Marvel just sent over this press release. Here are the legacy numbers that will be attached to the titles. It’s nice to see Amazing and Spec having their original numbers. Also Miles will take on the Ultimate numbering and just be called “Spider-Man.”
Amazing Spider-Man will be at issue #789
Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man will be at issue #297
Spider-Man will be at issue #234.
Spider-Gwen will be at issue #25
New York, NY—June 30, 2017 — You demanded it, we listened! Beginning this fall, prepare for an exciting new initiative that spans the entire Marvel Universe! Every hero! Every title! Every story! Honoring the past while proudly moving towards the future, MARVEL LEGACY will offer fans, both current and new, a renewed sense of hope, heroics, and dozens and dozens of returns of the heroes fans have been demanding! MARVEL LEGACY ushers in the next few years’ worth of stories from Marvel with everything fans could want and more. You asked for it, and now is the time to Make Mine Marvel!
“I love the concept of returning to the classic characters as they were originally portrayed, without losing the brilliance and excitement of Marvel’s newest generation of heroes,” said Chairman Emeritus Stan Lee. “Excelsior!”
Simply put MARVEL LEGACY will offer
- The most spectacular character returns
- Epic stories adding to the next chapter of the Marvel Universe by the industries’ top talent
- Heroes fighting villains
- Clean jumping on points for all readers clearly displayed using dynamic new trade dress
- The return to original numbering for many series
- Did we mention the most spectacular character returns that comic fans have demanded
And that’s just the beginning! It all starts with MARVEL LEGACY #1.
Journey to the dawn of time, as Marvel introduces you to the first Avengers from 1,000,000 BC – when iconic torch-bearers such as Odin, Iron Fist, Starbrand, Ghost Rider, Phoenix, Agamotto, and Black Panther come together for the startling origin of the Marvel Universe, in MARVEL LEGACY #1 on sale this September in comic shops everywhere!
“MARVEL LEGACY #1 isn’t simply a history lesson,” says SVP and Executive Editor Tom Brevoort. “Rather, it’s the starting gun to a bevy of mysteries, secrets, and revelations that will reverberate across the Marvel Universe in the weeks and months to come! No character, no franchise will be untouched by the game-changing events that play out across its pages. Jason and Esad pulled out all the stops to fat-pack this colossal issue with as much intrigue, action, surprise, mystery, shock, and adventure as possible!”
The acclaimed team of writer Jason Aaron (Mighty Thor) and artist Esad Ribic (Secret Wars) reunite for an all-new 50-page blockbuster one-shot that will take you through time to the current Marvel Universe, showing you how it’s “all connected.” A true homage to Marvel’s groundbreaking past and the vast expanse of current storytelling greats.
“MARVEL LEGACY #1 will present all fans – new readers and current readers – with an exciting and accessible entry point,” says Marvel Editor in Chief Axel Alonso. “Jason and Esad have crafted an epic story that’s chock full of reveals and twists and Easter eggs that are sure to ignite a fire across the industry. The next stage of Marvel’s evolution starts here.”
MARVEL LEGACY #1 will provide
- The single most important first step for any fan to jumping into MARVEL LEGACY
- Shocks, twists, clues, and Easter eggs
- A blockbuster story that sets the stage for the coming years of Marvel storytelling
- The introduction of the 1,000,000 BC AVENGERS
- The most talked about return in comics
- A brilliant tale by the legendary team of Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic
- The set-up for 53 Marvel Universe series
- Those character returns you’ve asked for, many of them get cued up here
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Spider-Man isn’t taking on Ultimate Spider-Man’s numbering. It’s taking on Spider-Man/Peter Parker: Spider-Man’s numbering.
Over/under on when Marvel goes back to issue #1 on each series? I say, right after Amazing Spider-Man 800 and SSM #300.
natshuck44 :
You are probably correct.
If so it is a ridiculous numbering reconstruction. Renew Your Vows is not in the same Universe with the Amazing Spider-Man run.
More important, it is not even in the same filing cabinet.
Amazing Spider-Man (700 issues between volumes 1 and 2, 18 in volume 3, and 32 in volume 4), plus 33 issues of Slott’s Superior Spider-Man that temporarily replaced Amazing Spider-Man, and the five-issue Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows miniseries
ASM (vols.1&2) 700
Superior Spider-Man (2013) 33
ASM (vol.3 2014) 18
ASM: Renew Your Vows (2015) 5
ASM (vol. 4 2015) 32
788
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN LEGACY NUMBERS take two:
To get to 788 issues released before new announced Legacy number of 789:
Amazing Volumes 1 and 2 straight numbers 700
Amazing Volume 3 straight numbers 18
Amazing Volume 4 announced through Sept 13,2017 release 32
So straightforward legacy numbering is (700 + 18 +32) = 750
Since this is WAY short of the announced number, add in:
Superior Spider-Man including two late ones ( 33)
which gets to 783.
Not yet included:
Vol 2 – early Point Ones (3) didn’t really have Spider-Man in them, and were not counted before #700
Vol 2 – 700.1 to 700.5 (5) late maybe this is considered an imaginary story
Vol 3 Spiral – 16.1 to 20.1 (5)
Vol 4 Amazing Grace – 1.1 to 1.6 (6)
So Include Spiral to get to the required (783 + 5) = 788
Not sure what the rationale to include Spiral without including Amazing Grace would be, except that Spiral was the ONLY Amazing Spider-Man comic published dated Aug, Sept, or Oct 2015 .
If they had included Amazing Grace (6) and thrown in Vol 2 700.1 to 700.5 (5) for good measure then the number of previously released issues would have been (788 + 6 + 5 ) = 799 and they could have called the first Legacy Number 800, but they must not have wanted to do this for some reason.
Of course this whole analysis falls apart if the Amazing Spider-Man comic to be released in October 2017 turns out to be ASM Vol 4 # 33, rather than ASM #789.
Cheers
AMAZING — It looks like they are going to count SUPERIOR. Also either 700.1 through 700.5, or the three earlier Point One issues, but not all of these.
AMAZING -Looks like they are going to count Superior Spider-Man. Also either ASM 700-1 through 700.5, or the three earlier Point 1 issues., but not all of these.
I got excited when I saw the Spider-Man titles and thought, “Wow! They are bringing back adjectiveless Spider-Man! and then I realized that it was Miles Morales, which while not a bad thing, not what I was hoping for.
I love that Spec is back to it’s original numbering. That’s so cool.
Thats 52 new initiative books.
Hmmm. Why does that sound familiar? 52? New?
All I know is that I live in a world where Spectacular Spider-Man #300 will exist so I’m happy
Okay, I’m a little confused here. WHAT is this?!!
Is MARVEL LEGACY supposed to happen after Secret Empire finishes? So it’s Secret Empire, then Marvel Legacy #1, then the Generations, then each book going off to it’s original numbering and from now on be called Marvel Legacy?
Is this Marvel’s answer to DC’s Rebirth (which I’m loving btw, AND I’M A SPIDER-MAN FAN.)? So it’s going to continue on with what we’ve been reading, but getting “back to basics”? I..I just don’t get it. I need some clarification on what exactly this is.
ASM: Renew Your Vows: EIGHT YEARS LATER. So…is that arc just a one shot or is this going to be the established path this book will take from now on? Still looking forward to it, RYV is the best Spidey book out there, just would like some clarification on what “MARVEL LEGACY” is.
Please and Thank You!
Wow, there’s Spider-Gwen’s Venom, McFarlane-style.