Tag: Peter Parker

Amazing Spider-Man 700 Review What Was Dan Slott Thinking?

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WARNING MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD: If you don’t know by now about Amazing Spider Man 700 and don’t want to know till the issue comes out please don’t read this article. If you did not know by now someone got their hands on a copy of Amazing Spider Man 700 and released the story on the internet now many people know that Peter Parker is dead, he died in the body of Doctor Octopus (Dr. Otto Gunther Octavius) because of a mind transfer done in issue 698. While Dr. Oct was…

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Spider-Man Turns 50 for Marvel

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Spider-Man just had birthday number 50 in August of 2012. If you don’t know who Spider-Man is where have you been? He is the most popular hero ever released by Marvel and has been followed by fans for half a century. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962). Lee and Ditko conceived the character as an orphan being raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, and as a teenager, having to deal with the normal struggles of adolescence…

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Amazing Spider-Man the Movie Review

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Spider-Man is Marvel’s most identifiable hero not because he is the most powerful or smartest or invincible but because he is just like us with all the problems of life of a young person growing to adulthood. And its cool he can walk on walls and swing through the streets. The latest version of the Spider-Man movies the The Amazing Spider-Man a reboot of the legend started by Stan lee and Steve Ditko in 1963 does a decent job of retelling the story of Peter Parker and how he became…

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Spider-Men Coming in June: Marvel U. Meets Ultimate U.

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Since the initial, vague announcement back in February, Marvel has slowly revealed more information on Spider-Men, namely that it’s the first-ever meeting between the classic Spider-Man, Peter Parker, and the recently debuted Ultimate Spider-Man, Miles Morales — and the first interaction of any kind between their two fictional universes. Spider-Men, a five-part miniseries by the Ultimate Comics Spider-Man team of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Sara Pichelli, debuts with two issues in June. The villain of the series is classic fishbowl-helmeted Spidey foil Mysterio, and the story is also…

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“Ultimate Spider-Man” On Disney XD on TV

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Media release CBR: Following the high-school adventures of teenage superhero Peter Parker (voiced by Disney star Drake Bell), Disney XD is teaming up with Marvel Entertainment to bring Spider-Man to a new generation. “Ultimate Spider-Man” begins as Parker is recruited by Nick Fury (Chi McBride) to join a special team of teenage crime fighters, including Marvel heroes Iron Fist (Greg Cipes), White Tiger (Caitlin Taylor Love), Power Man (Ogie Banks), and Nova (Logan Miller). Using the high school as their base — under the auspices of Principal Coulson/Agent Coulson, Clark…

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Who are the Spider-Men Coming in June? Marvel

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On the Marvel web site to today a new teaser for the Spider-Men comic book coming out it leaves us who comment on comics to speculate who the Spider-Men are. Well we know that there are two persons that call themselves Spider-Man, Peter Parker (Spider-Man) and Miles Morales (Ultimate Spider-Man), and we know there is Kaine who is a Peter Parker clone and has his own title Scarlet Spider. There is also Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O’Hara) a character created by Peter David and illustrated by Rick Leonardi in 1992 who met…

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Scarlet Spider is Back from Marvel

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The first Scarlet Spider was a clone of Spider-Man created by the Jackal, (Miles Warren). He assumed the alias Ben Reilly, a combination of his Uncle’s first name and his Aunt’s maiden name. When his name was smeared by a second, evil Scarlet Spider, he assumed the identity of Spider-Man, until his death at the hands of Norman Osborn. His body subsequently disintegrated, proving once and for all that he was the clone. An undercover FBI agent Joe Wade is the second Scarlet Spider. Joe becomes a real mechanized Scarlet Spider…

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Marriage in DC and Marvel: Lois and Clark, Peter and Mary Jane

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There are many changes coming to the DC Universe in September. Information on the “New 52” is being released and some previous suspicions are being confirmed. One in particular involves Superman and Lois Lane. Lois has been the love interest for Superman/Clark Kent since they all first appeared in 1938’s Action Comics #1. Their courtship lasted decades and finally they were married in 1996’s Superman: The Wedding Album. Now after fifteen years, the marriage will be over. This is something quite popular in the comic world right now with the…

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New Ultimate Spider-Man Revealed

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      SPOILER WARNING: Plot points from this Wednesday’s “Ultimate Fallout” #4. News release from Marvel in CBR. Readers following Marvel Comics many teaser images for this week’s “Ultimate Fallout” #4 may have noticed that the daily countdown aspect promising a revelation as to the identity of the new Ultimate Spider-Man didn’t count down to the book’s on sale date of Wednesday. It counted to today. In accordance with their recent string of high profile mass media announcements, Marvel let early news of the reveal slip to USA Today…

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Ultimate Spider-Man Without Peter Parker #160

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PowersMajor Spoilers: Ultimate Spider-Man #160 has made it clear the character that started the Ultimate Universe the Peter Parker Spider-man is dead. #160 of Ultimate Spider-Man is bringing an end to the 10 year run of the character. This will end the sold out “Death of Spider-Man” story arc, and it will set up an all new Spider-Man book. In a recent press release, Marvel Senior Editor, Mark Paniccia, had this to say: 10 years ago, Brian Bendis and Mark Millar changed the way people saw super heroes with the…

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Amazing Spider-Man: One Moment in Time

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I just read Amazing Spider-Man #641 the conclusion of the “One Moment in Time” storyline which was a review and update of the “One More Day” story written by J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada in 2007. You may remember the decision to abruptly end Peter Parker and Mary Jane’s marriage and the events of “One More Day” were heavily criticized upon the series’ conclusion. “One Moment in Time” is supposed to have answers Marvel previewed it with: The questions have been haunting readers throughout Spider-Man’s Brand New Day and…

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