin. But ,comics. 

SPIDER-WOMEN ALPHA #1
Story by JASON LATOUR, DENNIS HOPELESS & ROBBIE THOMPSON
ROBBIE THOMPSON (W) • VANESA DEL REY (A)
Cover by YASMINE PUTRI
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER A BY J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
VARIANT COVER BY STACEY LEE
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
SPIDER-WOMEN PART 1!
The Spider-Event of 2016 is here, bringing SPIDER-GWEN, SILK and SPIDER-WOMAN together for a story too big for any one of their books! Spider-Woman is taking a mentor-role with Silk and Spider-Gwen, and the three spider-heroes take a brunch break on Gwen’s Earth-65. But when the nefarious spy organization S.I.L.K. and their leader (Earth-65’s Cindy Moon) notice the interdimensional interlopers, all of Jessica Drew’s plans go wrong.
40 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ …$4.99

BD Commentary: We haven’t had a Spider-Man Alpha related book since the 1990s with Maximum Clonage. That’s not a book to model after. I enjoy all three of these characters, but it may be a bit much to add a fourth book to collect. But Marvel isn’t trying to save you money, it’s wanting to part you with it. 

SPIDER-GWEN #7
JASON LATOUR (W) • BENGAL (A)
Cover by YASMINE PUTRI
Variant COVER by ROBBI RODRIGUEZ
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER B BY J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY TBA
SPIDER-WOMEN, PART 2!
• Trapped in Earth-65, Spider-Gwen, Jessica Drew and Spider-Woman search for a way to get Jessica home.
• Along the way, Jessica gets a tour of Gwen’s life and meets THE MARY JANES!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

BD Commentary: Like I said, I enjoy all of these ladies. But doesn’t it feel a bit of a re-tread to have them all time hopping again like Spider-Verse?

SILK #7
ROBBIE THOMPSON (W) • TANA FORD (A)
COVER BY YASMINE PUTRI
VARIANT COVER BY HELEN CHEN
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER C BY J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
SPIDER-WOMEN, PART 3!
• Silk comes face-to-face with the Earth-65 Cindy Moon and her family.
• That’s not all she finds digging into S.I.L.K., and her discoveries change everything about this event!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

BD Commentary: This sounds like we might get some answers about Cindy’s parents. It’s amazing how much Thompson has changed the character to make me like her. 

SPIDER-WOMAN #6
DENNIS HOPELESS (W) • JAVIER RODRIGUEZ (A)
Cover by YASMINE PUTRI
VARIANT COVER BY JAVIER RODRIGUEZ
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER D BY J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
SPIDER-WOMEN, PART 4!
• Reeling from the revelations of SILK #7, Jessica Drew takes matters into her own hands, damn the consequences!
• And has Gwen found a way to get Jess and Silk home?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

SPIDER-MAN/DEADPOOL #4
JOE KELLY (W) •ED MCGUINNESS (A/C)
• Double date, Deadpool style!
• Spider-Man finally agrees to hang out with Deadpool outside of adventures, but he might regret it when he discovers that his date is a friend of Deadpool’s wife, Shiklah, demon queen of Monster Metropolis.
• Who’s Deadpool’s date? Guest-star THOR!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

BD Commentary: It’s Marvel Team Up with Spider-Man and Deadpoool, every month. The creative team is awesome, so this should be a fun romp. 

 

SPIDER-MAN & SILK: THE SPIDER(FLY) EFFECT #2 (OF 4)
ROBBIE THOMPSON (W)
TODD NAUCK & TOM GRUMMETT (A)
COVER BY Stacey Lee
• Spider-Man & Silk have gone back in time…
• …and accidentally stopped their own origins from happening!
• Thankfully, a friendly Forest Hills local is there to help out…
• …A nice man named BEN.
40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99

BD Commentary: Another Silk mini series? She’s time hopping again? Don’t you think they could of saved this mini for down the road when she’s not doing the same thing in her own book? 

CARNAGE #7
GERRY CONWAY (W) • MIKE PERKINS (A)
Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO
• Carnage has evolved to the next level and the world is in deep trouble.
• Powered up, Carnage has set his sights far wider than ever before and with this new power and his general psychopathic tendencies, the oceans are going to be red with blood.
• Can Man-Wolf, Toxin and crew possibly contain him?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

BD Commentary: Conway is doing a great horror comic with Carnage. I’m digging the first few issues and I wonder how he’s able to evolve? I mean I thought he already did that by mending himself after the Sentry ripped him in half.  Always good to see John Jameson and Eddie Brock in supporting roles too. 

 

SPIDEY #5
ROBBIE THOMPSON (W) • NICK BRADSHAW (A/C)
• Spidey and Iron Man take on THE VULTURE!
• The most refreshing book in comics hits you right in the gut with this one!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

BD Commentary: Ha, Ha. Marvel made you buy issue one thinking it was set in the 616 universe or Earth Prime or Earth 1 or whatever. Well they hope they knocked your socks off with this incognito All ages book. I actually dug the first issue if you take it without 50 years of continuity,and the art was awesome!

ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT AVENGERS #8
MARK WAID (W) • ADAM KUBERT (A)
Cover by ALEX ROSS
CIVIL WAR VARIANT COVER BY MIKE MAYHEW
A STANDOFF tie-in!
• Trapped in Pleasant Hill, the Avengers can’t tell the heroes from the villains — and, worse, they don’t even recognize each other! How can the Avengers act like a team when they have no memory of one another?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

BD Commentary: This has been the most disappointing book for me with the relaunch. I’m not feeling the team or the direction. 

VENOM: SPACE KNIGHT #6
ROBBIE THOMPSON (W) • ARIEL OLIVETTI (A/C)
CAN A SYMBIOTE TRULY CHANGE ITS INKY BLACKNESS?
Flash and Pik Rollo cleverly penetrated Mercurio’s defenses…by getting captured and thrown in his dungeon. Can Mercurio corrupt the symbiote to serve as his suit and partner in atrocities? Is this the return of the big bad Venom?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

BD Commentary:The first issue was better than I though it should be. The art is nice, but I just can’t see Flash in outer space. The concept, like All New Amazing Spider-Man feels wrong. 

A YEAR OF MARVELS: THE AMAZING #1
RYAN NORTH, AMY CHU (W) • DANILO BEYRUTH, RYAN BROWNE (A)
COVER BY JAMAL CAMPBELL
• Join us in a brand new Marvel comics adventure as your favorite heroes journey through the calendar year one month at a time!
• It’s February and Peter Parker’s got a hot date, but the old Parker luck hits hard…and so does the bank-robbing villain The Vulture! It’s a tale of romance, adventure, and punching! From Ryan North (SQUIRREL GIRL) and Danilo Beyruth!
• When business is down in March, Scott Lang’s Ant-Man Security Solutions will take just about any job offered to them – including stealing back stolen goods! But all is not as it seems! Join writer Amy Chu (Poison Ivy) and artist Ryan Browne (SECRET WARS TOO) as they team together for this Spring Break themed heist!
40 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ …$4.99

THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #7
RYAN NORTH (W) • ERICA HENDERSON (A/C)
CLASSIC VARIANT COVER BY COLLEEN DORAN
VARIANT COVER BY SIYA OUM
STORY THUS FAR VARIANT BY DAN HIPP
a) This special issue, called “BE THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL,” puts YOU in control of THE MOST POWERFUL CHARACTER IN THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Will you fight crime and save the day? Or will you be a complete jerk and use her powers to tell everyone off?
b) I’m serious: these are actual choices, and you have to make them RIGHT NOW? To be Squirrel Girl and fight crime, turn to c). To be Squirrel Girl and be a jerk instead, turn to e).
c) Well, you’re in luck vis-a-vis crime-fighting, because Squirrel Girl is going to be facing off against SWARM, a bad guy made out of bees! And that’s not all. To learn more about the other bad guys she can face, turn to d)! But if INSTEAD you’d like to stop reading this and get excited about this book and maybe order it, please: feel free!
d) Nice try, but we’ve got to keep SOME surprises for the book! You decide to definitely buy this comic and see who they are. THE END.
e) What? No, why would you even want to be a jerk? Geez, man, maybe this ISN’T the comic for you. Turn to b) and answer better this time!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

SPIDER-MAN BY TODD MCFARLANE OMNIBUS HC
Written by TODD MCFARLANE, ROB LIEFELD & FABIAN NICIEZA
Penciled by TODD MCFARLANE & ROB LIEFELD
Cover by TODD MCFARLANE
Todd McFarlane became a superstar illustrating AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, but he changed the industry forever with his next project: the “adjectiveless” SPIDER-MAN! Taking on both writing and art duties, McFarlane ushered Peter Parker into a gritty new era — and it began with “Torment”! When the Big Apple’s streets run red with blood, the web-slinger heads into the sewers to stop the Lizard’s homicidal rampage. But what is driving his old friend and foe? Plus: Ghost Rider lends a bony hand when the deranged Hobgoblin returns, the wall-crawler finds himself at the center of a clash of claws between Wolverine and Wendigo, and Pete goes back in black to face Morbius the Living Vampire! And in the ultimate nineties team-up, Spidey joins X-Force to battle the unstoppable Juggernaut! Collecting SPIDER-MAN (1990) #1-14 and #16, and X-FORCE (1991) #4.
440 PGS./Rated T …$75
ISBN: 978-1-302-90073-1
Trim size: oversized

BD Commentary:I’m a big Todd McFarlane fan, and if you want his second act all in one thick book this is a good deal. Doom, Doom, Doom. 

 

SPIDER-MAN/DEADPOOL VOL. 0: DON’T CALL IT A TEAM-UP TPB
Written by JOE KELLY, FABIAN NICIEZA, DANIEL WAY, KEVIN SHINICK, BRIAN POSEHN, GERRY DUGGAN & CHRIS HASTINGS
Penciled by PETE WOODS, PATRICK ZIRCHER, ERIC CANETE, CARLO BARBERI, AARON KUDER, MIKE HAWTHORNE & JACOPO CAMAGNI
Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG
Two great tastes that taste great together! As Spidey and Deadpool fast-talk their way into an ongoing buddy book at last, grab the full story of their unlikely bromance. Through the magic of comics (and time travel), Wade Wilson steps into the swinging shoes of a young Peter Parker! Then, the friendly neighborhood wall-crawler and the anti-social there-goes-the-neighborhood merc trade blows and “yo mama” quips. If friendship blossoms during encounters with Hit-Monkey and the Hypno-Hustler, will that jerk Otto Octavius ruin everything by being all Superior? And could dreams come true for DP — swapping those stinky red-and-blacks for the good ol’ red-and-blues?! Collecting DEADPOOL (1997) #11, CABLE & DEADPOOL #24, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #611, DEADPOOL (2008) #19-21, AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #12-13, DEADPOOL (2012) #10 and DEADPOOL ANNUAL #2.
272 PGS./Parental Advisory …$34.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-90084-7

BD Commentary: Again, Marvel is just printing money by putting these two characters together. They really don’t have anything in common besides being popular. The rest of the trades are just collections of the previous months.

SILK VOL. 1: SINISTER TPB
Written by ROBBIE THOMPSON
Penciled by STACEY LEE & VERONICA FISH
Cover by HELEN CHEN
Silk is back and badder than ever! Cindy Moon — the other victim of the radioactive spider that bit Peter Parker — has been working to find the missing members of her family since she escaped the bunker that was her home for so many years. But Silk’s quest has taken her down a darker path than expected, and now she’s in cahoots with the most ferocious feline in the Marvel Universe: the Black Cat! But not everyone in the Cat’s criminal crew is happy about the arrangement. Nor is a certain friendly neighborhood CEO of Parker Industries, and that will bring Cindy into conflict with Spider-Man and the Goblin King! What could have led her to this? Who is Espectro? And will Cindy go so far there’s no redeeming the Sinister Silk? Collecting SILK (2015B) #1-6 and material from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2015) #1.
144 PGS./Rated T …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9957-1

SPIDER-GWEN VOL. 1: GREATER POWER TPB
Written by JASON LATOUR
Penciled by ROBBI RODRIGUEZ
Cover by ROBBI RODRIGUEZ
Gwen Stacy is back in the webs and has an All-New, All-Different mystery to solve: the reappearance of the Lizard! The Spider-Woman of Earth-65 was convinced that the Lizard’s threat died in her arms along with Peter Parker. But a new reptilian rampage leaves her with doubts not only about Peter’s life, but also his death. While her father, Captain George Stacy, struggles with Gwen’s double life, troubles mount as the Osborns make their debut — and Gwen finds herself on S.H.I.E.L.D.’s most-wanted list! Perhaps Jessica Drew, the Spider-Woman of Earth-616, can offer some wise lessons about power and responsibility that might be handy when Gwen battles the Goblins! Plus: Discover who wields the shield as Earth-65’s Captain America joins the fray — but will she be on Gwen’s side? Collecting SPIDER-GWEN (2015B) #1-6.
136 PGS./Rated T …$17.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9959-5

WEB WARRIORS OF THE SPIDER-VERSE VOL. 1 – ELECTROVERSE TPB
Written by MIKE COSTA
Penciled by DAVID BALDEON
Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
Your favorite web-slinging wonders from SPIDER-VERSE, together on one titanic team! Spider-Gwen, Spider-UK, Arana “Spider-Woman” Corazon, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Man India and the porktacular Spider-Ham have banded together to protect the worlds without wall-crawlers from their base on Earth-001. But when Electro and his own army of alternate-reality evildoers wreak havoc across the Web of Life, it will take the whole team — plus some amazing Spider-guests — to stop him! Gwen finds herself stranded far from home, but the breakout star of SPIDER-VERSE is no damsel in distress. Can she find her way back to the fight in time, before things go from bad to Electroverse? They’re the Web-Warriors, and their not-so-friendly neighborhood is all of reality! Collecting WEB WARRIORS #1-5 and material from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2015) #1.
120 PGS./Rated T+ …$15.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9672-3

SPIDER-MAN 2099 VOL. 1: SMACK TO THE FUTURE TPB
Written by PETER DAVID
Penciled by WILL SLINEY
Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA
He’s the Spider-Man of the future, trapped in the here-and-now. And as far as Miguel O’Hara is concerned, that means he can hang up the webs. After all, he has a job at Parker Industries, a stable relationship and no way of knowing what harm his actions in the present have on the future era he left behind. But when a dangerous new threat shatters Miguel’s world, a Spidey suit is the only answer. An All-New Spidey suit, that is — and just wait until you see what it can do! Doctor Cronos is about to find out exactly that — the hard way. But what connection does this new villain have with Miguel’s lost home? And what deadly future fugitive could inspire a team-up today between the Spider-Man and Captain America of 2099? Collecting SPIDER-MAN 2099 (2015) #1-5 and material from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2015) #1.
120 PGS./Rated T …$15.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9963-2

CARNAGE VOL. 1: THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY TPB
Written by GERRY CONWAY
Penciled by MIKE PERKINS
Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO
The sickest symbiote of all is back, and the result is gonna be Carnage! Cletus Kasady has renewed his killing spree, and the FBI is following the trail of bodies. They think they’re ready: They have the latest sonic tech, and a specialist team including military hero/astronaut John Jameson and a reformed Eddie Brock! And when they pursue Carnage into an abandoned coal mine, the trap is set — but is it for him, or for them? As the walls close in, things get hairy for Jameson, and Brock itches to unleash his own monstrous other half: Toxin! A symbiotic smackdown is on the cards — but who will come out on top? Meanwhile, the Darkhold Cult has its own plans for everybody’s favorite psychopath — and that can’t mean anything good! All-New! All-Different! All killer no filler! Collecting CARNAGE (2015) #1-5 and material from ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT POINT ONE #1.
120 PGS./Rated T+ …$15.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9634-1

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY — THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 1 TPB
Written by DAN SLOTT, MARC GUGGENHEIM, BOB GALE & ZEB WELLS
Penciled by PHIL JIMENEZ, STEVE MCNIVEN, SALVADOR LARROCA, CHRIS BACHALO, BARRY KITSON,
MARCOS MARTIN, MIKE MCKONE & PAULO SIQUEIRA
Cover by PHIL JIMENEZ
Beginning a complete collection of one of the most celebrated eras in Spider-history! His world was turned upside down by the events of “One More Day,” Peter Parker puts the past behind him and sets forth on a “Brand New Day!” It’s a status-quo swing shift like no other — with new friends, new foes and some familiar faces — and Peter’s life has never been crazier. If major changes at the Daily Bugle, blizzard conditions and the live-streaming foe Screwball weren’t bad enough, the rampage of the furious Freak will have Spidey calling for his Avengers teammates and an all-new adventurer! Face it, Tiger, you just met Jackpot! Plus: It’s web-slinger vs. wall-crawler when “The Other Spider-Man” invades the neighborhood! Collecting FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2007 (SPIDER-MAN), AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #546-564 and SPIDER-MAN: SWING SHIFT DIRECTOR’S CUT.
520 PGS./Rated T+ …$39.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9561-0